diff --git a/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewLaunchService.test.ts b/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewLaunchService.test.ts
index 0d83474f34b0..23f7d6f5ce81 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewLaunchService.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewLaunchService.test.ts
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ it.effect(
         assert.equal(resolved.runtimeMode, "approval-required");
         assert.equal(resolved.runtime.harness, "Claude Code");
         assert.equal(resolved.runtime.reasoning, "low");
-        assert.equal(resolved.runtime.access, "Approval required");
+        assert.equal(resolved.runtime.access, "Supervised");
         assert.deepStrictEqual(resolved.runtime.modelSelection, custom.modelSelection);
         assert.equal(resolved.runtime.runtimeMode, custom.runtimeMode);
         const instance = yield* launcher.launch({
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ it.effect(
           ])
           .pipe(Effect.flip);
         assert.equal(invalidAccess._tag, "CrewLaunchSeatUnavailableError");
-        assert.include(invalidAccess.message, "Choose Approval required or Full access");
+        assert.include(invalidAccess.message, "Choose Supervised or Full access");
         // Neither configured provider advertises Critic's saved model: the human override
         // still launches, preserving its snapshot and behavior on the selected harness.
         const personaSeat = {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewLaunchService.ts b/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewLaunchService.ts
index 0fdf88de8aec..7a3b11545e44 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewLaunchService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewLaunchService.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
               seatName: seat.name,
               agentId: "custom seat",
               detail:
-                "This ACP harness cannot enforce the selected access mode. Choose Approval required or Full access.",
+                "This ACP harness cannot enforce the selected access mode. Choose Supervised or Full access.",
             });
           // Custom seats carry the selected access mode, without a persona sandbox assignment.
           resolved.push({
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
             seatName: seat.name,
             agentId,
             detail:
-              "This ACP harness cannot enforce the selected access mode. Choose Approval required or Full access.",
+              "This ACP harness cannot enforce the selected access mode. Choose Supervised or Full access.",
           });
         // The obligation is read from the same immutable snapshot the seat will run on, so a
         // later library edit cannot change what a running seat owes.
diff --git a/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewProposalsHttp.test.ts b/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewProposalsHttp.test.ts
index 7605bc389c27..cb75a0186dcb 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewProposalsHttp.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/CrewProposalsHttp.test.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ it("lists open proposals for readers and resolves them only for operators", asyn
             harness: "Claude Code",
             model: "Claude Fable 5.1",
             reasoning: "High",
-            access: "Approval required",
+            access: "Supervised",
             modelSelection: customSeat.modelSelection,
             runtimeMode: customSeat.runtimeMode,
           },
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ it("lists open proposals for readers and resolves them only for operators", asyn
           harness: "Claude Code",
           model: "Claude Fable 5.1",
           reasoning: "High",
-          access: "Approval required",
+          access: "Supervised",
           modelSelection: customSeat.modelSelection,
           runtimeMode: customSeat.runtimeMode,
         },
diff --git a/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/crewRuntimePreview.ts b/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/crewRuntimePreview.ts
index e18982134420..e3fafa6d4b8c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/crewRuntimePreview.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/j5/a2a/crewRuntimePreview.ts
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ export function describeCrewSeatRuntime(
         : mode === "auto"
           ? "Auto"
           : mode === "auto-accept-edits"
-            ? "Accept edits"
-            : "Approval required";
+            ? "Auto-accept edits"
+            : "Supervised";
   return {
     seat,
     provider: providerName(provider, model?.subProvider),
diff --git a/apps/web/src/j5/crew/crewSeatRuntime.test.ts b/apps/web/src/j5/crew/crewSeatRuntime.test.ts
index 84f26ed029e8..a89027cf6414 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/j5/crew/crewSeatRuntime.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/j5/crew/crewSeatRuntime.test.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe("crew member edits", () => {
   });
 
   it.each(["auto", "auto-accept-edits"] as const)(
-    "switches unsupported ACP %s access to explicit Approval required",
+    "switches unsupported ACP %s access to explicit Supervised",
     (runtimeMode) => {
       const draft = { ...crewSeatDraft(seat), runtimeMode };
       const acp = {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/j5/crew/crewSeatRuntime.ts b/apps/web/src/j5/crew/crewSeatRuntime.ts
index bb0920cbf1db..807baa46f236 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/j5/crew/crewSeatRuntime.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/j5/crew/crewSeatRuntime.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ export interface CrewSeatDraft {
 export const CREW_ACCESS_OPTIONS = [
   {
     value: "approval-required",
-    label: "Approval required",
+    label: "Supervised",
     description: "Ask before commands and file changes.",
   },
   {
     value: "auto-accept-edits",
-    label: "Accept edits",
-    description: "Approve edits; ask before other actions.",
+    label: "Auto-accept edits",
+    description: "Auto-approve edits, ask before other actions.",
   },
   {
     value: "auto",
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export const crewModelSelection = (
   return { instanceId: provider.instanceId, model: model.slug, ...(options ? { options } : {}) };
 };
 
-/** ACP cannot enforce Auto or Accept edits; a harness switch visibly chooses its supervised mode. */
+/** ACP cannot enforce Auto or Auto-accept edits; a harness switch visibly chooses its supervised mode. */
 export const chooseCrewHarness = (
   draft: CrewSeatDraft,
   provider: Pick<ServerProvider, "instanceId" | "driver">,