diff --git a/shared/godot/autoloads/event_bus.gd b/shared/godot/autoloads/event_bus.gd
index fef23bd..3e2349c 100644
--- a/shared/godot/autoloads/event_bus.gd
+++ b/shared/godot/autoloads/event_bus.gd
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ signal chat_opened
 # Context menu (right-click on avatar)
 signal context_menu_opened(position: Vector2i)
 
+# Conversation management
+signal conversation_new_requested
+signal conversation_switch_requested(conversation_id: String)
+signal conversation_changed(conversation_id: String)
+signal conversation_deleted(conversation_id: String)
+
 # Window interaction lifecycle (used by avatar_hitbox to pause passthrough)
 signal drag_started
 signal drag_ended
diff --git a/shared/godot/autoloads/flight_recorder.gd b/shared/godot/autoloads/flight_recorder.gd
index 3a2f467..a012079 100644
--- a/shared/godot/autoloads/flight_recorder.gd
+++ b/shared/godot/autoloads/flight_recorder.gd
@@ -1,11 +1,34 @@
 extends Node
 ## Structured event recorder matching @lilith/flight-recorder schema.
 ## Reads DEBUG flag from ../.env (relative to res://).
-## When DEBUG=TRUE: streams JSON entries to stdout and appends to ../logs/flight_recorder.jsonl.
+## When DEBUG=TRUE: streams colored human-readable lines to stdout
+## and appends JSON entries to ../logs/flight_recorder.jsonl.
 ##
 ## Schema: {"date","time","source","type","content","metadata"}
 ## Usage:  FlightRecorder.record("system.event", "Human description", {"key": value})
 
+const RESET := "\u001b[0m"
+const DIM := "\u001b[90m"
+const RED := "\u001b[31m"
+const GREEN := "\u001b[32m"
+const YELLOW := "\u001b[33m"
+const BLUE := "\u001b[34m"
+const MAGENTA := "\u001b[35m"
+const CYAN := "\u001b[36m"
+const WHITE := "\u001b[37m"
+
+const TYPE_PAD := 24
+
+const PREFIX_COLORS := {
+	"llm": CYAN,
+	"stt": GREEN,
+	"tts": MAGENTA,
+	"companion": YELLOW,
+	"config": BLUE,
+	"app_state": BLUE,
+	"flight_recorder": DIM,
+}
+
 var _debug: bool = false
 var _record_file: FileAccess
 var _log_path: String
@@ -30,21 +53,49 @@ func record(type: String, content: String, metadata: Dictionary = {}) -> void:
 		return
 	var dt := Time.get_datetime_dict_from_system()
 	var ms := Time.get_ticks_msec() % 1000
+	var time_str := "%02d:%02d:%02d.%03d" % [dt.hour, dt.minute, dt.second, ms]
 	var entry := {
 		"date": "%04d-%02d-%02d" % [dt.year, dt.month, dt.day],
-		"time": "%02d:%02d:%02d.%03d" % [dt.hour, dt.minute, dt.second, ms],
+		"time": time_str,
 		"source": "godot",
 		"type": type,
 		"content": content,
 		"metadata": metadata if not metadata.is_empty() else null,
 	}
-	var line := JSON.stringify(entry)
-	print("[FLIGHT] " + line)
+	var json_line := JSON.stringify(entry)
+	print(_format_colored(time_str, type, content, entry.metadata))
 	if _record_file != null:
-		_record_file.store_line(line)
+		_record_file.store_line(json_line)
 		_record_file.flush()
 
 
+func _format_colored(time_str: String, type: String, content: String, metadata: Variant) -> String:
+	var color := _color_for_type(type)
+	var padded_type := type
+	if padded_type.length() < TYPE_PAD:
+		padded_type += " ".repeat(TYPE_PAD - padded_type.length())
+	var meta_str := _format_metadata(metadata)
+	return DIM + time_str + RESET + " " + color + padded_type + RESET + " " + content + meta_str
+
+
+func _color_for_type(type: String) -> String:
+	if type.ends_with(".error"):
+		return RED
+	var prefix := type.split(".")[0]
+	return PREFIX_COLORS.get(prefix, WHITE)
+
+
+func _format_metadata(metadata: Variant) -> String:
+	if metadata == null:
+		return ""
+	if metadata is Dictionary and metadata.is_empty():
+		return ""
+	var parts: PackedStringArray = []
+	for key: String in metadata:
+		parts.append("%s=%s" % [key, str(metadata[key])])
+	return "  " + DIM + "(" + ", ".join(parts) + ")" + RESET
+
+
 func _notification(what: int) -> void:
 	if what == NOTIFICATION_PREDELETE and _record_file != null:
 		_record_file.close()