diff --git a/src/cli/dashboard-control.ts b/src/cli/dashboard-control.ts
index 36970b1..4a7b0b3 100644
--- a/src/cli/dashboard-control.ts
+++ b/src/cli/dashboard-control.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,35 @@ export async function dispatchAction(name: string, params: any, cwd: string): Pr
         await writeConfigKnob(String(params.key), v.coerced);
         return { ok: true, message: `Set ${params.key} = ${v.coerced}. Takes effect on the next run.` };
       }
+      case 'model.set': {
+        const model = String(params?.model ?? '').trim();
+        if (!model) return { ok: false, message: 'Pick a model.' };
+        await writeConfigKnob('defaults.model', model);
+        return { ok: true, message: `Default model → ${model}. Takes effect on the next run.` };
+      }
+      case 'memory.add': {
+        const fact = String(params?.fact ?? '').trim();
+        if (!fact) return { ok: false, message: 'Nothing to remember.' };
+        const scope = params?.scope === 'user' ? 'user' : 'project';
+        const { getSessionStore } = await import('../session/store.js');
+        getSessionStore().addFact('dashboard', cwd, fact, scope);
+        try { const { exportMemory } = await import('../context/memory-mirror.js'); await exportMemory(cwd); } catch { /* mirror best-effort */ }
+        return { ok: true, message: `Remembered (${scope}): ${fact.slice(0, 60)}` };
+      }
+      case 'skill.promote': {
+        const name = String(params?.name ?? '').trim();
+        if (!name) return { ok: false, message: 'No candidate named.' };
+        const { promoteCandidate } = await import('../skills/learning/candidate-store.js');
+        const r = await promoteCandidate(name, cwd);
+        return r.promoted ? { ok: true, message: `Promoted "${name}".` } : { ok: false, message: r.reason ?? 'Promotion blocked.' };
+      }
+      case 'skill.reject': {
+        const name = String(params?.name ?? '').trim();
+        if (!name) return { ok: false, message: 'No candidate named.' };
+        const { archiveCandidate } = await import('../skills/learning/candidate-store.js');
+        const ok = await archiveCandidate(name);
+        return ok ? { ok: true, message: `Rejected "${name}".` } : { ok: false, message: 'No such candidate.' };
+      }
       case 'memory.forget': {
         const sub = String(params?.substring ?? '').trim();
         if (!sub) return { ok: false, message: 'Provide a substring to forget.' };
diff --git a/src/cli/dashboard.ts b/src/cli/dashboard.ts
index 3fbace6..b087e5a 100644
--- a/src/cli/dashboard.ts
+++ b/src/cli/dashboard.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export interface DashboardData {
   skills: { name: string; description: string }[];
   controls: { path: string; label: string; group: string; type: 'bool' | 'enum'; values?: string[]; current: string }[];
   schedules: { id: string; name: string; cron: string; enabled: boolean; recipe?: string }[];
+  models: string[];
+  candidates: { name: string; description: string; confidence?: number }[];
   totals: { sessions: number; tokens: number; cost: number; facts: number; episodes: number; skills: number };
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +60,16 @@ export function buildDashboardHtml(d: DashboardData, opts: { token?: string } =
     <td class="r">${live ? `<button onclick="act('schedule.setEnabled',{id:'${esc(s.id)}',enabled:${!s.enabled}})">${s.enabled ? 'Disable' : 'Enable'}</button> <button class="danger" onclick="if(confirm('Remove ${esc(s.name)}?'))act('schedule.remove',{id:'${esc(s.id)}'})">Remove</button>` : `<span class="dim">${s.enabled ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}</span>`}</td>
   </tr>`).join('') : '<tr><td colspan="3" class="dim">No scheduled tasks. Add one with `qodex schedule add`.</td></tr>';
   const schedulePanel = `<div class="panel"><h2>Scheduled tasks</h2><table><thead><tr><th>task</th><th>cron</th><th class="r">${live ? 'actions' : 'state'}</th></tr></thead><tbody>${scheduleRows}</tbody></table></div>`;
+
+  // Model switcher (live: a dropdown of known models; read-only: just the current one).
+  const modelCtl = live && d.models.length
+    ? `<select onchange="act('model.set',{model:this.value})">${d.models.map(m => `<option${m === d.model ? ' selected' : ''}>${esc(m)}</option>`).join('')}</select>`
+    : `<span class="mono">${esc(d.model)}</span>`;
+  const modelPanel = `<div class="panel"><div class="ctl"><span>Default model</span>${modelCtl}</div></div>`;
+
+  // Quarantined skill candidates — promote (independent-judge-passed) or reject from here.
+  const candRows = d.candidates.length ? d.candidates.map(c => `<li><b>${esc(c.name)}</b>${c.confidence != null ? ` <span class="dim">conf ${c.confidence}</span>` : ''} — <span class="dim">${esc(c.description)}</span>${live ? ` <button onclick="act('skill.promote',{name:'${esc(c.name)}'})">Promote</button> <button class="danger" onclick="act('skill.reject',{name:'${esc(c.name)}'})">Reject</button>` : ''}</li>`).join('') : '<li class="dim">No candidates in quarantine.</li>';
+  const candidatePanel = `<div class="panel"><h2>Skill candidates (quarantine)</h2><ul>${candRows}</ul></div>`;
   const providerRows = d.providers.map(p => `<tr>
     <td>${p.isDefault ? '⭐ ' : ''}<b>${esc(p.name)}</b></td>
     <td class="mono dim">${esc(p.baseUrl || '—')}</td>
@@ -116,15 +128,17 @@ export function buildDashboardHtml(d: DashboardData, opts: { token?: string } =
   </div>
   <div class="panel"><h2>Tokens per recent session</h2><canvas id="chart" height="90"></canvas></div>
   ${live ? '' : '<p class="dim" style="margin:-6px 0 14px">Read-only snapshot. Run <b>qodex dashboard</b> (server mode) for live controls.</p>'}
+  ${modelPanel}
   <div class="two">${controlPanel}</div>
   ${schedulePanel}
   <div class="panel"><h2>Providers &amp; models</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Provider</th><th>Base URL</th><th>Models</th><th>API key</th></tr></thead><tbody>${providerRows}</tbody></table></div>
   <div class="panel"><h2>Recent sessions</h2><table><thead><tr><th>id</th><th>title</th><th>model</th><th class="r">turns</th><th class="r">tokens</th><th class="r">cost</th><th>when</th></tr></thead><tbody>${sessionRows}</tbody></table></div>
   <div class="two">
-    <div class="panel"><h2>Memory · learned facts</h2><ul>${factList}</ul></div>
+    <div class="panel"><h2>Memory · learned facts</h2><ul>${factList}</ul>${live ? `<div class="ctl" style="border:0;padding-top:10px"><input id="newfact" placeholder="Remember a fact about this project…" style="flex:1;margin-right:8px;background:#1b2233;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:8px;padding:6px 10px;color:var(--ink)"><button onclick="const i=document.getElementById('newfact');if(i.value.trim())act('memory.add',{fact:i.value.trim()})">Remember</button></div>` : ''}</div>
     <div class="panel"><h2>Episodic memory · past tasks</h2><ul>${epList}</ul></div>
   </div>
   <div class="panel"><h2>Skills</h2><ul>${skillList}</ul></div>
+  ${candidatePanel}
   <p class="dim" style="text-align:center">Generated by <b>qodex dashboard</b> — all data is local, under ~/.qodex/.</p>
 </div>
 <div id="toast"></div>
@@ -208,10 +222,21 @@ export async function gatherDashboardData(cwd: string): Promise<DashboardData> {
     try { const { getScheduleStore } = await import('../schedule/store.js'); return getScheduleStore().list().map(s => ({ id: s.id, name: s.name, cron: s.cron, enabled: !!s.enabled, recipe: s.recipe })); }
     catch { return []; }
   })();
+  // Known models (for the model switcher) = every model the configured providers expose + the current default.
+  const models = (() => {
+    const set = new Set<string>();
+    if (defModel && defModel !== '(unset)') set.add(defModel);
+    for (const p of providers) for (const m of p.models) set.add(m);
+    return [...set];
+  })();
+  const candidates = await (async () => {
+    try { const { listCandidates } = await import('../skills/learning/candidate-store.js'); return (await listCandidates()).map(c => ({ name: c.name, description: (c.description ?? '').slice(0, 90), confidence: c.confidence })); }
+    catch { return []; }
+  })();
 
   return {
     project, model: defModel, generatedAt: new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 16).replace('T', ' '),
-    providers, sessions, facts, episodes, skills, controls, schedules,
+    providers, sessions, facts, episodes, skills, controls, schedules, models, candidates,
     totals: {
       sessions: sessions.length, tokens: sessions.reduce((a, s) => a + s.tokens, 0),
       cost: sessions.reduce((a, s) => a + s.cost, 0), facts: facts.length, episodes: episodes.length, skills: skills.length,
diff --git a/test/dashboard-control.test.ts b/test/dashboard-control.test.ts
index 929f47d..aef0b63 100644
--- a/test/dashboard-control.test.ts
+++ b/test/dashboard-control.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ describe('dispatchAction — unknown + validation rejection (no disk writes)', (
   it('memory.forget needs a substring', async () => {
     expect((await dispatchAction('memory.forget', { substring: '' }, '/tmp')).ok).toBe(false);
   });
+  it('the second-batch actions validate their input before doing anything', async () => {
+    expect((await dispatchAction('model.set', { model: '' }, '/tmp')).ok).toBe(false);
+    expect((await dispatchAction('memory.add', { fact: '   ' }, '/tmp')).ok).toBe(false);
+    expect((await dispatchAction('skill.promote', { name: '' }, '/tmp')).ok).toBe(false);
+    expect((await dispatchAction('skill.reject', { name: '' }, '/tmp')).ok).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('handleRequest — token auth + routing', () => {
diff --git a/test/dashboard.test.ts b/test/dashboard.test.ts
index 6fa36bb..5726659 100644
--- a/test/dashboard.test.ts
+++ b/test/dashboard.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const data: DashboardData = {
     { path: 'memory.mode', label: 'Memory injection', group: 'Memory', type: 'enum', values: ['full', 'lightweight', 'auto'], current: 'auto' },
   ],
   schedules: [{ id: 'sched1234', name: 'nightly-deps', cron: '@daily', enabled: true, recipe: 'verified-pr' }],
+  models: ['qwen3-coder', 'anthropic/claude-3.5'],
+  candidates: [{ name: 'add-pagination', description: 'cursor pagination playbook', confidence: 82 }],
   totals: { sessions: 1, tokens: 42000, cost: 0.12, facts: 1, episodes: 1, skills: 1 },
 };
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ describe('qodex dashboard (pure render)', () => {
   });
 
   it('handles an empty/fresh install gracefully', () => {
-    const empty: DashboardData = { project: 'x', model: 'm', generatedAt: 't', providers: [], sessions: [], facts: [], episodes: [], skills: [], controls: [], schedules: [], totals: { sessions: 0, tokens: 0, cost: 0, facts: 0, episodes: 0, skills: 0 } };
+    const empty: DashboardData = { project: 'x', model: 'm', generatedAt: 't', providers: [], sessions: [], facts: [], episodes: [], skills: [], controls: [], schedules: [], models: [], candidates: [], totals: { sessions: 0, tokens: 0, cost: 0, facts: 0, episodes: 0, skills: 0 } };
     const html = buildDashboardHtml(empty);
     expect(html).toContain('No sessions yet');
     expect(html).toContain('Nothing learned yet');
@@ -52,6 +54,10 @@ describe('qodex dashboard (pure render)', () => {
     expect(live).toContain('tok123');
     expect(live).toContain("act('schedule.setEnabled'");    // schedule controls present
     expect(live).toContain("act('config.set'");            // config toggles present
+    expect(live).toContain("act('model.set'");             // model switcher
+    expect(live).toContain("act('memory.add'");            // remember input
+    expect(live).toContain("act('skill.promote'");         // candidate promote
+    expect(live).toContain('add-pagination');              // candidate listed
   });
 
   // Exercises the REAL gather chain (config + store + skills, read-only) for an empty cwd — proves it