diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/library-page.css b/apps/web/src/pages/library-page.css
index 4b464d62d..241d6f84a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/library-page.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/library-page.css
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 /* Artifacts and Skills list pages (mockups: artifacts.html, skills.html). */
-.page-lede {
-  margin: 0 0 var(--space-4, 1rem);
-  color: var(--ink-soft);
-  font-size: 0.9375rem;
-}
-
 .library-row-title {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/library-page.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/library-page.tsx
index 377ad0a16..c005394f0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/library-page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/library-page.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   MenuContent,
   MenuItem,
   MenuTrigger,
-  PageShell,
   RichEmptyState,
   SelectionCheckbox,
   Skeleton,
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ import {
   uploadArtifactFiles,
   uploadMimeTypeFromSource,
 } from "../shell/library-artifacts";
+import { PageLayout } from "../shell/page-layout";
 import { StageTopBar } from "../shell/stage-top-bar";
 
 const SORT_LABEL: Record<ArtifactSort, string> = {
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@ export function LibraryPage({
       ) : null}
       <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1">
         <div className="min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-1 overflow-auto">
-          <PageShell width="full" className="page-fill">
-            <p className="page-lede px-4 sm:px-7">Everything your workers made. Yours to keep.</p>
+          <PageLayout title="Artifacts" subtitle="Everything your workers made. Yours to keep.">
             {artifacts.length === 0 ? (
               <RichEmptyState
                 icon={<Stack />}
@@ -514,7 +513,7 @@ export function LibraryPage({
                 description={`No file matches "${activeQuery}".`}
               />
             ) : (
-              <div className="px-4 pb-5 sm:px-7">
+              <div>
                 <ArtifactRows
                   artifacts={visible}
                   now={now}
@@ -524,7 +523,7 @@ export function LibraryPage({
                 />
               </div>
             )}
-          </PageShell>
+          </PageLayout>
         </div>
         {activeSelected !== null ? (
           <div className="hidden w-[min(28rem,40%)] shrink-0 md:flex md:flex-col">
@@ -622,13 +621,13 @@ export function LibraryRoute({ path }: { readonly path: string }) {
     return (
       <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
         <StageTopBar crumbs={[{ label: "Artifacts" }]} />
-        <PageShell width="full" className="page-fill">
+        <PageLayout title="Artifacts" subtitle="Everything your workers made. Yours to keep.">
           <RichEmptyState
             icon={<Stack />}
             title="Select a workbench"
             description="Open a workbench to browse the artifacts it owns."
           />
-        </PageShell>
+        </PageLayout>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -637,13 +636,13 @@ export function LibraryRoute({ path }: { readonly path: string }) {
     return (
       <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
         <StageTopBar crumbs={[{ label: "Artifacts" }]} />
-        <PageShell width="full" className="page-fill">
+        <PageLayout title="Artifacts" subtitle="Everything your workers made. Yours to keep.">
           <RichEmptyState
             icon={<Stack />}
             title="Artifacts not configured"
             description="Artifacts isn't set up yet. Ask your workbench admin to finish setup."
           />
-        </PageShell>
+        </PageLayout>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -652,7 +651,7 @@ export function LibraryRoute({ path }: { readonly path: string }) {
     return (
       <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
         <StageTopBar crumbs={[{ label: "Artifacts" }]} />
-        <PageShell width="full" className="page-fill">
+        <PageLayout title="Artifacts" subtitle="Everything your workers made. Yours to keep.">
           {page.kind === "loading" ? (
             <ListSkeleton />
           ) : page.kind === "unauthenticated" ? (
@@ -664,7 +663,7 @@ export function LibraryRoute({ path }: { readonly path: string }) {
               description={describeApiError({ status: page.status }, "loading your artifacts")}
             />
           )}
-        </PageShell>
+        </PageLayout>
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/routines-page.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/routines-page.tsx
index 4e2179942..be3c25550 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/routines-page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/routines-page.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { GlobalRoutineRow } from "../global-routines";
 import { routineDetailPath } from "../global-routines";
 import { Link } from "../navigation";
 import { benchLink, useFromBench } from "../shell/page-crumbs";
+import { PageLayout } from "../shell/page-layout";
 import { StageTopBar } from "../shell/stage-top-bar";
 import { RoutinePill, formatWhen, routineState, useRoutineRuns } from "./routine-ui";
 
@@ -81,9 +82,10 @@ export function GlobalRoutinesList({
       .includes(needle),
   );
   return (
-    <div className="routines-page">
-      <h1>Workflows</h1>
-      <p className="routines-lede">Deployed workflows, when they run, and how the last run went.</p>
+    <PageLayout
+      title="Workflows"
+      subtitle="Deployed workflows, when they run, and how the last run went."
+    >
       <input
         className="routines-filter"
         placeholder="Filter workflows"
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ export function GlobalRoutinesList({
           />
         ))}
       </ul>
-    </div>
+    </PageLayout>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/routines.css b/apps/web/src/pages/routines.css
index 06a990649..b5e2410cd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/routines.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/routines.css
@@ -10,28 +10,6 @@
   font-size: 13.5px;
 }
 
-.routines-page {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 16px;
-  max-width: 960px;
-  width: 100%;
-  margin: 0 auto;
-  padding: 24px 16px;
-}
-
-.routines-page h1 {
-  margin: 0;
-  font-size: 24px;
-  font-weight: 800;
-}
-
-.routines-lede {
-  margin: 0;
-  color: var(--ink-3);
-  font-size: 13.5px;
-}
-
 .routine-rows {
   list-style: none;
   margin: 0;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/skills-page.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/skills-page.tsx
index 862c073fa..7da5bc353 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/skills-page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/skills-page.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // catalog — skills are authored here, private by default or shared.
 
 import {
-  PageShell,
   Button,
   EmptyState,
   RichEmptyState,
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import { CreateSkillDialog, type SkillCreateInput } from "./create-skill-dialog"
 import { useBench } from "../bench-context";
 import { SKILLS_PATH_PREFIX } from "../path-ids";
 import { skillDisplayName } from "../skill-display-name";
+import { PageLayout } from "../shell/page-layout";
 import { StageTopBar } from "../shell/stage-top-bar";
 
 type RegistryState =
@@ -113,12 +113,15 @@ export function SkillsPage({
         <StageTopBar
           crumbs={crumbs}
           {...(filter === undefined ? {} : { filter: { label: "Filter skills", ...filter } })}
-          actions={actions}
         />
         <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto">
-          <PageShell width="full" className="page-fill">
+          <PageLayout
+            title="Skills"
+            subtitle="Know-how your workers draw on. Ask for more in any bench."
+            actions={actions}
+          >
             {body}
-          </PageShell>
+          </PageLayout>
         </div>
       </div>
     );
@@ -189,8 +192,7 @@ export function SkillsPage({
           description={`Nothing matches “${query.trim()}”.`}
         />
       ) : (
-        <div className="px-4 pb-5 sm:px-7">
-          <p className="page-lede">Know-how your workers draw on. Ask for more in any bench.</p>
+        <div>
           <Table aria-label="Skills">
             <TableHeader>
               <TableRow>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/workers-page.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/workers-page.tsx
index 359e627f4..f9533349e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workers-page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workers-page.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // the sidebar's "+" menu.
 
 import { useState } from "react";
-import { Button, PageShell, RichEmptyState, toast } from "@corbits/react-ui";
-import { Robot } from "@/lib/icons";
+import { Button, RichEmptyState, toast } from "@corbits/react-ui";
+import { Plus, Robot } from "@/lib/icons";
 import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { reportError } from "@corbits/error-sink";
 
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import { describeRestartFailure, redeployWorkbenchAgent } from "../workbench-cre
 import { useBench } from "../bench-context";
 import { Link } from "../navigation";
 import { useTenantQuery } from "../routines-api";
+import { PageLayout } from "../shell/page-layout";
 import { StageTopBar } from "../shell/stage-top-bar";
+import { CreateAgentPanel } from "./create-agent-panel";
 import { WORKERS_PATH_PREFIX } from "../path-ids";
 
 export type WorkerTone = "working" | "ready" | "idle";
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ export function WorkersRosterList({
       <RichEmptyState
         icon={<Robot />}
         title="No workers yet"
-        description="Create a worker, a name and instructions, from the + menu and it appears here."
+        description="Create one with New worker and it appears here."
       />
     );
   }
@@ -202,14 +204,24 @@ export function WorkersRoute() {
     benchMemberships.find((member) => member.tenantId === selectedTenantId)?.tenantName ??
     "This workbench";
 
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const [createOpen, setCreateOpen] = useState(false);
+
   return (
     <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
-      <StageTopBar
-        crumbs={[{ label: "Workers" }]}
-        subtitle="Each worker keeps its memory and asks before it writes anywhere."
-      />
+      <StageTopBar crumbs={[{ label: "Workers" }]} />
       <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-auto">
-        <PageShell width="full" className="page-fill">
+        <PageLayout
+          title="Workers"
+          subtitle="Each worker picks a name, keeps its memory, and asks before it writes anywhere."
+          actions={
+            selectedTenantId === null ? undefined : (
+              <Button size="sm" onClick={() => setCreateOpen(true)}>
+                <Plus /> New worker
+              </Button>
+            )
+          }
+        >
           {selectedTenantId === null ? (
             <RichEmptyState
               icon={<Robot />}
@@ -217,7 +229,7 @@ export function WorkersRoute() {
               description="Pick a workbench from the switcher to see its workers."
             />
           ) : (
-            <div className="px-4 pb-5 sm:px-7">
+            <>
               <QueryView query={agentsQuery} label="your workers" skeleton="rows">
                 {(agents) => (
                   <WorkersRosterList
@@ -227,9 +239,19 @@ export function WorkersRoute() {
                   />
                 )}
               </QueryView>
-            </div>
+              <CreateAgentPanel
+                open={createOpen}
+                onOpenChange={setCreateOpen}
+                tenantId={selectedTenantId}
+                onCreated={() => {
+                  void queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+                    queryKey: tenantKeys.agents(selectedTenantId),
+                  });
+                }}
+              />
+            </>
           )}
-        </PageShell>
+        </PageLayout>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/apps/web/src/shell/page-layout.css b/apps/web/src/shell/page-layout.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..671062caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/shell/page-layout.css
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* One page column for the library pages (mockup .page / .page-narrow / .page-head). */
+.page-layout {
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: calc(864px + 48px);
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: 32px 24px 64px;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
+.page-layout-head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-end;
+  gap: 16px;
+  margin-bottom: 24px;
+}
+
+.page-layout-head > div:first-child {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.page-layout-head h1 {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 26px;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
+.page-layout-lede {
+  margin: 6px 0 0;
+  max-width: 60ch;
+  color: var(--ink-2);
+  font-size: 15px;
+}
+
+.page-layout-actions {
+  display: flex;
+  flex: none;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/shell/page-layout.tsx b/apps/web/src/shell/page-layout.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..012631104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/shell/page-layout.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+
+import "./page-layout.css";
+
+export function PageLayout({
+  title,
+  subtitle,
+  actions,
+  children,
+}: {
+  readonly title: string;
+  readonly subtitle?: ReactNode;
+  readonly actions?: ReactNode;
+  readonly children: ReactNode;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="page-layout">
+      <div className="page-layout-head">
+        <div>
+          <h1>{title}</h1>
+          {subtitle !== undefined ? <p className="page-layout-lede">{subtitle}</p> : null}
+        </div>
+        {actions !== undefined && actions !== null ? (
+          <div className="page-layout-actions">{actions}</div>
+        ) : null}
+      </div>
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
+}