diff --git a/crates/catalog/src/query.rs b/crates/catalog/src/query.rs
index 3e9cded58..14a369507 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/src/query.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/src/query.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ fn has_person(p: &Photo, name: &str) -> bool {
 impl Filter {
     /// Human-readable summary of the active rules (smart album tooltips, `album.list`).
     pub fn describe(&self) -> String {
+        self.describe_in(None)
+    }
+
+    /// [`Filter::describe`] naming the albums its rules test (`RuleSet::describe_with`).
+    pub fn describe_with(&self, cat: &crate::Catalog) -> String {
+        self.describe_in(Some(cat))
+    }
+
+    fn describe_in(&self, cat: Option<&crate::Catalog>) -> String {
         let mut v: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
         if self.rating > 0 {
             let op = match self.rating_op {
@@ -207,7 +216,7 @@ impl Filter {
             v.push(format!("“{}”", self.text.trim()));
         }
         if let Some(rs) = self.rule_set.as_ref().filter(|r| !r.rules.is_empty()) {
-            v.push(rs.describe());
+            v.push(cat.map_or_else(|| rs.describe(), |c| rs.describe_with(c)));
         }
         if v.is_empty() { "all photos".into() } else { v.join(", ") }
     }
diff --git a/crates/catalog/src/rules.rs b/crates/catalog/src/rules.rs
index 4f34fd5bf..675094f96 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/src/rules.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/src/rules.rs
@@ -443,6 +443,15 @@ pub(crate) fn evaluating<T>(id: crate::AlbumId, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> Option
     Some(f())
 }
 
+/// How a summary names an Album rule's album: “Name”, or `#9` when there is no such album.
+pub fn album_name(value: &Value, cat: Option<&Catalog>) -> String {
+    let id = album_rule_id(value);
+    match id.and_then(|id| cat.and_then(|c| c.album(id))) {
+        Some(a) => format!("“{}”", a.name),
+        None => id.map_or_else(|| value.to_string(), |id| format!("#{}", id.0)),
+    }
+}
+
 /// What a yes/no rule's value means: `true`, `"yes"`, `1` (or `1.0`) or no value is yes; `false`,
 /// `"no"`, `0` is no (strings in any case); `None` for anything else, which matches nothing.
 pub fn bool_value(value: &Value) -> Option<bool> {
@@ -915,6 +924,16 @@ impl RuleSet {
 
     /// A short readable summary ("rating is ≥ 3 and keywords contains travel").
     pub fn describe(&self) -> String {
+        self.describe_in(None)
+    }
+
+    /// [`RuleSet::describe`] naming the albums Album rules test ("album isn't “Excluded
+    /// Photos”"); one that is gone shows as `#9`.
+    pub fn describe_with(&self, cat: &Catalog) -> String {
+        self.describe_in(Some(cat))
+    }
+
+    fn describe_in(&self, cat: Option<&Catalog>) -> String {
         let join = match self.mode {
             Match::All => " and ",
             Match::Any => " or ",
@@ -924,11 +943,12 @@ impl RuleSet {
             .rules
             .iter()
             .map(|r| match r {
-                Rule::Group { group } => format!("({})", group.describe()),
+                Rule::Group { group } => format!("({})", group.describe_in(cat)),
                 Rule::Field { field, op, value } => {
                     let label = field_label(field).unwrap_or(field).to_lowercase();
                     let op = field_kind(field).and_then(|k| ops_for(k).iter().find(|o| o.0 == op)).map_or(op.as_str(), |o| o.1);
                     let v = match value {
+                        _ if field == "album" && cat.is_some() => album_name(value, cat),
                         _ if field_kind(field) == Some(Kind::Bool) => {
                             bool_value(value).map_or_else(|| value.to_string(), |b| bool_label(b).to_lowercase())
                         }
diff --git a/crates/catalog/src/tests.rs b/crates/catalog/src/tests.rs
index c6e25317f..ec78153be 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/src/tests.rs
@@ -549,3 +549,18 @@ fn smart_album_loops_are_refused_and_survived() {
         assert!(c.smart_album_problems(AlbumId(a)).iter().any(|p| p.issue == crate::rules::Issue::AlbumLoop), "album {a} is reported");
     }
 }
+
+/// Summaries name the albums Album rules test ("album isn't “Excluded Photos”"), not their ids;
+/// one that is gone shows as its number.
+#[test]
+fn summaries_name_albums() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: Album::new(AlbumId(4), "Excluded Photos") }).unwrap();
+    let rules: RuleSet = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"rules": [
+        {"field": "keywords", "op": "contains", "value": "travel"},
+        {"group": {"match": "any", "rules": [{"field": "album", "op": "isNot", "value": 4}, {"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": 9}]}}]}))
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(rules.describe_with(&c), "keywords contains travel and (album isn't “Excluded Photos” or album is #9)");
+    let f = Filter { rule_set: Some(rules), ..Default::default() };
+    assert!(f.describe_with(&c).contains("album isn't “Excluded Photos”"));
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs
index d8ff22424..45904e0bb 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fn album_json(a: &Album, all: &[Album], cat: &lightcraft_catalog::Catalog) -> Va
     if let Some(rules) = &a.smart {
         v["smart"] = json!(true);
         v["rules"] = serde_json::to_value(rules).unwrap_or_default();
-        v["rulesText"] = json!(rules.describe());
+        v["rulesText"] = json!(rules.describe_with(cat));
         // rules that no longer check (an album they test was deleted…), as `rule 1: …`
         v["problems"] = json!(cat.smart_album_problems(a.id).iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect::<Vec<_>>());
     }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_library.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_library.rs
index 6e20f9985..926482b53 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_library.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_library.rs
@@ -616,4 +616,8 @@ fn smart_album_excluding_a_smart_album() {
         &serde_json::json!({"id": excluded, "rules": {"ruleSet": {"rules": [{"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": travel}]}}, "replace": true}),
     );
     assert!(looped.is_err_and(|e| e.to_string().contains("would make this album include itself")), "a loop is refused");
+    // agents read the album by name in the summary
+    let list = s.execute("albums.list", &serde_json::json!({})).unwrap();
+    let travel_json = list.as_array().unwrap().iter().find(|a| a["id"] == travel).cloned().unwrap();
+    assert!(travel_json["rulesText"].as_str().unwrap_or("").contains("album isn't “Excluded Photos”"), "{travel_json}");
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/view.rs b/crates/engine/src/view.rs
index 16c9f8a0c..5b32999bb 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/view.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/view.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ pub fn filter_chips(f: &Filter, cat: &Catalog) -> Vec<FilterChip> {
         _ => {}
     }
     if let Some(rs) = f.rule_set.as_ref().filter(|r| !r.rules.is_empty()) {
-        add(format!("Rules: {}", rs.describe()), json!({"ruleSet": Null}));
+        add(format!("Rules: {}", rs.describe_with(cat)), json!({"ruleSet": Null}));
     }
     if !f.only.is_empty() {
         add(format!("Only {} photos", f.only.len()), json!({"only": []}));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
index efeaadb88..2661095d1 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ pub fn color_label(catalog: &lightcraft_catalog::Catalog, label: lightcraft_cata
 /// A legacy smart-album filter summary, using the same display labels as filter chips.
 pub fn filter_label(filter: &lightcraft_catalog::Filter, catalog: &lightcraft_catalog::Catalog) -> String {
     if language() == Locale::En {
-        filter.describe()
+        filter.describe_with(catalog)
     } else {
         lightcraft_engine::filter_chips(filter, catalog)
             .iter()
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ fn bool_text_in(language: Locale, b: bool) -> &'static str {
 }
 
 /// A rule summary for display, keeping free-text rule values verbatim.
-pub fn rules_label(rules: &lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet) -> String {
-    fn describe(rules: &lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet, depth: usize) -> String {
+pub fn rules_label(rules: &lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet, catalog: &lightcraft_catalog::Catalog) -> String {
+    fn describe(rules: &lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet, catalog: &lightcraft_catalog::Catalog, depth: usize) -> String {
         use lightcraft_catalog::{
             Match, Rule,
             rules::{FIELDS, Kind, ops_for},
@@ -391,11 +391,13 @@ pub fn rules_label(rules: &lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet) -> String {
             .rules
             .iter()
             .map(|rule| match rule {
-                Rule::Group { group } => format!("({})", describe(group, depth + 1)),
+                Rule::Group { group } => format!("({})", describe(group, catalog, depth + 1)),
                 Rule::Field { field, op, value } => {
                     let Some((_, label, kind)) = FIELDS.iter().find(|entry| entry.0 == field) else { return field.clone() };
                     let operator = ops_for(*kind).iter().find(|entry| entry.0 == op).map_or(op.as_str(), |entry| entry.1);
                     let text = match kind {
+                        // the album's name, as people know it (a user's name is never translated)
+                        Kind::Album => lightcraft_catalog::rules::album_name(value, Some(catalog)),
                         Kind::Choice(_) => value.as_str().map_or_else(|| value.to_string(), |id| choice_text(field, id).to_string()),
                         Kind::Bool => lightcraft_catalog::rules::bool_value(value).map_or_else(|| value.to_string(), |b| bool_text(b).to_string()),
                         _ if matches!(op.as_str(), "inLast" | "notInLast") => format!(
@@ -417,7 +419,7 @@ pub fn rules_label(rules: &lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet) -> String {
         if rules.mode == Match::None { format!("{} ({text})", tr("none of")) } else { text }
     }
     // Preserve the established source-language summary.
-    if language() == Locale::En { rules.describe() } else { describe(rules, 0) }
+    if language() == Locale::En { rules.describe_with(catalog) } else { describe(rules, catalog, 0) }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -865,7 +867,16 @@ mod tests {
             mode: lightcraft_catalog::Match::All,
             rules: vec![lightcraft_catalog::Rule::Field { field: "keywords".into(), op: "contains".into(), value: serde_json::json!("Color") }],
         };
-        assert_eq!(rules_label(&rules), "Stichwörter enthält Color");
+        let mut catalog = lightcraft_catalog::Catalog::new();
+        catalog
+            .apply(lightcraft_catalog::Op::AddAlbum { album: lightcraft_catalog::Album::new(lightcraft_catalog::AlbumId(4), "Ausgeschlossen") })
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rules_label(&rules, &catalog), "Stichwörter enthält Color");
+        let album = lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet {
+            mode: lightcraft_catalog::Match::All,
+            rules: vec![lightcraft_catalog::Rule::Field { field: "album".into(), op: "isNot".into(), value: serde_json::json!(4) }],
+        };
+        assert!(rules_label(&album, &catalog).ends_with(" “Ausgeschlossen”"), "{}", rules_label(&album, &catalog));
         let rules = lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet {
             mode: lightcraft_catalog::Match::All,
             rules: vec![lightcraft_catalog::Rule::Field {
@@ -874,13 +885,13 @@ mod tests {
                 value: serde_json::json!("publicDomain"),
             }],
         };
-        assert!(rules_label(&rules).ends_with(" Gemeinfrei"), "{}", rules_label(&rules));
+        assert!(rules_label(&rules, &catalog).ends_with(" Gemeinfrei"), "{}", rules_label(&rules, &catalog));
         for value in [serde_json::json!(false), serde_json::json!("false")] {
             let rules = lightcraft_catalog::RuleSet {
                 mode: lightcraft_catalog::Match::All,
                 rules: vec![lightcraft_catalog::Rule::Field { field: "edited".into(), op: "is".into(), value }],
             };
-            assert!(rules_label(&rules).ends_with(" Nein"), "{}", rules_label(&rules));
+            assert!(rules_label(&rules, &catalog).ends_with(" Nein"), "{}", rules_label(&rules, &catalog));
         }
         let filter = lightcraft_catalog::Filter {
             labels: vec![lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Red, lightcraft_catalog::ColorLabel::Blue],
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/chips.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/chips.rs
index 38dc01e45..d1acd15a5 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/chips.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/chips.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) fn display_label(chip: &FilterChip, filter: &lightcraft_catalog::Filt
     if chip.clear.get("ruleSet").is_some()
         && let Some(rules) = &filter.rule_set
     {
-        return format!("{}: {}", tr("Rules"), rules_label(rules));
+        return format!("{}: {}", tr("Rules"), rules_label(rules, catalog));
     }
     if chip.clear.get("label").is_some() {
         let mut labels = filter.labels.clone();