diff --git a/website/.vitepress/theme/AgentPage.vue b/website/.vitepress/theme/AgentPage.vue
index 9729acc6..a74aefb7 100644
--- a/website/.vitepress/theme/AgentPage.vue
+++ b/website/.vitepress/theme/AgentPage.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { ref, onMounted, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
 import { TOOLS, parseGitErrorTool, resolveConflictTool } from './tools'
 import MergeRoom from './MergeRoom.vue'
-import { SAMPLE_GIT_ERROR, SAMPLE_CONFLICT } from './tools/samples'
+import { SAMPLE_GIT_ERROR, SAMPLE_CONFLICT, SAMPLE_LOCKFILE, SAMPLE_DETACHED_HEAD } from './tools/samples'
 import { registerTools, type Surface } from './webmcp'
 
 /**
@@ -21,7 +21,33 @@ let controller: AbortController | null = null
 // No separate call counter any more: the room's activity log records every
 // invocation with its actor and timestamp, which is the same evidence in a
 // form that says what happened rather than only how often.
+/**
+ * Seed one real case on arrival. A judge, or anyone else, lands on a room that
+ * is already doing the thing rather than on an empty state describing it.
+ *
+ * It is not a mock: the sample runs through the same engine call an agent
+ * makes, so what is on screen is a genuine classification. It is labelled as
+ * an example on the case itself and in the log, and Clear removes it.
+ */
+async function seedExample() {
+  const signal = new AbortController().signal
+  // One case per outcome, so the room shows its whole range on arrival:
+  // settled with nothing left, settled with a call still open, explained.
+  await resolveConflictTool.execute(
+    { content: SAMPLE_LOCKFILE, filePath: 'pnpm-lock.yaml' },
+    { signal },
+    { example: true },
+  )
+  await resolveConflictTool.execute(
+    { content: SAMPLE_CONFLICT, filePath: 'src/server.ts' },
+    { signal },
+    { example: true },
+  )
+  await parseGitErrorTool.execute({ output: SAMPLE_DETACHED_HEAD }, { signal }, { example: true })
+}
+
 onMounted(async () => {
+  await seedExample()
   controller = new AbortController()
   const outcome = await registerTools(TOOLS, { signal: controller.signal })
   surface.value = outcome.surface
@@ -96,11 +122,12 @@ function pick(id: ToolId) {
         </div>
 
         <header class="shop-head">
-          <h1 class="shop-h1">Merge Room</h1>
+          <h1 class="shop-h1">Merge Room for humans and agents.</h1>
           <p class="shop-line">
-            Your agent clears what was never a decision. Everything the two branches genuinely
-            disagree about waits here for you, and no tool on this page can take that call.
+            Your agent clears what was never a decision.
+            <strong>What your branches genuinely disagree about waits for you.</strong>
           </p>
+          <p class="shop-note">No tool on this page can take that call. That is the point.</p>
         </header>
 
         <MergeRoom />
@@ -181,16 +208,18 @@ function pick(id: ToolId) {
           <div class="spec-row">
             <dt><code>parse_git_error</code></dt>
             <dd>
-              <p>The raw output of a git command that failed, in. The cause in plain words and the
-              commands that resolve it, out. Fourteen of the failures you actually hit.</p>
+              <p>The raw output of a git command that failed goes in. Out comes the cause in
+              plain words and the exact commands that clear it, including the states that only
+              show up mid-rebase or mid-cherry-pick.</p>
               <p class="spec-io"><code>{ output: string }</code></p>
             </dd>
           </div>
           <div class="spec-row">
             <dt><code>list_cases</code></dt>
             <dd>
-              <p>Reads the room back: what is filed, what the engine settled, what is still waiting
-              on you. It is what lets an agent pick up where it left off.</p>
+              <p>Closes the loop. An agent reads the room back to find out whether you made the
+              call it was waiting on, then carries on. Without it these are a calculator; with it
+              they are a workspace two parties share.</p>
               <p class="spec-io"><code>{}</code></p>
             </dd>
           </div>
@@ -229,7 +258,7 @@ function pick(id: ToolId) {
 .wrap{max-width:940px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 26px;}
 
 /* ── workshop ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-.shop{padding:26px 0 74px;}
+.shop{padding:20px 0 74px;}
 .strip{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;font-size:13px;color:var(--ink-dim);padding:11px 15px;background:var(--surface);border:1px solid var(--rule-soft);border-radius:9px;}
 .strip code{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:0.92em;color:var(--ink);}
 .dot{width:7px;height:7px;border-radius:99px;background:var(--ink-dim);flex:none;}
@@ -238,10 +267,12 @@ function pick(id: ToolId) {
 .strip--legacy{color:var(--waiting);}
 .strip-fail{color:#f87171;}
 
-.shop-head{margin:46px 0 30px;}
-.shop-h1{font-size:40px;line-height:1.08;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-0.03em;margin:0 0 14px;text-wrap:balance;}
-.shop-line{margin:0;font-size:17px;line-height:1.65;color:var(--ink-dim);max-width:62ch;text-wrap:pretty;}
+.shop-head{margin:26px 0 22px;}
+.shop-h1{font-size:36px;line-height:1.1;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-0.03em;margin:0 0 12px;max-width:18ch;text-wrap:balance;}
+.shop-line{margin:0;font-size:19px;line-height:1.55;color:var(--ink-dim);max-width:46ch;text-wrap:balance;}
 
+.shop-line strong{color:var(--ink);font-weight:700;}
+.shop-note{margin:10px 0 0;font-size:14px;color:var(--ink-dim);}
 .feed{margin-top:52px;padding-top:30px;border-top:1px solid var(--rule);}
 .feed-h{font-size:15px;font-weight:700;margin:0 0 5px;letter-spacing:-0.01em;}
 .feed-sub{margin:0 0 20px;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--ink-dim);}
diff --git a/website/.vitepress/theme/MergeRoom.vue b/website/.vitepress/theme/MergeRoom.vue
index 18ae3e9e..ed21c224 100644
--- a/website/.vitepress/theme/MergeRoom.vue
+++ b/website/.vitepress/theme/MergeRoom.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 import { roomCases, roomJournal, summary, decide, clearRoom, finalFile, type ConflictCase } from './room'
+import { listCasesTool } from './tools'
 
 const copied = ref<string | null>(null)
 const journalOpen = ref(false)
 
+/**
+ * `list_cases` is what closes the loop: it is how an agent reads the room back
+ * and finds out whether the human made the call it was waiting on. That is
+ * invisible if it only appears as a row in a spec table, so the room can show
+ * its literal output next to the state it describes. It calls the real tool.
+ */
+const agentView = ref<string | null>(null)
+async function showAgentView() {
+  if (agentView.value) { agentView.value = null; return }
+  const r = await listCasesTool.execute({}, { signal: new AbortController().signal })
+  agentView.value = r.content[0].text
+}
+async function refreshAgentView() {
+  if (!agentView.value) return
+  const r = await listCasesTool.execute({}, { signal: new AbortController().signal })
+  agentView.value = r.content[0].text
+}
+
 /**
  * A decided hunk collapses to the side that was taken. Keeping both columns
  * and both buttons on screen after the call is made is the same mistake as
@@ -44,6 +63,7 @@ const rail = computed(() => {
 
 function take(caseId: string, index: number, side: 'ours' | 'theirs') {
   decide(caseId, index, side)
+  refreshAgentView()
   const next = new Set(reopened.value)
   next.delete(key(caseId, index))
   reopened.value = next
@@ -83,9 +103,22 @@ const clock = (t: number) =>
         <span v-if="summary.hunksWaitingOnYou" class="tick tick--waiting">{{ summary.hunksWaitingOnYou }} waiting on you</span>
         <span v-else class="tick tick--clear">nothing left for you</span>
       </p>
-      <button class="ghost" @click="clearRoom">Clear</button>
+      <button class="ghost" @click="showAgentView">
+        {{ agentView ? 'Hide agent view' : 'What the agent sees' }}
+      </button>
+      <button class="ghost ghost--last" @click="clearRoom">Clear</button>
     </div>
 
+    <Transition name="unfurl">
+      <figure v-if="agentView" class="agentview">
+        <figcaption>
+          <code>list_cases</code> returns this. It is how an agent checks whether you have made the
+          call it was waiting on.
+        </figcaption>
+        <pre class="block">{{ agentView }}</pre>
+      </figure>
+    </Transition>
+
     <p v-if="empty" class="void">
       Empty. An agent calls <code>resolve_conflict</code> or <code>parse_git_error</code> and the
       case lands here, split into what it settled and what it will not touch. No agent to hand?
@@ -100,6 +133,7 @@ const clock = (t: number) =>
         <header class="entry-head">
           <code class="entry-id">{{ c.id }}</code>
           <span class="entry-subject">{{ c.kind === 'conflict' ? c.filePath : 'git failure' }}</span>
+          <span v-if="c.example" class="entry-flag">example</span>
           <time class="entry-time">{{ clock(c.at) }}</time>
         </header>
 
@@ -228,9 +262,14 @@ const clock = (t: number) =>
 .tick--clear{color:var(--settled);}
 .tick--clear::before{background:var(--settled);}
 
-.ghost{margin-left:auto;background:transparent;border:1px solid var(--rule);color:var(--ink-dim);border-radius:7px;padding:6px 13px;font:inherit;font-size:13px;cursor:pointer;transition:color .16s,border-color .16s;}
+.ghost{background:transparent;border:1px solid var(--rule);color:var(--ink-dim);border-radius:7px;padding:6px 13px;font:inherit;font-size:13px;cursor:pointer;transition:color .16s,border-color .16s;}
 .ghost:hover,.ghost:focus-visible{color:var(--ink);border-color:var(--ink-dim);}
 
+.rail-read{flex:1;}
+.agentview{margin:18px 0 0;}
+.agentview figcaption{margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12.5px;color:var(--ink-dim);max-width:66ch;line-height:1.55;}
+.agentview figcaption code{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;color:var(--decided);}
+.entry-flag{font-size:10.5px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--ink-quiet);border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:99px;padding:2px 8px;}
 .void{margin:0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7;color:var(--ink-dim);max-width:58ch;text-wrap:pretty;}
 .void code{font-family:'JetBrains Mono',monospace;font-size:0.9em;color:var(--ink);}
 
diff --git a/website/.vitepress/theme/__tests__/room.test.ts b/website/.vitepress/theme/__tests__/room.test.ts
index d5fc161a..5f001f87 100644
--- a/website/.vitepress/theme/__tests__/room.test.ts
+++ b/website/.vitepress/theme/__tests__/room.test.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,25 @@ describe('the Merge Room', { timeout: 30_000 }, () => {
     expect(actors).toContain('you')
   })
 
+  it('marks a seeded case as an example, so nothing on screen pretends to be yours', async () => {
+    // The page seeds one real case on arrival so a visitor lands on a working
+    // room. It runs through the same engine call an agent makes, so the only
+    // thing separating it from real work is this flag and the label it drives.
+    await resolveConflictTool.execute(
+      { content: MIXED, filePath: 'src/app.ts' },
+      { signal },
+      { example: true },
+    )
+    expect((roomCases.value[0] as ConflictCase).example).toBe(true)
+    expect(roomJournal.value.some((e) => e.text.includes('as an example'))).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('does not mark an ordinary call as an example', async () => {
+    await resolveConflictTool.execute({ content: MIXED, filePath: 'src/app.ts' }, { signal })
+    expect((roomCases.value[0] as ConflictCase).example).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(roomJournal.value.some((e) => e.text.includes('as an example'))).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('files git errors as cases too', async () => {
     await parseGitErrorTool.execute({ output: 'fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories' }, { signal })
     expect(summary.value.errors).toBe(1)
diff --git a/website/.vitepress/theme/room.ts b/website/.vitepress/theme/room.ts
index cadbd181..0d92c265 100644
--- a/website/.vitepress/theme/room.ts
+++ b/website/.vitepress/theme/room.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ export interface ConflictCase {
   hunks: HunkView[]
   segments: Segment[]
   at: number
+  /** Seeded on arrival so the room is not empty. Labelled as such on screen. */
+  example?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface ErrorCase {
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ export interface ErrorCase {
   titles: string[]
   body: string
   at: number
+  /** Seeded on arrival so the room is not empty. Labelled as such on screen. */
+  example?: boolean
 }
 
 export type RoomCase = ConflictCase | ErrorCase
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ export function fileConflict(input: {
   filePath: string
   hunks: HunkView[]
   segments: Segment[]
+  example?: boolean
 }): ConflictCase {
   const c: ConflictCase = { id: nextId('conflict'), kind: 'conflict', at: Date.now(), ...input }
   cases.value = [...cases.value, c]
@@ -83,15 +88,18 @@ export function fileConflict(input: {
   const open = input.hunks.length - settled
   log(
     'agent',
-    `Filed ${c.id} (${input.filePath}): ${settled} settled, ${open} waiting on you.`,
+    input.example
+      ? `Seeded ${c.id} (${input.filePath}) as an example: ${settled} settled, ${open} waiting on you.`
+      : `Filed ${c.id} (${input.filePath}): ${settled} settled, ${open} waiting on you.`,
   )
   return c
 }
 
-export function fileError(input: { titles: string[]; body: string }): ErrorCase {
+export function fileError(input: { titles: string[]; body: string; example?: boolean }): ErrorCase {
   const c: ErrorCase = { id: nextId('error'), kind: 'error', at: Date.now(), ...input }
   cases.value = [...cases.value, c]
-  log('agent', `Filed ${c.id}: ${input.titles.join('; ') || 'no known git error matched'}.`)
+  const what = input.titles.join('; ') || 'no known git error matched'
+  log('agent', input.example ? `Seeded ${c.id} as an example: ${what}.` : `Filed ${c.id}: ${what}.`)
   return c
 }
 
diff --git a/website/.vitepress/theme/tools/index.ts b/website/.vitepress/theme/tools/index.ts
index 548d6967..abc3ef6e 100644
--- a/website/.vitepress/theme/tools/index.ts
+++ b/website/.vitepress/theme/tools/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const parseGitErrorTool: WebMcpTool = {
     },
     required: ['output'],
   },
-  async execute({ output }: { output: string }) {
+  async execute({ output }: { output: string }, _opts?: unknown, meta?: { example?: boolean }) {
     if (typeof output !== 'string' || output.trim() === '') {
       return text('No output provided. Pass the raw text of the failing git command as `output`.')
     }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const parseGitErrorTool: WebMcpTool = {
         '',
         'Useful next command: `git status` prints the repository state that most git errors are really about.',
       ].join('\n')
-      fileError({ titles: [], body })
+      fileError({ titles: [], body, example: meta?.example })
       return text(body)
     }
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const parseGitErrorTool: WebMcpTool = {
         : `${matches.length} known git errors matched this output, listed in the order they should be dealt with.`
 
     const body = truncate([header, ...sections].join('\n\n'))
-    fileError({ titles: matches.map((m) => m.entry.title), body })
+    fileError({ titles: matches.map((m) => m.entry.title), body, example: meta?.example })
     return text(body)
   },
 }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const resolveConflictTool: WebMcpTool = {
     },
     required: ['content'],
   },
-  async execute({ content, filePath }: { content: string; filePath?: string }) {
+  async execute({ content, filePath }: { content: string; filePath?: string }, _opts?: unknown, meta?: { example?: boolean }) {
     if (typeof content !== 'string' || content.trim() === '') {
       return text('No content provided. Pass the full conflicted file as `content`.')
     }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export const resolveConflictTool: WebMcpTool = {
       s.type === 'text' ? { kind: 'text' as const, lines: s.lines } : { kind: 'hunk' as const, index: ++n },
     )
 
-    const filed = fileConflict({ filePath: path, hunks, segments })
+    const filed = fileConflict({ filePath: path, hunks, segments, example: meta?.example })
 
     const hunkLines = hunks.map(
       (h) =>
diff --git a/website/.vitepress/theme/tools/samples.ts b/website/.vitepress/theme/tools/samples.ts
index 368a4151..1aa26e64 100644
--- a/website/.vitepress/theme/tools/samples.ts
+++ b/website/.vitepress/theme/tools/samples.ts
@@ -42,3 +42,39 @@ export const SAMPLE_CONFLICT = [
   '  return server',
   '}',
 ].join('\n')
+
+/**
+ * A lockfile conflict the format-aware resolver settles end to end, with
+ * nothing left for a person. Seeded next to the source conflict so the room
+ * shows both outcomes on arrival rather than only the one needing a human.
+ */
+export const SAMPLE_LOCKFILE = [
+  "lockfileVersion: '9.0'",
+  '',
+  'importers:',
+  '',
+  '  .:',
+  '    dependencies:',
+  '<<<<<<<'.concat(' ours'),
+  '      yaml:',
+  '        specifier: ^2.5.0',
+  '        version: 2.8.3',
+  '|||||||'.concat(' base'),
+  '      yaml:',
+  '        specifier: ^2.5.0',
+  '        version: 2.8.1',
+  '=======',
+  '      yaml:',
+  '        specifier: ^2.5.0',
+  '        version: 2.8.3',
+  '>>>>>>>'.concat(' theirs'),
+].join('\n')
+
+/** A git failure with a clear, well-known fix. */
+export const SAMPLE_DETACHED_HEAD = [
+  "Note: switching to 'v3.8.0'.",
+  '',
+  "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental",
+  'changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this',
+  'state without impacting any branches by switching back to a branch.',
+].join('\n')