diff --git a/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreview.tsx b/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreview.tsx
index 4ba3e4e22..8fb9d59d7 100644
--- a/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreview.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreview.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Box, as } from 'folds';
 import * as css from './UrlPreview.css';
 
 export const UrlPreview = as<'div'>(({ className, ...props }, ref) => (
-  <Box shrink="No" className={classNames(css.UrlPreview, className)} {...props} ref={ref} />
+  <Box shrink="No" data-url-preview="" className={classNames(css.UrlPreview, className)} {...props} ref={ref} />
 ));
 
 export const UrlPreviewImg = as<'img'>(({ className, alt, ...props }, ref) => (
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
index 153f25e4f..83aa3992a 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ function Appearance() {
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
           title="Lotus Terminal Mode"
-          description="LotusGuild Terminal Design System: Anduril Orange + Ice Cyan + Matrix Green, dot-grid background, CRT scanlines, and boot sequence animation."
+          description="LotusGuild Terminal Design System: Anduril Orange + Ice Cyan + Matrix Green, dot-grid background, CRT scanlines, and boot sequence animation (press Escape to skip)."
           after={
             <Box direction="Row" gap="200" alignItems="Center">
               {lotusTerminal && (
diff --git a/src/lotus-terminal.css.ts b/src/lotus-terminal.css.ts
index 0a8860f4b..baa9bad2f 100644
--- a/src/lotus-terminal.css.ts
+++ b/src/lotus-terminal.css.ts
@@ -660,3 +660,29 @@ globalStyle(`body.${lotusTerminalBodyClass} [data-gif-terminal] ::-webkit-scroll
   borderRadius: '2px',
 });
 
+// ── URL preview cards (terminal mode) ───────────────────────────────────────
+globalStyle(`body.${lotusTerminalBodyClass} [data-url-preview]`, {
+  backgroundColor: 'rgba(3,12,20,0.92)',
+  border: '1px solid rgba(0,212,255,0.22)',
+  borderLeft: '3px solid rgba(255,107,0,0.60)',
+  borderRadius: '4px',
+  color: '#e8edf5',
+});
+globalStyle(`body.${lotusTerminalBodyClass} [data-url-preview] a`, {
+  color: 'rgba(0,212,255,0.85) !important' as any,
+});
+globalStyle(`body.${lotusTerminalBodyClass} [data-url-preview] a:hover`, {
+  color: 'rgba(255,107,0,0.90) !important' as any,
+  textShadow: '0 0 6px rgba(255,107,0,0.30)',
+});
+// light TDS
+globalStyle(`html[data-theme="light"] body.${lotusTerminalBodyClass} [data-url-preview]`, {
+  backgroundColor: 'rgba(240,244,252,0.97)',
+  border: '1px solid rgba(0,98,184,0.22)',
+  borderLeft: '3px solid rgba(196,78,0,0.55)',
+  color: '#2d3d56',
+});
+globalStyle(`html[data-theme="light"] body.${lotusTerminalBodyClass} [data-url-preview] a`, {
+  color: '#0062b8 !important' as any,
+});
+