diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67401c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": [
+      "Bash(rtk grep *)",
+      "Bash(rtk read *)",
+      "Bash(rtk git *)"
+    ],
+    "additionalDirectories": [
+      "/config/.claude/skills/security-audit",
+      "/config/security-audit-skill",
+      "/config/.cargo/registry"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.rtk/filters.toml b/.rtk/filters.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9bd43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rtk/filters.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Project-local RTK filters — commit this file with your repo.
+# Filters here override user-global and built-in filters.
+# Docs: https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk#custom-filters
+schema_version = 1
+
+# Example: suppress build noise from a custom tool
+# [filters.my-tool]
+# description = "Compact my-tool output"
+# match_command = "^my-tool\\s+build"
+# strip_ansi = true
+# strip_lines_matching = ["^\\s*$", "^Downloading", "^Installing"]
+# max_lines = 30
+# on_empty = "my-tool: ok"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c10977d..a36579c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ The long form, with what was wrong before and how it was found, is in
 
 - An unused icon glyph (`minus`) left over from before Unsubscribe settled on `circleMinus`.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Add a feed opened over Directory or Popular now shows its Popular list instead of staying on
+  "Loading…", and no longer cuts the Directory behind it down to ten.
+
 ## [0.5.4] - 2026-09-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index ca14ad6..8d4ca98 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -154,3 +154,14 @@ Deliberate simplifications get a `ponytail:` comment naming the ceiling and the
   (documented in [docs/sso.md](docs/sso.md)).
 * A feed's `<description>` subtitle is dropped whenever `content:encoded` exists, which loses
   Substack-style subtitles.
+
+<!-- rtk-instructions v2 -->
+# Command output
+
+Command output here is condensed to save tokens, keeping every signal and
+dropping costly noise. Treat it as the complete result: run commands
+normally, and batch related commands into one call to avoid extra turns.
+Truncated results state their recovery path in their own output. Re-run a
+command as `rtk proxy <cmd>` only when its result is unusable: empty when
+output was clearly expected, contradicting its exit code, or garbled.
+<!-- /rtk-instructions -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ui/app.spec.js b/tests/ui/app.spec.js
index 1c32655..01b0315 100644
--- a/tests/ui/app.spec.js
+++ b/tests/ui/app.spec.js
@@ -703,6 +703,12 @@ test('Popular lists what everyone here reads, but never a private feed', async (
   await expect(offered.filter({ hasText: /Test Subscriptions/ })).toHaveCount(0);
   await expect(offered.filter({ hasText: /Paid Show|paid-show/ })).toHaveCount(0);
 
+  // Add a feed opened over Directory fills its own list, not the pane behind it.
+  await piper.locator('#addFeed').click();
+  await expect(piper.locator('#modalCard .childrow', { hasText: 'Test Show' })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(offered).toHaveCount(dir.length);
+  await piper.locator('#modalCard button[title="Cancel"]').click();
+
   const row = async () =>
     (await (await piper.request.get('/api/popular')).json()).find(p => p.id === 'test-show');
   const before = await row();
diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index 4680e06..84238cc 100644
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -1625,11 +1625,11 @@ $('#addFeed').onclick=()=>{
       <input type="text" id="nkw"><span class="hint">Only items matching a keyword are downloaded.</span></div>
     <label class="check"><input type="checkbox" id="nexp"> Allow items marked explicit</label>
     <div class="field"><label>Popular on this server</label>
-      <div class="childlist" id="popular"><p class="hint">Loading…</p></div></div>
+      <div class="childlist" id="npopular"><p class="hint">Loading…</p></div></div>
     <div class="cardacts"><button class="btn ico" onclick="closeModal()" title="Cancel" aria-label="Cancel">${ICON.close}</button>
       <button class="btn ico primary" id="nsave" title="Add feed" aria-label="Add feed">${ICON.plus}</button></div>`);
   $('#nurl').focus();
-  listFeeds('/api/popular');
+  listFeeds('/api/popular',$('#npopular'));
   $('#nsave').onclick=async()=>{
     const url=$('#nurl').value.trim(); if(!url) return;
     $('#nsave').disabled=true; $('#nsave').title='Adding…';
@@ -1644,9 +1644,9 @@ $('#addFeed').onclick=()=>{
 };
 
 // What everyone here reads, you included, as a place to start. The rows carry an id, never a
-// URL, so a key in someone's feed address never reaches this page.
-async function listFeeds(url){
-  const box=$('#popular');
+// URL, so a key in someone's feed address never reaches this page. The caller hands over the
+// box: looked up by id, the Add a feed dialog's list landed in the Directory pane behind it.
+async function listFeeds(url,box){
   let rows=[];
   try{ rows=await api(url)||[]; }catch{}
   box.innerHTML=rows.length?'':'<p class="hint">Nothing yet. Feeds people here subscribe to show up here.</p>';
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ async function renderListed(v){
     ${listening?`<div class="sub" style="margin:18px 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:var(--fg)">Currently Listening</div>
     <div class="childlist" id="listening"><p class="hint">Loading…</p></div>`:''}`;
   $('#count').textContent=v.title;
-  const n=await listFeeds(v.url);
+  const n=await listFeeds(v.url,$('#popular',box));
   if(VIEWS[S.feed]===v) $('#count').textContent=`${v.title}: ${n} feed${n===1?'':'s'}`;
   if(listening) renderListening();
 }