diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index f73c3b91..03399781 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ it are discarded rather than stamping every task with the day the clone was
 made.
 
 The dashboard's [Recent](dashboard.md#recent) table is the payoff: the 20
-newest events across the whole Mind — issued, parked, filed and completed — in
-one place.
+newest events on the work in hand — issued, parked, filed — in one place.
+Shipped work stays out of it; `complete/index.md` is where the ledger is read.
 
 ### Completion record (`complete/<YYYY>/<MM>/<slug>.md`) schema
 
diff --git a/dashboard.html b/dashboard.html
index bb6ecd71..a53d0eb8 100644
--- a/dashboard.html
+++ b/dashboard.html
@@ -242,69 +242,9 @@ <h2>Backlog <a class="mdsrc" href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/tree
 <div class="task"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/start_dev draft/release/autocti/cti_release_train_wiring.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button><p><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/draft/release/autocti/cti_release_train_wiring.md">CTI release-train wiring — first modern autocti release</a> — <span class="facets">autocti · medium · human-required · normal</span></p></div>
 </details>
 <a id="recent"></a><h2>Recent <a class="mdsrc" href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/dashboard.md#recent">markdown version</a></h2>
-<p class="muted">The Mind's most recent 20 task events, newest first — what was issued, parked, filed and shipped, in one place. Every other section on this page is laid out by state, which is exactly why none of them can answer “what has been happening?”. Work still in hand is listed first-class here; completed records fill whatever room is left.</p>
+<p class="muted">The 10 newest things to happen to the work in hand, newest first — issued, parked, filed. Every other section on this page is laid out by state, which is exactly why none of them can answer “what has been happening?”. Shipped work is not here: it is read from `complete/index.md`, and a thousand records deep it would crowd out everything anyone can still act on.</p>
 <table class="recent">
 <tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-23</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/pyautonerves-release-for-regime-stamp.md">pyautonerves-release-for-regime-stamp</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task pyautonerves-release-for-regime-stamp — its record is complete/2026/08/pyautonerves-release-for-regime-stamp.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-23</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/bump-autonerves-floor.md">bump-autonerves-floor</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task bump-autonerves-floor — its record is complete/2026/08/bump-autonerves-floor.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-22</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/small-datasets-regime-stamp.md">small-datasets-regime-stamp</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task small-datasets-regime-stamp — its record is complete/2026/08/small-datasets-regime-stamp.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-22</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/should-simulate-capped-branch-reuse.md">should-simulate-capped-branch-reuse</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task should-simulate-capped-branch-reuse — its record is complete/2026/08/should-simulate-capped-branch-reuse.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-22</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/plot-utils-duplicate-modules.md">plot-utils-duplicate-modules</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task plot-utils-duplicate-modules — its record is complete/2026/08/plot-utils-duplicate-modules.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-22</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/optional-dependency-skip-guards.md">optional-dependency-skip-guards</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task optional-dependency-skip-guards — its record is complete/2026/08/optional-dependency-skip-guards.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-22</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/jax-grad-local-vs-ci-assertions.md">jax-grad-local-vs-ci-assertions</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task jax-grad-local-vs-ci-assertions — its record is complete/2026/08/jax-grad-local-vs-ci-assertions.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-22</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/fits-header-comment-literal-list.md">fits-header-comment-literal-list</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task fits-header-comment-literal-list — its record is complete/2026/08/fits-header-comment-literal-list.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-21</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/queue-intake-claude.md">queue-intake-claude</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task queue-intake-claude — its record is complete/2026/08/queue-intake-claude.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td class="when">2026-08-21</td>
-<td class="what">completed</td>
-<td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/complete/2026/08/pixelization-eager-jit-divergence.md">pixelization-eager-jit-divergence</a></td>
-<td class="pick"><button class="copy" data-cmd="/memory recall the completed PyAutoMind task pixelization-eager-jit-divergence — its record is complete/2026/08/pixelization-eager-jit-divergence.md" aria-label="Copy the Claude command">📋</button></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
 <td class="when">2026-08-19</td>
 <td class="what">issued</td>
 <td><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoMind/blob/main/active/16_transformed_message_factor_gradient_unpack.md"><code>@PyAutoFit</code> <code>TransformedMessage.factor_gradient</code> crashes on first…</a></td>
diff --git a/dashboard.md b/dashboard.md
index 5cf060c1..c123c5d6 100644
--- a/dashboard.md
+++ b/dashboard.md
@@ -1300,20 +1300,10 @@ Scoped but not started; some are not yet prompt files. Full detail in [`planned.
 
 ## Recent
 
-The Mind's most recent 20 task events, newest first — what was issued, parked, filed and shipped, in one place. Every other section on this page is laid out by state, which is exactly why none of them can answer “what has been happening?”. Work still in hand is listed first-class here; completed records fill whatever room is left.
+The 10 newest things to happen to the work in hand, newest first — issued, parked, filed. Every other section on this page is laid out by state, which is exactly why none of them can answer “what has been happening?”. Shipped work is not here: it is read from `complete/index.md`, and a thousand records deep it would crowd out everything anyone can still act on.
 
 | Date | Event | Task |
 |------|-------|------|
-| 2026-08-23 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/pyautonerves-release-for-regime-stamp.md">pyautonerves-release-for-regime-stamp</a> |
-| 2026-08-23 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/bump-autonerves-floor.md">bump-autonerves-floor</a> |
-| 2026-08-22 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/small-datasets-regime-stamp.md">small-datasets-regime-stamp</a> |
-| 2026-08-22 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/should-simulate-capped-branch-reuse.md">should-simulate-capped-branch-reuse</a> |
-| 2026-08-22 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/plot-utils-duplicate-modules.md">plot-utils-duplicate-modules</a> |
-| 2026-08-22 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/optional-dependency-skip-guards.md">optional-dependency-skip-guards</a> |
-| 2026-08-22 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/jax-grad-local-vs-ci-assertions.md">jax-grad-local-vs-ci-assertions</a> |
-| 2026-08-22 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/fits-header-comment-literal-list.md">fits-header-comment-literal-list</a> |
-| 2026-08-21 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/queue-intake-claude.md">queue-intake-claude</a> |
-| 2026-08-21 | completed | <a href="complete/2026/08/pixelization-eager-jit-divergence.md">pixelization-eager-jit-divergence</a> |
 | 2026-08-19 | issued | <a href="active/16_transformed_message_factor_gradient_unpack.md"><code>@PyAutoFit</code> <code>TransformedMessage.factor_gradient</code> crashes on first…</a> |
 | 2026-08-18 | parked | <a href="parked.md#single-source-density-design">single-source-density-design</a> |
 | 2026-08-18 | parked | <a href="parked.md#prior-message-collapse-design">prior-message-collapse-design</a> |
@@ -1325,7 +1315,7 @@ The Mind's most recent 20 task events, newest first — what was issued, parked,
 | 2026-06-05 | filed | <a href="planned.md#piemass-potential">piemass-potential</a> |
 | 2026-05-21 | filed | <a href="planned.md#jax-point-source-point-smoke-sentinel">jax-point-source-point-smoke-sentinel</a> |
 
-_Dates come from each task's registry entry and each record's `completed:` — `lifecycle.py dates` reports anything undated._
+_Dates come from each task's registry entry — `lifecycle.py dates` reports anything undated._
 
 ## Epics