diff --git a/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md b/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
index 6511796..f6c569a 100644
--- a/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
@@ -297,6 +297,13 @@ Recently cut:
   client, and the split-target consumer smoke keeps the missing shell,
   provider-advertisement consumption, command transport, and capture proofs
   visible as blockers.
+- EveTui now has a pending split target and handoff at
+  `runtimes/incubating/eve-tui/evetui-split-handoff.json`. It does not claim
+  the advertised `tui` world-surface lowering target yet. The handoff draws the
+  line between a future provider-agnostic terminal/grid lowerer and
+  provider-owned TUI surfaces, and the split-target consumer smoke keeps the
+  missing runtime body, provider-advertisement consumption, command transport,
+  transcript/cell-grid capture, and `tui` lowering proof visible as blockers.
 - Aetheria interactive world surfaces now carry a structured provider-owned
   `worldInteraction` contract. The provider advertisement names projection
   kind, provider state schemas, daemon command boundary, receipt schema,
diff --git a/docs/parity-testing-harness.md b/docs/parity-testing-harness.md
index ed4a220..cc3b934 100644
--- a/docs/parity-testing-harness.md
+++ b/docs/parity-testing-harness.md
@@ -199,14 +199,16 @@ Split-target consumer smoke:
 powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\scripts\run-split-target-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
 ```
 
-That script asserts that EveFlutter, EveUnity, and EveElectron are exported as
-incubating split targets, that their current split-readiness proofs are passed,
-and that their graduation blockers remain visible to consumers. A target being
-present is not enough; future owner repos must be able to consume why it is or
-is not ready to leave Eve incubation. EveElectron is intentionally pending: its
-handoff names the generic Electron shell boundary, while the Starbridge RTS
-client remains Aetheria-owned product code until a provider-agnostic shell
-exists.
+That script asserts that EveFlutter, EveUnity, EveElectron, and EveTui are
+exported as incubating split targets, that their current split-readiness proofs
+are passed, and that their graduation blockers remain visible to consumers. A
+target being present is not enough; future owner repos must be able to consume
+why it is or is not ready to leave Eve incubation. EveElectron is intentionally
+pending: its handoff names the generic Electron shell boundary, while the
+Starbridge RTS client remains Aetheria-owned product code until a
+provider-agnostic shell exists. EveTui is also intentionally pending: Aetheria
+advertises `tui` as an agent-facing lowering target, but Eve should not claim
+that target until a real terminal/grid lowerer and transcript capture exist.
 
 The Flutter widget smoke also exercises `EveProviderCatalog` and
 `EveProviderPicker` against a conformance-export-shaped provider list. That is
diff --git a/runtimes/incubating/eve-tui/evetui-split-handoff.json b/runtimes/incubating/eve-tui/evetui-split-handoff.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e9f8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtimes/incubating/eve-tui/evetui-split-handoff.json
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  "schema": "gamecult.eve.runtime_split_handoff.v1",
+  "splitTarget": "EveTui",
+  "ownerRepo": "EveTui",
+  "currentHostRepo": "Eve",
+  "runtimeId": "tui",
+  "packageName": "eve-tui",
+  "sourcePackageRoot": "runtimes/incubating/eve-tui",
+  "destinationPackageRoot": "packages/eve-tui",
+  "authorityBoundary": "EveTui owns compact terminal/grid projection, keyboard command input, dense state inspection, terminal capability manifests, capture transcripts, and TUI-specific style/token lowering. Providers such as Aetheria own live state, authored TUI surfaces, command authorization, receipts, and product-specific flows. Eve keeps the GUI/TUI surface contracts, command descriptors, provider advertisements, plugin advertisements, and conformance export contracts.",
+  "moveSets": [
+    {
+      "id": "tui-runtime-body",
+      "stage": "runtime-body",
+      "currentPaths": [],
+      "destinationOwner": "EveTui",
+      "replacementProof": "EveTui hosts a provider-agnostic TUI lowerer that consumes provider advertisements and Eve surface documents without importing provider internals."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "tui-world-surface-lowering",
+      "stage": "world-surface-lowering",
+      "currentPaths": [],
+      "destinationOwner": "EveTui",
+      "replacementProof": "EveTui claims the provider-advertised tui world-surface lowering target with explicit support level, lossiness, command boundary, and transcript evidence."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "tui-command-transport",
+      "stage": "command",
+      "currentPaths": [],
+      "destinationOwner": "EveTui",
+      "replacementProof": "TUI actions emit gamecult.eve.command.v1 intents through provider-advertised command boundaries and render provider receipts instead of mutating local state."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "tui-capture-lifecycle",
+      "stage": "capture",
+      "currentPaths": [],
+      "destinationOwner": "EveTui",
+      "replacementProof": "EveTui attaches deterministic terminal transcript or cell-grid capture artifacts to conformance output."
+    }
+  ],
+  "contractInputs": [
+    "gamecult.eve.surface.v1",
+    "gamecult.eve.command.v1",
+    "gamecult.eve.provider_advertisement.v1",
+    "gamecult.eve.plugin_advertisement.v1",
+    "gamecult.eve.plugin.v1",
+    "gamecult.eve.conformance_export.v1"
+  ],
+  "forbiddenImports": [
+    "provider internals as TUI runtime authority",
+    "renderer-local product state as provider truth",
+    "terminal-only command routes that bypass gamecult.eve.command.v1",
+    "plugin semantic internals",
+    "lossy text summaries pretending to be provider state"
+  ],
+  "requiredExternalProofs": [
+    "EveTui publishes a runtime capability manifest with terminal/grid capabilities.",
+    "EveTui claims the tui world-surface lowering target only after a real provider-agnostic lowerer exists.",
+    "EveTui consumes at least one non-Aetheria provider advertisement.",
+    "EveTui consumes Aetheria's agent-facing TUI surface through provider advertisements without importing Aetheria internals.",
+    "EveTui emits gamecult.eve.command.v1 intents and renders provider receipts.",
+    "EveTui attaches terminal transcript or cell-grid capture artifacts to conformance output."
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/scripts/run-split-target-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1 b/scripts/run-split-target-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
index c397dce..be0e4f7 100644
--- a/scripts/run-split-target-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
+++ b/scripts/run-split-target-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ try {
     --expect-split-target-status EveElectron:incubating `
     --expect-split-target-proof "EveElectron:EveElectron split handoff is machine-readable" `
     --expect-split-target-blocker "EveElectron:runtime:electron-shell:status:pending" `
-    --expect-split-target-blocker "EveElectron:Electron shell runtime body exists outside Aetheria product code"
+    --expect-split-target-blocker "EveElectron:Electron shell runtime body exists outside Aetheria product code" `
+    --expect-split-target EveTui `
+    --expect-split-target-status EveTui:incubating `
+    --expect-split-target-proof "EveTui:EveTui split handoff is machine-readable" `
+    --expect-split-target-blocker "EveTui:runtime:tui:status:pending" `
+    --expect-split-target-blocker "EveTui:TUI runtime body exists outside provider product code"
   if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
     throw "Split target conformance consumer smoke failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE"
   }
diff --git a/tools/parity/parity-manifest.json b/tools/parity/parity-manifest.json
index cb0c308..a6fdd9b 100644
--- a/tools/parity/parity-manifest.json
+++ b/tools/parity/parity-manifest.json
@@ -607,6 +607,34 @@
         "Electron emits gamecult.eve.command.v1 through provider command boundaries.",
         "Electron capture artifacts are attached to conformance output."
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "EveTui",
+      "ownerRepo": "EveTui",
+      "repoRole": "runtime-target",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "runtimes": ["tui"],
+      "requiredRuntimeStatuses": ["active"],
+      "requiredFeatures": ["providerAdvertisements", "embeddedDocuments", "commandTransport"],
+      "requiredPlugins": [],
+      "proofs": [
+        {
+          "description": "EveTui split handoff is machine-readable.",
+          "status": "passed",
+          "evidencePaths": [
+            "runtimes/incubating/eve-tui/evetui-split-handoff.json",
+            "docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md",
+            "docs/parity-testing-harness.md"
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "pendingProofs": [
+        "TUI runtime body exists outside provider product code.",
+        "TUI consumes provider advertisements without provider source-layout knowledge.",
+        "TUI claims provider-advertised tui world-surface lowering with real transcript evidence.",
+        "TUI emits gamecult.eve.command.v1 through provider command boundaries.",
+        "TUI terminal transcript or cell-grid captures are attached to conformance output."
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "runtimes": [
@@ -645,6 +673,41 @@
         "note": "Electron capture is a split blocker until EveElectron owns a provider-agnostic shell."
       }
     },
+    {
+      "id": "tui",
+      "title": "Compact TUI",
+      "kind": "pending",
+      "ownerRepo": "EveTui",
+      "repoRole": "runtime-target",
+      "splitTarget": "EveTui",
+      "graduationTrigger": "Split when TUI has a provider-agnostic terminal/grid lowerer, provider advertisement consumption, command transport, terminal capability manifest, and transcript/cell-grid capture evidence.",
+      "splitHandoffPath": "runtimes/incubating/eve-tui/evetui-split-handoff.json",
+      "requiredFixtures": ["embedded-surface", "aetheria-world"],
+      "pluginFixtures": [],
+      "supportedFeatures": [],
+      "supportedPlugins": [],
+      "unsupportedPlugins": [
+        {
+          "pluginId": "sai.vn",
+          "reason": "TUI has no generic runtime body yet; Sai projection must be a declared lossy terminal projection once EveTui exists."
+        },
+        {
+          "pluginId": "norn.graph",
+          "reason": "TUI has no generic runtime body yet; Norn graph projection needs explicit text/grid fallback semantics once EveTui exists."
+        },
+        {
+          "pluginId": "tex.math",
+          "reason": "TUI has no generic runtime body yet; TeX projection needs explicit text/grid fallback semantics once EveTui exists."
+        }
+      ],
+      "expectedPaths": [
+        "runtimes/incubating/eve-tui/evetui-split-handoff.json"
+      ],
+      "capture": {
+        "status": "missing",
+        "note": "TUI transcript or cell-grid capture is a split blocker until EveTui owns a provider-agnostic lowerer."
+      }
+    },
     {
       "id": "web",
       "title": "Web reference",