diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/runner.test.ts b/packages/daemon/src/runner.test.ts
index 2c352d1..9c7febb 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/runner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/runner.test.ts
@@ -423,6 +423,41 @@ describe("runDelivery — workflow failure falls back to the agent", () => {
     );
     expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(workdir, "captured-task.txt"))).toBe(false);
   }, 20000);
+
+  test("a pure workflow's status (new|resolved|nothing-new) rides along in the final report", async () => {
+    const cap = reportCapture();
+    const url = await cap.start();
+    try {
+      await runDelivery(
+        delivery({ loop: { ...delivery().loop, workflow: `return { message: "healthy", status: "resolved" };` } }),
+        url,
+        [],
+      );
+    } finally {
+      cap.close();
+    }
+    const rep = cap.reports.find((r) => r.runId === "run-1");
+    expect(rep).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(rep.outcome).toBe("direct");
+    expect(rep.status).toBe("resolved");
+  }, 20000);
+
+  test("a pure workflow that omits status reports undefined (unaffected — matches pre-status behavior)", async () => {
+    const cap = reportCapture();
+    const url = await cap.start();
+    try {
+      await runDelivery(
+        delivery({ loop: { ...delivery().loop, workflow: `return { message: "healthy" };` } }),
+        url,
+        [],
+      );
+    } finally {
+      cap.close();
+    }
+    const rep = cap.reports.find((r) => r.runId === "run-1");
+    expect(rep).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(rep.status).toBeUndefined();
+  }, 20000);
 });
 
 describe("runDelivery — a timed-out run keeps its session pointer", () => {
diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/runner.ts b/packages/daemon/src/runner.ts
index f131555..a586b26 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/runner.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ interface ReportBody {
   durationMs: number;
   outcome?: "direct" | "silent" | "exec" | "evolve";
   message?: string;
+  /** Content status — same vocabulary as an agent's `loopany report --status`;
+   *  set only by a pure zero-LLM workflow (an agent sets it via that CLI verb
+   *  directly, mid-run, not through this final report). */
+  status?: "new" | "resolved" | "nothing-new";
   /** Workflow cursor (free-form) to persist as loop.state for next run's `prev`. */
   cursor?: unknown;
   sessionId?: string;
@@ -375,7 +379,7 @@ async function runDeliveryImpl(d: Delivery, serverUrl: string, roots: string[],
         return reportRun({
           runId: d.runId, ok: true, durationMs: Date.now() - start,
           outcome: wf.result!.message ? "direct" : "silent",
-          message: wf.result!.message, cursor,
+          message: wf.result!.message, status: wf.result!.status, cursor,
           taskFileContent: readTaskFile(workdir, d.loop.taskFile, roots),
         });
       }
diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/workflow.test.ts b/packages/daemon/src/workflow.test.ts
index 556ca03..0483d59 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/workflow.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/workflow.test.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,24 @@ describe("existing sandbox contract stays green", () => {
     expect(r.result?.message).toBeUndefined();
     expect(r.result?.agentCalls).toEqual([]);
   });
+
+  test("workflow can set status (new|resolved|nothing-new) alongside message/state", async () => {
+    const r = await runWorkflow(`return { message: "ok", state: { n: 1 }, status: "resolved" };`, null, cwd);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(r.result?.status).toBe("resolved");
+  });
+
+  test("omitting status leaves it undefined (backward compatible with existing workflows)", async () => {
+    const r = await runWorkflow(`return { message: "ok" };`, null, cwd);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(r.result?.status).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("an invalid status value fails the workflow with a clear error", async () => {
+    const r = await runWorkflow(`return { message: "ok", status: "bogus" };`, null, cwd);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(r.error).toMatch(/status.*new\|resolved\|nothing-new/);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("subprocess env allowlist", () => {
diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/workflow.ts b/packages/daemon/src/workflow.ts
index 62b968c..838a7c3 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/workflow.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/workflow.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
  * Ported from c0's scheduler/workflow.ts.
  *
  * Script contract:
- *   - return "text" or { message?, state? } → `message` is the direct message to
- *     the user (no claude); `state` is the persisted cursor (passed back as `prev`).
+ *   - return "text" or { message?, state?, status? } → `message` is the direct
+ *     message to the user (no claude); `state` is the persisted cursor (passed
+ *     back as `prev`); `status` (new|resolved|nothing-new) is the SAME
+ *     content-status vocabulary an agent sets via `loopany report --status` —
+ *     optional, drives the dashboard's color-coded run block + the notify gate.
  *   - agent(message?, data?) → request escalation to claude (handled by the runner
  *     after the script finishes; the task + message + data become claude's context).
  *   - await tools.call("server.tool", args) → call one of this machine's OWN
@@ -54,6 +57,11 @@ export interface AgentCall {
 export interface WorkflowResult {
   message?: string;
   state?: unknown;
+  /** Same content-status vocabulary an agent sets via `loopany report --status`
+   *  (new | resolved | nothing-new) — lets a pure zero-LLM workflow drive the
+   *  same color-coded run status (dashboard timeline block color + the
+   *  `shouldNotify` gate), not just the neutral `direct`/`silent` outcome. */
+  status?: "new" | "resolved" | "nothing-new";
   agentCalls: AgentCall[];
 }
 
@@ -153,6 +161,9 @@ export async function runWorkflow(body: string, prevState: unknown, cwd: string,
     if (parsed.message !== undefined && typeof parsed.message !== "string") {
       return { ok: false, error: "workflow `message` must be a string", ...logs };
     }
+    if (parsed.status !== undefined && parsed.status !== "new" && parsed.status !== "resolved" && parsed.status !== "nothing-new") {
+      return { ok: false, error: `workflow \`status\` must be new|resolved|nothing-new (got ${JSON.stringify(parsed.status)})`, ...logs };
+    }
     return { ok: true, result: parsed, ...logs };
   } finally {
     await fs.rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {});
diff --git a/packages/server/src/gateway/index.ts b/packages/server/src/gateway/index.ts
index be3a07b..9aa623a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/gateway/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/gateway/index.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ const WATCH_CACHE_TTL_MS = 15_000;
  *  back to the role default). Mirrors the runs.outcome enum minus "error", which
  *  only the server assigns. */
 const RUN_OUTCOMES = new Set(["direct", "silent", "exec", "evolve"]);
+// Same content-status vocabulary an agent sets via `loopany report --status`.
+const RUN_STATUSES = new Set(["new", "resolved", "nothing-new"]);
 
 /** `loopany log`: how many recent runs to return, and the per-run transcript cap.
  *  The on-machine agent wants recent history before editing/evolving — not an
@@ -1306,6 +1308,12 @@ export class MachineGateway {
       outcome?: "direct" | "silent" | "exec" | "evolve";
       /** Workflow's direct message (set on the run). */
       message?: string;
+      /** Content status — same vocabulary as an agent's `loopany report --status`
+       *  (new | resolved | nothing-new). An agent sets this via that CLI verb
+       *  mid-run instead; this lets a pure zero-LLM workflow set it too, since
+       *  only it calls this final report directly. Untrusted wire input —
+       *  anything outside the enum is dropped (never persisted). */
+      status?: unknown;
       /** Workflow cursor (free-form) → persisted as loop.state for next run's `prev`. */
       cursor?: unknown;
       /** Claude-reported cost/usage for this run (usd + token counts). */
@@ -1378,6 +1386,9 @@ export class MachineGateway {
       const rawMessage = body.message !== undefined ? body.message : body.finalText;
       const message = typeof rawMessage === "string" ? clipText(rawMessage, MESSAGE_CAP) : undefined;
       const claimedOutcome = RUN_OUTCOMES.has(body.outcome as string) ? body.outcome : undefined;
+      const claimedStatus = RUN_STATUSES.has(body.status as string)
+        ? (body.status as "new" | "resolved" | "nothing-new")
+        : undefined;
       // Only a SUCCESSFUL reconcile carries the workflow cursor forward — same as
       // the normal path, a failed run must never advance loop.state (the next run's
       // `prev` would bind data whose output the user never saw). Bounded by
@@ -1411,6 +1422,7 @@ export class MachineGateway {
         ...(artifacts ? { artifacts } : {}),
         ...(transcript ? { transcript } : {}),
         ...(runState ? { state: runState } : {}),
+        ...(claimedStatus ? { status: claimedStatus } : {}),
         ...(message !== undefined ? { message } : {}),
         // Success clears the generic reclaim reason; a genuine late failure REPLACES
         // it with the real error (honest record), keeping the run an error.
@@ -1493,6 +1505,9 @@ export class MachineGateway {
     // Whitelist the claimed outcome (untrusted wire input) — anything outside the
     // known enum falls back to the role default rather than landing in the column.
     const claimedOutcome = RUN_OUTCOMES.has(body.outcome as string) ? body.outcome : undefined;
+    const claimedStatus = RUN_STATUSES.has(body.status as string)
+      ? (body.status as "new" | "resolved" | "nothing-new")
+      : undefined;
     const finalized = await store.updateRun(lease.runId, {
       phase: ok ? "done" : "error",
       outcome: ok ? claimedOutcome ?? (lease.role === "evolve" ? "evolve" : "exec") : "error",
@@ -1503,6 +1518,7 @@ export class MachineGateway {
       ...(transcript ? { transcript } : {}),
       ...coerceCost({ ...(typeof body.cost === "object" && body.cost ? body.cost : {}), attempts: body.attempts }),
       ...(runState ? { state: runState } : {}),
+      ...(claimedStatus ? { status: claimedStatus } : {}),
       ...(message !== undefined ? { message } : {}),
       ...(ok ? {} : { error: typeof body.error === "string" ? clipText(body.error, MESSAGE_CAP) : "run failed on machine" }),
       progress: null, // live signal done — the full transcript supersedes it