diff --git a/src/api/agents.js b/src/api/agents.js
index 8652cf0..9972cb0 100644
--- a/src/api/agents.js
+++ b/src/api/agents.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  */
 export const AGENTS = {
   ai_intake: {
+    icon: 'inspect',
     short: 'Intake',
     full: 'Intake & Attribution',
     initials: 'IA',
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export const AGENTS = {
   },
 
   ai_engage: {
+    icon: 'chat',
     short: 'Engage',
     full: 'Engage',
     initials: 'EN',
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ export const AGENTS = {
   },
 
   ai_advisor: {
+    icon: 'shield',
     short: 'Advisor',
     full: 'Advisor',
     initials: 'AD',
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ export const AGENTS = {
   },
 
   ai_kyc: {
+    icon: 'id',
     short: 'KYC',
     full: 'KYC & Evidence',
     initials: 'KY',
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ export const AGENTS = {
   },
 
   ai_uw_referral: {
+    icon: 'scales',
     short: 'Referral',
     full: 'Underwriting Referral',
     initials: 'UW',
diff --git a/src/components/AgentChip.css b/src/components/AgentChip.css
index e3f2423..ed5002e 100644
--- a/src/components/AgentChip.css
+++ b/src/components/AgentChip.css
@@ -89,3 +89,8 @@
   white-space: nowrap;
   border: 0;
 }
+
+/* Role icon fills most of the disc, leaving room for the AI spark at the
+   corner. Sized off the disc so it scales with .who--md. */
+.who__glyph { width: 60%; height: 60%; }
+.who--md .who__glyph { width: 58%; height: 58%; }
diff --git a/src/components/AgentChip.jsx b/src/components/AgentChip.jsx
index fa6d81f..c1de47a 100644
--- a/src/components/AgentChip.jsx
+++ b/src/components/AgentChip.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
 import { AGENTS, initialsOf } from '../api/agents.js'
 import './AgentChip.css'
 
+/**
+ * ROLE ICONS — one per AI employee, true to what it does.
+ *
+ * People are shown by their initials; the machines are shown by a symbol. That
+ * contrast is the point: an operator can tell a human step from an autonomous
+ * one at a glance, before reading a name, and the symbol says which machine —
+ * the one that CHECKS a lead, the one that TALKS to the customer, the one that
+ * recommends COVER, the one that verifies IDENTITY, the one that prepares a
+ * REFERRAL. Monoline at disc size, so they stay legible on every hue.
+ */
+const ICONS = {
+  // a magnifier — Intake checks the lead is real and scores it
+  inspect: <><circle cx="6.6" cy="6.6" r="3.4" /><path d="M9.2 9.2 12 12" strokeLinecap="round" /></>,
+  // a speech bubble — Engage talks to the customer
+  chat: <path d="M2.6 3.4h10.8v6.4H7l-2.8 2.2v-2.2H2.6z" strokeLinejoin="round" />,
+  // a shield — the Advisor recommends the cover that protects them
+  shield: <path d="M8 2.2 12.6 4v3.4c0 2.8-2 4.7-4.6 6.1C5.4 12.1 3.4 10.2 3.4 7.4V4z" strokeLinejoin="round" />,
+  // an ID badge — KYC verifies identity
+  id: <><rect x="2.6" y="3.4" width="10.8" height="9.2" rx="1.4" /><circle cx="6.2" cy="7" r="1.5" /><path d="M9.2 6.4h2.6M9.2 8.6h2.6M4.2 10.4h5" strokeLinecap="round" /></>,
+  // balance scales — the Referral prepares a file for a human to weigh
+  scales: <path d="M8 2.4v10.4M4 12.8h8M3 5.2h10M3 5.2 1.6 8.4h2.8zM13 5.2 11.6 8.4h2.8zM8 3.2 4 5.2M8 3.2l4 2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />,
+}
+
+function AgentGlyph({ name }) {
+  const g = ICONS[name]
+  if (!g) return null
+  return (
+    <svg className="who__glyph" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.35" aria-hidden="true">
+      {g}
+    </svg>
+  )
+}
+
 /**
  * Who did this — as a face, not a slug.
  *
@@ -30,7 +63,8 @@ export default function AgentChip({ agentKey, name, size = 'sm', showName = true
           Only agents get it. A trail where a human's disc also carried one
           would say nothing at all. */}
       <span className={`who__disc who__disc--${tone}`} aria-hidden="true">
-        {initials}
+        {/* A machine wears its role icon; a person wears their initials. */}
+        {a && a.icon ? <AgentGlyph name={a.icon} /> : initials}
         {a ? (
           <svg className="who__ai" viewBox="0 0 12 12" aria-hidden="true">
             <path d="M6 .9 7.2 4.3 10.6 5.5 7.2 6.7 6 10.1 4.8 6.7 1.4 5.5 4.8 4.3Z" />