diff --git a/opax-web/backend/routes/consoleApi.js b/opax-web/backend/routes/consoleApi.js
index ca9129a..c18ae50 100644
--- a/opax-web/backend/routes/consoleApi.js
+++ b/opax-web/backend/routes/consoleApi.js
@@ -101,4 +101,13 @@ router.get('/capabilities', (req, res) => {
     res.json(capabilities);
 });
 
+router.get('/emma/status', async (req, res) => {
+    try {
+        await callAgent('get_health', {});
+        res.json({ status: 'ready', label: 'Emma Local', message: 'Emma is ready.' });
+    } catch (e) {
+        res.status(500).json({ status: 'unavailable', label: 'Emma Local', message: 'Emma is unavailable.' });
+    }
+});
+
 export default router;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/AgentConsoleView.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/AgentConsoleView.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index a38a591..0000000
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/AgentConsoleView.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
-
-const AgentConsoleView = () => {
-    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/ApprovalsView.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ApprovalsView.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 5075d7e..0000000
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ApprovalsView.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-
-const ApprovalsView = () => {
-  return (
-    <div className="console-card">
-      <h2>Approvals</h2>
-      <p className="unavailable-message">No approval read model configured yet.</p>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-export default ApprovalsView;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/CapabilityPanel.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/CapabilityPanel.tsx
index 3d6d30a..1430178 100644
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/CapabilityPanel.tsx
+++ b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/CapabilityPanel.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 
+interface Capability {
+    type: string;
+}
+
+interface Capabilities {
+    [key: string]: Capability;
+}
+
 const CapabilityPanel = () => {
-  const [capabilities, setCapabilities] = useState({});
+  const [capabilities, setCapabilities] = useState<Capabilities>({});
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const fetchCapabilities = async () => {
@@ -13,35 +22,36 @@ const CapabilityPanel = () => {
   }, []);
 
   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'],
+    'Platform': ['get_health', 'get_build_status', 'get_state', 'get_telemetry'],
+    'Repository': ['list_commits', 'get_file'],
+    'Work and tickets': [],
+    'Code agents': ['run_emma'],
+    'Validation': [],
+    'Deployment': ['trigger_build', 'commit_and_push_files'],
+    'Costs': ['get_billing_summary', 'get_billing_forecast', 'get_billing_anomalies', 'get_billing_budget', 'set_billing_budget'],
     'Notifications': ['send_email', 'send_sms', 'send_webhook'],
+    'Customers and Workspace': ['list_customers', 'list_workspace_users', 'create_invite'],
     '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 className={`capability-drawer ${isOpen ? 'open' : ''}`}>
+        <button onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)} className="drawer-toggle">Capabilities</button>
+        <div className="drawer-content">
+            <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.replace(/_/g, ' ')}</li>
+                    })}
+                </ul>
+                </div>
+            ))}
         </div>
-      ))}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ChatWorkspace.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ChatWorkspace.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..670cf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ChatWorkspace.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+
+interface Message {
+    role: string;
+    content: string;
+}
+
+const ChatWorkspace = () => {
+    const [message, setMessage] = useState('');
+    const [transcript, setTranscript] = useState<Message[]>([]);
+    const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+    const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+    const [emmaStatus, setEmmaStatus] = useState<string>('unavailable');
+    const [ticketNumber, setTicketNumber] = useState<number | null>(null);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const fetchEmmaStatus = async () => {
+            try {
+                const res = await fetch('/api/console/emma/status', { credentials: 'include' });
+                const data = await res.json();
+                setEmmaStatus(data.status);
+            } catch (e) {
+                setEmmaStatus('unavailable');
+            }
+        };
+        fetchEmmaStatus();
+    }, []);
+
+    const handleSend = async () => {
+        if (!message.trim()) return;
+
+        const newMessage: Message = { 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: Message = { role: 'assistant', content: data.reply };
+            setTranscript(prev => [...prev, emmaMessage]);
+
+        } catch (err: any) {
+            setError(err.message);
+        } finally {
+            setLoading(false);
+        }
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <div className="chat-workspace">
+            <div className="chat-header">
+                <h3>Emma Local</h3>
+                <span>{emmaStatus === 'ready' ? 'Connected' : 'Unavailable'}</span>
+                {ticketNumber && <span className="ticket-chip">Gitea #{ticketNumber}</span>}
+            </div>
+            <div className="transcript">
+                {transcript.length === 0 && !loading && (
+                    <div className="welcome-message">
+                        <p>Hei Chris. Hva vil du at jeg skal få gjort?</p>
+                        <div className="quick-prompts">
+                            <button>Status på plattformen</button>
+                            <button>Hva er neste oppgave?</button>
+                            <button>Arbeid med Gitea #1</button>
+                            <button>Sjekk siste build</button>
+                            <button>Vis kostnadsavvik</button>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                )}
+                {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} <button onClick={handleSend}>Retry</button></div>}
+            </div>
+            <div className="chat-composer">
+                <textarea
+                    value={message}
+                    onChange={(e) => setMessage(e.target.value)}
+                    onKeyPress={(e) => e.key === 'Enter' && !e.shiftKey && handleSend()}
+                    placeholder="Chat with Emma..."
+                    disabled={loading}
+                />
+                <button onClick={handleSend} disabled={loading}>
+                    {loading ? 'Sending...' : 'Send'}
+                </button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    );
+};
+
+export default ChatWorkspace;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ContextPanel.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ContextPanel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74e2771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ContextPanel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import CapabilityPanel from './CapabilityPanel';
+
+const ContextPanel = () => {
+  return (
+    <div className="context-panel">
+      <div className="current-task">
+        <h4>Current task</h4>
+        <div>Idle</div>
+      </div>
+      <div className="ticket-context">
+        <h4>Ticket context</h4>
+        <div>No active ticket</div>
+      </div>
+      <div className="suggested-actions">
+        <h4>Suggested actions</h4>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Check platform</li>
+          <li>Review Gitea #1</li>
+          <li>Check last deployment</li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+      <CapabilityPanel />
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default ContextPanel;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/PlatformStatus.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/PlatformStatus.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index a33cdc4..0000000
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/PlatformStatus.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-
-type ConsoleStatus = 'success' | 'unavailable' | 'loading';
-
-type SafeHealthSummary = {
-  status: 'ok';
-  service: string;
-  version: string;
-};
-
-type ConsoleStatusItem = {
-  status: Exclude<ConsoleStatus, 'loading'>;
-  summary: SafeHealthSummary | null;
-  message: 'Available' | 'Unavailable';
-};
-
-interface ConsoleStatusResponse {
-  health?: ConsoleStatusItem;
-  buildStatus?: ConsoleStatusItem;
-  platformState?: ConsoleStatusItem;
-}
-
-interface StatusBlockProps {
-  title: string;
-  status: ConsoleStatus;
-  summary: SafeHealthSummary | null;
-}
-
-const StatusBlock: React.FC<StatusBlockProps> = ({ title, status, summary }) => {
-  return (
-    <div className={`status-block status-${status}`}>
-      <h3>{title}</h3>
-      {status === 'loading' && <p>Loading...</p>}
-      {status === 'unavailable' && <p>Unavailable</p>}
-      {status === 'success' && summary && (
-        <ul>
-          <li><strong>Status:</strong> {summary.status}</li>
-          <li><strong>Service:</strong> {summary.service}</li>
-          <li><strong>Version:</strong> {summary.version}</li>
-        </ul>
-      )}
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-interface PlatformStatusProps {
-  statusData: ConsoleStatusResponse | null;
-  loading: boolean;
-}
-
-const unavailableStatus: ConsoleStatus = 'unavailable';
-
-const PlatformStatus: React.FC<PlatformStatusProps> = ({ statusData, loading }) => {
-  return (
-    <div className="console-card">
-      <h2>Platform Overview</h2>
-      <div className="status-container">
-        <StatusBlock
-          title="Health"
-          status={loading ? 'loading' : statusData?.health?.status ?? unavailableStatus}
-          summary={statusData?.health?.summary ?? null}
-        />
-        <StatusBlock
-          title="Latest Build"
-          status={loading ? 'loading' : statusData?.buildStatus?.status ?? unavailableStatus}
-          summary={null} // Schema not confirmed, so always null for now
-        />
-        <StatusBlock
-          title="Platform State"
-          status={loading ? 'loading' : statusData?.platformState?.status ?? unavailableStatus}
-          summary={null} // Schema not confirmed, so always null for now
-        />
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-export default PlatformStatus;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ProjectRegistryView.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ProjectRegistryView.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 945b196..0000000
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/ProjectRegistryView.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-
-const ProjectRegistryView = () => {
-  return (
-    <div className="console-card">
-      <h2>Projects</h2>
-      <p className="unavailable-message">No project registry configured yet.</p>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-export default ProjectRegistryView;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c60314e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+const Sidebar = () => {
+  return (
+    <div className="sidebar">
+      <div className="logo">OPAX</div>
+      <div className="emma-status">Emma Local: Connected</div>
+      <nav>
+        <ul>
+          <li className="active">Chat</li>
+          <li>Work</li>
+          <li>Repository</li>
+          <li>Deployments</li>
+          <li>Costs</li>
+        </ul>
+      </nav>
+      <div className="ticket-context">
+        <div>Current selected ticket:</div>
+        <div>No active task</div>
+      </div>
+      <div className="profile">User Profile</div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default Sidebar;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/WorkQueueView.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/components/WorkQueueView.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index c46374d..0000000
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/components/WorkQueueView.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-
-const WorkQueueView = () => {
-  return (
-    <div className="console-card">
-      <h2>Work Queue</h2>
-      <p className="unavailable-message">No ticket read model configured yet.</p>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-export default WorkQueueView;
diff --git a/opax-web/frontend/src/pages/OperationsConsole.tsx b/opax-web/frontend/src/pages/OperationsConsole.tsx
index 6ccae6b..242dfd4 100644
--- a/opax-web/frontend/src/pages/OperationsConsole.tsx
+++ b/opax-web/frontend/src/pages/OperationsConsole.tsx
@@ -1,138 +1,14 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
-import PlatformStatus from '../components/PlatformStatus';
-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';
+import React from 'react';
+import Sidebar from '../components/Sidebar';
+import ChatWorkspace from '../components/ChatWorkspace';
+import ContextPanel from '../components/ContextPanel';
 
-// --- Types for Safe Data Handling ---
-type ConsoleStatus = 'success' | 'unavailable';
-
-type SafeHealthSummary = {
-  status: 'ok';
-  service: string;
-  version: string;
-};
-
-type ConsoleStatusItem = {
-  status: ConsoleStatus;
-  summary: SafeHealthSummary | null;
-  message: 'Available' | 'Unavailable';
-};
-
-export interface ConsoleStatusResponse {
-  health: ConsoleStatusItem;
-  buildStatus: ConsoleStatusItem;
-  platformState: ConsoleStatusItem;
-}
-
-const unavailableItem: ConsoleStatusItem = {
-  status: 'unavailable',
-  summary: null,
-  message: 'Unavailable',
-};
-
-// --- Normalizer Function ---
-type UnknownRecord = Record<string, unknown>;
-
-function isRecord(value: unknown): value is UnknownRecord {
-  return typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
-}
-
-function isHealthSummary(value: unknown): value is SafeHealthSummary {
-  return (
-    isRecord(value) &&
-    value.status === 'ok' &&
-    typeof value.service === 'string' &&
-    typeof value.version === 'string'
-  );
-}
-
-function normalizeStatusResponse(raw: unknown): ConsoleStatusResponse {
-  let health: ConsoleStatusItem = unavailableItem;
-
-  if (isRecord(raw) && isRecord(raw.health)) {
-    const healthItem = raw.health;
-
-    if (
-      healthItem.status === 'success' &&
-      isHealthSummary(healthItem.summary)
-    ) {
-      health = {
-        status: 'success',
-        summary: {
-          status: 'ok',
-          service: healthItem.summary.service,
-          version: healthItem.summary.version,
-        },
-        message: 'Available',
-      };
-    }
-  }
-
-  return {
-    health,
-    buildStatus: unavailableItem,
-    platformState: unavailableItem,
-  };
-}
-
-// --- Component ---
 const OperationsConsole = () => {
-  const [statusData, setStatusData] = useState<ConsoleStatusResponse | null>(null);
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [lastRefreshed, setLastRefreshed] = useState<string>('');
-
-  const fetchData = useCallback(async () => {
-    setLoading(true);
-    setError(null);
-    try {
-      const res = await fetch('/api/console/status', { credentials: 'include' });
-      if (!res.ok) {
-        // Handle auth errors or server errors safely
-        if (res.status === 401) {
-            throw new Error('Access denied. Please log in again.');
-        } else {
-            throw new Error('Console data is unavailable.');
-        }
-      }
-      const rawData = await res.json();
-      setStatusData(normalizeStatusResponse(rawData));
-      setLastRefreshed(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());
-    } catch {
-      setError('Console data is unavailable. Please try again.');
-    } finally {
-      setLoading(false);
-    }
-  }, []);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    fetchData();
-  }, [fetchData]);
-
   return (
-    <div className="console-page">
-      <div className="page-header">
-        <h1>OPAX Operations Console</h1>
-        <div className="header-actions">
-            <span>Last refreshed: {lastRefreshed || 'never'}</span>
-            <button onClick={fetchData} disabled={loading} className="primary">
-            {loading ? 'Refreshing...' : 'Refresh'}
-            </button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      {error && <p className="error">{error}</p>}
-
-      <PlatformStatus statusData={statusData} loading={loading} />
-      <ProjectRegistryView />
-      <WorkQueueView />
-      <ApprovalsView />
-      <AgentConsoleView />
-      <CapabilityPanel />
-
+    <div className="console-layout">
+      <Sidebar />
+      <ChatWorkspace />
+      <ContextPanel />
     </div>
   );
 };