diff --git a/bin/doom b/bin/doom
index 6ce7dc813..15ca6aaf2 100755
--- a/bin/doom
+++ b/bin/doom
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   (defcli! :main
       ((help-p   ["-h" "--help"]    "Same as help command")
-       (debug-p  ["-d" "--debug"]   "Turns on doom-debug-mode (and debug-on-error)")
+       (debug-p  ["-d" "--debug"]   "Turns on doom-debug-p (and debug-on-error)")
        (yes-p    ["-y" "--yes"]     "Auto-accept all confirmation prompts")
        (emacsdir ["--emacsdir" dir] "Use the emacs config at DIR (e.g. ~/.emacs.d)")
        (doomdir  ["--doomdir"  dir] "Use the private module at DIR (e.g. ~/.doom.d)")
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ with a different private module."
       (print! (info "DOOMLOCALDIR=%s") localdir))
     (when debug-p
       (setenv "DEBUG" "1")
-      (setq doom-debug-mode t)
+      (setq doom-debug-p t)
       (print! (info "Debug mode on")))
     (when yes-p
       (setenv "YES" "1")
diff --git a/core/autoload/debug.el b/core/autoload/debug.el
index ed1683be7..aaf7f008d 100644
--- a/core/autoload/debug.el
+++ b/core/autoload/debug.el
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defvar doom-debug-variables
-  '(doom-debug-mode
+  '(doom-debug-p
     init-file-debug
     debug-on-error
     garbage-collection-messages
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
   "A list of variable to toggle on `doom/toggle-debug-mode'.")
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun doom/toggle-debug-mode (&optional arg)
-  "Toggle `debug-on-error' and `doom-debug-mode' for verbose logging."
-  (interactive (list (or current-prefix-arg 'toggle)))
+(define-minor-mode doom-debug-mode
+  "Toggle `debug-on-error' and `doom-debug-p' for verbose logging."
+  :init-value doom-debug-p
+  :global t
   (let ((value
          (cond ((eq arg 'toggle) (not doom-debug-mode))
                ((> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))))
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ ready to be pasted in a bug report on github."
          (features ,@system-configuration-features)
          (build . ,(format-time-string "%b %d, %Y" emacs-build-time))
          (buildopts ,system-configuration-options)
-         (windowsys . ,(if noninteractive 'batch window-system))
+         (windowsys . ,(if doom-interactive-p window-system 'batch))
          (daemonp . ,(cond ((daemonp) 'daemon)
                            ((and (require 'server)
                                  (server-running-p))
@@ -171,10 +172,10 @@ markdown and copies it to your clipboard, ready to be pasted into bug reports!"
   (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create "*doom-info*"))
         (info (doom-info)))
     (with-current-buffer buffer
-      (unless (or noninteractive
-                  (eq major-mode 'markdown-mode)
-                  (not (fboundp 'markdown-mode)))
-        (markdown-mode))
+      (or (not doom-interactive-p)
+          (eq major-mode 'markdown-mode)
+          (not (fboundp 'markdown-mode))
+          (markdown-mode))
       (erase-buffer)
       (if raw
           (progn
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ markdown and copies it to your clipboard, ready to be pasted into bug reports!"
             (insert! (indent 8 "%-10s %s\n")
                      ((car spec) (cdr spec)))))
         (insert "```\n</details>"))
-      (if noninteractive
+      (if (not doom-interactive-p)
           (print! (buffer-string))
         (switch-to-buffer buffer)
         (kill-new (buffer-string))
diff --git a/core/autoload/scratch.el b/core/autoload/scratch.el
index 31a95ec96..645d26e68 100644
--- a/core/autoload/scratch.el
+++ b/core/autoload/scratch.el
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ the first, fresh scratch buffer you create. This accepts:
     (remove-hook 'doom-switch-buffer-hook #'doom-persist-scratch-buffers-after-switch-h)))
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(unless noninteractive
+(when doom-interactive-p
   (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'doom-persist-scratch-buffers-h))
 
 
diff --git a/core/cli/autoloads.el b/core/cli/autoloads.el
index 8150513c3..09e161919 100644
--- a/core/cli/autoloads.el
+++ b/core/cli/autoloads.el
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ one wants that.")
 
 (defun doom-cli--byte-compile-file (file)
   (condition-case-unless-debug e
-      (let ((byte-compile-warnings (if doom-debug-mode byte-compile-warnings))
+      (let ((byte-compile-warnings (if doom-debug-p byte-compile-warnings))
             (byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings t))
         (when (byte-compile-file file)
-          (unless doom-interactive-mode
+          (unless doom-interactive-p
             (add-hook 'doom-cli-post-success-execute-hook #'doom-cli--warn-refresh-session-h))
           (load (byte-compile-dest-file file) nil t)))
     (error
diff --git a/core/cli/byte-compile.el b/core/cli/byte-compile.el
index 2f55f2b48..9b8ccd356 100644
--- a/core/cli/byte-compile.el
+++ b/core/cli/byte-compile.el
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ If RECOMPILE-P is non-nil, only recompile out-of-date files."
       ;; fully loaded. Which usually aren't so in an noninteractive session.
       (let ((load-prefer-newer t)
             (noninteractive t)
-            doom-interactive-mode)
+            doom-interactive-p)
         (doom-initialize 'force)
         (quiet! (doom-initialize-packages))))
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ module. This does not include your byte-compiled, third party packages.'"
   (print-group!
    (cl-loop with default-directory = doom-emacs-dir
             with success = 0
-            with esc = (if doom-debug-mode "" "\033[1A")
+            with esc = (if doom-debug-p "" "\033[1A")
             for path
             in (append (doom-glob doom-emacs-dir "*.elc")
                        (doom-files-in doom-private-dir :match "\\.elc$" :depth 1)
diff --git a/core/cli/doctor.el b/core/cli/doctor.el
index 3d708368d..b2636a121 100644
--- a/core/cli/doctor.el
+++ b/core/cli/doctor.el
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ in."
   (print! (start "Checking Doom Emacs..."))
   (condition-case-unless-debug ex
       (print-group!
-       (let ((doom-interactive-mode 'doctor))
+       (let ((doom-interactive-p 'doctor))
          (doom-initialize 'force)
          (doom-initialize-modules))
 
diff --git a/core/cli/env.el b/core/cli/env.el
index b9090617b..a46d760b0 100644
--- a/core/cli/env.el
+++ b/core/cli/env.el
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ default, on Linux, this is '$SHELL -ic /usr/bin/env'. Variables in
                   "Generating")
                 (path env-file))
         (print-group!
-         (when doom-interactive-mode
+         (when doom-interactive-p
            (user-error "'doom env' must be run on the command line, not an interactive session"))
          (goto-char (point-min))
          (insert
diff --git a/core/cli/packages.el b/core/cli/packages.el
index a6c7ec4e5..dd15c4d12 100644
--- a/core/cli/packages.el
+++ b/core/cli/packages.el
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ list remains lean."
           nil (mapcar (doom-rpartial #'gethash straight--repo-cache)
                       (mapcar #'symbol-name straight-recipe-repositories)))
          (recipe package type local-repo)
-       (let ((esc (unless doom-debug-mode "\033[1A"))
+       (let ((esc (unless doom-debug-p "\033[1A"))
              (ref (straight-vc-get-commit type local-repo))
              newref output)
          (print! (start "\033[KUpdating recipes for %s...%s") package esc)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ declaration) or dependency thereof that hasn't already been."
          (packages-to-rebuild (make-hash-table :test 'equal))
          (repos-to-rebuild (make-hash-table :test 'equal))
          (total (length recipes))
-         (esc (unless doom-debug-mode "\033[1A"))
+         (esc (unless doom-debug-p "\033[1A"))
          (i 0)
          errors)
     (when recipes
diff --git a/core/core-cli.el b/core/core-cli.el
index 13c988519..5f4c9c532 100644
--- a/core/core-cli.el
+++ b/core/core-cli.el
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ original state.")
 (defadvice! doom--straight-fallback-to-y-or-n-prompt-a (orig-fn &optional prompt)
   :around #'straight-are-you-sure
   (or doom-auto-accept
-      (if doom-interactive-mode
+      (if doom-interactive-p
           (funcall orig-fn prompt)
         (y-or-n-p (format! "%s" (or prompt ""))))))
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ original state.")
 (defadvice! doom--straight-fallback-to-tty-prompt-a (orig-fn prompt actions)
   "Modifies straight to prompt on the terminal when in noninteractive sessions."
   :around #'straight--popup-raw
-  (if doom-interactive-mode
+  (if doom-interactive-p
       (funcall orig-fn prompt actions)
     (let ((doom--straight-discard-options doom--straight-discard-options))
       ;; We can't intercept C-g, so no point displaying any options for this key
diff --git a/core/core-editor.el b/core/core-editor.el
index 165dd5d48..b58bedaac 100644
--- a/core/core-editor.el
+++ b/core/core-editor.el
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ files, so we replace calls to `pp' with the much faster `prin1'."
 
 (use-package! dtrt-indent
   ;; Automatic detection of indent settings
-  :when doom-interactive-mode
+  :when doom-interactive-p
   :hook ((change-major-mode-after-body read-only-mode) . doom-detect-indentation-h)
   :config
   (defun doom-detect-indentation-h ()
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ files, so we replace calls to `pp' with the much faster `prin1'."
                 (memq major-mode doom-detect-indentation-excluded-modes)
                 (member (substring (buffer-name) 0 1) '(" " "*")))
       ;; Don't display messages in the echo area, but still log them
-      (let ((inhibit-message (not doom-debug-mode)))
+      (let ((inhibit-message (not doom-debug-p)))
         (dtrt-indent-mode +1))))
 
   ;; Enable dtrt-indent even in smie modes so that it can update `tab-width',
diff --git a/core/core-lib.el b/core/core-lib.el
index 75e90e060..1f44c06ff 100644
--- a/core/core-lib.el
+++ b/core/core-lib.el
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ list is returned as-is."
   (substring (symbol-name keyword) 1))
 
 (defmacro doom-log (format-string &rest args)
-  "Log to *Messages* if `doom-debug-mode' is on.
+  "Log to *Messages* if `doom-debug-p' is on.
 Does not interrupt the minibuffer if it is in use, but still logs to *Messages*.
 Accepts the same arguments as `message'."
-  `(when doom-debug-mode
+  `(when doom-debug-p
      (let ((inhibit-message (active-minibuffer-window)))
        (message
         ,(concat (propertize "DOOM " 'face 'font-lock-comment-face)
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ the same name, for use with `funcall' or `apply'. ARGLIST and BODY are as in
 
 This silences calls to `message', `load', `write-region' and anything that
 writes to `standard-output'."
-  `(if doom-debug-mode
+  `(if doom-debug-p
        (progn ,@forms)
-     ,(if doom-interactive-mode
+     ,(if doom-interactive-p
           `(let ((inhibit-message t)
                  (save-silently t))
              (prog1 ,@forms (message "")))
diff --git a/core/core-modules.el b/core/core-modules.el
index db7104c25..43be58de2 100644
--- a/core/core-modules.el
+++ b/core/core-modules.el
@@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ This value is cached. If REFRESH-P, then don't use the cached value."
 (eval-and-compile
   (autoload 'use-package "use-package-core" nil nil t)
 
-  (setq use-package-compute-statistics doom-debug-mode
-        use-package-verbose doom-debug-mode
-        use-package-minimum-reported-time (if doom-debug-mode 0 0.1)
-        use-package-expand-minimally doom-interactive-mode))
+  (setq use-package-compute-statistics doom-debug-p
+        use-package-verbose doom-debug-p
+        use-package-minimum-reported-time (if doom-debug-p 0 0.1)
+        use-package-expand-minimally doom-interactive-p))
 
 (defvar doom--deferred-packages-alist '(t))
 
diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index a7870f0ed..a9f244689 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ package's name as a symbol, and whose CDR is the plist supplied to its
                             "://github.com/"
                             (or (plist-get recipe :repo) "raxod502/straight.el")))
           (branch (or (plist-get recipe :branch) straight-repository-branch))
-          (call (if doom-debug-mode #'doom-exec-process #'doom-call-process)))
+          (call (if doom-debug-p #'doom-exec-process #'doom-call-process)))
       (if (not (file-directory-p repo-dir))
           (message "Installing straight...")
         ;; TODO Rethink this clumsy workaround
diff --git a/core/core-projects.el b/core/core-projects.el
index d1a840b9b..627b66c0c 100644
--- a/core/core-projects.el
+++ b/core/core-projects.el
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Emacs.")
              projectile-locate-dominating-file)
   :init
   (setq projectile-cache-file (concat doom-cache-dir "projectile.cache")
-        projectile-enable-caching doom-interactive-mode
+        projectile-enable-caching doom-interactive-p
         projectile-globally-ignored-files '(".DS_Store" "Icon
" "TAGS")
         projectile-globally-ignored-file-suffixes '(".elc" ".pyc" ".o")
         projectile-kill-buffers-filter 'kill-only-files
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ b) represent blacklisted directories that are too big, change too often or are
    private. (see `doom-projectile-cache-blacklist'),
 c) are not valid projectile projects."
       (when (and (bound-and-true-p projectile-projects-cache)
-                 doom-interactive-mode)
+                 doom-interactive-p)
         (cl-loop with blacklist = (mapcar #'file-truename doom-projectile-cache-blacklist)
                  for proot in (hash-table-keys projectile-projects-cache)
                  if (or (not (stringp proot))
diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el
index 95045b529..aa910d235 100644
--- a/core/core.el
+++ b/core/core.el
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@
 (defvar doom-init-time nil
   "The time it took, in seconds, for Doom Emacs to initialize.")
 
-(defvar doom-debug-mode (or (getenv "DEBUG") init-file-debug)
+(defvar doom-debug-p (or (getenv "DEBUG") init-file-debug)
   "If non-nil, Doom will log more.
 
 Use `doom/toggle-debug-mode' to toggle it. The --debug-init flag and setting the
 DEBUG envvar will enable this at startup.")
 
-(defvar doom-interactive-mode (not noninteractive)
+(defvar doom-interactive-p (not noninteractive)
   "If non-nil, Emacs is in interactive mode.")
 
 ;;; Directories/files
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ users).")
 (setq message-log-max 8192)
 
 ;; Reduce debug output, well, unless we've asked for it.
-(setq debug-on-error doom-debug-mode
-      jka-compr-verbose doom-debug-mode)
+(setq debug-on-error doom-debug-p
+      jka-compr-verbose doom-debug-p)
 
 ;; Contrary to what many Emacs users have in their configs, you really don't
 ;; need more than this to make UTF-8 the default coding system:
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ users).")
 ;; collect; staving off the collector while the user is working.
 (setq gcmh-idle-delay 5
       gcmh-high-cons-threshold (* 16 1024 1024)  ; 16mb
-      gcmh-verbose doom-debug-mode)
+      gcmh-verbose doom-debug-p)
 
 ;; HACK `tty-run-terminal-initialization' is *tremendously* slow for some
 ;;      reason. Disabling it completely could have many side-effects, so we
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ to least)."
       (add-hook-trigger! 'doom-first-buffer-hook 'after-find-file 'doom-switch-buffer-hook))
     (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook #'doom-load-packages-incrementally-h)
     (add-hook 'window-setup-hook #'doom-display-benchmark-h 'append)
+    (if doom-debug-p (doom-debug-mode +1))
 
     ;; Load core/core-*.el, the user's private init.el and their config.el
     (doom-initialize-modules force-p))
diff --git a/core/test/test-core.el b/core/test/test-core.el
index 8a0844cd5..09d5b3fcc 100644
--- a/core/test/test-core.el
+++ b/core/test/test-core.el
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 ;;; core/test/test-core.el
 
 (describe "core"
-  :var (doom-interactive-mode)
+  :var (doom-interactive-p)
   (before-each
-    (setq doom-interactive-mode nil))
+    (setq doom-interactive-p nil))
 
   (describe "initialization"
     (describe "doom-initialize"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
           (expect 'doom-initialize-packages :to-have-been-called))
 
         (it "doesn't initialize packages if core autoload file was loaded"
-          (let ((doom-interactive-mode t))
+          (let ((doom-interactive-p t))
             (spy-on 'doom-load-autoloads-file :and-return-value t)
             (doom-initialize nil 'noerror)
             (expect 'doom-load-autoloads-file :to-have-been-called-with doom-package-autoload-file)
diff --git a/modules/editor/evil/init.el b/modules/editor/evil/init.el
index 3c629003b..ce58fe724 100644
--- a/modules/editor/evil/init.el
+++ b/modules/editor/evil/init.el
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ;;    disable modules, and to reduce the effort required to maintain our copy of
 ;;    `evil-collection-list' (now I can just copy it from time to time).
 
-(when (and doom-interactive-mode
+(when (and doom-interactive-p
            (not doom-reloading-p)
            (featurep! +everywhere))
 
diff --git a/modules/editor/snippets/config.el b/modules/editor/snippets/config.el
index b888cfb13..f594245c0 100644
--- a/modules/editor/snippets/config.el
+++ b/modules/editor/snippets/config.el
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
   ;; Reduce verbosity. 3 is too chatty about initializing yasnippet. 2 is just
   ;; right (only shows errors).
-  (setq yas-verbosity (if doom-debug-mode 3 0))
+  (setq yas-verbosity (if doom-debug-p 3 0))
 
   ;; default snippets library, if available
   (add-to-list 'load-path +snippets-dir)
diff --git a/modules/tools/lookup/config.el b/modules/tools/lookup/config.el
index 22f944972..a2d7e8b6a 100644
--- a/modules/tools/lookup/config.el
+++ b/modules/tools/lookup/config.el
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Dictionary.app behind the scenes to get definitions.")
   :init
   (add-hook '+lookup-documentation-functions #'+lookup-dash-docsets-backend-fn)
   :config
-  (setq dash-docs-enable-debugging doom-debug-mode
+  (setq dash-docs-enable-debugging doom-debug-p
         dash-docs-docsets-path (concat doom-etc-dir "docsets/")
         dash-docs-min-length 2
         dash-docs-browser-func #'eww)
diff --git a/modules/tools/pdf/config.el b/modules/tools/pdf/config.el
index 9e9025dee..0664dcab3 100644
--- a/modules/tools/pdf/config.el
+++ b/modules/tools/pdf/config.el
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   (setq-hook! 'pdf-view-mode-hook evil-normal-state-cursor (list nil))
 
   ;; Install epdfinfo binary if needed, blocking until it is finished
-  (when doom-interactive-mode
+  (when doom-interactive-p
     (require 'pdf-tools)
     (unless (file-executable-p pdf-info-epdfinfo-program)
       (let ((wconf (current-window-configuration)))