diff --git a/earned_time/README.md b/earned_time/README.md
index 4900f1c..15b9ad3 100644
--- a/earned_time/README.md
+++ b/earned_time/README.md
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ ladder cannot move a gaming minute.
 **The tutor cutover (`TUTOR_FROM`, one constant in `_ladder.py`).** The
 registry is per day: `earners_for(day)` is `EARNERS` before it and
 `TUTOR_EARNERS` from it. From `TUTOR_FROM` Anki is retired (neither penalised
-nor paid) and `automation` is `AUTOMATION_TUTOR`, a counted earner on the
-Automation tutor's ledger (`~/.local/share/automation_tutor/ledger.json`,
-`tutor_match` on `detail.ended_at`). Since 0.8.0 it pays per **active
+nor paid) and the tutor is `TUTOR` (name `tutor`), a counted earner on the
+tutor's ledger (`~/.local/share/tutor/ledger.json`, `tutor_match` on
+`detail.ended_at`). Until 0.9.0 it was `AUTOMATION_TUTOR`, name `automation`,
+on `~/.local/share/automation_tutor/ledger.json`; rows carry no earner name,
+so the rename only moved the ledger (copied whole, old rows still pay).
+Since 0.8.0 it pays per **active
 minute** (a unit is one minute), at most 60 a day summed across sessions:
 
 | units | gaming | shutdown rung |
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ per-matcher reader `_match.ROW_UNITS`):
   invalid is refused by `tutor_match` (logged) and pays nothing anywhere.
 - An `entry_id` pays once; rows repeated under one id pay the **smallest**
   of their counts, so a replay or a rewrite can never raise a credit.
-- What the writer (plc-lab `plc_lab/tutor/credit.py`) must guarantee: every
+- What the writer ([kuhyx/tutor](https://github.com/kuhyx/tutor) `tutor/credit.py`) must guarantee: every
   new row carries `detail.minutes`; one row per credited minute,
   `entry_id = f"{session_id}-m{n}"` with `n` the session's n-th credited
   active minute (deterministic, so a retry rewrites the same id; never the
@@ -105,7 +108,8 @@ neither penalised nor paid. The base rises by exactly what the two could have
 paid back (nothing done: 4 h / 19:00, pre-ladder; everything done: still
 8 h / 23:00), so it can only ever raise time. `TUTOR_FROM` is 2026-10-10
 (0.6.1), the day after the deploy, never the deploy day; the waiver therefore
-covers 2026-10-09 only. The tutor has no `confirmed_on` yet, so it stays `new`.
+covers 2026-10-09 only. The tutor was confirmed in 0.7.0 (`confirmed_on`
+2026-10-09), so its penalty bites from `TUTOR_FROM`.
 
 ## Gate maturity (0.6.0)
 
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ How far to trust a gate is computed from its ledger, never listed by name:
   not penalised -- unless `confirmed_on` is set: then fail closed,
   max(`penalty_from`, day after `confirmed_on`), so deleting or locking a
   ledger cannot lift a penalty. Pass `first_credits={name: Maturity.first_credit}`, computed
-  over `earners_for(day)` (two earners share the name `automation`), to `resolve`
+  over `earners_for(day)` (until 0.9.0 two earners shared the name `automation`), to `resolve`
   / `base_for` to apply it; omitted, a penalty starts at `penalty_from`, as
   in 0.5.0. It can only delay a penalty, never add one.
 - **Ladder floor (0.6.1):** the same start gates the shutdown floor. A rung
@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ on the day itself is logged and does not count.
 ## Install
 
 ```console
-pip install --user --break-system-packages --no-deps "earned-time @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@earned-time-v0.8.0#subdirectory=earned_time"
+pip install --user --break-system-packages --no-deps "earned-time @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@earned-time-v0.9.0#subdirectory=earned_time"
 ```
 
 The root `steam-backlog-enforcer.service` sets `HOME=/home/kuhy`, so it imports
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/__init__.py b/earned_time/earned_time/__init__.py
index 101a9a7..1116f35 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/__init__.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/__init__.py
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ from earned_time._maturity import (
 from earned_time._policy import (
     ANKI,
     AUTOMATION,
-    AUTOMATION_TUTOR,
     EARNERS,
     GAMING_BASE_MINUTES,
     GAMING_CEILING_MINUTES,
     LEETCODE,
     READING,
     SHUTDOWN_BASE_MINUTES,
+    TUTOR,
     TUTOR_EARNERS,
     WORKOUT,
     Earner,
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ __all__ = [
     "ANKI",
     "ANKI_WAIVED_FROM",
     "AUTOMATION",
-    "AUTOMATION_TUTOR",
     "EARNERS",
     "GAMING_BASE_MINUTES",
     "GAMING_CEILING_MINUTES",
@@ -96,6 +95,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "READING",
     "SHUTDOWN_BASE_MINUTES",
     "SHUTDOWN_CEILING_MINUTES",
+    "TUTOR",
     "TUTOR_EARNERS",
     "TUTOR_FROM",
     "TUTOR_LADDER",
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/_cli.py b/earned_time/earned_time/_cli.py
index 7479ac3..9e2ebf6 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/_cli.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/_cli.py
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ def home() -> Path:
 def _gates(day: date) -> list[tuple[str, Earner, Maturity]]:
     """Each ledger-backed earner of every registry, with its verdict on ``day``.
 
-    Two earners can share a name across registries (``automation`` before and
-    after ``TUTOR_FROM``); those get their ledger's directory appended.
+    Two earners may share a name across registries (``automation`` did before
+    and after ``TUTOR_FROM`` until 0.9.0); those get their ledger's directory
+    appended.
     """
     earners = [e for e in all_earners() if e.ledger is not None]
     names = Counter(e.name for e in earners)
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/_ladder.py b/earned_time/earned_time/_ladder.py
index 15a6f56..3fdfd65 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/_ladder.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/_ladder.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ frozen ceiling, so the switch never rewrites how an old day resolved. Gaming
 is not on the ladder.
 
 From ``TUTOR_FROM`` the rungs are :data:`TUTOR_LADDER`: Anki is retired and
-its 25 minutes fold into the Automation tutor's, paid per active minute.
+its 25 minutes fold into the tutor's, paid per active minute.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ LADDER_FROM: Final = date(2026, 10, 10)
 # sleep before it, so moving the alarm moves the whole ladder with it.
 WAKE_MINUTES: Final = 7 * 60
 # From this day the Anki earner is retired and Automation is paid by the
-# tutor (``earned_time._policy.AUTOMATION_TUTOR``: per 15-minute block until
+# tutor (``earned_time._policy.TUTOR``: per 15-minute block until
 # 0.8.0, per active minute since). The day after the deploy (0.6.1,
 # 2026-10-09) -- never the deploy day itself (a same-day cut, 2026-09-26).
 # Confirmed in 0.7.0 (``confirmed_on`` 2026-10-09, kuhy's call on
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ LADDER: Final[Mapping[str, Rung]] = MappingProxyType(
 )
 
 
-# From ``TUTOR_FROM``: Anki's 25 folded into Automation's, which is paid per
-# active tutor minute (0.8.0; 0.7.0 paid 15 per 15-minute block). Each minute
+# From ``TUTOR_FROM``: Anki's and Automation's 25 each folded into the tutor's
+# rung (``tutor``, named ``automation`` until 0.9.0), paid per active minute
+# (0.8.0; 0.7.0 paid 15 per 15-minute block). Each minute
 # earns the minute it costs (the fairness rule), so the rungs sum to 250:
 # doing everything is still 23:00, doing nothing 18:50.
 TUTOR_LADDER: Final[Mapping[str, Rung]] = MappingProxyType(
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ TUTOR_LADDER: Final[Mapping[str, Rung]] = MappingProxyType(
         "workout": Rung(110),
         "leetcode": Rung(50),
         "reading": Rung(30),
-        "automation": Rung(1, extra=1),
+        "tutor": Rung(1, extra=1),
     }
 )
 
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/_policy.py b/earned_time/earned_time/_policy.py
index 02b3cb0..1808e4c 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/_policy.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/_policy.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ From ``LADDER_FROM`` shutdown follows the sleep ladder instead
 (:mod:`earned_time._ladder`); gaming keeps the penalty derivation unchanged.
 
 **The registry is per day** (:func:`earners_for`). From ``TUTOR_FROM`` Anki
-is retired -- neither penalised nor paid -- and Automation is the tutor's
+is retired -- neither penalised nor paid -- and the tutor (``TUTOR``) is the
 counted earner; every earlier day resolves on :data:`EARNERS` exactly as
 before, so the cutover never rewrites an old day.
 """
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ ANKI: Final = Earner(
 )
 # Same gate, same row shape: anki-guard's ``automation`` quota (the Automation
 # deck only) writes its own ledger, so the Anki day matcher applies unchanged.
-# Days before ``TUTOR_FROM`` only; from then on see AUTOMATION_TUTOR.
+# Days before ``TUTOR_FROM`` only; from then on see TUTOR.
 AUTOMATION: Final = Earner(
     name="automation",
     label="Automation",
@@ -194,12 +194,14 @@ AUTOMATION: Final = Earner(
     missing_ledger_is_no=True,
 )
 
-# From ``TUTOR_FROM``: the Automation tutor pays per active minute (0.8.0; a
-# 0.7.0 15-minute block row counts 15), 1 gaming minute each, up to 60 a day
-# summed across sessions. Anki's 30 is folded in, so the base drops by 60.
-AUTOMATION_TUTOR: Final = Earner(
-    name="automation",
-    label="Automation",
+# From ``TUTOR_FROM``: the tutor pays per active minute (0.8.0; a 0.7.0
+# 15-minute block row counts 15), 1 gaming minute each, up to 60 a day summed
+# across sessions. Anki's 30 is folded in, so the base drops by 60. Named
+# ``automation`` (``AUTOMATION_TUTOR``) until 0.9.0; rows carry no earner name,
+# so the rename only moved the ledger (copied over, old rows included).
+TUTOR: Final = Earner(
+    name="tutor",
+    label="Tutor",
     gaming_minutes=1,
     extra_gaming_minutes=1,
     max_units=60,
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ AUTOMATION_TUTOR: Final = Earner(
     extra_shutdown_minutes=1,
     kind="counted",
     penalty_from=TUTOR_FROM,
-    ledger=".local/share/automation_tutor/ledger.json",
+    ledger=".local/share/tutor/ledger.json",
     match=tutor_match,
     missing_ledger_is_no=True,
     # Confirmed by kuhy on 2026-10-10 before any block had paid out, dated the
@@ -227,12 +229,12 @@ EARNERS: Final[tuple[Earner, ...]] = (
     ANKI,
     AUTOMATION,
 )
-# From ``TUTOR_FROM``: Anki retired, Automation paid per tutor minute.
+# From ``TUTOR_FROM``: Anki and Automation retired, the tutor paid per minute.
 TUTOR_EARNERS: Final[tuple[Earner, ...]] = (
     WORKOUT,
     LEETCODE,
     READING,
-    AUTOMATION_TUTOR,
+    TUTOR,
 )
 
 
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/_registry.py b/earned_time/earned_time/_registry.py
index d1082ac..904d398 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/_registry.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/_registry.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Before ``TUTOR_FROM`` every day resolves on :data:`~earned_time.EARNERS`,
 exactly as it always has; from it on :data:`~earned_time.TUTOR_EARNERS`
-(Anki retired, Automation paid per tutor block). The switch is a date, so it
+(Anki and Automation retired, the tutor paid per minute). The switch is a date, so it
 never rewrites how an old day resolved.
 """
 
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_cli.py b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_cli.py
index 8c7eeaf..434c816 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from dataclasses import replace
 from datetime import date, datetime, time
 import json
 import runpy
@@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ def test_table(home: Path, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
         "leetcode",
         "reading",
         "anki",
-        "automation:anki_guard",
-        "automation:automation_tutor",
+        "automation",
+        "tutor",
     }
     assert rows["leetcode"].split()[1:5] == ["maturing", "1", str(DAY), str(DAY)]
     assert "not in the registry on 2026-10-09" in rows["anki"]
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ def test_default_day_and_unregistered_earners(
         "leetcode",
         "workout",
         "reading",
-        "automation",
+        "tutor",
     ]
 
 
@@ -129,3 +130,16 @@ def test_python_dash_m(
         runpy.run_module("earned_time", run_name="__main__")
     assert exit_info.value.code == 0
     assert json.loads(capsys.readouterr().out)["gates"]
+
+
+def test_a_name_shared_across_registries_gets_its_ledger_dir(
+    home: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+) -> None:
+    # ``automation`` was both the anki quota and the tutor until 0.9.0.
+    old = replace(LEETCODE, name="twin", ledger="a/l.json")
+    new = replace(LEETCODE, name="twin", ledger="b/l.json")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(earned_time, "EARNERS", (old,))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(earned_time, "TUTOR_EARNERS", (new,))
+    assert cli.main(["maturity", "--day", DAY.isoformat()]) == 0
+    rows = [line.split()[0] for line in capsys.readouterr().out.splitlines()[2:-1]]
+    assert rows == ["twin:a", "twin:b"]
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_maturity_floor.py b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_maturity_floor.py
index 502ffeb..afb76ca 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_maturity_floor.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_maturity_floor.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from datetime import date, timedelta
 import pytest
 
 from earned_time import (
-    AUTOMATION_TUTOR,
+    TUTOR,
     EARNERS,
     LADDER_FROM,
     TUTOR_FROM,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ REAL = {
     "workout": date(2026, 10, 1),
     "leetcode": date(2026, 8, 12),
     "reading": date(2026, 10, 2),
-    "automation": None,
+    "tutor": None,
 }
 
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_the_floor_only_ever_rises(
     day: date, first: str | int | None, confirmed: int | None, blocks: int, done: int
 ) -> None:
     registry = _registry(day, confirmed)
-    answers = {e.name: done for e in registry} | {"automation": blocks}
+    answers = {e.name: done for e in registry} | {"tutor": blocks}
     firsts = _firsts(registry, first)
     ceiling = shutdown_ceiling_for(day)
     head = _head_floor(day, registry)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def test_omitting_first_credits_keeps_0_6_0_on_the_real_registries(
 
 def _unconfirmed() -> tuple[Earner, ...]:
     """The tutor day's registry as it was before 0.7.0 confirmed the tutor."""
-    tutor = replace(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, confirmed_on=None)
+    tutor = replace(TUTOR, confirmed_on=None)
     return (*earners_for(TUTOR_FROM)[:-1], tutor)
 
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_a_never_paid_unconfirmed_tutor_spares_the_first_tutor_day() -> None:
     base = base_for(TUTOR_FROM, registry, first_credits=REAL)
     assert (base.gaming_minutes, _hhmm(base.shutdown_minutes)) == (240, "19:50")
     full = resolve(
-        {"workout": 1, "leetcode": 1, "reading": 1, "automation": 4},
+        {"workout": 1, "leetcode": 1, "reading": 1, "tutor": 4},
         TUTOR_FROM,
         registry,
         first_credits=REAL,
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def test_a_never_paid_unconfirmed_tutor_spares_the_first_tutor_day() -> None:
 
 
 def test_the_floor_waits_for_the_day_after_the_first_block() -> None:
-    paid = REAL | {"automation": TUTOR_FROM}
+    paid = REAL | {"tutor": TUTOR_FROM}
     for day, gaming, floor in (
         (TUTOR_FROM, 240, "19:50"),
         (TUTOR_FROM + DAY, 180, "18:50"),
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ def test_the_floor_waits_for_the_day_after_the_first_block() -> None:
 def test_the_confirmed_tutor_with_no_credit_fails_closed_on_the_floor() -> None:
     # 0.7.0: confirmed the eve, before any block paid out. The real ledgers
     # of 2026-10-10 give the 5 h base (180 + LeetCode's 60 + reading's 60).
-    assert AUTOMATION_TUTOR.confirmed_on == TUTOR_FROM - DAY
+    assert TUTOR.confirmed_on == TUTOR_FROM - DAY
     base = base_for(TUTOR_FROM, first_credits=REAL)
     assert (base.gaming_minutes, _hhmm(base.shutdown_minutes)) == (180, "18:50")
     day = resolve(
-        {"workout": 0, "leetcode": 1, "reading": 1, "automation": 0},
+        {"workout": 0, "leetcode": 1, "reading": 1, "tutor": 0},
         TUTOR_FROM,
         first_credits=REAL,
     )
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor.py b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor.py
index c1c04d3..21cd625 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from earned_time import (
     AUTOMATION,
-    AUTOMATION_TUTOR,
+    TUTOR,
     EARNERS,
     LADDER,
     LADDER_FROM,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _hhmm(minutes: int) -> str:
 
 
 def _day(minutes: int, **others: int) -> tuple[int, str]:
-    day = resolve({**others, "automation": minutes}, TUTOR_FROM)
+    day = resolve({**others, "tutor": minutes}, TUTOR_FROM)
     return day.gaming_minutes, _hhmm(day.shutdown_minutes)
 
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_tutor_from_is_the_day_after_the_deploy() -> None:
     assert date(2026, 10, 9) < TUTOR_FROM  # never the day it was prepared
     assert LADDER_FROM <= TUTOR_FROM
     # Confirmed the eve, so the penalty bites on TUTOR_FROM itself.
-    assert AUTOMATION_TUTOR.confirmed_on == EVE
+    assert TUTOR.confirmed_on == EVE
 
 
 def test_registry_switches_on_tutor_from() -> None:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def test_all_earners_lists_each_once() -> None:
     names = [e.name for e in all_earners()]
     assert names.count("workout") == 1
     assert AUTOMATION in all_earners()
-    assert AUTOMATION_TUTOR in all_earners()
+    assert TUTOR in all_earners()
 
 
 def test_each_tutor_minute_earns_the_minute_it_costs() -> None:
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ def test_each_tutor_minute_earns_the_minute_it_costs() -> None:
     full = {
         e.name: TUTOR_LADDER[e.name].minutes(e.max_units or 1) for e in TUTOR_EARNERS
     }
-    assert full == {"workout": 110, "leetcode": 50, "reading": 30, "automation": 60}
+    assert full == {"workout": 110, "leetcode": 50, "reading": 30, "tutor": 60}
     assert sum(full.values()) == 250
     for n in range(61):
-        assert AUTOMATION_TUTOR.shutdown_for(n, TUTOR_FROM) == n
-        assert AUTOMATION_TUTOR.gaming_for(n) == n
+        assert TUTOR.shutdown_for(n, TUTOR_FROM) == n
+        assert TUTOR.gaming_for(n) == n
 
 
 def test_nothing_done_is_three_hours_and_18_50() -> None:
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ def test_partial_credit_without_the_others() -> None:
 
 def test_minutes_past_60_are_clamped() -> None:
     assert _day(61, **OTHERS) == _day(60, **OTHERS) == (480, "23:00")
-    term = resolve({"automation": 75}, TUTOR_FROM).term("automation")
+    term = resolve({"tutor": 75}, TUTOR_FROM).term("tutor")
     assert (term.answer, term.gaming_minutes, term.shutdown_minutes) == (75, 60, 60)
 
 
 def test_anki_is_neither_penalised_nor_paid_from_tutor_from() -> None:
-    with_anki = resolve({**OTHERS, "anki": 1, "automation": 60}, TUTOR_FROM)
+    with_anki = resolve({**OTHERS, "anki": 1, "tutor": 60}, TUTOR_FROM)
     assert (with_anki.gaming_minutes, with_anki.shutdown_minutes) == (480, 23 * 60)
     assert "anki" not in {t.earner.name for t in with_anki.terms}
 
@@ -145,18 +145,18 @@ def test_rung_steps_and_extras() -> None:
     assert rung.second == 13
     assert Rung(10, extra=5).minutes(3) == 20
     assert Rung(10, extra=5).second == 5
-    assert extra_shutdown_minutes_for(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, TUTOR_FROM) == 1
+    assert extra_shutdown_minutes_for(TUTOR, TUTOR_FROM) == 1
 
 
 def test_gaming_for_and_max() -> None:
-    gaming = [AUTOMATION_TUTOR.gaming_for(n) for n in (-1, 0, 1, 15, 60, 90)]
+    gaming = [TUTOR.gaming_for(n) for n in (-1, 0, 1, 15, 60, 90)]
     assert gaming == [0, 0, 1, 15, 60, 60]
-    assert AUTOMATION_TUTOR.max_gaming_minutes == 60
+    assert TUTOR.max_gaming_minutes == 60
     assert WORKOUT.max_gaming_minutes == WORKOUT.gaming_minutes
     assert WORKOUT.gaming_for(3) == WORKOUT.gaming_minutes
 
 
 def test_tutor_shutdown_before_the_ladder_uses_its_own_fields() -> None:
     old = date(2026, 10, 1)
-    assert AUTOMATION_TUTOR.shutdown_for(2, old) == 2
-    assert AUTOMATION_TUTOR.shutdown_for(0, old) == 0
+    assert TUTOR.shutdown_for(2, old) == 2
+    assert TUTOR.shutdown_for(0, old) == 0
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor_ledger.py b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor_ledger.py
index 7905582..2ccf6d4 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor_ledger.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor_ledger.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 import pytest
 
 from earned_time import (
-    AUTOMATION_TUTOR,
+    TUTOR,
     credit_units,
     day_window,
     entry_signature,
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ def test_legacy_blocks_count_15_once_and_skip_forgeries(
     ]
     path = _ledger(tmp_path, rows)
     # 0.7.0 block rows carry no detail.minutes: each pays 15 minutes.
-    assert credit_units(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, path, key_file, DAY) == 30
-    assert first_credit_at(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, path, key_file, DAY) == _at(18, 15)
+    assert credit_units(TUTOR, path, key_file, DAY) == 30
+    assert first_credit_at(TUTOR, path, key_file, DAY) == _at(18, 15)
 
 
 def test_rows_without_entry_id_each_count(tmp_path: Path, key_file: Path) -> None:
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ def test_rows_without_entry_id_each_count(tmp_path: Path, key_file: Path) -> Non
         del row["entry_id"]
         rows.append({**row, "hmac": entry_signature(row, KEY)})
     path = _ledger(tmp_path, rows)
-    assert credit_units(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, path, key_file, DAY) == 30
+    assert credit_units(TUTOR, path, key_file, DAY) == 30
 
 
 def test_missing_tutor_ledger_is_zero(tmp_path: Path, key_file: Path) -> None:
-    assert credit_units(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, tmp_path / "no.json", key_file, DAY) == 0
+    assert credit_units(TUTOR, tmp_path / "no.json", key_file, DAY) == 0
diff --git a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor_minutes.py b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor_minutes.py
index 3631a62..8be1374 100644
--- a/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor_minutes.py
+++ b/earned_time/earned_time/tests/test_tutor_minutes.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 import pytest
 
 from earned_time import (
-    AUTOMATION_TUTOR,
+    TUTOR,
     WORKOUT,
     credit_units,
     entry_signature,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def key_file(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
 
 
 def _units(tmp_path: Path, key_file: Path, rows: list[object]) -> int | None:
-    return credit_units(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, _ledger(tmp_path, rows), key_file, DAY)
+    return credit_units(TUTOR, _ledger(tmp_path, rows), key_file, DAY)
 
 
 def test_minute_rows_sum(tmp_path: Path, key_file: Path) -> None:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def test_minute_rows_sum(tmp_path: Path, key_file: Path) -> None:
     rows.append(minute("s", 4, _at(18, 13), minutes=10))
     assert _units(tmp_path, key_file, rows) == 13
     assert first_credit_at(
-        AUTOMATION_TUTOR, _ledger(tmp_path, rows), key_file, DAY
+        TUTOR, _ledger(tmp_path, rows), key_file, DAY
     ) == _at(18, 1)
 
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_mixed_day_sums_blocks_and_minutes(tmp_path: Path, key_file: Path) -> No
     rows += [minute("new", n, _at(18, n)) for n in range(1, 21)]
     units = _units(tmp_path, key_file, rows)
     assert units == 35
-    day = resolve({**OTHERS, "automation": units or 0}, DAY)
+    day = resolve({**OTHERS, "tutor": units or 0}, DAY)
     assert (day.gaming_minutes, day.shutdown_minutes) == (420 + 35, 22 * 60 + 35)
 
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def test_the_day_caps_at_60_across_sessions(tmp_path: Path, key_file: Path) -> N
     rows += [minute("b", n, _at(14, n)) for n in range(1, 21)]
     units = _units(tmp_path, key_file, rows)
     assert units == 65  # the raw sum; resolve applies max_units
-    term = resolve({"automation": units}, DAY).term("automation")
+    term = resolve({"tutor": units}, DAY).term("tutor")
     assert (term.gaming_minutes, term.shutdown_minutes) == (60, 60)
 
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def test_bad_minutes_never_count(
     assert tutor_minutes(row) is None
     assert not tutor_match(row, WINDOW)
     assert "bad minutes" in caplog.text
-    assert row_units(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, row) == 0
+    assert row_units(TUTOR, row) == 0
     assert _units(tmp_path, key_file, [row, minute("s", 2, _at(18, 1))]) == 1
 
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def test_an_all_legacy_day_resolves_as_0_7_0_did(
     units = _units(tmp_path, key_file, rows) or 0
     paid = 15 * min(blocks, 4)
     for others in ({}, OTHERS):
-        day = resolve({**others, "automation": units}, DAY)
+        day = resolve({**others, "tutor": units}, DAY)
         base = 420 if others else 180
         floor = 22 * 60 if others else 18 * 60 + 50
         assert (day.gaming_minutes, day.shutdown_minutes) == (
diff --git a/earned_time/pyproject.toml b/earned_time/pyproject.toml
index 8255f4e..fa25e2b 100644
--- a/earned_time/pyproject.toml
+++ b/earned_time/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "earned-time"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 description = "Penalty-then-reward registry: what every gate app earns in gaming time and shutdown time"
 requires-python = ">=3.14"
 dependencies = []
diff --git a/earned_time/scripts/demo_tutor_cutover.py b/earned_time/scripts/demo_tutor_cutover.py
index a64594b..52cb258 100644
--- a/earned_time/scripts/demo_tutor_cutover.py
+++ b/earned_time/scripts/demo_tutor_cutover.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 
 import earned_time
-from earned_time import AUTOMATION_TUTOR, TUTOR_FROM, credit_units, entry_signature
+from earned_time import TUTOR, TUTOR_FROM, credit_units, entry_signature
 
 _KEY = b"demo-key-not-the-real-one"
 _OTHERS = {"workout": 1, "leetcode": 1, "reading": 1}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def _units(folder: Path, rows: list[dict[str, object]], day: date) -> int:
     ledger.write_text(json.dumps({"entries": rows}), encoding="utf-8")
     key = folder / "hmac.key"
     key.write_bytes(_KEY)
-    units = credit_units(AUTOMATION_TUTOR, ledger, key, day)
+    units = credit_units(TUTOR, ledger, key, day)
     if units is None:
         msg = "demo ledger unreadable"
         raise RuntimeError(msg)
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ def _units(folder: Path, rows: list[dict[str, object]], day: date) -> int:
 def _line(label: str, answers: dict[str, int], day: date) -> str:
     res = earned_time.resolve(answers, day)
     names = {t.earner.name for t in res.terms}
-    if "automation" in names:
-        term = res.term("automation")
-        paid = f"automation +{term.gaming_minutes}g/+{term.shutdown_minutes}s"
+    if "tutor" in names:
+        term = res.term("tutor")
+        paid = f"tutor +{term.gaming_minutes}g/+{term.shutdown_minutes}s"
     else:
         paid = "automation waived"  # ANKI_WAIVED_FROM..TUTOR_FROM
     return (
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def main() -> None:
             rows = [_block("s1", n, TUTOR_FROM) for n in range(1, blocks + 1)]
             units = _units(folder, rows, TUTOR_FROM)
             for others, tag in ((_OTHERS, "+ all others"), (_NONE, "tutor only")):
-                answers = {**others, "automation": units}
+                answers = {**others, "tutor": units}
                 label = f"{TUTOR_FROM}: {blocks} rows -> {units} units, {tag}"
                 _say(_line(label, answers, TUTOR_FROM))
         rows = [_block("s2", n, TUTOR_FROM) for n in range(1, 5)]
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ def main() -> None:
         rows[2]["detail"] = {**detail, "active_seconds": 9000}  # edited after signing
         units = _units(folder, rows, TUTOR_FROM)
         label = f"{TUTOR_FROM}: 4 rows, 1 tampered -> {units} units"
-        _say(_line(label, {**_OTHERS, "automation": units}, TUTOR_FROM))
-        anki = {**_OTHERS, "anki": 1, "automation": 60}
+        _say(_line(label, {**_OTHERS, "tutor": units}, TUTOR_FROM))
+        anki = {**_OTHERS, "anki": 1, "tutor": 60}
         _say(
             _line(
                 f"{TUTOR_FROM}: all + a stale anki answer (ignored)", anki, TUTOR_FROM