diff --git a/docs/superpowers/contracts/i3blocks-tutor-rename-2026-10-12.json b/docs/superpowers/contracts/i3blocks-tutor-rename-2026-10-12.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0129571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/contracts/i3blocks-tutor-rename-2026-10-12.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "title": "i3 bar: automation_tutor block renamed to tutor",
+  "objective": "The bar's tutor block reads ~/.local/share/tutor/ledger.json and a click runs ~/src/tutor/run.sh; the daily-limits renderers show the gear for earned_time 0.9.0's 'tutor' earner.",
+  "acceptance_criteria": [
+    "test_i3blocks_tutor.sh passes (counts, hidden at 4/4, unreadable ledger, click)",
+    "test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh passes",
+    "~/.config/i3blocks/tutor.sh prints 'tutor n/4' from the live ledger at the new path"
+  ],
+  "out_of_scope": [
+    "What the block counts (rows vs minutes) -- unchanged",
+    "The tutor itself (kuhyx/tutor)"
+  ],
+  "verifier": "bash linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_tutor.sh; bash linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh"
+}
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/evidence/i3blocks-tutor-rename-2026-10-12.json b/docs/superpowers/evidence/i3blocks-tutor-rename-2026-10-12.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2753713d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/evidence/i3blocks-tutor-rename-2026-10-12.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "intent": "The automation tutor is now just Tutor (own repo ~/src/tutor, data ~/.local/share/tutor, earned_time 0.9.0 earner 'tutor'); the i3 bar follows the rename.",
+  "scope": [
+    "linux_configuration/i3blocks/tutor.sh (was automation_tutor.sh), the [tutor] stanza in linux_configuration/i3blocks/config, linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_tutor.sh",
+    "gaming_budget.sh and shutdown_countdown.sh icon maps: earner 'tutor' gets the same gear as 'automation'",
+    "Non-goal: no change to what the block counts (still today's credit rows / 4)"
+  ],
+  "changes": [
+    "Ledger default ~/.local/share/tutor/ledger.json (override TUTOR_LEDGER); click runs ~/src/tutor/run.sh (override TUTOR_RUN)",
+    "Block and test renamed; ~/.config/i3blocks/tutor.sh symlink replaces automation_tutor.sh",
+    "tutor: \"⚙\" added beside automation in the two daily-limits renderers"
+  ],
+  "verification": [
+    {
+      "command": "bash linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_tutor.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "tutor block: all checks passed"
+    },
+    {
+      "command": "bash linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_gaming_budget.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "All gaming_budget checks passed."
+    },
+    {
+      "command": "~/.config/i3blocks/tutor.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "⚙ tutor 0/4 (live ledger at the new path)"
+    }
+  ],
+  "risks": [
+    "The i3blocks config is symlinked, so the [tutor] stanza is live on the next i3blocks reload; until then the old stanza points at a removed symlink"
+  ],
+  "rollback": [
+    "git revert the commit and re-link ~/.config/i3blocks/automation_tutor.sh"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/config b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/config
index 322d5fef..f330570f 100644
--- a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/config
+++ b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/config
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ interval=30
 command=~/.config/i3blocks/book_guard.sh
 interval=30
 
-[automation_tutor]
-command=~/.config/i3blocks/automation_tutor.sh
+[tutor]
+command=~/.config/i3blocks/tutor.sh
 interval=30
 
 [issue_dashboard]
diff --git a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh
index ac41f80c..a260059a 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/gaming_budget.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ render_limits() {
 		def hm: . as $m
 			| "\($m / 60 | floor)h\($m % 60 | tostring | if length < 2 then "0" + . else . end)";
 		def bonus_hm: if . < 60 then "\(.)m" else hm | sub("h00$"; "h") end;
-		{workout: "💪", leetcode: "🧩", reading: "📖", anki: "🗂", automation: "⚙"} as $icon
+		{workout: "💪", leetcode: "🧩", reading: "📖", anki: "🗂", automation: "⚙", tutor: "⚙"} as $icon
 		| .gaming as $g
 		| ([.earners[] | select(.status != "done" and .gaming_minutes > 0)
 			| "+\($icon[.name] // .label)\(if .status == "unknown" then "?" else "" end)\(.gaming_minutes | bonus_hm)"]
diff --git a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/shutdown_countdown.sh b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/shutdown_countdown.sh
index dd0d79de..2c27af07 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/shutdown_countdown.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/shutdown_countdown.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ render_limits() {
 		def bonus_hm: . as $m
 			| if $m < 60 then "\($m)m"
 			else "\($m / 60 | floor)h" + ($m % 60 | if . == 0 then "" else "\(.)" | if length < 2 then "0" + . else . end end) end;
-		{workout: "💪", leetcode: "🧩", reading: "📖", anki: "🗂", automation: "⚙"} as $icon
+		{workout: "💪", leetcode: "🧩", reading: "📖", anki: "🗂", automation: "⚙", tutor: "⚙"} as $icon
 		| (.earners | map({(.name): .}) | add // {}) as $by
 		| (.shutdown.applied // .shutdown.resolved) as $time
 		| (.shutdown.ceiling) as $ceiling
diff --git a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/automation_tutor.sh b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/tutor.sh
similarity index 82%
rename from linux_configuration/i3blocks/automation_tutor.sh
rename to linux_configuration/i3blocks/tutor.sh
index d85e7d11..5178ad3b 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/automation_tutor.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/tutor.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # ============================================================================
-# Automation tutor status for i3blocks: today's credited 15-minute blocks.
+# Tutor status for i3blocks: today's credited 15-minute blocks.
 #
-# A click runs plc-lab's run.sh, which starts the tutor if it is down and
+# A click runs ~/src/tutor/run.sh, which starts the tutor if it is down and
 # opens it in the browser -- nobody has to remember the port. Hidden once all
 # four blocks are in: nothing left to earn, nothing to click.
 #
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-readonly LEDGER="${AUTOMATION_TUTOR_LEDGER:-$HOME/.local/share/automation_tutor/ledger.json}"
+readonly LEDGER="${TUTOR_LEDGER:-$HOME/.local/share/tutor/ledger.json}"
 # i3blocks' PATH has no ~/src: absolute path.
-readonly RUN="${AUTOMATION_TUTOR_RUN:-$HOME/src/plc-lab/run.sh}"
+readonly RUN="${TUTOR_RUN:-$HOME/src/tutor/run.sh}"
 readonly TARGET=4
 
 readonly YELLOW='#F1FA8C'
diff --git a/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_automation_tutor.sh b/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_tutor.sh
similarity index 86%
rename from linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_automation_tutor.sh
rename to linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_tutor.sh
index 36ff917c..666f7acf 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_automation_tutor.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_tutor.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Behaviour tests for the i3blocks automation_tutor block: today's credit
+# Behaviour tests for the i3blocks tutor block: today's credit
 # count, the hidden 4/4 state, the unreadable-ledger warning and the click.
 # The ledger is a fixture and run.sh is a stub, so nothing reads the real
 # ledger and no tutor or browser is ever started.
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 REPO_DIR=$(cd -- "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)
-BLOCK="$REPO_DIR/i3blocks/automation_tutor.sh"
+BLOCK="$REPO_DIR/i3blocks/tutor.sh"
 TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
 cleanup() {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ assert_eq() {
 }
 
 printf '{}' | jq -e . >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
-	fail 'a working jq is required for the automation_tutor tests (pacman -S jq)'
+	fail 'a working jq is required for the tutor block tests (pacman -S jq)'
 
 BIN_DIR="$TMP_DIR/bin"
 mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ledger() {
 }
 
 run_block() {
-	AUTOMATION_TUTOR_LEDGER="$LEDGER" AUTOMATION_TUTOR_RUN="$BIN_DIR/run.sh" \
+	TUTOR_LEDGER="$LEDGER" TUTOR_RUN="$BIN_DIR/run.sh" \
 		bash "$BLOCK"
 }
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ line() {
 	sed -n "${1}p" <<<"$2"
 }
 
-printf 'Checking automation_tutor block states...\n'
+printf 'Checking tutor block states...\n'
 
 rm -f "$LEDGER"
 out=$(run_block)
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ for _ in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
 done
 assert_eq 'clicked' "$(cat "$TMP_DIR/clicks" 2>/dev/null)" 'click runs run.sh'
 
-printf 'automation_tutor block: all checks passed\n'
+printf 'tutor block: all checks passed\n'