@@ -248,17 +248,18 @@ git clone https://github.com/objectstack-ai/objectstack.git
 cd objectstack
 pnpm install          # Node 22+, pnpm 10 (corepack enable)
 pnpm build            # build all packages
-pnpm objectui:build   # build the Console SPA (not part of pnpm build)
+pnpm console:build    # put the Console SPA in packages/console/dist
 pnpm dev              # showcase example: REST + Console on :3000
 ```
 
-`pnpm objectui:build` builds [objectui](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/objectui)
-at the commit pinned in `.objectui-sha` into `packages/console/dist`
-(gitignored). It builds from a `../objectui` checkout if one sits next to this
-repo, otherwise from a shallow clone of objectui into `.cache/`; either way it
-installs objectui's dependencies, so it needs network. Skip it and `pnpm dev`
-still serves the REST API, without the Console. Rerun it when `.objectui-sha`
-moves.
+`pnpm console:build` builds the Console from its source in this workspace
+(`ui/apps/console`, against this tree's own spec and client) and copies the
+result into `packages/console/dist` (gitignored), which is where `pnpm dev`
+serves it from. Nothing is cloned or pinned. `pnpm build` builds the Console
+too but does not copy it, so after `pnpm build` this step is a copy. Skip it
+and `pnpm dev` still serves the REST API, without the Console. Rerun it after
+pulling changes under `ui/`: `packages/console/dist` is never refreshed on its
+own.
 
 A first run is slow, not stuck. Measured once on a fresh clone of `main`
 (4-vCPU container, Node 22.22, pnpm 10.31):
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ A first run is slow, not stuck. Measured once on a fresh clone of `main`
 |:---|---:|:---|
 | `pnpm install` | 16 s | |
 | `pnpm build` | 6 m 54 s | 72 turbo tasks |
-| `pnpm objectui:build` | 10 m 36 s | clones objectui and builds the Console |
+| `pnpm console:build` | 12 m 16 s | 72 turbo tasks: the Console and what it depends on, run before any `pnpm build` (`--concurrency=2`); a cache hit plus a copy, about 1 s, once `pnpm build` has run |
 | `pnpm test` | 54 m 03 s | the full suite: 135 turbo tasks |
 
 For your own change, test what it reaches instead of the full suite:
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Each script starts one example's dev server. `pnpm dev` is an alias for `pnpm de
   `pnpm install` alone leaves the workspace unbuilt. This is the same sequence
   `README.md` documents.
 
-  `pnpm build` still does not produce the Console SPA at `/_console/` — that is built
-  separately by `pnpm objectui:build`.
+  `pnpm build` still does not put the Console SPA served at `/_console/` in place —
+  `pnpm console:build` does, copying it into `packages/console/dist`.
 </Callout>
 
 ---
 
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ contradicts it, and correct it here when it does.
   them.
 
 - **A cold tree cannot boot the app from the console-build recipe alone.**
-  `pnpm objectui:build` runs `scripts/build-console.sh`, which builds the **console**, not
-  the framework CLI. On a fresh tree `packages/cli` has no `dist`, and the bare binary
+  `pnpm console:build` builds the **console** and the packages it depends on, not the
+  framework CLI. On a fresh tree `packages/cli` has no `dist`, and the bare binary
   then answers `Error: command dev not found` (exit 2) — a message that names neither the
   cause nor the fix. **Check:** `node scripts/check-dev-prereqs.mjs`; it reports every
   package whose declared `dist/` entry point is missing, and exits non-zero. **Fix:
@@ -619,22 +619,22 @@ contradicts it, and correct it here when it does.
   passed at `bfc1539fe0`.
 
 - **One container builds one tree at a time: never run `pnpm build` and
-  `pnpm objectui:build` together, and give the heavy steps a concurrency the shell's memory
-  can hold.** `pnpm objectui:build` (`scripts/build-console.sh`) runs `turbo run build` in
-  THIS checkout as well — `@objectstack/spec` when its dist is absent or incomplete,
-  `@objectstack/client`, and every `@objectstack/*` package the objectui pin overrides,
-  declarations included — so a `pnpm build` beside it writes the same `packages/spec/dist`
-  from a second turbo process nothing serialises, and the spec's DTS pass races (the 18.0
-  sweep, #24579 §6). The shell's cgroup is capped near 13.4 GiB (`memory.limit_in_bytes`
-  read `14343688192` on the cgroup `/proc/self/cgroup` names, at `bfc1539fe0`), and the
-  console's dependency build is `turbo run build --filter=@object-ui/console^...` at turbo's
-  default concurrency unless overridden. The 18.0 sweep's runner held both under that cap
+  `pnpm console:build` together, and give the heavy steps a concurrency the shell's memory
+  can hold.** `pnpm console:build` (`turbo run build:dist --filter=@objectstack/console`)
+  runs `turbo run build` for `@object-ui/console` and everything it depends on in THIS
+  checkout — `@objectstack/spec` and `@objectstack/client` among them, declarations
+  included — so a `pnpm build` beside it writes the same `packages/spec/dist` from a second
+  turbo process nothing serialises, and the spec's DTS pass races (the 18.0 sweep, #24579 §6,
+  met it with the retired pin script, which built the same packages). The shell's cgroup is
+  capped near 13.4 GiB (`memory.limit_in_bytes` read `14343688192` on the cgroup
+  `/proc/self/cgroup` names, at `bfc1539fe0`), and the console build runs at turbo's default
+  concurrency unless overridden. The 18.0 sweep's runner held both under that cap
   only at `--concurrency=2`, and the Tier 1 vitest pins only at `--maxWorkers=1`, and was
   killed with exit **137** otherwise (#24579 §6; QA run #24598's environment fingerprint
   records the settings that held; the OOM itself is not re-run here). **Fix:**
-  `pnpm build --concurrency=2` first; then
-  `OBJECTUI_DEPS_BUILD_CMD='pnpm exec turbo run build --concurrency=2 --filter=@object-ui/console^...' pnpm objectui:build`
-  (the override the script's header documents); vitest one package at a time with
+  `pnpm build --concurrency=2` first (it builds the console too); then
+  `pnpm console:build --concurrency=2` (pnpm appends it to the turbo command), which after that
+  build is a cache hit plus a copy; vitest one package at a time with
   `--maxWorkers=1`. ⛔ An exit 137 is the container's memory limit, not a failing test or a
   broken build — re-run narrower before reading anything into it.
 
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ contradicts it, and correct it here when it does.
 | trap | what it fakes | counter |
 |---|---|---|
 | `hydration-race` | empty nav/list right after navigation | screenshot first; settle; then read DOM |
-| `stale-console-bundle` | UI bug already fixed upstream in objectui | check against objectui HMR console / fresh build (skill §2). `os dev` refuses to mount a console whose stamp ≠ the `.objectui-sha` pin, so a 404 `/_console/` reads "rebuild with `pnpm objectui:build`", never "console broken" |
+| `stale-console-bundle` | UI bug already fixed upstream in objectui | check against objectui HMR console / fresh build (skill §2). `packages/console/dist` is a gitignored copy that `pnpm build` never refreshes, so a console older than the tree, or a 404 `/_console/`, reads "rebuild with `pnpm console:build`", never "console broken" |
 | `stale-dist` | src edits with no runtime effect | rebuild package + restart before judging |
 | `automation-input` | dead buttons / empty submits caused by the driver | ref-targeted clicks; native setter + input/change events |
 | `shared-browser-tab` | drifting origin, foreign drafts | pin absolute origin; own port/DB (skill §0) |
@@ -736,8 +736,7 @@ The in-environment JSON scratch (RUNNER shape, never committed):
   "scope": "since:v17 + P0",            // the filter that selected items
   "app": "showcase",
   "env": {
-    "framework": "<commit sha>",
-    "objectuiPin": "<.objectui-sha>",   // stale-bundle honesty: record what the console was
+    "framework": "<commit sha>",        // also the console's source: it builds from ui/ in this tree
     "port": 3456, "db": "file:/tmp/<run>/data.db"
   },
   "runner": "<agent/session identifier>",
 
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ Scoring rules live in [SCORING.md](./SCORING.md); the sheet a run fills in is
 |---|---|
 | app | `examples/app-showcase`, a **fresh** boot — empty database, nothing left from an earlier run |
 | boot | `OS_PORT=PORT pnpm -C ABS/examples/app-showcase exec objectstack dev --ui --seed-admin -p PORT -d file:/tmp/RUN/data.db` (the dogfood-verification §0 line; `OS_PORT` exported, not only `-p`) |
-| console | the vendored build at the `.objectui-sha` pin (`pnpm objectui:build`), served at `/_console/` — **never** an objectui HEAD dev server: the benchmark measures what users get |
+| console | the build of the same tree's `ui/apps/console` (`pnpm console:build`, into `packages/console/dist`), served at `/_console/` — **never** a console dev server: the benchmark measures what users get |
 | author | the seeded platform admin `admin@objectos.ai` / `admin123`, signed in through the form |
 | end user | a second identity minted by admin create (`POST /api/v1/auth/admin/create-user`, then `change-password`), or by invite + sign-up — a stock showcase refuses self-registration |
 | browser | Chromium at 1440×900 |
 
-Record both SHAs before step 1: `git rev-parse HEAD` of the objectstack tree you booted, and the
-contents of `.objectui-sha` (cross-check `packages/console/dist/.objectui-sha` — `os dev` refuses
-to mount a console whose stamp differs).
+Record the SHA before step 1: `git rev-parse HEAD` of the objectstack tree you booted. The console
+builds from that same tree, so it has no SHA of its own; run `pnpm console:build` on that HEAD
+before booting, because `pnpm build` does not refresh `packages/console/dist`.
 
 ## The rules of the run
 
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //   node docs/screenshots/render-readme-demo.mjs --out <dir>  # preview: GIF + every frame into <dir>, touch nothing committed
 //
 // Prerequisites are the ones `pnpm dev` itself has, and it checks them itself:
-// a built workspace (`pnpm build`) and a built Console (`pnpm objectui:build`).
+// a built workspace (`pnpm build`) and a built Console (`pnpm console:build`).
 // Plus `ffmpeg` on PATH, which assembles the GIF.
 //
 // ## What it records — three beats and a closing frame