diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/design/settings.css b/desktop/frontend-next/src/design/settings.css
index a67cfbaece..b290015039 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/design/settings.css
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/design/settings.css
@@ -459,3 +459,8 @@
 .scopeaway > span { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
 .scopeaway .act { height: 24px; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--r-pill); background: transparent; color: var(--text); font: var(--w-reg) var(--fs-meta)/1 var(--ui); cursor: pointer; }
 .scopeaway .act:hover { background: var(--overlay); }
+.ext-bar .ext-scope { margin-left: auto; }
+.ext-bar .ext-scope + .ext-add { margin-inline-start: 0; }
+.scopeanchor { position: relative; display: inline-block; }
+.scopeanchor .scope-pick { top: calc(100% + 4px); right: 0; left: auto; }
+.scoperow .scopeanchor .scope-pick { top: calc(100% + 4px); right: 0; left: auto; }
diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/CapabilityScope.tsx b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/CapabilityScope.tsx
index 654e2f74ed..e27c43e131 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/CapabilityScope.tsx
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/CapabilityScope.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,35 @@ export function Exception({ onClear, busy }: { onClear: () => void; busy: boolea
   );
 }
 
+// The project the extension lists answer for, as one pill that opens the list of
+// projects. It sits in settings and on the extension page, so choosing is never
+// a trip to another page.
+export function ScopePill({
+  scope, scopes, onPick,
+}: {
+  scope: CapabilityScope; scopes: CapabilityScope[]; onPick: (root: string) => void;
+}) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  return (
+    <span className="scopeanchor">
+      <button type="button" className="spill who" data-action="ext.scope" aria-expanded={open} onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}>
+        {scope.label || scope.name}
+        <i className="cv" aria-hidden>▾</i>
+      </button>
+      {open && (
+        <ScopePicker
+          scopes={scopes}
+          at={scope.root}
+          onPick={(root) => {
+            setOpen(false);
+            onPick(root);
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
 // Which folder the extension lists answer for. The shell holds several projects
 // at once and the pane follows whichever one is in front, so this is chosen on
 // purpose here rather than inferred from the tab in front. Worktrees of one
@@ -25,7 +54,6 @@ export function ScopeRow({
 }: {
   scope: CapabilityScope; scopes: CapabilityScope[]; onPick: (root: string) => void;
 }) {
-  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   const shared = scope.repo && (scope.trees ?? 1) > 1;
   return (
     <div className="scoperow">
@@ -34,21 +62,8 @@ export function ScopeRow({
           <span className="srow-name">{t("ext.manage_which_project")}</span>
           <span className="srow-desc">{t("ext.scope_hint")}</span>
         </div>
-        <div className="srow-ctl scopeanchor">
-          <button type="button" className="spill who" data-action="ext.scope" aria-expanded={open} onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}>
-            {scope.label || scope.name}
-            <i className="cv" aria-hidden>▾</i>
-          </button>
-          {open && (
-            <ScopePicker
-              scopes={scopes}
-              at={scope.root}
-              onPick={(root) => {
-                setOpen(false);
-                onPick(root);
-              }}
-            />
-          )}
+        <div className="srow-ctl">
+          <ScopePill scope={scope} scopes={scopes} onPick={onPick} />
         </div>
       </div>
       <div className="scopeinfo">
diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.scope.test.tsx b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.scope.test.tsx
index 71ae1e820f..b027c2a3f8 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.scope.test.tsx
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.scope.test.tsx
@@ -38,3 +38,24 @@ it("keeps the selected project's skills when the previous read finishes late", a
   expect(screen.getByText("only-b")).toBeTruthy();
   expect(screen.queryByText("only-a")).toBeNull();
 });
+
+it("switches the project from the extension page itself, without a trip to another page", async () => {
+  const scopes = [
+    { root: "/projects/a", name: "Project A", key: "a", repo: true, overrides: 0, current: true },
+    { root: "/projects/b", name: "Project B", key: "b", repo: true, overrides: 0 },
+  ];
+  const port = new MockPort() as unknown as AgentPort;
+  port.capabilityScopes = vi.fn(async () => scopes) as never;
+  port.mcp = vi.fn(async (root?: string) => ({ servers: [], scope: root === scopes[1].root ? scopes[1] : scopes[0] })) as never;
+  port.skills = vi.fn(async (root?: string) => ({ implicit: true, skills: [{ name: root === scopes[1].root ? "only-b" : "only-a", enabled: true }] })) as never;
+  render(<Settings
+    hub={new MockHub()} onError={() => {}} port={port} status={null} theme="" reloadThemes={() => {}}
+    onTheme={() => {}} contrast="" onContrast={() => {}} weight="" onWeight={() => {}}
+    look={{}} onLook={() => {}} onClose={() => {}} onChanged={() => {}} at="ext" account={null}
+    accountUnread="" reloadAccount={() => {}}
+  />);
+  await userEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /Project A/ }));
+  await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("option", { name: /Project B/ }));
+  await screen.findByText("only-b");
+  expect(document.querySelector(".scopeaway")?.textContent).toContain("Project B");
+});
diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.tsx b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.tsx
index cafe1d3264..975bd32160 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.tsx
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/Settings.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import { planProtocolSwitch } from "./protocolswitch";
 import { Boundary } from "./Boundary";
 import { DEFAULT_DAYS } from "./Usage";
 import { Appearance, SCHEMES } from "./Appearance";
-import { ScopeAway, ScopeRow } from "./CapabilityScope";
+import { ScopeAway, ScopePill, ScopeRow } from "./CapabilityScope";
 import { SectionCard } from "./SectionCard";
 import { savedNotApplied, reason } from "../i18n/kernel";
 import type { SettingsProps as Props } from "./SettingsProps";
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ export function Settings({ hub, onError, port, networkPort, localWorkspacePort,
             <>
               <div className="ext-bar">
                 <ExtTabs at={extTab} disabled={updatingPkg.applying} onPick={(tab) => { setInstalledTarget(null); setExtTab(tab); }} />
+                {scope && <span className="ext-scope"><ScopePill scope={scope} scopes={scopes} onPick={setScopeAt} /></span>}
                 <ExtAddMenu disabled={updatingPkg.applying} offer={new Set<ExtAddWay>(["market", ...(updatingPkg.name ? [] : ["source", "folder"] as const), ...(live ? ["service"] as const : [])])}
                   onPick={(way) => { setInstalledTarget(null); setExtTab(way === "market" ? "market" : "installed"); if (way === "service") setAdding(true); else if (way !== "market") setAddingPkg(way); }} />
               </div>
diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/scope-row.interaction.test.tsx b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/scope-row.interaction.test.tsx
index f4058902cf..09c636b1e0 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/scope-row.interaction.test.tsx
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/scope-row.interaction.test.tsx
@@ -49,3 +49,14 @@ describe("the extension page naming another project", () => {
     expect(onBack).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 });
+
+describe("the project pill on the extension page", () => {
+  it("opens the same list in place and hands back the chosen root", async () => {
+    const { ScopePill } = await import("./CapabilityScope");
+    const onPick = vi.fn();
+    render(<ScopePill scope={scope()} scopes={scopes} onPick={onPick} />);
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /app/ }));
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("option", { name: /site/ }));
+    expect(onPick).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/work/site");
+  });
+});