diff --git a/hive-c0re/assets/app.js b/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
index 600d672..d9eafbf 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
+++ b/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
@@ -955,17 +955,19 @@
   refreshState();
   NOTIF.bind();
 
-  // ─── message flow SSE ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // ─── message flow: shared terminal pane ────────────────────────────────
+  // Scroll, pill, backfill + SSE plumbing live in hive-fr0nt::TERMINAL_JS
+  // (window.HiveTerminal). What stays here is the broker-message
+  // renderer + the page-local side effects (banner pulse, inbox refresh
+  // on operator-bound traffic, OS notifications).
   (() => {
     const flow = $('msgflow');
-    if (!flow) return;
+    if (!flow || !window.HiveTerminal) return;
     flow.innerHTML = '';
-    const es = new EventSource('/messages/stream');
-    const MAX_ROWS = 200;
     const tsFmt = (n) => new Date(n * 1000).toISOString().slice(11, 19);
-    // Animate the banner whenever a broker event lands. Each event nudges
-    // the shimmer window; if traffic stops, the class falls off after the
-    // grace timer.
+    // Pulse the page banner whenever a broker event lands. Each event
+    // nudges the shimmer window; if traffic stops, the class falls off
+    // after the grace timer.
     const banner = document.querySelector('.banner');
     let bannerOffTimer = null;
     function pulseBanner() {
@@ -974,40 +976,38 @@
       if (bannerOffTimer) clearTimeout(bannerOffTimer);
       bannerOffTimer = setTimeout(() => banner.classList.remove('active'), 4000);
     }
-    es.onmessage = (e) => {
-      let m;
-      try { m = JSON.parse(e.data); } catch { return; }
-      pulseBanner();
-      // Live-update the inbox when claude sends to operator + ping
-      // the OS notification center.
-      if (m.kind === 'sent' && m.to === 'operator') {
-        refreshState();
-        NOTIF.show(
-          '◆ ' + m.from + ' → operator',
-          String(m.body || '').slice(0, 200),
-          // Unique-per-arrival tag so a burst stacks instead of
-          // overwriting itself in the OS notification center.
-          'hyperhive:msg:' + m.at + ':' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 6),
-        );
-      }
-      const row = document.createElement('div');
-      row.className = 'msgrow ' + m.kind;
-      const kind = m.kind === 'sent' ? '→' : '✓';
-      row.innerHTML =
-        '<span class="msg-ts">' + tsFmt(m.at) + '</span>' +
-        '<span class="msg-arrow">' + kind + '</span>' +
-        '<span class="msg-from">' + esc(m.from) + '</span>' +
+    function renderMsg(ev, api, glyph) {
+      const el = api.row('msgrow ' + ev.kind, '');
+      el.innerHTML =
+        '<span class="msg-ts">' + tsFmt(ev.at) + '</span>' +
+        '<span class="msg-arrow">' + glyph + '</span>' +
+        '<span class="msg-from">' + esc(ev.from) + '</span>' +
         '<span class="msg-sep">→</span>' +
-        '<span class="msg-to">' + esc(m.to) + '</span>' +
-        '<span class="msg-body">' + esc(m.body) + '</span>';
-      flow.insertBefore(row, flow.firstChild);
-      while (flow.childNodes.length > MAX_ROWS) flow.removeChild(flow.lastChild);
-    };
-    es.onerror = () => {
-      flow.insertBefore(Object.assign(document.createElement('div'), {
-        className: 'msgrow meta', textContent: '[connection lost — retrying]',
-      }), flow.firstChild);
-    };
+        '<span class="msg-to">' + esc(ev.to) + '</span>' +
+        '<span class="msg-body">' + esc(ev.body) + '</span>';
+    }
+    HiveTerminal.create({
+      logEl: flow,
+      historyUrl: '/messages/history',
+      streamUrl: '/messages/stream',
+      renderers: {
+        sent:      (ev, api) => renderMsg(ev, api, '→'),
+        delivered: (ev, api) => renderMsg(ev, api, '✓'),
+      },
+      onLiveEvent: (ev) => {
+        pulseBanner();
+        if (ev.kind === 'sent' && ev.to === 'operator') {
+          refreshState();
+          NOTIF.show(
+            '◆ ' + ev.from + ' → operator',
+            String(ev.body || '').slice(0, 200),
+            // Unique-per-arrival tag so a burst stacks instead of
+            // overwriting itself in the OS notification center.
+            'hyperhive:msg:' + ev.at + ':' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 6),
+          );
+        }
+      },
+    });
   })();
 
   // ─── compose: @-mention with sticky recipient ───────────────────────────
diff --git a/hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css b/hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css
index dd89399..beba286 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css
+++ b/hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css
@@ -537,43 +537,28 @@ summary:hover { color: var(--purple); }
 .inbox .msg-from { color: var(--amber); }
 .inbox .msg-sep  { color: var(--muted); }
 .inbox .msg-body { color: var(--fg); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; }
-.msgflow {
-  background: rgba(24, 24, 37, 0.78);
-  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(8px) saturate(120%);
-  backdrop-filter: blur(8px) saturate(120%);
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  padding: 0.8em;
-  font-size: 0.85em;
-  line-height: 1.5;
-  max-height: 32em;
-  overflow-y: auto;
-}
-.msgflow .msgrow {
-  animation: row-fade-in 220ms ease-out both;
-}
-@keyframes row-fade-in {
-  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(4px); }
-  to   { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
-}
-.msgrow { display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto auto auto auto auto 1fr; gap: 0.6em; align-items: baseline; padding: 0.1em 0; }
-.msgrow.sent .msg-arrow { color: var(--cyan); }
-.msgrow.delivered .msg-arrow { color: var(--green); }
+/* `#msgflow` is a shared `.live` pane inside `.terminal-wrap` (see
+   hive-fr0nt::TERMINAL_CSS). The msgrow / msg-* rules below are
+   dashboard-specific: each broker event becomes a grid of timestamp +
+   arrow + from/sep/to + body inside the `.row` shell. */
+.live .msgrow { display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto auto auto auto auto 1fr; gap: 0.6em; align-items: baseline; padding: 0.1em 0; }
+.live .msgrow.sent .msg-arrow { color: var(--cyan); }
+.live .msgrow.delivered .msg-arrow { color: var(--green); }
 .msg-ts { color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.85em; }
 .msg-arrow { font-weight: bold; }
 .msg-from { color: var(--amber); }
 .msg-sep { color: var(--muted); }
 .msg-to { color: var(--pink); }
 .msg-body { color: var(--fg); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; }
+/* Compose box sits inside `.terminal-wrap`, below the `.live` log. The
+   dashed separator mirrors the agent terminal's prompt divider. */
 .op-compose {
   position: relative;
   display: flex;
   align-items: flex-start;
   gap: 0.6em;
-  margin-top: 0.4em;
   padding: 0.55em 0.8em;
-  background: rgba(24, 24, 37, 0.85);
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-top: none;
+  border-top: 1px dashed var(--purple-dim);
 }
 .op-compose-prompt {
   color: var(--purple);
diff --git a/hive-c0re/assets/index.html b/hive-c0re/assets/index.html
index 6af8ef7..257ecb9 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/assets/index.html
+++ b/hive-c0re/assets/index.html
@@ -61,13 +61,15 @@
   <h2>◆ MESS4GE FL0W ◆</h2>
   <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════</div>
   <p class="meta">live tail — newest at the top. tap on every <code>send</code> / <code>recv</code> through the broker. compose below: <code>@name</code> picks the recipient (sticky until you @ someone else); <code>tab</code> completes.</p>
-  <div id="msgflow" class="msgflow"><span class="meta">connecting…</span></div>
-  <div id="op-compose" class="op-compose">
-    <span id="op-compose-prompt" class="op-compose-prompt">@—&gt;</span>
-    <textarea id="op-compose-input" class="op-compose-input"
-              placeholder="@agent message…  (enter sends, shift+enter newline, tab completes @-mention)"
-              rows="1" autocomplete="off"></textarea>
-    <div id="op-compose-suggest" class="op-compose-suggest" hidden></div>
+  <div class="terminal-wrap">
+    <div id="msgflow" class="live"><div class="meta">connecting…</div></div>
+    <div id="op-compose" class="op-compose">
+      <span id="op-compose-prompt" class="op-compose-prompt">@—&gt;</span>
+      <textarea id="op-compose-input" class="op-compose-input"
+                placeholder="@agent message…  (enter sends, shift+enter newline, tab completes @-mention)"
+                rows="1" autocomplete="off"></textarea>
+      <div id="op-compose-suggest" class="op-compose-suggest" hidden></div>
+    </div>
   </div>
 
   <footer>
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@
     <p>▲△▲ <a href="https://git.berlin.ccc.de/vinzenz/hyperhive">hyperhive</a> ▲△▲ hive-c0re on this host ▲△▲</p>
   </footer>
 
+  <script src="/static/hive-fr0nt.js" defer></script>
   <script src="/static/app.js" defer></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/broker.rs b/hive-c0re/src/broker.rs
index b9d6a20..93931d3 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/broker.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/broker.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,36 @@ impl Broker {
             .map_err(Into::into)
     }
 
+    /// Latest `limit` messages across every recipient, newest-first.
+    /// Backs the dashboard's message-flow backfill so a reload doesn't
+    /// blank the operator's view of recent traffic. Returns each row as
+    /// a [`MessageEvent::Sent`] so the dashboard's live renderer (which
+    /// already speaks `MessageEvent`) can replay history through the
+    /// same code path. We don't synthesise `Delivered` events here —
+    /// the recv-side acks live in a different table column and would
+    /// double-render on backfill; the live stream picks them up
+    /// immediately on the first new `recv`.
+    pub fn recent_all(&self, limit: u64) -> Result<Vec<MessageEvent>> {
+        let conn = self.conn.lock().unwrap();
+        let limit_i = i64::try_from(limit.min(i64::MAX as u64)).unwrap_or(i64::MAX);
+        let mut stmt = conn.prepare(
+            "SELECT sender, recipient, body, sent_at
+               FROM messages
+              ORDER BY id DESC
+              LIMIT ?1",
+        )?;
+        let rows = stmt.query_map(params![limit_i], |row| {
+            Ok(MessageEvent::Sent {
+                from: row.get(0)?,
+                to: row.get(1)?,
+                body: row.get(2)?,
+                at: row.get(3)?,
+            })
+        })?;
+        rows.collect::<rusqlite::Result<Vec<_>>>()
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
     /// Number of undelivered messages addressed to `recipient`. Non-mutating
     /// — used by the harness to surface "N unread" in tool-result status
     /// lines without popping the queue.
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index cf0c626..6da925c 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ pub async fn serve(port: u16, coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> Result<()> {
         .route("/op-send", post(post_op_send))
         .route("/meta-update", post(post_meta_update))
         .route("/messages/stream", get(messages_stream))
+        .route("/messages/history", get(messages_history))
+        .route("/static/hive-fr0nt.js", get(serve_shared_js))
         .with_state(AppState { coord });
     let addr = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], port));
     let listener = bind_with_retry(addr).await?;
@@ -133,6 +135,13 @@ async fn serve_app_js() -> impl IntoResponse {
     )
 }
 
+async fn serve_shared_js() -> impl IntoResponse {
+    (
+        [("content-type", "application/javascript")],
+        hive_fr0nt::TERMINAL_JS,
+    )
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 struct StateSnapshot {
     hostname: String,
@@ -699,6 +708,23 @@ fn dir_size_bytes(root: &Path) -> u64 {
     total
 }
 
+async fn messages_history(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Response {
+    // Backfill source for the dashboard message-flow terminal. Returns
+    // up to ~200 historical broker messages as `MessageEvent::Sent` JSON
+    // — same shape as the live `/messages/stream`, so the renderer
+    // doesn't branch on history vs. live.
+    const HISTORY_LIMIT: u64 = 200;
+    match state.coord.broker.recent_all(HISTORY_LIMIT) {
+        Ok(mut events) => {
+            // recent_all returns newest-first; reverse so the replay
+            // builds chronologically (matches the agent /events/history).
+            events.reverse();
+            axum::Json(events).into_response()
+        }
+        Err(e) => error_response(&format!("messages/history failed: {e:#}")),
+    }
+}
+
 async fn messages_stream(
     State(state): State<AppState>,
 ) -> Sse<impl Stream<Item = Result<Event, Infallible>>> {