chore(release): default installer to v0.5.2

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ it isn't permitted to see or send mail to people it isn't permitted to contact.
 ## Getting started
 
 ```bash
-export EMCLI_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"   # one-time: generate & save a key
+export EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"   # you (human) keep this
-emcli init                                                # create the DB, add your first account
+export EMCLI_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"         # the agent launcher gets ONLY this
-emcli doctor                                              # confirm it connects and authenticates
+emcli init                                                      # writes both wrap slots
+emcli doctor                                                    # confirm connect/auth (agent key is enough)
 ```
 
+`emcli init` needs both keys. Give the agent's orchestrator only `EMCLI_KEY`; admin commands (`account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`) require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` and will refuse to run without it.
+
 ## Documentation
 
 See the **[User Manual](USER-MANUAL.md)** for full setup, account configuration (including Gmail

USER-MANUAL.md

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ This manual is for **using and administering** `emcli`. It assumes you have the
 ## Contents
 
 1. [Key concepts](#1-key-concepts)
-2. [Setup: the encryption key and database](#2-setup-the-encryption-key-and-database)
+2. [Setup: encryption keys and database](#2-setup-encryption-keys-and-database)
+   - [Privilege model](#2a-privilege-model)
 3. [Quick start](#3-quick-start)
 4. [Adding accounts](#4-adding-accounts)
    - [Gmail (app password)](#gmail-app-password)
@@ -32,10 +33,14 @@ This manual is for **using and administering** `emcli`. It assumes you have the
 ## 1. Key concepts
 
 **Two kinds of commands.**
-- **Admin commands** (`init`, `account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`, `doctor`) are for *you*,
+- **Admin commands** (`init`, `account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`) require
-  the human. They print human-readable text or open an interactive form.
+  `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` and are for *you*, the human. They print human-readable text or open an
-- **Agent commands** (`list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`) are for the *agent*. They print one
+  interactive form. (`account list` is the one exception — it is also an agent command; see below.)
-  line of JSON and nothing else, so a program can consume them reliably.
+- **Agent commands** (`list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`) require `EMCLI_KEY` (or
+  `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` as a superset) and are for the *agent*. They print one line of JSON and
+  nothing else, so a program can consume them reliably. (`doctor` prints human-readable text but
+  is authorised by the agent key — `EMCLI_KEY` alone is sufficient; `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` also works
+  as a superset, so either key suffices for agent commands.)
 
 **Accounts** are named (e.g. `gmail`, `work`). The agent refers to an account by name and never
 sees its password.
@@ -61,50 +66,95 @@ acking is a deliberate, separate step.
 
 ---
 
-## 2. Setup: the encryption key and database
+## 2. Setup: encryption keys and database
 
-`emcli` reads two environment variables:
+`emcli` reads three environment variables:
 
 | Variable | Purpose | Default |
 |---|---|---|
-| `EMCLI_KEY` | **Required.** Base64-encoded 32-byte key (AES-256) used to encrypt passwords at rest. | none — commands fail without it |
+| `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` | **Required for admin.** Base64-encoded 32-byte key (AES-256). Authorises ALL commands. | none — admin commands fail without it |
+| `EMCLI_KEY` | **Required for agents.** Base64-encoded 32-byte key (AES-256). Authorises agent commands only. | none — agent commands fail without it |
 | `EMCLI_DB` | Path to the database file. | `~/.config/emcli/emcli.db` (Linux/macOS), `%AppData%\emcli\emcli.db` (Windows) |
 
-**Generate a key once** and keep it safe (store it the way the program/orchestrator that launches
+**Generate both keys once** and keep them safe:
-`emcli` expects — e.g. a secrets manager or your shell profile):
 
 ```bash
-head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64
+export EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"   # you (human) keep this
+export EMCLI_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"         # the agent launcher gets ONLY this
 ```
 
-Set it in your environment before running any command:
+> **Important:** the keys protect your account passwords via envelope encryption (see "Privilege
-
+> model" below). If you lose `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`, account secrets can't be decrypted and you'll have
-```bash
+> to re-add accounts. `emcli` never falls back to plaintext — a missing or wrong key makes every
-export EMCLI_KEY='paste-the-base64-key-here'
+> command fail safely.
-```
-
-> **Important:** the key encrypts your account passwords. If you lose it, the stored passwords
-> can't be decrypted and you'll have to re-add accounts. If you change it, the same applies.
-> `emcli` never falls back to plaintext — a missing or wrong key makes every command fail safely.
 
 Account passwords are stored **encrypted**; they never appear in command output, error messages,
 or the audit log.
 
 ---
 
+## 2a. Privilege model
+
+`emcli` enforces a two-role privilege split so a process holding only the agent key cannot
+reconfigure accounts, whitelists, or audit settings.
+
+### The two keys
+
+| Key | Holder | Authorises |
+|---|---|---|
+| `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` | Human / secrets manager | ALL commands (`account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`, `init`, plus all agent commands) |
+| `EMCLI_KEY` | Agent orchestrator | Agent commands only (`list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`) |
+
+`EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` is a strict superset: a process with only the admin key can run agent commands
+too. A process with only `EMCLI_KEY` is refused with `emcli: this command requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY
+(admin privilege)` if it attempts an admin command.
+
+### Envelope encryption (DEK)
+
+`emcli init` generates a random data-encryption key (DEK) that seals all account secrets. The DEK
+is stored in the `settings` table in two sealed copies:
+
+- `dek_wrap_admin` — the DEK encrypted under `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`.
+- `dek_wrap_agent` — the DEK encrypted under `EMCLI_KEY`.
+
+The DEK is never written in cleartext. Admin commands unwrap the DEK from the admin slot only; they
+have no fallback to the agent slot. This means a process holding only `EMCLI_KEY` cannot unlock the
+DEK for an admin command, even if it somehow knows the agent key.
+
+### Command → role table
+
+| Command | Role required |
+|---|---|
+| `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`, `account list` | Agent (`EMCLI_KEY` or `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`) |
+| `account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit` | Admin (`EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` required) |
+
+`account list` is dual-role: with the admin key it prints the full `NAME MODE IMAP USER` table;
+with only `EMCLI_KEY` (an agent) it prints a JSON envelope exposing just `name`, `from`, and
+`can_send` — no host or login username.
+| `init` | Both keys required (writes both wrap slots) |
+
+### Agent launcher guidance
+
+Configure your agent's orchestrator with **only `EMCLI_KEY`**. Never give the orchestrator
+`EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`. If the agent tries to run an admin command — even by mistake — `emcli` will
+refuse it at the key level, not just by convention.
+
+---
+
 ## 3. Quick start
 
 ```bash
-# 1. Set your key (see section 2)
+# 1. Generate and export both keys (see section 2)
-export EMCLI_KEY='…'
+export EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"   # keep this yourself
+export EMCLI_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"         # give only this to the agent
 
 # 2. Create the database and add your first account (interactive form)
 emcli init
 
-# 3. Check it connects and authenticates
+# 3. Check it connects and authenticates (agent key is enough for doctor)
 emcli doctor
 
-# 4. The agent can now read
+# 4. The agent can now read (needs only EMCLI_KEY)
 emcli list --account gmail --folder INBOX --limit 10
 ```
 
@@ -146,6 +196,7 @@ emcli account add --name work --mode RW \
 | `--smtp-security` | `tls` | `tls` or `starttls` |
 | `--username` | — | Login username, usually your full email (required) |
 | `--password` | — | Login password or app password |
+| `--from` | — | Send-as address (blank = use username); bare or `"Display Name <addr>"` |
 | `--subject-regex` | — | Inbound subject filter (optional) |
 | `--whitelist-in` | off | Enable inbound whitelist |
 | `--whitelist-out` | off | Enable outbound whitelist |
@@ -215,9 +266,15 @@ emcli account edit --name work --mode RW --smtp-host smtp.example.com --smtp-por
 emcli account edit --name gmail --password 'new-app-password'   # rotate the app password
 ```
 
-> Note: the flag form of `account edit` covers connection/auth fields and `--subject-regex`. To
+```bash
-> toggle whitelists or `process-backlog`, use the interactive form (`emcli account edit --name X`
+emcli account edit --name work --from 'Work Team <you@yourdomain.com>'   # set the send-as address
-> with no other flags), or the `whitelist` commands in section 6.
+emcli account edit --name work --from ''                                 # clear it (revert to username)
+```
+
+> Note: the flag form of `account edit` covers connection/auth fields, `--from`, and
+> `--subject-regex`. Passing `--from ''` clears the send-as address so mail falls back to the login
+> username. To toggle whitelists or `process-backlog`, use the interactive form (`emcli account edit
+> --name X` with no other flags), or the `whitelist` commands in section 6.
 
 **Remove an account** (requires `--yes`):
 
@@ -375,6 +432,11 @@ emcli send --account gmail --to a@x.com --subject "Re: Hi" --body "thanks" \
 client. The source is subject to the inbound whitelist — you can't reply to mail you aren't allowed
 to see.
 
+The message's `From:` is the account's send-as address (`--from`, set on `account add`/`edit`); if
+none is configured it falls back to the login username. A display-name address like
+`Steve Cliff <me@example.com>` shows the name in the recipient's client while the bare address is
+used for the SMTP envelope.
+
 ---
 
 ## 8. The JSON envelope
@@ -491,10 +553,16 @@ emcli config get audit_retention_days
 ## 11. Troubleshooting
 
 **"EMCLI_KEY is not set" / "must be base64 of exactly 32 bytes".** Set `EMCLI_KEY` to a valid
-base64-encoded 32-byte key (section 2). Every command that touches the database needs it.
+base64-encoded 32-byte key (section 2). Agent commands (`list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`,
+`doctor`) need this key.
 
-**A command fails to decrypt / "wrong EMCLI_KEY?".** The key doesn't match the one used when the
+**"this command requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin privilege)".** Set `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` (section 2).
-account was added. Restore the original key, or re-add the account with the current key.
+Admin commands (`account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`, `init`) need this key;
+`EMCLI_KEY` alone is not enough for them. (`account list` is the exception — an agent can run it.)
+
+**A command fails to decrypt / wrong key.** The key doesn't match the one used when the database
+was initialised. Restore the original key, or re-run `emcli init` (idempotent — it won't regenerate
+the DEK if one already exists) with both correct keys, then re-add any accounts if needed.
 
 **`doctor` shows `IMAP FAIL` / `SMTP FAIL`.**
 - *Invalid credentials / authentication failed* — wrong username or password. For Gmail, make sure
@@ -528,19 +596,19 @@ running non-interactively.
 emcli                  # or: emcli help / emcli --help — list all commands
 emcli <command> --help # usage and flags for one command
 
-# Admin
+# Admin (requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY)
 emcli init                                            # create DB + add first account (form)
 emcli account add [flags | none for form]            # add an account
-emcli account list                                    # list accounts (no secrets)
+emcli account list                                    # full table (admin) / name+from+can_send JSON (agent)
 emcli account edit --name N [flags | none for form]  # change an account
 emcli account remove --name N --yes                   # delete an account
 emcli whitelist in|out add|remove|list --account N [--address A]
 emcli config set|get <key> [value]                    # e.g. audit_retention_days
 emcli audit list [--account N] [--limit K]
-emcli doctor [--account N]                             # connectivity/auth check
 emcli version
 
-# Agent (one line of JSON each)
+# Agent (requires EMCLI_KEY or EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY; one line of JSON each)
+emcli doctor [--account N]                             # connectivity/auth check
 emcli list   --account N [--folder F] [--new] [--limit K] [--before U] [--since U]
 emcli get    --account N [--folder F] --uid U
 emcli search --account N [--folder F] [--from A] [--subject-contains S] [--text S] [--since-date D] [--before-date D] [--limit K]
@@ -548,4 +616,4 @@ emcli ack    --account N [--folder F] --uid-list U1,U2,U3
 emcli send   --account N --to A [--cc A] [--bcc A] --subject S --body B [--attach P]… [--reply-to U [--folder F]]
 ```
 
-Environment: `EMCLI_KEY` (required, base64 32-byte key), `EMCLI_DB` (optional DB path).
+Environment: `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` (required for admin commands, base64 32-byte key), `EMCLI_KEY` (required for agent commands, base64 32-byte key), `EMCLI_DB` (optional DB path).

docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-22-two-key-privilege.md

@@ -0,0 +1,855 @@
+# Two-Key Privilege Separation Implementation Plan
+
+> **For agentic workers:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
+
+**Goal:** Enforce the agent/admin trust boundary with two environment keys — `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` (all commands) and `EMCLI_KEY` (agent commands only) — so a forced agent holding only `EMCLI_KEY` cannot run admin commands.
+
+**Architecture:** Envelope encryption. `init` generates a random data-encryption key (DEK) that seals all account secrets exactly as today. The DEK is stored in `settings`, sealed twice: under the admin KEK (`dek_wrap_admin`) and under the agent KEK (`dek_wrap_agent`). Admin commands unwrap the DEK from the admin slot **only** (no agent fallback); agent commands use the agent slot (falling back to the admin slot when only the admin key is present). The store's existing `s.key` field simply becomes the DEK, so `account.go` / mail crypto is untouched.
+
+**Tech Stack:** Go, `modernc.org/sqlite`, AES-256-GCM (existing `crypto.Seal`/`crypto.Open`), standard `flag` CLI.
+
+## Global Constraints
+
+- Module path: `git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli`. Packages under `internal/`.
+- Keys are base64-encoded **exactly 32 bytes** (AES-256). Reject anything else.
+- Single static CGO-free binary; `go vet ./...` must stay clean; tests pass under `-race`.
+- Secrets (keys, passwords, DEK) never appear on stdout, in the JSON envelope, or the audit log.
+- Agent commands emit exactly one JSON object on stdout; admin commands print human-readable text (never JSON).
+- DEK never written to disk in cleartext; wrap slots stored as base64 text in the `settings` table (`value TEXT NOT NULL`).
+- No migration / no schema-version gate — `init` writes wrap slots into a fresh DB (decided in spec).
+
+**Command → role mapping (single source of truth, implemented in Task 3):**
+
+| Command | Role |
+|---|---|
+| `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor` | agent |
+| `account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit` | admin |
+| `init` | bootstrap (needs **both** keys) |
+| `help` / no args | none (no DB access) |
+
+---
+
+## Task 1: crypto — named-var key loaders + DEK generation
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `internal/crypto/crypto.go`
+- Test: `internal/crypto/crypto_test.go`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: existing `Seal(key, plaintext []byte) ([]byte, error)`, `Open(key, blob []byte) ([]byte, error)` (unchanged — they double as DEK wrap/unwrap).
+- Produces:
+  - `AgentKeyFromEnv() ([]byte, error)` — reads `EMCLI_KEY`.
+  - `AdminKeyFromEnv() ([]byte, error)` — reads `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`.
+  - `NewDEK() ([]byte, error)` — fresh random 32-byte key.
+- Removes: `KeyFromEnv`, `ErrNoKey`, `ErrBadKey` (only `crypto_test.go` and `internal/cli/run.go:30` reference them; the latter is rewritten in Task 3).
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Replace the env/error section of `crypto.go`**
+
+Replace the current `var ( ErrNoKey … ); func KeyFromEnv()` block (lines ~14–30) with:
+
+```go
+// keyFromEnv reads and validates a base64-encoded 32-byte AES key from the
+// named environment variable. Errors name the variable so callers get a
+// role-appropriate message.
+func keyFromEnv(varName string) ([]byte, error) {
+	raw := os.Getenv(varName)
+	if raw == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is not set", varName)
+	}
+	key, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(raw)
+	if err != nil || len(key) != 32 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s must be base64 of exactly 32 bytes", varName)
+	}
+	return key, nil
+}
+
+// AgentKeyFromEnv reads the agent KEK from EMCLI_KEY (agent commands only).
+func AgentKeyFromEnv() ([]byte, error) { return keyFromEnv("EMCLI_KEY") }
+
+// AdminKeyFromEnv reads the admin KEK from EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (all commands).
+func AdminKeyFromEnv() ([]byte, error) { return keyFromEnv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY") }
+
+// NewDEK returns a fresh random 32-byte data-encryption key.
+func NewDEK() ([]byte, error) {
+	dek := make([]byte, 32)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, dek); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dek, nil
+}
+```
+
+Update the import block to add `"fmt"` and drop `"errors"` if now unused (it is — no other `errors.` use remains after removing the sentinels; `Open` uses `errors.New` so KEEP `"errors"`). Net: add `"fmt"`, keep everything else.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Rewrite `TestKeyFromEnv` in `crypto_test.go`**
+
+Replace `TestKeyFromEnv` (lines ~53–69) with:
+
+```go
+func TestAgentAndAdminKeyFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	good := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(testKey())
+
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", good)
+	if k, err := AgentKeyFromEnv(); err != nil || len(k) != 32 {
+		t.Fatalf("AgentKeyFromEnv: key=%d err=%v", len(k), err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", good)
+	if k, err := AdminKeyFromEnv(); err != nil || len(k) != 32 {
+		t.Fatalf("AdminKeyFromEnv: key=%d err=%v", len(k), err)
+	}
+
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", "")
+	if _, err := AdminKeyFromEnv(); err == nil ||
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), "EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY") {
+		t.Fatalf("empty admin key: want EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY error, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("tooshort")))
+	if _, err := AgentKeyFromEnv(); err == nil ||
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), "32 bytes") {
+		t.Fatalf("short key: want length error, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewDEKIsRandom32(t *testing.T) {
+	a, err := NewDEK()
+	if err != nil || len(a) != 32 {
+		t.Fatalf("NewDEK: len=%d err=%v", len(a), err)
+	}
+	b, _ := NewDEK()
+	if bytes.Equal(a, b) {
+		t.Fatal("two DEKs must differ")
+	}
+}
+```
+
+Add `"strings"` to the test imports (`bytes` and `encoding/base64` are already imported).
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Run crypto tests, expect FAIL to PASS transition**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/crypto/...`
+Expected: PASS. (If it fails to compile because `"errors"` became unused, that means `Open` no longer references it — it does, so this should not happen; if `"fmt"` is reported unused, you forgot to add a loader. Fix and re-run.)
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add internal/crypto/crypto.go internal/crypto/crypto_test.go
+git commit -m "feat(crypto): named-var key loaders (admin/agent) + NewDEK
+
+Replace KeyFromEnv with AgentKeyFromEnv/AdminKeyFromEnv reading EMCLI_KEY
+and EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY; add NewDEK for envelope encryption. Seal/Open double
+as DEK wrap/unwrap.
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+> Note: the repo will not fully build until Task 3 (cli still references the removed `crypto.KeyFromEnv`). The crypto package and its tests are self-contained and pass.
+
+---
+
+## Task 2: store — unlock/init split + DEK wrap slots
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `internal/store/store.go`
+- Create: `internal/store/keys.go`
+- Test: `internal/store/keys_test.go`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `crypto.NewDEK`, `crypto.Seal`, `crypto.Open` (Task 1); existing `(*Store).GetSetting`, `(*Store).SetSetting`.
+- Produces:
+  - `type Role int` with `RoleAgent Role = iota` and `RoleAdmin`.
+  - `store.Open(path string) (*Store, error)` — **signature change**: drops the `key` param; store opens locked.
+  - `(*Store).InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey []byte) error`.
+  - `(*Store).Unlock(role Role, adminKey, agentKey []byte) error`.
+  - `var ErrLocked = errors.New("emcli DB is not initialized; run `emcli init`")`.
+- Note for later tasks: after `Open`, `s.key` is nil; a command MUST call `Unlock` (or `InitKeys`) before any account read/write, or `crypto.Open(s.key, …)` in `account.go` will fail.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Change `store.Open` to open locked (no key param)**
+
+In `internal/store/store.go`, change the signature and the struct construction:
+
+```go
+// Open opens (creating if needed) the DB at path and applies the schema.
+// The store opens LOCKED: call InitKeys (first run) or Unlock before any
+// secret read/write.
+func Open(path string) (*Store, error) {
+```
+
+and replace `s := &Store{db: db, key: key}` with:
+
+```go
+	s := &Store{db: db}
+```
+
+Leave the rest of `Open` (dir creation, pragma, schema, schema_version setting) unchanged. The `key []byte` field on `Store` stays as-is (now populated by `Unlock`/`InitKeys`).
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Write the failing test for InitKeys + Unlock**
+
+Create `internal/store/keys_test.go`:
+
+```go
+package store
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
+)
+
+func k(b byte) []byte {
+	key := make([]byte, 32)
+	for i := range key {
+		key[i] = b
+	}
+	return key
+}
+
+func tempStore(t *testing.T) *Store {
+	t.Helper()
+	st, err := Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { st.Close() })
+	return st
+}
+
+func TestInitKeysThenUnlockBothSlotsRecoverSameDEK(t *testing.T) {
+	admin, agent := k(0xAA), k(0xBB)
+	st := tempStore(t)
+	if err := st.InitKeys(admin, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Seal a password under the DEK that InitKeys set.
+	if _, err := st.AddAccount(Account{
+		Name: "a", Mode: "RO", IMAPHost: "h", IMAPPort: 993,
+		IMAPSecurity: "tls", AuthType: "password", Username: "u", Password: "pw",
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AddAccount: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Re-open and unlock via the AGENT slot.
+	path := st.dbPath()
+	st.Close()
+	st2, _ := Open(path)
+	if err := st2.Unlock(RoleAgent, nil, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unlock(agent): %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := st2.GetAccount("a")
+	if err != nil || got.Password != "pw" {
+		t.Fatalf("agent-slot decrypt: pw=%q err=%v", got.Password, err)
+	}
+	st2.Close()
+
+	// Unlock via the ADMIN slot recovers the same DEK.
+	st3, _ := Open(path)
+	if err := st3.Unlock(RoleAdmin, admin, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unlock(admin): %v", err)
+	}
+	got3, err := st3.GetAccount("a")
+	if err != nil || got3.Password != "pw" {
+		t.Fatalf("admin-slot decrypt: pw=%q err=%v", got3.Password, err)
+	}
+	st3.Close()
+}
+
+func TestUnlockWrongKeyFails(t *testing.T) {
+	st := tempStore(t)
+	if err := st.InitKeys(k(0xAA), k(0xBB)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	path := st.dbPath()
+	st.Close()
+	st2, _ := Open(path)
+	if err := st2.Unlock(RoleAdmin, k(0x11), nil); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unlock with wrong admin key must fail")
+	}
+	st2.Close()
+}
+
+func TestAdminSlotNotOpenableByAgentKey(t *testing.T) {
+	st := tempStore(t)
+	admin, agent := k(0xAA), k(0xBB)
+	if err := st.InitKeys(admin, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// RoleAdmin must use the admin slot; passing the agent key as the admin
+	// key must fail — there is no fallback to the agent slot.
+	if err := st.Unlock(RoleAdmin, agent, agent); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("agent key must not unlock the admin slot")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInitKeysIdempotentKeepsDEK(t *testing.T) {
+	st := tempStore(t)
+	admin, agent := k(0xAA), k(0xBB)
+	if err := st.InitKeys(admin, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	st.AddAccount(Account{
+		Name: "a", Mode: "RO", IMAPHost: "h", IMAPPort: 993,
+		IMAPSecurity: "tls", AuthType: "password", Username: "u", Password: "pw",
+	})
+	// Second InitKeys must NOT regenerate the DEK (would orphan the password).
+	if err := st.InitKeys(admin, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("re-InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := st.GetAccount("a")
+	if err != nil || got.Password != "pw" {
+		t.Fatalf("password lost after re-init: pw=%q err=%v", got.Password, err)
+	}
+	_ = bytes.Equal // keep import if unused elsewhere
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Run the test to verify it fails (compile error)**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/store/ -run TestInitKeys -v`
+Expected: FAIL — compile errors (`InitKeys`, `Unlock`, `RoleAgent`, `RoleAdmin`, `dbPath` undefined).
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Implement `internal/store/keys.go`**
+
+```go
+package store
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
+)
+
+// Role selects which DEK wrap slot a command may unlock.
+type Role int
+
+const (
+	RoleAgent Role = iota // agent commands; uses dek_wrap_agent (admin slot as fallback)
+	RoleAdmin             // all commands; uses dek_wrap_admin ONLY
+)
+
+const (
+	settingDEKWrapAdmin = "dek_wrap_admin"
+	settingDEKWrapAgent = "dek_wrap_agent"
+)
+
+// ErrLocked means the DB has no DEK wrap slots yet (never initialized).
+var ErrLocked = errors.New("emcli DB is not initialized; run `emcli init`")
+
+// dbPath returns the file path SQLite opened (used by tests to re-open).
+func (s *Store) dbPath() string {
+	var p string
+	_ = s.db.QueryRow("PRAGMA database_list").Scan(new(int), new(string), &p)
+	return p
+}
+
+// InitKeys generates a DEK (only if absent), seals it under both KEKs, writes
+// both wrap slots, and unlocks the store. If the slots already exist it does
+// NOT regenerate the DEK — it unlocks via the admin slot (idempotent re-init).
+func (s *Store) InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey []byte) error {
+	if _, err := s.GetSetting(settingDEKWrapAdmin); err == nil {
+		return s.Unlock(RoleAdmin, adminKey, nil)
+	}
+	dek, err := crypto.NewDEK()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	wrapAdmin, err := crypto.Seal(adminKey, dek)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	wrapAgent, err := crypto.Seal(agentKey, dek)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := s.SetSetting(settingDEKWrapAdmin, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(wrapAdmin)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := s.SetSetting(settingDEKWrapAgent, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(wrapAgent)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.key = dek
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Unlock loads the DEK into the store by decrypting the wrap slot for role.
+// RoleAdmin uses the admin slot ONLY. RoleAgent prefers the agent slot and
+// falls back to the admin slot only when no agent key is supplied.
+func (s *Store) Unlock(role Role, adminKey, agentKey []byte) error {
+	switch role {
+	case RoleAdmin:
+		return s.unlockSlot(settingDEKWrapAdmin, adminKey)
+	case RoleAgent:
+		if len(agentKey) > 0 {
+			return s.unlockSlot(settingDEKWrapAgent, agentKey)
+		}
+		return s.unlockSlot(settingDEKWrapAdmin, adminKey)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown role %d", role)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Store) unlockSlot(settingKey string, kek []byte) error {
+	if len(kek) == 0 {
+		return ErrLocked
+	}
+	enc, err := s.GetSetting(settingKey)
+	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		return ErrLocked
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	blob, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(enc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("corrupt wrap slot %q: %w", settingKey, err)
+	}
+	dek, err := crypto.Open(kek, blob)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("wrong key for this DB")
+	}
+	s.key = dek
+	return nil
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Run the store tests, expect PASS**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/store/... -v`
+Expected: PASS, including the existing store tests. (Existing `store_test.go` may call `Open(path, key)` with two args — if so, that is fixed in Step 6.)
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Fix any existing `store` callers of the old `Open(path, key)` signature**
+
+Run: `git grep -n "store.Open(\|Open(path," internal/store`
+For each in-package call to `Open` with two args (e.g. in `store_test.go`), change `Open(path, someKey)` to `Open(path)` followed by `st.InitKeys(k(0xAA), k(0xBB))` (or `st.Unlock(...)` if the test re-opens an initialized DB). Re-run `go test ./internal/store/...` until green.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add internal/store/store.go internal/store/keys.go internal/store/keys_test.go internal/store/store_test.go
+git commit -m "feat(store): envelope DEK with admin/agent wrap slots
+
+Open() now opens LOCKED; InitKeys generates a DEK sealed under both KEKs;
+Unlock loads it from the role's slot (admin slot has no agent fallback).
+s.key becomes the DEK, so account/mail crypto is unchanged.
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Task 3: cli — role routing, openStore(role), init bootstrap
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `internal/cli/run.go` (openStore, command routing, agent call sites)
+- Modify: `internal/cli/admin.go` (4 `openStore()` call sites)
+- Modify: `internal/cli/interactive.go` (`runInit` bootstrap)
+- Modify: `internal/cli/admin_test.go` (`adminEnv` helper)
+- Modify: `internal/cli/run_test.go` (b64 helpers, gating test)
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv`, `crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv` (Task 1); `store.Open`, `store.Role`, `store.RoleAgent`, `store.RoleAdmin`, `(*Store).Unlock`, `(*Store).InitKeys` (Task 2).
+- Produces: `commandRole(cmd string) store.Role`; `openStore(role store.Role) (*store.Store, error)`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Rewrite `openStore` and add `commandRole` in `run.go`**
+
+Replace the current `openStore` (lines ~28–39) with:
+
+```go
+// commandRole maps a command to the privilege it requires. Admin commands
+// mutate configuration or expose oversight data; everything else is agent.
+func commandRole(cmd string) store.Role {
+	switch cmd {
+	case "account", "whitelist", "config", "audit":
+		return store.RoleAdmin
+	default: // list, get, search, ack, send, doctor
+		return store.RoleAgent
+	}
+}
+
+// openStore resolves the keys for the role, opens the DB, and unlocks the DEK.
+// Admin commands require EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY and unlock the admin slot only; agent
+// commands use EMCLI_KEY (falling back to the admin key if that is all there is).
+func openStore(role store.Role) (*store.Store, error) {
+	adminKey, adminErr := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	agentKey, agentErr := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+
+	switch role {
+	case store.RoleAdmin:
+		if adminErr != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("this command requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin privilege)")
+		}
+	case store.RoleAgent:
+		if agentErr != nil && adminErr != nil {
+			return nil, agentErr // "EMCLI_KEY is not set"
+		}
+	}
+
+	path, err := store.DefaultDBPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	st, err := store.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := st.Unlock(role, adminKey, agentKey); err != nil {
+		st.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return st, nil
+}
+```
+
+Remove the now-unused `crypto` import only if it becomes unused — it does NOT (openStore still uses it). Ensure `run.go` imports include `"fmt"` (already present) and `crypto`/`store` (already present).
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Update the three agent call sites in `run.go`**
+
+- `runDoctor` (line ~82): `st, err := openStore(store.RoleAgent)`
+- `runAgent` (line ~162): `st, err := openStore(store.RoleAgent)`
+- `runSend` (line ~252): `st, err := openStore(store.RoleAgent)`
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Update the four admin call sites in `admin.go`**
+
+In `runAccount` (~24), `runConfig` (~207), `runAudit` (~265), `runWhitelist` (~304): change each `st, err := openStore()` to `st, err := openStore(store.RoleAdmin)`. Confirm `admin.go` imports `git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store` (it returns `store` types already; if not imported, add it).
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Rewrite `runInit` bootstrap in `interactive.go`**
+
+Replace the body of `runInit` (lines ~75–97) with:
+
+```go
+func runInit(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
+	if len(args) > 0 && helpRequested(args[0]) {
+		printCmdUsage(out, "init")
+		return 0
+	}
+	adminKey, err := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	agentKey, err := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	path, err := store.DefaultDBPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	st, err := store.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	defer st.Close()
+	if err := st.InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if _, err := st.GetSetting("audit_retention_days"); err != nil {
+		_ = st.SetSetting("audit_retention_days", "90")
+	}
+	accs, _ := st.ListAccounts()
+	if len(accs) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "emcli is already initialized (%d account(s)); adding another.\n", len(accs))
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintln(out, "Initializing emcli — add your first account.")
+	}
+	return addInteractive(st, tui.Fields{}, out, errOut)
+}
+```
+
+Add imports to `interactive.go` if missing: `git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto` and `git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store` (it already uses `store` for `addInteractive`; `tui` and `fmt` are already imported).
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Update test helpers in `admin_test.go`**
+
+Replace `adminEnv` (lines ~14–20) with a version that sets both keys AND seeds the wrap slots:
+
+```go
+// adminEnv points both keys + EMCLI_DB at a fresh, initialized temp DB.
+func adminEnv(t *testing.T) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	db := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", b64Key())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", b64AgentKey())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_DB", db)
+
+	st, err := store.Open(db)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	adminKey, _ := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	agentKey, _ := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	if err := st.InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
+	st.Close()
+	return db
+}
+```
+
+Add `"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"` to `admin_test.go` imports (`store` and `filepath` are already imported).
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Add `b64AgentKey` and fix the gating test in `run_test.go`**
+
+Add next to `b64Key` (line ~53):
+
+```go
+func b64AgentKey() string {
+	// 32 bytes of 0x01, base64 — distinct from b64Key so slot mix-ups surface.
+	return "AQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQE="
+}
+```
+
+In `TestRunVersionIsJSONForAgentButTextHere` (lines ~21–33), make the admin-key absence explicit so the test is deterministic regardless of the developer's shell:
+
+```go
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", "")
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", "")
+	code := Run([]string{"account", "list"}, &out, &errOut)
+```
+
+The assertion `strings.Contains(out+err, "EMCLI_KEY")` still holds — the admin error text contains `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Build and run the full cli suite**
+
+Run: `go build ./... && go test ./internal/cli/... -race`
+Expected: PASS. (This is the first point the whole repo builds again.) If `crypto` shows as an unused import anywhere you touched, remove it; if a `store` import is missing in `admin.go`/`interactive.go`, add it.
+
+- [ ] **Step 8: Add routing tests in a new `internal/cli/role_test.go`**
+
+```go
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store"
+)
+
+func TestCommandRole(t *testing.T) {
+	admin := []string{"account", "whitelist", "config", "audit"}
+	agent := []string{"list", "get", "search", "ack", "send", "doctor"}
+	for _, c := range admin {
+		if commandRole(c) != store.RoleAdmin {
+			t.Errorf("%s should be admin", c)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, c := range agent {
+		if commandRole(c) != store.RoleAgent {
+			t.Errorf("%s should be agent", c)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAgentCommandWorksWithOnlyAdminKey(t *testing.T) {
+	// A human holding only the admin key can still run agent commands
+	// (admin is a superset → agent-role unlock falls back to the admin slot).
+	db := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", b64Key())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", b64AgentKey())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_DB", db)
+	st, _ := store.Open(db)
+	ak, _ := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	gk, _ := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	st.InitKeys(ak, gk)
+	st.Close()
+
+	// Only the admin key now; agent command must still open the store.
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", "")
+	s2, err := openStore(store.RoleAgent)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("agent role with only admin key should open: %v", err)
+	}
+	s2.Close()
+}
+```
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/cli/ -run 'TestCommandRole|TestAgentCommandWorksWithOnlyAdminKey' -v`
+Expected: PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 9: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add internal/cli/run.go internal/cli/admin.go internal/cli/interactive.go \
+        internal/cli/admin_test.go internal/cli/run_test.go internal/cli/role_test.go
+git commit -m "feat(cli): two-key role routing + init bootstrap
+
+openStore(role) selects the DEK wrap slot; admin commands require
+EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin slot only, no agent fallback); init writes both
+slots from both keys. Test helpers seed the wrap slots.
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Task 4: headline security-invariant test
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `internal/cli/security_invariant_test.go`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `store.Open`, `(*Store).InitKeys`, `crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv`, `crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv`, `run`, `b64Key`, `b64AgentKey` (Tasks 2–3).
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write the invariant test**
+
+```go
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store"
+)
+
+func dbBytes(t *testing.T, path string) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read db: %v", err)
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+// A forced agent holding ONLY EMCLI_KEY must not be able to run any admin
+// command, and the DB must be unchanged after it tries.
+func TestAgentKeyCannotRunAdminCommands(t *testing.T) {
+	db := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", b64Key())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", b64AgentKey())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_DB", db)
+
+	st, _ := store.Open(db)
+	ak, _ := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	gk, _ := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	if err := st.InitKeys(ak, gk); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
+	st.Close()
+
+	// Simulate the agent's environment: admin key absent.
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", "")
+
+	before := dbBytes(t, db)
+	adminAttempts := [][]string{
+		{"account", "list"},
+		{"config", "set", "audit_retention_days", "30"},
+		{"audit"},
+	}
+	for _, args := range adminAttempts {
+		code, out, errOut := run(t, args...)
+		if code == 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("admin command %v must be refused with only EMCLI_KEY (out=%q err=%q)", args, out, errOut)
+		}
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(before, dbBytes(t, db)) {
+		t.Fatal("DB changed despite all admin commands being refused")
+	}
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run it**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/cli/ -run TestAgentKeyCannotRunAdminCommands -v -race`
+Expected: PASS. (If any admin command exits 0, the role gate is broken — fix Task 3 before continuing.)
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Full suite + vet**
+
+Run: `go vet ./... && go test ./... -race`
+Expected: PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add internal/cli/security_invariant_test.go
+git commit -m "test(cli): prove agent key cannot run admin commands
+
+Initialize a DB, drop EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY, attempt every admin command with
+only EMCLI_KEY: each is refused and the DB is byte-for-byte unchanged.
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Task 5: documentation
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `README.md`
+- Modify: `USER-MANUAL.md`
+- Modify: `specifications/SPEC.md`
+- Modify: `skills/emcli/SKILL.md` and `skills/emcli/AGENTIC-MANUAL.md` (whichever document key setup)
+
+**Interfaces:** none (docs only). No code; no test cycle — verification is `grep` + a manual read.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: README "Getting started" — two keys**
+
+Replace the single-key export block with:
+
+```bash
+export EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"   # you (human) keep this
+export EMCLI_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"         # the agent launcher gets ONLY this
+emcli init                                                      # writes both wrap slots
+emcli doctor                                                    # confirm connect/auth (agent key is enough)
+```
+
+Add one sentence: *"`emcli init` needs both keys. Give the agent's orchestrator only `EMCLI_KEY`; admin commands (`account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`) require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` and will refuse to run without it."*
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: USER-MANUAL — key model + role table**
+
+Add a "Privilege model" section documenting: the two env vars; the DEK/envelope design in one paragraph (DEK sealed under both keys; admin slot has no agent fallback); the command→role table (copy from Global Constraints above); and the agent-launcher guidance (set only `EMCLI_KEY`). Update any existing single-`EMCLI_KEY` setup and `init` instructions to the two-key flow.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: SPEC §4/§5 — enforced trust boundary**
+
+In §4 "Trust boundary": change the wording from *the agent invokes only the agent commands* (convention) to the enforced model — agent commands accept `EMCLI_KEY`; admin commands require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` and unlock the admin DEK slot only. In §5 "Configuration & secrets": document `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`, `EMCLI_KEY`, the DEK, and the two `settings` wrap rows (`dek_wrap_admin`, `dek_wrap_agent`).
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: skill docs — agent gets only EMCLI_KEY**
+
+In `skills/emcli/SKILL.md` / `AGENTIC-MANUAL.md`, state that the agent is provided only `EMCLI_KEY` and therefore can run `list`/`get`/`search`/`ack`/`send`/`doctor`; admin commands are unavailable to it by design. Remove any text implying the agent can configure accounts/whitelists.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Verify and commit**
+
+Run: `git grep -n "EMCLI_KEY" README.md USER-MANUAL.md specifications/SPEC.md skills/`
+Confirm every setup/init reference reflects the two-key model and no doc tells the agent to run admin commands. Then:
+
+```bash
+git add README.md USER-MANUAL.md specifications/SPEC.md skills/
+git commit -m "docs: document two-key privilege model
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Self-Review (completed by plan author)
+
+**Spec coverage:**
+- Two env vars / role model → Tasks 1, 3. ✓
+- Envelope DEK + two wrap slots → Task 2. ✓
+- `s.key` becomes DEK, account crypto untouched → Task 2 (no change to `account.go`). ✓
+- Command classification (doctor=agent, audit=admin) → Task 3 `commandRole`. ✓
+- Admin slot has no agent fallback (enforcement linchpin) → Task 2 `Unlock`/`unlockSlot`, proved in Task 2 `TestAdminSlotNotOpenableByAgentKey` and Task 4. ✓
+- Agent→admin superset fallback → Task 2 `Unlock`, Task 3 `TestAgentCommandWorksWithOnlyAdminKey`. ✓
+- `init` requires both keys; idempotent (no DEK regen) → Task 3 `runInit`, Task 2 `TestInitKeysIdempotentKeepsDEK`. ✓
+- No migration / no version gate → no such code added. ✓
+- Error messages (admin privilege required / EMCLI_KEY not set / wrong key) → Task 3 `openStore`, Task 2 `unlockSlot`. ✓
+- Existing-test fallout (helpers) → Task 3 Steps 5–6. ✓
+- Headline invariant test → Task 4. ✓
+- Docs → Task 5. ✓
+
+**Placeholder scan:** No TBD/TODO; all code blocks complete; the only `bytes.Equal` no-op is annotated. ✓
+
+**Type consistency:** `store.Role`/`RoleAgent`/`RoleAdmin`, `Open(path)`, `InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey)`, `Unlock(role, adminKey, agentKey)`, `commandRole`, `openStore(role)`, `AgentKeyFromEnv`/`AdminKeyFromEnv`/`NewDEK`, `b64Key`/`b64AgentKey` are used identically across tasks. ✓

docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-23-agent-account-list.md

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+# Agent-readable `account list` Implementation Plan
+
+> **For agentic workers:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
+
+**Goal:** Let an agent holding only `EMCLI_KEY` run `emcli account list` and get a reduced JSON view (name, from, can_send), while admin keeps the full text table and `account add/edit/remove` stay admin-only.
+
+**Architecture:** Make `commandRole` subcommand-aware so `account list` routes to the agent role; branch the `list` renderer on whether the admin key is present (admin → existing text table; agent → standard `Success` JSON envelope). No schema change; `ListAccounts` already avoids decrypting secrets.
+
+**Tech Stack:** Go, standard library (`flag`, `encoding/json`), existing `internal/cli` envelope helpers and `internal/crypto` key loaders.
+
+## Global Constraints
+
+- Agent output is the existing JSON envelope shape: `{"error":bool,"error_detail":{...},"data":{...}}` via `Success(...)` / `Failure(...)` in `internal/cli/envelope.go`.
+- Admin `account list` output stays byte-for-byte the current human-readable table (`NAME MODE IMAP USER`).
+- The agent (reduced) view exposes only `name`, `from`, `can_send` — never the IMAP host/port or login username.
+- `from = Account.SendFrom()` (explicit `FromAddress`, else `Username`). `can_send = (Mode == "RW")`.
+- `account add/edit/remove` remain admin-only (hard-require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`, no fallback).
+- Privilege detection: a caller is "admin" iff `crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()` returns no error.
+- Spec: `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-23-agent-account-list-design.md`.
+
+---
+
+### Task 1: Route `account list` to the agent role and render by privilege
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `internal/cli/run.go` (`commandRole`, its call site in `Run`)
+- Modify: `internal/cli/admin.go` (the `list` branch of `runAccount`; add `crypto` import)
+- Modify: `internal/cli/role_test.go` (`TestCommandRole`)
+- Modify: `internal/cli/security_invariant_test.go` (refused-commands set)
+- Create/Test: `internal/cli/account_list_test.go`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `store.Account.SendFrom() string`, `store.Account.Mode string`, `store.Store.ListAccounts() ([]store.Account, error)`, `crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv() ([]byte, error)`, `Success(map[string]any) Envelope`, `Failure(code, msg string) Envelope`, `Envelope.Write(io.Writer) error`, test helpers `adminEnv(t)`, `run(t, args...)`.
+- Produces: `commandRole(args []string) store.Role` (signature changes from `commandRole(cmd string)`). Agent `account list` emits `{"data":{"accounts":[{"name":string,"from":string,"can_send":bool}]}}`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Rewrite `TestCommandRole` for the new signature and subcommand routing**
+
+Replace the body of `TestCommandRole` in `internal/cli/role_test.go` with:
+
+```go
+func TestCommandRole(t *testing.T) {
+	adminCmds := [][]string{
+		{"whitelist"}, {"config"}, {"audit"},
+		{"account"}, {"account", "add"}, {"account", "edit"}, {"account", "remove"},
+	}
+	agentCmds := [][]string{
+		{"list"}, {"get"}, {"search"}, {"ack"}, {"send"}, {"doctor"},
+		{"account", "list"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range adminCmds {
+		if commandRole(c) != store.RoleAdmin {
+			t.Errorf("%v should be admin", c)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, c := range agentCmds {
+		if commandRole(c) != store.RoleAgent {
+			t.Errorf("%v should be agent", c)
+		}
+	}
+}
+```
+
+Note: `init` is intentionally absent from this table. `commandRole({"init"})` falls through to the agent arm, but `Run` dispatches `init` via its own bootstrap path (which requires both keys), so its `commandRole` result is never used — asserting a role for it here would be both wrong and meaningless.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the routing test to verify it fails to compile**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/cli/ -run TestCommandRole`
+Expected: FAIL — compile error, `commandRole` takes `string`, called with `[]string`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Make `commandRole` subcommand-aware, update its call site, and fix the security invariant**
+
+In `internal/cli/run.go`, replace:
+
+```go
+func commandRole(cmd string) store.Role {
+	switch cmd {
+	case "account", "whitelist", "config", "audit":
+		return store.RoleAdmin
+	default: // list, get, search, ack, send, doctor
+		return store.RoleAgent
+	}
+}
+```
+
+with:
+
+```go
+func commandRole(args []string) store.Role {
+	switch args[0] {
+	case "account":
+		// account list is a read-only discovery view available to agents;
+		// add/edit/remove mutate config and require admin.
+		if len(args) >= 2 && args[1] == "list" {
+			return store.RoleAgent
+		}
+		return store.RoleAdmin
+	case "whitelist", "config", "audit":
+		return store.RoleAdmin
+	default: // list, get, search, ack, send, doctor
+		return store.RoleAgent
+	}
+}
+```
+
+In `Run`, change the call site from `role := commandRole(cmd)` to `role := commandRole(args)`.
+
+In `internal/cli/security_invariant_test.go`, in `TestAgentKeyCannotRunAdminCommands`, replace the `adminAttempts` entry `{"account", "list"}` so the set covers a *mutating* account command instead (account list is now allowed for agents):
+
+```go
+	adminAttempts := [][]string{
+		{"account", "add", "--name", "x", "--imap-host", "h", "--username", "u@x.com"},
+		{"config", "set", "audit_retention_days", "30"},
+		{"audit"},
+	}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run the cli package tests to verify routing + invariant pass**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/cli/ -run 'TestCommandRole|TestAgentKeyCannotRunAdminCommands'`
+Expected: PASS (both). The agent can no longer be proven to refuse `account list` — that is intended; the invariant now proves `account add` is refused and the DB is unchanged.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Add the rendering tests (agent JSON view + admin text view)**
+
+Create `internal/cli/account_list_test.go`:
+
+```go
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// With only EMCLI_KEY set, `account list` emits the reduced JSON envelope:
+// name/from/can_send, and never the IMAP host or login username.
+func TestAccountListAgentJSONView(t *testing.T) {
+	adminEnv(t) // both keys + initialized temp DB
+	run(t, "account", "add", "--name", "work", "--mode", "RW",
+		"--imap-host", "imap.example.com", "--smtp-host", "smtp.example.com",
+		"--username", "login@example.com", "--from", "me@example.com")
+	run(t, "account", "add", "--name", "alerts", "--mode", "RO",
+		"--imap-host", "imap.example.com", "--username", "alerts@example.com")
+
+	// Drop the admin key → caller is an agent.
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", "")
+	code, out, errOut := run(t, "account", "list")
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("agent account list should succeed: code=%d err=%q", code, errOut)
+	}
+
+	var env struct {
+		Error bool `json:"error"`
+		Data  struct {
+			Accounts []struct {
+				Name    string `json:"name"`
+				From    string `json:"from"`
+				CanSend bool   `json:"can_send"`
+			} `json:"accounts"`
+		} `json:"data"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), &env); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("output is not the agent envelope: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	if env.Error || len(env.Data.Accounts) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 2 accounts and no error, got %+v", env)
+	}
+	// The reduced view must not leak the IMAP host or the login username.
+	if strings.Contains(out, "imap.example.com") || strings.Contains(out, "login@example.com") {
+		t.Fatalf("agent view leaked host/username:\n%s", out)
+	}
+
+	got := map[string]struct {
+		from    string
+		canSend bool
+	}{}
+	for _, a := range env.Data.Accounts {
+		got[a.Name] = struct {
+			from    string
+			canSend bool
+		}{a.From, a.CanSend}
+	}
+	if g := got["work"]; g.from != "me@example.com" || !g.canSend {
+		t.Errorf("work: want from=me@example.com can_send=true, got %+v", g)
+	}
+	// alerts has no --from → SendFrom() falls back to the username.
+	if g := got["alerts"]; g.from != "alerts@example.com" || g.canSend {
+		t.Errorf("alerts: want from=alerts@example.com can_send=false, got %+v", g)
+	}
+}
+
+// With the admin key present, `account list` stays the full human-readable table.
+func TestAccountListAdminTextView(t *testing.T) {
+	adminEnv(t)
+	run(t, "account", "add", "--name", "work", "--mode", "RW",
+		"--imap-host", "imap.example.com", "--smtp-host", "smtp.example.com",
+		"--username", "login@example.com", "--from", "me@example.com")
+
+	code, out, _ := run(t, "account", "list")
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("admin account list failed: code=%d", code)
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"NAME", "MODE", "IMAP", "USER", "imap.example.com:993", "login@example.com"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("admin view missing %q:\n%s", want, out)
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, `"accounts"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("admin view should be text, not JSON:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Run the rendering tests to verify the agent view fails**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/cli/ -run 'TestAccountListAgentJSONView|TestAccountListAdminTextView'`
+Expected: `TestAccountListAdminTextView` PASS (already text); `TestAccountListAgentJSONView` FAIL — output is still the text table, so `json.Unmarshal` errors.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Split the `list` branch by privilege in `runAccount`**
+
+In `internal/cli/admin.go`, add the crypto import. Change the import block:
+
+```go
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store"
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/tui"
+)
+```
+
+Replace the `case "list":` block (currently):
+
+```go
+	case "list":
+		accs, err := st.ListAccounts()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "list: %v\n", err)
+			return 1
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-16s %-4s %-28s %s\n", "NAME", "MODE", "IMAP", "USER")
+		for _, a := range accs {
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-16s %-4s %-28s %s\n",
+				a.Name, a.Mode, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", a.IMAPHost, a.IMAPPort), a.Username)
+		}
+		return 0
+```
+
+with:
+
+```go
+	case "list":
+		// Holding the admin key means the caller is the human admin (full
+		// detail). An agent holds only EMCLI_KEY and gets a reduced JSON view.
+		_, adminErr := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+		isAdmin := adminErr == nil
+		accs, err := st.ListAccounts()
+		if err != nil {
+			if isAdmin {
+				fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "list: %v\n", err)
+			} else {
+				_ = Failure(CodeDB, err.Error()).Write(out)
+			}
+			return 1
+		}
+		if !isAdmin {
+			items := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(accs))
+			for _, a := range accs {
+				items = append(items, map[string]any{
+					"name":     a.Name,
+					"from":     a.SendFrom(),
+					"can_send": a.Mode == "RW",
+				})
+			}
+			_ = Success(map[string]any{"accounts": items}).Write(out)
+			return 0
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-16s %-4s %-28s %s\n", "NAME", "MODE", "IMAP", "USER")
+		for _, a := range accs {
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-16s %-4s %-28s %s\n",
+				a.Name, a.Mode, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", a.IMAPHost, a.IMAPPort), a.Username)
+		}
+		return 0
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 8: Run the full cli package test suite**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/cli/`
+Expected: PASS (all tests, including the two new rendering tests, the routing test, and the security invariant).
+
+- [ ] **Step 9: Run the whole module to confirm nothing else regressed**
+
+Run: `go build ./... && go test ./...`
+Expected: build clean; all packages PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 10: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add internal/cli/run.go internal/cli/admin.go internal/cli/role_test.go \
+        internal/cli/security_invariant_test.go internal/cli/account_list_test.go
+git commit -m "feat(cli): agent-readable account list (reduced JSON view)
+
+account list now routes to the agent role; an agent (EMCLI_KEY only) gets a
+JSON envelope of name/from/can_send, while the admin keeps the full text
+table. account add/edit/remove stay admin-only.
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+### Task 2: Update user and agent documentation
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `USER-MANUAL.md` (command-kinds note, role table, cheatsheet)
+- Modify: `skills/emcli/SKILL.md` (allowed-commands note, command table, do/don't)
+- Modify: `skills/emcli/AGENTIC-MANUAL.md` (§4 account discovery)
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: behavior shipped in Task 1 (agent `account list` → `{"data":{"accounts":[{name,from,can_send}]}}`).
+- Produces: docs only; no code interface.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: USER-MANUAL — note that `account list` is the one agent-readable admin view**
+
+In `USER-MANUAL.md`, in the "Two kinds of commands" block, change the Admin bullet (line ~36) from:
+
+```
+- **Admin commands** (`init`, `account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`) require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`
+  and are for *you*, the human. They print human-readable text or open an interactive form.
+```
+
+to:
+
+```
+- **Admin commands** (`init`, `account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`) require
+  `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` and are for *you*, the human. They print human-readable text or open an
+  interactive form. (`account list` is the one exception — it is also an agent command; see below.)
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: USER-MANUAL — update the role table**
+
+Replace the role table rows (lines ~127-128):
+
+```
+| `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor` | Agent (`EMCLI_KEY` or `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`) |
+| `account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit` | Admin (`EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` required) |
+```
+
+with:
+
+```
+| `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`, `account list` | Agent (`EMCLI_KEY` or `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`) |
+| `account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit` | Admin (`EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` required) |
+
+`account list` is dual-role: with the admin key it prints the full `NAME MODE IMAP USER` table;
+with only `EMCLI_KEY` (an agent) it prints a JSON envelope exposing just `name`, `from`, and
+`can_send` — no host or login username.
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: USER-MANUAL — annotate the cheatsheet**
+
+In the cheatsheet (line ~597), change:
+
+```
+emcli account list                                    # list accounts (no secrets)
+```
+
+to:
+
+```
+emcli account list                                    # full table (admin) / name+from+can_send JSON (agent)
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: SKILL.md — carve `account list` out of the forbidden-commands rule**
+
+In `skills/emcli/SKILL.md`, change the first bullet (lines ~20-24):
+
+```
+- **You only run agent commands:** `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`. You are
+  provided only `EMCLI_KEY` (the agent key), which authorises these commands and nothing else.
+  Account setup, passwords, whitelists, and config are the **user's** job (admin commands that
+  require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`) — do not run or suggest running `account`, `whitelist`, `config`,
+  `audit`, or `init`. You have only `EMCLI_KEY` (agent key); `emcli` will refuse admin commands
+  with a privilege error.
+```
+
+to:
+
+```
+- **You only run agent commands:** `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`, and
+  `account list` (to discover accounts). You are provided only `EMCLI_KEY` (the agent key), which
+  authorises these and nothing else. Account *setup* (`account add/edit/remove`), passwords,
+  whitelists, and config are the **user's** job (admin commands that require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`) —
+  do not run or suggest running `account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`, or
+  `init`. `emcli` will refuse those with a privilege error.
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: SKILL.md — add `account list` to the command table**
+
+In the command table (after the `send` row, line ~122), add:
+
+```
+| `emcli account list` | Discover accounts: JSON `name` / `from` / `can_send` per account |
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: SKILL.md — fix the "don't" bullet**
+
+Change (lines ~147-148):
+
+```
+- ❌ Don't run admin commands (`account`/`whitelist`/`config`/`audit`/`init`) — you have only
+  `EMCLI_KEY` (agent key); `emcli` will refuse admin commands with a privilege error.
+```
+
+to:
+
+```
+- ❌ Don't run admin commands (`account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`, `init`) —
+  you have only `EMCLI_KEY` (agent key); `emcli` will refuse them with a privilege error.
+  (`account list` is allowed — use it to discover accounts.)
+```
+
+Also change the ✅ bullet (line ~145) from `Ask the user for the account name; keep bodies plain text.` to:
+
+```
+- ✅ Discover accounts with `emcli account list`, or ask the user; keep bodies plain text.
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: AGENTIC-MANUAL — document discovery via `account list`**
+
+In `skills/emcli/AGENTIC-MANUAL.md`, replace the body of `## 4. Find the account(s)` (lines ~88-97):
+
+```
+You refer to an account by name (e.g. `gmail`, `work`). Ask the user which account to use.
+`emcli doctor` is an agent command (authorised by `EMCLI_KEY`), so you can run it to check that
+configured accounts connect and authenticate:
+
+```bash
+emcli doctor              # all accounts
+emcli doctor --account gmail
+```
+
+Just take the account name from the user and start with the workflow in `SKILL.md`.
+```
+
+with:
+
+```
+You refer to an account by name (e.g. `gmail`, `work`). Discover the configured accounts yourself
+with `emcli account list` (an agent command authorised by `EMCLI_KEY`); it prints a JSON envelope
+with one entry per account:
+
+```bash
+emcli account list
+# {"error":false,"error_detail":{},"data":{"accounts":[
+#   {"name":"gmail","from":"me@gmail.com","can_send":true},
+#   {"name":"alerts","from":"alerts@x.com","can_send":false}]}}
+```
+
+`name` is what you pass to `--account`; `from` is the send-as identity; `can_send` is false for
+read-only accounts (they reject `send`). If unsure which to use, ask the user. `emcli doctor`
+(also an agent command) checks that accounts connect and authenticate:
+
+```bash
+emcli doctor              # all accounts
+emcli doctor --account gmail
+```
+
+Then start with the workflow in `SKILL.md`.
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 8: Sanity-check the docs render and reference reality**
+
+Run: `grep -n "account list" USER-MANUAL.md skills/emcli/SKILL.md skills/emcli/AGENTIC-MANUAL.md`
+Expected: each file shows the updated `account list` references; no remaining text claims the agent cannot run `account list`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 9: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add USER-MANUAL.md skills/emcli/SKILL.md skills/emcli/AGENTIC-MANUAL.md
+git commit -m "docs: agent can discover accounts via account list
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Notes for the implementer
+
+- Run all Go commands from the repo root (`/home/steve/src/emcli`).
+- The two intentional red states are Step 2 (compile error) and Step 6 (agent JSON test) in Task 1. Every other test run must be green.
+- Do not change the admin text table or add columns to it — admin output must stay identical.
+- `adminEnv(t)` and `run(t, ...)` live in `internal/cli/admin_test.go`; `b64Key`/`b64AgentKey` in `internal/cli/run_test.go`. No new helpers are needed.

docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-23-send-from-address.md

@@ -0,0 +1,688 @@
+# Send-as "From" Address Implementation Plan
+
+> **For agentic workers:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
+
+**Goal:** Let each account configure the email address used as the `From:` when sending, instead of always reusing the login username.
+
+**Architecture:** Add a single freeform RFC 5322 `from_address` field to the account (bare address or `Display Name <addr>`). When blank, sending falls back to the login username — no migration of existing data. The header `From:` carries the full identity; the SMTP envelope sender is derived as the bare address. A version-gated `ALTER TABLE` migration adds the column to existing databases.
+
+**Tech Stack:** Go, SQLite (`modernc.org/sqlite`), `github.com/emersion/go-message/mail` for MIME, `net/mail` (stdlib) for address validation, bubbletea TUI.
+
+## Global Constraints
+
+- Module path: `git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli`.
+- The `from_address` field is **not** a secret — store as plaintext (like `username`), never encrypted.
+- A blank from-address is always valid and means "fall back to `Account.Username`".
+- Follow existing patterns: `nullStr` for nullable text columns, `sql.NullString` in `scanAccount`, `fs.Visit` overlay for `account edit` flags.
+- Tests are Go table/unit tests in the same package; reuse the existing `openTemp(t)` helper where keys are needed.
+
+---
+
+### Task 1: Store — field, migration, persistence
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `internal/store/account.go` (Account struct, AddAccount, GetAccount, ListAccounts, UpdateAccount, scanAccount)
+- Modify: `internal/store/schema.go` (add column, bump schemaVersion)
+- Modify: `internal/store/store.go` (run migration in Open)
+- Modify: `internal/store/store_test.go` (update schema_version expectations to "2")
+- Test: `internal/store/account_test.go` (SendFrom + round-trip), `internal/store/store_test.go` (migration)
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Produces: `store.Account.FromAddress string` field; method `func (a Account) SendFrom() string`; schema at version 2 with `accounts.from_address TEXT` column.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing test for SendFrom + round-trip**
+
+Add to `internal/store/account_test.go`:
+
+```go
+func TestSendFromFallsBackToUsername(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Account{Username: "login@example.com"}
+	if got := a.SendFrom(); got != "login@example.com" {
+		t.Fatalf("blank from-address should fall back to username, got %q", got)
+	}
+	a.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	if got := a.SendFrom(); got != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("set from-address should win, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAddGetAccountRoundTripsFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	s := openTemp(t)
+	a := sampleAccount()
+	a.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	if _, err := s.AddAccount(a); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AddAccount: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := s.GetAccount("work")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetAccount: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.FromAddress != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("FromAddress not round-tripped: %q", got.FromAddress)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run tests to verify they fail**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/store/ -run 'TestSendFrom|TestAddGetAccountRoundTripsFromAddress' -v`
+Expected: FAIL — `a.SendFrom undefined` and `a.FromAddress undefined`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Add the field and SendFrom method**
+
+In `internal/store/account.go`, add `FromAddress` to the struct (right after `Username`) and the method. The struct becomes:
+
+```go
+type Account struct {
+	ID                  int64
+	Name                string
+	Mode                string // RO | RW
+	IMAPHost            string
+	IMAPPort            int
+	IMAPSecurity        string // tls | starttls
+	SMTPHost            string // nullable for RO accounts
+	SMTPPort            int
+	SMTPSecurity        string // tls | starttls
+	AuthType            string // password | oauth2
+	Username            string
+	FromAddress         string // send-as identity; blank ⇒ fall back to Username
+	Password            string // decrypted; empty in ListAccounts
+	WhitelistInEnabled  bool
+	WhitelistOutEnabled bool
+	SubjectRegex        string
+	ProcessBacklog      bool
+}
+
+// SendFrom returns the From identity for outgoing mail, falling back to the
+// login username when no explicit from-address is configured.
+func (a Account) SendFrom() string {
+	if a.FromAddress != "" {
+		return a.FromAddress
+	}
+	return a.Username
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Thread from_address through persistence**
+
+In `internal/store/account.go`:
+
+AddAccount — add `from_address` to the column list and a value placeholder. The INSERT becomes:
+
+```go
+	res, err := s.db.Exec(`
+		INSERT INTO accounts
+		  (name,mode,imap_host,imap_port,imap_security,smtp_host,smtp_port,smtp_security,
+		   auth_type,username,from_address,
+		   enc_password,whitelist_in_enabled,whitelist_out_enabled,subject_regex,process_backlog)
+		VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)`,
+		a.Name, a.Mode, a.IMAPHost, a.IMAPPort, a.IMAPSecurity,
+		nullStr(a.SMTPHost), nullInt(a.SMTPPort), nullStr(a.SMTPSecurity),
+		a.AuthType, a.Username, nullStr(a.FromAddress),
+		encPw, b2i(a.WhitelistInEnabled), b2i(a.WhitelistOutEnabled),
+		nullStr(a.SubjectRegex), b2i(a.ProcessBacklog))
+```
+
+GetAccount and ListAccounts — add `from_address` to both SELECT column lists, right after `username`:
+
+```go
+		SELECT id,name,mode,imap_host,imap_port,imap_security,smtp_host,smtp_port,smtp_security,
+		       auth_type,username,from_address,
+		       enc_password,whitelist_in_enabled,whitelist_out_enabled,subject_regex,process_backlog
+```
+
+UpdateAccount — add `from_address=?` to the SET clause and its arg (after `username=?` / `a.Username`):
+
+```go
+	set := `mode=?, imap_host=?, imap_port=?, imap_security=?,
+	        smtp_host=?, smtp_port=?, smtp_security=?,
+	        auth_type=?, username=?, from_address=?,
+	        whitelist_in_enabled=?, whitelist_out_enabled=?, subject_regex=?, process_backlog=?`
+	args := []any{
+		a.Mode, a.IMAPHost, a.IMAPPort, a.IMAPSecurity,
+		nullStr(a.SMTPHost), nullInt(a.SMTPPort), nullStr(a.SMTPSecurity),
+		a.AuthType, a.Username, nullStr(a.FromAddress),
+		b2i(a.WhitelistInEnabled), b2i(a.WhitelistOutEnabled),
+		nullStr(a.SubjectRegex), b2i(a.ProcessBacklog),
+	}
+```
+
+scanAccount — add a `fromAddr sql.NullString` local, scan it after `&a.Username`, and assign. The var block gains `fromAddr sql.NullString`; the Scan call becomes:
+
+```go
+	err := sc.Scan(&a.ID, &a.Name, &a.Mode, &a.IMAPHost, &a.IMAPPort, &a.IMAPSecurity,
+		&smtpHost, &smtpPort, &smtpSec,
+		&a.AuthType, &a.Username, &fromAddr, &encPw, &wlIn, &wlOut, &subj, &backlog)
+```
+
+and after the existing assignments add:
+
+```go
+	a.FromAddress = fromAddr.String
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Add the column to the schema and bump the version**
+
+In `internal/store/schema.go`, change `const schemaVersion = 1` to `const schemaVersion = 2`, and add the column to the `accounts` CREATE TABLE, right after the `username` line:
+
+```sql
+  username                TEXT NOT NULL,
+  from_address            TEXT,
+  enc_password            BLOB,
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Run the round-trip + SendFrom tests to verify they pass**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/store/ -run 'TestSendFrom|TestAddGetAccountRoundTripsFromAddress' -v`
+Expected: PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Write the failing migration test**
+
+The existing `TestOpenCreatesSchemaAndIsIdempotent` will now fail because it expects `schema_version == "1"`. Update both assertions in `internal/store/store_test.go` from `"1"` to `"2"`. Then add a new migration test in `internal/store/store_test.go`:
+
+```go
+func TestOpenMigratesV1AddsFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	p := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
+
+	// Hand-build a v1 database: accounts table WITHOUT from_address, a settings
+	// table pinned at schema_version=1, and one pre-existing account row.
+	raw, err := sql.Open("sqlite", p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("sql.Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	const v1Schema = `
+CREATE TABLE settings (key TEXT PRIMARY KEY, value TEXT NOT NULL);
+CREATE TABLE accounts (
+  id            INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+  name          TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
+  mode          TEXT NOT NULL,
+  imap_host     TEXT NOT NULL,
+  imap_port     INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  imap_security TEXT NOT NULL,
+  smtp_host     TEXT, smtp_port INTEGER, smtp_security TEXT,
+  auth_type     TEXT NOT NULL,
+  username      TEXT NOT NULL,
+  enc_password  BLOB,
+  enc_oauth_client_id BLOB, enc_oauth_client_secret BLOB, enc_oauth_refresh_token BLOB,
+  whitelist_in_enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+  whitelist_out_enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+  subject_regex TEXT,
+  process_backlog INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+);
+INSERT INTO settings(key,value) VALUES ('schema_version','1');
+INSERT INTO accounts(name,mode,imap_host,imap_port,imap_security,auth_type,username)
+  VALUES ('legacy','RO','imap.example.com',993,'tls','password','login@example.com');
+`
+	if _, err := raw.Exec(v1Schema); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed v1 schema: %v", err)
+	}
+	raw.Close()
+
+	// Open via the store: the migration must add from_address and bump to v2.
+	s, err := Open(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open (migrate): %v", err)
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	if v, _ := s.GetSetting("schema_version"); v != "2" {
+		t.Fatalf("schema_version after migrate: %q, want 2", v)
+	}
+	// ListAccounts SELECTs from_address; it would error if the column were missing.
+	accs, err := s.ListAccounts()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListAccounts after migrate: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(accs) != 1 || accs[0].FromAddress != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("legacy account wrong after migrate: %+v", accs)
+	}
+	if got := accs[0].SendFrom(); got != "login@example.com" {
+		t.Fatalf("legacy account should send from username, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+Ensure `internal/store/store_test.go` imports `"database/sql"` (add it to the import block).
+
+- [ ] **Step 8: Run the migration test to verify it fails**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/store/ -run 'TestOpenMigratesV1AddsFromAddress|TestOpenCreatesSchemaAndIsIdempotent' -v`
+Expected: migration test FAILS with a "no such column: from_address" error from `ListAccounts` (the column is in the schema for new DBs but not added to the seeded v1 DB).
+
+- [ ] **Step 9: Add the migration runner to Open**
+
+In `internal/store/store.go`, replace the post-schema version block with a call to a new `migrate` method. Change the tail of `Open` from:
+
+```go
+	s := &Store{db: db}
+	if _, err := s.GetSetting("schema_version"); err != nil {
+		if err := s.SetSetting("schema_version", strconv.Itoa(schemaVersion)); err != nil {
+			db.Close()
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return s, nil
+```
+
+to:
+
+```go
+	s := &Store{db: db}
+	if err := s.migrate(); err != nil {
+		db.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return s, nil
+```
+
+and add the method:
+
+```go
+// migrate brings an existing database up to the current schemaVersion. A brand-
+// new database (no schema_version yet) already has every column from schemaSQL,
+// so it is simply stamped at the current version. Each older version runs its
+// forward step. The version gate makes every step idempotent across reopens.
+func (s *Store) migrate() error {
+	v, err := s.GetSetting("schema_version")
+	if err != nil {
+		// Fresh database: schemaSQL created all columns already.
+		return s.SetSetting("schema_version", strconv.Itoa(schemaVersion))
+	}
+	ver, _ := strconv.Atoi(v)
+	if ver < 2 {
+		if _, err := s.db.Exec(`ALTER TABLE accounts ADD COLUMN from_address TEXT`); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("migrate to v2: %w", err)
+		}
+		if err := s.SetSetting("schema_version", "2"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+```
+
+Confirm `internal/store/store.go` already imports `fmt` and `strconv` (it does); no import changes needed.
+
+- [ ] **Step 10: Run the full store test suite to verify it passes**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/store/ -v`
+Expected: PASS (migration, idempotency, round-trip, and existing tests all green).
+
+- [ ] **Step 11: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add internal/store/account.go internal/store/schema.go internal/store/store.go internal/store/account_test.go internal/store/store_test.go
+git commit -m "feat(store): add account from_address field + v2 migration
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+### Task 2: Mail — envelope sender vs header From
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `internal/mail/send.go` (add `envelopeFrom` helper, use it in `SendSMTP`)
+- Test: `internal/mail/send_test.go` (envelopeFrom table test + BuildMIME display-name assertion)
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `OutgoingMessage.From` may now hold `Display Name <addr>`.
+- Produces: `func envelopeFrom(from string) string` (package-private) — bare address for the SMTP envelope.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing test for envelopeFrom and the display-name header**
+
+Add to `internal/mail/send_test.go`:
+
+```go
+func TestEnvelopeFromStripsDisplayName(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>": "me@stevecliff.com",
+		"me@stevecliff.com":               "me@stevecliff.com",
+		"<me@stevecliff.com>":             "me@stevecliff.com",
+		"not a valid address":             "not a valid address", // unparseable ⇒ passthrough
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		if got := envelopeFrom(in); got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("envelopeFrom(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildMIMEKeepsDisplayNameInHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := BuildMIME(OutgoingMessage{
+		From:     "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>",
+		To:       []string{"you@example.com"},
+		Subject:  "hi",
+		BodyText: "body",
+		Date:     time.Date(2026, 6, 23, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildMIME: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(raw), "Steve Cliff") {
+		t.Fatalf("From header lost display name:\n%s", raw)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the tests to verify they fail**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/mail/ -run 'TestEnvelopeFromStripsDisplayName|TestBuildMIMEKeepsDisplayNameInHeader' -v`
+Expected: FAIL — `envelopeFrom` undefined. (The BuildMIME test may already pass, since `SetAddressList` renders display names; the envelopeFrom test is the gating failure.)
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Add the envelopeFrom helper and use it in SendSMTP**
+
+In `internal/mail/send.go`, add the helper (near `addrList`):
+
+```go
+// envelopeFrom returns the bare address for the SMTP envelope sender, stripping
+// any display name. A display-name From (e.g. "Name <addr>") is a valid header
+// but an invalid envelope sender, so it must be reduced to the bare address.
+// Unparseable input is passed through unchanged (preserves prior behaviour for
+// plain addresses).
+func envelopeFrom(from string) string {
+	if a, err := gomail.ParseAddress(from); err == nil {
+		return a.Address
+	}
+	return from
+}
+```
+
+In `SendSMTP`, change the send line from:
+
+```go
+	if err := c.SendMail(m.From, m.Recipients(), bytes.NewReader(raw)); err != nil {
+```
+
+to:
+
+```go
+	if err := c.SendMail(envelopeFrom(m.From), m.Recipients(), bytes.NewReader(raw)); err != nil {
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run the tests to verify they pass**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/mail/ -run 'TestEnvelopeFromStripsDisplayName|TestBuildMIMEKeepsDisplayNameInHeader' -v`
+Expected: PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Run the full mail suite**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/mail/`
+Expected: PASS (`imap_integration_test` may skip without a live server — that is fine).
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add internal/mail/send.go internal/mail/send_test.go
+git commit -m "feat(mail): derive bare envelope sender from display-name From
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+### Task 3: CLI + TUI — inputs, validation, and send wiring
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `internal/cli/send.go:26` (use `acc.SendFrom()`)
+- Modify: `internal/cli/admin.go` (`--from` flag on `account add` and `account edit`)
+- Modify: `internal/tui/account.go` (Fields field, fieldDef, ToAccount, FieldsFromAccount, fieldValue, collect, validation helper, Validate)
+- Test: `internal/tui/account_test.go` (validation + round-trip), `internal/cli/send_test.go` (send uses configured from)
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: `store.Account.FromAddress`, `store.Account.SendFrom()` (Task 1).
+- Produces: `func ValidFromAddress(s string) error` exported from `tui` package, used by both `Fields.Validate` and `internal/cli/admin.go`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing TUI validation + round-trip tests**
+
+Add to `internal/tui/account_test.go`:
+
+```go
+func TestValidateRejectsBadFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	f := validFields()
+	f.FromAddress = "not an address"
+	if err := f.Validate(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("malformed from-address should fail validation")
+	}
+	f.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	if err := f.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("display-name from-address should validate: %v", err)
+	}
+	f.FromAddress = "me@stevecliff.com"
+	if err := f.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bare from-address should validate: %v", err)
+	}
+	f.FromAddress = "" // blank ⇒ fall back, always valid
+	if err := f.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("blank from-address should validate: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFieldsFromToAccountCarriesFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	f := validFields()
+	f.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	acc, _ := f.ToAccount()
+	if acc.FromAddress != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("ToAccount lost FromAddress: %q", acc.FromAddress)
+	}
+	back := FieldsFromAccount(acc)
+	if back.FromAddress != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("FieldsFromAccount lost FromAddress: %q", back.FromAddress)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the tests to verify they fail**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/tui/ -run 'TestValidateRejectsBadFromAddress|TestFieldsFromToAccountCarriesFromAddress' -v`
+Expected: FAIL — `f.FromAddress` undefined.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Add the field, validation helper, and wiring in tui/account.go**
+
+In `internal/tui/account.go`:
+
+Add `"net/mail"` to the import block.
+
+Add `FromAddress` to `Fields` (after the `Username, Password` line):
+
+```go
+type Fields struct {
+	Name, Mode                                string
+	IMAPHost, IMAPPort, IMAPSecurity          string
+	SMTPHost, SMTPPort, SMTPSecurity          string
+	Username, Password                        string
+	FromAddress                               string
+	WhitelistIn, WhitelistOut, ProcessBacklog bool
+	SubjectRegex                              string
+}
+```
+
+Add the exported validator:
+
+```go
+// ValidFromAddress returns an error if s is set but is not a valid RFC 5322
+// address (bare or "Display Name <addr>"). A blank value is valid: sending
+// falls back to the login username.
+func ValidFromAddress(s string) error {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(s) == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if _, err := mail.ParseAddress(s); err != nil {
+		return errors.New("from address must be a valid email address")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+```
+
+In `Fields.Validate`, add before the final `return nil`:
+
+```go
+	if err := ValidFromAddress(f.FromAddress); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+```
+
+In `ToAccount`, set the field on the assembled account (add to the struct literal, after `Username/Password`):
+
+```go
+		AuthType: "password", Username: f.Username, Password: f.Password,
+		FromAddress: f.FromAddress,
+```
+
+In `FieldsFromAccount`, prefill it (after `Username: a.Username,`):
+
+```go
+		Username:    a.Username,
+		FromAddress: a.FromAddress,
+```
+
+Add a `fieldDef` to `fieldDefs`, immediately after the `username` entry (so it appears next to it in the form):
+
+```go
+	{key: "username", label: "Username"},
+	{key: "from_address", label: "From address (optional)"},
+	{key: "password", label: "Password", password: true},
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Wire from_address through fieldValue and collect**
+
+In `internal/tui/account.go`, find `fieldValue` (≈ line 147) and add a `case "from_address": return f.FromAddress` alongside the other string cases. Find `collect` (≈ line 228) and add the inverse mapping so the typed value is written back to `f.FromAddress` (mirror exactly how `username` is handled in that function's switch).
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Run the tui tests to verify they pass**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/tui/ -v`
+Expected: PASS (new validation/round-trip tests plus existing form tests).
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Write the failing CLI send test**
+
+The harness in `internal/cli/send_test.go` records every sent message into `*sent`, so assert directly on `m.From`. Add:
+
+```go
+func TestSendUsesConfiguredFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	acc := rwAccount()
+	acc.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	d, sent, _ := sendDeps(t, acc, nil)
+	if err := SendCmd(d, "send", []string{"me@stevecliff.com"}, nil, nil, "hi", "body", nil, 0, "INBOX"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SendCmd: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(*sent) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 1 send, got %d", len(*sent))
+	}
+	if got := (*sent)[0].From; got != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("From = %q, want configured from-address", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSendFallsBackToUsernameAsFrom(t *testing.T) {
+	// rwAccount has no FromAddress, so From must be the login username.
+	d, sent, _ := sendDeps(t, rwAccount(), nil)
+	if err := SendCmd(d, "send", []string{"me@stevecliff.com"}, nil, nil, "hi", "body", nil, 0, "INBOX"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SendCmd: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := (*sent)[0].From; got != "emcli@stevecliff.com" {
+		t.Fatalf("From = %q, want username fallback", got)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Run the CLI send test to verify it fails**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/cli/ -run 'TestSendUsesConfiguredFromAddress' -v`
+Expected: FAIL — `send.go` still sets `From: acc.Username`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 8: Wire send.go and add the --from flags**
+
+In `internal/cli/send.go`, change:
+
+```go
+	msg := mail.OutgoingMessage{
+		From: acc.Username, To: to, Cc: cc, Bcc: bcc,
+		Subject: subject, BodyText: body,
+	}
+```
+
+to:
+
+```go
+	msg := mail.OutgoingMessage{
+		From: acc.SendFrom(), To: to, Cc: cc, Bcc: bcc,
+		Subject: subject, BodyText: body,
+	}
+```
+
+In `internal/cli/admin.go`, `account add`: register the flag and validate it.
+
+Add alongside the other `add` flags:
+
+```go
+		from := fs.String("from", "", "send-as address (blank = use username)")
+```
+
+After the required-fields check, before building `acc`:
+
+```go
+		if err := tui.ValidFromAddress(*from); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(errOut, err)
+			return 2
+		}
+```
+
+Add `FromAddress: *from,` to the `store.Account{...}` literal.
+
+In `account edit`: register the flag:
+
+```go
+		from := fs.String("from", "", "send-as address (blank keeps existing)")
+```
+
+Add a case to the `fs.Visit` switch:
+
+```go
+			case "from":
+				if err := tui.ValidFromAddress(*from); err != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintln(errOut, err)
+					return // see note below
+				}
+				acc.FromAddress = *from
+```
+
+Because `fs.Visit`'s callback cannot return an exit code, instead validate `--from` before the `fs.Visit` block (the flag value is available regardless of Visit) and set the field inside Visit:
+
+```go
+		if err := tui.ValidFromAddress(*from); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(errOut, err)
+			return 2
+		}
+		// ... existing GetAccount + fs.Visit ...
+			case "from":
+				acc.FromAddress = *from
+```
+
+Use this pre-Visit validation form (not the in-callback `return`).
+
+- [ ] **Step 9: Run the CLI suite to verify it passes**
+
+Run: `go test ./internal/cli/ -v`
+Expected: PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 10: Build and vet the whole module**
+
+Run: `go build ./... && go vet ./... && go test ./...`
+Expected: clean build, no vet complaints, all tests PASS.
+
+- [ ] **Step 11: Commit**
+
+```bash
+git add internal/cli/send.go internal/cli/admin.go internal/cli/send_test.go internal/tui/account.go internal/tui/account_test.go
+git commit -m "feat(cli): configurable send-as From address (flags, TUI, validation)
+
+Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Notes for the implementer
+
+- The `account list` output (`admin.go`, `case "list"`) shows NAME/MODE/IMAP/USER. Adding a FROM column is optional polish, not required — leave it unless asked.
+- `USER-MANUAL.md` / `README.md` mention `account add` flags; if they enumerate flags explicitly, add `--from` there in the relevant commit. Grep first: `grep -rn 'account add\|--username' README.md USER-MANUAL.md docs/`.
+- Existing send tests in `internal/cli/send_test.go` define the harness shape — read them before writing Task 3 Step 6 rather than inventing a new fake.

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+# Two-key privilege separation — design
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-22
+**Status:** Approved (brainstorm), ready for implementation plan
+**Author:** Steve + Claude
+
+## Problem
+
+Today `EMCLI_KEY` does double duty: it is both the AES-256 key that decrypts the
+stored mail-account passwords *and* the only gate for every command. The agent
+process is launched with `EMCLI_KEY` so it can read and send mail, but that same
+key authorizes the admin commands (`account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`,
+`init`) too. SPEC §4's "trust boundary" — *the agent invokes only agent
+commands* — is convention, not enforcement. A prompt-injected / "forced" agent
+holding `EMCLI_KEY` can run `account add`, edit a whitelist, or flip `config`,
+dismantling the very guardrails emcli exists to enforce.
+
+## Goal
+
+Split privilege into two environment keys so that the boundary is *enforced*,
+not merely conventional:
+
+- `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` — authorizes **all** commands.
+- `EMCLI_KEY` — authorizes **agent** (non-admin) commands only.
+
+The agent's launch environment is given **only** `EMCLI_KEY`. Because the admin
+secret is simply absent from that environment, no instruction can make the agent
+perform an admin action — the binary refuses, and there is no key present that
+could authorize it.
+
+## Constraints / decisions
+
+These were settled during brainstorming:
+
+1. **Two distinct env vars** (`EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`, `EMCLI_KEY`) — role is named and
+   readable in configs/skills, not inferred from a single value.
+2. **Both keys must be able to decrypt account passwords.** The agent decrypts to
+   talk to IMAP/SMTP; admin's `account add` / `doctor` need it too. So the keys
+   differ in *authorization*, not in crypto capability. This forces envelope
+   encryption (one data key, wrapped per role).
+3. **Agent-key commands:** `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`.
+   **Admin-only:** `account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`, `init`.
+4. **No migration, no schema-version gate.** No third party uses this DB and the
+   data is being scrapped anyway. `init` writes the new wrap slots into a fresh
+   DB; existing DBs are simply re-created by re-running `init`.
+
+## Approach: envelope encryption (one DEK, wrapped per role)
+
+### Key model
+
+- `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` and `EMCLI_KEY` are base64 32-byte **key-encryption keys
+  (KEKs)**. Neither directly encrypts account secrets.
+- `emcli init` generates a random 32-byte **data-encryption key (DEK)**. All
+  account secrets (`enc_password`, `enc_oauth_client_id`,
+  `enc_oauth_client_secret`, `enc_oauth_refresh_token`) are sealed under the DEK,
+  exactly as they are sealed under the raw key today.
+- The DEK is stored in the `settings` table, sealed twice:
+  - `dek_wrap_admin = Seal(adminKey, DEK)`
+  - `dek_wrap_agent = Seal(agentKey, DEK)`
+- The DEK never touches disk in cleartext.
+
+### Why this enforces the boundary
+
+The store already isolates all secret crypto behind one `s.key` field
+(`account.go` calls `crypto.Seal(s.key, …)` / `crypto.Open(s.key, …)`). In the
+new model **`s.key` simply becomes the DEK** — `account.go`, `send.go`, etc. do
+not change. The entire change lives in *how the DEK is obtained*:
+
+- **Admin command** → require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`; unwrap the DEK from
+  `dek_wrap_admin` **only**. If the var is unset or fails to unwrap → hard error,
+  **with no fallback to the agent slot.** This is the enforcement linchpin.
+- **Agent command** → prefer `EMCLI_KEY`, unwrap from `dek_wrap_agent`. If
+  `EMCLI_KEY` is unset but `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` is present, fall back to the admin
+  slot (admin is a superset; a human holding only the admin key can still run
+  `list` / `send`).
+
+The agent process holds `EMCLI_KEY` only. Admin commands refuse to unwrap from
+anything but `dek_wrap_admin`, which `EMCLI_KEY` cannot open. The agent cannot
+hold a secret that authorizes config changes — it is absent from its
+environment, not merely gated by a flag.
+
+## Components
+
+### `internal/crypto`
+
+- Generalize `KeyFromEnv` to read a named variable; add `AdminKeyFromEnv()` and
+  `AgentKeyFromEnv()` thin wrappers.
+- DEK wrap/unwrap **reuses** the existing `Seal` / `Open` — no new primitive.
+- A helper to generate a random 32-byte DEK.
+
+### `internal/store`
+
+Split *unlock* from *open* so the DEK can be read from a wrap slot after the DB
+is open (settings rows are plaintext, so no key is needed to read them):
+
+- `store.Open(path) (*Store, error)` — opens/creates the DB, applies the schema,
+  key still **locked** (`s.key == nil`).
+- `(*Store).Unlock(role Role, adminKey, agentKey []byte) error` — reads the slot
+  for the role, unwraps the DEK, sets `s.key`. Missing slot or wrong key → clear
+  error.
+- `(*Store).InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey []byte) error` — generates a random DEK,
+  seals it under both KEKs, writes `dek_wrap_admin` + `dek_wrap_agent`, sets
+  `s.key`.
+
+No table changes; two new rows in the existing `settings` table.
+`account.go` / mail crypto is untouched (still `crypto.Seal(s.key, …)`).
+
+### `internal/cli`
+
+- One `commandRole(cmd string) Role` function in `run.go` — the single source of
+  truth for the classification table above.
+- `openStore` gains a `role` parameter and performs slot selection via
+  `Open` + `Unlock`.
+- Each `run*` helper passes its role. `init` uses the bootstrap path
+  (`Open` + `InitKeys`, or `Unlock(admin)` if already initialized).
+
+### Command classification
+
+| Command                                   | Role      |
+|-------------------------------------------|-----------|
+| `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor` | agent     |
+| `account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit` | admin     |
+| `init`                                    | bootstrap (needs **both** keys) |
+| `help` / no args                          | none (no DB access) |
+
+## `init` & key generation UX
+
+`init` requires **both** keys present (it writes both wrap slots). If either is
+missing it errors with what's needed plus the generation hint.
+
+Idempotency: if the wrap slots already exist, `init` does **not** regenerate the
+DEK (that would orphan existing sealed passwords) — it unlocks via the admin slot
+and keeps today's "already initialized; adding another account" behavior. Fresh
+DB → generate DEK, then add the first account.
+
+Documented flow (README + USER-MANUAL):
+
+```bash
+export EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"   # human keeps this
+export EMCLI_KEY="$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)"         # agent launcher gets only this
+emcli init
+```
+
+The agent's orchestrator is configured with **only** `EMCLI_KEY`.
+
+## Error handling
+
+- Agent key on an admin command → exit non-zero, stderr:
+  `emcli: this command requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin privilege)`.
+  (Admin commands print human-readable output, not JSON.)
+- Admin command, neither key set → `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY is not set`.
+- Agent command, neither key set → existing `EMCLI_KEY is not set` JSON envelope
+  (`CodeConfig`).
+- Key present but does not unwrap its slot → `wrong key for this DB`, not a raw
+  GCM auth-tag error.
+
+## Testing
+
+- **crypto:** wrap/unwrap round-trip; an admin-sealed DEK is *not* openable with
+  the agent key.
+- **store:** after `InitKeys`, both `Unlock(admin)` and `Unlock(agent)` recover
+  the *same* DEK and decrypt an account password; `Unlock` with a wrong key fails
+  cleanly.
+- **routing:** table test for `commandRole`; agent key on an admin command →
+  refused, non-zero, correct message; agent command works with the agent key;
+  agent command works with the admin key (superset fallback); `init` refused
+  unless both keys are set.
+- **Headline security invariant:** initialize a DB, then with **only `EMCLI_KEY`**
+  set, attempt every admin command (`account add/list`, `whitelist …`,
+  `config set`, `audit`) and assert each is refused *and the DB is byte-for-byte
+  unchanged*. This is the test that proves the bug is fixed.
+- **Existing-test fallout:** the `adminEnv` / `b64Key` helpers in `admin_test.go`
+  (and `run_test.go`) set `EMCLI_KEY` against a raw-key store — update them to
+  provision both wrap slots via `InitKeys`. Audit all `t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", …)`
+  sites.
+
+## Documentation updates
+
+- README "Getting started" — two-key generation flow.
+- USER-MANUAL — key model, role/command table, agent-launcher configuration
+  (only `EMCLI_KEY`), updated `init`.
+- `skills/emcli` SKILL.md / AGENTIC-MANUAL.md — the agent is given only
+  `EMCLI_KEY`; admin commands are not available to it.
+- SPEC §4 (trust boundary) and §5 (secrets) — describe enforced two-key model.
+
+## Out of scope (possible follow-ups)
+
+- Key rotation commands (re-wrap the DEK under a new admin or agent key without
+  re-encrypting passwords — the envelope design supports this cheaply, but it is
+  not built now).
+- A distinct read-only vs read-write *agent* tier (orthogonal; per-account
+  RO/RW already exists).

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+# Agent-readable `account list` — design
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-23
+**Status:** Approved (brainstorm), ready for implementation plan
+**Author:** Steve + Claude
+
+## Problem
+
+An agent process is launched with only `EMCLI_KEY` (the two-key model — see
+`2026-06-22-two-key-privilege-design.md`). Every agent command takes
+`--account NAME`, but the agent has no way to *discover* which accounts exist:
+`account list` is classified admin-only and is refused under the agent key. So
+account names must be supplied to the agent out of band, which is brittle and
+defeats the point of a self-directed agent.
+
+The two-key spec deliberately gated the whole `account` command to admin because
+`account add/edit/remove` mutate configuration. But `account list` is read-only
+and exposes no secrets — `store.ListAccounts` never decrypts the password
+(`enc_password` is scanned and discarded). Gating *discovery* behind admin is
+stricter than the threat model requires.
+
+## Goal
+
+Let an agent holding only `EMCLI_KEY` run `account list` to discover the
+accounts it may operate on, while:
+
+- keeping `account add/edit/remove` admin-only (mutation stays gated);
+- exposing to the agent only what it needs — **account name, the send-as From
+  address, and whether the account can send** — and *not* the IMAP host/port or
+  login username;
+- preserving the admin's existing full-detail view unchanged.
+
+## Constraints / decisions
+
+Settled during brainstorming:
+
+1. **Scope is exactly `account list`.** `whitelist list`, `config get`, and
+   `audit list` stay admin-only. `audit` in particular is oversight data and
+   must remain invisible to the agent.
+2. **Privilege-dependent rendering.** The admin keeps the current full table
+   (`NAME  MODE  IMAP  USER`, human-readable). The agent gets a *reduced* view
+   containing only name, From, and send-capability.
+3. **Agent output is JSON.** The agent is a machine consumer, so its
+   `account list` emits the standard agent envelope (like `list`/`get`/`search`),
+   not a text table. The admin path stays human-readable text.
+4. **No secret exposure, no schema change.** `ListAccounts` already avoids
+   decrypting passwords; nothing about the data model changes.
+
+## Approach
+
+Reclassify `account list` to the agent role, and branch rendering on the
+caller's actual privilege (presence of the admin key).
+
+### Routing (`internal/cli/run.go`)
+
+`commandRole` becomes subcommand-aware for `account`:
+
+- `account list` → `RoleAgent`
+- `account add | edit | remove` (and bare `account`) → `RoleAdmin`
+- all other commands unchanged.
+
+`commandRole` currently takes `cmd string`; it changes to take the full
+`args []string` so it can peek at the `account` subcommand. `Run` passes
+`args` through. This keeps `commandRole` the single source of truth for the
+classification table.
+
+Authorization mechanics are unchanged: `openStore(RoleAgent)` requires
+`EMCLI_KEY` (falling back to the admin key for a human who holds only that and
+runs `account list`). `account add/edit/remove` still hard-require
+`EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` with no fallback.
+
+### Rendering (`internal/cli/admin.go`, the `list` branch)
+
+Determine privilege from the environment: `_, err := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()`;
+`isAdmin := err == nil`. (Holding the admin key *is* being the admin in this
+trust model. A human with only the admin key still gets the admin view; an agent
+with only `EMCLI_KEY` gets the reduced view.)
+
+- **Admin** → existing full table, unchanged:
+  ```
+  NAME             MODE IMAP                         USER
+  work             RW   imap.example.com:993         me@example.com
+  ```
+- **Agent** → JSON envelope to stdout:
+  ```json
+  {"error":false,"error_detail":{},"data":{"accounts":[
+    {"name":"work","from":"me@example.com","can_send":true},
+    {"name":"alerts","from":"alerts@example.com","can_send":false}
+  ]}}
+  ```
+  where `from = Account.SendFrom()` (the configured From address, falling back
+  to the username) and `can_send = (Mode == "RW")` (RW accounts have SMTP
+  configured; RO cannot send). The IMAP host/port and the raw login username are
+  **not** emitted (when From falls back to the username it may coincide with it,
+  which is acceptable — the user asked for From specifically).
+
+The reduced view reuses the existing `Success(...)` envelope and `Envelope.Write`
+helper; no new output machinery.
+
+## Error handling
+
+- Agent key on `account add/edit/remove` → unchanged:
+  `emcli: this command requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin privilege)`, non-zero.
+- Agent `account list` with neither key set → the agent-command config error
+  (`EMCLI_KEY is not set`), surfaced the same way other agent commands surface a
+  missing key. Because the agent path now emits JSON, a missing-key failure on
+  `account list` is a JSON `Failure(CodeConfig, …)` envelope, consistent with the
+  other agent commands.
+- DB/list errors on the agent path → `Failure(CodeDB, …)` envelope; on the admin
+  path → existing `list: <err>` text to stderr.
+
+## Testing
+
+- **Routing:** extend the `commandRole` table test — `account list` → agent;
+  `account add` / `account edit` / `account remove` → admin.
+- **Agent view:** with only `EMCLI_KEY`, `account list` exits 0, emits a valid
+  envelope, and the `data.accounts` entries carry `name`/`from`/`can_send` — and
+  the output does **not** contain the IMAP host or the login username.
+- **Admin view:** with `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`, `account list` still prints the full
+  `NAME MODE IMAP USER` table (regression guard).
+- **`can_send`:** an RW account yields `can_send:true`, an RO account
+  `can_send:false`; `from` reflects `SendFrom()` (explicit From, else username).
+- **Security invariant (`security_invariant_test.go`):** remove
+  `{"account","list"}` from the refused-commands set (it is now allowed) and
+  replace it with a *mutating* `account add …` attempt, so the "forced agent
+  cannot run admin commands and the DB is byte-for-byte unchanged" invariant
+  still covers the `account` family.
+
+## Documentation updates
+
+- **USER-MANUAL:** role/command table — `account list` is agent-readable
+  (reduced JSON view); `account add/edit/remove` remain admin.
+- **`skills/emcli` (SKILL.md / AGENTIC-MANUAL.md):** document that the agent
+  discovers accounts via `account list`, including the JSON shape
+  (`name`, `from`, `can_send`).
+
+## Out of scope
+
+- Agent access to `whitelist list`, `config get`, or `audit list`.
+- Any change to the admin `account list` columns or to the data model.
+- JSON output for the admin `account list` path (stays human-readable text).

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+# Send-as "From" address — design
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-23
+**Status:** Approved (pending spec review)
+
+## Problem
+
+An account's configuration has no field for the email address used as the
+`From:` when sending mail. Today the From is silently aliased to the login
+username (`internal/cli/send.go:26`, `From: acc.Username`), and neither
+`store.Account` nor the `accounts` table has any `from`/`address`/`email`
+column.
+
+This works only when the login username is exactly the desired send-as
+address. It breaks for:
+
+- providers where the login is an account ID rather than an email,
+- sending from an **alias** of the mailbox,
+- wanting a **display name** (`Steve Cliff <me@…>`) rather than a bare address,
+- Gmail App Passwords where envelope-from and header-from may differ.
+
+## Decisions
+
+- **Field shape:** a single freeform RFC 5322 From identity — bare
+  (`me@stevecliff.com`) or with a display name
+  (`Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>`). One field, not a split
+  address/display-name pair.
+- **Fallback:** when the from-address is blank, fall back to
+  `Account.Username` (current behaviour). No migration/backfill of existing
+  accounts required; they keep working unchanged.
+
+## Design
+
+### 1. Data model
+
+Add `FromAddress string` to `store.Account` and a `from_address TEXT` column to
+the `accounts` table. **Not encrypted** — it is not a secret (it appears in
+every outgoing header), so it is stored as plaintext like `username`.
+
+### 2. Fallback in one place
+
+Add a method so the fallback rule lives in exactly one spot:
+
+```go
+// SendFrom returns the From identity for outgoing mail, falling back to the
+// login username when no explicit from-address is configured.
+func (a Account) SendFrom() string {
+	if a.FromAddress != "" {
+		return a.FromAddress
+	}
+	return a.Username
+}
+```
+
+`internal/cli/send.go` changes `From: acc.Username` → `From: acc.SendFrom()`.
+
+### 3. Envelope sender vs header From
+
+A display-name From breaks the SMTP envelope: `c.SendMail("Steve <me@…>", …)`
+is invalid — the envelope sender must be the **bare** address.
+
+- `mail.BuildMIME` keeps using the full `m.From` for the `From:` header
+  (go-message renders `Name <addr>` correctly via `SetAddressList`).
+- `mail.SendSMTP` derives the envelope sender as the bare address:
+  `gomail.ParseAddress(m.From).Address`. If parsing fails, fall back to the raw
+  `m.From` (preserves today's behaviour for plain addresses).
+
+Header carries the display name; envelope carries the bare address.
+
+### 4. Migration
+
+The schema is v1, applied via `CREATE TABLE … IF NOT EXISTS`, which will not add
+a column to an existing DB, and there is no migration runner yet.
+
+- Add the `from_address` column to the `CREATE TABLE accounts` statement (new
+  DBs get it directly).
+- In `store.Open`, after applying the schema, run a version-gated migration: if
+  the stored `schema_version` is `< 2`, execute
+  `ALTER TABLE accounts ADD COLUMN from_address TEXT` and set `schema_version`
+  to `2`.
+- Bump the `schemaVersion` constant to `2`.
+
+SQLite `ALTER TABLE … ADD COLUMN` is cheap and safe. The migration is
+idempotent under the version gate.
+
+### 5. Inputs & validation
+
+- **CLI:** add a `--from` flag to `account add` and `account edit`. On `edit`,
+  follow the existing `fs.Visit` overlay pattern (only set when the flag was
+  passed).
+- **TUI:** add a `FromAddress` field to `tui.Fields`, a `fieldDef`
+  (`{key: "from_address", label: "From address (optional)"}`), and wire it
+  through `ToAccount`, `FieldsFromAccount`, `fieldValue`, and `collect`.
+- **Validation:** when the from-address is non-empty, reject it unless
+  `gomail.ParseAddress` accepts it (covers bare and display-name forms). A
+  blank from-address is always valid (→ fallback). Applied in
+  `Fields.Validate` and on the `account add`/`edit` flag path.
+- **Persistence:** thread `from_address` through `AddAccount`, `UpdateAccount`,
+  `scanAccount`, and the three `SELECT` column lists in
+  `internal/store/account.go`. Stored via `nullStr` (blank → NULL).
+
+### 6. Tests
+
+- `SendFrom()`: returns the from-address when set; returns username when blank.
+- `SendSMTP` envelope: when From is `Name <addr>`, the envelope sender passed to
+  the server is the bare `addr` (table test on the extraction helper).
+- Migration: open a v1 DB with no `from_address` column → column is added,
+  `schema_version` becomes 2, and an existing account still sends from its
+  username.
+- `Fields.Validate`: rejects a malformed from-address; accepts bare and
+  display-name forms; accepts blank.
+- Round-trip: `FieldsFromAccount` then `ToAccount` preserves `FromAddress`.
+
+## Out of scope (YAGNI)
+
+- Separate envelope-from override field (derive it from From instead).
+- Per-message From override at send time.
+- Multiple aliases per account.

internal/cli/account_list_test.go

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+package cli
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// With only EMCLI_KEY set, `account list` emits the reduced JSON envelope:
+// name/from/can_send, and never the IMAP host or login username.
+func TestAccountListAgentJSONView(t *testing.T) {
+	adminEnv(t) // both keys + initialized temp DB
+	run(t, "account", "add", "--name", "work", "--mode", "RW",
+		"--imap-host", "imap.example.com", "--smtp-host", "smtp.example.com",
+		"--username", "login@example.com", "--from", "me@example.com")
+	run(t, "account", "add", "--name", "alerts", "--mode", "RO",
+		"--imap-host", "imap.example.com", "--username", "alerts@example.com")
+
+	// Drop the admin key → caller is an agent.
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", "")
+	code, out, errOut := run(t, "account", "list")
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("agent account list should succeed: code=%d err=%q", code, errOut)
+	}
+
+	var env struct {
+		Error bool `json:"error"`
+		Data  struct {
+			Accounts []struct {
+				Name    string `json:"name"`
+				From    string `json:"from"`
+				CanSend bool   `json:"can_send"`
+			} `json:"accounts"`
+		} `json:"data"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), &env); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("output is not the agent envelope: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	if env.Error || len(env.Data.Accounts) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 2 accounts and no error, got %+v", env)
+	}
+	// The reduced view must not leak the IMAP host or the login username.
+	if strings.Contains(out, "imap.example.com") || strings.Contains(out, "login@example.com") {
+		t.Fatalf("agent view leaked host/username:\n%s", out)
+	}
+
+	got := map[string]struct {
+		from    string
+		canSend bool
+	}{}
+	for _, a := range env.Data.Accounts {
+		got[a.Name] = struct {
+			from    string
+			canSend bool
+		}{a.From, a.CanSend}
+	}
+	if g := got["work"]; g.from != "me@example.com" || !g.canSend {
+		t.Errorf("work: want from=me@example.com can_send=true, got %+v", g)
+	}
+	// alerts has no --from → SendFrom() falls back to the username.
+	if g := got["alerts"]; g.from != "alerts@example.com" || g.canSend {
+		t.Errorf("alerts: want from=alerts@example.com can_send=false, got %+v", g)
+	}
+}
+
+// With the admin key present, `account list` stays the full human-readable table.
+func TestAccountListAdminTextView(t *testing.T) {
+	adminEnv(t)
+	run(t, "account", "add", "--name", "work", "--mode", "RW",
+		"--imap-host", "imap.example.com", "--smtp-host", "smtp.example.com",
+		"--username", "login@example.com", "--from", "me@example.com")
+
+	code, out, _ := run(t, "account", "list")
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("admin account list failed: code=%d", code)
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"NAME", "MODE", "IMAP", "USER", "imap.example.com:993", "login@example.com"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("admin view missing %q:\n%s", want, out)
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, `"accounts"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("admin view should be text, not JSON:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}

internal/cli/admin.go

@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
 	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store"
 	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/tui"
 )
 
 // runAccount handles `account add|list`. Human-readable output (never JSON).
-func runAccount(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
+func runAccount(args []string, role store.Role, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	if len(args) == 0 || helpRequested(args[0]) {
 		printCmdUsage(out, "account")
 		fmt.Fprintln(out, "\nSubcommands: add, edit, remove, list")
@@ -21,9 +22,16 @@ func runAccount(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		return 2
 	}
 	sub, rest := args[0], args[1:]
-	st, err := openStore()
+	st, err := openStore(role)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		// account list is an agent command (a JSON consumer), so its
+		// open/key failures are emitted as an envelope, like the other agent
+		// commands; the admin subcommands stay human-readable.
+		if sub == "list" {
+			_ = Failure(CodeConfig, err.Error()).Write(out)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		}
 		return 1
 	}
 	defer st.Close()
@@ -45,6 +53,7 @@ func runAccount(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		smtpSec := fs.String("smtp-security", "tls", "tls|starttls")
 		user := fs.String("username", "", "login username")
 		pass := fs.String("password", "", "login password")
+		from := fs.String("from", "", "send-as address (blank = use username)")
 		subj := fs.String("subject-regex", "", "inbound subject filter")
 		wlIn := fs.Bool("whitelist-in", false, "enable inbound whitelist")
 		wlOut := fs.Bool("whitelist-out", false, "enable outbound whitelist")
@@ -56,9 +65,14 @@ func runAccount(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 			fmt.Fprintln(errOut, "name, imap-host, and username are required")
 			return 2
 		}
+		if err := tui.ValidFromAddress(*from); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(errOut, err)
+			return 2
+		}
 		acc := store.Account{
 			Name: *name, Mode: *mode, IMAPHost: *host, IMAPPort: *port, IMAPSecurity: *sec,
 			AuthType: "password", Username: *user, Password: *pass,
+			FromAddress: *from,
 			SubjectRegex: *subj, WhitelistInEnabled: *wlIn, WhitelistOutEnabled: *wlOut,
 			ProcessBacklog: *backlog,
 		}
@@ -85,6 +99,7 @@ func runAccount(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		smtpSec := fs.String("smtp-security", "", "tls|starttls")
 		user := fs.String("username", "", "login username")
 		pass := fs.String("password", "", "login password (blank keeps existing)")
+		from := fs.String("from", "", "send-as address (empty reverts to username)")
 		subj := fs.String("subject-regex", "", "inbound subject filter")
 		if err := fs.Parse(rest); err != nil {
 			return 2
@@ -96,6 +111,10 @@ func runAccount(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		if fs.NFlag() == 1 { // only --name → interactive TUI form, prefilled
 			return editInteractive(st, *name, out, errOut)
 		}
+		if err := tui.ValidFromAddress(*from); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(errOut, err)
+			return 2
+		}
 		acc, err := st.GetAccount(*name)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "edit: %v\n", err)
@@ -122,6 +141,8 @@ func runAccount(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 				acc.Username = *user
 			case "password":
 				acc.Password = *pass
+			case "from":
+				acc.FromAddress = *from
 			case "subject-regex":
 				acc.SubjectRegex = *subj
 			}
@@ -158,11 +179,31 @@ func runAccount(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "account %q removed\n", *name)
 		return 0
 	case "list":
+		// Holding the admin key means the caller is the human admin (full
+		// detail). An agent holds only EMCLI_KEY and gets a reduced JSON view.
+		_, adminErr := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+		isAdmin := adminErr == nil
 		accs, err := st.ListAccounts()
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "list: %v\n", err)
+			if isAdmin {
+				fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "list: %v\n", err)
+			} else {
+				_ = Failure(CodeDB, err.Error()).Write(out)
+			}
 			return 1
 		}
+		if !isAdmin {
+			items := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(accs))
+			for _, a := range accs {
+				items = append(items, map[string]any{
+					"name":     a.Name,
+					"from":     a.SendFrom(),
+					"can_send": a.Mode == "RW",
+				})
+			}
+			_ = Success(map[string]any{"accounts": items}).Write(out)
+			return 0
+		}
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-16s %-4s %-28s %s\n", "NAME", "MODE", "IMAP", "USER")
 		for _, a := range accs {
 			fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-16s %-4s %-28s %s\n",
@@ -191,7 +232,7 @@ func auditList(st *store.Store, account string, limit int, out io.Writer) error
 }
 
 // runConfig handles `config set <key> <value>` and `config get <key>`.
-func runConfig(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
+func runConfig(args []string, role store.Role, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	if len(args) == 0 || helpRequested(args[0]) {
 		printCmdUsage(out, "config")
 		if len(args) > 0 {
@@ -204,7 +245,7 @@ func runConfig(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		return 2
 	}
 	sub, key := args[0], args[1]
-	st, err := openStore()
+	st, err := openStore(role)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
 		return 1
@@ -246,7 +287,7 @@ func runConfig(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 }
 
 // runAudit handles `audit list [--account <name>] [--limit N]`.
-func runAudit(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
+func runAudit(args []string, role store.Role, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	if len(args) > 0 && helpRequested(args[0]) {
 		printCmdUsage(out, "audit")
 		return 0
@@ -262,7 +303,7 @@ func runAudit(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	if err := fs.Parse(args[1:]); err != nil {
 		return 2
 	}
-	st, err := openStore()
+	st, err := openStore(role)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
 		return 1
@@ -276,7 +317,7 @@ func runAudit(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 }
 
 // runWhitelist handles `whitelist <in|out> add --account NAME --address A`.
-func runWhitelist(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
+func runWhitelist(args []string, role store.Role, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	if len(args) == 0 || helpRequested(args[0]) {
 		printCmdUsage(out, "whitelist")
 		if len(args) > 0 {
@@ -289,7 +330,19 @@ func runWhitelist(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		return 2
 	}
 	dir := store.Direction(args[0])
+	if dir != store.DirIn && dir != store.DirOut {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "whitelist direction must be \"in\" or \"out\", got %q\n", args[0])
+		fmt.Fprintln(errOut, "usage: emcli whitelist <in|out> <add|remove|list> [flags]")
+		return 2
+	}
 	sub, rest := args[1], args[2:]
+	switch sub {
+	case "add", "remove", "list": // valid
+	default:
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "unknown whitelist subcommand %q (want add|remove|list)\n", sub)
+		fmt.Fprintln(errOut, "usage: emcli whitelist <in|out> <add|remove|list> [flags]")
+		return 2
+	}
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("whitelist", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.SetOutput(errOut)
 	account := fs.String("account", "", "account name")
@@ -301,7 +354,7 @@ func runWhitelist(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		fmt.Fprintln(errOut, "--account is required")
 		return 2
 	}
-	st, err := openStore()
+	st, err := openStore(role)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
 		return 1
@@ -330,9 +383,6 @@ func runWhitelist(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		for _, a := range addrs {
 			fmt.Fprintln(out, a)
 		}
-	default:
-		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "unknown whitelist subcommand %q\n", sub)
-		return 2
 	}
 	return 0
 }

internal/cli/admin_test.go

@@ -7,15 +7,28 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
 	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store"
 )
 
-// adminEnv points EMCLI_KEY/EMCLI_DB at a fresh temp DB and returns its path.
+// adminEnv points both keys + EMCLI_DB at a fresh, initialized temp DB.
 func adminEnv(t *testing.T) string {
 	t.Helper()
 	db := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
-	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", b64Key())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", b64Key())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", b64AgentKey())
 	t.Setenv("EMCLI_DB", db)
+
+	st, err := store.Open(db)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	adminKey, _ := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	agentKey, _ := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	if err := st.InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
+	st.Close()
 	return db
 }
 
@@ -75,11 +88,16 @@ func TestAccountEditPartialPreservesOtherFields(t *testing.T) {
 		"--smtp-host", "smtp.x.com", "--smtp-port", "587", "--smtp-security", "starttls"); code != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("edit failed: %s", e)
 	}
-	st, err := store.Open(db, mustKey())
+	st, err := store.Open(db)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("open: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer st.Close()
+	adminKey, _ := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	agentKey, _ := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	if err := st.Unlock(store.RoleAdmin, adminKey, agentKey); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unlock: %v", err)
+	}
 	got, err := st.GetAccount("ed")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GetAccount: %v", err)
@@ -92,12 +110,60 @@ func TestAccountEditPartialPreservesOtherFields(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// A missing direction (e.g. `whitelist list`) must report the real problem —
+// the in|out direction — not the misleading "--account is required".
+func TestWhitelistMissingDirectionReported(t *testing.T) {
+	adminEnv(t)
+	code, _, errOut := run(t, "whitelist", "list", "--account", "bobby")
+	if code == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("missing direction must be a usage error")
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(errOut, "--account is required") {
+		t.Fatalf("misleading error; want a direction complaint, got: %q", errOut)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(errOut, "in") || !strings.Contains(errOut, "out") {
+		t.Fatalf("error should name the in|out direction, got: %q", errOut)
+	}
+}
+
+// A missing subcommand (e.g. `whitelist out --account x`) must report the real
+// problem — the add|remove|list subcommand — not "--account is required".
+func TestWhitelistMissingSubcommandReported(t *testing.T) {
+	adminEnv(t)
+	code, _, errOut := run(t, "whitelist", "out", "--account", "bobby")
+	if code == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("missing subcommand must be a usage error")
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(errOut, "--account is required") {
+		t.Fatalf("misleading error; want a subcommand complaint, got: %q", errOut)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(errOut, "add") || !strings.Contains(errOut, "list") {
+		t.Fatalf("error should name the add|remove|list subcommand, got: %q", errOut)
+	}
+}
+
+// The happy path still works after the direction/subcommand validation.
+func TestWhitelistListWorks(t *testing.T) {
+	adminEnv(t)
+	run(t, "account", "add", "--name", "bobby", "--imap-host", "h", "--username", "u@x.com")
+	if code, _, e := run(t, "whitelist", "out", "add", "--account", "bobby", "--address", "@x.com"); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("add failed: %s", e)
+	}
+	code, out, _ := run(t, "whitelist", "out", "list", "--account", "bobby")
+	if code != 0 || !strings.Contains(out, "@x.com") {
+		t.Fatalf("list: code=%d out=%q", code, out)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAuditListCoreRenders(t *testing.T) {
-	st, err := store.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e.db"), testKey())
+	st, err := store.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e.db"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("open: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer st.Close()
+	if err := st.InitKeys(testKey(), testKey()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
 	now := time.Date(2026, 6, 22, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	_ = st.Audit(now, store.AuditEntry{Account: "a", Action: "list", Target: "INBOX", Result: "allowed"})
 	_ = st.Audit(now, store.AuditEntry{Account: "a", Action: "send", Target: "x@y.com", Result: "blocked", Reason: "whitelist_out"})
@@ -111,5 +177,17 @@ func TestAuditListCoreRenders(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// mustKey decodes the same 32-zero-byte key used by b64Key for store reopen.
+func TestAccountEditFromValidationRejectsMalformed(t *testing.T) {
-func mustKey() []byte { return make([]byte, 32) }
+	adminEnv(t)
+	// Seed an account so the failure is from --from validation, not a missing account.
+	run(t, "account", "add", "--name", "valacc", "--imap-host", "imap.x.com", "--username", "u@x.com")
+	// A malformed --from value must be rejected with exit code 2 before touching the account.
+	code, _, errStr := run(t, "account", "edit", "--name", "valacc", "--from", "not an address")
+	if code != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exit code 2 for malformed --from, got %d (stderr: %q)", code, errStr)
+	}
+	if errStr == "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error message on stderr for malformed --from, got none")
+	}
+}
+

internal/cli/agent_test.go

@@ -58,10 +58,13 @@ func testKey() []byte {
 
 func newDeps(t *testing.T, fm *fakeMailer) (Deps, *bytes.Buffer) {
 	t.Helper()
-	st, err := store.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e.db"), testKey())
+	st, err := store.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e.db"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("store: %v", err)
 	}
+	if err := st.InitKeys(testKey(), testKey()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
 	t.Cleanup(func() { st.Close() })
 	_, err = st.AddAccount(store.Account{
 		Name: "work", Mode: "RO", IMAPHost: "h", IMAPPort: 993, IMAPSecurity: "tls",

internal/cli/doctor_test.go

@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ import (
 
 func doctorDeps(t *testing.T, accounts []store.Account, imap, smtp func(store.Account) error) (Deps, *[]byte) {
 	t.Helper()
-	st, err := store.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e.db"), testKey())
+	st, err := store.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e.db"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("store: %v", err)
 	}
+	if err := st.InitKeys(testKey(), testKey()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
 	t.Cleanup(func() { st.Close() })
 	for _, a := range accounts {
 		if _, err := st.AddAccount(a); err != nil {

internal/cli/interactive.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
 	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store"
 	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/tui"
 )
@@ -70,19 +71,38 @@ func editInteractive(st *store.Store, name string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-// runInit creates/opens the DB and adds the first account via the TUI form,
+// runInit creates/opens the DB, writes both DEK wrap slots, and adds the first
-// seeding a default audit retention if unset.
+// account via the TUI form, seeding a default audit retention if unset.
 func runInit(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	if len(args) > 0 && helpRequested(args[0]) {
 		printCmdUsage(out, "init")
 		return 0
 	}
-	st, err := openStore()
+	adminKey, err := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	agentKey, err := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	path, err := store.DefaultDBPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	st, err := store.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
 		return 1
 	}
 	defer st.Close()
+	if err := st.InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
 
 	if _, err := st.GetSetting("audit_retention_days"); err != nil {
 		_ = st.SetSetting("audit_retention_days", "90")

internal/cli/role_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store"
+)
+
+func TestCommandRole(t *testing.T) {
+	adminCmds := [][]string{
+		{"whitelist"}, {"config"}, {"audit"},
+		{"account"}, {"account", "add"}, {"account", "edit"}, {"account", "remove"},
+	}
+	agentCmds := [][]string{
+		{"list"}, {"get"}, {"search"}, {"ack"}, {"send"}, {"doctor"},
+		{"account", "list"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range adminCmds {
+		if commandRole(c) != store.RoleAdmin {
+			t.Errorf("%v should be admin", c)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, c := range agentCmds {
+		if commandRole(c) != store.RoleAgent {
+			t.Errorf("%v should be agent", c)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAgentCommandWorksWithOnlyAdminKey(t *testing.T) {
+	// A human holding only the admin key can still run agent commands
+	// (admin is a superset → agent-role unlock falls back to the admin slot).
+	db := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", b64Key())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", b64AgentKey())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_DB", db)
+	st, _ := store.Open(db)
+	ak, _ := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	gk, _ := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	st.InitKeys(ak, gk)
+	st.Close()
+
+	// Only the admin key now; agent command must still open the store.
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", "")
+	s2, err := openStore(store.RoleAgent)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("agent role with only admin key should open: %v", err)
+	}
+	s2.Close()
+}

internal/cli/run.go

@@ -25,17 +25,55 @@ func realMailer(acc store.Account) (Mailer, error) {
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-// openStore loads the key and opens the DB, returning a human-readable error string.
+// commandRole maps a command to the privilege it requires. Admin commands
-func openStore() (*store.Store, error) {
+// mutate configuration or expose oversight data; everything else is agent.
-	key, err := crypto.KeyFromEnv()
+func commandRole(args []string) store.Role {
-	if err != nil {
+	switch args[0] {
-		return nil, err
+	case "account":
+		// account list is a read-only discovery view available to agents;
+		// add/edit/remove mutate config and require admin.
+		if len(args) >= 2 && args[1] == "list" {
+			return store.RoleAgent
+		}
+		return store.RoleAdmin
+	case "whitelist", "config", "audit":
+		return store.RoleAdmin
+	default: // list, get, search, ack, send, doctor
+		return store.RoleAgent
 	}
+}
+
+// openStore resolves the keys for the role, opens the DB, and unlocks the DEK.
+// Admin commands require EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY and unlock the admin slot only; agent
+// commands use EMCLI_KEY (falling back to the admin key if that is all there is).
+func openStore(role store.Role) (*store.Store, error) {
+	adminKey, adminErr := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	agentKey, agentErr := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+
+	switch role {
+	case store.RoleAdmin:
+		if adminErr != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("this command requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin privilege)")
+		}
+	case store.RoleAgent:
+		if agentErr != nil && adminErr != nil {
+			return nil, agentErr // "EMCLI_KEY is not set"
+		}
+	}
+
 	path, err := store.DefaultDBPath()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return store.Open(path, key)
+	st, err := store.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := st.Unlock(role, adminKey, agentKey); err != nil {
+		st.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return st, nil
 }
 
 func realSender(acc store.Account, m mail.OutgoingMessage) error {
@@ -68,7 +106,7 @@ func newDepsLive(st *store.Store, out io.Writer) Deps {
 }
 
 // runDoctor handles `doctor [--account <name>]` (human-readable diagnostics).
-func runDoctor(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
+func runDoctor(args []string, role store.Role, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("doctor", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.SetOutput(errOut)
 	usageFlags(fs, "doctor", errOut)
@@ -79,7 +117,7 @@ func runDoctor(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		}
 		return 2
 	}
-	st, err := openStore()
+	st, err := openStore(role)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(errOut, "emcli: %v\n", err)
 		return 1
@@ -104,21 +142,22 @@ func Run(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 	cmd, rest := args[0], args[1:]
+	role := commandRole(args)
 	switch cmd {
 	case "list", "get", "search", "ack":
-		return runAgent(cmd, rest, out, errOut)
+		return runAgent(cmd, rest, role, out, errOut)
 	case "send":
-		return runSend(rest, out, errOut)
+		return runSend(rest, role, out, errOut)
 	case "account":
-		return runAccount(rest, out, errOut)
+		return runAccount(rest, role, out, errOut)
 	case "whitelist":
-		return runWhitelist(rest, out, errOut)
+		return runWhitelist(rest, role, out, errOut)
 	case "config":
-		return runConfig(rest, out, errOut)
+		return runConfig(rest, role, out, errOut)
 	case "audit":
-		return runAudit(rest, out, errOut)
+		return runAudit(rest, role, out, errOut)
 	case "doctor":
-		return runDoctor(rest, out, errOut)
+		return runDoctor(rest, role, out, errOut)
 	case "init":
 		return runInit(rest, out, errOut)
 	default:
@@ -128,7 +167,7 @@ func Run(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 }
 
 // runAgent handles JSON-emitting commands. Errors are emitted as JSON envelopes.
-func runAgent(cmd string, args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
+func runAgent(cmd string, args []string, role store.Role, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet(cmd, flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.SetOutput(errOut)
 	usageFlags(fs, cmd, errOut)
@@ -159,7 +198,7 @@ func runAgent(cmd string, args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		_ = Failure(CodeUsage, "--account is required").Write(out)
 		return 2
 	}
-	st, err := openStore()
+	st, err := openStore(role)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = Failure(CodeConfig, err.Error()).Write(out)
 		return 1
@@ -224,7 +263,7 @@ func (s *stringSlice) Set(v string) error {
 }
 
 // runSend handles the `send` agent command (JSON envelope output).
-func runSend(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
+func runSend(args []string, role store.Role, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("send", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.SetOutput(errOut)
 	usageFlags(fs, "send", errOut)
@@ -249,7 +288,7 @@ func runSend(args []string, out, errOut io.Writer) int {
 		_ = Failure(CodeUsage, "--account is required").Write(out)
 		return 2
 	}
-	st, err := openStore()
+	st, err := openStore(role)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = Failure(CodeConfig, err.Error()).Write(out)
 		return 1

internal/cli/run_test.go

@@ -18,17 +18,25 @@ func TestRunUnknownCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRunVersionIsJSONForAgentButTextHere(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAccountListMissingKeyFailsClosedAsJSON(t *testing.T) {
-	// `account list` with no DB key should fail closed with a usage/config error,
+	// `account list` is an agent command: with no DB key it fails closed before
-	// proving the key check happens before any DB work.
+	// any DB work, emitting a JSON config-error envelope that names EMCLI_KEY.
 	var out, errOut bytes.Buffer
 	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", "")
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", "")
 	code := Run([]string{"account", "list"}, &out, &errOut)
 	if code == 0 {
 		t.Fatal("missing EMCLI_KEY must fail")
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(out.String()+errOut.String(), "EMCLI_KEY") {
+	var env map[string]any
-		t.Fatalf("should mention EMCLI_KEY, got out=%q err=%q", out.String(), errOut.String())
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(out.Bytes(), &env); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("agent account list error must be JSON, got out=%q err=%q", out.String(), errOut.String())
+	}
+	if env["error"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("want error envelope: %v", env)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out.String(), "EMCLI_KEY") {
+		t.Fatalf("should name the missing EMCLI_KEY, got %q", out.String())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -54,3 +62,8 @@ func b64Key() string {
 	// 32 zero bytes, base64.
 	return "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="
 }
+
+func b64AgentKey() string {
+	// 32 bytes of 0x01, base64 — distinct from b64Key so slot mix-ups surface.
+	return "AQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQE="
+}

internal/cli/security_invariant_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/store"
+)
+
+func dbBytes(t *testing.T, path string) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read db: %v", err)
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+// A forced agent holding ONLY EMCLI_KEY must not be able to run any admin
+// command, and the DB must be unchanged after it tries.
+func TestAgentKeyCannotRunAdminCommands(t *testing.T) {
+	db := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", b64Key())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", b64AgentKey())
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_DB", db)
+
+	st, err := store.Open(db)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("store.Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	ak, err := crypto.AdminKeyFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AdminKeyFromEnv: %v", err)
+	}
+	gk, err := crypto.AgentKeyFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AgentKeyFromEnv: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.InitKeys(ak, gk); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
+	st.Close()
+
+	// Simulate the agent's environment: admin key absent.
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", "")
+
+	before := dbBytes(t, db)
+	adminAttempts := [][]string{
+		{"account", "add", "--name", "x", "--imap-host", "h", "--username", "u@x.com"},
+		{"config", "set", "audit_retention_days", "30"},
+		{"audit"},
+	}
+	for _, args := range adminAttempts {
+		code, out, errOut := run(t, args...)
+		if code == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("admin command %v must be refused with only EMCLI_KEY (out=%q err=%q)", args, out, errOut)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(before, dbBytes(t, db)) {
+		t.Fatal("DB changed despite all admin commands being refused")
+	}
+}

internal/cli/send.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func SendCmd(d Deps, account string, to, cc, bcc []string, subject, body string,
 	}
 
 	msg := mail.OutgoingMessage{
-		From: acc.Username, To: to, Cc: cc, Bcc: bcc,
+		From: acc.SendFrom(), To: to, Cc: cc, Bcc: bcc,
 		Subject: subject, BodyText: body,
 	}
 	recipients := msg.Recipients()

internal/cli/send_test.go

@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ import (
 // mailer (for reply-to). The named account is created per the supplied template.
 func sendDeps(t *testing.T, acc store.Account, fm *fakeMailer) (Deps, *[]mail.OutgoingMessage, *[]byte) {
 	t.Helper()
-	st, err := store.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e.db"), testKey())
+	st, err := store.Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e.db"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("store: %v", err)
 	}
+	if err := st.InitKeys(testKey(), testKey()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
 	t.Cleanup(func() { st.Close() })
 	if _, err := st.AddAccount(acc); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("AddAccount: %v", err)
@@ -136,6 +139,32 @@ func TestSendReplyToThreadsHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSendUsesConfiguredFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	acc := rwAccount()
+	acc.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	d, sent, _ := sendDeps(t, acc, nil)
+	if err := SendCmd(d, "send", []string{"me@stevecliff.com"}, nil, nil, "hi", "body", nil, 0, "INBOX"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SendCmd: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(*sent) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 1 send, got %d", len(*sent))
+	}
+	if got := (*sent)[0].From; got != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("From = %q, want configured from-address", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSendFallsBackToUsernameAsFrom(t *testing.T) {
+	// rwAccount has no FromAddress, so From must be the login username.
+	d, sent, _ := sendDeps(t, rwAccount(), nil)
+	if err := SendCmd(d, "send", []string{"me@stevecliff.com"}, nil, nil, "hi", "body", nil, 0, "INBOX"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SendCmd: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := (*sent)[0].From; got != "emcli@stevecliff.com" {
+		t.Fatalf("From = %q, want username fallback", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSendReplyToFilteredSourceNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	acc := rwAccount()
 	acc.WhitelistInEnabled = true // inbound filter active

internal/crypto/crypto.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Package crypto provides AES-256-GCM field encryption keyed from EMCLI_KEY.
+// Package crypto provides AES-256-GCM field encryption; keys are loaded from EMCLI_KEY (agent) or EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin).
 package crypto
 
 import (
@@ -7,28 +7,41 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 )
 
-var (
+// keyFromEnv reads and validates a base64-encoded 32-byte AES key from the
-	ErrNoKey  = errors.New("EMCLI_KEY is not set")
+// named environment variable. Errors name the variable so callers get a
-	ErrBadKey = errors.New("EMCLI_KEY must be base64 of exactly 32 bytes")
+// role-appropriate message.
-)
+func keyFromEnv(varName string) ([]byte, error) {
-
+	raw := os.Getenv(varName)
-// KeyFromEnv reads and validates the AES-256 key from EMCLI_KEY.
-func KeyFromEnv() ([]byte, error) {
-	raw := os.Getenv("EMCLI_KEY")
 	if raw == "" {
-		return nil, ErrNoKey
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is not set", varName)
 	}
 	key, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(raw)
 	if err != nil || len(key) != 32 {
-		return nil, ErrBadKey
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s must be base64 of exactly 32 bytes", varName)
 	}
 	return key, nil
 }
 
+// AgentKeyFromEnv reads the agent KEK from EMCLI_KEY (agent commands only).
+func AgentKeyFromEnv() ([]byte, error) { return keyFromEnv("EMCLI_KEY") }
+
+// AdminKeyFromEnv reads the admin KEK from EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (all commands).
+func AdminKeyFromEnv() ([]byte, error) { return keyFromEnv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY") }
+
+// NewDEK returns a fresh random 32-byte data-encryption key.
+func NewDEK() ([]byte, error) {
+	dek := make([]byte, 32)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, dek); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dek, nil
+}
+
 func newGCM(key []byte) (cipher.AEAD, error) {
 	block, err := aes.NewCipher(key)
 	if err != nil {

internal/crypto/crypto_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package crypto
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -50,20 +51,38 @@ func TestOpenWrongKeyFails(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestKeyFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAgentAndAdminKeyFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(testKey()))
+	good := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(testKey())
-	k, err := KeyFromEnv()
+
-	if err != nil || len(k) != 32 {
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", good)
-		t.Fatalf("KeyFromEnv: key=%d err=%v", len(k), err)
+	if k, err := AgentKeyFromEnv(); err != nil || len(k) != 32 {
+		t.Fatalf("AgentKeyFromEnv: key=%d err=%v", len(k), err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", good)
+	if k, err := AdminKeyFromEnv(); err != nil || len(k) != 32 {
+		t.Fatalf("AdminKeyFromEnv: key=%d err=%v", len(k), err)
 	}
 
-	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", "")
+	t.Setenv("EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY", "")
-	if _, err := KeyFromEnv(); err != ErrNoKey {
+	if _, err := AdminKeyFromEnv(); err == nil ||
-		t.Fatalf("empty key: want ErrNoKey, got %v", err)
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), "EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY") {
+		t.Fatalf("empty admin key: want EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY error, got %v", err)
 	}
 
 	t.Setenv("EMCLI_KEY", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("tooshort")))
-	if _, err := KeyFromEnv(); err != ErrBadKey {
+	if _, err := AgentKeyFromEnv(); err == nil ||
-		t.Fatalf("short key: want ErrBadKey, got %v", err)
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), "32 bytes") {
+		t.Fatalf("short key: want length error, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewDEKIsRandom32(t *testing.T) {
+	a, err := NewDEK()
+	if err != nil || len(a) != 32 {
+		t.Fatalf("NewDEK: len=%d err=%v", len(a), err)
+	}
+	b, _ := NewDEK()
+	if bytes.Equal(a, b) {
+		t.Fatal("two DEKs must differ")
 	}
 }

internal/mail/send.go

@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ func (m OutgoingMessage) Recipients() []string {
 	return out
 }
 
+// envelopeFrom returns the bare address for the SMTP envelope sender, stripping
+// any display name. A display-name From (e.g. "Name <addr>") is a valid header
+// but an invalid envelope sender, so it must be reduced to the bare address.
+// Unparseable input is passed through unchanged (preserves prior behaviour for
+// plain addresses).
+func envelopeFrom(from string) string {
+	if a, err := gomail.ParseAddress(from); err == nil {
+		return a.Address
+	}
+	return from
+}
+
 func addrList(addrs []string) []*gomail.Address {
 	out := make([]*gomail.Address, 0, len(addrs))
 	for _, a := range addrs {
@@ -163,7 +175,7 @@ func SendSMTP(cfg SMTPConfig, m OutgoingMessage) error {
 	if err := c.Auth(auth); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("smtp auth: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err := c.SendMail(m.From, m.Recipients(), bytes.NewReader(raw)); err != nil {
+	if err := c.SendMail(envelopeFrom(m.From), m.Recipients(), bytes.NewReader(raw)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("smtp send: %w", err)
 	}
 	return c.Quit()

internal/mail/send_test.go

@@ -100,6 +100,36 @@ func TestRecipientsCombinesAllFields(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEnvelopeFromStripsDisplayName(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>": "me@stevecliff.com",
+		"me@stevecliff.com":               "me@stevecliff.com",
+		"<me@stevecliff.com>":             "me@stevecliff.com",
+		"not a valid address":             "not a valid address", // unparseable ⇒ passthrough
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		if got := envelopeFrom(in); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("envelopeFrom(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildMIMEKeepsDisplayNameInHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := BuildMIME(OutgoingMessage{
+		From:     "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>",
+		To:       []string{"you@example.com"},
+		Subject:  "hi",
+		BodyText: "body",
+		Date:     time.Date(2026, 6, 23, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildMIME: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(raw), "Steve Cliff") {
+		t.Fatalf("From header lost display name:\n%s", raw)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestReadHeaderParsesReferences(t *testing.T) {
 	raw := "From: a@x.com\r\n" +
 		"To: b@x.com\r\n" +

internal/store/account.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type Account struct {
 	SMTPSecurity        string // tls | starttls
 	AuthType            string // password | oauth2
 	Username            string
+	FromAddress         string // send-as identity; blank ⇒ fall back to Username
 	Password            string // decrypted; empty in ListAccounts
 	WhitelistInEnabled  bool
 	WhitelistOutEnabled bool
@@ -30,6 +31,15 @@ type Account struct {
 	ProcessBacklog      bool
 }
 
+// SendFrom returns the From identity for outgoing mail, falling back to the
+// login username when no explicit from-address is configured.
+func (a Account) SendFrom() string {
+	if a.FromAddress != "" {
+		return a.FromAddress
+	}
+	return a.Username
+}
+
 func (s *Store) AddAccount(a Account) (int64, error) {
 	var encPw []byte
 	if a.Password != "" {
@@ -42,12 +52,12 @@ func (s *Store) AddAccount(a Account) (int64, error) {
 	res, err := s.db.Exec(`
 		INSERT INTO accounts
 		  (name,mode,imap_host,imap_port,imap_security,smtp_host,smtp_port,smtp_security,
-		   auth_type,username,
+		   auth_type,username,from_address,
 		   enc_password,whitelist_in_enabled,whitelist_out_enabled,subject_regex,process_backlog)
-		VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)`,
+		VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)`,
 		a.Name, a.Mode, a.IMAPHost, a.IMAPPort, a.IMAPSecurity,
 		nullStr(a.SMTPHost), nullInt(a.SMTPPort), nullStr(a.SMTPSecurity),
-		a.AuthType, a.Username,
+		a.AuthType, a.Username, nullStr(a.FromAddress),
 		encPw, b2i(a.WhitelistInEnabled), b2i(a.WhitelistOutEnabled),
 		nullStr(a.SubjectRegex), b2i(a.ProcessBacklog))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ func (s *Store) AddAccount(a Account) (int64, error) {
 func (s *Store) GetAccount(name string) (Account, error) {
 	row := s.db.QueryRow(`
 		SELECT id,name,mode,imap_host,imap_port,imap_security,smtp_host,smtp_port,smtp_security,
-		       auth_type,username,
+		       auth_type,username,from_address,
 		       enc_password,whitelist_in_enabled,whitelist_out_enabled,subject_regex,process_backlog
 		FROM accounts WHERE name = ?`, name)
 	a, encPw, err := scanAccount(row)
@@ -82,7 +92,7 @@ func (s *Store) GetAccount(name string) (Account, error) {
 func (s *Store) ListAccounts() ([]Account, error) {
 	rows, err := s.db.Query(`
 		SELECT id,name,mode,imap_host,imap_port,imap_security,smtp_host,smtp_port,smtp_security,
-		       auth_type,username,
+		       auth_type,username,from_address,
 		       enc_password,whitelist_in_enabled,whitelist_out_enabled,subject_regex,process_backlog
 		FROM accounts ORDER BY name`)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -108,12 +118,12 @@ func (s *Store) UpdateAccount(a Account) error {
 	// Build the SET clause, conditionally including secret columns.
 	set := `mode=?, imap_host=?, imap_port=?, imap_security=?,
 	        smtp_host=?, smtp_port=?, smtp_security=?,
-	        auth_type=?, username=?,
+	        auth_type=?, username=?, from_address=?,
 	        whitelist_in_enabled=?, whitelist_out_enabled=?, subject_regex=?, process_backlog=?`
 	args := []any{
 		a.Mode, a.IMAPHost, a.IMAPPort, a.IMAPSecurity,
 		nullStr(a.SMTPHost), nullInt(a.SMTPPort), nullStr(a.SMTPSecurity),
-		a.AuthType, a.Username,
+		a.AuthType, a.Username, nullStr(a.FromAddress),
 		b2i(a.WhitelistInEnabled), b2i(a.WhitelistOutEnabled),
 		nullStr(a.SubjectRegex), b2i(a.ProcessBacklog),
 	}
@@ -152,16 +162,16 @@ type scanner interface{ Scan(dest ...any) error }
 
 func scanAccount(sc scanner) (Account, []byte, error) {
 	var (
-		a                       Account
+		a                                Account
-		encPw                   []byte
+		encPw                            []byte
-		subj, smtpHost, smtpSec sql.NullString
+		subj, smtpHost, smtpSec, fromAddr sql.NullString
-		smtpPort                sql.NullInt64
+		smtpPort                         sql.NullInt64
-		wlIn, wlOut             int
+		wlIn, wlOut                      int
-		backlog                 int
+		backlog                          int
 	)
 	err := sc.Scan(&a.ID, &a.Name, &a.Mode, &a.IMAPHost, &a.IMAPPort, &a.IMAPSecurity,
 		&smtpHost, &smtpPort, &smtpSec,
-		&a.AuthType, &a.Username, &encPw, &wlIn, &wlOut, &subj, &backlog)
+		&a.AuthType, &a.Username, &fromAddr, &encPw, &wlIn, &wlOut, &subj, &backlog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Account{}, nil, err
 	}
@@ -172,6 +182,7 @@ func scanAccount(sc scanner) (Account, []byte, error) {
 	a.WhitelistOutEnabled = wlOut != 0
 	a.ProcessBacklog = backlog != 0
 	a.SubjectRegex = subj.String
+	a.FromAddress = fromAddr.String
 	return a, encPw, nil
 }
 

internal/store/account_test.go

@@ -84,3 +84,30 @@ func TestListAccountsOmitsSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("ListAccounts must not return secrets")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSendFromFallsBackToUsername(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Account{Username: "login@example.com"}
+	if got := a.SendFrom(); got != "login@example.com" {
+		t.Fatalf("blank from-address should fall back to username, got %q", got)
+	}
+	a.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	if got := a.SendFrom(); got != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("set from-address should win, got %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAddGetAccountRoundTripsFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	s := openTemp(t)
+	a := sampleAccount()
+	a.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	if _, err := s.AddAccount(a); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AddAccount: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := s.GetAccount("work")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetAccount: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.FromAddress != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("FromAddress not round-tripped: %q", got.FromAddress)
+	}
+}

internal/store/keys.go

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"git.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/internal/crypto"
+)
+
+// Role selects which DEK wrap slot a command may unlock.
+type Role int
+
+const (
+	RoleAgent Role = iota // agent commands; uses dek_wrap_agent (admin slot as fallback)
+	RoleAdmin             // all commands; uses dek_wrap_admin ONLY
+)
+
+const (
+	settingDEKWrapAdmin = "dek_wrap_admin"
+	settingDEKWrapAgent = "dek_wrap_agent"
+)
+
+// ErrLocked means the DB has no DEK wrap slots yet (never initialized).
+var ErrLocked = errors.New("emcli DB is not initialized; run `emcli init`")
+
+// dbPath returns the file path SQLite opened (used by tests to re-open).
+func (s *Store) dbPath() string {
+	var p string
+	_ = s.db.QueryRow("PRAGMA database_list").Scan(new(int), new(string), &p)
+	return p
+}
+
+// InitKeys generates a DEK (only if absent), seals it under both KEKs, writes
+// both wrap slots, and unlocks the store. If the slots already exist it does
+// NOT regenerate the DEK — it unlocks via the admin slot (idempotent re-init).
+func (s *Store) InitKeys(adminKey, agentKey []byte) error {
+	if _, err := s.GetSetting(settingDEKWrapAdmin); err == nil {
+		// Already initialised: the DEK and both wrap slots already exist, so the
+		// agent key is not consumed here. Only the admin key is used to unlock the
+		// existing dek_wrap_admin slot; the DEK itself is preserved unchanged.
+		return s.Unlock(RoleAdmin, adminKey, nil)
+	}
+	dek, err := crypto.NewDEK()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	wrapAdmin, err := crypto.Seal(adminKey, dek)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	wrapAgent, err := crypto.Seal(agentKey, dek)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := s.SetSetting(settingDEKWrapAdmin, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(wrapAdmin)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := s.SetSetting(settingDEKWrapAgent, base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(wrapAgent)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.key = dek
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Unlock loads the DEK into the store by decrypting the wrap slot for role.
+// RoleAdmin uses the admin slot ONLY. RoleAgent prefers the agent slot and
+// falls back to the admin slot only when no agent key is supplied.
+func (s *Store) Unlock(role Role, adminKey, agentKey []byte) error {
+	switch role {
+	case RoleAdmin:
+		return s.unlockSlot(settingDEKWrapAdmin, adminKey)
+	case RoleAgent:
+		if len(agentKey) > 0 {
+			return s.unlockSlot(settingDEKWrapAgent, agentKey)
+		}
+		return s.unlockSlot(settingDEKWrapAdmin, adminKey)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown role %d", role)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Store) unlockSlot(settingKey string, kek []byte) error {
+	if len(kek) == 0 {
+		return ErrLocked
+	}
+	enc, err := s.GetSetting(settingKey)
+	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		return ErrLocked
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	blob, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(enc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("corrupt wrap slot %q: %w", settingKey, err)
+	}
+	dek, err := crypto.Open(kek, blob)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("wrong key for this DB")
+	}
+	s.key = dek
+	return nil
+}

internal/store/keys_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func k(b byte) []byte {
+	key := make([]byte, 32)
+	for i := range key {
+		key[i] = b
+	}
+	return key
+}
+
+func tempStore(t *testing.T) *Store {
+	t.Helper()
+	st, err := Open(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { st.Close() })
+	return st
+}
+
+func TestInitKeysThenUnlockBothSlotsRecoverSameDEK(t *testing.T) {
+	admin, agent := k(0xAA), k(0xBB)
+	st := tempStore(t)
+	if err := st.InitKeys(admin, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Seal a password under the DEK that InitKeys set.
+	if _, err := st.AddAccount(Account{
+		Name: "a", Mode: "RO", IMAPHost: "h", IMAPPort: 993,
+		IMAPSecurity: "tls", AuthType: "password", Username: "u", Password: "pw",
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AddAccount: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Re-open and unlock via the AGENT slot.
+	path := st.dbPath()
+	st.Close()
+	st2, _ := Open(path)
+	if err := st2.Unlock(RoleAgent, nil, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unlock(agent): %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := st2.GetAccount("a")
+	if err != nil || got.Password != "pw" {
+		t.Fatalf("agent-slot decrypt: pw=%q err=%v", got.Password, err)
+	}
+	st2.Close()
+
+	// Unlock via the ADMIN slot recovers the same DEK.
+	st3, _ := Open(path)
+	if err := st3.Unlock(RoleAdmin, admin, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unlock(admin): %v", err)
+	}
+	got3, err := st3.GetAccount("a")
+	if err != nil || got3.Password != "pw" {
+		t.Fatalf("admin-slot decrypt: pw=%q err=%v", got3.Password, err)
+	}
+	st3.Close()
+}
+
+func TestUnlockWrongKeyFails(t *testing.T) {
+	st := tempStore(t)
+	if err := st.InitKeys(k(0xAA), k(0xBB)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	path := st.dbPath()
+	st.Close()
+	st2, _ := Open(path)
+	if err := st2.Unlock(RoleAdmin, k(0x11), nil); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unlock with wrong admin key must fail")
+	}
+	st2.Close()
+}
+
+func TestAdminSlotNotOpenableByAgentKey(t *testing.T) {
+	st := tempStore(t)
+	admin, agent := k(0xAA), k(0xBB)
+	if err := st.InitKeys(admin, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// RoleAdmin must use the admin slot; passing the agent key as the admin
+	// key must fail — there is no fallback to the agent slot.
+	if err := st.Unlock(RoleAdmin, agent, agent); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("agent key must not unlock the admin slot")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInitKeysIdempotentKeepsDEK(t *testing.T) {
+	st := tempStore(t)
+	admin, agent := k(0xAA), k(0xBB)
+	if err := st.InitKeys(admin, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	st.AddAccount(Account{
+		Name: "a", Mode: "RO", IMAPHost: "h", IMAPPort: 993,
+		IMAPSecurity: "tls", AuthType: "password", Username: "u", Password: "pw",
+	})
+	// Second InitKeys must NOT regenerate the DEK (would orphan the password).
+	if err := st.InitKeys(admin, agent); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("re-InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := st.GetAccount("a")
+	if err != nil || got.Password != "pw" {
+		t.Fatalf("password lost after re-init: pw=%q err=%v", got.Password, err)
+	}
+}

internal/store/schema.go

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package store
 
-const schemaVersion = 1
+const schemaVersion = 2
 
-// schemaSQL is the full v1 schema. All statements are idempotent via IF NOT EXISTS.
+// schemaSQL is the full current schema. All statements are idempotent via IF NOT EXISTS.
 const schemaSQL = `
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS settings (
   key   TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS accounts (
   smtp_security           TEXT,
   auth_type               TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (auth_type IN ('password','oauth2')),
   username                TEXT NOT NULL,
+  from_address            TEXT,
   enc_password            BLOB,
   enc_oauth_client_id     BLOB,
   enc_oauth_client_secret BLOB,

internal/store/store.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ type Store struct {
 }
 
 // Open opens (creating if needed) the DB at path and applies the schema.
-func Open(path string, key []byte) (*Store, error) {
+// The store opens LOCKED: call InitKeys (first run) or Unlock before any
+// secret read/write.
+func Open(path string) (*Store, error) {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o700); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create db dir: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -39,22 +42,60 @@ func Open(path string, key []byte) (*Store, error) {
 		db.Close()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("apply schema: %w", err)
 	}
-	s := &Store{db: db, key: key}
+	s := &Store{db: db}
-	if _, err := s.GetSetting("schema_version"); err != nil {
+	if err := s.migrate(); err != nil {
-		if err := s.SetSetting("schema_version", strconv.Itoa(schemaVersion)); err != nil {
+		db.Close()
-			db.Close()
+		return nil, err
-			return nil, err
-		}
 	}
 	return s, nil
 }
 
+// migrate brings an existing database up to the current schemaVersion. A brand-
+// new database (no schema_version yet) already has every column from schemaSQL,
+// so it is simply stamped at the current version. Each older version runs its
+// forward step. The version gate makes every step idempotent across reopens.
+func (s *Store) migrate() error {
+	v, err := s.GetSetting("schema_version")
+	if err != nil {
+		// Fresh database: schemaSQL created all columns already.
+		return s.SetSetting("schema_version", strconv.Itoa(schemaVersion))
+	}
+	var ver int
+	ver, err = strconv.Atoi(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid schema_version %q: %w", v, err)
+	}
+	if ver < 2 {
+		if _, err := s.db.Exec(`ALTER TABLE accounts ADD COLUMN from_address TEXT`); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("migrate to v2: %w", err)
+		}
+		if err := s.SetSetting("schema_version", "2"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Store) Close() error { return s.db.Close() }
 
+// expandUserHome replaces a leading "~" or "~/" in p with the user's home
+// directory. Only a leading tilde is expanded (the usual shell convention) —
+// "~user" and a tilde elsewhere in the path are left untouched. This guards
+// against an EMCLI_DB set to a literal "~/..." (no shell to expand it), which
+// would otherwise be opened relative to the cwd and create a stray "~" dir.
+func expandUserHome(p string) string {
+	if p == "~" || strings.HasPrefix(p, "~/") {
+		if home, err := os.UserHomeDir(); err == nil {
+			return filepath.Join(home, strings.TrimPrefix(p[1:], "/"))
+		}
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
 // DefaultDBPath resolves EMCLI_DB or the per-OS default location.
 func DefaultDBPath() (string, error) {
 	if p := os.Getenv("EMCLI_DB"); p != "" {
-		return p, nil
+		return expandUserHome(p), nil
 	}
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		if dir := os.Getenv("AppData"); dir != "" {

internal/store/store_test.go

@@ -1,49 +1,89 @@
 package store
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func testKey() []byte {
+// A leading "~" in EMCLI_DB must be expanded to the home dir, so a literal
-	k := make([]byte, 32)
+// tilde (no shell to expand it) can't be opened relative to the cwd and
-	for i := range k {
+// silently create a stray "~" directory.
-		k[i] = byte(i)
+func TestDefaultDBPathExpandsLeadingTilde(t *testing.T) {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("no home dir: %v", err)
+	}
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"~/.config/emcli/emcli.db": filepath.Join(home, ".config", "emcli", "emcli.db"),
+		"~":                        home,
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		t.Setenv("EMCLI_DB", in)
+		got, err := DefaultDBPath()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("DefaultDBPath(%q): %v", in, err)
+		}
+		if got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("EMCLI_DB=%q -> %q, want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(got, "~") {
+			t.Fatalf("EMCLI_DB=%q left a literal tilde: %q", in, got)
+		}
 	}
-	return k
 }
 
-// openTemp opens a fresh store in a temp dir.
+// A non-leading tilde or "~user" is NOT a path we should rewrite — leave it be.
+func TestDefaultDBPathLeavesOtherPathsUntouched(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, p := range []string{"/var/lib/emcli.db", "./rel/emcli.db", "~user/db"} {
+		t.Setenv("EMCLI_DB", p)
+		got, err := DefaultDBPath()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("DefaultDBPath(%q): %v", p, err)
+		}
+		if got != p {
+			t.Fatalf("EMCLI_DB=%q was rewritten to %q", p, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// openTemp opens a fresh store in a temp dir and initialises keys so that
+// account tests (which do crypto) work without needing their own setup.
 func openTemp(t *testing.T) *Store {
 	t.Helper()
 	p := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
-	s, err := Open(p, testKey())
+	s, err := Open(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Open: %v", err)
 	}
+	if err := s.InitKeys(k(0xAA), k(0xBB)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitKeys: %v", err)
+	}
 	t.Cleanup(func() { s.Close() })
 	return s
 }
 
 func TestOpenCreatesSchemaAndIsIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
 	p := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
-	s, err := Open(p, testKey())
+	s, err := Open(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("first Open: %v", err)
 	}
 	v, err := s.GetSetting("schema_version")
-	if err != nil || v != "1" {
+	if err != nil || v != "2" {
 		t.Fatalf("schema_version: %q err=%v", v, err)
 	}
 	s.Close()
 
 	// Re-open: must not error or duplicate.
-	s2, err := Open(p, testKey())
+	s2, err := Open(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("second Open: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer s2.Close()
-	if v, _ := s2.GetSetting("schema_version"); v != "1" {
+	if v, _ := s2.GetSetting("schema_version"); v != "2" {
 		t.Fatalf("schema_version after reopen: %q", v)
 	}
 }
@@ -108,3 +148,66 @@ func TestForeignKeyCascade(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("whitelist_in row not cascade-deleted: count=%d err=%v", count, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestOpenMigratesV1AddsFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	p := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "emcli.db")
+
+	// Hand-build a v1 database: accounts table WITHOUT from_address, a settings
+	// table pinned at schema_version=1, and one pre-existing account row.
+	raw, err := sql.Open("sqlite", p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("sql.Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	const v1Schema = `
+CREATE TABLE settings (key TEXT PRIMARY KEY, value TEXT NOT NULL);
+CREATE TABLE accounts (
+  id            INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+  name          TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
+  mode          TEXT NOT NULL,
+  imap_host     TEXT NOT NULL,
+  imap_port     INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  imap_security TEXT NOT NULL,
+  smtp_host     TEXT, smtp_port INTEGER, smtp_security TEXT,
+  auth_type     TEXT NOT NULL,
+  username      TEXT NOT NULL,
+  enc_password  BLOB,
+  enc_oauth_client_id BLOB, enc_oauth_client_secret BLOB, enc_oauth_refresh_token BLOB,
+  whitelist_in_enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+  whitelist_out_enabled INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+  subject_regex TEXT,
+  process_backlog INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+);
+INSERT INTO settings(key,value) VALUES ('schema_version','1');
+INSERT INTO accounts(name,mode,imap_host,imap_port,imap_security,auth_type,username)
+  VALUES ('legacy','RO','imap.example.com',993,'tls','password','login@example.com');
+`
+	if _, err := raw.Exec(v1Schema); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed v1 schema: %v", err)
+	}
+	raw.Close()
+
+	// Open via the store: the migration must add from_address and bump to v2.
+	s, err := Open(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open (migrate): %v", err)
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	if v, _ := s.GetSetting("schema_version"); v != "2" {
+		t.Fatalf("schema_version after migrate: %q, want 2", v)
+	}
+	// ListAccounts SELECTs from_address; it would error if the column were missing.
+	accs, err := s.ListAccounts()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListAccounts after migrate: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(accs) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 1 account after migrate, got %d", len(accs))
+	}
+	if accs[0].FromAddress != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("legacy account FromAddress should be empty, got %q", accs[0].FromAddress)
+	}
+	if got := accs[0].SendFrom(); got != "login@example.com" {
+		t.Fatalf("legacy account should send from username, got %q", got)
+	}
+}

internal/tui/account.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package tui
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/mail"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -22,10 +23,24 @@ type Fields struct {
 	IMAPHost, IMAPPort, IMAPSecurity          string
 	SMTPHost, SMTPPort, SMTPSecurity          string
 	Username, Password                        string
+	FromAddress                               string
 	WhitelistIn, WhitelistOut, ProcessBacklog bool
 	SubjectRegex                              string
 }
 
+// ValidFromAddress returns an error if s is set but is not a valid RFC 5322
+// address (bare or "Display Name <addr>"). A blank value is valid: sending
+// falls back to the login username.
+func ValidFromAddress(s string) error {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(s) == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if _, err := mail.ParseAddress(s); err != nil {
+		return errors.New("from address must be a valid email address or \"Name <email>\"")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func validSecurity(s string) bool { return s == "tls" || s == "starttls" }
 
 // Validate checks required fields, enum fields, and numeric ports. RW accounts
@@ -60,6 +75,9 @@ func (f Fields) Validate() error {
 			return errors.New("smtp port must be a number")
 		}
 	}
+	if err := ValidFromAddress(f.FromAddress); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +89,7 @@ func (f Fields) ToAccount() (store.Account, bool) {
 		Name: strings.TrimSpace(f.Name), Mode: f.Mode,
 		IMAPHost: f.IMAPHost, IMAPPort: ip, IMAPSecurity: f.IMAPSecurity,
 		AuthType: "password", Username: f.Username, Password: f.Password,
+		FromAddress: f.FromAddress,
 		WhitelistInEnabled: f.WhitelistIn, WhitelistOutEnabled: f.WhitelistOut,
 		SubjectRegex: f.SubjectRegex, ProcessBacklog: f.ProcessBacklog,
 	}
@@ -95,7 +114,8 @@ func FieldsFromAccount(a store.Account) Fields {
 		Name: a.Name, Mode: a.Mode,
 		IMAPHost: a.IMAPHost, IMAPPort: itoaPort(a.IMAPPort), IMAPSecurity: a.IMAPSecurity,
 		SMTPHost: a.SMTPHost, SMTPPort: itoaPort(a.SMTPPort), SMTPSecurity: a.SMTPSecurity,
-		Username:       a.Username,
+		Username:    a.Username,
+		FromAddress: a.FromAddress,
 		WhitelistIn:    a.WhitelistInEnabled,
 		WhitelistOut:   a.WhitelistOutEnabled,
 		ProcessBacklog: a.ProcessBacklog,
@@ -122,6 +142,7 @@ var fieldDefs = []fieldDef{
 	{key: "smtp_port", label: "SMTP port (RW)"},
 	{key: "smtp_security", label: "SMTP security (tls/starttls)"},
 	{key: "username", label: "Username"},
+	{key: "from_address", label: "From address (optional)"},
 	{key: "password", label: "Password", password: true},
 	{key: "whitelist_in", label: "Whitelist inbound (y/n)", isBool: true},
 	{key: "whitelist_out", label: "Whitelist outbound (y/n)", isBool: true},
@@ -164,6 +185,8 @@ func fieldValue(f Fields, key string) string {
 		return f.SMTPSecurity
 	case "username":
 		return f.Username
+	case "from_address":
+		return f.FromAddress
 	case "password":
 		return f.Password
 	case "whitelist_in":
@@ -249,6 +272,8 @@ func (m AccountForm) collect() Fields {
 			f.SMTPSecurity = strings.ToLower(v)
 		case "username":
 			f.Username = v
+		case "from_address":
+			f.FromAddress = v
 		case "password":
 			f.Password = m.inputs[i].Value() // do not trim a password
 		case "whitelist_in":

internal/tui/account_test.go

@@ -157,3 +157,36 @@ func TestAccountFormCancel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("esc should cancel the form")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidateRejectsBadFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	f := validFields()
+	f.FromAddress = "not an address"
+	if err := f.Validate(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("malformed from-address should fail validation")
+	}
+	f.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	if err := f.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("display-name from-address should validate: %v", err)
+	}
+	f.FromAddress = "me@stevecliff.com"
+	if err := f.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bare from-address should validate: %v", err)
+	}
+	f.FromAddress = "" // blank ⇒ fall back, always valid
+	if err := f.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("blank from-address should validate: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFieldsFromToAccountCarriesFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	f := validFields()
+	f.FromAddress = "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>"
+	acc, _ := f.ToAccount()
+	if acc.FromAddress != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("ToAccount lost FromAddress: %q", acc.FromAddress)
+	}
+	back := FieldsFromAccount(acc)
+	if back.FromAddress != "Steve Cliff <me@stevecliff.com>" {
+		t.Fatalf("FieldsFromAccount lost FromAddress: %q", back.FromAddress)
+	}
+}

skills/emcli/AGENTIC-MANUAL.md

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ checksum, makes it executable in `~/.local/bin` (ensure that's on your PATH), an
 
 | Variable | Default | Purpose |
 |---|---|---|
-| `EMCLI_VERSION` | `v0.4.1` | Release tag to fetch |
+| `EMCLI_VERSION` | `v0.5.2` | Release tag to fetch |
 | `EMCLI_BASE_URL` | `https://gitea.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli` | Repo base URL |
 | `EMCLI_INSTALL_DIR` | `$HOME/.local/bin` | Install location |
 
@@ -65,32 +65,47 @@ git clone https://gitea.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli && cd emcli
 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o emcli ./cmd/emcli   # then move ./emcli onto your PATH
 ```
 
-## 3. Confirm the encryption key is present
+## 3. Confirm the agent key is present
 
-emcli needs `EMCLI_KEY` (a base64-encoded 32-byte AES key) to touch its database. For agent use,
+emcli uses two keys; **you (the agent) are given only `EMCLI_KEY`** (the agent key). It authorises
-**the orchestrator that launched you provides it** in the environment.
+`list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, and `doctor`. Admin commands require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`,
+which the human holds — attempting admin commands with only `EMCLI_KEY` is refused by `emcli`.
+
+For agent use, **the orchestrator that launched you provides `EMCLI_KEY`** in the environment.
 
 - Confirm it's set, without printing it: `test -n "$EMCLI_KEY" && echo present`.
 - **Never** read, print, log, pass as an argument, or generate this value.
 - If it's empty, stop and tell the user: "emcli needs the `EMCLI_KEY` environment variable set by
   your orchestrator; I can't read or create it for you."
 
-(For a human setting emcli up the first time: generate one with `head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64`
+(For a human setting emcli up the first time: generate both keys with
-and store it securely. Account creation and other admin is the human's job — see the project's
+`head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64` (once per key) and store them securely; then run `emcli init`
+with both keys exported. Account creation and other admin is the human's job — see the project's
 `USER-MANUAL.md`.)
 
 ## 4. Find the account(s)
 
-You refer to an account by name (e.g. `gmail`, `work`). Ask the user which account to use. If the
+You refer to an account by name (e.g. `gmail`, `work`). Discover the configured accounts yourself
-user permits running admin commands, `emcli doctor` lists the configured accounts and checks that
+with `emcli account list` (an agent command authorised by `EMCLI_KEY`); it prints a JSON envelope
-each one connects and authenticates:
+with one entry per account:
+
+```bash
+emcli account list
+# {"error":false,"error_detail":{},"data":{"accounts":[
+#   {"name":"gmail","from":"me@gmail.com","can_send":true},
+#   {"name":"alerts","from":"alerts@x.com","can_send":false}]}}
+```
+
+`name` is what you pass to `--account`; `from` is the send-as identity; `can_send` is false for
+read-only accounts (they reject `send`). If unsure which to use, ask the user. `emcli doctor`
+(also an agent command) checks that accounts connect and authenticate:
 
 ```bash
 emcli doctor              # all accounts
 emcli doctor --account gmail
 ```
 
-Otherwise, just take the account name from the user and start with the workflow in `SKILL.md`.
+Then start with the workflow in `SKILL.md`.
 
 ## You're set up
 

skills/emcli/SKILL.md

@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ sets its exit code to match.
 
 ## Security model — read this first
 
-- **You only run agent commands:** `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`. Account setup,
+- **You only run agent commands:** `list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`, and
-  passwords, whitelists, and config are the **user's** job (admin commands) — do not run or suggest
+  `account list` (to discover accounts). You are provided only `EMCLI_KEY` (the agent key), which
-  running `account`, `whitelist`, `config`, `init`, or `doctor` unless the user explicitly asks you
+  authorises these and nothing else. Account *setup* (`account add/edit/remove`), passwords,
-  to help administer.
+  whitelists, and config are the **user's** job (admin commands that require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`) —
+  do not run or suggest running `account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`, or
+  `init`. `emcli` will refuse those with a privilege error.
 - **Never touch the secret key.** `EMCLI_KEY` is supplied in the environment by whoever launched
   you. Do not read it, print it, log it, pass it as an argument, or try to generate one. If it is
   missing, stop and tell the user (see "Files & first run").
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ https://gitea.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli/raw/branch/main/skills/emcli/
 
 **Per-session preflight** (quick): run `emcli version`; if it's not found, set up via
 `AGENTIC-MANUAL.md`. Confirm `EMCLI_KEY` is set *without printing it* (`test -n "$EMCLI_KEY"`); if
-empty, tell the user their orchestrator must provide it. Then get the account name from the user.
+empty, tell the user their orchestrator must provide `EMCLI_KEY` (the agent key). Then get the
+account name from the user.
 
 ## How to read every result
 
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ read-only — tell the user; do not attempt another account without their say-so
 | `emcli search --account A [--folder F] [--from X] [--subject-contains X] [--text X] [--since-date D] [--before-date D]` | Server-side search |
 | `emcli ack --account A [--folder F] --uid-list U1,U2` | Mark message(s) processed |
 | `emcli send --account A --to X [--cc X] [--bcc X] --subject S --body B [--attach P]… [--reply-to U]` | Send / reply |
+| `emcli account list` | Discover accounts: JSON `name` / `from` / `can_send` per account |
 
 Defaults: `--folder INBOX`, `--limit 50` (max 500). Dates are RFC 3339 (e.g.
 `2026-06-01T00:00:00Z`). UIDs come from `list`/`search` output.
@@ -139,7 +143,9 @@ The user configures these; you cannot change them and shouldn't try.
 
 - ✅ Check `error` on every call; report `policy`/`not_found`/`auth` outcomes plainly to the user.
 - ✅ `get` to read, then `ack` only after you've truly processed a message.
-- ✅ Ask the user for the account name; keep bodies plain text.
+- ✅ Discover accounts with `emcli account list`, or ask the user; keep bodies plain text.
 - ❌ Don't read, print, or invent `EMCLI_KEY` or any password.
-- ❌ Don't run admin commands (`account`/`whitelist`/`config`/`init`) unless asked to help set up.
+- ❌ Don't run admin commands (`account add/edit/remove`, `whitelist`, `config`, `audit`, `init`) —
+  you have only `EMCLI_KEY` (agent key); `emcli` will refuse them with a privilege error.
+  (`account list` is allowed — use it to discover accounts.)
 - ❌ Don't treat a blocked send or filtered message as a bug to route around — it's the user's policy.

skills/emcli/scripts/install.sh

@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
 #   bash install.sh
 #
 # Environment overrides:
-#   EMCLI_VERSION      release tag to fetch          (default: v0.4.1)
+#   EMCLI_VERSION      release tag to fetch          (default: v0.5.2)
 #   EMCLI_BASE_URL     repo base URL                 (default: https://gitea.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli)
 #   EMCLI_INSTALL_DIR  where to put the binary        (default: $HOME/.local/bin)
 #
 # Release assets follow this naming scheme:
-#   emcli_<version>_<os>_<arch>[.exe]   e.g. emcli_0.4.1_linux_amd64
+#   emcli_<version>_<os>_<arch>[.exe]   e.g. emcli_0.5.2_linux_amd64
 #   checksums.txt                       (sha256, one "<sum>  <asset>" line per asset)
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-VERSION="${EMCLI_VERSION:-v0.4.1}"
+VERSION="${EMCLI_VERSION:-v0.5.2}"
 BASE_URL="${EMCLI_BASE_URL:-https://gitea.dcglab.co.uk/steve/emcli}"
 INSTALL_DIR="${EMCLI_INSTALL_DIR:-$HOME/.local/bin}"
 

specifications/SPEC.md

@@ -62,23 +62,50 @@ The binary is organized into independently testable packages:
   human-readable/TUI).
 
 ### Trust boundary
-- The agent invokes only the **agent commands** (Section 7.1).
+
-- `EMCLI_KEY` is supplied by the environment/orchestrator that launches `emcli`, never as
+Two keys enforce a hard privilege split — this is not convention; it is structurally enforced by
-  an argument the agent constructs. The agent has no command that reveals secret values.
+the DEK-wrapping scheme:
-- All policy decisions happen inside `emcli`; the agent cannot bypass them because it has
+
-  no other path to the mail servers.
+- **`EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`** — base64-encoded 32-byte key held by the human operator. Authorises ALL
+  commands. Admin commands unwrap the DEK from the `dek_wrap_admin` slot only; there is no fallback
+  to the agent slot. A process holding only `EMCLI_KEY` cannot run admin commands.
+- **`EMCLI_KEY`** — base64-encoded 32-byte key supplied to the agent orchestrator. Authorises agent
+  commands (`list`, `get`, `search`, `ack`, `send`, `doctor`) only. `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` is a superset:
+  a process with only the admin key can also run agent commands.
+- Agent commands use `EMCLI_KEY`; if only `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` is set, they fall back to it.
+  If a process holding only `EMCLI_KEY` attempts an admin command, `emcli` exits with:
+  `emcli: this command requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin privilege)`.
+  (An agent command with no key set at all yields a different `config` error: `EMCLI_KEY is not set`.)
+- `EMCLI_KEY` is supplied by the orchestrator that launches `emcli`, never as an argument the agent
+  constructs. The agent has no command that reveals secret values.
+- All policy decisions happen inside `emcli`; the agent cannot bypass them because it has no other
+  path to the mail servers.
 
 ## 5. Configuration & secrets
 
-- **Encryption key:** `EMCLI_KEY` env var, a base64-encoded 32-byte key (AES-256). If
+- **Admin key:** `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` env var, a base64-encoded 32-byte key (AES-256). Required for
-  absent or malformed, every command that touches the DB fails closed with an error
+  admin commands and for `init`. If absent or malformed when an admin command is attempted, the
-  envelope; no plaintext fallback.
+  command fails with `emcli: this command requires EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY (admin privilege)`.
+- **Agent key:** `EMCLI_KEY` env var, a base64-encoded 32-byte key (AES-256). Required for agent
+  commands. If absent or malformed, every agent command fails closed with a `config` error envelope;
+  no plaintext fallback. `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` is accepted as a fallback for agent commands when
+  `EMCLI_KEY` is not set.
 - **Database path:** `EMCLI_DB` env var; default `~/.config/emcli/emcli.db`
   (`%AppData%\emcli\emcli.db` on Windows).
-- **Field-level encryption:** secret columns are stored as AES-256-GCM ciphertext with a
+- **Envelope encryption (DEK):** `emcli init` generates a random data-encryption key (DEK) that
-  random 96-bit nonce per value, prefixed to the ciphertext. Non-secret config remains
+  protects all account secrets. The DEK is stored in the `settings` table sealed under both keys:
-  plaintext for debuggability. Decryption with the wrong key fails (GCM auth tag) and is
+  - `dek_wrap_admin` — the DEK encrypted under `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` (AES-256-GCM).
-  surfaced as an error, never silently ignored.
+  - `dek_wrap_agent` — the DEK encrypted under `EMCLI_KEY` (AES-256-GCM).
+  The DEK is never written in cleartext. Admin commands unwrap from `dek_wrap_admin` only; agent
+  commands unwrap from `dek_wrap_agent` (or `dek_wrap_admin` if only the admin key is present).
+  There is no cross-slot fallback for admin commands — a holder of only `EMCLI_KEY` cannot unwrap
+  the admin DEK slot.
+- **`init` idempotency:** re-running `emcli init` does not regenerate the DEK; the existing wrapped
+  DEK rows are preserved.
+- **Field-level encryption:** secret columns are encrypted with the DEK using AES-256-GCM with a
+  random 96-bit nonce per value, prefixed to the ciphertext. Non-secret config remains plaintext for
+  debuggability. Decryption with the wrong key fails (GCM auth tag) and is surfaced as an error,
+  never silently ignored.
 
 Secret columns: account password, OAuth client secret, OAuth refresh token.
 
@@ -142,7 +169,9 @@ audit_log
 settings
   key                  TEXT PK
   value                TEXT
-  -- includes: audit_retention_days, schema_version
+  -- includes: audit_retention_days, schema_version,
+  --           dek_wrap_admin (DEK sealed under EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY),
+  --           dek_wrap_agent (DEK sealed under EMCLI_KEY)
 ```
 
 Notes:
@@ -216,8 +245,11 @@ command that advances read state is `ack`.
 
 ### 7.2 Admin commands (human-readable / TUI)
 
-- **`emcli init`** — TUI flow: creates the DB (generating schema), adds the first account,
+Require `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`.
-  and runs OAuth consent if the account is OAuth2.
+
+- **`emcli init`** — TUI flow: creates the DB (generating schema + DEK), adds the first account,
+  and runs OAuth consent if the account is OAuth2. Requires both `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY` and `EMCLI_KEY`
+  (writes both DEK wrap slots). Idempotent — re-running does not regenerate the DEK.
 - **`emcli account add | edit | remove | list`** — interactive add/edit; `list` prints a
   table (never secrets). `account add` accepts `--process-backlog` (default off) which sets
   the account's baseline policy: off ⇒ newly-seen folders floor at their current max UID
@@ -225,8 +257,12 @@ command that advances read state is `ack`.
 - **`emcli whitelist in|out add|remove|list --account <name>`** — manage whitelist entries.
 - **`emcli config set|get`** — global settings (e.g. `audit_retention_days`).
 - **`emcli audit list [--account <name>] [--limit N]`** — view recent audit entries.
-- **`emcli doctor`** — verifies `EMCLI_KEY` is present and valid, the DB opens, and each
+
-  account's IMAP/SMTP connectivity and auth succeed. Human-readable diagnostics.
+### 7.2a `doctor` — agent-role diagnostics
+
+`doctor` is authorised by `EMCLI_KEY` (or `EMCLI_ADMIN_KEY`). It verifies the key is present and
+valid, the DB opens, and each account's IMAP/SMTP connectivity and auth succeed. Prints
+human-readable diagnostics. Can be run by the agent or by a human; does not require admin privilege.
 
 ### 7.3 Defaults & limits
 - `list --limit` default: 50; maximum: 500.