diff --git a/lib/builtin/output/output.dart b/lib/builtin/output/output.dart
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+export 'src/output_controller.dart';
+export 'src/output_view.dart';
diff --git a/lib/builtin/output/src/output_controller.dart b/lib/builtin/output/src/output_controller.dart
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+/// Filter state + filtered view over a [LogRing] for the Output dock tab
+/// (T-54 / D-87). Notifies when the ring changes or a filter is set, so the
+/// view rebuilds; the ring itself stays Flutter-free.
+library;
+
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:clide/kernel/src/log.dart';
+import 'package:clide/kernel/src/log_ring.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+
+class OutputController extends ChangeNotifier {
+  OutputController(this.ring) {
+    _sub = ring.changes.listen((_) => notifyListeners());
+  }
+
+  final LogRing ring;
+  late final StreamSubscription<void> _sub;
+
+  /// Minimum level shown. Defaults to debug (trace is firehose-noise).
+  LogLevel minLevel = LogLevel.debug;
+
+  /// Source filter; null = all sources.
+  String? source;
+
+  /// Free-text filter over message + source.
+  String text = '';
+
+  void setMinLevel(LogLevel level) {
+    if (minLevel == level) return;
+    minLevel = level;
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
+  void setSource(String? value) {
+    if (source == value) return;
+    source = value;
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
+  void setText(String value) {
+    if (text == value) return;
+    text = value;
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
+  /// Clear the underlying ring (the panel's Clear action). The ring's change
+  /// event drives the rebuild.
+  void clear() => ring.clear();
+
+  /// Records passing the current filters, oldest first.
+  List<LogRecord> get filtered {
+    final lf = text.toLowerCase();
+    return ring.records.where((r) {
+      if (r.level.index < minLevel.index) return false;
+      if (source != null && r.source != source) return false;
+      if (lf.isNotEmpty && !r.message.toLowerCase().contains(lf) && !r.source.toLowerCase().contains(lf)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    }).toList();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _sub.cancel();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/builtin/output/src/output_view.dart b/lib/builtin/output/src/output_view.dart
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+/// The Output tab of the bottom dock (T-54 / D-87): a read-only, filterable,
+/// auto-scrolling view of the [LogRing].
+library;
+
+import 'package:clide/kernel/kernel.dart';
+import 'package:clide/kernel/src/log_ring.dart';
+import 'package:clide/widgets/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+
+import 'output_controller.dart';
+
+class OutputView extends StatefulWidget {
+  const OutputView({super.key, required this.ring});
+
+  /// The retained log buffer to render. The view owns a controller over it
+  /// but never the ring itself (the app owns that).
+  final LogRing ring;
+
+  @override
+  State<OutputView> createState() => _OutputViewState();
+}
+
+class _OutputViewState extends State<OutputView> {
+  late final OutputController _c = OutputController(widget.ring);
+  final ScrollController _scroll = ScrollController();
+
+  /// Follow the tail until the user scrolls up; resumes when they return to
+  /// the bottom.
+  bool _following = true;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _c.addListener(_onChange);
+    _scroll.addListener(_onScroll);
+  }
+
+  void _onScroll() {
+    if (!_scroll.hasClients) return;
+    final atBottom = _scroll.offset >= _scroll.position.maxScrollExtent - 8;
+    if (atBottom != _following) setState(() => _following = atBottom);
+  }
+
+  void _onChange() {
+    if (_following) {
+      WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+        if (_scroll.hasClients) _scroll.jumpTo(_scroll.position.maxScrollExtent);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _jumpToLatest() {
+    setState(() => _following = true);
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+      if (_scroll.hasClients) _scroll.jumpTo(_scroll.position.maxScrollExtent);
+    });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _c
+      ..removeListener(_onChange)
+      ..dispose();
+    _scroll.dispose();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return ListenableBuilder(
+      listenable: _c,
+      builder: (context, _) {
+        final tokens = ClideTheme.of(context).surface;
+        final rows = _c.filtered;
+        return Semantics(
+          label: 'output log',
+          container: true,
+          explicitChildNodes: true,
+          child: Column(
+            crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+            children: [
+              _header(tokens),
+              Expanded(
+                child: rows.isEmpty
+                    ? Padding(
+                        padding: const EdgeInsets.all(12),
+                        child: ClideText(
+                          widget.ring.isEmpty ? 'No output yet.' : 'No output matches the filter.',
+                          muted: true,
+                        ),
+                      )
+                    : Stack(
+                        children: [
+                          SingleChildScrollView(
+                            controller: _scroll,
+                            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 4),
+                            child: Column(
+                              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+                              mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+                              children: [for (final r in rows) _LogRow(record: r)],
+                            ),
+                          ),
+                          if (!_following)
+                            Positioned(
+                              right: 12,
+                              bottom: 8,
+                              child: _JumpPill(onTap: _jumpToLatest),
+                            ),
+                        ],
+                      ),
+              ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget _header(SurfaceTokens tokens) {
+    return Container(
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 8, vertical: 4),
+      decoration: BoxDecoration(
+        border: Border(bottom: BorderSide(color: tokens.panelBorder)),
+      ),
+      child: Row(
+        children: [
+          Expanded(
+            child: ClideFilterBox(hint: 'Filter…', onChanged: _c.setText),
+          ),
+          const SizedBox(width: 8),
+          _Chip(
+            label: 'Level: ${_c.minLevel.name}',
+            onTap: () => _c.setMinLevel(LogLevel.values[(_c.minLevel.index + 1) % LogLevel.values.length]),
+          ),
+          const SizedBox(width: 6),
+          _Chip(
+            label: 'Source: ${_c.source ?? 'all'}',
+            onTap: _cycleSource,
+          ),
+          const SizedBox(width: 6),
+          _Chip(label: 'Clear', onTap: _c.clear),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  void _cycleSource() {
+    final options = <String?>[null, ...widget.ring.sources];
+    final i = options.indexOf(_c.source);
+    _c.setSource(options[(i + 1) % options.length]);
+  }
+}
+
+class _Chip extends StatelessWidget {
+  const _Chip({required this.label, required this.onTap});
+  final String label;
+  final VoidCallback onTap;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final tokens = ClideTheme.of(context).surface;
+    return Semantics(
+      button: true,
+      label: label,
+      child: GestureDetector(
+        onTap: onTap,
+        child: MouseRegion(
+          cursor: SystemMouseCursors.click,
+          child: Container(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 8, vertical: 3),
+            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+              border: Border.all(color: tokens.panelBorder),
+              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(4),
+            ),
+            child: ClideText(label, fontSize: clideFontCaption, color: tokens.globalTextMuted),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class _JumpPill extends StatelessWidget {
+  const _JumpPill({required this.onTap});
+  final VoidCallback onTap;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final tokens = ClideTheme.of(context).surface;
+    return Semantics(
+      button: true,
+      label: 'jump to latest',
+      child: GestureDetector(
+        onTap: onTap,
+        child: MouseRegion(
+          cursor: SystemMouseCursors.click,
+          child: Container(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 10, vertical: 4),
+            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+              color: tokens.panelHeader,
+              border: Border.all(color: tokens.globalFocus),
+              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(12),
+            ),
+            child: ClideText('Jump to latest ↓', fontSize: clideFontCaption, color: tokens.globalFocus),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class _LogRow extends StatelessWidget {
+  const _LogRow({required this.record});
+  final LogRecord record;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final tokens = ClideTheme.of(context).surface;
+    final fg = _levelColor(record.level, tokens);
+    final t = record.timestamp;
+    final hh = t.hour.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
+    final mm = t.minute.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
+    final ss = t.second.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
+    return Padding(
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 10, vertical: 1),
+      child: Row(
+        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+        children: [
+          ClideText('$hh:$mm:$ss', fontSize: clideFontMono, color: tokens.globalTextMuted, fontFamily: clideMonoFamily),
+          const SizedBox(width: 8),
+          SizedBox(
+            width: 48,
+            child: ClideText(record.level.name.toUpperCase(), fontSize: clideFontMono, color: fg, fontFamily: clideMonoFamily),
+          ),
+          const SizedBox(width: 8),
+          SizedBox(
+            width: 92,
+            child: ClideText(record.source,
+                fontSize: clideFontMono, color: tokens.globalTextMuted, fontFamily: clideMonoFamily, maxLines: 1, overflow: TextOverflow.clip),
+          ),
+          const SizedBox(width: 8),
+          Expanded(
+            child: ClideText(record.message, fontSize: clideFontMono, color: fg, fontFamily: clideMonoFamily),
+          ),
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  Color _levelColor(LogLevel level, SurfaceTokens tokens) => switch (level) {
+        LogLevel.error => tokens.statusError,
+        LogLevel.warn => tokens.statusWarning,
+        LogLevel.info => tokens.globalForeground,
+        LogLevel.debug || LogLevel.trace => tokens.globalTextMuted,
+      };
+}
diff --git a/test/builtin/output/output_view_test.dart b/test/builtin/output/output_view_test.dart
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+/// T-54: Output dock tab — OutputController filtering + OutputView rendering.
+library;
+
+import 'package:clide/builtin/output/output.dart';
+import 'package:clide/kernel/src/log.dart';
+import 'package:clide/kernel/src/log_ring.dart';
+import 'package:clide/widgets/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+import '../../helpers/kernel_fixture.dart';
+import '../../helpers/widget_harness.dart';
+
+LogRecord _rec(LogLevel level, String source, String message) =>
+    LogRecord(level: level, source: source, message: message, timestamp: DateTime.utc(2026, 6, 6, 10, 42, 3));
+
+LogRing _seeded() => LogRing(capacity: 100)
+  ..add(_rec(LogLevel.info, 'ipc', 'alpha'))
+  ..add(_rec(LogLevel.warn, 'pql', 'beta'))
+  ..add(_rec(LogLevel.error, 'extensions', 'gamma'));
+
+bool _textIs(Object? w, String s) => w is ClideText && w.data == s;
+
+void main() {
+  group('OutputController filtering', () {
+    test('minLevel hides lower levels', () {
+      final c = OutputController(_seeded())..setMinLevel(LogLevel.warn);
+      expect(c.filtered.map((r) => r.message), ['beta', 'gamma']);
+    });
+
+    test('source filter narrows to one subsystem', () {
+      final c = OutputController(_seeded())..setSource('pql');
+      expect(c.filtered.map((r) => r.message), ['beta']);
+    });
+
+    test('text filter matches message or source', () {
+      final c = OutputController(_seeded());
+      c.setText('gam');
+      expect(c.filtered.map((r) => r.message), ['gamma']);
+      c.setText('ipc'); // matches by source
+      expect(c.filtered.map((r) => r.message), ['alpha']);
+    });
+
+    test('clear empties via the ring', () {
+      final ring = _seeded();
+      OutputController(ring).clear();
+      expect(ring.isEmpty, isTrue);
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('OutputView', () {
+    late KernelFixture f;
+    setUp(() async => f = await KernelFixture.create());
+    tearDown(() => f.dispose());
+
+    testWidgets('renders a row per record', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(harness(f, OutputView(ring: _seeded())));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'alpha')), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'beta')), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'gamma')), findsOneWidget);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('empty ring shows the empty state', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(harness(f, OutputView(ring: LogRing(capacity: 10))));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'No output yet.')), findsOneWidget);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('the level chip cycles its label', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(harness(f, OutputView(ring: _seeded())));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Level: debug')), findsOneWidget);
+      await tester.tap(find.ancestor(
+        of: find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Level: debug')),
+        matching: find.byType(GestureDetector),
+      ));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Level: info')), findsOneWidget);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('the source chip cycles and filters', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(harness(f, OutputView(ring: _seeded())));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Source: all')), findsOneWidget);
+      await tester.tap(find.ancestor(
+        of: find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Source: all')),
+        matching: find.byType(GestureDetector),
+      ));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      // First source alphabetically is 'extensions'.
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Source: extensions')), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'alpha')), findsNothing); // ipc row filtered out
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'gamma')), findsOneWidget);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('shows the no-match state when a filter excludes everything', (tester) async {
+      final ring = LogRing(capacity: 10)..add(_rec(LogLevel.debug, 'x', 'only-debug'));
+      await tester.pumpWidget(harness(f, OutputView(ring: ring)));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      // Cycle level debug → info, hiding the only (debug) record.
+      await tester.tap(find.ancestor(
+        of: find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Level: debug')),
+        matching: find.byType(GestureDetector),
+      ));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'No output matches the filter.')), findsOneWidget);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('follows the tail, shows jump-to-latest on scroll-up, resumes on tap', (tester) async {
+      final ring = LogRing(capacity: 500);
+      for (var i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
+        ring.add(_rec(LogLevel.info, 'ipc', 'line $i'));
+      }
+      // Bounded viewport so the list actually scrolls (shared harness is
+      // unbounded; impose a tight box).
+      await tester.pumpWidget(harness(f, SizedBox(width: 600, height: 140, child: OutputView(ring: ring))));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      // A new record auto-scrolls to the tail (follow).
+      ring.add(_rec(LogLevel.info, 'ipc', 'tail line'));
+      await tester.pump();
+      await tester.pump();
+      // Scroll up (drag content down) → follow pauses, pill appears.
+      await tester.drag(find.byType(SingleChildScrollView), const Offset(0, 250));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Jump to latest ↓')), findsOneWidget);
+      // Tap it → resume follow, pill gone.
+      await tester.tap(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Jump to latest ↓')));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Jump to latest ↓')), findsNothing);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('Clear empties the view', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(harness(f, OutputView(ring: _seeded())));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      await tester.tap(find.ancestor(
+        of: find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'Clear')),
+        matching: find.byType(GestureDetector),
+      ));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'alpha')), findsNothing);
+      expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => _textIs(w, 'No output yet.')), findsOneWidget);
+    });
+  });
+}