diff --git a/src/hooks/session-notification-sender.ts b/src/hooks/session-notification-sender.ts
index 8c5cf1df..4ac0c4d8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/session-notification-sender.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/session-notification-sender.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   getAfplayPath,
   getPaplayPath,
   getAplayPath,
+  getTerminalNotifierPath,
 } from "./session-notification-utils"
 import { buildWindowsToastScript, escapeAppleScriptText, escapePowerShellSingleQuotedText } from "./session-notification-formatting"
 
@@ -39,6 +40,19 @@ export async function sendSessionNotification(
 ): Promise<void> {
   switch (platform) {
     case "darwin": {
+      // Try terminal-notifier first — deterministic click-to-focus
+      const terminalNotifierPath = await getTerminalNotifierPath()
+      if (terminalNotifierPath) {
+        const bundleId = process.env.__CFBundleIdentifier
+        const args = [terminalNotifierPath, "-title", title, "-message", message]
+        if (bundleId) {
+          args.push("-activate", bundleId)
+        }
+        await ctx.$`${args}`.catch(() => {})
+        break
+      }
+
+      // Fallback: osascript (click may open Finder instead of terminal)
       const osascriptPath = await getOsascriptPath()
       if (!osascriptPath) return
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/session-notification-utils.ts b/src/hooks/session-notification-utils.ts
index 0c09fd8f..5f9d572f 100644
--- a/src/hooks/session-notification-utils.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/session-notification-utils.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ export const getPowershellPath = createCommandFinder("powershell")
 export const getAfplayPath = createCommandFinder("afplay")
 export const getPaplayPath = createCommandFinder("paplay")
 export const getAplayPath = createCommandFinder("aplay")
+export const getTerminalNotifierPath = createCommandFinder("terminal-notifier")
 
 export function startBackgroundCheck(platform: Platform): void {
   if (platform === "darwin") {
     getOsascriptPath().catch(() => {})
     getAfplayPath().catch(() => {})
+    getTerminalNotifierPath().catch(() => {})
   } else if (platform === "linux") {
     getNotifySendPath().catch(() => {})
     getPaplayPath().catch(() => {})