diff --git a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/perception/event-manager.ts b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/perception/event-manager.ts
index a3378903d..a963fd0cc 100644
--- a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/perception/event-manager.ts
+++ b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/perception/event-manager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { BotEvent, EventType } from '../types'
+import type { BotEvent, EventCategory } from '../types'
 
 import EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3'
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export class EventManager {
   public emit<T>(event: BotEvent<T>): void {
     // TODO: Temporal Context tracking
     // TODO: Salience Detection / Filtering noise
-    
+
     // Sort/Filter logic could go here in the future
     if (!event.priority) {
       event.priority = 0 // Default priority
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ export class EventManager {
     this.emitter.emit('*', event)
   }
 
-  public on<T>(type: EventType | '*', handler: (event: BotEvent<T>) => void): void {
+  public on<T>(type: EventCategory | '*', handler: (event: BotEvent<T>) => void): void {
     this.emitter.on(type, handler)
   }
 
-  public off<T>(type: EventType | '*', handler: (event: BotEvent<T>) => void): void {
+  public off<T>(type: EventCategory | '*', handler: (event: BotEvent<T>) => void): void {
     this.emitter.off(type, handler)
   }
 
-  public once<T>(type: EventType | '*', handler: (event: BotEvent<T>) => void): void {
+  public once<T>(type: EventCategory | '*', handler: (event: BotEvent<T>) => void): void {
     this.emitter.once(type, handler)
   }
 }
diff --git a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/types.ts b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/types.ts
index bb4fb66bf..8bf373c64 100644
--- a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/types.ts
+++ b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/types.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface CognitiveEngineOptions {
 }
 
 // TODO: currently stimulus is just chat events, consider renaming to 'input' or 'user_interaction'
-export type EventType = 'stimulus' | 'perception' | 'feedback' | 'world_update' | 'system_alert'
+export type EventCategory = 'stimulus' | 'perception' | 'feedback' | 'world_update' | 'system_alert'
 
 export interface BotEventSource {
   type: 'minecraft' | 'airi' | 'system'
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export interface BotEventSource {
 }
 
 export interface BotEvent<T = any> {
-  type: EventType
+  type: EventCategory
   payload: T
   source: BotEventSource
   timestamp: number