diff --git a/server/claude-sdk.js b/server/claude-sdk.js
index d1e62090..c3c56bae 100644
--- a/server/claude-sdk.js
+++ b/server/claude-sdk.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   notifyRunStopped,
   notifyUserIfEnabled
 } from './services/notification-orchestrator.js';
-import { providersService } from './modules/providers/services/providers.service.js';
+import { sessionsService } from './modules/providers/services/sessions.service.js';
 import { createNormalizedMessage } from './shared/utils.js';
 
 const activeSessions = new Map();
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ async function queryClaudeSDK(command, options = {}, ws) {
       const sid = capturedSessionId || sessionId || null;
 
       // Use adapter to normalize SDK events into NormalizedMessage[]
-      const normalized = providersService.normalizeMessage('claude', transformedMessage, sid);
+      const normalized = sessionsService.normalizeMessage('claude', transformedMessage, sid);
       for (const msg of normalized) {
         // Preserve parentToolUseId from SDK wrapper for subagent tool grouping
         if (transformedMessage.parentToolUseId && !msg.parentToolUseId) {
diff --git a/server/cursor-cli.js b/server/cursor-cli.js
index 76f643e6..36f2c2d0 100644
--- a/server/cursor-cli.js
+++ b/server/cursor-cli.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import crossSpawn from 'cross-spawn';
 import { notifyRunFailed, notifyRunStopped } from './services/notification-orchestrator.js';
-import { providersService } from './modules/providers/services/providers.service.js';
+import { sessionsService } from './modules/providers/services/sessions.service.js';
 import { createNormalizedMessage } from './shared/utils.js';
 
 // Use cross-spawn on Windows for better command execution
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ async function spawnCursor(command, options = {}, ws) {
             case 'assistant':
               // Accumulate assistant message chunks
               if (response.message && response.message.content && response.message.content.length > 0) {
-                const normalized = providersService.normalizeMessage('cursor', response, capturedSessionId || sessionId || null);
+                const normalized = sessionsService.normalizeMessage('cursor', response, capturedSessionId || sessionId || null);
                 for (const msg of normalized) ws.send(msg);
               }
               break;
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ async function spawnCursor(command, options = {}, ws) {
           }
 
           // If not JSON, send as stream delta via adapter
-          const normalized = providersService.normalizeMessage('cursor', line, capturedSessionId || sessionId || null);
+          const normalized = sessionsService.normalizeMessage('cursor', line, capturedSessionId || sessionId || null);
           for (const msg of normalized) ws.send(msg);
         }
       };
diff --git a/server/gemini-response-handler.js b/server/gemini-response-handler.js
index b5310142..b0a17485 100644
--- a/server/gemini-response-handler.js
+++ b/server/gemini-response-handler.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Gemini Response Handler - JSON Stream processing
-import { providersService } from './modules/providers/services/providers.service.js';
+import { sessionsService } from './modules/providers/services/sessions.service.js';
 
 class GeminiResponseHandler {
   constructor(ws, options = {}) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class GeminiResponseHandler {
     }
 
     // Normalize via adapter and send all resulting messages
-    const normalized = providersService.normalizeMessage('gemini', event, sid);
+    const normalized = sessionsService.normalizeMessage('gemini', event, sid);
     for (const msg of normalized) {
       this.ws.send(msg);
     }
diff --git a/server/modules/providers/services/providers.service.ts b/server/modules/providers/services/sessions.service.ts
similarity index 71%
rename from server/modules/providers/services/providers.service.ts
rename to server/modules/providers/services/sessions.service.ts
index 9ecfc65b..41a649ff 100644
--- a/server/modules/providers/services/providers.service.ts
+++ b/server/modules/providers/services/sessions.service.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,23 @@ import type {
 } from '@/shared/types.js';
 
 /**
- * Application service for provider message operations.
+ * Application service for provider-backed session message operations.
  *
  * Callers pass a provider id and this service resolves the concrete provider
  * class, keeping normalization/history call sites decoupled from implementation
  * file layout.
  */
-export const providersService = {
+export const sessionsService = {
+  /**
+   * Lists provider ids that can load session history and normalize live messages.
+   */
   listProviderIds(): LLMProvider[] {
     return providerRegistry.listProviders().map((provider) => provider.id);
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Normalizes one provider-native event into frontend session message events.
+   */
   normalizeMessage(
     providerName: string,
     raw: unknown,
@@ -26,6 +32,9 @@ export const providersService = {
     return providerRegistry.resolveProvider(providerName).normalizeMessage(raw, sessionId);
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Fetches normalized persisted session history for one provider/session pair.
+   */
   fetchHistory(
     providerName: string,
     sessionId: string,
diff --git a/server/openai-codex.js b/server/openai-codex.js
index 6ea6d5ae..8c78ac36 100644
--- a/server/openai-codex.js
+++ b/server/openai-codex.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import { Codex } from '@openai/codex-sdk';
 import { notifyRunFailed, notifyRunStopped } from './services/notification-orchestrator.js';
-import { providersService } from './modules/providers/services/providers.service.js';
+import { sessionsService } from './modules/providers/services/sessions.service.js';
 import { createNormalizedMessage } from './shared/utils.js';
 
 // Track active sessions
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export async function queryCodex(command, options = {}, ws) {
       const transformed = transformCodexEvent(event);
 
       // Normalize the transformed event into NormalizedMessage(s) via adapter
-      const normalizedMsgs = providersService.normalizeMessage('codex', transformed, currentSessionId);
+      const normalizedMsgs = sessionsService.normalizeMessage('codex', transformed, currentSessionId);
       for (const msg of normalizedMsgs) {
         sendMessage(ws, msg);
       }
diff --git a/server/routes/messages.js b/server/routes/messages.js
index b981d8ab..81444d56 100644
--- a/server/routes/messages.js
+++ b/server/routes/messages.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 import express from 'express';
-import { providersService } from '../modules/providers/services/providers.service.js';
+import { sessionsService } from '../modules/providers/services/sessions.service.js';
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ router.get('/:sessionId/messages', async (req, res) => {
       : null;
     const offset = parseInt(req.query.offset || '0', 10);
 
-    const availableProviders = providersService.listProviderIds();
+    const availableProviders = sessionsService.listProviderIds();
     if (!availableProviders.includes(provider)) {
       const available = availableProviders.join(', ');
       return res.status(400).json({ error: `Unknown provider: ${provider}. Available: ${available}` });
     }
 
-    const result = await providersService.fetchHistory(provider, sessionId, {
+    const result = await sessionsService.fetchHistory(provider, sessionId, {
       projectName,
       projectPath,
       limit,