diff --git a/packages/dispatcher/src/index.ts b/packages/dispatcher/src/index.ts
index a4c75a4..ccd6bd0 100644
--- a/packages/dispatcher/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dispatcher/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { loadConfig } from './config.js';
 import { ProjectionWatcher } from './watcher.js';
 import { OcScheduler } from './scheduler.js';
 import { OcPluginAgentClient } from './agent-client.js';
+import { OGraphClient } from './ograph-client.js';
 import type { PendingEntry, AgentConfig } from './types.js';
 import type { AgentClient } from './agent-client.js';
 
@@ -37,6 +38,58 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   console.log(`[${ts()}] [dispatcher]   intervals.schedulerIdle  = ${config.intervals.schedulerIdle}ms`);
   console.log(`[${ts()}] [dispatcher]   intervals.schedulerActive= ${config.intervals.schedulerActive}ms`);
 
+  // Load agent profiles from OGraph events (agent_profile_updated)
+  const ographClient = new OGraphClient(config);
+  try {
+    const allEvents = await ographClient.fetchEvents(0); // ref=0 won't match, need all agents
+    // Fetch profiles for all known agent objects
+    const profileNames: Record<string, string> = { ...config.names }; // config as fallback
+    const agentIds = new Set<number>();
+    // Discover agent ids from discovery config + any refs in existing events
+    if (config.discovery?.agentId) agentIds.add(config.discovery.agentId);
+    // Fetch profile events for each known agent
+    for (const agentId of agentIds) {
+      try {
+        const events = await ographClient.fetchEvents(agentId);
+        const profileEvents = events.filter(e => e.type_name === 'agent_profile_updated');
+        if (profileEvents.length > 0) {
+          const latest = profileEvents[profileEvents.length - 1]!;
+          const p = latest.payload as { name?: string; emoji?: string };
+          if (p.name) {
+            profileNames[String(agentId)] = p.emoji ? `${p.name} ${p.emoji}` : p.name;
+          }
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // Profile fetch failed for this agent, use config fallback
+      }
+    }
+    // Also try to fetch profiles for other agents mentioned in config.names
+    for (const id of Object.keys(config.names ?? {})) {
+      if (!agentIds.has(Number(id))) {
+        try {
+          const events = await ographClient.fetchEvents(Number(id));
+          const profileEvents = events.filter(e => e.type_name === 'agent_profile_updated');
+          if (profileEvents.length > 0) {
+            const latest = profileEvents[profileEvents.length - 1]!;
+            const p = latest.payload as { name?: string; emoji?: string };
+            if (p.name) {
+              profileNames[id] = p.emoji ? `${p.name} ${p.emoji}` : p.name;
+            }
+          }
+        } catch {
+          // Use config fallback
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    config.names = profileNames;
+    console.log(`[${ts()}] [dispatcher] loaded ${Object.keys(profileNames).length} agent profile(s):`);
+    for (const [id, name] of Object.entries(profileNames)) {
+      console.log(`[${ts()}] [dispatcher]   agent #${id} = ${name}`);
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.warn(`[${ts()}] [dispatcher] failed to load agent profiles, using config fallback: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+  }
+
   // Create agent clients from config
   const agentClients: AgentClient[] = [];
   if (config.agents && config.agents.length > 0) {