diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 605a5bf..463eb64 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -269,13 +269,19 @@ fn run_session(args: &[String], session: &str, json_mode: bool) {
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|s| s.name)
                 .collect();
+            // The extension relay drives the user's live Chrome but isn't always
+            // registered as a launched daemon session — without surfacing it,
+            // `session list` says "No active sessions" while open/tab work fine,
+            // and agents misjudge the connection as down (issue #15).
+            let relay_up = connect::relay_url().is_some();
 
             if json_mode {
                 println!(
-                    r#"{{"success":true,"data":{{"sessions":{}}}}}"#,
-                    serde_json::to_string(&sessions).unwrap_or_default()
+                    r#"{{"success":true,"data":{{"sessions":{},"relay":{}}}}}"#,
+                    serde_json::to_string(&sessions).unwrap_or_default(),
+                    relay_up
                 );
-            } else if sessions.is_empty() {
+            } else if sessions.is_empty() && !relay_up {
                 println!("No active sessions");
             } else {
                 println!("Active sessions:");
@@ -287,6 +293,14 @@ fn run_session(args: &[String], session: &str, json_mode: bool) {
                     };
                     println!("{} {}", marker, s);
                 }
+                if relay_up && !sessions.iter().any(|s| s == session) {
+                    println!(
+                        "{} {} {}",
+                        color::cyan("→"),
+                        session,
+                        color::dim("(relay/extension → live Chrome)")
+                    );
+                }
             }
         }
         None | Some(_) => {
diff --git a/cli/src/native/actions.rs b/cli/src/native/actions.rs
index 1e0dd90..411341c 100644
--- a/cli/src/native/actions.rs
+++ b/cli/src/native/actions.rs
@@ -2877,6 +2877,15 @@ async fn handle_snapshot(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value,
     Ok(json!({ "snapshot": tree, "origin": url, "refs": refs }))
 }
 
+/// Resolve a (possibly relative) saved-file path to an absolute one so the CLI
+/// echoes a path the agent can read regardless of the process cwd (issue #16).
+/// Falls back to the original string if the file can't be canonicalized.
+fn absolutize_saved_path(p: &str) -> String {
+    std::fs::canonicalize(p)
+        .map(|c| c.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| p.to_string())
+}
+
 async fn handle_screenshot(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value, String> {
     let annotate = cmd
         .get("annotate")
@@ -2902,7 +2911,7 @@ async fn handle_screenshot(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value
                 .map_err(|e| format!("Base64 decode error: {}", e))?;
                 std::fs::write(p, bytes)
                     .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to write screenshot: {}", e))?;
-                return Ok(json!({ "path": p }));
+                return Ok(json!({ "path": absolutize_saved_path(p) }));
             }
             let tmp = format!(
                 "/tmp/screenshot-{}.png",
@@ -2976,7 +2985,7 @@ async fn handle_screenshot(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value
     )
     .await?;
 
-    let mut response = json!({ "path": result.path });
+    let mut response = json!({ "path": absolutize_saved_path(&result.path) });
     if !result.annotations.is_empty() {
         response["annotations"] = serde_json::to_value(&result.annotations)
             .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to serialize annotations: {}", e))?;