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+name: "Improve bot status command formatting"
+---
+
+# Story 297: Improve bot status command formatting
+
+## User Story
+
+As a user reading the bot's status output in Matrix, I want to see clean story numbers and titles (not filenames), with agent assignments shown inline, so that the output is easy to scan at a glance.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] Status output shows story number and title (e.g. '293 — Register all bot commands') not the full filename stem
+- [ ] Each story shows which agent is working on it if one is assigned (e.g. 'coder-1 (sonnet)')
+- [ ] Stories with no agent assigned show no agent info rather than cluttering the output
+- [ ] Output is compact and scannable in a Matrix chat window
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+- TBD