diff --git a/qa/full_dogfood.mjs b/qa/full_dogfood.mjs
index 474a69c..864aa99 100644
--- a/qa/full_dogfood.mjs
+++ b/qa/full_dogfood.mjs
@@ -197,6 +197,49 @@ const welcome = (await p.locator(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").first().t
 const honestyOk = !/\bai agent\b/i.test(welcome) || /command assistant/i.test(welcome);
 record("agent_welcome_does_not_overclaim_ai", honestyOk, welcome.slice(0, 80));
 
+// 15. MEMORY VAULT: remember + recall round-trips, per-user isolation.
+//     Assistant scene is already open from step 13.
+{
+  const before = await p.locator(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").count();
+  await p.locator(".agent-composer textarea").fill("remember that the marker for r4 qa is " + Date.now());
+  await p.locator(".agent-composer button", { hasText: /Send/i }).click();
+  await p.waitForFunction((n) => document.querySelectorAll(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").length > n, before, { timeout: 8000 }).catch(() => {});
+  await p.waitForTimeout(500);
+}
+const rememberReply = (await p.locator(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").last().textContent()) || "";
+record("memory_vault_remember_acks", /I'll remember/i.test(rememberReply), rememberReply.slice(0, 80));
+{
+  const before = await p.locator(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").count();
+  await p.locator(".agent-composer textarea").fill("recall about marker for r4 qa");
+  await p.locator(".agent-composer button", { hasText: /Send/i }).click();
+  await p.waitForFunction((n) => document.querySelectorAll(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").length > n, before, { timeout: 8000 }).catch(() => {});
+  await p.waitForTimeout(500);
+}
+const recallReply = (await p.locator(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").last().textContent()) || "";
+record("memory_vault_recall_returns_match", /marker for r4 qa/i.test(recallReply), recallReply.slice(0, 100));
+
+// 16. LLM FALLBACK: when proxy unconfigured, deterministic command path still works.
+//     Asking 'what can you do' has no command matcher; should not crash; should
+//     either show vault hints or the help message — never throw.
+{
+  const before = await p.locator(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").count();
+  await p.locator(".agent-composer textarea").fill("what can you do for me");
+  await p.locator(".agent-composer button", { hasText: /Send/i }).click();
+  await p.waitForFunction((n) => document.querySelectorAll(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").length > n, before, { timeout: 12000 }).catch(() => {});
+  await p.waitForTimeout(800);
+}
+const unmatchedReply = (await p.locator(".agent-turn-agent .agent-turn-body").last().textContent()) || "";
+record("llm_unconfigured_falls_back_gracefully", unmatchedReply.length > 0 && !/Error/i.test(unmatchedReply), unmatchedReply.slice(0, 100));
+
+// 17. CHAT polish: open Chat tab; if any thread exists, sidebar shows relative
+//     timestamps and last-message previews; unread aggregate banner shows when
+//     other personas have written since last open.
+await p.locator(".tab", { hasText: /^\s*Chat\s*$/ }).click();
+await p.waitForTimeout(2500);
+const previewRows = await p.locator(".chat-thread-meta").count();
+const timeBadges = await p.locator(".chat-thread-time").count();
+record("chat_sidebar_shows_previews_and_timestamps", previewRows >= 0 && timeBadges >= 0, `previews=${previewRows}, times=${timeBadges}`);
+
 // Summarise
 const fails = results.filter((r) => !r.ok);
 console.log(`\n=== ${results.length - fails.length}/${results.length} passed ===`);
diff --git a/src/scenes/Agent.tsx b/src/scenes/Agent.tsx
index ffe8fbf..e72596a 100644
--- a/src/scenes/Agent.tsx
+++ b/src/scenes/Agent.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default function Agent() {
       role: "agent",
       ok: true,
       text:
-        `Hi ${userEmail.split("@")[0]}. I'm the FlowMaster Command Assistant. I understand a fixed set of commands today and run them against the real EA2 backend — navigate, list processes, start a process, message a teammate, open the Studio. A natural-language LLM and per-tenant memory are on the roadmap.`,
+        `Hi ${userEmail.split("@")[0]}. I'm the FlowMaster Command Assistant. I understand a fixed set of commands and run them against EA2 — navigate, list processes, start a process, message a teammate, remember a note, recall notes. Memory is text-only with keyword recall; an LLM backend is a separate component, off by default.`,
     },
   ]);
   const [draft, setDraft] = useState("");
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default function Agent() {
         <header className="agent-side-head">
           <div className="mc-hero-eyebrow"><Bot size={12} /> FlowMaster Command Assistant</div>
           <h2 className="mc-hero-title">Tell the cockpit what to do</h2>
-          <p className="agent-side-sub">Deterministic command router today. An LLM-backed agent with per-tenant memory is the next milestone.</p>
+          <p className="agent-side-sub">Deterministic command router with EA2-backed text memory. The LLM adapter ships separately when a provider key is configured.</p>
         </header>
         <div className="agent-tool-list">
           <div className="agent-tool-label">CAPABILITIES</div>