diff --git a/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_demo.sh b/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_demo.sh
index 042ad60f8..450c63fb1 100755
--- a/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_demo.sh
+++ b/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_demo.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #   hermes_triage_demo.sh status    # current incident/alert state, no changes
 #   hermes_triage_demo.sh preflight # confirm the lab is ready to demo
 #   hermes_triage_demo.sh reset     # restore the demo to its pre-run state
-#   hermes_triage_demo.sh monitor [code]  # stream the flow chart stages live
+#   hermes_triage_demo.sh monitor [code]  # follow the Test Automation Diagram live
 #
 # FIRST RUN: copy hermes_triage_demo.env.example to hermes_triage_demo.env in
 # this directory and fill it in. That file is git-ignored precisely so it can
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ for line in sys.stdin:
 }
 
 # `monitor` follows the fixture job; `monitor code` follows the code-proposal
-# job, which takes the source-proposal branch of the chart instead.
+# job, which takes the source-proposal branch of the Test Automation Diagram
+# instead. Both narrate the same diagram, stage for stage.
 cmd_monitor() {
   local which="${1:-fixture}"
   [ "$which" = "code" ] && export MONITOR_JOB="$CODE_JOB"
diff --git a/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_monitor.py b/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_monitor.py
index ed80ad9d6..1a712e500 100755
--- a/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_monitor.py
+++ b/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_monitor.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 """Narrate the triage flow live, showing every command it runs.
 
 Run in a second terminal beside the demo. When a stage of
-`mermaid/TestAutomation.mmd` is reached this prints, in order:
+the Test Automation Diagram (`mermaid/TestAutomation.mmd`) is reached this
+prints, in order:
 
-    the stage banner, naming the chart subgraph
+    the stage banner, naming the diagram subgraph
     the service UI to look at, if one changes at that stage
     each command, echoed before it runs, then its output
 
@@ -14,9 +15,9 @@ reading the raw answer is the difference between a demonstration and an
 assertion.
 
 Two honest limits. This reports at subgraph granularity, not per node: the
-chart draws the collector, response check, marker check and authorizer
+diagram draws the collector, response check, marker check and authorizer
 separately, and a refusal here names the gate rather than walking all twelve.
-And it follows one incident on one job, whereas the chart describes the whole
+And it follows one incident on one job, whereas the diagram describes the whole
 system.
 
 Read-only. Every command below is a read; nothing here changes the cluster.
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ BOLD, DIM, GREEN, CYAN, YELLOW, RED, RESET = (
     "\033[1m", "\033[2m", "\033[32m", "\033[36m", "\033[33m", "\033[31m", "\033[0m"
 )
 
-# stage key -> (chart subgraph, what it means, chart path, UI worth showing)
+# stage key -> (diagram subgraph, what it means, diagram path, UI worth showing)
 STAGES: dict[str, tuple[str, str, str, str]] = {
     "detect": (
         "Detect and gather",
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ def banner(key: str) -> None:
     subgraph, meaning, path, ui = STAGES[key]
     print(f"\n{GREEN}{'─' * 70}{RESET}")
     print(f"{GREEN}{BOLD} {stamp()}  {subgraph}{RESET}{GREEN} — {meaning}{RESET}")
-    print(f"{DIM} chart: {path}{RESET}")
+    print(f"{DIM} diagram: {path}{RESET}")
     if ui:
         print(f"{YELLOW} look at: {ui}{RESET}")
     print(f"{GREEN}{'─' * 70}{RESET}")
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ def evidence_for(key: str, incident: str = "") -> None:
                       f" fault - and reads 'healthy' above because Ariadne has just patched"
                       f" it. That single field changing is the repair.{RESET}\n")
         if key == "outputs":
-            print(f"  {DIM}on the chart this is the 'records and artifacts' edge out of the"
+            print(f"  {DIM}on the diagram this is the 'records and artifacts' edge out of the"
                   f" whole Ariadne response box, not out of one branch. Every path ends"
                   f" here: an executed action, an escalation, or a pull request all record"
                   f" the same audit events and metrics.{RESET}")
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ def evidence_for(key: str, incident: str = "") -> None:
 
 
 class Monitor:
-    """Track which flow-chart stage the current incident has reached."""
+    """Track which Test Automation Diagram stage the current incident has reached."""
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.done: set[str] = set()
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ class Monitor:
             print(f"\n{BOLD}{YELLOW}══ incident {incident} ══{RESET}")
 
     def checklist(self) -> None:
-        print(f"\n{BOLD}  flow chart progress{RESET}")
+        print(f"\n{BOLD}  Test Automation Diagram progress{RESET}")
         for key in ORDER:
             tick = f"{GREEN}✓{RESET}" if key in self.done else f"{DIM}·{RESET}"
             print(f"    {tick} {key:<9} {STAGES[key][0]:<22} {DIM}{STAGES[key][2]}{RESET}")
@@ -381,7 +382,8 @@ class Monitor:
 
 
 def main() -> None:
-    print(f"{BOLD}Hermes triage monitor — following mermaid/TestAutomation.mmd{RESET}")
+    print(f"{BOLD}Hermes triage monitor — following the Test Automation Diagram"
+          f" (mermaid/TestAutomation.mmd){RESET}")
     print(f"{DIM}Every command is echoed before it runs. Read-only. Ctrl-C to stop.{RESET}")
     print(f"{YELLOW}Jenkins: {JENKINS}/job/{JOB}/{RESET}")
     print(f"{YELLOW}Gitea:   {GITEA}/bstein{RESET}")