diff --git a/docs/web-ui.md b/docs/web-ui.md
index 6c88f02a..c05e089f 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui.md
@@ -823,13 +823,7 @@ through. Three flex columns (#394 redesign):
     agent has a forge account; any `hyperhive.dashboardLinks` extras
     (`kind = External`). A `↑ dashboard` link is prepended by the JS
     so the host dashboard is one click away. `GET /api/agent/{name}/links`
-    is the single source of truth. Each `NavLink.kind` resolves
-    differently in the frontend: `Container` → same-origin path
-    (the agent page is itself container-local); `Forge` →
-    `http://<host>:3000<url>`; `External` → already absolute.
-    All anchors are built via `el()` — agent-declared icon /
-    label / url strings never reach `innerHTML` (XSS-safe by
-    construction).
+    is the single source of truth.
   - Row 2 (`.agent-state-row`): alive badge + state badge + model chip
     + ctx badge + cost badge + last-turn chip + cancel button.
     - Alive badge: `● alive` (green) / `⊘ rate limited` (red) /
@@ -877,26 +871,11 @@ header `<h2 id="title">` stays short (#589 phase A).
 and scrolls behind the fixed header + footer.
 - `#status` overlay: empty when online; shows the login form / OAuth
   URL when `status` is `needs_login_*`. The OAuth code input is
-  `type="password"` with a `👁 reveal` toggle that flips it back to
-  `text` on press so the operator can sanity-check the paste before
-  submit — avoids accidental on-screen token exposure to
-  shoulder-surfers or screenshots. `autocomplete="one-time-code"`
-  is the semantic value for OAuth codes (per WHATWG): browsers may
-  silently ignore `autocomplete="off"` on `type="password"`, but
-  `one-time-code` is honoured and suppresses the "save password
-  for this site?" prompt that would otherwise fire on submit.
+  `type="password"` with a `👁 reveal` toggle (#568 — avoids
+  accidental on-screen token exposure; `autocomplete="one-time-code"`
+  for password-manager suppression).
 - Terminal-wrap: live event tail (sticky-bottom auto-scroll +
-  `↓ N new` pill when not at bottom). The pill is **anchored in
-  `.agent-main`**, not in `log.parentElement = .terminal-wrap`:
-  `.terminal-wrap` applies `backdrop-filter: blur` for the frost
-  effect, which creates a CSS stacking context — anchoring the
-  pill inside that context would trap its `z-index` below the
-  fixed composer in the root stacking context, and it'd never
-  float. `.agent-main` has no backdrop-filter (no stacking-context
-  creators), so the pill's `z-index` reaches the root and properly
-  composites above the composer. Geometry is unchanged —
-  `.agent-main` and `.terminal-wrap` both `inset: 0` fill the same
-  area.
+  `↓ N new` pill when not at bottom).
 
 **Fixed-overlay footer** (`<footer class="agent-composer">`): frosted
 glass, symmetric with the header. Contains the operator-input
@@ -910,7 +889,7 @@ dashboard's side panel shape. Carries inbox and loose-ends flyouts
 diffs, journald logs). Inbox flyout: last 30 messages addressed to
 this agent (`AgentRequest::Recent { limit: 30 }`); reply messages
 indented with `↳ reply ·` in amber. A `✓ mark all read` button
-appears in the flyout header when the inbox is non-empty;
+appears in the flyout header when the inbox is non-empty (#559);
 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
@@ -923,31 +902,6 @@ question rows carry an inline answer form that POSTs cross-origin to
 the core dashboard's `/answer-question/{id}` so the operator answers
 *as operator* (see `docs/boundary.md`).
 
-**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">`)
-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
-`/api/loose-ends` refresh runs `reconcileAskBinds()`, which walks
-the slot list and pairs each unbound slot with the first unclaimed
-pending operator-bound question whose `question` text matches the
-slot's stashed `_askQuestion`. On match the slot mounts the
-`buildAnswerForm` (same form shape as the loose-ends flyout —
-POSTs to the core's `/answer-question/{id}` cross-origin). Slots
-stay in the array after binding so the reconciler can flip them
-to a neutral `[resolved]` tag when the question later disappears
-from the pending list. Disappearance can mean answered, cancelled
-by the asker, or TTL-expired — the neutral label avoids
-mis-asserting "✓" on the cancel / expire paths; full resolution
-state is visible via the side-panel history. A defensive prune
-walks the slot list each tick and drops any whose DOM node has
-been removed (e.g. via a future "clear single row" affordance),
-so stale references don't accumulate. Slots whose question never
-arrives (e.g. the agent cancelled the ask, or the question is
-older than the loose-ends retention window) stay empty — the
-operator can still answer via the side panel, no regression.
-
 ### Live view
 
 Each agent runs an `events::Bus`: a `tokio::sync::broadcast<LiveEvent>`
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
index b181d248..c2c4805a 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
@@ -360,15 +360,20 @@ window.marked = marked;
       const code = el('form', {
         action: 'login/code', method: 'POST', class: 'loginform', 'data-async': '',
       });
-      // OAuth code input — masked password + reveal toggle, semantic
-      // autocomplete. See docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page (#status
-      // overlay) for the shoulder-surfer + WHATWG one-time-code
-      // rationale.
+      // #568: OAuth code is a sensitive secret — mask the input with
+      // type="password" so a shoulder-surfer / screenshot doesn't
+      // capture it. The reveal button flips it back to text on press
+      // so the operator can sanity-check the paste before submit.
       const codeInput = el('input', {
         name: 'code',
         type: 'password',
         placeholder: 'paste OAuth code here (hidden)',
         required: '',
+        // `one-time-code` is the semantic value for OAuth codes (per
+        // WHATWG / argus #592 review): browsers may silently ignore
+        // `autocomplete="off"` on `type="password"` inputs, but
+        // `one-time-code` is honoured + suppresses the "save password
+        // for this site?" prompt that would otherwise fire on submit.
         autocomplete: 'one-time-code',
         spellcheck: 'false',
       });
@@ -682,9 +687,17 @@ window.marked = marked;
   let lastLooseEnds = [];
   let lastInbox = [];
 
-  /** 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. */
+  /** #666: ask-operator inline-answer slots awaiting a question id.
+   *  Each entry is the empty `<div class="ask-answer-inline-slot">`
+   *  element appended to an `ask → operator` row by
+   *  `renderRichToolUse`. `reconcileAskBinds()` walks the list on
+   *  every loose-ends refresh, looking up the matching pending
+   *  question by `kind=question` + `target == 'operator'` (or
+   *  missing — broker omits target for operator-bound asks) +
+   *  question text match against the slot's stashed `_askQuestion`.
+   *  Slots stay in the array even after binding so the reconciler
+   *  can flip them back to "answered" if the question later
+   *  resolves. */
   const pendingAskBinds = [];
 
   function buildLooseEndsList(threads) {
@@ -756,32 +769,53 @@ window.marked = marked;
     if (pill) pill.hidden = threads.length === 0;
     Panel.refresh('loose-ends', 'loose ends · ' + threads.length,
       buildLooseEndsList(threads));
-    // Wire inline answer forms into any `ask → operator` rows
-    // waiting on a broker-assigned question id.
+    // #666: wire inline answer forms into any `ask → operator` rows
+    // that have been waiting for their broker-assigned question id.
     reconcileAskBinds();
   }
 
-  /** Walk `pendingAskBinds` against the latest `lastLooseEnds`
-   *  snapshot, pair unbound slots with the first unclaimed pending
-   *  operator-bound question whose text matches, and flip already-
-   *  bound slots to `[resolved]` when their question disappears.
-   *  See docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page (Ask → operator inline-answer
-   *  binding) for the full design + edge cases. */
+  /** #666: for each `ask → operator` row mounted by renderRichToolUse,
+   *  look up the matching pending question in `lastLooseEnds` (by
+   *  target=operator + question text) and inject an inline answer
+   *  form. If a previously-bound slot's question has been resolved
+   *  (no longer in the pending list), replace the form with a small
+   *  `[answered ✓]` tag so the scrollback reflects the closed state.
+   *  Slots whose question never appears (e.g. agent cancelled the
+   *  ask, or the question is older than the loose-ends fetch
+   *  retention) stay empty — the operator can still answer via the
+   *  side panel, no regression. */
   function reconcileAskBinds() {
     if (!pendingAskBinds.length) return;
+    // Build an index of pending operator-bound questions by text.
+    // Note: an agent could in theory ask the same question text
+    // twice; the loose-ends list is small and the broker assigns
+    // distinct ids — we match the first unbound slot to the first
+    // unmatched pending question to keep the pairing stable.
     const pending = lastLooseEnds.filter(
       (t) => t.kind === 'question' && (!t.target || t.target === 'operator'),
     );
-    // Defensive prune: drop slots whose DOM node has been removed.
+    // Defensive prune: drop slots whose DOM node has been removed
+    // (e.g. via a future "clear single row" affordance) so we don't
+    // process detached references on every refresh.
     for (let i = pendingAskBinds.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
       if (!pendingAskBinds[i].isConnected) pendingAskBinds.splice(i, 1);
     }
+    // Track which pending question ids have already been claimed by
+    // an existing bound slot so we don't double-bind on refresh.
     const claimed = new Set();
     for (const slot of pendingAskBinds) {
       if (slot._boundId) claimed.add(slot._boundId);
     }
     for (const slot of pendingAskBinds) {
       if (slot._boundId) {
+        // Already bound — check if the question got resolved. The
+        // loose-ends endpoint only returns pending questions, so
+        // disappearance can mean "answered", "cancelled by asker",
+        // or "TTL expired" (argus #668 review). Use the neutral
+        // `[resolved]` label rather than a check-mark that would
+        // misrepresent the cancel / expire paths; full resolution
+        // state is visible via the question's history in the
+        // side panel.
         const stillPending = pending.some((q) => q.id === slot._boundId);
         if (!stillPending && !slot._resolvedShown) {
           slot.innerHTML = '';
@@ -790,6 +824,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
         }
         continue;
       }
+      // Find the first matching pending question we haven't claimed yet.
       const q = pending.find((p) => p.question === slot._askQuestion && !claimed.has(p.id));
       if (!q) continue;
       claimed.add(q.id);
@@ -803,7 +838,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // 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`).
+  // the in-stream ask-row binder (`reconcileAskBinds`, #666).
   function buildAnswerForm(id) {
     const wrap = el('div', { class: 'answer-form' });
     const ta = el('textarea', { rows: '2', placeholder: 'answer as operator…' });
@@ -1056,9 +1091,14 @@ window.marked = marked;
       const s = await resp.json();
       if (!headerSet) { setHeader(s.label, s.qualified_label, s.dashboard_port); headerSet = true; }
       currentLabel = s.label;
-      // Render server-supplied navigation links — see
-      // docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page (meta-nav) for the NavLink
-      // kind → URL resolution table + XSS-safe DOM-build rationale.
+      // Render server-supplied navigation links — stats, screen, the
+      // forge profile, the agent-configs mirror, plus any
+      // agent-declared `dashboardLinks` extras (issue #262). Each
+      // NavLink's `kind` says how to resolve `url`: Container →
+      // same-origin path (the agent page is itself container-local);
+      // Forge → `http://<host>:3000<url>`; External → already
+      // absolute. DOM-built via el() — agent-declared icon / label /
+      // url strings must NEVER reach innerHTML.
       const metaLinks = $('meta-links');
       if (metaLinks && Array.isArray(s.links)) {
         metaLinks.replaceChildren();
@@ -1466,13 +1506,20 @@ window.marked = marked;
 
     const term = HiveTerminal.create({
       logEl: log,
-      // Anchor the `↓ N new` pill in `.agent-main` rather than the
-      // default `.terminal-wrap` parent — see docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent
-      // page (Terminal-wrap) for the backdrop-filter stacking-context
-      // gotcha.
+      // Anchor the `↓ N new` pill in `.agent-main` (NOT the default
+      // `log.parentElement` = `.terminal-wrap`). `.terminal-wrap`
+      // applies `backdrop-filter` for the frost effect, which
+      // creates a CSS stacking context — the pill's z-index 35
+      // (agent.css #375) then gets TRAPPED inside that context and
+      // can't compete with the fixed composer's z-index 30 in the
+      // root stacking context. Anchoring in `.agent-main` (no
+      // backdrop-filter, no other stacking-context creators) lets
+      // the pill's z-index reach the root and properly float above
+      // the composer. Geometry unchanged — `.agent-main` and
+      // `.terminal-wrap` both `inset: 0` fill the same area.
       pillAnchor: $('agent-main'),
-      // Path-relative URLs so the page mounted under a nginx prefix
-      // (e.g. /agent/<name>/) still hits the right SSE upstream.
+      // Path-relative so the page mounted under a nginx prefix
+      // (e.g. /agent/<name>/) still hits the right SSE upstream (#14).
       historyUrl: 'events/history',
       streamUrl: 'events/stream',
       renderers: {