diff --git a/opax-web/backend/agentClient.js b/opax-web/backend/agentClient.js
index 1902a82..67d3d5c 100644
--- a/opax-web/backend/agentClient.js
+++ b/opax-web/backend/agentClient.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const READ_ONLY_TOOLS = new Set([
   'get_build_status',
   'get_state',
   'get_telemetry',
+  'run_emma',
 ]);
 
 export class AgentNotConfiguredError extends Error {
diff --git a/opax-web/backend/capabilityRegistry.js b/opax-web/backend/capabilityRegistry.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db3470f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opax-web/backend/capabilityRegistry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+export const capabilities = {
+  get_health: { type: 'read' },
+  get_build_status: { type: 'read' },
+  get_state: { type: 'read' },
+  get_telemetry: { type: 'read' },
+  list_commits: { type: 'read' },
+  get_file: { type: 'read' },
+  list_customers: { type: 'read' },
+  get_billing_summary: { type: 'read' },
+  get_billing_forecast: { type: 'read' },
+  get_billing_anomalies: { type: 'read' },
+  get_billing_budget: { type: 'read' },
+  list_workspace_users: { type: 'read' },
+  list_user_aliases: { type: 'read' },
+  list_calendar_events: { type: 'read' },
+  run_emma: { type: 'read' },
+  trigger_build: { type: 'proposal' },
+  commit_and_push_files: { type: 'proposal' },
+  create_a2h2a_ticket: { type: 'proposal' },
+  send_email: { type: 'proposal' },
+  send_sms: { type: 'proposal' },
+  send_webhook: { type: 'proposal' },
+  create_invite: { type: 'proposal' },
+  create_email_alias: { type: 'proposal' },
+  delete_email_alias: { type: 'proposal' },
+  set_billing_budget: { type: 'proposal' },
+};
diff --git a/opax-web/backend/routes/consoleApi.js b/opax-web/backend/routes/consoleApi.js
index 9416c18..ca9129a 100644
--- a/opax-web/backend/routes/consoleApi.js
+++ b/opax-web/backend/routes/consoleApi.js
@@ -67,4 +67,38 @@ router.get('/approvals', (req, res) => {
   });
 });
 
+router.post('/emma/chat', async (req, res) => {
+    const { message, session_id, ticket_number } = req.body;
+
+    if (!message || typeof message !== 'string' || message.length > 4096) {
+        return res.status(400).json({ status: 'error', message: 'Invalid message.'});
+    }
+
+    if (ticket_number && (typeof ticket_number !== 'number' || !Number.isInteger(ticket_number) || ticket_number <= 0)) {
+        return res.status(400).json({ status: 'error', message: 'Invalid ticket number.'});
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const emmaData = await callAgent('run_emma', { prompt: message, history: [] });
+
+        res.json({
+            status: 'success',
+            reply: emmaData.response,
+            session_id,
+            ticket_number,
+            model_label: 'Emma Local',
+            message: 'Message processed by Emma.',
+        });
+
+    } catch (e) {
+        res.status(500).json({ status: 'error', message: 'Could not connect to Emma.' });
+    }
+});
+
+import { capabilities } from '../capabilityRegistry.js';
+
+router.get('/capabilities', (req, res) => {
+    res.json(capabilities);
+});
+
 export default router;
diff --git a/opax-web/backend/server.js b/opax-web/backend/server.js
index cf6556e..951be97 100644
--- a/opax-web/backend/server.js
+++ b/opax-web/backend/server.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const sm = session({
 const io = new Server(http, { cors: { origin: front, credentials: true } });
 
 app.use(cors({ origin: front, credentials: true }));
+app.use(express.json());
 app.use(sm);
 app.use(express.static(frontendDistPath));
 io.use((s, n) => sm(s.request, {}, n));
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/AgentConsoleView.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/AgentConsoleView.tsx
index b66c9c5..a38a591 100644
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/AgentConsoleView.tsx
+++ b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/AgentConsoleView.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,75 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 
 const AgentConsoleView = () => {
-  return (
-    <div className="console-card">
-      <h2>Agent Console</h2>
-      <div className="workflow-diagram">
-        <span>Draft</span> → <span>Plan</span> → <span>Scope Approval</span> → <span>Implementation</span> → <span>Diff Approval</span> → <span>Validation</span> → <span>Deployment Approval</span> → <span>Deploy</span>
-      </div>
-      <p className="unavailable-message">Ticket-bound agent execution is not configured yet.</p>
-    </div>
-  );
+    const [message, setMessage] = useState('');
+    const [transcript, setTranscript] = useState([]);
+    const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+    const [error, setError] = useState(null);
+    const [ticketNumber, setTicketNumber] = useState(null);
+
+    const handleSend = async () => {
+        if (!message.trim()) return;
+
+        const newMessage = { role: 'user', content: message };
+        setTranscript(prev => [...prev, newMessage]);
+        setMessage('');
+        setLoading(true);
+        setError(null);
+
+        try {
+            const res = await fetch('/api/console/emma/chat', {
+                method: 'POST',
+                headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                credentials: 'include',
+                body: JSON.stringify({ message, ticket_number: ticketNumber }),
+            });
+
+            if (!res.ok) {
+                throw new Error('Emma is unavailable.');
+            }
+
+            const data = await res.json();
+            const emmaMessage = { role: 'assistant', content: data.reply };
+            setTranscript(prev => [...prev, emmaMessage]);
+
+        } catch (err) {
+            setError(err.message);
+        } finally {
+            setLoading(false);
+        }
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <div className="console-card">
+            <h2>Emma Local</h2>
+            <div className="agent-info">
+                <span>Local model · server-side memory enabled</span>
+                {ticketNumber && <span>Working context: Gitea #{ticketNumber}</span>}
+            </div>
+            <div className="transcript">
+                {transcript.map((msg, index) => (
+                    <div key={index} className={`message ${msg.role}`}>
+                        <strong>{msg.role}: </strong>{msg.content}
+                    </div>
+                ))}
+                 {loading && <div className="message assistant">...</div>}
+                 {error && <div className="message error">{error}</div>}
+            </div>
+            <div className="chat-input">
+                <input
+                    type="text"
+                    value={message}
+                    onChange={(e) => setMessage(e.target.value)}
+                    onKeyPress={(e) => e.key === 'Enter' && handleSend()}
+                    placeholder="Chat with Emma..."
+                    disabled={loading}
+                />
+                <button onClick={handleSend} disabled={loading}>
+                    {loading ? 'Sending...' : 'Send'}
+                </button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    );
 };
 
 export default AgentConsoleView;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/CapabilityPanel.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/CapabilityPanel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d6d30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/CapabilityPanel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+
+const CapabilityPanel = () => {
+  const [capabilities, setCapabilities] = useState({});
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const fetchCapabilities = async () => {
+      const res = await fetch('/api/console/capabilities');
+      const data = await res.json();
+      setCapabilities(data);
+    };
+    fetchCapabilities();
+  }, []);
+
+  const capabilityGroups = {
+    'Platform Status': ['get_health', 'get_build_status', 'get_state', 'get_telemetry'],
+    'Git and Gitea': ['list_commits', 'get_file'],
+    'Tickets and Work Queue': [],
+    'Code Agents': ['run_emma'],
+    'Tests and Validation': [],
+    'Builds and Deployments': ['trigger_build', 'commit_and_push_files'],
+    'Cloud Run and Infrastructure': [],
+    'Logs and Telemetry': [],
+    'Billing and CostGuard': ['get_billing_summary', 'get_billing_forecast', 'get_billing_anomalies', 'get_billing_budget', 'set_billing_budget'],
+    'Customers and Workspace': ['list_customers', 'list_workspace_users', 'create_invite'],
+    'Notifications': ['send_email', 'send_sms', 'send_webhook'],
+    'Memory and Knowledge': [],
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="capability-panel">
+      <h3>Capabilities</h3>
+      {Object.entries(capabilityGroups).map(([group, capabilityKeys]) => (
+        <div key={group} className="capability-group">
+          <h4>{group}</h4>
+          <ul>
+            {capabilityKeys.map(key => {
+                const capability = capabilities[key];
+                if (!capability) return null;
+                return <li key={key} className={capability.type}>{key}</li>
+            })}
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default CapabilityPanel;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/pages/OperationsConsole.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/pages/OperationsConsole.tsx
index 9983aef..6ccae6b 100644
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/pages/OperationsConsole.tsx
+++ b/opax-web/frontend/src/pages/OperationsConsole.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ProjectRegistryView from '../components/ProjectRegistryView';
 import WorkQueueView from '../components/WorkQueueView';
 import ApprovalsView from '../components/ApprovalsView';
 import AgentConsoleView from '../components/AgentConsoleView';
+import CapabilityPanel from '../components/CapabilityPanel';
 
 // --- Types for Safe Data Handling ---
 type ConsoleStatus = 'success' | 'unavailable';
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ const OperationsConsole = () => {
       <WorkQueueView />
       <ApprovalsView />
       <AgentConsoleView />
+      <CapabilityPanel />
 
     </div>
   );