diff --git a/src/commands/init.ts b/src/commands/init.ts
index 2a47f7bd..e95a58b8 100644
--- a/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from './init-hooks';
 import { buildMcpConfig } from './init-mcp';
 import { createContainer } from '../infrastructure/di';
-import { createStderrProgressHandler, liberateWithProgress } from './progress';
+import { createStderrProgressHandler } from './progress';
 
 interface IInitCommandOptions {
   yes?: boolean;
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ export function ensureEnvPlaceholder(cwd: string): void {
 
 // ── Main command ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+/** Run unified project setup: hooks, MCP config, .gitignore, .env, and optional liberate. */
 export async function initCommand(options: IInitCommandOptions, logger?: ILogger): Promise<void> {
   const log = logger?.child({ command: 'init' });
   const cwd = process.cwd();
@@ -191,21 +192,16 @@ export async function initCommand(options: IInitCommandOptions, logger?: ILogger
 
   if (apiKey) {
     process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = apiKey;
-    console.log(`Liberating knowledge from ${commitCount} commits with LLM enrichment...`);
+    console.log(`Extracting knowledge from ${commitCount} commits with LLM enrichment...`);
 
     const container = createContainer({ logger, scope: 'init', enrich: true });
     const { liberateService } = container.cradle;
 
-    const onProgress = createStderrProgressHandler();
-
-    const result = await liberateWithProgress(
-      () => liberateService.liberate({
-        maxCommits: commitCount,
-        enrich: true,
-        onProgress,
-      }),
-      onProgress,
-    );
+    const result = await liberateService.liberate({
+      maxCommits: commitCount,
+      enrich: true,
+      onProgress: createStderrProgressHandler(),
+    });
 
     console.log(
       `Commits scanned: ${result.commitsScanned}  |  ` +
diff --git a/src/commands/liberate.ts b/src/commands/liberate.ts
index 62f56084..d0b108c2 100644
--- a/src/commands/liberate.ts
+++ b/src/commands/liberate.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import { createContainer } from '../infrastructure/di';
 import type { ILogger } from '../domain/interfaces/ILogger';
-import { createStderrProgressHandler, liberateWithProgress } from './progress';
+import { createStderrProgressHandler } from './progress';
 
 interface ILiberateCommandOptions {
   since?: string;
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ interface ILiberateCommandOptions {
   enrich?: boolean;
 }
 
+/** Scan git history, score commits for interest, and extract memories. */
 export async function liberateCommand(options: ILiberateCommandOptions, logger?: ILogger): Promise<void> {
   const container = createContainer({ logger, scope: 'liberate', enrich: options.enrich });
   const { liberateService, llmClient, logger: log } = container.cradle;
@@ -49,19 +50,14 @@ export async function liberateCommand(options: ILiberateCommandOptions, logger?:
     console.log('Dry run — no notes will be written.\n');
   }
 
-  const onProgress = createStderrProgressHandler();
-
-  const result = await liberateWithProgress(
-    () => liberateService.liberate({
-      since,
-      maxCommits,
-      dryRun: options.dryRun,
-      threshold,
-      enrich: options.enrich,
-      onProgress,
-    }),
-    onProgress,
-  );
+  const result = await liberateService.liberate({
+    since,
+    maxCommits,
+    dryRun: options.dryRun,
+    threshold,
+    enrich: options.enrich,
+    onProgress: createStderrProgressHandler(),
+  });
 
   console.log(`Commits scanned:   ${result.commitsScanned}`);
   console.log(`Commits annotated: ${result.commitsAnnotated}`);
diff --git a/src/commands/progress.ts b/src/commands/progress.ts
index cae38798..095490df 100644
--- a/src/commands/progress.ts
+++ b/src/commands/progress.ts
@@ -6,53 +6,18 @@ import type { ILiberateProgress } from '../application/interfaces/ILiberateServi
 
 /**
  * Create a progress callback that writes liberate progress to stderr.
- * Uses in-place `\r` updates when stderr is a TTY, newline-based otherwise.
+ * Each progress update is written on its own line.
  */
 export function createStderrProgressHandler(): (p: ILiberateProgress) => void {
-  const isTTY = process.stderr.isTTY;
-  let lastLineLength = 0;
-  let inPlaceStarted = false;
-
   return (p: ILiberateProgress): void => {
     if (p.phase === 'triage') {
       process.stderr.write(`Found ${p.total} high-interest commits to analyze.\n`);
     } else if (p.phase === 'processing') {
       const sha = p.sha.slice(0, 7);
       const subject = p.subject.length > 60 ? p.subject.slice(0, 57) + '...' : p.subject;
-      const line = `  [${p.current}/${p.total}] ${sha} ${subject}  (${p.factsExtracted} facts)`;
-
-      if (isTTY) {
-        const padded = line.padEnd(lastLineLength, ' ');
-        lastLineLength = line.length;
-        inPlaceStarted = true;
-        process.stderr.write(`\r${padded}`);
-      } else {
-        process.stderr.write(`${line}\n`);
-      }
+      process.stderr.write(`  [${p.current}/${p.total}] ${sha} ${subject}  (${p.factsExtracted} facts)\n`);
     } else if (p.phase === 'complete') {
-      if (isTTY && inPlaceStarted) {
-        process.stderr.write('\n');
-        inPlaceStarted = false;
-      }
+      process.stderr.write(`Done — ${p.factsExtracted} facts extracted from ${p.total} commits.\n`);
     }
   };
 }
-
-/**
- * Wrap a liberate call so that if it throws after writing in-place progress,
- * a trailing newline is still written to stderr.
- */
-export async function liberateWithProgress<T>(
-  fn: () => Promise<T>,
-  onProgress: ReturnType<typeof createStderrProgressHandler>,
-): Promise<T> {
-  try {
-    return await fn();
-  } finally {
-    // Ensure terminal is clean if progress was mid-line when error occurred.
-    // The 'complete' phase handler already writes \n, but if liberate threw
-    // before emitting 'complete', we need a fallback. We rely on the handler's
-    // internal state via one final 'complete' call.
-    onProgress({ phase: 'complete', current: 0, total: 0, sha: '', subject: '', factsExtracted: 0 });
-  }
-}