diff --git a/src/core/mod.rs b/src/core/mod.rs
index bd65e704..073b26a7 100644
--- a/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ pub mod ssh_profile;
 pub mod threads;
 pub mod update;
 pub mod window_state;
+pub mod worktree;
diff --git a/src/core/worktree.rs b/src/core/worktree.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d88796d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/worktree.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,528 @@
+//! Git-worktree support for the tab context menu's "New Worktree Tab": derive
+//! the repo from a pane's cwd, propose an unused two-word name (editable in the
+//! sheet, see `ui::worktree_prompt`), and run `git worktree add -b` under the
+//! repository's own `.tty7/worktrees/` (kept out of `git status` by an
+//! auto-written self-ignoring `.tty7/.gitignore`) — so a coding agent gets an
+//! isolated checkout on its own branch, physically next to the code it forks.
+//! Blocking (spawns `git`); callers run it on the background executor, except
+//! [`is_inside_repo`], which is a pure filesystem probe cheap enough for
+//! menu-open time.
+
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+/// Word pools for generated branch names (`quiet-otter`). Short, lowercase,
+/// branch-safe; two pools of 24 give 576 combinations before the numeric
+/// fallback in [`defaults`] kicks in.
+const ADJECTIVES: [&str; 24] = [
+    "quiet", "amber", "bold", "calm", "cedar", "coral", "dusky", "early", "fable", "gold", "hazel",
+    "ivory", "jade", "keen", "lunar", "mossy", "noble", "ochre", "pale", "rapid", "sunny", "tidal",
+    "vivid", "wild",
+];
+const NOUNS: [&str; 24] = [
+    "otter", "heron", "lynx", "wren", "fox", "elk", "crane", "finch", "gecko", "ibis", "koala",
+    "llama", "marten", "newt", "osprey", "puffin", "quail", "raven", "seal", "tern", "urchin",
+    "vole", "walrus", "yak",
+];
+
+/// A freshly created worktree: where it lives and the branch checked out in it.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct NewWorktree {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+    pub branch: String,
+}
+
+/// What to create, as confirmed (or edited) in the sheet: the checkout's
+/// directory name under the managed root, the new branch's name, and the
+/// commit-ish it starts from.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct WorktreeRequest {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub branch: String,
+    pub base: String,
+}
+
+/// Pre-filled values for the sheet: an unused two-word candidate (offered as
+/// both directory name and branch), the branch currently checked out (the
+/// natural start point; `"HEAD"` when detached), and the directory the new
+/// checkout would land in, for the live path preview.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct WorktreeDefaults {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub base: String,
+    pub dir: PathBuf,
+}
+
+/// Whether `cwd` sits inside a git repository — an upward scan for `.git`
+/// (a directory in a primary checkout, a file in a linked worktree or
+/// submodule). No subprocess: the tab context menu calls this while opening.
+pub fn is_inside_repo(cwd: &Path) -> bool {
+    cwd.ancestors().any(|d| d.join(".git").exists())
+}
+
+/// Run `git -C <dir> <args>`, returning trimmed stdout on success and trimmed
+/// stderr as the error otherwise.
+fn git(dir: &Path, args: &[&str]) -> Result<String, String> {
+    let out = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .arg("-C")
+        .arg(dir)
+        .args(args)
+        .output()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("failed to run git: {e}"))?;
+    if out.status.success() {
+        Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).trim().to_string())
+    } else {
+        Err(String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr).trim().to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Whether `name` already exists as a local branch in the repo at `repo_root`.
+/// A failed probe (`--verify --quiet` exits non-zero) means it's free.
+fn branch_exists(repo_root: &Path, name: &str) -> bool {
+    git(
+        repo_root,
+        &[
+            "rev-parse",
+            "--verify",
+            "--quiet",
+            &format!("refs/heads/{name}"),
+        ],
+    )
+    .is_ok()
+}
+
+/// A tiny xorshift over a time+pid seed — enough randomness to spread branch
+/// names without pulling in a `rand` dependency.
+fn seed() -> u64 {
+    let nanos = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .map(|d| d.as_nanos() as u64)
+        .unwrap_or(0x9E37_79B9_7F4A_7C15);
+    nanos ^ ((std::process::id() as u64) << 32) | 1
+}
+
+fn next(state: &mut u64) -> u64 {
+    *state ^= *state << 13;
+    *state ^= *state >> 7;
+    *state ^= *state << 17;
+    *state
+}
+
+/// One `adjective-noun` candidate from the pools.
+fn candidate(state: &mut u64) -> String {
+    let a = ADJECTIVES[(next(state) % ADJECTIVES.len() as u64) as usize];
+    let n = NOUNS[(next(state) % NOUNS.len() as u64) as usize];
+    format!("{a}-{n}")
+}
+
+/// A tty7-managed worktree a closing tab sat in, resolved for the
+/// close-time cleanup offer: where it is, its branch, the repository it
+/// belongs to, and whether it holds uncommitted changes.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ManagedWorktree {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+    pub branch: String,
+    pub main_root: PathBuf,
+    pub dirty: bool,
+}
+
+/// Resolve `cwd` to the tty7-managed worktree containing it, or `None` when it
+/// sits anywhere else. Only checkouts under the main repository's
+/// `.tty7/worktrees/` count — a user's own linked worktrees are never offered
+/// for removal. Blocking (spawns `git`).
+pub fn managed(cwd: &Path) -> Option<ManagedWorktree> {
+    // Canonicalize before the component test: git reports resolved physical
+    // paths (`/private/var/…` on macOS), while `cwd` may arrive through
+    // symlinks — a textual comparison would then never match. The `.tty7/
+    // worktrees` ancestor check is a cheap pure-filesystem pre-filter, so the
+    // common case (every ordinary tab close) never spawns git.
+    let cwd = std::fs::canonicalize(cwd).ok()?;
+    if !cwd
+        .ancestors()
+        .any(|a| a.ends_with(Path::new(".tty7").join("worktrees")))
+    {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let path = PathBuf::from(git(&cwd, &["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"]).ok()?);
+    let main_root = git(
+        &path,
+        &["rev-parse", "--path-format=absolute", "--git-common-dir"],
+    )
+    .ok()
+    .map(PathBuf::from)?
+    .parent()?
+    .to_path_buf();
+    // The checkout must really sit in *this* repository's managed directory —
+    // both paths come from git, so they compare on equal (physical) footing.
+    if !path.starts_with(main_root.join(".tty7").join("worktrees")) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let branch = git(&path, &["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"]).ok()?;
+    let dirty = !git(&path, &["status", "--porcelain"]).ok()?.is_empty();
+    Some(ManagedWorktree {
+        path,
+        branch,
+        main_root,
+        dirty,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Whether any of `cwds` still lives inside the worktree at `path` — removing
+/// the checkout then would pull the directory out from under a live shell (new
+/// tabs inherit the current cwd, so two tabs sharing one worktree is common).
+/// Both sides are canonicalized before the ancestor test — cwds may arrive
+/// through symlinks, and on Windows canonicalize adds a `\\?\` verbatim prefix
+/// that git-reported paths lack, so comparing raw would never match. A
+/// vanished path never counts as occupying.
+pub fn occupied(path: &Path, cwds: &[PathBuf]) -> bool {
+    let Ok(path) = std::fs::canonicalize(path) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    cwds.iter()
+        .any(|c| std::fs::canonicalize(c).is_ok_and(|c| c.starts_with(&path)))
+}
+
+/// Remove a managed worktree (`git worktree remove`, `--force` to discard
+/// uncommitted changes), then best-effort delete its branch with `-d` — so a
+/// branch carrying unmerged commits survives the cleanup.
+pub fn remove(wt: &ManagedWorktree, force: bool) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let path = wt.path.to_str().ok_or("worktree path is not valid UTF-8")?;
+    let mut args = vec!["worktree", "remove"];
+    if force {
+        args.push("--force");
+    }
+    args.push(path);
+    git(&wt.main_root, &args)?;
+    let _ = git(&wt.main_root, &["branch", "-d", &wt.branch]);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Locate the repository containing `cwd` and the directory its managed
+/// worktrees live in: `(repo_root, <main-root>/.tty7/worktrees)`. Anchored on
+/// the *main* repository even when `cwd` is itself inside a linked worktree
+/// (a worktree tab spawning another worktree), so checkouts never nest. The
+/// common git-dir is `<main>/.git`, whose parent is the main root.
+fn repo_dir(cwd: &Path) -> Result<(PathBuf, PathBuf), String> {
+    let repo_root = git(cwd, &["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"])
+        .map_err(|_| "not inside a git repository".to_string())?;
+    let repo_root = PathBuf::from(repo_root);
+    let main_root = git(
+        cwd,
+        &["rev-parse", "--path-format=absolute", "--git-common-dir"],
+    )
+    .ok()
+    .map(PathBuf::from)
+    .and_then(|d| d.parent().map(Path::to_path_buf))
+    .unwrap_or_else(|| repo_root.clone());
+    let dir = main_root.join(".tty7").join("worktrees");
+    Ok((repo_root, dir))
+}
+
+/// Compute the sheet's pre-filled values: a generated `adjective-noun` name
+/// (retried until both the branch and the directory are unused, with a
+/// numeric-suffix fallback so a saturated pool still terminates) and the
+/// currently checked-out branch as the start point.
+pub fn defaults(cwd: &Path) -> Result<WorktreeDefaults, String> {
+    let (repo_root, dir) = repo_dir(cwd)?;
+
+    let mut state = seed();
+    let mut name = candidate(&mut state);
+    for attempt in 0..64 {
+        // Both the ref and the directory must be free — a stale directory from a
+        // hand-removed worktree would make `git worktree add` fail either way.
+        if !branch_exists(&repo_root, &name) && !dir.join(&name).exists() {
+            break;
+        }
+        name = if attempt < 32 {
+            candidate(&mut state)
+        } else {
+            format!("{}-{}", candidate(&mut state), next(&mut state) % 1000)
+        };
+    }
+
+    // Detached HEAD (or an unborn branch) has no abbrev-ref; start from HEAD.
+    let base = git(&repo_root, &["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"])
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "HEAD".to_string());
+    Ok(WorktreeDefaults { name, base, dir })
+}
+
+/// Create the requested worktree for the repository containing `cwd`, at
+/// `<main-root>/.tty7/worktrees/<name>`, on new branch `branch` starting from
+/// `base`. Branch and base validity is git's to judge; the directory name only
+/// has to stay a single path component so it can't escape the managed root.
+pub fn create(cwd: &Path, req: &WorktreeRequest) -> Result<NewWorktree, String> {
+    if req.name.is_empty() || req.name == "." || req.name == ".." || req.name.contains(['/', '\\'])
+    {
+        return Err(format!("invalid worktree name \"{}\"", req.name));
+    }
+    let (repo_root, dir) = repo_dir(cwd)?;
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).map_err(|e| format!("cannot create {}: {e}", dir.display()))?;
+    // A `*` gitignore inside `.tty7/` keeps the whole tree (checkouts included,
+    // the ignore file itself too) out of the repository's `git status`, without
+    // ever editing the repo's own .gitignore. Best-effort: a failed write only
+    // costs status noise, never the worktree.
+    let ignore = dir
+        .parent()
+        .expect(".tty7/worktrees has a parent")
+        .join(".gitignore");
+    if !ignore.exists() {
+        let _ = std::fs::write(&ignore, "*\n");
+    }
+
+    let path = dir.join(&req.name);
+    if path.exists() {
+        return Err(format!("{} already exists", path.display()));
+    }
+    git(
+        &repo_root,
+        &[
+            "worktree",
+            "add",
+            "-b",
+            &req.branch,
+            path.to_str().ok_or("worktree path is not valid UTF-8")?,
+            &req.base,
+        ],
+    )?;
+    Ok(NewWorktree {
+        path,
+        branch: req.branch.clone(),
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// A fresh scratch dir under the system temp location, unique per test —
+    /// the same std-only pattern the config tests use (no tempfile dep).
+    fn scratch(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("tty7-wt-{name}-{}", std::process::id()));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        dir
+    }
+
+    /// Strip Windows' `\\?\` verbatim prefix so `std::fs::canonicalize` output
+    /// compares equal to the plain absolute paths git reports; a no-op on Unix.
+    fn plain(p: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+        let s = p.to_string_lossy();
+        PathBuf::from(s.strip_prefix(r"\\?\").unwrap_or(&s).to_string())
+    }
+
+    fn sh(dir: &Path, args: &[&str]) {
+        assert!(
+            std::process::Command::new(args[0])
+                .args(&args[1..])
+                .current_dir(dir)
+                .output()
+                .unwrap()
+                .status
+                .success(),
+            "command failed: {args:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// A throwaway repo with one commit, so `worktree add` has a HEAD to branch
+    /// from.
+    fn temp_repo(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        let dir = scratch(name);
+        sh(&dir, &["git", "init", "-q"]);
+        sh(&dir, &["git", "config", "user.email", "t@t"]);
+        sh(&dir, &["git", "config", "user.name", "t"]);
+        std::fs::write(dir.join("a.txt"), "a").unwrap();
+        sh(&dir, &["git", "add", "."]);
+        sh(&dir, &["git", "commit", "-q", "-m", "init"]);
+        dir
+    }
+
+    /// The simplest sensible request: directory and branch share `name`,
+    /// starting from HEAD — what the sheet submits when nothing is edited.
+    fn req(name: &str) -> WorktreeRequest {
+        WorktreeRequest {
+            name: name.into(),
+            branch: name.into(),
+            base: "HEAD".into(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn candidate_is_two_pool_words() {
+        let mut state = seed();
+        let name = candidate(&mut state);
+        let (a, n) = name.split_once('-').unwrap();
+        assert!(ADJECTIVES.contains(&a));
+        assert!(NOUNS.contains(&n));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn is_inside_repo_scans_upward_for_dot_git() {
+        let repo = temp_repo("probe");
+        let sub = repo.join("deep/nested");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&sub).unwrap();
+        assert!(is_inside_repo(&sub));
+        let plain = scratch("probe-plain");
+        assert!(!is_inside_repo(&plain));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&plain);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn defaults_proposes_fresh_name_current_branch_and_target_dir() {
+        let repo = temp_repo("dflt");
+        let d = defaults(&repo).unwrap();
+        assert!(!branch_exists(&repo, &d.name));
+        let head = git(&repo, &["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(d.base, head);
+        // The target dir is the repo's own `.tty7/worktrees` (git reports the
+        // canonical root: /var → /private/var on macOS).
+        let canon = plain(&std::fs::canonicalize(&repo).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(plain(&d.dir), canon.join(".tty7").join("worktrees"));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_makes_worktree_on_new_branch_inside_the_repo() {
+        let repo = temp_repo("repo");
+        let wt = create(&repo, &req("quiet-otter")).unwrap();
+        assert!(wt.path.join("a.txt").exists());
+        assert!(branch_exists(&repo, &wt.branch));
+        // The worktree lands under `<repo>/.tty7/worktrees/<name>`…
+        let canon = plain(&std::fs::canonicalize(&repo).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(plain(&wt.path), canon.join(".tty7/worktrees/quiet-otter"));
+        // …on the new branch…
+        let head = git(&wt.path, &["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(head, wt.branch);
+        // …and the auto-written `.tty7/.gitignore` keeps the main repo's
+        // status clean despite the checkout living inside it.
+        assert_eq!(
+            std::fs::read_to_string(canon.join(".tty7/.gitignore")).unwrap(),
+            "*\n"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(git(&repo, &["status", "--porcelain"]).unwrap(), "");
+        // A second request colliding on the directory is refused up front.
+        assert!(
+            create(&repo, &req("quiet-otter"))
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .contains("already exists")
+        );
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_honors_custom_branch_and_base() {
+        let repo = temp_repo("base");
+        // A `stable` branch one commit behind the default branch's HEAD.
+        sh(&repo, &["git", "branch", "stable"]);
+        std::fs::write(repo.join("b.txt"), "b").unwrap();
+        sh(&repo, &["git", "add", "."]);
+        sh(&repo, &["git", "commit", "-q", "-m", "second"]);
+        let wt = create(
+            &repo,
+            &WorktreeRequest {
+                name: "my-dir".into(),
+                branch: "feat/my-branch".into(),
+                base: "stable".into(),
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        // Directory and branch names diverge as requested…
+        assert_eq!(wt.path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap(), "my-dir");
+        let head = git(&wt.path, &["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(head, "feat/my-branch");
+        // …and the checkout starts from `stable` (no b.txt yet).
+        assert!(wt.path.join("a.txt").exists());
+        assert!(!wt.path.join("b.txt").exists());
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_rejects_escaping_names() {
+        let repo = temp_repo("names");
+        for bad in ["", ".", "..", "a/b", "a\\b"] {
+            let mut r = req("x");
+            r.name = bad.into();
+            assert!(
+                create(&repo, &r)
+                    .unwrap_err()
+                    .contains("invalid worktree name"),
+                "{bad:?} should be rejected"
+            );
+        }
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_from_a_linked_worktree_lands_in_the_main_repo() {
+        let repo = temp_repo("nest");
+        let first = create(&repo, &req("first-wt")).unwrap();
+        // Spawn the second worktree from *inside* the first: it must land in
+        // the main repo's `.tty7/worktrees`, not nest inside the first checkout.
+        let second = create(&first.path, &req("second-wt")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(second.path.parent().unwrap(), first.path.parent().unwrap());
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn managed_resolves_managed_checkouts_and_remove_cleans_up() {
+        let repo = temp_repo("mg");
+        let wt = create(&repo, &req("mg-wt")).unwrap();
+        // The repo root itself is never "managed"…
+        assert!(managed(&repo).is_none());
+        // …nor is a linked worktree the user made outside `.tty7/worktrees`.
+        let own = scratch("mg-own");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&own);
+        sh(
+            &repo,
+            &[
+                "git",
+                "worktree",
+                "add",
+                "-b",
+                "own-branch",
+                own.to_str().unwrap(),
+            ],
+        );
+        assert!(managed(&own).is_none());
+        // Any path inside the managed checkout resolves to it, initially clean.
+        let sub = wt.path.join("sub");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&sub).unwrap();
+        let m = managed(&sub).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(m.branch, wt.branch);
+        assert_eq!(m.path, wt.path);
+        assert!(!m.dirty);
+        // Uncommitted changes flip `dirty` and block a plain remove; --force
+        // discards them. The branch (no unique commits) is deleted with it.
+        std::fs::write(wt.path.join("b.txt"), "b").unwrap();
+        let m = managed(&wt.path).unwrap();
+        assert!(m.dirty);
+        assert!(remove(&m, false).is_err());
+        remove(&m, true).unwrap();
+        assert!(!wt.path.exists());
+        assert!(!branch_exists(&repo, &wt.branch));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&own);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn occupied_detects_live_cwds_inside_the_worktree() {
+        let repo = temp_repo("occ");
+        let wt = create(&repo, &req("occ-wt")).unwrap();
+        let inside = wt.path.join("deep");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&inside).unwrap();
+        assert!(occupied(&wt.path, &[repo.clone(), inside]));
+        // Cwds elsewhere in the repo don't count…
+        assert!(!occupied(&wt.path, &[repo.clone()]));
+        // …and neither does a cwd that no longer exists.
+        assert!(!occupied(&wt.path, &[wt.path.join("gone")]));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_outside_a_repo_errors() {
+        let plain = scratch("plain");
+        let err = create(&plain, &req("x")).unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(err, "not inside a git repository");
+        assert_eq!(defaults(&plain).unwrap_err(), "not inside a git repository");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&plain);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/app.rs b/src/ui/app.rs
index 9e686d93..4c2ab6b3 100644
--- a/src/ui/app.rs
+++ b/src/ui/app.rs
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ pub struct Tty7App {
     pub(crate) closed: Vec<SessionTab>,
     /// `Some` while a tab label is being renamed inline; `None` otherwise.
     pub(crate) renaming: Option<Renaming>,
+    /// `Some` while the "New Worktree Tab" sheet is open (see
+    /// `ui::worktree_prompt`); `None` otherwise.
+    pub(crate) worktree_prompt: Option<crate::ui::worktree_prompt::WorktreePrompt>,
     /// When `Some`, the active tab renders only this one leaf full-window
     /// (Cmd+Shift+Enter maximize). Cleared on any structural / navigation change.
     maximized: Option<Entity<TerminalView>>,
@@ -529,6 +532,7 @@ impl Tty7App {
             palette_sub: None,
             closed: Vec::new(),
             renaming: None,
+            worktree_prompt: None,
             maximized: None,
             mod_hint_badges: false,
             mod_hint_gen: 0,
@@ -1922,6 +1926,10 @@ impl Tty7App {
         // A rename in progress stores a fixed tab index; removing a tab shifts
         // indices and would let the pending edit commit onto the wrong tab. Drop it.
         self.renaming = None;
+        // Capture the tab's cwd *before* its panes are killed (the daemon can't
+        // report it afterwards): if it sat in a tty7-managed worktree, the
+        // cleanup offer below needs it.
+        let worktree_cwd = self.tab_cwd(index, window, cx);
         // Snapshot the tab (layout + each pane's current cwd + name) onto the
         // recently-closed stack so Cmd+Shift+T can bring it back.
         let snapshot = tab_to_session(&self.tabs[index], cx);
@@ -1950,6 +1958,187 @@ impl Tty7App {
         self.focus_active(window, cx);
         self.save_session(cx);
         cx.notify();
+        // The tab is gone; if it lived in a tty7-managed worktree, offer to
+        // clean the checkout up rather than letting them pile up silently.
+        self.offer_worktree_cleanup(worktree_cwd, cx);
+    }
+
+    /// After closing a tab that sat in a tty7-managed worktree (see
+    /// [`crate::core::worktree::managed`]), offer to remove the checkout: a
+    /// clean worktree gets a plain keep/remove prompt; one with uncommitted
+    /// changes defaults to keeping and makes discarding explicit. Removal also
+    /// deletes the branch when it carries no unmerged commits (`branch -d`).
+    /// No offer while any surviving pane still has its cwd inside the checkout
+    /// (new tabs inherit the current cwd, so shared worktrees are common) —
+    /// removal would yank the directory out from under a live shell.
+    /// Detection, the dirty probe, and removal all run off the UI thread.
+    fn offer_worktree_cleanup(&mut self, cwd: Option<std::path::PathBuf>, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        let Some(cwd) = cwd else { return };
+        // Every leaf of every surviving tab, not just focused panes — a shell
+        // tucked away in a split occupies the worktree all the same.
+        let open_cwds: Vec<std::path::PathBuf> = self
+            .tabs
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|tab| tab.pane.leaves())
+            .filter_map(|leaf| leaf.read(cx).cwd())
+            .collect();
+        cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
+            let Some(wt) = cx
+                .background_spawn(async move {
+                    crate::core::worktree::managed(&cwd)
+                        .filter(|wt| !crate::core::worktree::occupied(&wt.path, &open_cwds))
+                })
+                .await
+            else {
+                return;
+            };
+            let detail = if wt.dirty {
+                format!(
+                    "The closed tab's worktree at {} has uncommitted changes.",
+                    wt.path.display()
+                )
+            } else {
+                format!(
+                    "The closed tab's worktree at {} is clean.",
+                    wt.path.display()
+                )
+            };
+            let title = format!("Remove worktree \"{}\"?", wt.branch);
+            let level = if wt.dirty {
+                PromptLevel::Warning
+            } else {
+                PromptLevel::Info
+            };
+            let remove_label = if wt.dirty {
+                "Discard Changes & Remove"
+            } else {
+                "Remove Worktree"
+            };
+            let Ok(answer) = this.update_in(cx, |_, window, cx| {
+                window.prompt(level, &title, Some(&detail), &["Keep", remove_label], cx)
+            }) else {
+                return;
+            };
+            if !matches!(answer.await, Ok(1)) {
+                return;
+            }
+            let force = wt.dirty;
+            let branch = wt.branch.clone();
+            let result = cx
+                .background_spawn(async move { crate::core::worktree::remove(&wt, force) })
+                .await;
+            let _ = this.update_in(cx, |_, window, cx| match result {
+                Ok(()) => window.push_notification(format!("Removed worktree \"{branch}\""), cx),
+                Err(e) => window.push_notification(format!("Worktree removal failed: {e}"), cx),
+            });
+        })
+        .detach();
+    }
+
+    /// Close every tab except `index` ("Close Other Tabs"). Iterates from the
+    /// end so removals never shift an index still to visit. Tabs holding a live
+    /// warn-on-close SSH session are skipped outright — the per-tab confirm
+    /// sheet is keyed by index, which a bulk close would immediately
+    /// invalidate — so they simply survive the sweep.
+    pub(crate) fn close_other_tabs(
+        &mut self,
+        index: usize,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
+        if index >= self.tabs.len() {
+            return;
+        }
+        for i in (0..self.tabs.len()).rev() {
+            if i == index || self.tab_has_warn_ssh(i, cx) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            self.close_tab(i, window, cx);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Close every tab after `index` ("Close Tabs to the Right" / "Close Tabs
+    /// Below" in the sidebar). Same end-first iteration and warn-SSH skip as
+    /// [`close_other_tabs`](Self::close_other_tabs).
+    pub(crate) fn close_tabs_right_of(
+        &mut self,
+        index: usize,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
+        for i in ((index + 1)..self.tabs.len()).rev() {
+            if self.tab_has_warn_ssh(i, cx) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            self.close_tab(i, window, cx);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The cwd of the tab's label-driving terminal (focused leaf, else first) —
+    /// what the tab context menu's "Copy Working Directory" copies and "New
+    /// Worktree Tab" derives the repo from.
+    pub(crate) fn tab_cwd(
+        &self,
+        index: usize,
+        window: &Window,
+        cx: &App,
+    ) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+        self.tabs
+            .get(index)?
+            .pane
+            .focused_or_first(window, cx)
+            .and_then(|leaf| leaf.read(cx).cwd())
+    }
+
+    /// "New Worktree Tab": probe the repository containing the tab's cwd for
+    /// defaults (a fresh generated name, the current branch as start point) on
+    /// the background executor, then open the confirmation sheet
+    /// (`ui::worktree_prompt`) where name/branch/base can be edited before
+    /// anything is created. Failure to probe lands as a notification.
+    pub(crate) fn new_worktree_tab(
+        &mut self,
+        index: usize,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
+        let Some(cwd) = self.tab_cwd(index, window, cx) else {
+            window.push_notification("This tab has no working directory yet", cx);
+            return;
+        };
+        cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
+            let probe_cwd = cwd.clone();
+            let result = cx
+                .background_spawn(async move { crate::core::worktree::defaults(&probe_cwd) })
+                .await;
+            let _ = this.update_in(cx, |this, window, cx| match result {
+                Ok(defaults) => this.open_worktree_prompt(cwd, defaults, window, cx),
+                Err(e) => window.push_notification(format!("New worktree failed: {e}"), cx),
+            });
+        })
+        .detach();
+    }
+
+    /// Open the tab for a just-created worktree: a default-shell terminal in
+    /// the worktree directory, with the tab pre-named after its branch so a
+    /// strip of parallel worktrees stays tellable-apart. Mirrors
+    /// `new_tab_with_shell`, minus the cwd inheritance (the cwd *is* the point).
+    pub(crate) fn open_worktree_tab(
+        &mut self,
+        wt: crate::core::worktree::NewWorktree,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
+        let view = new_terminal(self.font_size, Some(wt.path), None, None, window, cx);
+        self.remember_active_pane(window, cx);
+        self.maximized = None;
+        let insert_at = self.new_tab_insert_at(cx);
+        let mut tab = Tab::new(Pane::leaf(view));
+        tab.name = Some(wt.branch);
+        self.tabs.insert(insert_at, tab);
+        self.active = insert_at;
+        self.focus_active(window, cx);
+        self.save_session(cx);
+        cx.notify();
     }
 
     /// Reorder tabs: move the tab at `from` to position `to` (drag-and-drop).
@@ -3449,6 +3638,10 @@ impl Render for Tty7App {
             .when_some(self.render_ssh_close_confirm_overlay(cx), |this, el| {
                 this.child(el)
             })
+            // "New Worktree Tab" confirmation sheet (from the tab context menu).
+            .when_some(self.render_worktree_prompt_overlay(cx), |this, el| {
+                this.child(el)
+            })
             // Working-tree diff overlay (clicked from a sidebar git line) —
             // last child, so it paints over every pane-contextual element
             // above. It covers only the body: the sidebar stays interactive.
@@ -3642,6 +3835,10 @@ impl Render for Tty7App {
             .when_some(settings_overlay, |this, overlay| this.child(overlay))
             // Command palette overlay, layered above everything when open.
             .when_some(self.palette.clone(), |this, palette| this.child(palette))
+            // Toast layer for `window.push_notification` (worktree/SSH errors).
+            // gpui-component's Root only *stores* the list; the root view must
+            // render the layer — without this child every toast was invisible.
+            .children(gpui_component::Root::render_notification_layer(window, cx))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index 72856df4..ec8f20b0 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ pub mod ssh_prompt;
 pub mod tab_sidebar;
 pub mod tab_strip;
 pub mod theme;
+pub mod worktree_prompt;
diff --git a/src/ui/tab_sidebar.rs b/src/ui/tab_sidebar.rs
index 319d616c..f8ebb1ce 100644
--- a/src/ui/tab_sidebar.rs
+++ b/src/ui/tab_sidebar.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use gpui::{
 };
 use gpui_component::button::{Button, ButtonVariants as _};
 use gpui_component::input::Input;
+use gpui_component::menu::ContextMenuExt as _;
 use gpui_component::{ActiveTheme as _, Icon, IconName, Sizable as _, h_flex, v_flex};
 use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -323,7 +324,13 @@ impl Tty7App {
                         .into_any_element()
                 });
 
-            list = list.child(row);
+            // Per-tab right-click menu, shared with the strip's chips;
+            // `below_wording` flips the trailing close to "Close Tabs Below"
+            // to match the vertical layout.
+            let menu_app = cx.entity().downgrade();
+            list = list.child(row.context_menu(move |menu, window, cx| {
+                Tty7App::tab_context_menu(menu, i, true, &menu_app, window, cx)
+            }));
         }
 
         // Top control bar: a right-aligned "+" new-tab button (the same shell
diff --git a/src/ui/tab_strip.rs b/src/ui/tab_strip.rs
index c8ff4a35..7f29370b 100644
--- a/src/ui/tab_strip.rs
+++ b/src/ui/tab_strip.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 //! orchestration rather than chrome rendering.
 
 use gpui::{
-    App, Context, FontWeight, MouseButton, MouseDownEvent, SharedString, Window, div, prelude::*,
-    px,
+    App, Axis, Context, FontWeight, MouseButton, MouseDownEvent, SharedString, Window, div,
+    prelude::*, px,
 };
 use gpui_component::button::{Button, ButtonVariants as _};
 use gpui_component::input::Input;
-use gpui_component::menu::{DropdownMenu as _, PopupMenuItem};
+use gpui_component::menu::{ContextMenuExt as _, DropdownMenu as _, PopupMenu, PopupMenuItem};
 use gpui_component::{ActiveTheme as _, Icon, IconName, Sizable as _, h_flex};
 
 use crate::core::actions::{OpenSettings, TogglePalette};
@@ -377,6 +377,128 @@ impl Tty7App {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Build the per-tab right-click menu, shared by the strip's chips and the
+    /// sidebar's rows (which passes `below_wording` so the trailing close reads
+    /// "Close Tabs Below" in the vertical list). Live state — tab count, the
+    /// tab's cwd — is read at open time through the weak `app` handle, so the
+    /// render loop never pays a per-frame cwd syscall and the enablement can't
+    /// go stale between render and click.
+    pub(crate) fn tab_context_menu(
+        menu: PopupMenu,
+        index: usize,
+        below_wording: bool,
+        app: &gpui::WeakEntity<Self>,
+        window: &Window,
+        cx: &App,
+    ) -> PopupMenu {
+        let Some(entity) = app.upgrade() else {
+            return menu;
+        };
+        let this = entity.read(cx);
+        let tab_count = this.tabs.len();
+        let cwd = this.tab_cwd(index, window, cx);
+        let has_cwd = cwd.is_some();
+        let mut menu = menu.min_w(px(200.));
+
+        // Rename — the same inline edit a label double-click starts, given a
+        // discoverable entry point.
+        menu = menu.item(PopupMenuItem::new("Rename Tab").on_click({
+            let app = app.clone();
+            move |_, window, cx| {
+                let _ = app.update(cx, |this, cx| this.start_rename(index, window, cx));
+            }
+        }));
+
+        // Worktree: an isolated checkout of this tab's repo on a fresh branch,
+        // opened as a new tab — parallel-agent fuel. Only offered when the
+        // tab's cwd actually sits in a git repository (a filesystem-only
+        // probe, cheap enough at open time); outside one the entry would be
+        // pure noise.
+        let in_repo = cwd
+            .as_deref()
+            .is_some_and(crate::core::worktree::is_inside_repo);
+        if in_repo {
+            menu = menu
+                .separator()
+                .item(PopupMenuItem::new("New Worktree Tab").on_click({
+                    let app = app.clone();
+                    move |_, window, cx| {
+                        let _ = app.update(cx, |this, cx| this.new_worktree_tab(index, window, cx));
+                    }
+                }));
+        }
+
+        // Splits act on the right-clicked tab: activate it first (a no-op when
+        // it already is), then split its focused pane — one code path with the
+        // keyboard actions.
+        menu = menu
+            .separator()
+            .item(PopupMenuItem::new("Split Right").on_click({
+                let app = app.clone();
+                move |_, window, cx| {
+                    let _ = app.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+                        this.activate(index, window, cx);
+                        this.split(Axis::Horizontal, window, cx);
+                    });
+                }
+            }))
+            .item(PopupMenuItem::new("Split Down").on_click({
+                let app = app.clone();
+                move |_, window, cx| {
+                    let _ = app.update(cx, |this, cx| {
+                        this.activate(index, window, cx);
+                        this.split(Axis::Vertical, window, cx);
+                    });
+                }
+            }));
+
+        menu = menu.separator().item(
+            PopupMenuItem::new("Copy Working Directory")
+                .disabled(!has_cwd)
+                .on_click(move |_, _window, cx| {
+                    if let Some(cwd) = cwd.as_ref() {
+                        cx.write_to_clipboard(gpui::ClipboardItem::new_string(
+                            cwd.display().to_string(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                }),
+        );
+
+        menu.separator()
+            .item(PopupMenuItem::new("Close Tab").on_click({
+                let app = app.clone();
+                move |_, window, cx| {
+                    let _ = app.update(cx, |this, cx| this.close_tab(index, window, cx));
+                }
+            }))
+            .item(
+                PopupMenuItem::new("Close Other Tabs")
+                    .disabled(tab_count <= 1)
+                    .on_click({
+                        let app = app.clone();
+                        move |_, window, cx| {
+                            let _ =
+                                app.update(cx, |this, cx| this.close_other_tabs(index, window, cx));
+                        }
+                    }),
+            )
+            .item(
+                PopupMenuItem::new(if below_wording {
+                    "Close Tabs Below"
+                } else {
+                    "Close Tabs to the Right"
+                })
+                .disabled(index + 1 >= tab_count)
+                .on_click({
+                    let app = app.clone();
+                    move |_, window, cx| {
+                        let _ =
+                            app.update(cx, |this, cx| this.close_tabs_right_of(index, window, cx));
+                    }
+                }),
+            )
+    }
+
     /// The horizontal tab strip rendered into the title bar. `show_chips` draws
     /// the per-tab chip row; passing `false` (the vertical-sidebar mode, where
     /// the sidebar owns the tab list) keeps only the "+" and "⋯" chrome so the
@@ -639,7 +761,12 @@ impl Tty7App {
                         .into_any_element()
                 });
 
-            chips = chips.child(chip);
+            // Per-tab right-click menu (rename / worktree / split / copy cwd /
+            // close group) — the same builder the sidebar rows use.
+            let menu_app = cx.entity().downgrade();
+            chips = chips.child(chip.context_menu(move |menu, window, cx| {
+                Self::tab_context_menu(menu, i, false, &menu_app, window, cx)
+            }));
         }
 
         // "+" new-tab button — click opens the shell picker. The default shell
diff --git a/src/ui/worktree_prompt.rs b/src/ui/worktree_prompt.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9f3f5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/worktree_prompt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+//! The "New Worktree Tab" sheet: confirms (or edits) the generated worktree
+//! name, the new branch, and the branch it starts from before anything touches
+//! git. Opened from the tab context menu (`tab_strip::tab_context_menu`); the
+//! defaults are probed off the UI thread in `Tty7App::new_worktree_tab`.
+
+use gpui::{AnyElement, Context, Entity, Subscription, Window, div, prelude::*, px};
+use gpui_component::button::{Button, ButtonVariants as _};
+use gpui_component::input::{Input, InputEvent, InputState};
+use gpui_component::{
+    ActiveTheme as _, Disableable as _, Sizable as _, WindowExt as _, h_flex, v_flex,
+};
+
+use crate::core::worktree::{WorktreeDefaults, WorktreeRequest};
+use crate::ui::app::Tty7App;
+
+/// State for the open sheet. Held on [`Tty7App`] so it survives re-renders and
+/// tab switches; there is at most one, app-wide.
+pub(crate) struct WorktreePrompt {
+    /// The directory the repo was derived from (the right-clicked tab's cwd) —
+    /// what the eventual `git worktree add` resolves the repository through.
+    cwd: std::path::PathBuf,
+    /// Where the checkout will land (`<root>/<repo-name>`), for the live path
+    /// preview under the name field.
+    dir: std::path::PathBuf,
+    name: Entity<InputState>,
+    branch: Entity<InputState>,
+    base: Entity<InputState>,
+    /// True while `git worktree add` runs, so a second Enter can't double-create.
+    busy: bool,
+    _subs: Vec<Subscription>,
+}
+
+impl Tty7App {
+    /// Open the sheet with probed defaults: the generated candidate fills both
+    /// the name and the branch (edit either independently), the current branch
+    /// fills the start point. Focus lands on the name field; Enter anywhere
+    /// submits, Esc cancels.
+    pub(crate) fn open_worktree_prompt(
+        &mut self,
+        cwd: std::path::PathBuf,
+        defaults: WorktreeDefaults,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
+        let name = cx.new(|cx| InputState::new(window, cx).default_value(defaults.name.clone()));
+        let branch = cx.new(|cx| InputState::new(window, cx).default_value(defaults.name));
+        let base = cx.new(|cx| InputState::new(window, cx).default_value(defaults.base));
+        name.update(cx, |state, cx| state.focus(window, cx));
+        let subs = [&name, &branch, &base]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|input| {
+                cx.subscribe_in(input, window, |this, _, ev: &InputEvent, window, cx| {
+                    match ev {
+                        InputEvent::PressEnter { .. } => this.submit_worktree_prompt(window, cx),
+                        // Keep the path preview tracking the name field.
+                        InputEvent::Change => cx.notify(),
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                })
+            })
+            .collect();
+        self.worktree_prompt = Some(WorktreePrompt {
+            cwd,
+            dir: defaults.dir,
+            name,
+            branch,
+            base,
+            busy: false,
+            _subs: subs,
+        });
+        cx.notify();
+    }
+
+    fn cancel_worktree_prompt(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        if self.worktree_prompt.take().is_some() {
+            self.focus_active(window, cx);
+            cx.notify();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Validate the fields and run the creation off the UI thread. Blanking
+    /// one of name/branch falls back to the other (one name is enough); a
+    /// blank start point means the repo's HEAD. On failure the sheet stays up
+    /// with the values intact, so a typo'd branch is a fix away.
+    fn submit_worktree_prompt(&mut self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        let Some(p) = self.worktree_prompt.as_ref() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        if p.busy {
+            return;
+        }
+        let name = p.name.read(cx).value().trim().to_string();
+        let branch = p.branch.read(cx).value().trim().to_string();
+        let base = p.base.read(cx).value().trim().to_string();
+        let (name, branch) = match (name.is_empty(), branch.is_empty()) {
+            (true, true) => {
+                window.push_notification("The worktree needs a name", cx);
+                return;
+            }
+            (true, false) => (branch.clone(), branch),
+            (false, true) => (name.clone(), name),
+            (false, false) => (name, branch),
+        };
+        let req = WorktreeRequest {
+            name,
+            branch,
+            base: if base.is_empty() {
+                "HEAD".to_string()
+            } else {
+                base
+            },
+        };
+        let p = self.worktree_prompt.as_mut().expect("checked above");
+        p.busy = true;
+        let cwd = p.cwd.clone();
+        cx.notify();
+        cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
+            let result = cx
+                .background_spawn(async move { crate::core::worktree::create(&cwd, &req) })
+                .await;
+            let _ = this.update_in(cx, |this, window, cx| match result {
+                Ok(wt) => {
+                    this.worktree_prompt = None;
+                    this.open_worktree_tab(wt, window, cx);
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    if let Some(p) = this.worktree_prompt.as_mut() {
+                        p.busy = false;
+                    }
+                    window.push_notification(format!("New worktree failed: {e}"), cx);
+                    cx.notify();
+                }
+            });
+        })
+        .detach();
+    }
+
+    /// The sheet itself, floated near the top of the terminal area like the
+    /// SSH auth sheet. `None` while no prompt is open.
+    pub(crate) fn render_worktree_prompt_overlay(
+        &self,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) -> Option<AnyElement> {
+        let p = self.worktree_prompt.as_ref()?;
+        let muted = cx.theme().muted_foreground;
+        let field = |label: &'static str, input: &Entity<InputState>| {
+            v_flex()
+                .gap_1()
+                .child(div().text_xs().text_color(muted).child(label))
+                .child(Input::new(input).small())
+        };
+        // Live preview of where the checkout will land, following the name field.
+        let name_now = p.name.read(cx).value().trim().to_string();
+        let preview = p
+            .dir
+            .join(if name_now.is_empty() {
+                "…"
+            } else {
+                &name_now
+            })
+            .display()
+            .to_string();
+
+        let card = v_flex()
+            .occlude()
+            .w(px(420.))
+            .gap_3()
+            .p_4()
+            .bg(cx.theme().popover)
+            .border_1()
+            .border_color(cx.theme().border)
+            .rounded_lg()
+            .shadow_lg()
+            // Esc cancels from anywhere in the sheet (Enter submits via the
+            // inputs' PressEnter events).
+            .on_key_down(cx.listener(|this, ev: &gpui::KeyDownEvent, window, cx| {
+                if ev.keystroke.key == "escape" {
+                    this.cancel_worktree_prompt(window, cx);
+                }
+            }))
+            .child(
+                div()
+                    .text_sm()
+                    .font_weight(gpui::FontWeight::SEMIBOLD)
+                    .child("New Worktree Tab"),
+            )
+            .child(field("Worktree Name", &p.name))
+            .child(
+                div()
+                    .text_xs()
+                    .font_family("monospace")
+                    .text_color(muted)
+                    .child(preview),
+            )
+            .child(field("New Branch", &p.branch))
+            .child(field("Start From", &p.base))
+            .child(
+                h_flex()
+                    .gap_2()
+                    .child(
+                        Button::new("worktree-create")
+                            .label(if p.busy { "Creating…" } else { "Create" })
+                            .small()
+                            .primary()
+                            .disabled(p.busy)
+                            .on_click(cx.listener(|this, _, window, cx| {
+                                this.submit_worktree_prompt(window, cx)
+                            })),
+                    )
+                    .child(
+                        Button::new("worktree-cancel")
+                            .label("Cancel")
+                            .small()
+                            .on_click(cx.listener(|this, _, window, cx| {
+                                this.cancel_worktree_prompt(window, cx)
+                            })),
+                    ),
+            );
+
+        Some(
+            div()
+                .absolute()
+                .inset_0()
+                .flex()
+                .flex_col()
+                .items_center()
+                .justify_start()
+                .pt(px(48.))
+                .child(card)
+                .into_any_element(),
+        )
+    }
+}