diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4bdcb5..0bacce2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ boundary - without an opinion about what the agent is for. A setup is one
 holds the primitives, [beaver-agent](https://git.kotikot.com/beaver/beaver-agent)
 is a full setup built on them.
 
+![The admin: what is in motion, what waits for an answer, the context and the quotas, the graph around the master](preview/shots/admin-now.webp)
+
 ## What it gives a setup
 
 - **agents/** - what an agent is: a Claude agent with a prompt per
@@ -32,7 +34,13 @@ is a full setup built on them.
 - **storage/** - SQLModel tables and the Postgres session store.
 
 `config.py` defines `Gateway` and loads a setup; `app.py` builds the runtime
-from it; `cli.py` is the entrypoint. Every string the gateway puts in front of
+from it; `cli.py` is the entrypoint. The admin SPA in `ui/` is the browser
+window on all of it: conversations by day, the thread with the tree of tool
+calls, the context of the last turn, memory, jobs, usage, tokens and the audit.
+
+![A conversation in the admin: the thread, the queue, the details](preview/shots/admin-thread.webp)
+
+![The Context tab: what the model held on the last turn - harness, prompt granules, skills, the notes the thread reached](preview/shots/admin-context.webp) Every string the gateway puts in front of
 a model or a user has an English default and is overridable
 (`ConversationTexts`, `TelegramTexts`).
 
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diff --git a/ui/src/lib/panel/conversation-view.svelte b/ui/src/lib/panel/conversation-view.svelte
index 90f4b50..e4587b0 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/panel/conversation-view.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/lib/panel/conversation-view.svelte
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     onOpen,
     showTitle = true,
     initialView = "chat",
+    onViewChange,
   }: {
     client: ApiClient;
     id: string;
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@
     showTitle?: boolean;
     // "activity" beside a deep chat's own note: the file is the thread.
     initialView?: string;
+    // The page keeps the open tab in the URL so it survives a reload.
+    onViewChange?: (view: string) => void;
   } = $props();
 
   const host = usePanelHost();
@@ -50,6 +53,10 @@
     historyKey += 1;
   }
 
+  $effect(() => {
+    onViewChange?.(view);
+  });
+
   $effect(() => {
     const { running } = feed.model;
     if (!running) {
diff --git a/ui/src/routes/conversations/[id]/+page.svelte b/ui/src/routes/conversations/[id]/+page.svelte
index 6630ee2..c57976a 100644
--- a/ui/src/routes/conversations/[id]/+page.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/routes/conversations/[id]/+page.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import { goto } from "$app/navigation";
+  import { goto, replaceState } from "$app/navigation";
   import { base } from "$app/paths";
   import { page } from "$app/state";
   import ConversationView from "$lib/panel/conversation-view.svelte";
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@
 
   const id = $derived(page.params.id ?? "");
   const href = (target: string) => `${base}/conversations/${target}`;
+
+  // ``?view=context`` opens that tab and stays in the address bar, so a
+  // reload (or a restart) lands where the reader was. Thread is the default
+  // and keeps the URL clean.
+  const initialView = $derived(page.url.searchParams.get("view") ?? "chat");
+  function remember(view: string) {
+    const url = new URL(page.url);
+    if (view === "chat") {
+      url.searchParams.delete("view");
+    } else {
+      url.searchParams.set("view", view);
+    }
+    if (url.href !== page.url.href) {
+      replaceState(url, page.state);
+    }
+  }
 </script>
 
 <svelte:head><title>Conversation · Beaver</title></svelte:head>
@@ -17,7 +33,9 @@
       client={session.client}
       {href}
       {id}
+      {initialView}
       onOpen={(target) => goto(href(target))}
+      onViewChange={remember}
     />
   {/key}
 {/if}