diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index 02f225e..5c06dc8 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "name": "projectstore",
       "displayName": "projectstore",
       "description": "📚 Your project's knowledge base, written by your AI agent — ADRs · epics · stories · runbooks · research. An Obsidian-friendly markdown vault, agent-maintained, you approve every write. Like Karpathy's LLM Wiki, but for engineering project artifacts.",
-      "version": "0.11.0",
+      "version": "0.12.0",
       "author": {
         "name": "Evgenii Konev",
         "email": "ekonev@smartandpoint.com",
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index f3b8b83..b43f8f6 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "projectstore",
   "displayName": "projectstore",
-  "version": "0.11.0",
+  "version": "0.12.0",
   "description": "Opinionated project-management paradigms (ADR / epics / stories / kanban / runbooks) for agentic development. Markdown-first, git-portable, human-readable.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Evgenii Konev @ SmartAndPoint",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58bf7df..ff80dc2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ PreCompact [...pre-compact.mjs] completed successfully: {
 
 The packet contains the vault path, the command list, the last 15 vault touches, and the newest in-flight ADR / epic / story / research. The post-compact agent picks up drafting from where the previous one left off, no manual rehydration.
 
-## What's in the box (v0.11)
+## What's in the box (v0.12)
 
 - **14 commands** — `bind`, `scaffold`, `status`, `adr`, `epic`, `story`, `kanban`, `research`, `concept`, `meeting`, `runbook`, `search`, `review`, `statusline`
 - **3 passive skills** — `decision-detector`, `story-completion`, `peer-reviewer`. They suggest commands; they never write directly.
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ So in a projectstore project you keep your full [oh-my-claudecode](https://githu
 
 | Version | What ships | Status |
 |---|---|---|
-| **v0.11** | Status line install simplified — opt-in flag + self-healing SessionStart wiring | ✅ current |
+| **v0.12** | Status line shows full epic & story titles (from frontmatter, not the filename) | ✅ current |
+| v0.11 | Status line install simplified — opt-in flag + self-healing SessionStart wiring | ✅ |
 | v0.10 | Status line — current epic & story in the HUD, composes with an existing status line | ✅ |
 | v0.9 | Bundled review agents (`projectstore-critic`, `code-planner`, `code-reviewer`) | ✅ |
 | v0.8 | Russian (`ru`) templates | ✅ |
diff --git a/scripts/statusline.mjs b/scripts/statusline.mjs
index 0509748..fc8c7f3 100644
--- a/scripts/statusline.mjs
+++ b/scripts/statusline.mjs
@@ -129,15 +129,27 @@ function bookSegment(cfg, input) {
     }
   }
 
-  let seg = BOOK + epicId;
+  // Prefer the human `title:` from each artifact's frontmatter over the raw
+  // id / filename slug (fall back to those when a title is missing/unreadable).
+  let epicTitle = null;
+  try {
+    const { data } = parseFrontmatter(
+      readFileSync(join(vault, "epics", epicId, "epic.md"), "utf8"),
+    );
+    if (data.title) epicTitle = String(data.title);
+  } catch {}
+  let seg = BOOK + (epicTitle || epicId);
+
   if (storyFile) {
-    const label = storyFile.replace(/\.md$/, "");
     let status = null;
+    let storyTitle = null;
     try {
       const { data } = parseFrontmatter(readFileSync(storyPath, "utf8"));
       if (data.status) status = String(data.status).toLowerCase();
+      if (data.title) storyTitle = String(data.title);
     } catch {}
-    seg += ARROW + label + (status ? ` (${status})` : "");
+    const storyLabel = storyTitle || storyFile.replace(/\.md$/, "");
+    seg += ARROW + storyLabel + (status ? ` (${status})` : "");
   }
   return seg;
 }