diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agent_config_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agent_config_tests.rs
index 551915357..3fd0e513a 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agent_config_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agent_config_tests.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ fn agent_record() -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents.rs
index 9b8ef16ec..1c730b171 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents.rs
@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ pub async fn create_managed_agent(
             source_team: None,
             source_team_persona_slug: None,
             catalog_source: None,
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
             definition_respond_to: None,
             definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
             definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents_tests.rs
index 54a03e2ba..13a11321e 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents_tests.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ fn bare_agent_record(
         catalog_source: None,
         relay_mesh: None,
         auto_restart_on_config_change: false,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/global_agent_config_epoch_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/global_agent_config_epoch_tests.rs
index 47cea3c97..da10d5127 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/global_agent_config_epoch_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/global_agent_config_epoch_tests.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ async fn test_full_tail_stop_spawn_receipt_register_save() {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Default::default(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
@@ -540,6 +542,8 @@ async fn test_relay_mesh_preflight_precedes_stop() {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Default::default(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/global_agent_config_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/global_agent_config_tests.rs
index 851b68315..f36cd2268 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/global_agent_config_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/global_agent_config_tests.rs
@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ async fn test_record_mesh_change_after_preflight_aborts_before_stop() {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Default::default(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/delete_cascade_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/delete_cascade_tests.rs
index 8ff7cfbd9..56a290de8 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/delete_cascade_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/delete_cascade_tests.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ fn make_agent(
         catalog_source: None,
         relay_mesh: None,
         auto_restart_on_config_change: false,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/inbound/inbound_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/inbound/inbound_tests.rs
index 1005a8343..65276319c 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/inbound/inbound_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/inbound/inbound_tests.rs
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ fn local_agent() -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/mod.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/mod.rs
index fe79b90f9..5ad69765d 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/mod.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/mod.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ use tauri::AppHandle;
 use crate::{
     app_state::AppState,
     managed_agents::{
-        current_instance_id, delete_agent_key, load_managed_agents, load_personas, load_teams,
-        save_managed_agents, save_personas, stop_managed_agent_process,
+        current_instance_id, delete_agent_key, load_managed_agents, load_persona_views,
+        load_personas, load_teams, save_managed_agents, save_personas, stop_managed_agent_process,
         sync_managed_agent_processes, try_regenerate_nest, validate_persona_activation_change,
-        validate_persona_deletion, AgentDefinition, ManagedAgentRecord,
+        validate_persona_deletion, AgentDefinition, ManagedAgentRecord, PersonaView,
     },
     util::now_iso,
 };
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mod inbound;
 pub use inbound::reconcile_inbound_persona_event;
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn list_personas(app: AppHandle) -> Result<Vec<AgentDefinition>, String> {
+pub async fn list_personas(app: AppHandle) -> Result<Vec<PersonaView>, String> {
     use tauri::Manager;
     tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
         let state = app.state::<AppState>();
@@ -49,9 +49,23 @@ pub async fn list_personas(app: AppHandle) -> Result<Vec<AgentDefinition>, Strin
             .managed_agents_store_lock
             .lock()
             .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
-        let mut personas = load_personas(&app)?;
-        pending::project_active_persona_sharing(&app, &state, &mut personas);
-        Ok(personas)
+        let views = load_persona_views(&app)?;
+        // Share state is a command-layer projection over the definition view;
+        // project it onto the definitions, then re-pair with each view's
+        // library metadata. Order is the deterministic `load_personas` sort and
+        // is preserved through both halves.
+        let mut definitions: Vec<AgentDefinition> =
+            views.iter().map(|view| view.definition.clone()).collect();
+        pending::project_active_persona_sharing(&app, &state, &mut definitions);
+        Ok(definitions
+            .into_iter()
+            .zip(views)
+            .map(|(definition, view)| PersonaView {
+                definition,
+                library_ref: view.library_ref,
+                library_applied_revision: view.library_applied_revision,
+            })
+            .collect())
     })
     .await
     .map_err(|e| format!("spawn_blocking failed: {e}"))?
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/fidelity_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/fidelity_tests.rs
index b769d74d7..22fae21b2 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/fidelity_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/fidelity_tests.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ fn make_definition(slug: &str) -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/import.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/import.rs
index 3b916bdab..4ba44f1a3 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/import.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/import.rs
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ where
             source_team: None,
             source_team_persona_slug: None,
             catalog_source: None,
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
             definition_respond_to: respond_to_wire.clone(),
             definition_respond_to_allowlist: minted.respond_to_allowlist.clone(),
             definition_parallelism: minted_parallelism,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/tests.rs
index 084d9ee18..59c73b746 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/tests.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ fn make_definition(slug: &str) -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/update/name_propagation_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/update/name_propagation_tests.rs
index c60215ae4..f1599604b 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/update/name_propagation_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/update/name_propagation_tests.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ fn agent(persona_id: &str, name: &str, display_name: Option<&str>) -> ManagedAge
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs
index 8e37d9903..f1d692c71 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs
@@ -637,6 +637,8 @@ where
             source_team: None,
             source_team_persona_slug: None,
             catalog_source: None,
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
             definition_respond_to: respond_to_wire.clone(),
             definition_respond_to_allowlist: definition.respond_to_allowlist.clone(),
             definition_parallelism: minted_parallelism,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs
index d9ad73f73..50b7f911b 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ fn team_export_with_instance_and_memory_level_uses_supplied_entries() {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_events.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_events.rs
index 4a7b80079..159ae1870 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_events.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_events.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ mod tests {
             source_team: None,
             source_team_persona_slug: None,
             catalog_source: None,
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
             definition_respond_to: None,
             definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
             definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_envelope.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_envelope.rs
index 8508c2707..0b3fc372b 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_envelope.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_envelope.rs
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ mod tests {
             source_team: None,
             source_team_persona_slug: None,
             catalog_source: None,
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
             definition_respond_to: None,
             definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
             definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_tests.rs
index b4492418e..da3d910ac 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_tests.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ fn minimal_record() -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         shared: false,
         source_team: Some("team-id-123".to_string()), // MUST NOT appear
         source_team_persona_slug: Some("lep".to_string()), // MUST NOT appear
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: Some("allowlist".to_string()),
         catalog_source: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec!["abc123def".to_string()],
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/config_bridge/reader_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/config_bridge/reader_tests.rs
index 62caffeb2..0d2c265a0 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/config_bridge/reader_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/config_bridge/reader_tests.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ fn test_record() -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/tests.rs
index 6fe6a7752..0aa29d538 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/tests.rs
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ fn effective_agent_command_explicit_override_wins() {
     );
 }
 
-/// Minimal record for `record_agent_command` tests. Only the resolution
-/// inputs (runtime / persona_id / agent_command_override) vary.
+/// Minimal record for `record_agent_command` tests; only runtime/persona_id/agent_command_override vary.
 fn record_with(
     runtime: Option<&str>,
     persona_id: Option<&str>,
@@ -279,6 +278,8 @@ fn record_with(
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
@@ -288,8 +289,7 @@ fn record_with(
 
 #[test]
 fn record_agent_command_own_runtime_wins_over_persona() {
-    // A record with its own materialized runtime never consults the
-    // persona list — the unified-model resolution.
+    // A record with its own materialized runtime never consults the persona list.
     let personas = vec![persona_with_runtime("p1", Some("goose"))];
     let record = record_with(Some("claude"), Some("p1"), None);
     assert_eq!(record_agent_command(&record, &personas), "claude-agent-acp");
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/effective_config/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/effective_config/tests.rs
index c8e437809..1a95960c0 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/effective_config/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/effective_config/tests.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ fn record(
         catalog_source: None,
         relay_mesh: None,
         auto_restart_on_config_change: false,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/global_config/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/global_config/tests.rs
index 553596e22..5ebec06a4 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/global_config/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/global_config/tests.rs
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ fn bare_record() -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         catalog_source: None,
         relay_mesh: None,
         auto_restart_on_config_change: false,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/nest/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/nest/tests.rs
index cbef171f6..2c57e7f16 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/nest/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/nest/tests.rs
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ fn make_agent(name: &str, persona_id: Option<&str>) -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/parallelism.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/parallelism.rs
index e1691575b..baa1b23c9 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/parallelism.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/parallelism.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ mod tests {
             source_team: None,
             source_team_persona_slug: None,
             catalog_source: None,
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
             definition_respond_to: None,
             definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
             definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/persona_events/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/persona_events/tests.rs
index 0580b12ce..e72ad5011 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/persona_events/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/persona_events/tests.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ pub(super) fn sample_record() -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas.rs
index 2405038f5..2f5be7053 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 use std::fs;
 
-use crate::{managed_agents::AgentDefinition, util::now_iso};
+use crate::{
+    managed_agents::{AgentDefinition, ManagedAgentRecord},
+    util::now_iso,
+};
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+/// Read-only persona view for the list/get command boundary (§2.7, resolves
+/// P4-C1). `definition` is the unchanged mutation-input shape; it flattens onto
+/// the wire so the frontend keeps consuming a flat `RawPersona` with two new
+/// optional fields rather than a nested shape.
+///
+/// The metadata fields are OUTPUT-ONLY: no command input, client payload, or
+/// inbound event may author them, and they are never round-tripped into a save
+/// — §3's library operations are their only writers. They surface the shared
+/// indicator without changing the persona mutation contract.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct PersonaView {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub definition: AgentDefinition,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub library_ref: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub library_applied_revision: Option<u64>,
+}
 
 struct BuiltInPersona {
     id: &'static str,
@@ -385,19 +408,79 @@ pub(crate) fn load_personas_from_path(
         .map_err(|error| format!("failed to parse persona store: {error}"))
 }
 
+/// Read personas with their cross-workspace library metadata (§2.7 read-side
+/// exposure, resolves P4-C1). The list/get command boundary calls this instead
+/// of [`load_personas`]; the ~78 non-command readers keep the flat
+/// `Vec<AgentDefinition>` loader unchanged.
+///
+/// The definition projection is IDENTICAL to [`load_personas`] (same built-in
+/// merge and write-back); each merged definition is then paired with its raw
+/// record's `library_ref`/`library_applied_revision` by slug. Built-in
+/// personas added by the merge have no raw record and so carry no metadata —
+/// exactly right, they are never library projections.
+pub(crate) fn load_persona_views<R: tauri::Runtime>(
+    app: &tauri::AppHandle<R>,
+) -> Result<Vec<PersonaView>, String> {
+    let definitions = load_personas(app)?;
+    let raw = crate::managed_agents::storage::load_agent_definitions(app)?;
+    Ok(pair_persona_views(definitions, &raw))
+}
+
+/// Scoped variant of [`load_persona_views`]. Part of the scoped `_at()` API:
+/// exercised by tests now, consumed by §3 activation reconcile once the library
+/// read side lands.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub(crate) fn load_persona_views_at(
+    definitions_dir: &std::path::Path,
+) -> Result<Vec<PersonaView>, String> {
+    let definitions = load_personas_at(definitions_dir)?;
+    let raw = crate::managed_agents::storage::load_agent_definitions_at(definitions_dir)?;
+    Ok(pair_persona_views(definitions, &raw))
+}
+
+/// Pair each merged definition with the library metadata of the raw record that
+/// shares its slug. Pure and total: a definition with no matching raw record
+/// (a built-in the merge just added) yields `None`/`None`, and library metadata
+/// is read from the raw record ONLY — never from the definition view, which
+/// cannot carry it.
+fn pair_persona_views(
+    definitions: Vec<AgentDefinition>,
+    raw: &[ManagedAgentRecord],
+) -> Vec<PersonaView> {
+    let metadata: std::collections::HashMap<&str, (&Option<String>, &Option<u64>)> = raw
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|record| {
+            record.slug.as_deref().map(|slug| {
+                (
+                    slug,
+                    (&record.library_ref, &record.library_applied_revision),
+                )
+            })
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    definitions
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|definition| {
+            let (library_ref, library_applied_revision) = metadata
+                .get(definition.id.as_str())
+                .map(|(r, rev)| ((*r).clone(), **rev))
+                .unwrap_or((None, None));
+            PersonaView {
+                definition,
+                library_ref,
+                library_applied_revision,
+            }
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 pub fn save_personas<R: tauri::Runtime>(
     app: &tauri::AppHandle<R>,
     records: &[AgentDefinition],
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
-    let mut sorted = records.to_vec();
-    sort_personas(&mut sorted);
-
-    // Post-fold: persona saves write key-less definition records into the
-    // unified agent store (instances preserved by `save_agent_definitions`).
-    let definitions: Vec<_> = sorted
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|persona| persona.into_agent_record())
-        .collect();
+    let existing = crate::managed_agents::storage::load_agent_definitions(app)?;
+    let definitions = merge_preserving_definitions(existing, records);
     crate::managed_agents::storage::save_agent_definitions(app, &definitions)
 }
 
@@ -408,15 +491,55 @@ pub(crate) fn save_personas_at(
     definitions_dir: &std::path::Path,
     records: &[AgentDefinition],
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
-    let mut sorted = records.to_vec();
-    sort_personas(&mut sorted);
-
-    let definitions: Vec<_> = sorted
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|persona| persona.into_agent_record())
-        .collect();
+    let existing = crate::managed_agents::storage::load_agent_definitions_at(definitions_dir)?;
+    let definitions = merge_preserving_definitions(existing, records);
     crate::managed_agents::storage::save_agent_definitions_at(definitions_dir, &definitions)
 }
 
+/// Build the definition half of a persona save so that every field living only
+/// on [`ManagedAgentRecord`] — `library_ref`, `library_applied_revision`,
+/// `last_completed_deploy_attempt_id`, and any future non-view slot — survives
+/// an ordinary save (§2.7, resolves P3-C1).
+///
+/// At head, `save_personas` reconstructed every record wholesale through
+/// [`AgentDefinition::into_agent_record`], so one unrelated local edit erased
+/// the projection metadata on every OTHER definition — silently detaching every
+/// shared agent. Here each view is instead applied onto the canonical raw
+/// record of the same slug via [`ManagedAgentRecord::apply_definition_view`],
+/// which writes ONLY the view-carried slots and leaves the rest intact. A
+/// genuinely new persona (no matching raw record) is projected fresh through
+/// `into_agent_record` — it has no metadata to lose.
+///
+/// This makes every writer that funnels through `save_personas[_at]` (create,
+/// update, activation toggle, delete, inbound upsert/tombstone, snapshot/team
+/// import, team deletion) merge-preserving *by construction*.
+///
+/// A raw record absent from `views` is a deletion, dropped from the result —
+/// the head-identical plain path. Library-aware deletion routing (§3.4's
+/// `ExcludePending` state machine) and the library-authoritative inbound branch
+/// (§2.7 P4-C2) layer on at §3, where `apply_shared_definition` exists; at
+/// Phase 0 no production path authors `library_ref`, so the plain path is the
+/// only reachable one and matches head exactly.
+fn merge_preserving_definitions(
+    existing: Vec<crate::managed_agents::ManagedAgentRecord>,
+    views: &[AgentDefinition],
+) -> Vec<crate::managed_agents::ManagedAgentRecord> {
+    let mut by_slug: std::collections::HashMap<String, _> = existing
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|record| record.slug.clone().map(|slug| (slug, record)))
+        .collect();
+
+    views
+        .iter()
+        .map(|view| match by_slug.remove(&view.id) {
+            Some(mut record) => {
+                record.apply_definition_view(view);
+                record
+            }
+            None => view.clone().into_agent_record(),
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas/tests.rs
index 387b4d72c..96d80c6b1 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas/tests.rs
@@ -410,3 +410,188 @@ fn fizz_builtin_resolves_to_buzz_agent() {
         "Fizz must resolve to buzz-agent specifically"
     );
 }
+
+// ── §2.7 merge-preserving persona save (P3-C1 / P4-C1 acceptance) ─────────────
+
+use super::{
+    load_persona_views_at, load_personas_at, merge_preserving_definitions, save_personas_at,
+};
+use crate::managed_agents::storage::{load_agent_definitions_at, save_agent_definitions_at};
+use crate::managed_agents::ManagedAgentRecord;
+
+/// A keyless definition projected from a shared library entry: it carries
+/// `library_ref`/`library_applied_revision`, which live ONLY on
+/// `ManagedAgentRecord` and are exactly what head's wholesale save erased.
+fn projected_record(slug: &str, revision: u64) -> ManagedAgentRecord {
+    let mut record = custom_persona(slug, "Shared Agent").into_agent_record();
+    record.library_ref = Some(format!("lib-{slug}"));
+    record.library_applied_revision = Some(revision);
+    record
+}
+
+/// Assert the projected record survives a save with its library metadata and
+/// index invariant intact. `label` names the writer shape for failure output.
+fn assert_projection_survived(saved: &[ManagedAgentRecord], label: &str) {
+    let projected = saved
+        .iter()
+        .find(|record| record.slug.as_deref() == Some("shared"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("{label}: projected record must survive the save"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        projected.library_ref.as_deref(),
+        Some("lib-shared"),
+        "{label}: library_ref must survive an unrelated writer",
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        projected.library_applied_revision,
+        Some(3),
+        "{label}: library_applied_revision must survive an unrelated writer",
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        saved
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|record| record.library_ref.as_deref() == Some("lib-shared"))
+            .count(),
+        1,
+        "{label}: exactly one keyless record may link the library entry",
+    );
+}
+
+/// P3-C1 acceptance: every persona writer funnels through `save_personas[_at]`,
+/// so a save that touches ONLY an unrelated persona must leave a projected
+/// record's library metadata untouched. At head, `into_agent_record`
+/// reconstructed the whole vector and erased it. Each closure models one
+/// writer's vector transformation (create, update, activation toggle, delete,
+/// inbound upsert, inbound tombstone, team import, team delete) applied to the
+/// unrelated persona — never the projected one.
+#[test]
+fn merge_preserving_save_keeps_library_metadata_across_every_writer_shape() {
+    let seed = || {
+        vec![
+            projected_record("shared", 3),
+            custom_persona("custom:plain", "Plain").into_agent_record(),
+        ]
+    };
+
+    type Shape = (
+        &'static str,
+        fn(Vec<AgentDefinition>) -> Vec<AgentDefinition>,
+    );
+    let shapes: Vec<Shape> = vec![
+        ("create", |mut views| {
+            views.push(custom_persona("custom:new", "New"));
+            views
+        }),
+        ("update", |mut views| {
+            for view in &mut views {
+                if view.id == "custom:plain" {
+                    view.display_name = "Renamed".to_string();
+                }
+            }
+            views
+        }),
+        ("activation_toggle", |mut views| {
+            for view in &mut views {
+                if view.id == "custom:plain" {
+                    view.is_active = !view.is_active;
+                }
+            }
+            views
+        }),
+        ("delete_unrelated", |views| {
+            views
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|v| v.id != "custom:plain")
+                .collect()
+        }),
+        ("inbound_upsert_unrelated", |mut views| {
+            views.push(custom_persona("custom:inbound", "Inbound"));
+            views
+        }),
+        ("inbound_tombstone_unrelated", |views| {
+            views
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|v| v.id != "custom:plain")
+                .collect()
+        }),
+        ("team_import", |mut views| {
+            let mut member = custom_persona("team:member", "Team Member");
+            member.source_team = Some("team-1".to_string());
+            views.push(member);
+            views
+        }),
+        ("team_delete", |views| {
+            views
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|v| !v.id.starts_with("team:"))
+                .collect()
+        }),
+    ];
+
+    for (label, transform) in shapes {
+        let existing = seed();
+        // A writer always passes the definition VIEW of the current store —
+        // library metadata is stripped because `AgentDefinition` cannot carry
+        // it. The seam must re-merge it from the canonical raw record.
+        let views: Vec<AgentDefinition> = existing
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|record| record.to_definition_view())
+            .collect();
+        let saved = merge_preserving_definitions(existing, &transform(views));
+        assert_projection_survived(&saved, label);
+    }
+}
+
+/// The same guarantee through the on-disk `_at` seam — proving the storage
+/// layer and the built-in-merge write-back preserve the metadata too — plus the
+/// §2.7 read-side exposure (P4-C1): `load_persona_views_at` surfaces the
+/// metadata for a projected record and reports none for a plain one.
+#[test]
+fn save_personas_at_preserves_library_metadata_on_disk() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("temp dir");
+    let definitions_dir = dir.path();
+
+    save_agent_definitions_at(
+        definitions_dir,
+        &[
+            projected_record("shared", 3),
+            custom_persona("custom:plain", "Plain").into_agent_record(),
+        ],
+    )
+    .expect("seed raw store");
+
+    // A full writer cycle: load the views (metadata stripped), edit the
+    // unrelated persona, save back through the merge-preserving seam. The load
+    // also merges built-ins and writes them back — another writer exercised.
+    let mut views = load_personas_at(definitions_dir).expect("load personas");
+    for view in &mut views {
+        if view.id == "custom:plain" {
+            view.display_name = "Renamed".to_string();
+        }
+    }
+    save_personas_at(definitions_dir, &views).expect("save personas");
+
+    let raw = load_agent_definitions_at(definitions_dir).expect("reload raw store");
+    let projected = raw
+        .iter()
+        .find(|record| record.slug.as_deref() == Some("shared"))
+        .expect("projected record survives on disk");
+    assert_eq!(projected.library_ref.as_deref(), Some("lib-shared"));
+    assert_eq!(projected.library_applied_revision, Some(3));
+
+    let persona_views = load_persona_views_at(definitions_dir).expect("load persona views");
+    let shared_view = persona_views
+        .iter()
+        .find(|view| view.definition.id == "shared")
+        .expect("shared view present");
+    assert_eq!(shared_view.library_ref.as_deref(), Some("lib-shared"));
+    assert_eq!(shared_view.library_applied_revision, Some(3));
+
+    let plain_view = persona_views
+        .iter()
+        .find(|view| view.definition.id == "custom:plain")
+        .expect("plain view present");
+    assert!(
+        plain_view.library_ref.is_none() && plain_view.library_applied_revision.is_none(),
+        "a plain persona must surface no library metadata",
+    );
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs
index c072448ff..deff0ee6d 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs
@@ -1465,9 +1465,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn resolve_effective_agent_env_user_env_wins_over_structured_fields() {
-        // A record whose env_vars explicitly set provider/model must win over
-        // any baked defaults. In OSS test builds the baked map is empty, so
-        // this test validates the user-env layer is present in the output.
+        // env_vars provider/model must win over baked defaults (empty in OSS).
         let mut env_vars = BTreeMap::new();
         env_vars.insert("BUZZ_AGENT_PROVIDER".to_string(), "anthropic".to_string());
         env_vars.insert(
@@ -1526,6 +1524,8 @@ mod tests {
             source_team: None,
             source_team_persona_slug: None,
             catalog_source: None,
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
             definition_respond_to: None,
             definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
             definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime/test_fixtures.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime/test_fixtures.rs
index 9836d983e..63d33cd40 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime/test_fixtures.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime/test_fixtures.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ pub(super) fn fixture(
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime_commands_concurrency_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime_commands_concurrency_tests.rs
index 634ecafb5..b7179a937 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime_commands_concurrency_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime_commands_concurrency_tests.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fn test_compensate_drain_writer_vs_compensation_deterministic() {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Default::default(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
@@ -335,6 +337,8 @@ fn test_compensate_drain_concurrent_start_is_blocked() {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Default::default(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_snapshot/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_snapshot/tests.rs
index 1ceeee372..b5fc27d73 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_snapshot/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_snapshot/tests.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ fn record() -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/team_snapshot.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/team_snapshot.rs
index 96082acc7..66c4aa1a1 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/team_snapshot.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/team_snapshot.rs
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ mod tests {
             shared: false,
             source_team: Some("SENTINEL_SOURCE_TEAM".to_string()), // MUST NOT appear
             source_team_persona_slug: Some("SENTINEL_SLUG".to_string()), // MUST NOT appear
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
             definition_respond_to: None,
             catalog_source: None,
             definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/teams_tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/teams_tests.rs
index 1ffa60eda..a3d42e37f 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/teams_tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/teams_tests.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ fn managed_agent(name: &str) -> ManagedAgentRecord {
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         catalog_source: None,
         relay_mesh: None,
+        library_ref: None,
+        library_applied_revision: None,
         definition_respond_to: None,
         definition_respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         definition_parallelism: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types.rs
index e5be105fe..7b6abab8d 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types.rs
@@ -92,107 +92,6 @@ pub struct AgentDefinition {
     pub updated_at: String,
 }
 
-impl AgentDefinition {
-    /// Project this persona onto a key-less unified [`ManagedAgentRecord`]
-    /// (Phase 1A store fold). Identity fields stay empty — keys are minted on
-    /// first start. `AgentDefinition.id` becomes `slug`, preserving the 30175
-    /// event coordinate (`d_tag = slug`) across the fold.
-    pub fn into_agent_record(self) -> ManagedAgentRecord {
-        ManagedAgentRecord {
-            pubkey: String::new(),
-            name: self.display_name.clone(),
-            persona_id: None,
-            private_key_nsec: String::new(),
-            auth_tag: None,
-            relay_url: String::new(),
-            avatar_url: self.avatar_url,
-            acp_command: DEFAULT_ACP_COMMAND.to_string(),
-            agent_command: String::new(),
-            agent_command_override: None,
-            agent_args: Vec::new(),
-            mcp_command: String::new(),
-            turn_timeout_seconds: DEFAULT_AGENT_TURN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
-            idle_timeout_seconds: None,
-            max_turn_duration_seconds: None,
-            parallelism: default_agent_parallelism(),
-            system_prompt: (!self.system_prompt.is_empty()).then_some(self.system_prompt),
-            model: self.model,
-            provider: self.provider,
-            persona_source_version: None,
-            env_vars: self.env_vars,
-            start_on_app_launch: false,
-            auto_restart_on_config_change: true,
-            runtime_pid: None,
-            backend: BackendKind::default(),
-            backend_agent_id: None,
-            provider_binary_path: None,
-            team_id: None,
-            persona_team_dir: None,
-            persona_name_in_team: None,
-            created_at: self.created_at,
-            updated_at: self.updated_at,
-            last_started_at: None,
-            last_stopped_at: None,
-            last_exit_code: None,
-            last_error: None,
-            last_error_code: None,
-            respond_to: RespondTo::default(),
-            respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
-            display_name: Some(self.display_name),
-            slug: Some(self.id),
-            runtime: self.runtime,
-            name_pool: self.name_pool,
-            is_builtin: self.is_builtin,
-            is_active: self.is_active,
-            // Catalog visibility is relay+owner scoped, not definition-global.
-            shared: false,
-            source_team: self.source_team,
-            source_team_persona_slug: self.source_team_persona_slug,
-            catalog_source: self.catalog_source,
-            definition_respond_to: self.respond_to,
-            definition_respond_to_allowlist: self.respond_to_allowlist,
-            definition_parallelism: self.parallelism,
-            relay_mesh: None,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl ManagedAgentRecord {
-    /// Present a key-less definition record back in the legacy
-    /// [`AgentDefinition`] shape — the compatibility view the persona command
-    /// surface serves until Phase 1B unifies the UI. Inverse of
-    /// [`AgentDefinition::into_agent_record`] for the fields personas carry.
-    pub fn to_definition_view(&self) -> Option<AgentDefinition> {
-        let slug = self.slug.clone()?;
-        Some(AgentDefinition {
-            id: slug,
-            display_name: self
-                .display_name
-                .clone()
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| self.name.clone()),
-            avatar_url: self.avatar_url.clone(),
-            system_prompt: self.system_prompt.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
-            runtime: self.runtime.clone(),
-            model: self.model.clone(),
-            provider: self.provider.clone(),
-            name_pool: self.name_pool.clone(),
-            is_builtin: self.is_builtin,
-            is_active: self.is_active,
-            // Projected by `list_personas` from the active retention scope.
-            shared: false,
-            source_team: self.source_team.clone(),
-            source_team_persona_slug: self.source_team_persona_slug.clone(),
-            catalog_source: self.catalog_source.clone(),
-            env_vars: self.env_vars.clone(),
-            respond_to: self.definition_respond_to.clone(),
-            respond_to_allowlist: self.definition_respond_to_allowlist.clone(),
-            parallelism: self.definition_parallelism,
-            created_at: self.created_at.clone(),
-            updated_at: self.updated_at.clone(),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct RelayAgentInfo {
     pub pubkey: String,
@@ -409,6 +308,22 @@ pub struct ManagedAgentRecord {
     /// definition was copied from, when it came from another owner's catalog.
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub catalog_source: Option<CatalogSource>,
+    /// Cross-workspace library linkage (§2.6). `Some(library_id)` marks this
+    /// keyless definition as a projection of a shared library entry — the
+    /// mutation seam (§2.7) routes edits/deletes of such a record through the
+    /// library machinery instead of the plain local path, and the read seam
+    /// (`load_persona_views`) surfaces it as a shared indicator. Only §3's
+    /// library operations author this; no command input or inbound event may.
+    /// `#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if)]` keeps records without it
+    /// byte-identical to head.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub library_ref: Option<String>,
+    /// The library-entry revision this projection's cached content reflects
+    /// (§2.6). Paired with `library_ref`; meaningless without it. Written only
+    /// by §3's `apply_shared_definition`/materialization; never round-tripped
+    /// through a persona save.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub library_applied_revision: Option<u64>,
     /// NIP-AP definition-level behavioral defaults, absorbed from
     /// `AgentDefinition` in WIRE shape (kebab-case string / optional u32),
     /// distinct from the instance-side `respond_to`/`respond_to_allowlist`/
@@ -990,6 +905,7 @@ pub fn resolve_mint_behavioral_defaults(
 
 mod catalog_source;
 pub use catalog_source::CatalogSource;
+mod conversions;
 mod requests;
 pub use requests::*;
 
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types/conversions.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types/conversions.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6280b80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types/conversions.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+//! Conversions between the persona-command shape [`AgentDefinition`] and the
+//! unified store record [`ManagedAgentRecord`], split from `types.rs`
+//! (file-size cap). These are the §2.7 compatibility seam: `into_agent_record`
+//! projects a fresh persona into a keyless record, `to_definition_view`
+//! presents a record back in the legacy command shape, and
+//! `apply_definition_view` is the merge-preserving inverse that keeps
+//! record-only fields intact across an ordinary persona save.
+
+use super::{
+    default_agent_parallelism, AgentDefinition, BackendKind, ManagedAgentRecord, RespondTo,
+    DEFAULT_ACP_COMMAND, DEFAULT_AGENT_TURN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+};
+
+impl AgentDefinition {
+    /// Project this persona onto a key-less unified [`ManagedAgentRecord`]
+    /// (Phase 1A store fold). Identity fields stay empty — keys are minted on
+    /// first start. `AgentDefinition.id` becomes `slug`, preserving the 30175
+    /// event coordinate (`d_tag = slug`) across the fold.
+    pub fn into_agent_record(self) -> ManagedAgentRecord {
+        ManagedAgentRecord {
+            pubkey: String::new(),
+            name: self.display_name.clone(),
+            persona_id: None,
+            private_key_nsec: String::new(),
+            auth_tag: None,
+            relay_url: String::new(),
+            avatar_url: self.avatar_url,
+            acp_command: DEFAULT_ACP_COMMAND.to_string(),
+            agent_command: String::new(),
+            agent_command_override: None,
+            agent_args: Vec::new(),
+            mcp_command: String::new(),
+            turn_timeout_seconds: DEFAULT_AGENT_TURN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+            idle_timeout_seconds: None,
+            max_turn_duration_seconds: None,
+            parallelism: default_agent_parallelism(),
+            system_prompt: (!self.system_prompt.is_empty()).then_some(self.system_prompt),
+            model: self.model,
+            provider: self.provider,
+            persona_source_version: None,
+            env_vars: self.env_vars,
+            start_on_app_launch: false,
+            auto_restart_on_config_change: true,
+            runtime_pid: None,
+            backend: BackendKind::default(),
+            backend_agent_id: None,
+            provider_binary_path: None,
+            team_id: None,
+            persona_team_dir: None,
+            persona_name_in_team: None,
+            created_at: self.created_at,
+            updated_at: self.updated_at,
+            last_started_at: None,
+            last_stopped_at: None,
+            last_exit_code: None,
+            last_error: None,
+            last_error_code: None,
+            respond_to: RespondTo::default(),
+            respond_to_allowlist: Vec::new(),
+            display_name: Some(self.display_name),
+            slug: Some(self.id),
+            runtime: self.runtime,
+            name_pool: self.name_pool,
+            is_builtin: self.is_builtin,
+            is_active: self.is_active,
+            // Catalog visibility is relay+owner scoped, not definition-global.
+            shared: false,
+            source_team: self.source_team,
+            source_team_persona_slug: self.source_team_persona_slug,
+            catalog_source: self.catalog_source,
+            // Library linkage is authored only by §3's projection machinery;
+            // a freshly projected definition carries none.
+            library_ref: None,
+            library_applied_revision: None,
+            definition_respond_to: self.respond_to,
+            definition_respond_to_allowlist: self.respond_to_allowlist,
+            definition_parallelism: self.parallelism,
+            relay_mesh: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ManagedAgentRecord {
+    /// Present a key-less definition record back in the legacy
+    /// [`AgentDefinition`] shape — the compatibility view the persona command
+    /// surface serves until Phase 1B unifies the UI. Inverse of
+    /// [`AgentDefinition::into_agent_record`] for the fields personas carry.
+    pub fn to_definition_view(&self) -> Option<AgentDefinition> {
+        let slug = self.slug.clone()?;
+        Some(AgentDefinition {
+            id: slug,
+            display_name: self
+                .display_name
+                .clone()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| self.name.clone()),
+            avatar_url: self.avatar_url.clone(),
+            system_prompt: self.system_prompt.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
+            runtime: self.runtime.clone(),
+            model: self.model.clone(),
+            provider: self.provider.clone(),
+            name_pool: self.name_pool.clone(),
+            is_builtin: self.is_builtin,
+            is_active: self.is_active,
+            // Projected by `list_personas` from the active retention scope.
+            shared: false,
+            source_team: self.source_team.clone(),
+            source_team_persona_slug: self.source_team_persona_slug.clone(),
+            catalog_source: self.catalog_source.clone(),
+            env_vars: self.env_vars.clone(),
+            respond_to: self.definition_respond_to.clone(),
+            respond_to_allowlist: self.definition_respond_to_allowlist.clone(),
+            parallelism: self.definition_parallelism,
+            created_at: self.created_at.clone(),
+            updated_at: self.updated_at.clone(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Inverse of [`to_definition_view`](Self::to_definition_view) for EXACTLY
+    /// the fields the persona view carries. Every other field of `self` — the
+    /// instance-side slots, and (once §3 lands) `library_ref`,
+    /// `library_applied_revision`, `last_completed_deploy_attempt_id`, plus any
+    /// future non-view field — is untouched by construction: this writes only
+    /// the slots [`to_definition_view`](Self::to_definition_view) reads.
+    ///
+    /// This is the seam that makes an ordinary persona save merge-preserving.
+    /// At head, `save_personas` reconstructed every record wholesale through
+    /// [`into_agent_record`](AgentDefinition::into_agent_record), so any field
+    /// living only on `ManagedAgentRecord` was erased by an unrelated save.
+    /// Applying the view onto the canonical raw record instead keeps those
+    /// fields intact. The value mapping mirrors `into_agent_record` so a record
+    /// updated this way is byte-identical to one freshly projected.
+    pub(crate) fn apply_definition_view(&mut self, view: &AgentDefinition) {
+        self.slug = Some(view.id.clone());
+        self.display_name = Some(view.display_name.clone());
+        self.name = view.display_name.clone();
+        self.avatar_url = view.avatar_url.clone();
+        self.system_prompt = (!view.system_prompt.is_empty()).then(|| view.system_prompt.clone());
+        self.runtime = view.runtime.clone();
+        self.model = view.model.clone();
+        self.provider = view.provider.clone();
+        self.name_pool = view.name_pool.clone();
+        self.is_builtin = view.is_builtin;
+        self.is_active = view.is_active;
+        // Catalog visibility is relay+owner scoped, never definition-global —
+        // `view.shared` is a command projection and must not be persisted.
+        self.shared = false;
+        self.source_team = view.source_team.clone();
+        self.source_team_persona_slug = view.source_team_persona_slug.clone();
+        self.catalog_source = view.catalog_source.clone();
+        self.env_vars = view.env_vars.clone();
+        self.definition_respond_to = view.respond_to.clone();
+        self.definition_respond_to_allowlist = view.respond_to_allowlist.clone();
+        self.definition_parallelism = view.parallelism;
+        self.created_at = view.created_at.clone();
+        self.updated_at = view.updated_at.clone();
+    }
+}