diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74472ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js
@@ -0,0 +1,410 @@
+// Y3R C4LL domain — the dashboard pane for things blocked on an operator
+// decision: approvals, the operator's question queue, and the operator
+// inbox (messages agents sent to `to="operator"`). Lifted out of the
+// dashboard entry (tabs.js) into its own module so the entry stays a thin
+// coordinator; mirrors the permissions.js / schedules.js extractions.
+//
+// State the tab owns lives here (module-local); the one genuinely
+// cross-domain store, `questionsState`, lives in state.js because the
+// SW4RM container rows read it too.
+//
+// Tab-count wiring: like schedules.js this module does not call the
+// coordinator's `refreshTabCounts` directly (that would be a circular
+// import). Instead it exposes count getters the coordinator pulls, and the
+// live-mutation paths call an injected `onCountsChanged` callback the entry
+// registers once via `initCall`.
+
+import { $, el, form, Panel, appendLinkified } from './common.js';
+import { fmtAgo } from './util.js';
+
+// Registered by the dashboard entry at boot; defaults to a no-op so the
+// module is safe to call before wiring.
+let onCountsChanged = () => {};
+
+export function initCall(opts = {}) {
+  if (typeof opts.onCountsChanged === 'function') onCountsChanged = opts.onCountsChanged;
+}
+
+// ─── operator inbox — unread agent→operator messages ────────────
+// The Y3R C4LL tab surfaces messages agents `send(to: "operator")` so
+// the operator stops missing them. Unread = broker rows to "operator"
+// with `acked_at IS NULL`; cold-loaded from `/api/operator-inbox`,
+// appended live from the broker `sent` stream, and cleared via the
+// existing per-recipient ack (`POST /api/agent/operator/mark-all-read`).
+// Count folds into the Y3R C4LL pill + browser-title prefix.
+let operatorInbox = []; // [{ id, from, body, at, file_refs }], newest-first
+
+export function operatorInboxCount() { return operatorInbox.length; }
+
+export async function refreshOperatorInbox() {
+  try {
+    const r = await fetch('/api/operator-inbox');
+    if (r.ok) {
+      const data = await r.json();
+      operatorInbox = Array.isArray(data.messages) ? data.messages : [];
+    }
+  } catch { /* keep prior list on transient failure */ }
+  renderOperatorInbox();
+  onCountsChanged();
+}
+
+function renderOperatorInbox() {
+  const root = $('operator-inbox-section');
+  if (!root) return;
+  root.replaceChildren();
+  if (!operatorInbox.length) {
+    root.append(el('p', { class: 'meta' }, 'no unread messages'));
+    return;
+  }
+  const mark = el('button', { type: 'button', class: 'btn', id: 'op-inbox-mark-read' },
+    `✓ mark all read (${operatorInbox.length})`);
+  mark.addEventListener('click', markOperatorInboxRead);
+  root.append(el('div', { class: 'inbox-toolbar' }, mark));
+  const fmt = (n) => new Date(n * 1000).toISOString().replace('T', ' ').slice(0, 19);
+  const ul = el('ul', { class: 'inbox' });
+  for (const m of operatorInbox) {
+    const body = el('span', { class: 'msg-body' });
+    appendLinkified(body, m.body, m.file_refs);
+    ul.append(el('li', {},
+      el('span', { class: 'msg-ts' }, fmt(m.at)), ' ',
+      el('span', { class: 'msg-from' }, m.from), ' ',
+      el('span', { class: 'msg-sep' }, '→ '),
+      body,
+    ));
+  }
+  root.append(ul);
+}
+
+async function markOperatorInboxRead() {
+  try { await fetch('/api/agent/operator/mark-all-read', { method: 'POST' }); }
+  catch { /* best-effort; the next refresh reconciles */ }
+  operatorInbox = [];
+  renderOperatorInbox();
+  onCountsChanged();
+}
+
+// Live append from the broker stream — a `sent` frame addressed to
+// "operator". De-dupes on broker row id so a history/live overlap or
+// a refresh racing the stream doesn't double-list.
+export function operatorInboxAppendFromEvent(ev) {
+  if (ev.id != null && operatorInbox.some((m) => m.id === ev.id)) return;
+  operatorInbox.unshift({
+    id: ev.id, from: ev.from, body: ev.body, at: ev.at,
+    file_refs: ev.file_refs || [],
+  });
+  if (operatorInbox.length > 100) operatorInbox.length = 100;
+  renderOperatorInbox();
+  onCountsChanged();
+}
+
+// ─── approvals — the operator config-change / spawn approval queue ────────
+  const APPROVAL_TAB_KEY = 'hyperhive:approvals:tab';
+  // Derived approval state — cold-loaded from /api/state, then mutated
+  // live by `approval_added` / `approval_resolved` dashboard events.
+  // `pending` is the open queue (newest-first); `history` is the last
+  // 30 resolved rows.
+  const APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT = 30;
+  const approvalsState = { pending: [], history: [] };
+  export function activeApprovalCount() { return approvalsState.pending.length; }
+  export function syncApprovalsFromSnapshot(s) {
+    approvalsState.pending = (s.approvals || []).slice();
+    approvalsState.history = (s.approval_history || []).slice();
+  }
+  export function applyApprovalAdded(ev) {
+    // Upsert by id so a snapshot that already included the row (cold
+    // load + event lands at the same tick) doesn't double it.
+    const existing = approvalsState.pending.findIndex((a) => a.id === ev.id);
+    const row = {
+      id: ev.id,
+      agent: ev.agent,
+      kind: ev.approval_kind,
+      sha_short: ev.sha_short || null,
+      diff: ev.diff || null,
+      description: ev.description || null,
+      // The ApprovalAdded event carries no requested_at; a live-added
+      // approval was queued just now, so client-now is accurate — and
+      // consistent with how fmtAgo compares everything to client-now.
+      // A later /api/state cold-load swaps in the server value.
+      requested_at: ev.requested_at != null
+        ? ev.requested_at : Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    };
+    if (existing >= 0) approvalsState.pending[existing] = row;
+    else approvalsState.pending.push(row);
+    renderApprovals();
+  }
+  export function applyApprovalResolved(ev) {
+    // Drop from pending; prepend to history (newest-first), cap at 30.
+    approvalsState.pending = approvalsState.pending.filter((a) => a.id !== ev.id);
+    // Idempotent: a snapshot re-sync (post-disconnect SSE catchup) can
+    // carry this same resolved row in `approval_history` while a live
+    // event also delivers it — guard the unshift so history can't
+    // double a row.
+    if (!approvalsState.history.some((h) => h.id === ev.id)) {
+      approvalsState.history.unshift({
+        id: ev.id,
+        agent: ev.agent,
+        kind: ev.approval_kind,
+        sha_short: ev.sha_short || null,
+        status: ev.status,
+        resolved_at: ev.resolved_at,
+        note: ev.note || null,
+        description: ev.description || null,
+      });
+      if (approvalsState.history.length > APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT) {
+        approvalsState.history.length = APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT;
+      }
+    }
+    renderApprovals();
+  }
+  // Classify each unified-diff line by its leading char so
+  // `.diff-add` / `.diff-del` / `.diff-hunk` / `.diff-file` /
+  // `.diff-ctx` colour the output. Built as text-only spans (no
+  // innerHTML) so there's no HTML-escape surface.
+  function buildDiffPre(text) {
+    const pre = el('pre', { class: 'diff' });
+    for (const raw of String(text).split('\n')) {
+      let cls = 'diff-ctx';
+      if (raw.startsWith('--- ') || raw.startsWith('+++ ')) cls = 'diff-file';
+      else if (raw.startsWith('@')) cls = 'diff-hunk';
+      else if (raw.startsWith('+')) cls = 'diff-add';
+      else if (raw.startsWith('-')) cls = 'diff-del';
+      const span = document.createElement('span');
+      span.className = cls;
+      span.textContent = raw + '\n';
+      pre.appendChild(span);
+    }
+    return pre;
+  }
+
+  // Open an approval's diff in the side panel with a 3-way base
+  // toggle: vs applied (running tree), vs last-approved, vs previous
+  // proposal. `applied` uses the diff already shipped on the approval
+  // for instant paint; the other two fetch /api/approval-diff.
+  function openDiffPanel(a) {
+    const bases = [
+      ['applied', 'vs applied'],
+      ['approved', 'vs last-approved'],
+      ['previous', 'vs previous proposal'],
+    ];
+    const tabs = el('div', { class: 'diff-base-tabs' });
+    const host = el('div', { class: 'diff-host' });
+    async function selectBase(base) {
+      for (const btn of tabs.children) {
+        btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.base === base);
+      }
+      if (base === 'applied' && a.diff != null) {
+        host.replaceChildren(buildDiffPre(a.diff));
+        return;
+      }
+      host.replaceChildren(el('div', { class: 'meta' }, 'loading…'));
+      try {
+        const resp = await fetch('/api/approval-diff/' + a.id + '?base=' + base);
+        const text = await resp.text();
+        host.replaceChildren(resp.ok
+          ? buildDiffPre(text)
+          : el('div', { class: 'meta' }, 'error: ' + text));
+      } catch (e) {
+        host.replaceChildren(el('div', { class: 'meta' }, 'error: ' + e));
+      }
+    }
+    for (const [base, label] of bases) {
+      const btn = el('button',
+        { type: 'button', class: 'diff-base-tab', 'data-base': base }, label);
+      btn.addEventListener('click', () => selectBase(base));
+      tabs.append(btn);
+    }
+    const wrap = el('div', { class: 'diff-panel' }, tabs, host);
+    Panel.open('diff · ' + a.agent + ' #' + a.id, wrap);
+    selectBase('applied');
+  }
+
+  export function renderApprovals() {
+    const root = $('approvals-section');
+    // #approvals-section only lives on /dashboard.html (Y3R C4LL tab);
+    // no-op elsewhere — `approval_added` / `approval_resolved` SSE
+    // events route through here on every page that loads the bundle.
+    if (!root) return;
+    // Save spawn form input + focus state before the DOM wipe so a live
+    // approval_added/resolved event doesn't erase a partially-typed name
+    // or steal focus from the operator.
+    const savedSpawnName = root.querySelector('.spawnform input[name="name"]')?.value ?? '';
+    const spawnHadFocus = document.activeElement === root.querySelector('.spawnform input[name="name"]');
+    root.replaceChildren();
+
+    // Spawn request form: submitting it queues a Spawn approval that
+    // lands in this same list, so the form belongs here rather than on
+    // the containers list (the agent doesn't exist yet).
+    const spawnNameInput = el('input', {
+      name: 'name',
+      placeholder: 'new agent name (≤9 chars)',
+      maxlength: '9', required: '', autocomplete: 'off',
+    });
+    if (savedSpawnName) spawnNameInput.value = savedSpawnName;
+    if (spawnHadFocus) spawnNameInput.focus();
+    const spawn = el('form', {
+      method: 'POST', action: '/request-spawn',
+      class: 'spawnform', 'data-async': '', 'data-no-refresh': '',
+    });
+    spawn.append(
+      spawnNameInput,
+      el('button', { type: 'submit', class: 'btn btn-spawn' }, '◆ R3QU3ST SP4WN'),
+    );
+    root.append(spawn);
+
+    const pending = approvalsState.pending;
+    const history = approvalsState.history;
+    const active = localStorage.getItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY) || 'pending';
+    const tabs = el('div', { class: 'approval-tabs' });
+    const pendingTab = el(
+      'button',
+      {
+        type: 'button',
+        class: 'approval-tab' + (active === 'pending' ? ' active' : ''),
+      },
+      `pending · ${pending.length}`,
+    );
+    const historyTab = el(
+      'button',
+      {
+        type: 'button',
+        class: 'approval-tab' + (active === 'history' ? ' active' : ''),
+      },
+      `history · ${history.length}`,
+    );
+    pendingTab.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      localStorage.setItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY, 'pending');
+      renderApprovals();
+    });
+    historyTab.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      localStorage.setItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY, 'history');
+      renderApprovals();
+    });
+    tabs.append(pendingTab, historyTab);
+    root.append(tabs);
+
+    if (active === 'history') {
+      renderApprovalHistory(root, history);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!pending.length) {
+      root.append(el('p', { class: 'empty' }, 'queue empty'));
+      return;
+    }
+    // forge link base — only when the hive-forge container is up.
+    const fs = window.__hyperhive_state;
+    const hostname = (fs && fs.hostname) || window.location.hostname;
+    // Prefer state.forge_public_url (set when forge.behindGateway=true,
+    // e.g. "https://forge.pr1ma.darkest.space") over the direct :3000 port.
+    const forgeBase = (fs && fs.forge_present)
+      ? (fs.forge_public_url || `http://${hostname}:3000`)
+      : null;
+
+    const ul = el('ul', { class: 'approvals' });
+    for (const a of pending) {
+      const isApply = a.kind === 'apply_commit';
+      const isInit = a.kind === 'init_config';
+      const li = el('li', { class: 'approval-card' });
+
+      // ── identity header ──────────────────────────────────────────
+      const head = el('div', { class: 'approval-head' },
+        el('span', { class: 'glyph' }, isApply ? '→' : '⊕'),
+        el('span', { class: 'id' }, '#' + a.id),
+        el('span', { class: 'agent' }, a.agent),
+        el('span', { class: 'kind' + (isApply ? '' : ' kind-spawn') },
+          isApply ? 'apply' : isInit ? 'init' : 'spawn'),
+      );
+      if (isApply && a.sha_short) head.append(el('code', {}, a.sha_short));
+      // When the approval was requested — relative time, right-aligned.
+      // Goes amber once it's been pending an hour so a stale request is
+      // obvious at a glance (see docs/web-ui.md::Approval card).
+      if (a.requested_at != null) {
+        const ageSec = Math.max(0, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000 - a.requested_at));
+        head.append(el('span', {
+          class: 'approval-ts' + (ageSec >= 3600 ? ' stale' : ''),
+          title: 'requested ' + new Date(a.requested_at * 1000).toLocaleString(),
+          'data-requested-at': String(a.requested_at),
+        }, 'requested ' + fmtAgo(a.requested_at)));
+      }
+      li.append(head);
+
+      // ── what-changed body ────────────────────────────────────────
+      const body = el('div', { class: 'approval-body' });
+      if (a.description) {
+        body.append(el('div', { class: 'approval-description' }, a.description));
+      }
+      if (isApply) {
+        const drill = el('div', { class: 'drill-ins' });
+        const diffBtn = el('button', { type: 'button', class: 'panel-trigger' },
+          '↳ view diff');
+        diffBtn.addEventListener('click', () => openDiffPanel(a));
+        drill.append(diffBtn);
+        if (forgeBase && a.sha_short) {
+          drill.append(el('a', {
+            class: 'panel-trigger', target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener',
+            href: `${forgeBase}/agent-configs/${a.agent}/commit/${a.sha_short}`,
+            title: 'this proposal commit on the hive forge',
+          }, '↳ commit on forge ↗'));
+        }
+        body.append(drill);
+      } else {
+        body.append(el('span', { class: 'meta' },
+          isInit
+            ? 'scaffold proposed config repo — manager customises agent.nix before spawn'
+            : 'new sub-agent — container will be created on approve'));
+      }
+      li.append(body);
+
+      // ── decision actions ─────────────────────────────────────────
+      // Deny prompts the operator for an optional reason; the submit
+      // handler stashes it into a hidden `note` input that rides along
+      // on the POST and is surfaced to the manager via
+      // HelperEvent::ApprovalResolved { note }.
+      const denyForm = el('form', {
+        method: 'POST', action: '/deny/' + a.id,
+        class: 'inline', 'data-async': '', 'data-no-refresh': '',
+        'data-prompt': 'reason for denying (optional, sent to manager):',
+      });
+      denyForm.append(el('button', { type: 'submit', class: 'btn btn-deny' }, 'DENY'));
+      li.append(el('div', { class: 'approval-actions' },
+        form('/approve/' + a.id, 'btn-approve', '◆ APPR0VE', null, {}, { noRefresh: true }),
+        denyForm,
+      ));
+
+      ul.append(li);
+    }
+    root.append(ul);
+  }
+
+  function renderApprovalHistory(root, history) {
+    if (!history.length) {
+      root.append(el('p', { class: 'empty' }, 'no resolved approvals yet'));
+      return;
+    }
+    const ul = el('ul', { class: 'approvals approvals-history' });
+    for (const a of history) {
+      const li = el('li');
+      const row = el('div', { class: 'row' });
+      const glyph = a.status === 'approved' ? '✓'
+        : a.status === 'denied' ? '✗'
+        : a.status === 'cancelled' ? '⊘'
+        : '⚠';
+      row.append(
+        el('span', { class: 'glyph glyph-' + a.status }, glyph), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'id' }, '#' + a.id), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'agent' }, a.agent), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'kind' }, a.kind === 'apply_commit' ? 'apply' : a.kind === 'init_config' ? 'init' : 'spawn'), ' ',
+      );
+      if (a.sha_short) row.append(el('code', {}, a.sha_short), ' ');
+      row.append(
+        el('span', { class: 'status status-' + a.status }, a.status), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'msg-ts' }, fmtAgo(a.resolved_at)),
+      );
+      li.append(row);
+      if (a.note) {
+        li.append(el('div', { class: 'history-note' }, a.note));
+      }
+      ul.append(li);
+    }
+    root.append(ul);
+  }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js
index b23e256f..b53534d4 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js
@@ -23,3 +23,13 @@ export function syncContainersFromSnapshot(s) {
   containersState.clear();
   for (const c of s.containers || []) containersState.set(c.name, c);
 }
+
+// Derived question state — the other genuinely cross-domain store. Owned by
+// the Y3R C4LL questions domain (`call.js`: cold-loaded from /api/state, then
+// mutated live by `question_added` / `question_resolved` events), but also
+// read by the SW4RM container rows, which render per-agent asker/target
+// question-count badges off `questionsState.pending`. It lives here for the
+// same reason as `containersState`: a single source of truth both domains
+// import by reference rather than threading through call signatures.
+export const QUESTION_HISTORY_LIMIT = 20;
+export const questionsState = { pending: [], history: [] };
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index cf00e721..f8446107 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ import {
   openStream, renderServerWarnings, bindAsyncForms,
 } from './common.js';
 import { createTabStrip } from '@hive/shared/tabs.js';
-import { containersState, syncContainersFromSnapshot } from './state.js';
+import {
+  containersState, syncContainersFromSnapshot,
+  questionsState, QUESTION_HISTORY_LIMIT,
+} from './state.js';
 import { fmtAgo, truncate, fmtElapsed, fmtDuration } from './util.js';
 import {
   applyCapabilitiesChanged, applyToolGroupsChanged,
@@ -29,6 +32,12 @@ import {
   applySchedulesChanged, applyRemindersChanged,
   refreshSchedules, refreshReminders, activeScheduleCount,
 } from './schedules.js';
+import {
+  initCall,
+  refreshOperatorInbox, operatorInboxAppendFromEvent, operatorInboxCount,
+  syncApprovalsFromSnapshot, applyApprovalAdded, applyApprovalResolved,
+  renderApprovals, activeApprovalCount,
+} from './call.js';
 
 // mdNode (in common.js) reads `window.marked` for the markdown side
 // panel preview path. Set it here on the dashboard entry so file
@@ -1181,10 +1190,9 @@ window.marked = marked;
     parent.append(btn);
   }
 
-  // Derived question state — cold-loaded from /api/state, then mutated
-  // live by `question_added` / `question_resolved` dashboard events.
-  const QUESTION_HISTORY_LIMIT = 20;
-  const questionsState = { pending: [], history: [] };
+  // `questionsState` + `QUESTION_HISTORY_LIMIT` now live in state.js (imported
+  // above): the SW4RM container rows read `questionsState.pending` for per-agent
+  // question-count badges, so it's cross-domain shared state, not Y3R-C4LL-local.
   // Keyed row cache: question id → {el, fingerprint}. Allows renderQuestions
   // to reuse <li> elements whose state hasn't changed. The main benefit is
   // preserving textarea draft text and radio/checkbox selections when an
@@ -1595,125 +1603,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
     });
   }, 1000);
 
-  const APPROVAL_TAB_KEY = 'hyperhive:approvals:tab';
-  // Derived approval state — cold-loaded from /api/state, then mutated
-  // live by `approval_added` / `approval_resolved` dashboard events.
-  // `pending` is the open queue (newest-first); `history` is the last
-  // 30 resolved rows.
-  const APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT = 30;
-  const approvalsState = { pending: [], history: [] };
-  function syncApprovalsFromSnapshot(s) {
-    approvalsState.pending = (s.approvals || []).slice();
-    approvalsState.history = (s.approval_history || []).slice();
-  }
-  function applyApprovalAdded(ev) {
-    // Upsert by id so a snapshot that already included the row (cold
-    // load + event lands at the same tick) doesn't double it.
-    const existing = approvalsState.pending.findIndex((a) => a.id === ev.id);
-    const row = {
-      id: ev.id,
-      agent: ev.agent,
-      kind: ev.approval_kind,
-      sha_short: ev.sha_short || null,
-      diff: ev.diff || null,
-      description: ev.description || null,
-      // The ApprovalAdded event carries no requested_at; a live-added
-      // approval was queued just now, so client-now is accurate — and
-      // consistent with how fmtAgo compares everything to client-now.
-      // A later /api/state cold-load swaps in the server value.
-      requested_at: ev.requested_at != null
-        ? ev.requested_at : Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
-    };
-    if (existing >= 0) approvalsState.pending[existing] = row;
-    else approvalsState.pending.push(row);
-    renderApprovals();
-  }
-  function applyApprovalResolved(ev) {
-    // Drop from pending; prepend to history (newest-first), cap at 30.
-    approvalsState.pending = approvalsState.pending.filter((a) => a.id !== ev.id);
-    // Idempotent: a snapshot re-sync (post-disconnect SSE catchup) can
-    // carry this same resolved row in `approval_history` while a live
-    // event also delivers it — guard the unshift so history can't
-    // double a row.
-    if (!approvalsState.history.some((h) => h.id === ev.id)) {
-      approvalsState.history.unshift({
-        id: ev.id,
-        agent: ev.agent,
-        kind: ev.approval_kind,
-        sha_short: ev.sha_short || null,
-        status: ev.status,
-        resolved_at: ev.resolved_at,
-        note: ev.note || null,
-        description: ev.description || null,
-      });
-      if (approvalsState.history.length > APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT) {
-        approvalsState.history.length = APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT;
-      }
-    }
-    renderApprovals();
-  }
-  // Classify each unified-diff line by its leading char so
-  // `.diff-add` / `.diff-del` / `.diff-hunk` / `.diff-file` /
-  // `.diff-ctx` colour the output. Built as text-only spans (no
-  // innerHTML) so there's no HTML-escape surface.
-  function buildDiffPre(text) {
-    const pre = el('pre', { class: 'diff' });
-    for (const raw of String(text).split('\n')) {
-      let cls = 'diff-ctx';
-      if (raw.startsWith('--- ') || raw.startsWith('+++ ')) cls = 'diff-file';
-      else if (raw.startsWith('@')) cls = 'diff-hunk';
-      else if (raw.startsWith('+')) cls = 'diff-add';
-      else if (raw.startsWith('-')) cls = 'diff-del';
-      const span = document.createElement('span');
-      span.className = cls;
-      span.textContent = raw + '\n';
-      pre.appendChild(span);
-    }
-    return pre;
-  }
-
-  // Open an approval's diff in the side panel with a 3-way base
-  // toggle: vs applied (running tree), vs last-approved, vs previous
-  // proposal. `applied` uses the diff already shipped on the approval
-  // for instant paint; the other two fetch /api/approval-diff.
-  function openDiffPanel(a) {
-    const bases = [
-      ['applied', 'vs applied'],
-      ['approved', 'vs last-approved'],
-      ['previous', 'vs previous proposal'],
-    ];
-    const tabs = el('div', { class: 'diff-base-tabs' });
-    const host = el('div', { class: 'diff-host' });
-    async function selectBase(base) {
-      for (const btn of tabs.children) {
-        btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.base === base);
-      }
-      if (base === 'applied' && a.diff != null) {
-        host.replaceChildren(buildDiffPre(a.diff));
-        return;
-      }
-      host.replaceChildren(el('div', { class: 'meta' }, 'loading…'));
-      try {
-        const resp = await fetch('/api/approval-diff/' + a.id + '?base=' + base);
-        const text = await resp.text();
-        host.replaceChildren(resp.ok
-          ? buildDiffPre(text)
-          : el('div', { class: 'meta' }, 'error: ' + text));
-      } catch (e) {
-        host.replaceChildren(el('div', { class: 'meta' }, 'error: ' + e));
-      }
-    }
-    for (const [base, label] of bases) {
-      const btn = el('button',
-        { type: 'button', class: 'diff-base-tab', 'data-base': base }, label);
-      btn.addEventListener('click', () => selectBase(base));
-      tabs.append(btn);
-    }
-    const wrap = el('div', { class: 'diff-panel' }, tabs, host);
-    Panel.open('diff · ' + a.agent + ' #' + a.id, wrap);
-    selectBase('applied');
-  }
-
   // Peer hives: render link cards as a headline section under SW4RM
   // (state.peer_hives). Called on every state refresh. When nothing is
   // federated, the "P33R H1V3S" headline block is hidden entirely and a
@@ -1749,197 +1638,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
     root.append(ul);
   }
 
-  function renderApprovals() {
-    const root = $('approvals-section');
-    // #approvals-section only lives on /dashboard.html (Y3R C4LL tab);
-    // no-op elsewhere — `approval_added` / `approval_resolved` SSE
-    // events route through here on every page that loads the bundle.
-    if (!root) return;
-    // Save spawn form input + focus state before the DOM wipe so a live
-    // approval_added/resolved event doesn't erase a partially-typed name
-    // or steal focus from the operator.
-    const savedSpawnName = root.querySelector('.spawnform input[name="name"]')?.value ?? '';
-    const spawnHadFocus = document.activeElement === root.querySelector('.spawnform input[name="name"]');
-    root.replaceChildren();
-
-    // Spawn request form: submitting it queues a Spawn approval that
-    // lands in this same list, so the form belongs here rather than on
-    // the containers list (the agent doesn't exist yet).
-    const spawnNameInput = el('input', {
-      name: 'name',
-      placeholder: 'new agent name (≤9 chars)',
-      maxlength: '9', required: '', autocomplete: 'off',
-    });
-    if (savedSpawnName) spawnNameInput.value = savedSpawnName;
-    if (spawnHadFocus) spawnNameInput.focus();
-    const spawn = el('form', {
-      method: 'POST', action: '/request-spawn',
-      class: 'spawnform', 'data-async': '', 'data-no-refresh': '',
-    });
-    spawn.append(
-      spawnNameInput,
-      el('button', { type: 'submit', class: 'btn btn-spawn' }, '◆ R3QU3ST SP4WN'),
-    );
-    root.append(spawn);
-
-    const pending = approvalsState.pending;
-    const history = approvalsState.history;
-    const active = localStorage.getItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY) || 'pending';
-    const tabs = el('div', { class: 'approval-tabs' });
-    const pendingTab = el(
-      'button',
-      {
-        type: 'button',
-        class: 'approval-tab' + (active === 'pending' ? ' active' : ''),
-      },
-      `pending · ${pending.length}`,
-    );
-    const historyTab = el(
-      'button',
-      {
-        type: 'button',
-        class: 'approval-tab' + (active === 'history' ? ' active' : ''),
-      },
-      `history · ${history.length}`,
-    );
-    pendingTab.addEventListener('click', () => {
-      localStorage.setItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY, 'pending');
-      renderApprovals();
-    });
-    historyTab.addEventListener('click', () => {
-      localStorage.setItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY, 'history');
-      renderApprovals();
-    });
-    tabs.append(pendingTab, historyTab);
-    root.append(tabs);
-
-    if (active === 'history') {
-      renderApprovalHistory(root, history);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (!pending.length) {
-      root.append(el('p', { class: 'empty' }, 'queue empty'));
-      return;
-    }
-    // forge link base — only when the hive-forge container is up.
-    const fs = window.__hyperhive_state;
-    const hostname = (fs && fs.hostname) || window.location.hostname;
-    // Prefer state.forge_public_url (set when forge.behindGateway=true,
-    // e.g. "https://forge.pr1ma.darkest.space") over the direct :3000 port.
-    const forgeBase = (fs && fs.forge_present)
-      ? (fs.forge_public_url || `http://${hostname}:3000`)
-      : null;
-
-    const ul = el('ul', { class: 'approvals' });
-    for (const a of pending) {
-      const isApply = a.kind === 'apply_commit';
-      const isInit = a.kind === 'init_config';
-      const li = el('li', { class: 'approval-card' });
-
-      // ── identity header ──────────────────────────────────────────
-      const head = el('div', { class: 'approval-head' },
-        el('span', { class: 'glyph' }, isApply ? '→' : '⊕'),
-        el('span', { class: 'id' }, '#' + a.id),
-        el('span', { class: 'agent' }, a.agent),
-        el('span', { class: 'kind' + (isApply ? '' : ' kind-spawn') },
-          isApply ? 'apply' : isInit ? 'init' : 'spawn'),
-      );
-      if (isApply && a.sha_short) head.append(el('code', {}, a.sha_short));
-      // When the approval was requested — relative time, right-aligned.
-      // Goes amber once it's been pending an hour so a stale request is
-      // obvious at a glance (see docs/web-ui.md::Approval card).
-      if (a.requested_at != null) {
-        const ageSec = Math.max(0, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000 - a.requested_at));
-        head.append(el('span', {
-          class: 'approval-ts' + (ageSec >= 3600 ? ' stale' : ''),
-          title: 'requested ' + new Date(a.requested_at * 1000).toLocaleString(),
-          'data-requested-at': String(a.requested_at),
-        }, 'requested ' + fmtAgo(a.requested_at)));
-      }
-      li.append(head);
-
-      // ── what-changed body ────────────────────────────────────────
-      const body = el('div', { class: 'approval-body' });
-      if (a.description) {
-        body.append(el('div', { class: 'approval-description' }, a.description));
-      }
-      if (isApply) {
-        const drill = el('div', { class: 'drill-ins' });
-        const diffBtn = el('button', { type: 'button', class: 'panel-trigger' },
-          '↳ view diff');
-        diffBtn.addEventListener('click', () => openDiffPanel(a));
-        drill.append(diffBtn);
-        if (forgeBase && a.sha_short) {
-          drill.append(el('a', {
-            class: 'panel-trigger', target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener',
-            href: `${forgeBase}/agent-configs/${a.agent}/commit/${a.sha_short}`,
-            title: 'this proposal commit on the hive forge',
-          }, '↳ commit on forge ↗'));
-        }
-        body.append(drill);
-      } else {
-        body.append(el('span', { class: 'meta' },
-          isInit
-            ? 'scaffold proposed config repo — manager customises agent.nix before spawn'
-            : 'new sub-agent — container will be created on approve'));
-      }
-      li.append(body);
-
-      // ── decision actions ─────────────────────────────────────────
-      // Deny prompts the operator for an optional reason; the submit
-      // handler stashes it into a hidden `note` input that rides along
-      // on the POST and is surfaced to the manager via
-      // HelperEvent::ApprovalResolved { note }.
-      const denyForm = el('form', {
-        method: 'POST', action: '/deny/' + a.id,
-        class: 'inline', 'data-async': '', 'data-no-refresh': '',
-        'data-prompt': 'reason for denying (optional, sent to manager):',
-      });
-      denyForm.append(el('button', { type: 'submit', class: 'btn btn-deny' }, 'DENY'));
-      li.append(el('div', { class: 'approval-actions' },
-        form('/approve/' + a.id, 'btn-approve', '◆ APPR0VE', null, {}, { noRefresh: true }),
-        denyForm,
-      ));
-
-      ul.append(li);
-    }
-    root.append(ul);
-  }
-
-  function renderApprovalHistory(root, history) {
-    if (!history.length) {
-      root.append(el('p', { class: 'empty' }, 'no resolved approvals yet'));
-      return;
-    }
-    const ul = el('ul', { class: 'approvals approvals-history' });
-    for (const a of history) {
-      const li = el('li');
-      const row = el('div', { class: 'row' });
-      const glyph = a.status === 'approved' ? '✓'
-        : a.status === 'denied' ? '✗'
-        : a.status === 'cancelled' ? '⊘'
-        : '⚠';
-      row.append(
-        el('span', { class: 'glyph glyph-' + a.status }, glyph), ' ',
-        el('span', { class: 'id' }, '#' + a.id), ' ',
-        el('span', { class: 'agent' }, a.agent), ' ',
-        el('span', { class: 'kind' }, a.kind === 'apply_commit' ? 'apply' : a.kind === 'init_config' ? 'init' : 'spawn'), ' ',
-      );
-      if (a.sha_short) row.append(el('code', {}, a.sha_short), ' ');
-      row.append(
-        el('span', { class: 'status status-' + a.status }, a.status), ' ',
-        el('span', { class: 'msg-ts' }, fmtAgo(a.resolved_at)),
-      );
-      li.append(row);
-      if (a.note) {
-        li.append(el('div', { class: 'history-note' }, a.note));
-      }
-      ul.append(li);
-    }
-    root.append(ul);
-  }
-
   // ─── state polling ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   let pollTimer = null;
   // Sections whose innerHTML gets blown away on each refresh. If the
@@ -2205,76 +1903,20 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // fires activateTab for the per-tab side-effects on every change.
   createTabStrip($('tabbar'), { defaultId: 'swarm', onShow: activateTab });
 
+  // Register the Y3R C4LL domain's count callback (call.js) — its live
+  // mutations (inbox stream append, mark-read) trigger a tab-count refresh
+  // through this instead of reaching back into the coordinator directly.
+  initCall({ onCountsChanged: refreshTabCounts });
+
 
   // Tab count pills — pure derived data from the existing state
   // stores so SSE-driven updates flow through without extra plumbing.
   // Set `hidden` when the count is zero so the pill doesn't draw
   // attention to an empty room.
-  // ─── operator inbox — unread agent→operator messages ────────────
-  // The Y3R C4LL tab surfaces messages agents `send(to: "operator")` so
-  // the operator stops missing them. Unread = broker rows to "operator"
-  // with `acked_at IS NULL`; cold-loaded from `/api/operator-inbox`,
-  // appended live from the broker `sent` stream, and cleared via the
-  // existing per-recipient ack (`POST /api/agent/operator/mark-all-read`).
-  // Count folds into the Y3R C4LL pill + browser-title prefix.
-  let operatorInbox = []; // [{ id, from, body, at, file_refs }], newest-first
-  async function refreshOperatorInbox() {
-    try {
-      const r = await fetch('/api/operator-inbox');
-      if (r.ok) {
-        const data = await r.json();
-        operatorInbox = Array.isArray(data.messages) ? data.messages : [];
-      }
-    } catch { /* keep prior list on transient failure */ }
-    renderOperatorInbox();
-    refreshTabCounts();
-  }
-  function renderOperatorInbox() {
-    const root = $('operator-inbox-section');
-    if (!root) return;
-    root.replaceChildren();
-    if (!operatorInbox.length) {
-      root.append(el('p', { class: 'meta' }, 'no unread messages'));
-      return;
-    }
-    const mark = el('button', { type: 'button', class: 'btn', id: 'op-inbox-mark-read' },
-      `✓ mark all read (${operatorInbox.length})`);
-    mark.addEventListener('click', markOperatorInboxRead);
-    root.append(el('div', { class: 'inbox-toolbar' }, mark));
-    const fmt = (n) => new Date(n * 1000).toISOString().replace('T', ' ').slice(0, 19);
-    const ul = el('ul', { class: 'inbox' });
-    for (const m of operatorInbox) {
-      const body = el('span', { class: 'msg-body' });
-      appendLinkified(body, m.body, m.file_refs);
-      ul.append(el('li', {},
-        el('span', { class: 'msg-ts' }, fmt(m.at)), ' ',
-        el('span', { class: 'msg-from' }, m.from), ' ',
-        el('span', { class: 'msg-sep' }, '→ '),
-        body,
-      ));
-    }
-    root.append(ul);
-  }
-  async function markOperatorInboxRead() {
-    try { await fetch('/api/agent/operator/mark-all-read', { method: 'POST' }); }
-    catch { /* best-effort; the next refresh reconciles */ }
-    operatorInbox = [];
-    renderOperatorInbox();
-    refreshTabCounts();
-  }
-  // Live append from the broker stream — a `sent` frame addressed to
-  // "operator". De-dupes on broker row id so a history/live overlap or
-  // a refresh racing the stream doesn't double-list.
-  function operatorInboxAppendFromEvent(ev) {
-    if (ev.id != null && operatorInbox.some((m) => m.id === ev.id)) return;
-    operatorInbox.unshift({
-      id: ev.id, from: ev.from, body: ev.body, at: ev.at,
-      file_refs: ev.file_refs || [],
-    });
-    if (operatorInbox.length > 100) operatorInbox.length = 100;
-    renderOperatorInbox();
-    refreshTabCounts();
-  }
+  // The operator inbox (unread agent→operator messages) now lives in
+  // call.js — `refreshOperatorInbox`, `operatorInboxAppendFromEvent`, and
+  // `operatorInboxCount` are imported above. It calls back through the
+  // `onCountsChanged` callback registered via `initCall` at boot.
 
   function setTabCount(tab, n) {
     const el_ = $('tab-count-' + tab);
@@ -2296,9 +1938,9 @@ window.marked = marked;
     // Y3R C4LL — pending approvals + operator-targeted questions +
     // unread agent→operator messages.
     const callCount =
-      (approvalsState?.pending?.length ?? 0) +
+      activeApprovalCount() +
       (questionsState?.pending?.length ?? 0) +
-      operatorInbox.length;
+      operatorInboxCount();
     setTabCount('call', callCount);
     // Browser tab title prefix — lets the operator see the pending
     // call count without switching to the window. Strips any existing