diff --git a/app/src/components/ConfluencePanel.tsx b/app/src/components/ConfluencePanel.tsx
index b1af320..03018b1 100644
--- a/app/src/components/ConfluencePanel.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/ConfluencePanel.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 'use client';
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { api } from '@/lib/trpc';
 import { useActiveSymbol } from '@/stores/active-symbol-store';
 import { CollapsibleSection } from '@/components/CollapsibleSection';
+import { SymbolAutocomplete } from '@/components/SymbolAutocomplete';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Types (subset of server types for display)
@@ -44,9 +45,15 @@ const BODY_BADGE: Record<string, string> = {
 
 export function ConfluencePanel() {
   const activeSymbol = useActiveSymbol((s) => s.activeSymbol);
+  const setActiveSymbol = useActiveSymbol((s) => s.setActive);
   const [symbol, setSymbol] = useState(activeSymbol);
   const [selectedRackId, setSelectedRackId] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
+  const pickSymbol = useCallback((sym: string) => {
+    setSymbol(sym);
+    setActiveSymbol(sym);
+  }, [setActiveSymbol]);
+
   // Racks
   const [racks, setRacks] = useState<{ system: Array<{ id: string; name: string }>; user: Array<{ id: string; name: string }> }>({ system: [], user: [] });
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -80,6 +87,18 @@ export function ConfluencePanel() {
       .catch(() => {});
   }, []);
 
+  const [evaluating, setEvaluating] = useState(false);
+
+  const runEvaluation = async () => {
+    setEvaluating(true);
+    try {
+      await api.confluence.runEvaluationNow({ symbol });
+      window.location.reload();
+    } finally {
+      setEvaluating(false);
+    }
+  };
+
   const latest = (evaluation?.latest as Record<string, unknown>) ?? null;
   const quality = (latest?.quality as Quality) ?? null;
   const assessments = (latest?.assessments as Array<{ id: string; state: string; note?: string }>) ?? [];
@@ -89,16 +108,24 @@ export function ConfluencePanel() {
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-6">
+      {/* Explanatory text */}
+      <div className="text-xs text-fg-muted leading-relaxed">
+        Slot Picture combines technical, seasonal, and valuation signals into a single
+        directional read. Each slot fires (green dot) when its condition is met, or stays
+        dormant. The overall quality grade reflects how many slots fired and in which direction.
+        Use the rack selector to switch between different signal subsets.
+      </div>
+
       {/* Header */}
       <div className="flex flex-wrap items-end gap-4">
-        <div>
+        <div className="w-48">
           <label className="block text-xs text-fg-muted mb-1">Symbol</label>
-          <input
-            type="text"
+          <SymbolAutocomplete
+            onPick={pickSymbol}
+            onSubmitRaw={(raw) => pickSymbol(raw.toUpperCase())}
             value={symbol}
-            onChange={(e) => setSymbol(e.target.value.toUpperCase().trim())}
-            className="w-24 rounded bg-bg-secondary border border-fg-muted/20 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm text-fg"
-            maxLength={12}
+            placeholder="Search symbol…"
+            ariaLabel="Select symbol for slot picture"
           />
         </div>
         <div>
@@ -140,7 +167,16 @@ export function ConfluencePanel() {
           )}
         </div>
       ) : evaluation !== null ? (
-        <div className="text-sm text-fg-muted">No evaluations yet for {symbol}. Data will appear once the confluence evaluator runs.</div>
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-sm text-fg-muted">
+          <span>No evaluations yet for {symbol}.</span>
+          <button
+            onClick={runEvaluation}
+            disabled={evaluating}
+            className="rounded bg-bg-secondary border border-fg-muted/30 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-fg hover:border-fg-muted/60 disabled:opacity-50"
+          >
+            {evaluating ? 'Evaluating…' : 'Run evaluation now'}
+          </button>
+        </div>
       ) : null}
 
       {/* Slot evidence grid */}
diff --git a/app/src/components/CorridorPanel.tsx b/app/src/components/CorridorPanel.tsx
index 1d48c46..f40ef0e 100644
--- a/app/src/components/CorridorPanel.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/CorridorPanel.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { api } from '@/lib/trpc';
 import { useActiveSymbol } from '@/stores/active-symbol-store';
 import { CollapsibleSection } from '@/components/CollapsibleSection';
+import { SymbolAutocomplete } from '@/components/SymbolAutocomplete';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Types (subset of server types for display)
@@ -83,12 +84,14 @@ const price = (v: number | null | undefined): string =>
 
 export function CorridorPanel() {
   const activeSymbol = useActiveSymbol((s) => s.activeSymbol);
+  const setActiveSymbol = useActiveSymbol((s) => s.setActive);
   const [symbol, setSymbol] = useState(activeSymbol);
   const [data, setData] = useState<CorridorData | null>(null);
   const [watchlist, setWatchlist] = useState<string[]>([]);
   const [addInput, setAddInput] = useState('');
   const [backtest, setBacktest] = useState<{ rows: BacktestRow[]; aggregate: BacktestAggregate } | null>(null);
   const [running, setRunning] = useState(false);
+  const [evaluating, setEvaluating] = useState(false);
 
   const loadCorridor = useCallback((sym: string) => {
     if (!sym) return;
@@ -111,6 +114,11 @@ export function CorridorPanel() {
       .catch(() => {});
   }, []);
 
+  const pickSymbol = useCallback((sym: string) => {
+    setSymbol(sym);
+    setActiveSymbol(sym);
+  }, [setActiveSymbol]);
+
   const addToWatchlist = async () => {
     const s = addInput.trim().toUpperCase();
     if (!s) return;
@@ -134,6 +142,16 @@ export function CorridorPanel() {
     }
   };
 
+  const runEvaluation = async () => {
+    setEvaluating(true);
+    try {
+      await api.confluence.runEvaluationNow({ symbol });
+      loadCorridor(symbol);
+    } finally {
+      setEvaluating(false);
+    }
+  };
+
   const c = data?.corridor;
   const currentPE = c?.currentPE ?? null;
   const pctPosition = c?.pePercentile1y ?? null;
@@ -148,16 +166,24 @@ export function CorridorPanel() {
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-6">
+      {/* Explanatory text */}
+      <div className="text-xs text-fg-muted leading-relaxed">
+        Price Corridor maps a stock's current P/E ratio against its 1-year historical range.
+        The green zone (below 33rd percentile) marks entries where valuation has been attractively low;
+        the amber zone (above 67th) marks stretched valuations.
+        Fair value is derived from the median P/E over the lookback window applied to trailing EPS.
+      </div>
+
       {/* Header: symbol + watchlist */}
       <div className="flex flex-wrap items-end gap-4">
-        <div>
+        <div className="w-48">
           <label className="block text-xs text-fg-muted mb-1">Symbol</label>
-          <input
-            type="text"
+          <SymbolAutocomplete
+            onPick={pickSymbol}
+            onSubmitRaw={(raw) => pickSymbol(raw.toUpperCase())}
             value={symbol}
-            onChange={(e) => setSymbol(e.target.value.toUpperCase().trim())}
-            className="w-24 rounded bg-bg-secondary border border-fg-muted/20 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm text-fg"
-            maxLength={12}
+            placeholder="Search symbol…"
+            ariaLabel="Select symbol for corridor"
           />
         </div>
         <div>
@@ -183,7 +209,7 @@ export function CorridorPanel() {
             <div className="mt-2 flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
               {watchlist.map((s) => (
                 <span key={s} className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded border border-fg-muted/20 bg-bg-secondary px-2 py-0.5 text-xs text-fg">
-                  <button onClick={() => loadCorridor(s)} className="hover:text-green-400">{s}</button>
+                  <button onClick={() => pickSymbol(s)} className="hover:text-green-400">{s}</button>
                   <button onClick={() => removeFromWatchlist(s)} className="text-fg-muted hover:text-red-400" aria-label={`Remove ${s}`}>×</button>
                 </span>
               ))}
@@ -260,8 +286,15 @@ export function CorridorPanel() {
       )}
 
       {data && !data.snapshot && (
-        <div className="text-sm text-fg-muted">
-          No corridor snapshot for {symbol} yet. Snapshot it via the confluence evaluator, or pick a symbol from the watchlist.
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-sm text-fg-muted">
+          <span>No corridor snapshot for {symbol} yet.</span>
+          <button
+            onClick={runEvaluation}
+            disabled={evaluating}
+            className="rounded bg-bg-secondary border border-fg-muted/30 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-fg hover:border-fg-muted/60 disabled:opacity-50"
+          >
+            {evaluating ? 'Evaluating…' : 'Run evaluation now'}
+          </button>
         </div>
       )}