diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25fb07e..ffa0abc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ These functions wrap modern alternatives with graceful fallbacks to standard too
 | `rg` | `rg` | ripgrep with `--hyperlink-format=kitty` |
 | `ssh` | `ssh` | `kitten ssh` when inside Kitty |
 | `du` | `du` | `duf` (disks) / `dust` (directories) — auto-detected by argument |
-| `mkdir` | `mkdir` | Always passes `-p` in interactive mode |
+| `mkdir` | `mkdir` | Always passes `-p` in interactive mode; reports created directories as `Created directory: ~/path/` (falls back silently when flags like `-m` are present) |
 | `copy` | `cp` | Strips trailing `/` from a source directory before `cp -r`; falls through to `cp` for all other cases |
 
 #### `du` — Smart Disk Usage
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ rm -f file.txt  # Falls through to standard rm -f
 
 | Function | Description |
 |---|---|
-| `mkcd <dir>` | Create directory (including missing parents) and `cd` into it |
+| `mkcd <dir> [-s]` | Create directory (including missing parents) and `cd` into it; shows a tree of newly-created dirs by default; `-s`/`--silent` suppresses the tree |
+| `poke <file>...` | `touch` with automatic parent directory creation; shows a tree of newly-created dirs |
 | `ls` | `eza` — long listing, all files, icons, color, hyperlinks |
 | `lss` | `eza` — size-sorted long listing with gradient color scale |
 | `lsr` | `eza` — reversed time-sorted oneline listing |
diff --git a/config.fish b/config.fish
index 7e51587..dafaf17 100644
--- a/config.fish
+++ b/config.fish
@@ -11,16 +11,12 @@ if test -f /usr/share/cachyos-fish-config/cachyos-config.fish
     # Source our tricks over the cachyOS config
     test -f "$__fish_config_dir/conf.d/tricks.fish"
     and source "$__fish_config_dir/conf.d/tricks.fish"
-    # CachyOS defines aliases for ls/lt/cleanup that shadow our function files.
-    # Erase them and immediately source our versions.
-    for _fname in ls lt cleanup
+    # Erase CachyOS aliases/functions that shadow our versions, then
+    # re-source our versions since functions --erase removes autoload entries.
+    for _fname in ls lt cleanup copy
         functions --erase $_fname
         source "$__fish_config_dir/functions/$_fname.fish"
     end
-    # CachyOS defines a broken copy command.
-    # Override it with our working function.
-    test -f "$__fish_config_dir/functions/copy.fish"
-    and source "$__fish_config_dir/functions/copy.fish"
 end
 set --erase _fname
 
@@ -50,7 +46,6 @@ set -gx NVIDIA_SETTINGS_RW_CONFIG_FILE "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvidia/settings"
 set -gx CODEIUM_HOME "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/codeium"
 set -gx WORDLIST "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hunspell_en_US"
 
-#   ───────────────────── Misc Configuration variables ─────────────────────
 #   ─────────────────────────── Pager variables ────────────────────────────
 if type -q ov
     set -gx PAGER ov
@@ -133,7 +128,7 @@ if not type -q fisher
     set --erase _fisher_reply
 end
 
-#   ─────────────────────── visual/interactive setup ───────────────────────
+#   ─────────────────────── Visual/Interactive setup ───────────────────────
 # Run only if we're in an interactive session (not a script or non-interactive shell)
 if status is-interactive
     #   ────────────────────────────── Key bindings ────────────────────────────
@@ -173,8 +168,8 @@ if status is-interactive
     set -gx CLAUDE_CODE_NO_FLICKER 1
 
     #   ╭────────────────────────────── OVERRIDES ─────────────────────────────╮
-    #   |       Run these last so they can override any previous settings.     |
-    #   |    This is useful for machine-specific behavior or configurations.   |
+    #   │        Run these last so they can override any previous settings.    │
+    #   │    This is useful for machine-specific behavior or configurations.   │
     #   ╰────────────────────────────── OVERRIDES ─────────────────────────────╯
     #
     # Define user-dots path variable for a more legible secrets/local config.
@@ -196,26 +191,18 @@ if status is-interactive
     test -f "$dot_fish/local.fish"; and source "$dot_fish/local.fish"
     #
     #    ╭──────────────────────────── END OVERRIDES ──────────────────────────╮
-    #    |                        End of override section.                     |
+    #    │                        End of override section.                     │
     #    ╰──────────────────────────── END OVERRIDES ──────────────────────────╯
-
-    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    # Tools like starship, zoxide, etc. append init lines below this point via their
-    # setup commands. We manage all integrations through conf.d/ instead, so we
-    # return here to prevent injected lines from conflicting with that setup.
-    #
-    # This catches injections within the interactive block and
-    # prevents them from conflicting with our conf.d/ setup.
-    return # <-- Do not remove this line.
-    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 end
 
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Tools like starship, zoxide, etc. append init lines below this point via their
-# setup commands. We manage all integrations through conf.d/ instead, so we
-# return here to prevent injected lines from conflicting with that setup.
-#
-# This catches injections outside the interactive block and
-# prevents them from conflicting with our conf.d/ setup.
 return # <-- Do not remove this line.
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+#  ╭──────────────────────────────── !!!NOTE!!! ───────────────────────────────╮
+#  │    Tools like starship, zoxide, etc. append init lines below this point   │
+#  │     via their setup commands. We manage these integrations through        │
+#  │  conf.d/ instead, so we return here to prevent duplicate or conflicting   │
+#  │                         inits from being executed.                        │
+#  │                                                                           │
+#  │            If a tool's shell integration appears to do nothing,           │
+#  │         check whether its setup command appended an init line here,       │
+#  │ then create a conf.d/<tool>.fish instead and place the init in that file. │
+#  ╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
diff --git a/functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish b/functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish
index 3f4cea0..89a3023 100644
--- a/functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish
+++ b/functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish
@@ -16,27 +16,27 @@
 # uv and cargo are listed first so both are available before fish and other Rust tools.
 function _fish_deps_catalog
     set -g _fdc_bins \
-        uv cargo fish fisher starship fzf zoxide direnv paru \
+        uv cargo fish fisher starship fzf zoxide direnv paru yay \
         wakatime tailscale \
-        eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping most rg lazygit lazydocker trash kitty wezterm
+        eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping ov rg lazygit lazydocker trash kitty wezterm
 
     set -g _fdc_tiers \
-        req req req req req req req req rec \
+        req req req req req req req req rec rec \
         int int \
         rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec rec
 
     set -g _fdc_cargo \
-        "" "" "" "" starship "" zoxide "" "" \
+        "" "" "" "" starship "" zoxide "" "" "" \
         "" "" \
-        eza lsd bat "" du-dust "" "" "" ripgrep "" "" trashy "" ""
+        eza lsd bat "" du-dust "" "" ov ripgrep "" "" trashy "" ""
 
     set -g _fdc_pm \
-        uv cargo fish "" starship fzf zoxide direnv "" \
+        uv cargo fish "" starship fzf zoxide direnv "" yay \
         wakatime tailscale \
-        eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping most ripgrep lazygit lazydocker trash kitty wezterm
+        eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping ov ripgrep lazygit lazydocker trash kitty wezterm
 
     set -g _fdc_special \
-        curl-uv rustup-installer git-cargo-fish fisher-bootstrap curl-installer fzf-update "" "" paru-build \
+        curl-uv rustup-installer git-cargo-fish fisher-bootstrap curl-installer fzf-update "" "" paru-build yay-build \
         wakatime-binary "" \
         "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" curl-lazydocker "" "" ""
 end
diff --git a/functions/_fish_deps_install.fish b/functions/_fish_deps_install.fish
index 03db4e3..c241935 100644
--- a/functions/_fish_deps_install.fish
+++ b/functions/_fish_deps_install.fish
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ function _fish_deps_install
                         set -a methods special-paru
                         set -a method_labels "build from AUR (makepkg)"
                     end
+                case yay-build
+                    if type -q paru
+                        set -a methods special-paru-yay
+                        set -a method_labels "paru -S yay"
+                    end
+                    if type -q pacman
+                        set -a methods special-yay
+                        set -a method_labels "build from AUR (makepkg)"
+                    end
                 case pipx
                     if type -q pipx
                         set -a methods special-pipx
@@ -202,6 +211,15 @@ function _fish_deps_install
                     end
                 case special-yay-paru
                     yay -S --noconfirm paru
+                case special-paru-yay
+                    paru -S --noconfirm yay
+                case special-yay
+                    set -l _build_dir (mktemp -d)
+                    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git $_build_dir
+                    and pushd $_build_dir
+                    and makepkg -si --noconfirm
+                    and popd
+                    rm -rf $_build_dir
                 case special-paru
                     set -l _build_dir (mktemp -d)
                     git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git $_build_dir
diff --git a/functions/_fish_deps_update.fish b/functions/_fish_deps_update.fish
index 1ae31f7..6d4baae 100644
--- a/functions/_fish_deps_update.fish
+++ b/functions/_fish_deps_update.fish
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ function _fish_deps_update
         set -l pm_pkg       $_fdc_pm[$i]
         set -l special      $_fdc_special[$i]
 
+        # yay: update via paru if available, else system PM
+        if test "$special" = yay-build
+            if type -q paru
+                echo "Updating $bin..."
+                paru -S --noconfirm yay
+                set updated_any 1
+            else if test -n "$pm_pkg"; and test -n "$pm"
+                echo "Updating $bin..."
+                _fish_deps_pm_upgrade $pm_pkg
+                set updated_any 1
+            end
+            set i (math $i + 1)
+            continue
+        end
+
         # cargo: update via rustup
         if test "$special" = rustup-installer
             if type -q rustup
diff --git a/functions/_fish_mkdir_p.fish b/functions/_fish_mkdir_p.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1943893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/_fish_mkdir_p.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# mkdir -p with configurable output.
+#
+# Flags:
+#   --path / -p   (default) Print "Created: ~/full/path/" on one line
+#   --tree / -t             Tree view: dimmed existing anchor + cyan new dirs
+#   --silent / -s           No output
+#
+# Usage: _fish_mkdir_p [--path|--tree|--silent] <dir>
+function _fish_mkdir_p --description 'mkdir -p with configurable verbose output'
+    set -l mode path
+    set -l target
+
+    for _arg in $argv
+        switch $_arg
+            case -s --silent
+                set mode silent
+            case -t --tree
+                set mode tree
+            case -p --path
+                set mode path
+            case '*'
+                set target $_arg
+        end
+    end
+
+    test -n "$target"; or return 1
+    test -d "$target"; and return 0
+
+    # Walk up to find deepest existing ancestor; collect dirs to create (shallowest first).
+    set -l to_create
+    set -l cursor $target
+    while not test -d $cursor
+        set -p to_create $cursor
+        set -l up (dirname $cursor)
+        test "$up" = "$cursor"; and break  # filesystem root guard
+        set cursor $up
+    end
+
+    mkdir -p $target; or return $status
+    test $mode = silent; and return 0
+
+    if test $mode = path
+        set -l display (string replace -- "$HOME" "~" $target)"/"
+        echo (set_color --bold cyan)"Created directory: "(set_color cyan)"$display"(set_color normal)
+        return 0
+    end
+
+    # Tree mode: dimmed existing anchor, then cyan new dirs.
+    echo (set_color --bold yellow)"Created directories:"(set_color normal)
+    set -l anchor (string replace -- "$HOME" "~" $cursor)"/"
+    echo (set_color brblack)" $anchor"(set_color normal)
+    set -l i 1
+    while test $i -le (count $to_create)
+        set -l spaces (string repeat -n (math "($i - 1) * 4") " ")
+        set -l name (basename $to_create[$i])"/"
+        echo (set_color cyan)" $spaces└── $name"(set_color normal)
+        set i (math $i + 1)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/functions/mkcd.fish b/functions/mkcd.fish
index 9a06fe1..fcc3bd9 100644
--- a/functions/mkcd.fish
+++ b/functions/mkcd.fish
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function mkcd --description 'Create a directory (with parents) and cd into it'
         echo
         echo "$c_head""Flags:$c_rst"
         echo "  $c_flag-h$c_rst, $c_flag--help$c_rst   Show this help message"
+        echo "  $c_flag-s$c_rst, $c_flag--silent$c_rst  Suppress directory creation output"
         echo
         echo "$c_head""Examples:$c_rst"
         echo "  $c_cmd""mkcd$c_rst $c_arg~/projects/myapp$c_rst"
@@ -29,13 +30,23 @@ function mkcd --description 'Create a directory (with parents) and cd into it'
         return 0
     end
 
-    set -l dir $argv[1]
+    set -l silent 0
+    set -l dir
+    for _arg in $argv
+        switch $_arg
+            case -s --silent
+                set silent 1
+            case '*'
+                set dir $_arg
+        end
+    end
 
     set -l is_new 0
-    if not test -d $dir
-        set is_new 1
-        command mkdir -p $dir
-        or return $status
+    test -d $dir; or set is_new 1
+    if test $silent -eq 1
+        _fish_mkdir_p --silent $dir; or return $status
+    else
+        _fish_mkdir_p --tree $dir; or return $status
     end
 
     cd $dir
diff --git a/functions/mkdir.fish b/functions/mkdir.fish
index 541c2a9..4f768b8 100644
--- a/functions/mkdir.fish
+++ b/functions/mkdir.fish
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@
 # Execute mkdir
 function mkdir --description 'Execute mkdir'
     if status is-interactive
-        command mkdir -p $argv
+        # Fall back to command mkdir -p when flags are present (e.g. -m 755)
+        for _arg in $argv
+            if string match -q -- '-*' $_arg
+                command mkdir -p $argv
+                return $status
+            end
+        end
+        for _dir in $argv
+            _fish_mkdir_p --path $_dir
+        end
     else
         command mkdir $argv
     end
diff --git a/functions/poke.fish b/functions/poke.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76f10b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/poke.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+function poke --description 'touch with automatic parent directory creation'
+    if test (count $argv) -eq 0
+        echo (set_color red)"poke: no file specified"(set_color normal) >&2
+        return 1
+    end
+    for _path in $argv
+        set -l _dir (dirname $_path)
+        _fish_mkdir_p --tree $_dir
+        touch $_path
+    end
+end