diff --git a/cauldron/templates/consolidate.html b/cauldron/templates/consolidate.html
index 8669d9b..7ebedf1 100644
--- a/cauldron/templates/consolidate.html
+++ b/cauldron/templates/consolidate.html
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   <h1>foods <span class="accent">consolidate</span></h1>
   <div class="lede">
     scan your mealie household foods, cluster lookalikes by similarity,
-    let sage pick the survivor + the rest become aliases on it. mealie
+    let hecate pick the survivor + the rest become aliases on it. mealie
     rewrites every recipe ingredient to point at the canonical row.
   </div>
 </div>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <p>no run yet. kick one off?</p>
     <button class="btn btn-purple" id="start-btn" type="button" onclick="startRun()">🪄 scan + cluster mealie foods</button>
     <p class="muted" style="margin-top:8px;">
-      walks your household catalog, clusters by name similarity, asks sage for the survivor of each cluster.
+      walks your household catalog, clusters by name similarity, asks hecate for the survivor of each cluster.
       first run might take 5-15 min depending on cluster count.
     </p>
   </div>
diff --git a/cauldron/templates/dedupe_recipes.html b/cauldron/templates/dedupe_recipes.html
index 9ff2b53..a29d936 100644
--- a/cauldron/templates/dedupe_recipes.html
+++ b/cauldron/templates/dedupe_recipes.html
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   <div class="crumb">// dedupe · find duplicate recipes</div>
   <h1>recipe <span class="accent">dedupe</span></h1>
   <div class="lede">
-    scan your household recipes for duplicates by name similarity. sage
+    scan your household recipes for duplicates by name similarity. hecate
     looks at ingredients + step counts + source URLs to decide whether
     similar-named recipes are actually the same dish. you confirm per
     cluster — DELETE in Mealie is permanent.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   <div id="empty-pane" style="display:none;">
     <p>no run yet. scan now?</p>
     <button class="btn btn-purple" id="start-btn" type="button" onclick="startRun()">🪄 scan recipes for duplicates</button>
-    <p class="muted" style="margin-top:8px;">walks your household recipes, clusters by name similarity, asks sage which clusters are real dupes. apply path uses Mealie's DELETE endpoint — irreversible. user-confirms per cluster.</p>
+    <p class="muted" style="margin-top:8px;">walks your household recipes, clusters by name similarity, asks hecate which clusters are real dupes. apply path uses Mealie's DELETE endpoint — irreversible. user-confirms per cluster.</p>
   </div>
 
   <div id="progress-pane" style="display:none;">
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
     meta.className = 'cluster-meta';
     meta.textContent = dec.duplicates
       ? `delete ${(dec.delete_slugs||[]).length}, keep 1`
-      : `keep all ${cluster.length} (sage says distinct)`;
+      : `keep all ${cluster.length} (hecate says distinct)`;
     left.appendChild(nm); left.appendChild(meta);
 
     const tog = document.createElement('button');
diff --git a/cauldron/templates/enrich_recipes.html b/cauldron/templates/enrich_recipes.html
index cd8abe8..1340687 100644
--- a/cauldron/templates/enrich_recipes.html
+++ b/cauldron/templates/enrich_recipes.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <div class="crumb">// enrich · per-recipe metadata for smarter planning</div>
   <h1>recipe <span class="accent">enrich</span></h1>
   <div class="lede">
-    walk every household recipe and have sage generate structured metadata —
+    walk every household recipe and have hecate generate structured metadata —
     cuisine, complexity, macros, meal type, primary protein + carb,
     comfort tier, one-line summary. the plan generator uses this so
     "high protein week" actually filters the pool, not just biases the vibe.
diff --git a/cauldron/templates/me.html b/cauldron/templates/me.html
index 10be8fc..070ac70 100644
--- a/cauldron/templates/me.html
+++ b/cauldron/templates/me.html
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@
   </div>
   <p class="muted">mealie's parser is per-recipe; this kicks off a bulk pass over your whole library. review proposals, apply the good ones.</p>
   <p><a class="btn" href="/sterilize">🪄 bulk sterilize recipes →</a></p>
-  <p class="muted" style="margin-top:14px;">scan your foods table for dupes, ask sage to pick canonicals, merge in mealie. one-time cleanup; aliases get attached to the survivors so the parser fuzzy-matches variants from now on.</p>
+  <p class="muted" style="margin-top:14px;">scan your foods table for dupes, ask hecate to pick canonicals, merge in mealie. one-time cleanup; aliases get attached to the survivors so the parser fuzzy-matches variants from now on.</p>
   <p><a class="btn" href="/consolidate">🔮 consolidate foods table →</a></p>
 
-  <p class="muted" style="margin-top:14px;">find duplicate recipes by name + ingredient similarity. sage picks the canonical to keep; you confirm per cluster before mealie deletes the others. permanent — review carefully.</p>
+  <p class="muted" style="margin-top:14px;">find duplicate recipes by name + ingredient similarity. hecate picks the canonical to keep; you confirm per cluster before mealie deletes the others. permanent — review carefully.</p>
   <p><a class="btn" href="/dedupe-recipes">🌀 dedupe recipes →</a></p>
 
-  <p class="muted" style="margin-top:14px;">have sage generate per-recipe metadata — cuisine, complexity, macros, primary protein/carb, comfort tier, summary. the plan generator reads this so "high protein week" is a real query, not just a vibe.</p>
+  <p class="muted" style="margin-top:14px;">have hecate generate per-recipe metadata — cuisine, complexity, macros, primary protein/carb, comfort tier, summary. the plan generator reads this so "high protein week" is a real query, not just a vibe.</p>
   <p><a class="btn" href="/enrich-recipes">✨ enrich recipes →</a></p>
 </section>
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/cauldron/templates/plan.html b/cauldron/templates/plan.html
index 9b3bc52..1e0c0dd 100644
--- a/cauldron/templates/plan.html
+++ b/cauldron/templates/plan.html
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
       <div class="pref-readout">excluding: <em>{{ plan.exclusions_label }}</em></div>
     {% endif %}
   {% elif not plan.slots %}
-    <p>no plan yet. summon sage to build one from the {{ pick_count }} pinned pick{{ '' if pick_count == 1 else 's' }} + the rest of the grimoire.</p>
+    <p>no plan yet. summon hecate to build one from the {{ pick_count }} pinned pick{{ '' if pick_count == 1 else 's' }} + the rest of the grimoire.</p>
 
     <div class="pref-block">
       <label class="pref-label">meals to plan</label>
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <button class="gen-cta" type="button" id="gen-btn" onclick="generatePlan(this)">🪄 generate this week's plan</button>
-    <div class="gen-meta" id="gen-meta">sage · ~30s</div>
+    <div class="gen-meta" id="gen-meta">hecate · ~30s</div>
   {% else %}
     <p>plan's set.</p>
     {% if plan.preference_prompt %}
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ async function generatePlan(btn) {
   btn.disabled = true;
   btn.innerHTML = '🪄 summoning…';
   const meta = document.getElementById('gen-meta');
-  if (meta) meta.textContent = 'sage building plan — hold tight';
+  if (meta) meta.textContent = 'hecate building plan — hold tight';
   try {
     const r = await fetch('/api/plan/generate', {
       method: 'POST',
diff --git a/cauldron/templates/sterilize.html b/cauldron/templates/sterilize.html
index f73067d..338362b 100644
--- a/cauldron/templates/sterilize.html
+++ b/cauldron/templates/sterilize.html
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
   <h1>bulk <span class="accent">sterilize</span></h1>
   <div class="lede">
     walk every recipe in the household, send the unparsed ingredients to
-    sage, review the proposals, apply the good ones. mealie's food
+    hecate, review the proposals, apply the good ones. mealie's food
     table gets cleaner; the shopping list math gets sharper.
   </div>
 </div>
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
           <tbody>${rows}</tbody>`;
         card.appendChild(tbl);
       } else {
-        // All rows were identity matches — sage thinks this recipe is
+        // All rows were identity matches — hecate thinks this recipe is
         // already clean. Show a marker; user can still skip/approve as
         // a no-op apply (which will be cheap, just refreshes food.id
         // resolution if any food row got renamed in Mealie).