diff --git a/tests/test_app_js.py b/tests/test_app_js.py
index 07b45f4c..14feac09 100644
--- a/tests/test_app_js.py
+++ b/tests/test_app_js.py
@@ -428,9 +428,11 @@ def test_phase8_mcp_error_helpers_defined() -> None:
     (interactive consent / forbidden / operator card) moved into the shared
     interactive module with the Pane.  The consent-badge state
     (``_pendingConsentServers`` / ``_onConsentDetected``) stays in the
-    standalone shell — it drives the settings-gear badge — and the pane reaches
-    it through the ``host.onConsentDetected`` seam (a no-op in the console,
-    which has no gear badge).  Pin both halves and the seam."""
+    standalone shell — it drives the rail's Manage-row badge — and the pane
+    reaches it through the ``host.onConsentDetected`` seam.  The shared host
+    bridges that seam to the standalone via ``window.TS_APP.onConsentDetected``
+    (undefined on the console, so it stays a no-op there).  Pin both halves and
+    the bridge."""
     inter = _INTERACTIVE_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     assert "function tryParseMcpError" in inter
     assert "function buildMcpErrorEmbed" in inter
@@ -440,14 +442,42 @@ def test_phase8_mcp_error_helpers_defined() -> None:
     assert "onConsentDetected(s)" in inter, (
         "the pane must notify consent through host.onConsentDetected"
     )
+    # The shared host bridges the seam to the standalone subsystem (feature-
+    # detected, so the console — which never defines the hook — no-ops).
+    assert "window.TS_APP.onConsentDetected(server)" in inter, (
+        "the shared interactive host must bridge onConsentDetected to the TS_APP seam"
+    )
     app = _APP_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     assert "_pendingConsentServers" in app
     assert "function _onConsentDetected" in app
-    assert "onConsentDetected(server)" in app, (
-        "STANDALONE_HOST must wire host.onConsentDetected -> _onConsentDetected"
+    assert "window.TS_APP.onConsentDetected = _onConsentDetected" in app, (
+        "the standalone must expose _onConsentDetected on the TS_APP seam for the pane bridge"
     )
 
 
+def test_consent_badge_drives_rail_manage_row() -> None:
+    """The pending-consent badge was re-homed off the retired settings gear
+    (``#settings-btn``, deleted in the L-shell renovation, which silently made
+    the badge invisible) onto the rail's Manage > Connections row.  Classic
+    app.js can't import the ESM rail module, so it drives the rail's generic
+    ``setRowBadge`` hook through the ``window.TS_SHELL`` bridge — keyed on the
+    standalone's Connections tab.  Pin the new lane and the absence of the dead
+    gear lookup."""
+    app = _APP_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    # The badge refresh must drive the rail bridge, not the deleted gear.
+    assert 'getElementById("settings-btn")' not in app, (
+        "the consent badge must no longer target the retired #settings-btn gear"
+    )
+    assert "shell.setRowBadge(_CONSENT_BADGE_TAB" in app, (
+        "_refreshConsentBadge must drive the rail Manage-row badge via the TS_SHELL bridge"
+    )
+    assert 'const _CONSENT_BADGE_TAB = "connections"' in app, (
+        "the standalone badge rides the Connections Manage tab (its MCP surface)"
+    )
+    # The hydrate + clear paths must still funnel through the single refresh.
+    assert "function loadPendingConsents" in app and "_refreshConsentBadge()" in app
+
+
 def test_media_player_activation_not_duplicated_in_standalone() -> None:
     """The media-player activation (``_loadHls`` / ``_activatePlayer`` + the
     click/keydown delegate) moved into the shared interactive pane so BOTH the
@@ -728,7 +758,9 @@ def test_phase8_css_classes_present_in_stylesheet() -> None:
     connections render in the Admin pane's Connections panel (#view-admin), not a
     floating dialog — so #settings-overlay / #settings-box are no longer pinned.
     The revoke confirm's chrome moved to /shared/hatch.css with the dialog-tier
-    conversion, so no #revoke-mcp-* rule is pinned here either."""
+    conversion, so no #revoke-mcp-* rule is pinned here either.  The pending-
+    consent badge moved off the retired settings gear onto the rail's Manage row
+    (shell.css `.rail-badge`), so `.settings-consent-badge` is gone from here."""
     css = _STYLE_CSS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     for selector in [
         ".mcp-error-card",
@@ -736,9 +768,13 @@ def test_phase8_css_classes_present_in_stylesheet() -> None:
         ".mcp-error-action-btn",
         ".mcp-scope-pill",
         ".settings-revoke-btn",
-        ".settings-consent-badge",
     ]:
         assert selector in css, f"Missing CSS rule for {selector}"
+    # The dead gear-badge rule must be GONE (its host #settings-btn was retired).
+    assert ".settings-consent-badge" not in css, (
+        "the retired settings-gear consent badge CSS must be removed "
+        "(the badge now lives on the rail Manage row — shell.css .rail-badge)"
+    )
 
 
 def test_phase8_consent_url_prefix_check_in_click_handler() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_shell_js.py b/tests/test_shell_js.py
index 1ee779b6..d5d2caa1 100644
--- a/tests/test_shell_js.py
+++ b/tests/test_shell_js.py
@@ -330,6 +330,63 @@ def test_step3_rail_manage_builds_from_admin_seam() -> None:
     assert "aria-expanded" in body, "collapsible group heads must expose aria-expanded"
 
 
+def test_rail_manage_row_badge_hook() -> None:
+    """rail.js owns a GENERIC Manage-row count badge — `setRowBadge(tabKey, count,
+    label?)` stamps a glyph+count chip on a tab row (DS warn `.rail-badge`), and so
+    a COLLAPSED group never hides the signal, mirrors the group's running total onto
+    its head.  rail.js stays agnostic about what the count means (no consent
+    specifics here); a subsystem drives it.  `mountManage` registers the row/head
+    refs and re-applies live counts across a (re)mount.  This is the re-homing
+    target for the MCP consent badge after its settings-gear host was deleted."""
+    body = _RAIL_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "export function setRowBadge(tabKey, count, label)" in body, (
+        "rail must export the generic setRowBadge hook (mechanism, not meaning)"
+    )
+    # The chip pairs colour with a glyph (never colour alone — chip-contrast rule).
+    assert "rail-badge" in body and '"⚠"' in body, (
+        "the badge must carry a ⚠ glyph alongside the count (not colour alone)"
+    )
+    # The collapsed-group head must carry the group total so a hidden row's signal
+    # still surfaces — pin the head propagation + the per-group sum.
+    assert "function _groupCount(" in body, "the head badge must sum the group's tab counts"
+    assert "_groupEls" in body and "_rowEls" in body, (
+        "mountManage must register row + owning-group-head refs for the badge hook"
+    )
+    assert "_reapplyBadges()" in body, (
+        "a (re)mount must re-apply any live badge state (the refs are rebuilt)"
+    )
+    # rail.js stays agnostic — the hook takes a generic tabKey/count, with no
+    # consent-specific endpoint, fetch, or branch (an explanatory comment naming a
+    # sample caller is fine; logic is not).  `setRowBadge` itself never fetches.
+    badge_fn = body[body.index("export function setRowBadge") :]
+    badge_fn = badge_fn[: badge_fn.index("\n}\n") + 3]
+    assert "fetch" not in badge_fn and "/v1/" not in badge_fn, (
+        "the generic badge hook must not reach into a subsystem (no fetch / endpoint)"
+    )
+    # No colour-only treatment: the chip uses DS warn tokens AND a glyph.
+    css = _SHELL_CSS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert ".rail-badge" in css, "shell.css must carry the .rail-badge chip rule"
+    badge_block = css[css.index(".rail-badge") :]
+    badge_block = badge_block[: badge_block.index("\n.grp") if "\n.grp" in badge_block else 800]
+    assert "var(--warn" in badge_block, (
+        "the badge chip must use the DS --warn family (theme-flips by construction)"
+    )
+    assert "#" not in badge_block, "the badge chip must be token-only (no hex) so themes flip"
+
+
+def test_shell_bridges_setrowbadge_for_classic_subsystems() -> None:
+    """shell.js is the ESM module bridge: a classic-script subsystem (the
+    standalone consent badge in ui/static/app.js) can't import rail.js, so the
+    shell re-exports `setRowBadge` on the `window.TS_SHELL` seam.  Pin the import
+    and the seam so the bridge can't be silently dropped (which would re-break the
+    badge the same way the gear deletion did)."""
+    body = _SHELL_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert 'setRowBadge } from "./rail.js"' in body, "shell must import setRowBadge from rail.js"
+    assert "notifySessionClosed, setRowBadge }" in body, (
+        "TS_SHELL must expose setRowBadge for classic subsystems (the consent-badge bridge)"
+    )
+
+
 def test_step3_admin_seam_and_thin_show_admin() -> None:
     """admin.js exposes the TS_ADMIN seam (IA + shared perm gate + active-tab +
     openTab) and showAdmin is now a thin delegator that opens the singleton
@@ -615,7 +672,7 @@ def test_step7_live_tab_state_glyphs() -> None:
     )
     assert "this.stateful" in pane, "ShellPane must carry the stateful flag"
     shell = _SHELL_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-    assert 'import { mountRail, mountManage, glyph } from "./rail.js"' in shell, (
+    assert 'import { mountRail, mountManage, glyph, setRowBadge } from "./rail.js"' in shell, (
         "the shell must import the rail's glyph builder (one source for tab + rail)"
     )
     assert "function stateForWs(" in shell and "function paintConvTabs(" in shell
@@ -749,7 +806,7 @@ def test_shell_marks_pane_dead_on_ws_closed() -> None:
     assert "const notifySessionClosed = (wsId)" in shell
     assert 'pm.getPane("interactive", wsId)' in shell
     assert "p._ctl.markDead()" in shell
-    assert "window.TS_SHELL = { panes: pm, caps, notifySessionClosed }" in shell, (
+    assert "window.TS_SHELL = { panes: pm, caps, notifySessionClosed, setRowBadge }" in shell, (
         "the seam must be exported on TS_SHELL for the console's Tier-1 handler"
     )
     app = _CONSOLE_APP.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js b/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
index 18e99926..e6896f6d 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
@@ -3403,10 +3403,18 @@ function createInteractivePane(root, wsId, opts) {
     warningTarget(pane) {
       return pane.messagesEl;
     },
-    // MCP re-consent surfaces inline in the pane card; the console has no
-    // settings-gear badge to drive (a future console consent surface can hook
-    // here).
-    onConsentDetected() {},
+    // MCP re-consent surfaces inline in the pane card; the STANDALONE additionally
+    // drives a Manage-row attention badge — bridged through the TS_APP seam so the
+    // shared factory stays deployment-agnostic (the console doesn't define the
+    // hook, so this stays a no-op there).
+    onConsentDetected(server) {
+      if (
+        window.TS_APP &&
+        typeof window.TS_APP.onConsentDetected === "function"
+      ) {
+        window.TS_APP.onConsentDetected(server);
+      }
+    },
   };
 
   const pane = new Pane(wsId, {
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/rail.js b/turnstone/shared_static/rail.js
index 22261a33..bd2729a3 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/rail.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/rail.js
@@ -39,6 +39,24 @@ export function glyph(state) {
   return el;
 }
 
+/** A small count chip for a Manage row/group head — glyph + count (never colour
+ *  alone), DS warn vocabulary (shell.css `.rail-badge`).  The count rides the
+ *  text; the ⚠ glyph is aria-hidden because the supplied `label` already names
+ *  the condition for assistive tech.  Returns a detached span the caller mounts. */
+function badge(count, label) {
+  const el = document.createElement("span");
+  el.className = "rail-badge";
+  const g = document.createElement("span");
+  g.className = "rail-badge-glyph";
+  g.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
+  g.textContent = "⚠"; // ⚠ — pairs the colour with a glyph (chip-contrast rule)
+  const n = document.createElement("b");
+  n.textContent = String(count);
+  el.append(g, n);
+  if (label) el.setAttribute("aria-label", label);
+  return el;
+}
+
 /** Derive a node's overall state glyph from its workstream mix + health. */
 function nodeState(info) {
   if (!info.reachable) return "error";
@@ -325,6 +343,80 @@ export function mountRail(sections, caps) {
 
 // ---- Manage section (admin IA → collapsible discovery groups) --------------
 
+// Generic Manage-row badge state.  A subsystem (e.g. the standalone consent
+// badge) drives a count onto a tab row by KEY via `setRowBadge`; rail.js stays
+// agnostic about what the count means.  Kept module-level so a `mountManage`
+// rebuild (the IA is static, but the section re-mounts on shell init) re-applies
+// the live counts rather than dropping them.  `null` label = clear.
+const _rowBadges = new Map(); // tabKey -> { count, label }
+// Rebuilt each mount: the row <button> + owning group key for every tab.  The
+// group's head <button> (where a collapsed group surfaces its summed badge —
+// a collapsed group hides its rows, so the head must carry the signal) is
+// looked up via _groupEls, not duplicated here.
+let _rowEls = new Map(); // tabKey -> { row, group }
+let _groupEls = new Map(); // group key -> { head, tabKeys: [] }
+
+/** Paint (or clear) the badge slot inside a host button, keyed by a stable
+ *  `.rail-badge` child so repeated calls replace rather than stack. */
+function _applyBadge(host, count, label) {
+  if (!host) return;
+  const existing = host.querySelector(":scope > .rail-badge");
+  if (!count) {
+    if (existing) existing.remove();
+    return;
+  }
+  const fresh = badge(count, label);
+  if (existing) host.replaceChild(fresh, existing);
+  else host.append(fresh);
+}
+
+/** Sum the live badge counts for a group's tabs — drives the head badge so a
+ *  COLLAPSED group still shows that something inside it needs attention. */
+function _groupCount(groupKey) {
+  const grp = _groupEls.get(groupKey);
+  if (!grp) return 0;
+  let total = 0;
+  for (const tabKey of grp.tabKeys) {
+    const b = _rowBadges.get(tabKey);
+    if (b) total += b.count;
+  }
+  return total;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generic Manage-row badge hook.  `setRowBadge(tabKey, count, label?)` stamps a
+ * count chip on that tab's row and, so the signal survives a collapsed group,
+ * mirrors the group's total onto its head.  `count` 0 (or falsy) clears the row.
+ * Drives off the refs `mountManage` registered; a no-op before the first mount
+ * (the consent subsystem re-drives it after `_refreshConsentBadge`).
+ *
+ * rail.js owns the MECHANISM only — callers own the meaning (no consent specifics
+ * here), matching the rail's seam-driven posture.
+ */
+export function setRowBadge(tabKey, count, label) {
+  const n = Number(count) || 0;
+  if (n > 0) _rowBadges.set(tabKey, { count: n, label: label || "" });
+  else _rowBadges.delete(tabKey);
+  const ref = _rowEls.get(tabKey);
+  if (!ref) return; // not mounted yet (or gated away) — state is kept for remount
+  _applyBadge(ref.row, n, label);
+  // The collapsed-group head mirrors the group's running total + its own label.
+  const total = _groupCount(ref.group);
+  const grp = _groupEls.get(ref.group);
+  _applyBadge(
+    grp && grp.head,
+    total,
+    total ? total + " in " + ref.group + " awaiting attention" : "",
+  );
+}
+
+/** Re-stamp every stored badge after a (re)mount rebuilt the row/head refs.
+ *  `setRowBadge` self-guards a missing ref and recomputes each head total, so
+ *  replaying the stored rows lands both rows and heads at their correct sums. */
+function _reapplyBadges() {
+  for (const [tabKey, b] of _rowBadges) setRowBadge(tabKey, b.count, b.label);
+}
+
 /**
  * Build the rail's Manage groups from the admin IA seam (admin.js exposes
  * `window.TS_ADMIN`).  Each group is a collapsible `.grp` whose head toggles
@@ -374,6 +466,9 @@ export function mountManage(root, paneManager) {
   const activeTab = adminOpen && TS.getActiveTab ? TS.getActiveTab() : null;
 
   const rowByTab = new Map(); // tab -> its row <button>, for active-state sync
+  // Rebuild the badge ref maps for this mount (the previous DOM is gone).
+  _rowEls = new Map();
+  _groupEls = new Map();
 
   ia.forEach((group) => {
     const tabs = group.tabs.filter((t) => allowed(t.tab));
@@ -404,6 +499,8 @@ export function mountManage(root, paneManager) {
     count.className = "gcount";
     count.textContent = String(tabs.length);
     head.append(chev, name, count);
+    // Register the head so a collapsed group can carry its tabs' badge total.
+    _groupEls.set(group.group, { head, tabKeys: tabs.map((t) => t.tab) });
 
     const items = document.createElement("div");
     items.className = "grp-items";
@@ -421,6 +518,9 @@ export function mountManage(root, paneManager) {
         if (TS.openTab) TS.openTab(t.tab);
       });
       rowByTab.set(t.tab, row);
+      // Register the row + its owning group for the badge hook (the group's
+      // head element is resolved through _groupEls when needed).
+      _rowEls.set(t.tab, { row, group: group.group });
       items.append(row);
     }
 
@@ -434,6 +534,9 @@ export function mountManage(root, paneManager) {
     root.append(grp);
   });
 
+  // Re-apply any live row badges a subsystem set before/across this (re)mount.
+  _reapplyBadges();
+
   // Single writer for the Manage active-row: the row for the current admin tab
   // carries `.active`.  admin.js notifies on every switchAdminTab; seed it here
   // for an already-open (restored) Admin pane.
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/shell.css b/turnstone/shared_static/shell.css
index 57444a71..048d7b87 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/shell.css
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/shell.css
@@ -997,6 +997,38 @@
   box-shadow: inset 2px 0 0 var(--ink-4);
 }
 
+/* Manage-row attention badge (rail.js `setRowBadge` / `badge`) — a small count
+   chip pinned to the row tail (and to a COLLAPSED group's head, so a hidden row
+   never hides the signal).  DS warn vocabulary: the ⚠ glyph PLUS the tinted
+   chip carry the meaning (never colour alone), so it reads at chip size and
+   flips themes by construction (the --warn family is defined per theme). */
+.rail-badge {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 3px;
+  margin-left: auto; /* push to the row/head tail past the flex-1 label */
+  padding: 0 5px;
+  border-radius: var(--r-sm);
+  background: var(--warn-tint);
+  border: 1px solid var(--warn-tint-border);
+  color: var(--warn);
+  font-size: 10px;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  flex: none;
+}
+/* The group head already auto-spaces with its own gap, and its --warn count
+   should not fight the dim --ink-4 tab count beside it. */
+.grp-head .rail-badge {
+  margin-left: 6px;
+}
+.rail-badge .rail-badge-glyph {
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+.rail-badge b {
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
 /* ===== Admin pane — adopts #view-admin (the 18 tabpanels).  The in-pane
    sidebar is retired (the rail's Manage groups navigate), so #view-admin fills
    the pane body and the content host renders full-width. ===== */
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/shell.js b/turnstone/shared_static/shell.js
index af42047f..a87b5c9c 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/shell.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/shell.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
    ========================================================================== */
 
 import { PaneManager, ShellPane, openPopupMenu } from "./pane.js";
-import { mountRail, mountManage, glyph } from "./rail.js";
+import { mountRail, mountManage, glyph, setRowBadge } from "./rail.js";
 import { authFetch } from "./auth.js";
 // The interactive pane is a real ES module beside us in /shared (step 5a) — the
 // shell imports it directly, and it exists in every deployment.  The coordinator
@@ -880,7 +880,11 @@ async function mountShell() {
     const p = pm.getPane("interactive", wsId);
     if (p && p._ctl && p._ctl.markDead) p._ctl.markDead();
   };
-  window.TS_SHELL = { panes: pm, caps, notifySessionClosed };
+  // `setRowBadge` lets a classic-script subsystem (the standalone consent badge
+  // in ui/static/app.js) stamp a count chip on a Manage row without importing the
+  // ESM rail module — the shell is its module bridge.  Generic: the rail owns the
+  // chip mechanism, the caller owns what the count means.
+  window.TS_SHELL = { panes: pm, caps, notifySessionClosed, setRowBadge };
 
   // Login fan-out: app.js owns the single window.onLoginSuccess (the Tier-1
   // reconnect, set at load).  Wrap it in a tiny registry so EVERY conversational
diff --git a/turnstone/ui/static/app.js b/turnstone/ui/static/app.js
index 299cc4b1..7da42651 100644
--- a/turnstone/ui/static/app.js
+++ b/turnstone/ui/static/app.js
@@ -1473,17 +1473,19 @@ function connectGlobalSSE() {
 }
 
 // ===========================================================================
-//  12. MCP consent badge (standalone settings-gear pending-consent indicator)
+//  12. MCP consent badge (standalone pending-consent indicator)
 //
 //  The tool-output / media / MCP-error / verdict renderers that used to live in
 //  this section moved to shared_static/interactive.js with the Pane.  What
-//  stays here is the standalone consent-badge subsystem: the gear badge lives
-//  in this shell's header, so the pane only notifies it (host.onConsentDetected
-//  -> _onConsentDetected) and the dashboard hydrates it via loadPendingConsents.
+//  stays here is the standalone consent-badge subsystem: it owns the pending set
+//  and drives the rail's Manage > Connections row badge (via the TS_SHELL bridge
+//  — `setRowBadge`).  An interactive pane only NOTIFIES it (the shared host
+//  bridges `onConsentDetected` to the TS_APP seam below); `loadPendingConsents`
+//  hydrates it on boot.  The settings-gear it used to hang on is retired.
 // ===========================================================================
 
 // Module-level set of servers with an unresolved consent prompt; drives the
-// gear-icon badge so the user has a stable signal that re-consent is pending
+// Manage-row badge so the user has a stable signal that re-consent is pending
 // after the inline card scrolls out of view.
 const _pendingConsentServers = new Set();
 
@@ -1528,32 +1530,26 @@ function loadPendingConsents() {
     });
 }
 
+// The Manage tab the pending-consent badge rides on.  The standalone's Manage IA
+// (TS_ADMIN.ia, below) is a single Extensions > Connections tab where MCP server
+// connections live; the badge surfaces there (and, when that group is collapsed,
+// on its head — the rail handles that).  The retired settings-gear it used to
+// hang on is gone with the L-shell renovation.
+const _CONSENT_BADGE_TAB = "connections";
+
 function _refreshConsentBadge() {
-  const btn = document.getElementById("settings-btn");
-  if (!btn) return;
-  let existing = btn.querySelector(".settings-consent-badge");
   const n = _pendingConsentServers.size;
-  // Keep the visible badge and the accessible name in lockstep so screen-
-  // reader users get the same pending-consent signal that sighted users
-  // get from the red dot. The badge itself stays aria-hidden because the
-  // count is already reflected in the button's aria-label/title.
-  if (n === 0) {
-    if (existing) existing.remove();
-    btn.setAttribute("aria-label", "Settings");
-    btn.setAttribute("title", "Settings");
-    return;
-  }
-  if (!existing) {
-    existing = document.createElement("span");
-    existing.className = "settings-consent-badge";
-    existing.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
-    btn.appendChild(existing);
-  }
-  existing.textContent = String(n);
+  // Drive the rail's generic Manage-row badge through the shell bridge (classic
+  // app.js can't import the ESM rail module).  The chip's own ⚠ glyph + count
+  // carry the signal; `label` keeps the accessible name in lockstep.  A no-op
+  // before the rail mounts — `loadPendingConsents` re-drives it after boot.
+  const shell = window.TS_SHELL;
+  if (!shell || typeof shell.setRowBadge !== "function") return;
   const label =
-    "Settings (" + n + " MCP consent" + (n === 1 ? "" : "s") + " pending)";
-  btn.setAttribute("aria-label", label);
-  btn.setAttribute("title", label);
+    n === 0
+      ? ""
+      : n + " MCP server" + (n === 1 ? "" : "s") + " awaiting consent";
+  shell.setRowBadge(_CONSENT_BADGE_TAB, n, label);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2230,6 +2226,11 @@ window.TS_APP.onRender = function (cb) {
 };
 window.TS_APP.bucketByParent = bucketByParent;
 window.TS_APP.boot = boot;
+// Live MCP-consent notifications from an interactive pane (the shared pane host
+// bridges its `onConsentDetected` here when this seam exists; the console leaves
+// it undefined, so the pane no-ops there).  Adds the server to the pending set
+// and re-paints the Manage-row badge.
+window.TS_APP.onConsentDetected = _onConsentDetected;
 
 // --- Manage seam: one Connections tab (MCP server connections) -------------
 const _CONN_IA = [
diff --git a/turnstone/ui/static/style.css b/turnstone/ui/static/style.css
index f5563f8e..9e16e8f4 100644
--- a/turnstone/ui/static/style.css
+++ b/turnstone/ui/static/style.css
@@ -1822,16 +1822,3 @@ audio.media-player {
 .settings-revoke-btn:hover {
   background: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.05);
 }
-.settings-consent-badge {
-  display: inline-block;
-  margin-left: 4px;
-  background: var(--red);
-  color: var(--bg);
-  border-radius: 8px;
-  font-size: 10px;
-  padding: 1px 5px;
-  vertical-align: top;
-  font-weight: 600;
-  line-height: 1.4;
-  font-family: var(--font-ui);
-}