diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d20b715..e0fa75c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -62,18 +62,36 @@ var (
 	statusMutex    sync.Mutex
 )
 
-// borderColor defines the static purple color for UI borders
-var borderColor = lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "#874BFD", Dark: "#7D56F4"}
+// UI Colors - semantic names for ANSI 256 colors
+var (
+	borderColor  = lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "#874BFD", Dark: "#7D56F4"} // Purple
+	accentColor  = lipgloss.Color("12")                                      // Bright blue
+	dimColor     = lipgloss.Color("240")                                     // Gray
+	successColor = lipgloss.Color("10")                                      // Bright green
+	errorColor   = lipgloss.Color("9")                                       // Bright red
+	warnColor    = lipgloss.Color("220")                                     // Gold/yellow
+)
 
-// Common UI styles - defined once, used throughout
+// UI Styles - defined once, used throughout
 var (
-	titleStyle   = lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true)
-	dimStyle     = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("240"))
-	successStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("10")) // Bright green
-	errorStyle   = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("9"))  // Bright red
-	activeStyle  = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")) // Bright blue
+	titleStyle    = lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true)
+	dimStyle      = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(dimColor)
+	successStyle  = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(successColor)
+	errorStyle    = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(errorColor)
+	accentStyle   = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(accentColor)
+	selectedStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(accentColor).Bold(true)
+	selectorStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(accentColor)
 )
 
+// boxStyle creates a standard box with rounded border
+func boxStyle(width int) lipgloss.Style {
+	return lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
+		BorderForeground(borderColor).
+		Padding(0, 1).
+		Width(width)
+}
+
 // renderTitleBar renders a title bar with left title and right-aligned user status
 func renderTitleBar(screen, username, organization string, innerWidth int) string {
 	leftTitle := fmt.Sprintf("GitHub Brain / %s", screen)
@@ -4590,7 +4608,7 @@ type logEntry struct {
 func newModel(enabledItems map[string]bool, username, organization string) model {
 	s := spinner.New()
 	s.Spinner = spinner.Dot
-	s.Style = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")) // Bright blue
+	s.Style = accentStyle
 
 	itemOrder := []string{"repositories", "discussions", "issues", "pull-requests"}
 	items := make(map[string]itemState)
@@ -4631,8 +4649,8 @@ func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		switch msg.String() {
 		case "ctrl+c":
 			return m, tea.Quit
-		case "enter":
-			// If waiting for Enter after pull completion, quit
+		case "enter", "esc":
+			// If waiting for Enter/Esc after pull completion, quit
 			if m.waitingForEnter {
 				return m, tea.Quit
 			}
@@ -4732,9 +4750,6 @@ func (m *model) addLog(message string) {
 
 // View renders the UI
 func (m model) View() string {
-	// Local style for header (not commonly reused)
-	headerStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(lipgloss.Color("7")) // White
-
 	// Build content lines
 	var lines []string
 	
@@ -4744,37 +4759,37 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 	// Items section
 	for _, name := range m.itemOrder {
 		state := m.items[name]
-		lines = append(lines, formatItemLine(state, m.spinner.View(), dimStyle, activeStyle, successStyle, errorStyle))
+		lines = append(lines, formatItemLine(state, m.spinner.View()))
 	}
 	
 	// Empty line
 	lines = append(lines, "")
 	
 	// API Status line
-	lines = append(lines, formatAPIStatusLine(m.apiSuccess, m.apiWarning, m.apiErrors, headerStyle, successStyle, errorStyle))
+	lines = append(lines, formatAPIStatusLine(m.apiSuccess, m.apiWarning, m.apiErrors))
 	
 	// Rate Limit line
-	lines = append(lines, formatRateLimitLine(m.rateLimitUsed, m.rateLimitMax, m.rateLimitReset, headerStyle))
+	lines = append(lines, formatRateLimitLine(m.rateLimitUsed, m.rateLimitMax, m.rateLimitReset))
 	
 	// Empty line
 	lines = append(lines, "")
 	
 	// Activity section header
-	lines = append(lines, headerStyle.Render("💬 Activity"))
+	lines = append(lines, titleStyle.Render("💬 Activity"))
 	
 	// Activity log lines
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		if i < len(m.logs) {
-			lines = append(lines, formatLogLine(m.logs[i], errorStyle))
+			lines = append(lines, formatLogLine(m.logs[i]))
 		} else {
 			lines = append(lines, "")
 		}
 	}
 	
-	// Show "Press enter to continue" if waiting for Enter
+	// Show styled Back option if waiting for Enter/Esc
 	if m.waitingForEnter {
 		lines = append(lines, "")
-		lines = append(lines, "Press enter to continue")
+		lines = append(lines, selectorStyle.Render("▶")+" ←  "+titleStyle.Render("Back")+"  "+selectedStyle.Render("Esc"))
 	}
 	
 	// Join all lines
@@ -4843,20 +4858,14 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 	content = strings.Join(contentLines, "\n")
 	
 	// Create box with standard lipgloss borders
-	boxStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
-		BorderForeground(borderColor).
-		Padding(0, 1).
-		Align(lipgloss.Left)
-	
-	box := boxStyle.Render(content)
+	box := boxStyle(0).Align(lipgloss.Left).Render(content)
 	
 	return box + "\n"
 }
 
 // Helper formatting functions (return plain strings, box handles borders)
 
-func formatItemLine(state itemState, spinnerView string, dimStyle, activeStyle, successStyle, errorStyle lipgloss.Style) string {
+func formatItemLine(state itemState, spinnerView string) string {
 	var icon string
 	var style lipgloss.Style
 	var text string
@@ -4877,7 +4886,7 @@ func formatItemLine(state itemState, spinnerView string, dimStyle, activeStyle,
 		text = fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", displayName, formatNumber(state.count))
 	} else if state.active {
 		icon = spinnerView
-		style = activeStyle
+		style = accentStyle
 		if state.count > 0 {
 			text = fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", displayName, formatNumber(state.count))
 		} else {
@@ -4896,15 +4905,14 @@ func formatItemLine(state itemState, spinnerView string, dimStyle, activeStyle,
 	return style.Render(icon + " " + text)
 }
 
-func formatAPIStatusLine(success, warning, errors int, headerStyle, successStyle, errorStyle lipgloss.Style) string {
-	// Match the pattern of formatRateLimitLine - only style the header
+func formatAPIStatusLine(success, warning, errors int) string {
 	// Note: Using 🟡 instead of ⚠️ because the warning sign has a variation selector that breaks width calculation
 	apiText := fmt.Sprintf("✅ %s   🟡 %s   ❌ %s ",
 		formatNumber(success), formatNumber(warning), formatNumber(errors))
-	return headerStyle.Render("📊 API Status    ") + apiText
+	return titleStyle.Render("📊 API Status    ") + apiText
 }
 
-func formatRateLimitLine(used, limit int, resetTime time.Time, headerStyle lipgloss.Style) string {
+func formatRateLimitLine(used, limit int, resetTime time.Time) string {
 	var rateLimitText string
 	if limit > 0 {
 		resetStr := formatTimeRemaining(resetTime)
@@ -4913,10 +4921,10 @@ func formatRateLimitLine(used, limit int, resetTime time.Time, headerStyle lipgl
 	} else {
 		rateLimitText = "? / ? used, resets ?"
 	}
-	return headerStyle.Render("🚀 Rate Limit    ") + rateLimitText
+	return titleStyle.Render("🚀 Rate Limit    ") + rateLimitText
 }
 
-func formatLogLine(entry logEntry, errorStyle lipgloss.Style) string {
+func formatLogLine(entry logEntry) string {
 	timestamp := entry.time.Format("15:04:05")
 	message := entry.message
 
@@ -5068,8 +5076,6 @@ func (m mainMenuModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 func (m mainMenuModel) View() string {
 	var b strings.Builder
 
-	selectedStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")).Bold(true)
-
 	// Calculate box width for title bar
 	boxContentWidth := m.width - 2
 	if boxContentWidth < 60 {
@@ -5082,7 +5088,6 @@ func (m mainMenuModel) View() string {
 	b.WriteString("\n")
 
 	// Menu items
-	selectorStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")) // Blue selector
 	for i, choice := range m.choices {
 		cursor := "  "
 		descStyle := dimStyle
@@ -5099,14 +5104,7 @@ func (m mainMenuModel) View() string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Create border style
-	borderStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
-		BorderForeground(borderColor).
-		Padding(0, 1).
-		Width(boxContentWidth)
-
-	return borderStyle.Render(b.String())
+	return boxStyle(boxContentWidth).Render(b.String())
 }
 
 // RunMainTUI runs the main interactive TUI
@@ -5391,7 +5389,7 @@ func newOrgPromptModel(username string) orgPromptModel {
 	ti.CharLimit = 100
 	ti.Width = 30
 	ti.Prompt = "> "
-	ti.PromptStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12"))
+	ti.PromptStyle = accentStyle
 	ti.Focus()
 
 	return orgPromptModel{
@@ -5452,14 +5450,7 @@ func (m orgPromptModel) View() string {
 	b.WriteString(dimStyle.Render("  Press Enter to continue, Esc to cancel") + "\n")
 	b.WriteString("\n")
 
-	// Create border style
-	borderStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
-		BorderForeground(borderColor).
-		Padding(0, 1).
-		Width(maxContentWidth)
-
-	return borderStyle.Render(b.String())
+	return boxStyle(maxContentWidth).Render(b.String())
 }
 
 // saveOrganizationToEnv saves the organization to .env file
@@ -5584,7 +5575,7 @@ type (
 func newLoginModel(homeDir, currentUsername, currentOrg string) loginModel {
 	s := spinner.New()
 	s.Spinner = spinner.Dot
-	s.Style = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12"))
+	s.Style = accentStyle
 
 	return loginModel{
 		spinner:         s,
@@ -5686,17 +5677,7 @@ func (m loginModel) View() string {
 	}
 
 	// Create border style with title
-	borderStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
-		BorderForeground(borderColor).
-		BorderTop(true).
-		BorderLeft(true).
-		BorderRight(true).
-		BorderBottom(true).
-		Padding(0, 1).
-		Width(maxContentWidth)
-
-	box := borderStyle.Render(content)
+	box := boxStyle(maxContentWidth).Render(content)
 
 	return box
 }
@@ -5725,8 +5706,8 @@ func (m loginModel) renderWaitingView() string {
 		// Code box with double border - gold/yellow stands out against purple
 		codeStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
 			Border(lipgloss.DoubleBorder()).
-			BorderForeground(lipgloss.Color("220")).
-			Foreground(lipgloss.Color("220")).
+			BorderForeground(warnColor).
+			Foreground(warnColor).
 			Padding(0, 4).
 			Bold(true).
 			MarginLeft(3)
@@ -5741,8 +5722,6 @@ func (m loginModel) renderWaitingView() string {
 	b.WriteString("\n")
 	
 	// Back menu item - always selected, same format as Setup screen
-	selectorStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12"))
-	selectedStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")).Bold(true)
 	paddedName := fmt.Sprintf("%-4s", "Back")
 	b.WriteString(selectorStyle.Render("▶") + " ←  " + titleStyle.Render(paddedName) + "  " + selectedStyle.Render("Esc"))
 
@@ -5939,8 +5918,6 @@ func (m setupMenuModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 func (m setupMenuModel) View() string {
 	var b strings.Builder
 
-	selectedStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")).Bold(true)
-
 	// Calculate box width for title bar
 	boxContentWidth := m.width - 2
 	if boxContentWidth < 60 {
@@ -5952,9 +5929,6 @@ func (m setupMenuModel) View() string {
 	b.WriteString(renderTitleBar("🔧 Setup", m.username, m.organization, innerWidth) + "\n")
 	b.WriteString("\n")
 
-	// Menu items - same format as Home screen
-	selectorStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")) // Blue selector
-	
 	// Find the longest name for alignment
 	maxNameWidth := 0
 	for _, choice := range m.choices {
@@ -5981,14 +5955,7 @@ func (m setupMenuModel) View() string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Create border style
-	borderStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
-		BorderForeground(borderColor).
-		Padding(0, 1).
-		Width(boxContentWidth)
-
-	return borderStyle.Render(b.String())
+	return boxStyle(boxContentWidth).Render(b.String())
 }
 
 // RunSetupMenu runs the setup submenu
@@ -6114,7 +6081,7 @@ type (
 func newSelectOrgModel(homeDir, username string, fromLogin bool) selectOrgModel {
 	s := spinner.New()
 	s.Spinner = spinner.Dot
-	s.Style = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12"))
+	s.Style = accentStyle
 
 	ti := textinput.New()
 	ti.Placeholder = ""
@@ -6333,14 +6300,7 @@ func (m selectOrgModel) View() string {
 		maxContentWidth = 64
 	}
 
-	// Create border style
-	borderStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
-		BorderForeground(borderColor).
-		Padding(0, 1).
-		Width(maxContentWidth)
-
-	return borderStyle.Render(content)
+	return boxStyle(maxContentWidth).Render(content)
 }
 
 func (m selectOrgModel) renderLoadingView() string {
@@ -6358,8 +6318,6 @@ func (m selectOrgModel) renderLoadingView() string {
 	b.WriteString("\n")
 	
 	// Back menu item
-	selectorStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12"))
-	selectedStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")).Bold(true)
 	paddedName := fmt.Sprintf("%-4s", "Back")
 	b.WriteString(selectorStyle.Render("▶") + " ←  " + titleStyle.Render(paddedName) + "  " + selectedStyle.Render("Esc"))
 
@@ -6378,9 +6336,6 @@ func (m selectOrgModel) renderListView() string {
 	b.WriteString(renderTitleBar("🔧 Setup / 🏢 Select organization", m.username, "", innerWidth) + "\n")
 	b.WriteString("\n")
 
-	selectorStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12"))
-	selectedStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")).Bold(true)
-
 	// Show filtered organizations (max 10)
 	displayOrgs := m.filtered
 	if len(displayOrgs) > 10 {
@@ -6728,14 +6683,7 @@ func (m patLoginModel) View() string {
 		maxContentWidth = 64
 	}
 
-	// Create border style
-	borderStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
-		BorderForeground(borderColor).
-		Padding(0, 1).
-		Width(maxContentWidth)
-
-	return borderStyle.Render(content)
+	return boxStyle(maxContentWidth).Render(content)
 }
 
 func (m patLoginModel) renderTokenInputView() string {
@@ -6747,9 +6695,6 @@ func (m patLoginModel) renderTokenInputView() string {
 		maxContentWidth = 64
 	}
 	innerWidth := maxContentWidth - 2
-	selectorStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12"))
-	selectedStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("12")).Bold(true)
-	titleStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true)
 	
 	b.WriteString(renderTitleBar("🔧 Setup / 🔑 Login with PAT", m.currentUsername, m.currentOrg, innerWidth) + "\n")
 	b.WriteString("\n")
diff --git a/main.md b/main.md
index 96d8597..7949b53 100644
--- a/main.md
+++ b/main.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Right side components (shown only when available):
 2. Show menu with appropriate status in title bar
 3. When user selects Setup, show the setup submenu
 4. When user selects Pull, prompt for organization if not set, then run pull
-5. After pull completes or fails, show "Press enter to continue" and wait for Enter key, then return to menu
+5. After pull completes or fails, show the standard "← Back" option (styled like Setup menu) and wait for Enter/Esc key, then return to menu
 6. When user selects Exit, exit cleanly
 
 ## Setup Menu
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ Operation:
 - Always pull all items (no selective sync from TUI)
 - Maintain console output showing selected items and status
 - Use `log/slog` custom logger for last 10 log messages with timestamps in console output
-- On completion or error, show "Press enter to continue" message and wait for Enter key before returning to main menu
+- On completion or error, show the standard "← Back" option (styled like Setup menu) and wait for Enter/Esc key before returning to main menu
 
 ### Console Rendering with Bubble Tea
 
@@ -679,14 +679,45 @@ Console when an error occurs:
 - Store width/height in model state
 - Layout adjusts automatically on next render
 
-**Color Scheme:**
+**UI Style System:**
 
-- Purple border color (#874BFD light / #7D56F4 dark)
-- Bright blue (#12) for active items
-- Bright green (#10) for completed ✅
-- Dim gray (#240) for skipped 🔕
-- Bright red (#9) for failed ❌
-- Applied via `lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground()`
+Define styles once as global variables, reuse everywhere. Use semantic color names.
+
+Colors (ANSI 256):
+
+- `borderColor` - AdaptiveColor `#874BFD` light / `#7D56F4` dark (purple)
+- `accentColor` - Color `12` (bright blue) - primary UI accent
+- `dimColor` - Color `240` (gray)
+- `successColor` - Color `10` (bright green)
+- `errorColor` - Color `9` (bright red)
+- `warnColor` - Color `220` (gold/yellow)
+
+Text styles (global variables):
+
+- `titleStyle` - Bold, no color - for menu item names, section headers
+- `dimStyle` - Foreground dimColor - for inactive/secondary text
+- `successStyle` - Foreground successColor - for success messages ✅
+- `errorStyle` - Foreground errorColor - for error messages ❌
+- `accentStyle` - Foreground accentColor - for active items, spinners
+- `selectedStyle` - Foreground accentColor + Bold - for selected item text, keyboard hints
+
+Component styles (global variables):
+
+- `selectorStyle` - Foreground accentColor - for `▶` cursor indicator
+
+Box helper function:
+
+- `boxStyle(width int) lipgloss.Style` - creates border style with rounded border, borderColor, padding 0/1, and specified width
+
+Usage patterns:
+
+- Menu selector: `selectorStyle.Render("▶")`
+- Menu item name: `titleStyle.Render(name)`
+- Menu item description (unselected): `dimStyle.Render(desc)`
+- Menu item description (selected): `selectedStyle.Render(desc)`
+- Keyboard hint: `selectedStyle.Render("Esc")`
+- Spinner: Use `accentStyle` as spinner style
+- Text input prompt: Use `accentStyle` as prompt style
 
 **Milestone Celebrations:**