diff --git a/docs/superpowers/contracts/i3blocks-daily-limits-click-2026-10-09.json b/docs/superpowers/contracts/i3blocks-daily-limits-click-2026-10-09.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db05911c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/contracts/i3blocks-daily-limits-click-2026-10-09.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "title": "i3blocks: left-click on ⏻/🎮 opens the daily-limits popup",
+  "objective": "A left-click on either block launches `daily-limits --gui` even though i3blocks' PATH lacks ~/.local/bin, and a missing launcher is reported instead of ignored.",
+  "acceptance_criteria": [
+    "With PATH=/usr/bin:/bin and BLOCK_BUTTON=1 both blocks run $DAILY_LIMITS_BIN --gui",
+    "A missing launcher triggers notify-send",
+    "The three i3blocks test suites pass and pre-commit is clean"
+  ],
+  "out_of_scope": ["The daily-limits GUI itself", "A phone version"],
+  "verifier": "bash linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_{gaming_budget,shutdown_hint,efficiency}.sh; pre-commit run"
+}
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/evidence/fix-bats-diag-path-2026-08-23.json b/docs/superpowers/evidence/fix-bats-diag-path-2026-08-23.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 56032a79..00000000
--- a/docs/superpowers/evidence/fix-bats-diag-path-2026-08-23.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "intent": "Turn the Shell tests workflow green again: test_network_diagnostics.bats still sourced its scripts through the scripts/ level the flatten removed.",
-  "scope": [
-    "linux_configuration/tests/test_network_diagnostics.bats - DIAG_DIR and its header comment",
-    "NEXT_SESSION_RESTRUCTURE.md / NEXT_SESSION_PROMPT.md - handoff rewrite for the two remaining units",
-    "Non-goal: the diagnostics scripts themselves, which are correctly placed."
-  ],
-  "changes": [
-    "DIAG_DIR pointed at $REPO_DIR/scripts/diagnostics; the flatten dissolved linux_configuration/scripts/, so setup() failed to source and all 30 tests errored. Now $REPO_DIR/diagnostics.",
-    "Fixed the header comment naming the same dead path.",
-    "Rewrote the handoff docs around the two units that remain, with the verified numbers and the traps this session paid for."
-  ],
-  "verification": [
-    {
-      "command": "bats linux_configuration/tests/test_network_diagnostics.bats",
-      "result": "pass",
-      "evidence": "30/30 ok. Previously every test failed in setup with 'No such file or directory' on .../scripts/diagnostics/steam-download-duty.sh."
-    },
-    {
-      "command": "grep -rn 'linux_configuration/scripts/|scripts/single_use|single_use/' over tracked .sh/.bats/.py/.yml",
-      "result": "pass",
-      "evidence": "No matches. This was the last stale reference to the removed levels inside the repo; the 8 remaining live-state hits are installed copies under /usr/local/bin, outside the tree."
-    },
-    {
-      "command": "gh run view 32656921622 --log-failed",
-      "result": "pass",
-      "evidence": "Confirmed the CI failure was exactly this suite. The previous run (cbdf3a3d) was green because ci-mirror aborted before the bats stage, so the breakage was latent rather than newly introduced."
-    }
-  ],
-  "risks": [
-    "CI_GREEN_SKIP=1 is used for this commit because the ci-baseline-green hook refuses to build on a red main and this commit IS the fix - the documented escape for exactly this case."
-  ],
-  "rollback": [
-    "git revert the commit; the bats suite returns to the dead path and Shell tests goes red again.",
-    "After rollback, run bats linux_configuration/tests/test_network_diagnostics.bats to confirm the expected failure."
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/evidence/i3blocks-daily-limits-click-2026-10-09.json b/docs/superpowers/evidence/i3blocks-daily-limits-click-2026-10-09.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..960848d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/evidence/i3blocks-daily-limits-click-2026-10-09.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "intent": "Left-clicking the ⏻ or 🎮 i3blocks block opens the daily-limits popup; before this, every click was a silent no-op.",
+  "scope": [
+    "linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh, shutdown_countdown.sh",
+    "linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh, test_i3blocks_shutdown_hint.sh"
+  ],
+  "changes": [
+    "Root cause: the i3blocks process PATH has no ~/.local/bin, where daily-limits' install.sh puts the binary, so `command -v daily-limits` failed and the click was dropped",
+    "Both blocks call DAILY_LIMITS_BIN (default $HOME/.local/bin/daily-limits) by path, detached with setsid -f",
+    "A missing launcher raises a critical notify-send instead of doing nothing",
+    "Regression tests: click with PATH=/usr/bin:/bin runs `--gui`; missing launcher notifies"
+  ],
+  "verification": [
+    {
+      "command": "env -i PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin BLOCK_BUTTON=1 DAILY_LIMITS_BIN=<stub> bash i3blocks/{gaming_budget,shutdown_countdown}.sh (i3blocks' real PATH from /proc/<pid>/environ)",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "stub log: 'clicked --gui' twice; block output unchanged (🎮 2h35 left · 2h25/5h00 ..., ⏻ 22:00 ... →max 23:00)"
+    },
+    {
+      "command": "capped.sh bash tests/test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh; test_i3blocks_shutdown_hint.sh; test_i3blocks_efficiency.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "All gaming_budget checks passed. / All shutdown hint tests passed. / All i3blocks efficiency regression tests passed."
+    }
+  ],
+  "risks": [
+    "If daily-limits is installed elsewhere, DAILY_LIMITS_BIN must be set in the i3blocks environment"
+  ],
+  "rollback": [
+    "git revert this commit; clicks go back to doing nothing under i3blocks' PATH"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh
index 6580194e..b047cf47 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,15 @@ emit() {
 	printf '%s\n%s\n%s\n' "$1" "$2" "$3"
 }
 
-if [[ ${BLOCK_BUTTON:-0} -eq 1 ]] && command -v daily-limits >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	daily-limits --gui >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+# i3blocks' PATH has no ~/.local/bin, where daily-limits' install.sh puts it,
+# so a bare `daily-limits` made every click a silent no-op.
+readonly DAILY_LIMITS_BIN=${DAILY_LIMITS_BIN:-$HOME/.local/bin/daily-limits}
+if [[ ${BLOCK_BUTTON:-0} -eq 1 ]]; then
+	if [[ -x $DAILY_LIMITS_BIN ]]; then
+		setsid -f "$DAILY_LIMITS_BIN" --gui >/dev/null 2>&1
+	else
+		notify-send -u critical 'daily-limits' "not installed: $DAILY_LIMITS_BIN" || true
+	fi
 fi
 
 # One jq pass renders four lines: generated_at, full text, short text, color.
diff --git a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/shutdown_countdown.sh b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/shutdown_countdown.sh
index fd77ebc5..6fdefdc4 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/shutdown_countdown.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/shutdown_countdown.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ LIMITS_CACHE=${DAILY_LIMITS_CACHE:-${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/daily-limits.json}
 RENDER_CACHE=${DAILY_LIMITS_RENDER_CACHE:-${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/i3blocks-shutdown.render}
 readonly STALE_AFTER_SECONDS=180
 
-# Left-click: open the daily-limits popup (a fork only on click).
-if [[ ${BLOCK_BUTTON:-0} -eq 1 ]] && command -v daily-limits >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	daily-limits --gui >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+# Left-click opens the popup, by path: i3blocks' PATH has no ~/.local/bin.
+readonly DAILY_LIMITS_BIN=${DAILY_LIMITS_BIN:-$HOME/.local/bin/daily-limits}
+if [[ ${BLOCK_BUTTON:-0} -eq 1 && -x $DAILY_LIMITS_BIN ]]; then
+	setsid -f "$DAILY_LIMITS_BIN" --gui >/dev/null 2>&1
+elif [[ ${BLOCK_BUTTON:-0} -eq 1 ]]; then
+	notify-send -u critical 'daily-limits' "not installed: $DAILY_LIMITS_BIN" || true
 fi
 
 # Function to show error state in i3blocks and exit
diff --git a/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh b/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh
index 4c64aa29..3eb8227a 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh
@@ -133,4 +133,23 @@ touch "$CACHE"
 PATH="$TMP_DIR/bin:$PATH" run_block >/dev/null
 assert_eq '2' "$(wc -l <"$TMP_DIR/jq.calls")" 'a rewritten cache is re-parsed'
 
+printf 'Checking a left-click opens the popup without ~/.local/bin on PATH...\n'
+mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR/click-bin"
+printf '#!/bin/bash\necho "gui $*" >>"%s/clicks"\n' "$TMP_DIR" >"$TMP_DIR/daily-limits-stub"
+printf '#!/bin/bash\necho "notify $*" >>"%s/clicks"\n' "$TMP_DIR" >"$TMP_DIR/click-bin/notify-send"
+chmod +x "$TMP_DIR/daily-limits-stub" "$TMP_DIR/click-bin/notify-send"
+# i3blocks' PATH has no ~/.local/bin: the launcher must be found by its path.
+BLOCK_BUTTON=1 DAILY_LIMITS_BIN="$TMP_DIR/daily-limits-stub" PATH="$TMP_DIR/click-bin:/usr/bin:/bin" run_block >/dev/null
+for _ in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+	[[ -s "$TMP_DIR/clicks" ]] && break
+	sleep 0.1
+done
+assert_eq 'gui --gui' "$(cat "$TMP_DIR/clicks" 2>/dev/null)" 'left-click runs daily-limits --gui'
+rm -f "$TMP_DIR/clicks"
+# A missing launcher says so instead of a silent no-op.
+BLOCK_BUTTON=1 DAILY_LIMITS_BIN="$TMP_DIR/absent" PATH="$TMP_DIR/click-bin:/usr/bin:/bin" run_block >/dev/null
+assert_eq "notify -u critical daily-limits not installed: $TMP_DIR/absent" "$(cat "$TMP_DIR/clicks" 2>/dev/null)" \
+	'a missing launcher raises a notification'
+rm -f "$TMP_DIR/clicks"
+
 printf 'All gaming_budget checks passed.\n'
diff --git a/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_shutdown_hint.sh b/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_shutdown_hint.sh
index 0e013c66..4ae46354 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_shutdown_hint.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_shutdown_hint.sh
@@ -105,4 +105,23 @@ printf 'not json\n' >"$CACHE"
 rm -f "$RENDER"
 assert_eq '⏻ 20:00 ⏱!' "$(first_line 1200)" 'unreadable cache'
 
+printf 'Checking a left-click opens the popup without ~/.local/bin on PATH...\n'
+mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR/click-bin"
+printf '#!/bin/bash\necho "gui $*" >>"%s/clicks"\n' "$TMP_DIR" >"$TMP_DIR/daily-limits-stub"
+printf '#!/bin/bash\necho "notify $*" >>"%s/clicks"\n' "$TMP_DIR" >"$TMP_DIR/click-bin/notify-send"
+chmod +x "$TMP_DIR/daily-limits-stub" "$TMP_DIR/click-bin/notify-send"
+# i3blocks' PATH has no ~/.local/bin: the launcher must be found by its path.
+BLOCK_BUTTON=1 DAILY_LIMITS_BIN="$TMP_DIR/daily-limits-stub" PATH="$TMP_DIR/click-bin:/usr/bin:/bin" first_line 1200 >/dev/null
+for _ in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+	[[ -s "$TMP_DIR/clicks" ]] && break
+	sleep 0.1
+done
+assert_eq 'gui --gui' "$(cat "$TMP_DIR/clicks" 2>/dev/null)" 'left-click runs daily-limits --gui'
+rm -f "$TMP_DIR/clicks"
+# A missing launcher says so instead of a silent no-op.
+BLOCK_BUTTON=1 DAILY_LIMITS_BIN="$TMP_DIR/absent" PATH="$TMP_DIR/click-bin:/usr/bin:/bin" first_line 1200 >/dev/null
+assert_eq "notify -u critical daily-limits not installed: $TMP_DIR/absent" "$(cat "$TMP_DIR/clicks" 2>/dev/null)" \
+	'a missing launcher raises a notification'
+rm -f "$TMP_DIR/clicks"
+
 printf 'All shutdown hint tests passed.\n'
diff --git a/meta/requirements.txt b/meta/requirements.txt
index bbeb18ef..dfbeec27 100644
--- a/meta/requirements.txt
+++ b/meta/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 add-trailing-comma==4.0.0
 aiohttp==3.14.4
-anthropic==1.11.0
+anthropic==1.12.1
 autoflake==2.4.0
 autopep8==2.3.2
 bandit==1.9.4
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pre-commit==4.6.2
 prospector==1.19.1
 pycodestyle==2.15.0
 pydocstyle==6.3.0
-pyflakes==4.0.2
+pyflakes==4.0.3
 pygame==2.6.1
 pylint==4.1.2
 pyright==1.1.414