diff --git a/docs/web-ui/agent.md b/docs/web-ui/agent.md
index 5f46df80..ff51a5d9 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/agent.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/agent.md
@@ -147,34 +147,42 @@ newlines, Tab-completes slash commands (see "Terminal-embedded
 prompt" below).
 
 **Side panel** (slide-in from right): singleton shared with the
-dashboard's side panel shape. Carries inbox and loose-ends flyouts
-(opened via the header pills) as well as long content (file previews,
-diffs, journald logs). Inbox flyout: unread messages addressed to
-this agent (`acked_at IS NULL`, newest-first, up to 30); reply
-messages indented with `↳ reply ·` in amber. A `✓ mark all read`
-button appears in the flyout header when the inbox is non-empty;
-clicking it confirms then POSTs cross-origin to the core
-dashboard's `POST /api/agent/{name}/mark-all-read` — all pending
-messages for this agent are acked, the harness won't receive
-wake-prompts for them. A `{ marked: N }` pill surfaces the count.
-After the drain the inbox list empties on reload (the filter is
-`acked_at IS NULL`, so drained messages disappear). Loose-ends flyout: questions,
-approvals, reminders, pending inbox messages, and unread matrix
-notifications pending against this agent (`GET /api/loose-ends`);
-question rows carry an inline answer form that POSTs cross-origin to
-the core dashboard's `POST /api/answer-question/{id}` so the operator answers
-*as operator* (see `docs/boundary.md`). Pending inbox messages (`✉ inbox
-— N pending message(s)`) and unread matrix rooms appear informational
-only (not cancellable from the flyout — drain with `recv` / `mark_read`
-in-turn). Tasks flyout: in-flight bash
-tasks (`GET /api/bash-tasks`); each row shows status (`▶ running` /
-`◷ queued`), the task id, elapsed time, and a truncated one-line
-command preview. Read-only — kill/inspect lives in the harness, not
-the page.
+dashboard's side panel shape. Carries inbox and todos flyouts (opened
+via the header pills) as well as long content (file previews, diffs,
+journald logs). Inbox flyout: unread messages addressed to this agent
+(`acked_at IS NULL`, newest-first, up to 30); reply messages indented
+with `↳ reply ·` in amber. A `✓ mark all read` button appears in the
+flyout header when the inbox is non-empty; clicking it confirms then
+POSTs cross-origin to the core dashboard's `POST
+/api/agent/{name}/mark-all-read` — all pending messages for this agent
+are acked, the harness won't receive wake-prompts for them. A `{
+marked: N }` pill surfaces the count. After the drain the inbox list
+empties on reload (the filter is `acked_at IS NULL`, so drained
+messages disappear). Todos flyout ("loose-ends v2"): the harness-local
+todos other subsystems (matrix, forge, bash) push at this agent
+(`GET /api/todos`) — each row shows the producing subsystem, an
+optional source label, a summary, and age. A checkbox per row plus a
+select-all / select-none / `✓ mark done` bulk row above the list POSTs
+the checked ids to `POST /api/todos/mark-done`, which dismisses them
+from the harness-local store (same effect as `cancel_loose_end(kind:
+"todo")`, just from the web UI instead of the agent's own tool calls).
 
-**Ask → operator inline-answer binding.** When the agent emits
-`mcp__hyperhive__ask(to: "operator", ...)`, the tool_use renderer
-mounts an empty slot (`<div class="ask-answer-inline-slot">`)
+Older per-agent flyouts this doc used to describe (a "loose-ends"
+list of questions/approvals/reminders backed by a since-removed
+`GET /api/loose-ends`, and a read-only "tasks" list of in-flight bash
+tasks backed by a since-removed `GET /api/bash-tasks`) no longer
+exist — todos superseded both. One open gap from that migration:
+the "Ask → operator inline-answer binding" described below relies on
+that removed `/api/loose-ends` endpoint and is currently non-functional
+(hyperhive#2922) — the operator can still answer a pending question via
+the main dashboard's own question surfacing, just not inline in this
+agent's terminal.
+
+**Ask → operator inline-answer binding** (currently non-functional,
+see the todos-flyout paragraph above + hyperhive#2922 — described here
+for the intended design, which is what a fix would restore). When the
+agent emits `mcp__hyperhive__ask(to: "operator", ...)`, the tool_use
+renderer mounts an empty slot (`<div class="ask-answer-inline-slot">`)
 right under the `↳ ask → operator` row in the terminal scrollback
 and pushes a reference into `pendingAskBinds`. The broker assigns
 the question id asynchronously, so the slot waits — and the next
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
index b53ecaeb..33e0af8c 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
@@ -792,75 +792,12 @@ window.marked = marked;
 
   /** ask → operator inline-answer slot registry. See
    *  docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page (Ask → operator inline-answer
-   *  binding) for the matching algorithm + resolution semantics. */
+   *  binding) for the matching algorithm + resolution semantics —
+   *  currently non-functional (its data source was the old loose-ends
+   *  endpoint, since removed — tracked on the forge), kept for when
+   *  that's resolved rather than ripped out speculatively. */
   const pendingAskBinds = [];
 
-  function buildLooseEndsList(threads) {
-    // Returns the <div> the side panel renders. The structural shape
-    // mirrors the legacy <details>-collapsible block — same CSS rules
-    // apply via `hive-side-panel .agent-inbox`.
-    const wrap = el('div', { class: 'agent-inbox' });
-    if (!threads.length) {
-      wrap.append(el('p', { class: 'side-panel-empty' },
-        'no loose ends — every question, approval and reminder is resolved.'));
-      return wrap;
-    }
-    const list = el('ul');
-    const fmtAge = (s) => {
-      if (s < 60) return s + 's';
-      if (s < 3600) return Math.floor(s / 60) + 'm';
-      if (s < 86400) return Math.floor(s / 3600) + 'h';
-      return Math.floor(s / 86400) + 'd';
-    };
-    for (const t of threads) {
-      const li = el('li');
-      if (t.kind === 'approval') {
-        li.append(
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-from' }, '◇ approval #' + t.id), ' ',
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-sep' }, t.agent + ' @ ' + (t.commit_ref || '').slice(0, 12)), ' ',
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-ts' }, fmtAge(t.age_seconds || 0) + ' ago'),
-        );
-        if (t.description) {
-          li.append(el('div', { class: 'inbox-body' }, t.description));
-        }
-      } else if (t.kind === 'question') {
-        const target = t.target || 'operator';
-        li.append(
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-from' }, '? #' + t.id), ' ',
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-sep' }, t.asker + ' → ' + target), ' ',
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-ts' }, fmtAge(t.age_seconds || 0) + ' ago'),
-          el('div', { class: 'inbox-body' }, t.question || ''),
-          buildAnswerForm(t.id),
-        );
-      } else if (t.kind === 'reminder') {
-        // due_at arrives as an ISO 8601 string (DateTime<Utc> on the wire).
-        // Parse it to unix seconds before arithmetic — doing `t.due_at - now`
-        // directly yields NaN because a string minus a number is NaN in JS.
-        const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-        const dueAtSec = t.due_at ? Math.floor(new Date(t.due_at).getTime() / 1000) : 0;
-        const dueIn = dueAtSec - now;
-        const dueLabel = dueIn >= 0 ? 'in ' + fmtAge(dueIn) : fmtAge(-dueIn) + ' overdue';
-        li.append(
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-from' }, '⏰ reminder #' + t.id), ' ',
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-sep' }, t.owner + ' · due ' + dueLabel), ' ',
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-ts' }, 'scheduled ' + fmtAge(t.age_seconds || 0) + ' ago'),
-          el('div', { class: 'inbox-body' }, t.message || ''),
-        );
-      } else if (t.kind === 'pending_messages') {
-        li.append(
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-from' }, '✉ inbox'), ' ',
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-sep' }, (t.count || 0) + ' pending message(s)'), ' ',
-          el('span', { class: 'inbox-ts' }, 'drain with recv'),
-        );
-      } else {
-        li.append(el('span', { class: 'inbox-body' }, JSON.stringify(t)));
-      }
-      list.append(li);
-    }
-    wrap.append(list);
-    return wrap;
-  }
-
   /** Bulk "mark done" row for the todos flyout: select all / select none
    *  + a mark-done button, disabled until at least one row is checked.
    *  POSTs the checked ids (comma-joined into one field, same shape as
@@ -1008,8 +945,9 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // Inline "answer as operator" form for a question loose-end. POSTs to
   // the host dashboard (core backend), never this agent's socket — the
   // core is the only place that can stamp `operator` as the answerer.
-  // Used by both the loose-ends side panel (`buildLooseEndsList`) and
-  // the in-stream ask-row binder (`reconcileAskBinds`).
+  // Only live call site today is the in-stream ask-row binder
+  // (`reconcileAskBinds`) — see its doc comment above for why that path
+  // is currently non-functional.
   function buildAnswerForm(id) {
     const wrap = el('div', { class: 'answer-form' });
     const ta = el('textarea', { rows: '2', placeholder: 'answer as operator…' });