diff --git a/src/services/task-dispatch-service.ts b/src/services/task-dispatch-service.ts
index aa24a53..2e102d0 100644
--- a/src/services/task-dispatch-service.ts
+++ b/src/services/task-dispatch-service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { App, TFile, Notice } from 'obsidian';
+import { App, TFile, Notice, FileSystemAdapter } from 'obsidian';
 import { exec } from 'child_process';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
@@ -230,20 +230,30 @@ export class TaskDispatchService {
 
   /**
    * Resolve the working directory for a task session.
-   * Priority: `repo` frontmatter → defaultWorkingDir setting → home dir.
+   * Priority: `working_dir` frontmatter → defaultWorkingDir setting → home dir.
    */
   private getWorkingDir(file: TFile): string {
     const cache = this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file);
     const fm = cache?.frontmatter;
-    const repo = fm?.['repo'];
-    if (repo && typeof repo === 'string') return repo;
+    const workingDir = fm?.['working_dir'] || fm?.['working-dir'];
+    // Absolute paths from frontmatter are used as-is
+    if (workingDir && typeof workingDir === 'string') {
+      return path.isAbsolute(workingDir) ? workingDir : this.resolveVaultPath(workingDir);
+    }
 
     const defaultDir = this.settings.taskDispatch.defaultWorkingDir;
-    if (defaultDir) return defaultDir;
+    if (defaultDir) {
+      return path.isAbsolute(defaultDir) ? defaultDir : this.resolveVaultPath(defaultDir);
+    }
 
     return process.env.HOME ?? '/tmp';
   }
 
+  private resolveVaultPath(relative: string): string {
+    const adapter = this.app.vault.adapter as FileSystemAdapter;
+    return path.join(adapter.getBasePath(), relative);
+  }
+
   private async assembleContext(file: TFile, taskId: string): Promise<string> {
     // Read note body and strip frontmatter
     const rawContent = await this.app.vault.read(file);
diff --git a/src/types/settings.ts b/src/types/settings.ts
index e097c64..4a10b43 100644
--- a/src/types/settings.ts
+++ b/src/types/settings.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OpenAugiSettings = {
   taskDispatch: {
     terminalApp: 'iterm2',
     tmuxPath: '',
-    defaultWorkingDir: '',
+    defaultWorkingDir: 'OpenAugi/Tasks',
     agents: [
       {
         id: 'claude-code',
diff --git a/src/types/task-dispatch.ts b/src/types/task-dispatch.ts
index fb09f78..4d71c6a 100644
--- a/src/types/task-dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/types/task-dispatch.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export type TerminalApp = 'iterm2' | 'terminal-app';
 export interface TaskDispatchSettings {
   terminalApp: TerminalApp;
   tmuxPath: string; // absolute path to tmux binary; empty = auto-detect
-  defaultWorkingDir: string; // directory Claude launches in; overridden by `repo` frontmatter
+  defaultWorkingDir: string; // directory Claude launches in; overridden by `working_dir` frontmatter
   agents: AgentConfig[];
   defaultAgent: string;
   contextTempDir: string;