@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@
       "name": "signals-dashboard",
       "source": "plugins/signals-dashboard",
       "description": "Real-time Workshop dashboard with agent signals, honesty calibration, cost-aware desk profiles, and fail-closed Local Delegation.",
-      "version": "0.3.1"
+      "version": "0.3.2"
     },
     {
       "name": "site-studio",
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@
       "name": "the-workshop",
       "source": "plugins/the-workshop",
       "description": "Stop being the switchboard between your AI agents — direct a team. The Workshop puts long-running AI agents (desks) in the same room, on the same work, each with its own memory and history, sharing one workspace so you direct the work instead of relaying it.",
-      "version": "0.1.1"
+      "version": "0.1.2"
     },
     {
       "name": "timebase",
 
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ room. When the operator asks "what's everyone working on?" or
 A **workshop** is a named directory containing desks that share a
 workspace. Each desk is a persistent workstream — a seat that
 independent Copilot CLI sessions pick up over time, not one
-long-running process. Each desk has:
+long-running process. Desks live in `desks/<name>/` at the workshop
+root, or in group folders whose names end in `-desks` (for example
+`team-desks/<name>/`). To find a desk, look in `desks/` first, then in
+each `*-desks/` folder; if two groups have a desk with the same name,
+call it by its folder (`team-desks/<name>`). Each desk has:
 
 - **A journal** (`journal.md`) — persistent memory across sessions.
   Every desk reads its own journal at the start and writes to it
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ operator decide:
 - What the desk's focus is (scanning, ops, review, etc.)
 - Which repos or work it covers
 - Whether it needs a specific agent configuration
+- Whether it belongs in `desks/` (the default) or a `<group>-desks/` folder
 
 ### Track desk state
 
@@ -108,7 +113,8 @@ Use `signal-write` when something needs the operator's attention:
 
 The Workshop has a canvas extension — **🪨 Cairn** — that shows a live dashboard
 of every desk's signals, score bars, and escalations. It reads
-`desks/*/.signals/` for the latest signal JSON per desk.
+`desks/*/.signals/` and every `<group>-desks/*/.signals/` for the latest
+signal JSON per desk, with a header per folder when desks are grouped.
 
 The canvas does **not** auto-load when the plugin is installed. To see the live
 board, install and register the `signals-dashboard` extension separately. If the
 
@@ -30,13 +30,22 @@ Ask Copilot to open it and pass your workshop root as `workshopDir`:
 > my `desks/` directory.
 
 `workshopDir` must be the **absolute path to the workshop root** — the folder
-that holds `desks/` (and optionally `classroom/`). If omitted, it falls back to
-the current working directory.
+that holds `desks/` (and optionally `classroom/` or `*-desks/` group folders).
+If omitted, it falls back to the current working directory.
 
 ## Features
 
-- **Signal scanning** — walks `desks/*/.signals/` and `classroom/*/.signals/`,
-  reading the newest `*.json` per desk (mirrors `SignalReader.cs`).
+- **Signal scanning** — walks `desks/*/.signals/`, `classroom/*/.signals/`, and
+  `<group>-desks/*/.signals/`, reading the newest `*.json` per desk.
+- **Desk groups** — besides `desks/`, any top-level folder whose name ends in
+  `-desks` (case-insensitive, for example `team-desks/`) holds desks; dot-folders
+  are skipped. Each desk keeps its folder name for display and gets a unique
+  `deskId` of `<group>/<desk>` (for example `team-desks/forge`), so two groups
+  can each have a `forge` desk. When desks come from more than one folder, the
+  board pins every escalation in an **Escalations** section at the top (labeled
+  by `deskId`), then shows a header per folder, newest signal first; folders
+  with no signals yet follow in scan order (`desks`, `classroom`, then the
+  groups by name). A workshop that only uses `desks/` looks the same as before.
 - **Score bars** — color-coded intent / confidence / accuracy / completeness,
   scored out of 5.
 - **Escalation alerts** — escalation signals sort to the very top, render with a
@@ -46,7 +55,8 @@ the current working directory.
 - **Stash / restore** — pause a workstream by stashing its desk. Stashed desks
   drop off the active view and auto-expire after a **48-hour TTL**; restore any
   time before then. Stash state lives in `.desk-stash.json` at the workshop
-  root.
+  root, keyed by `deskId`. Older entries that hold only a desk name still hide
+  that desk in `desks/` and `classroom/`.
 - **Auto-refresh** — the panel refreshes every 5 seconds using a background
   fetch (no full page reload), so scores and escalations stay current smoothly.
 - **Summary bar** — desk count, how many are reporting vs. awaiting, an
@@ -65,12 +75,17 @@ the current working directory.
 
 The canvas also exposes actions Copilot can invoke directly:
 
-- `refresh` — force a rescan and return current signal data as JSON.
+- `refresh` — force a rescan and return current signal data as JSON, including
+  each desk's `deskName`, `group`, and `deskId`.
 - `stash` — stash a desk by `deskName`.
 - `restore` — restore a stashed desk by `deskName`.
 - `open_desk` — open a desk with optional `profile: "repo" | "connected"` and
   optional `localDelegation: "off" | "on"`, `model`, `reasoningEffort`, and `context`.
 
+`deskName` accepts a `deskId` such as `team-desks/forge`, or a plain folder name,
+which resolves to the first match in `desks/`, `classroom/`, then the `*-desks/`
+groups in name order.
+
 ## Desk launch profiles
 
 `repo` is the default. At launch, Cairn asks Copilot for the enabled