diff --git a/chat.el b/chat.el
index 46beed9..e3094b4 100644
--- a/chat.el
+++ b/chat.el
@@ -1688,12 +1688,25 @@ fn handle_chat_agentic(body: String) -> String {
     let safe_msg: String = json_safe(message)
     let safe_sys: String = json_safe(system)
 
+    // Vision in the agentic brain (2026-06-27): when the client attaches an image
+    // (base64 in body "image", mime in "image_media_type"), send it as a real Anthropic
+    // image content block on THIS user turn — so the model sees raw pixels WITH memory,
+    // history, and tools (parity with the CLI). img_b64 == "" => byte-identical to before.
+    let img_b64: String = json_get(body, "image")
+    let img_mt_raw: String = json_get(body, "image_media_type")
+    let img_mt: String = if str_eq(img_mt_raw, "") { "image/png" } else { img_mt_raw }
+    let cur_user_content: String = if str_eq(img_b64, "") {
+        "\"" + safe_msg + "\""
+    } else {
+        "[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"" + safe_msg + "\"},{\"type\":\"image\",\"source\":{\"type\":\"base64\",\"media_type\":\"" + img_mt + "\",\"data\":\"" + img_b64 + "\"}}]"
+    }
+
     // Seed the messages array with recent history if available, so the LLM sees the thread.
     let prior_messages: String = if agentic_hist_len > 0 {
         let inner: String = str_slice(agentic_hist, 1, str_len(agentic_hist) - 1)
-        "[" + inner + ",{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"" + safe_msg + "\"}]"
+        "[" + inner + ",{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":" + cur_user_content + "}]"
     } else {
-        "[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"" + safe_msg + "\"}]"
+        "[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":" + cur_user_content + "}]"
     }
     let messages: String = prior_messages
     let api_url: String = "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages"
diff --git a/routes.el b/routes.el
index 3b5b12d..8326ccb 100644
--- a/routes.el
+++ b/routes.el
@@ -335,6 +335,12 @@ fn handle_connectors(method: String, clean: String, body: String) -> String {
     if str_eq(clean, "/api/connectors/oauth/start") {
         return connectd_post("/mcp/oauth/start", body)
     }
+    // Call a connector tool directly (pre-chat), e.g. WhatsApp get_pairing_qr / get_login_status for
+    // the pairing UI. Body: {"name":"mcp__<server>__<tool>","input":{...}}. Keeps the app on the
+    // app->soul->connectd path (the UI never hits connectd directly) and works for remote/hosted apps.
+    if str_eq(clean, "/api/connectors/call") {
+        return connectd_post("/mcp/call", body)
+    }
     return "{\"ok\":false,\"error\":\"unknown connectors route\"}"
 }
 
@@ -459,7 +465,10 @@ fn handle_request(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
             return handle_api_inspect_graph(method, path, body)
         }
         if str_starts_with(clean, "/api/neuron/list/") {
-            let node_type: String = str_slice(clean, 16, str_len(clean))
+            // Offset 17 = len("/api/neuron/list/"). Was 16, which left a leading "/" on node_type
+            // ("/BacklogItem"), so engram_scan_nodes_by_type_json matched nothing → list/<type>
+            // returned [] for EVERY type (broke backlog/typed-node listing app- and tool-wide).
+            let node_type: String = str_slice(clean, 17, str_len(clean))
             return handle_api_list_typed(node_type, path, body)
         }
         if str_starts_with(clean, "/api/neuron/recall") {