diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery.rs
index 8d1b8a5013..908f8e3f28 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use crate::managed_agents::{
 mod presets;
 mod runtime_metadata;
 
+pub(crate) use presets::{preset_args_for_command, preset_harness_definitions, preset_harness_ids};
 use presets::{preset_catalog_entry, PRESET_HARNESSES};
-pub(crate) use presets::{preset_harness_definitions, preset_harness_ids};
 pub(crate) use runtime_metadata::KnownAcpRuntime;
 
 const GOOSE_AVATAR_URL: &str = "https://goose-docs.ai/img/logo_dark.png";
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/presets.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/presets.rs
index 72c4657dc7..fc43cb9fc0 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/presets.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/presets.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::managed_agents::{
     AcpAvailabilityStatus, AcpRuntimeCatalogEntry, AuthStatus, HarnessSource,
 };
 
-use super::normalize_agent_args;
+use super::{normalize_agent_args, normalize_command_identity};
 
 /// Static data for a well-known tier-2 ACP harness.
 pub(super) struct PresetHarness {
@@ -199,6 +199,25 @@ pub(crate) fn preset_harness_ids() -> &'static [&'static str] {
         .as_slice()
 }
 
+/// Launch args for the [`PRESET_HARNESSES`] entry whose command matches the
+/// given command, when an agent has a command but no resolvable runtime preset
+/// (e.g. an explicit `agent_command_override` like `omp` with no `runtime` id).
+///
+/// Single source of truth: per-runtime launch args live only in
+/// `PRESET_HARNESSES`, mirroring [`preset_harness_ids`], so every preset — omp,
+/// grok, opencode, kimi, cursor, openclaw, … — is covered at the source instead
+/// of being hand-mirrored. Without this, an agent pinned to e.g. `omp` with no
+/// runtime id launches the bare command, which under headless Buzz (no
+/// controlling TTY) drops into the interactive TUI instead of `omp acp` and the
+/// ACP `initialize` handshake times out.
+pub(crate) fn preset_args_for_command(command: &str) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    let identity = normalize_command_identity(command);
+    PRESET_HARNESSES
+        .iter()
+        .find(|preset| normalize_command_identity(preset.command) == identity)
+        .map(|preset| preset.args.iter().map(|arg| arg.to_string()).collect())
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::path::PathBuf;
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs
index fa8eb36fa1..702faae560 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve_effective_harness_descriptor(
             normalize_agent_args(&effective_command, record_args)
         } else if let Some(ref def) = harness_def {
             normalize_agent_args(&effective_command, def.args.clone())
+        } else if let Some(preset_args) =
+            crate::managed_agents::discovery::preset_args_for_command(&effective_command)
+        {
+            // No runtime id resolved a harness preset, but the command itself
+            // is a known ACP runtime (e.g. an explicit override like `omp`).
+            // Use that preset's launch args so we start its ACP/stdio mode
+            // rather than the bare command, which would launch the interactive
+            // TUI and time out at ACP `initialize` under headless Buzz.
+            normalize_agent_args(&effective_command, preset_args)
         } else {
             normalize_agent_args(&effective_command, record_args)
         }
@@ -1548,6 +1557,104 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_effective_harness_descriptor_uses_preset_args_for_pinned_command() {
+        // An agent pinned to a known ACP runtime via agent_command_override,
+        // with no runtime id and no instance args, must take the launch args
+        // from the matching PRESET_HARNESSES entry. Otherwise the bare command
+        // (e.g. `omp`) launches the interactive TUI, which times out at ACP
+        // `initialize` under headless Buzz (no controlling TTY).
+        let mk = |command: &str| crate::managed_agents::types::ManagedAgentRecord {
+            pubkey: "k".to_string(),
+            name: "agent".to_string(),
+            agent_command_override: Some(command.to_string()),
+            agent_args: vec![],
+            runtime: None,
+            persona_id: None,
+            private_key_nsec: String::new(),
+            auth_tag: None,
+            relay_url: String::new(),
+            avatar_url: None,
+            acp_command: "buzz-acp".to_string(),
+            agent_command: String::new(),
+            mcp_command: String::new(),
+            turn_timeout_seconds: 320,
+            idle_timeout_seconds: None,
+            max_turn_duration_seconds: None,
+            parallelism: 1,
+            system_prompt: None,
+            model: None,
+            provider: None,
+            persona_source_version: None,
+            env_vars: BTreeMap::new(),
+            start_on_app_launch: false,
+            auto_restart_on_config_change: true,
+            runtime_pid: None,
+            backend: Default::default(),
+            backend_agent_id: None,
+            provider_binary_path: None,
+            team_id: None,
+            persona_team_dir: None,
+            persona_name_in_team: None,
+            created_at: String::new(),
+            updated_at: String::new(),
+            last_started_at: None,
+            last_stopped_at: None,
+            last_exit_code: None,
+            last_error: None,
+            last_error_code: None,
+            respond_to: Default::default(),
+            respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
+            display_name: None,
+            slug: None,
+            name_pool: Vec::new(),
+            is_builtin: false,
+            is_active: true,
+            shared: false,
+            source_team: None,
+            source_team_persona_slug: None,
+            catalog_source: None,
+            definition_respond_to: None,
+            definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
+            definition_parallelism: None,
+            relay_mesh: None,
+        };
+        let global = crate::managed_agents::GlobalAgentConfig::default();
+
+        let desc = |command: &str| {
+            resolve_effective_harness_descriptor(&mk(command), &[], &global).unwrap()
+        };
+
+        // ACP-mode runtimes resolve to `acp`.
+        assert_eq!(desc("devin").args, vec!["acp".to_string()]);
+        assert_eq!(desc("omp").args, vec!["acp".to_string()]);
+        assert_eq!(desc("opencode").args, vec!["acp".to_string()]);
+        assert_eq!(desc("kimi").args, vec!["acp".to_string()]);
+        assert_eq!(desc("cursor-agent").args, vec!["acp".to_string()]);
+        assert_eq!(desc("openclaw").args, vec!["acp".to_string()]);
+        // Grok launches its agent stdio mode (not the TUI).
+        assert_eq!(
+            desc("grok").args,
+            vec![
+                "agent".to_string(),
+                "--always-approve".to_string(),
+                "stdio".to_string()
+            ]
+        );
+
+        // Explicit instance args always win over the preset fallback.
+        let mut explicit = mk("omp");
+        explicit.agent_args = vec!["acp".to_string(), "--foo".to_string()];
+        let explicit_desc = resolve_effective_harness_descriptor(&explicit, &[], &global).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            explicit_desc.args,
+            vec!["acp".to_string(), "--foo".to_string()]
+        );
+
+        // An unknown command with no preset keeps the (empty) instance args.
+        assert!(desc("my-fancy-cli").args.is_empty());
+    }
+
     // ── provider-specific model fallback tests ────────────────────────────
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime.rs
index 37927961ed..7b3b3c1642 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime.rs
@@ -544,6 +544,13 @@ pub fn spawn_agent_child(
     let resolved_agent_command = resolve_command(effective_command)
         .map(|p| p.display().to_string())
         .unwrap_or_else(|| effective_command.clone());
+    append_log_marker(
+        &log_path,
+        &format!(
+            "resolved launch: agent_command={:?} args={:?}",
+            resolved_agent_command, agent_args
+        ),
+    )?;
 
     // The caller supplies the explicit canonical pair relay. This is the only
     // relay this child may connect to, regardless of the record/workspace default.