diff --git a/profile.d/conf.sh b/profile.d/conf.sh
index 5b77da7..4120c4e 100755
--- a/profile.d/conf.sh
+++ b/profile.d/conf.sh
@@ -325,10 +325,14 @@ term_set()
     local _term_has
     _term_has() { tput -T "$1" longname >/dev/null 2>&1; }
 
+    # True-color hint: COLORTERM=truecolor|24bit is set by the emulator.
+    local _truecolor=0
+    [[ "${COLORTERM:-}" == "truecolor" || "${COLORTERM:-}" == "24bit" ]] && _truecolor=1
+
     local _candidate=""
 
     # 1. Explicit truecolor hint set by modern terminal emulators.
-    if [[ "${COLORTERM:-}" == "truecolor" || "${COLORTERM:-}" == "24bit" ]]; then
+    if (( _truecolor )); then
         local _t
         for _t in xterm-direct xterm-256color; do
             _term_has "$_t" && { _candidate="$_t"; break; }
@@ -339,39 +343,63 @@ term_set()
     if [[ -z "$_candidate" ]]; then
         case "${TERM_PROGRAM:-}" in
             iTerm.app)
-                _term_has "xterm-256color" && _candidate="xterm-256color"
+                if (( _truecolor )); then
+                    _term_has "xterm-direct"    && _candidate="xterm-direct"
+                fi
+                [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "xterm-256color" && _candidate="xterm-256color"
                 ;;
             WezTerm)
-                _term_has "wezterm"        && _candidate="wezterm"
+                if (( _truecolor )); then
+                    _term_has "xterm-direct"    && _candidate="xterm-direct"
+                fi
+                if [[ -z "$_candidate" ]]; then
+                    _term_has "wezterm"         && _candidate="wezterm"
+                fi
                 [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "xterm-256color" && _candidate="xterm-256color"
                 ;;
             Hyper|vscode)
-                _term_has "xterm-256color" && _candidate="xterm-256color"
+                if (( _truecolor )); then
+                    _term_has "xterm-direct"    && _candidate="xterm-direct"
+                fi
+                [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "xterm-256color" && _candidate="xterm-256color"
                 ;;
         esac
     fi
 
     # 3. VTE-based terminals (GNOME Terminal, Tilix, Xfce Terminal, …).
     if [[ -z "$_candidate" && -n "${VTE_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
-        _term_has "vte-256color"  && _candidate="vte-256color"
+        if (( _truecolor )); then
+            _term_has "vte-direct"          && _candidate="vte-direct"
+        fi
+        [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "vte-256color"  && _candidate="vte-256color"
         [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "xterm-256color" && _candidate="xterm-256color"
     fi
 
     # 4. Windows Terminal.
     if [[ -z "$_candidate" && -n "${WT_SESSION:-}" ]]; then
-        _term_has "xterm-256color" && _candidate="xterm-256color"
+        if (( _truecolor )); then
+            _term_has "xterm-direct"        && _candidate="xterm-direct"
+        fi
+        [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "xterm-256color" && _candidate="xterm-256color"
     fi
 
-    # 5. tmux — prefer tmux-256color, fall back to screen-256color.
+    # 5. tmux — prefer *-direct when truecolor, then *-256color, then screen-256color.
     if [[ -z "$_candidate" && -n "${TMUX:-}" ]]; then
-        _term_has "tmux-256color"  && _candidate="tmux-256color"
+        if (( _truecolor )); then
+            _term_has "tmux-direct"         && _candidate="tmux-direct"
+            [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "screen-direct" && _candidate="screen-direct"
+        fi
+        [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "tmux-256color"   && _candidate="tmux-256color"
         [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "screen-256color" && _candidate="screen-256color"
     fi
 
-    # 6. GNU screen — prefer screen-256color, fall back to screen.
+    # 6. GNU screen — prefer screen-direct when truecolor, then screen-256color.
     if [[ -z "$_candidate" && -n "${STY:-}" ]]; then
-        _term_has "screen-256color" && _candidate="screen-256color"
-        [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "screen" && _candidate="screen"
+        if (( _truecolor )); then
+            _term_has "screen-direct"       && _candidate="screen-direct"
+        fi
+        [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "screen-256color" && _candidate="screen-256color"
+        [[ -z "$_candidate" ]] && _term_has "screen"          && _candidate="screen"
     fi
 
     # 7. Generic terminfo probe in preference order.