diff --git a/lib/builtin/ipc_status/src/extension.dart b/lib/builtin/ipc_status/src/extension.dart
index f28d4d23..9ddf1bab 100644
--- a/lib/builtin/ipc_status/src/extension.dart
+++ b/lib/builtin/ipc_status/src/extension.dart
@@ -1,33 +1,20 @@
 import 'package:clide/builtin/ipc_status/src/status_item.dart';
 import 'package:clide/extension/extension.dart';
-import 'package:clide/kernel/kernel.dart';
 
 class IpcStatusExtension extends ClideExtension {
   @override
   String get id => 'builtin.ipc-status';
   @override
-  String get title => 'Daemon connection';
+  String get title => 'Tool status';
   @override
-  String get version => '0.1.0';
-
-  DaemonClient? _ipc;
+  String get version => '0.2.0';
 
   @override
-  Future<void> activate(ClideExtensionContext ctx) async {
-    _ipc = ctx.ipc;
-  }
-
-  @override
-  List<ContributionPoint> get contributions {
-    final ipc = _ipc;
-    if (ipc == null) return const [];
-    return [
-      StatusItemContribution(
-        id: 'ipc-status.indicator',
-        priority: 100, // right-side
-        listenable: ipc,
-        build: (_) => IpcStatusItem(ipc: ipc),
-      ),
-    ];
-  }
+  List<ContributionPoint> get contributions => [
+        StatusItemContribution(
+          id: 'ipc-status.indicator',
+          priority: 100,
+          build: (_) => const ToolStatusItem(),
+        ),
+      ];
 }
diff --git a/lib/builtin/ipc_status/src/status_item.dart b/lib/builtin/ipc_status/src/status_item.dart
index 11ef0f23..e781232e 100644
--- a/lib/builtin/ipc_status/src/status_item.dart
+++ b/lib/builtin/ipc_status/src/status_item.dart
@@ -1,53 +1,84 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
 import 'package:clide/kernel/kernel.dart';
 import 'package:clide/widgets/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 
-class IpcStatusItem extends StatelessWidget {
-  const IpcStatusItem({super.key, required this.ipc});
+class ToolStatusItem extends StatefulWidget {
+  const ToolStatusItem({super.key});
 
-  final DaemonClient ipc;
+  @override
+  State<ToolStatusItem> createState() => _ToolStatusItemState();
+}
 
-  static const _ns = 'builtin.ipc-status';
+class _ToolStatusItemState extends State<ToolStatusItem> {
+  bool _ptycOk = false;
+  bool _pqlOk = false;
+  bool _checked = false;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _check();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _check() async {
+    final ptycResult = await _which('ptyc');
+    final pqlResult = await _which('pql');
+    if (!mounted) return;
+    setState(() {
+      _ptycOk = ptycResult;
+      _pqlOk = pqlResult;
+      _checked = true;
+    });
+  }
+
+  Future<bool> _which(String name) async {
+    try {
+      final r = await Process.run('which', [name]);
+      return r.exitCode == 0;
+    } catch (_) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final kernel = ClideKernel.of(context);
     final tokens = ClideTheme.of(context).surface;
-    return ListenableBuilder(
-      listenable: Listenable.merge([ipc, kernel.i18n]),
-      builder: (ctx, _) {
-        final connected = ipc.isConnected;
-        final color = connected ? tokens.statusSuccess : tokens.statusError;
-        final i = kernel.i18n;
-        final label = connected
-            ? i.string('connected', namespace: _ns, placeholder: 'connected')
-            : i.string('disconnected',
-                namespace: _ns, placeholder: 'disconnected');
-        final hint = connected
-            ? i.string('connected.hint',
-                namespace: _ns,
-                placeholder: 'clide daemon is reachable over the local socket')
-            : i.string('disconnected.hint',
-                namespace: _ns,
-                placeholder:
-                    'clide daemon is not running — start it with `clide --daemon`');
-        return Semantics(
-          label: label,
-          hint: hint,
-          liveRegion: true,
-          child: Padding(
-            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 8, vertical: 2),
-            child: Row(
-              mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-              children: [
-                ClideIcon(const PlugIcon(), size: 12, color: color),
-                const SizedBox(width: 6),
-                ClideText(label, fontSize: clideFontCaption, color: color),
-              ],
-            ),
-          ),
-        );
-      },
+    if (!_checked) return const SizedBox.shrink();
+    return Padding(
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 8, vertical: 2),
+      child: Row(
+        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+        children: [
+          _Indicator(label: 'ptyc', ok: _ptycOk, tokens: tokens),
+          const SizedBox(width: 10),
+          _Indicator(label: 'pql', ok: _pqlOk, tokens: tokens),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class _Indicator extends StatelessWidget {
+  const _Indicator({required this.label, required this.ok, required this.tokens});
+  final String label;
+  final bool ok;
+  final SurfaceTokens tokens;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final color = ok ? tokens.statusSuccess : tokens.statusWarning;
+    return Semantics(
+      label: '$label ${ok ? "available" : "not found"}',
+      child: Row(
+        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+        children: [
+          ClideIcon(PhosphorIcons.circlesFour, size: 10, color: color),
+          const SizedBox(width: 4),
+          ClideText(label, fontSize: clideFontCaption, color: color, fontFamily: clideMonoFamily),
+        ],
+      ),
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/builtin/ipc_status/widget_test.dart b/test/builtin/ipc_status/widget_test.dart
index 949ab331..0e339502 100644
--- a/test/builtin/ipc_status/widget_test.dart
+++ b/test/builtin/ipc_status/widget_test.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import 'dart:ui';
-
 import 'package:clide/builtin/ipc_status/ipc_status.dart';
+import 'package:clide/builtin/ipc_status/src/status_item.dart';
 import 'package:clide/extension/extension.dart';
 import 'package:clide/kernel/kernel.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 
 import '../../helpers/kernel_fixture.dart';
@@ -14,18 +12,7 @@ void main() {
     late KernelFixture f;
 
     setUp(() async {
-      f = await KernelFixture.create(
-        i18nCatalogs: {
-          'builtin.ipc-status': {
-            const Locale('en', 'US'): const {
-              'connected': {'translation': 'connected'},
-              'connected.hint': {'translation': 'daemon reachable'},
-              'disconnected': {'translation': 'disconnected'},
-              'disconnected.hint': {'translation': 'daemon down'},
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      );
+      f = await KernelFixture.create();
     });
 
     tearDown(() async => f.dispose());
@@ -41,21 +28,10 @@ void main() {
       expect(items.first.priority, 100);
     });
 
-    testWidgets('renders "disconnected" label until connected', (tester) async {
-      await tester.pumpWidget(
-        harness(f, IpcStatusItem(ipc: f.services.ipc)),
-      );
-      expect(find.text('disconnected'), findsOneWidget);
-    });
-
-    testWidgets('flips to "connected" when the client reports connected',
-        (tester) async {
-      await tester.pumpWidget(
-        harness(f, IpcStatusItem(ipc: f.services.ipc)),
-      );
-      f.ipc.setConnected(true);
+    testWidgets('renders without crashing', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(harness(f, const ToolStatusItem()));
       await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-      expect(find.text('connected'), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
     });
   });
 }