diff --git a/frontend/src/components/KindBadge.vue b/frontend/src/components/KindBadge.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3622a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/KindBadge.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+/**
+ * A task's KIND, shown on a list row — issue, spike, or a legacy plan.
+ *
+ * Sibling of PriorityBadge, and shaped like it on purpose: same geometry, and
+ * the same rule that the DEFAULT value renders nothing. `work` is most tasks,
+ * so badging it would put a chip on nearly every row and say nothing — the
+ * same reason RuleListPane marks only `conditional`.
+ *
+ * Kind is not status. A task can be an in-progress issue or a done spike;
+ * this answers "what kind of work is this", never "how is it going".
+ */
+import type { TaskKind } from "@/types/note";
+
+const props = defineProps<{ kind?: TaskKind | null }>();
+
+const LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  issue: "Issue",
+  spike: "Spike",
+  plan: "Plan",
+};
+
+const TITLES: Record<string, string> = {
+  issue: "Corrective work — something was broken",
+  spike: "Time-boxed investigation — the output is an answer, not a change",
+  plan: "Legacy plan-task; plans are milestones now",
+};
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <span
+    v-if="props.kind && LABELS[props.kind]"
+    :class="['kind-badge', `kind-${props.kind}`]"
+    :title="TITLES[props.kind]"
+  >{{ LABELS[props.kind] }}</span>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.kind-badge {
+  display: inline-block;
+  padding: 0.15rem 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  /* 500, not the 600 StatusBadge and PriorityBadge use. The house style
+     allows two weights, 400 and 500 — those two predate the constraint and
+     copying them would spread it. */
+  font-weight: 500;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.025em;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+/* Issue and spike are opposite in character — corrective vs exploratory — so
+   they are split by TEMPERATURE, warm against cool, which survives being
+   small and stays distinguishable without relying on reading the word.
+   Neither uses the accent: one accent per app, and kind is not one of the
+   places it is allowed.
+   The text is the hue mixed toward --fs-text-primary rather than the raw
+   semantic colour. Raw fails the contrast floor on the dark palette —
+   measured: warning on its own 12% tint is 2.97:1, well under AA's 4.5.
+   Mixing toward the text token also makes these follow the mode for free,
+   since that token inverts. Measured both ways: issue 5.23:1 dark / 6.68:1
+   light, spike 5.33:1 / 9.26:1. */
+.kind-issue {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--fs-warning) 14%, var(--fs-surface-raised));
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--fs-warning) 60%, var(--fs-text-primary));
+}
+.kind-spike {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--fs-info) 14%, var(--fs-surface-raised));
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--fs-info) 50%, var(--fs-text-primary));
+}
+/* Retired since 0066 — deliberately hue-free so a legacy row reads as
+   archival rather than as a fourth active kind competing for attention. */
+.kind-plan {
+  background: var(--fs-surface-raised);
+  color: var(--fs-text-tertiary);
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/WorkspaceTaskPanel.vue b/frontend/src/components/WorkspaceTaskPanel.vue
index 09ad42e..982a5cc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/WorkspaceTaskPanel.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/WorkspaceTaskPanel.vue
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { RouterLink } from "vue-router";
 import { apiGet, apiPatch, apiPost, apiDelete } from "@/api/client";
 import { useToastStore } from "@/stores/toast";
 import TaskLogSection from "@/components/TaskLogSection.vue";
+import KindBadge from "@/components/KindBadge.vue";
+import type { TaskKind } from "@/types/note";
 import { renderMarkdown } from "@/utils/markdown";
 import { Trash2, X } from "lucide-vue-next";
 import { relativeTimeOrDate } from "@/composables/useRelativeTime";
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ interface Task {
   due_date: string | null;
   updated_at: string;
   body?: string;
+  task_kind?: TaskKind;
 }
 
 const tasks = ref<Task[]>([]);
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ defineExpose({ reload: loadAll });
               <button :class="['status-dot', `status-${task.status}`]" :title="`${task.status} — click to cycle`" @click="cycleStatus(task, $event)">{{ STATUS_ICON[task.status] ?? '○' }}</button>
               <span v-if="task.priority && task.priority !== 'none'" :class="['priority-dot', PRIORITY_CLASS[task.priority] ?? '']"></span>
               <span class="task-title" :class="{ done: task.status === 'done' }">{{ task.title }}</span>
+              <KindBadge :kind="task.task_kind" />
               <span v-if="task.due_date" :class="['task-due', { overdue: isRowOverdue(task) }]">{{ task.due_date }}</span>
               <span class="task-age">{{ relativeTimeOrDate(task.updated_at) }}</span>
             </li>
@@ -267,6 +271,7 @@ defineExpose({ reload: loadAll });
               <button :class="['status-dot', `status-${task.status}`]" :title="`${task.status} — click to cycle`" @click="cycleStatus(task, $event)">{{ STATUS_ICON[task.status] ?? '○' }}</button>
               <span v-if="task.priority && task.priority !== 'none'" :class="['priority-dot', PRIORITY_CLASS[task.priority] ?? '']"></span>
               <span class="task-title" :class="{ done: task.status === 'done' }">{{ task.title }}</span>
+              <KindBadge :kind="task.task_kind" />
               <span v-if="task.due_date" :class="['task-due', { overdue: isRowOverdue(task) }]">{{ task.due_date }}</span>
               <span class="task-age">{{ relativeTimeOrDate(task.updated_at) }}</span>
             </li>
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/DashboardView.vue b/frontend/src/views/DashboardView.vue
index 5ee73e8..da19833 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/DashboardView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/DashboardView.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { ref, onMounted } from "vue";
 import { apiGet } from "@/api/client";
+import KindBadge from "@/components/KindBadge.vue";
+import type { TaskKind } from "@/types/note";
 import { relativeTime } from "@/composables/useRelativeTime";
 
-interface TaskRow { id: number; title: string; status: string; priority: string }
+interface TaskRow { id: number; title: string; status: string; priority: string; task_kind?: TaskKind }
 interface MilestoneBlock { id: number; title: string; progress_pct: number; open_tasks: TaskRow[] }
 interface ActiveProject {
   id: number; title: string; color: string | null; last_activity: string;
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
               >
                 <span class="task-mark">{{ t.status === 'in_progress' ? '▸' : '○' }}</span>
                 <span class="task-title">{{ t.title }}</span>
+                <KindBadge :kind="t.task_kind" />
                 <span v-if="t.priority !== 'none'" class="task-pri" :class="`pri-${t.priority}`">{{ t.priority }}</span>
               </router-link>
             </div>
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
               >
                 <span class="task-mark">{{ t.status === 'in_progress' ? '▸' : '○' }}</span>
                 <span class="task-title">{{ t.title }}</span>
+                <KindBadge :kind="t.task_kind" />
                 <span v-if="t.priority !== 'none'" class="task-pri" :class="`pri-${t.priority}`">{{ t.priority }}</span>
               </router-link>
             </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/KnowledgeView.vue b/frontend/src/views/KnowledgeView.vue
index e555efd..75fced5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/KnowledgeView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/KnowledgeView.vue
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import { ref, computed, watch, onMounted, onUnmounted, nextTick } from "vue";
 import { useRouter } from "vue-router";
 import { apiGet } from "@/api/client";
+import type { TaskKind } from "@/types/note";
+import KindBadge from "@/components/KindBadge.vue";
 import GraphView from "@/views/GraphView.vue";
 import {
   FileText,
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ interface KnowledgeItem {
   status?: string;
   priority?: string;
   due_date?: string;
-  task_kind?: "work" | "plan";
+  task_kind?: TaskKind;
 }
 
 // ─── Filter state ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -498,6 +500,12 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
               <span v-else-if="item.note_type === 'task'">{{ item.task_kind === 'plan' ? 'Plan' : 'Task' }}</span>
               <span v-else-if="item.note_type === 'process'">Process</span>
             </span>
+            <!-- Kind sits BESIDE the type badge, not inside it: the type badge
+                 speaks the vocabulary of this view's type filter (note / task /
+                 plan / process), and kind is the other axis. `plan` is passed
+                 as null because the badge to the left already says it — two
+                 chips reading "Plan" would look like two facts. -->
+            <KindBadge :kind="item.task_kind === 'plan' ? null : item.task_kind" />
 
             <div class="k-card-body">
               <div class="k-card-title">{{ item.title }}</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue b/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
index 5402a25..82e50e7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { useTasksStore } from "@/stores/tasks";
 import { relativeTime } from "@/composables/useRelativeTime";
 import { renderMarkdown } from "@/utils/markdown";
 import ShareDialog from "@/components/ShareDialog.vue";
+import KindBadge from "@/components/KindBadge.vue";
+import type { TaskKind } from "@/types/note";
 import ProjectDesignTab from "@/components/ProjectDesignTab.vue";
 import ProjectRulesTab from "@/components/rules/ProjectRulesTab.vue";
 import SystemsSection from "@/components/SystemsSection.vue";
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ interface NoteItem {
   due_date?: string | null;
   updated_at: string;
   milestone_id?: number | null;
+  task_kind?: TaskKind;
 }
 
 const route = useRoute();
@@ -1046,6 +1049,7 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
                         :class="['task-card', `pri-${task.priority || 'none'}`]"
                       >
                         <span class="task-title">{{ task.title || "Untitled" }}</span>
+                        <KindBadge :kind="task.task_kind" />
                         <div class="task-card-footer">
                           <div v-if="task.priority !== 'none' || task.due_date" class="task-meta">
                             <span v-if="task.priority && task.priority !== 'none'" :class="['priority-dot', `dot-pri-${task.priority}`]" :title="task.priority"></span>
@@ -1077,6 +1081,7 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
                         :class="['task-card', `pri-${task.priority || 'none'}`]"
                       >
                         <span class="task-title">{{ task.title || "Untitled" }}</span>
+                        <KindBadge :kind="task.task_kind" />
                         <div class="task-card-footer">
                           <div v-if="task.priority !== 'none' || task.due_date" class="task-meta">
                             <span v-if="task.priority && task.priority !== 'none'" :class="['priority-dot', `dot-pri-${task.priority}`]" :title="task.priority"></span>
@@ -1108,6 +1113,7 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
                         class="task-card task-card-done"
                       >
                         <span class="task-title">{{ task.title || "Untitled" }}</span>
+                        <KindBadge :kind="task.task_kind" />
                         <div v-if="task.due_date" class="task-meta">
                           <span class="due-date">{{ task.due_date }}</span>
                         </div>
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/dashboard.py b/src/scribe/services/dashboard.py
index d6942dd..21e4162 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/dashboard.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/dashboard.py
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ def _open_order():
 
 
 def _task_row(n: Note) -> dict:
+    # task_kind rides along so a dashboard row can show WHAT KIND of work it
+    # is, not just how it is going. Omitting it made the kind badge render
+    # nothing here while working everywhere else — the badge was correct and
+    # the payload was short, which reads as "no issues in this list" rather
+    # than as a missing field.
     return {"id": n.id, "title": n.title, "status": n.status,
-            "priority": n.priority or "none"}
+            "priority": n.priority or "none", "task_kind": n.task_kind}
 
 
 async def _safe(coro, empty):
diff --git a/tests/test_services_dashboard.py b/tests/test_services_dashboard.py
index 13b7f03..85b44b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_services_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/test_services_dashboard.py
@@ -16,11 +16,34 @@ def test_task_row_maps_fields():
     n.title = "Wire reminders"
     n.status = "in_progress"
     n.priority = None
+    # Named, not left to MagicMock: an unset attribute is a truthy Mock, so
+    # the assertion would pass on a field the row never really carried
+    # (note 2109 — the reason fake_note exists).
+    n.task_kind = "spike"
     assert _task_row(n) == {
-        "id": 5, "title": "Wire reminders", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "none",
+        "id": 5, "title": "Wire reminders", "status": "in_progress",
+        "priority": "none", "task_kind": "spike",
     }
 
 
+def test_task_row_carries_the_kind_so_a_row_can_show_it():
+    """The field whose ABSENCE is invisible.
+
+    A dashboard row with no task_kind renders no kind badge, which looks
+    exactly like a list containing no issues and no spikes. The badge is
+    correct and the payload is short — so the guard belongs on the payload,
+    where the omission actually was.
+    """
+    from scribe.services.dashboard import _task_row
+    n = MagicMock()
+    n.id = 1
+    n.title = "t"
+    n.status = "todo"
+    n.priority = "none"
+    n.task_kind = "issue"
+    assert _task_row(n)["task_kind"] == "issue"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_safe_returns_value_then_empty_on_error():
     from scribe.services.dashboard import _safe