The worker owns its current tab and follows the skill to rename it whenever the progress state changes, including entering or leaving a retry. The leading emoji is the primary signal because the task label may be truncated. Put status only in the tab label; keep workspace and worktree labels emoji-free.

, , and apply only to worker tabs. When the current agent is the orchestrator, preserve or set according to ; never replace it with a worker status while routing work.

Use exactly these states:

A published but open PR with DONE reported is still blocked while review or merge is user-only; keep the worker's next-action label until that action resolves, then use completion only when no action remains. The worker renames its own tab. The orchestrator may set the blocked label only for a silent or dead worker and must not change another live worker's tab during normal work. A completion label always keeps a concise task and PR number, never a generic .

When asked to choose a label, put the literal label on the first line, then explain it.

For a BLOCKED report, the worker renames its own tab before reporting:

herdr tab rename "$HERDR_TAB_ID" "⛔ <next action>"
herdr agent prompt <orchestrator> "BLOCKED <worker>: <reason>"

The reason must state why the worker cannot progress or close, such as an unavailable external dependency or stopped/superseded handoff.

Follow the skill's Herdr-environment and current-tab safety requirements before issuing tab commands.