+  // v-tree-workshop-way-back-v0: the benches' Settings button leaves a way back.
+  // settings.html?from=workshop shows one calm link; workshop.html?open=benches
+  // opens the benches again, so the round trip is one tap each way.
+  function wayBackToBenches() {
+    var q = location.search || '';
+    if (/\/settings(\.html)?$/i.test(location.pathname) && /[?&]from=workshop(&|$)/.test(q)) {
+      var main = document.querySelector('main');
+      if (main && !main.querySelector('[data-way-back-workshop]')) {
+        var back = document.createElement('a');
+        back.className = 'room-way-back';
+        back.href = 'workshop.html?open=benches';
+        back.setAttribute('data-way-back-workshop', '1');
+        back.textContent = '\u2190 Back to the Workshop benches';
+        back.addEventListener('click', function (ev) {
+          ev.preventDefault();
+          go(back.getAttribute('href'));
+        });
+        main.insertBefore(back, main.firstChild);
+      }
+    }
+    if (currentGalaxy() === 'workshop' && /[?&]open=benches(&|$)/.test(q)) {
+      setTimeout(function () {
+        if (window.GardenRooms && typeof GardenRooms.openWorkshopBenches === 'function') {
+          GardenRooms.openWorkshopBenches();
+        }
+      }, 120);
+    }
+  }
+
   function boot() {
     bindGalaxyNav();
     bindPlaceDoors();
@@ -2406,6 +2435,7 @@
       var researchHeart = document.querySelector('.research-heart');
       if (researchHeart) researchHeart.hidden = true;
     }
+    wayBackToBenches();
     startAttachLoop();
     fadeGalaxyTitle();
     startLabelCycle();
diff --git a/docs/modules/local-mind-probe.js b/docs/modules/local-mind-probe.js
index 2e32fda..8816631 100644
--- a/docs/modules/local-mind-probe.js
+++ b/docs/modules/local-mind-probe.js
@@ -839,6 +839,18 @@
     rosterHost.setAttribute('data-mind-roster', '1');
     root.appendChild(rosterHost);
     paintRoster(rosterHost);
+    // v-tree-workshop-way-back-v0: a mind remembered from the Connect card above
+    // ("Minds found") repaints this card too, so the two never disagree.
+    var onRemembered = function () {
+      if (!rosterHost.isConnected) {
+        window.removeEventListener('fl-alpha-mind-remembered', onRemembered);
+        return;
+      }
+      var nowEntry = getRemembered();
+      if (nowEntry) paintConstellation(sky, mindsFromEntry(nowEntry));
+      paintRoster(rosterHost);
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('fl-alpha-mind-remembered', onRemembered);
 
     var ask = el('button', 'settings-ask', PRIMARY);
     ask.type = 'button';
diff --git a/docs/modules/tree-workshop-way-back.test.js b/docs/modules/tree-workshop-way-back.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c961033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/modules/tree-workshop-way-back.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// v-tree-workshop-way-back-v0: Workshop way back. Guards: (1) the benches' Settings button
+// tells Settings where it came from; (2) Settings shows one calm link back to the benches and
+// the Workshop opens them on arrival; (3) a mind remembered from the Connect card repaints the
+// card below, so "Minds found" and "look for a mind first" never disagree. No network.
+'use strict';
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+var rooms = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'garden-rooms.js'), 'utf8');
+var benches = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'workshop-benches.js'), 'utf8');
+var probe = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'local-mind-probe.js'), 'utf8');
+var css = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'garden-rooms.css'), 'utf8');
+var connect = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fl-connect.js'), 'utf8');
+
+// (1)
+assert.ok(/GardenRooms\.go\('settings\.html\?from=workshop'\)/.test(benches), '1: benches Settings says from=workshop');
+assert.ok(/location\.href = 'settings\.html\?from=workshop'/.test(benches), '1: fallback too');
+
+// (2)
+assert.ok(/function wayBackToBenches\(\) \{/.test(rooms), '2: way back helper');
+assert.ok(/\[\?&\]from=workshop\(&\|\$\)/.test(rooms), '2: only when it came from the benches');
+assert.ok(/back\.href = 'workshop\.html\?open=benches';/.test(rooms), '2: link goes back to the benches');
+assert.ok(/back\.textContent = '\\u2190 Back to the Workshop benches';/.test(rooms), '2: calm words');
+assert.ok(/currentGalaxy\(\) === 'workshop' && \/\[\?&\]open=benches\(&\|\$\)\/\.test\(q\)/.test(rooms), '2: Workshop opens benches on arrival');
+assert.ok(/    wayBackToBenches\(\);\n    startAttachLoop\(\);/.test(rooms), '2: called at boot');
+assert.ok(/\.room-way-back \{[^}]*min-height: 32px;[^}]*color: #9fd6ff;/.test(css), '2: link is a readable target');
+assert.ok(!/back\.innerHTML/.test(rooms), '2: no innerHTML');
+
+// (3)
+assert.ok(/window\.addEventListener\('fl-alpha-mind-remembered', onRemembered\);/.test(probe), '3: card listens');
+assert.ok(/var onRemembered = function \(\) \{[\s\S]{0,400}paintRoster\(rosterHost\);/.test(probe), '3: roster repaints');
+assert.ok(/window\.dispatchEvent\(new CustomEvent\('fl-alpha-mind-remembered'/.test(probe), '3: remember still announces');
+assert.ok(/root\.LocalMindProbe\.remember\(entry\)/.test(connect), '3: Connect card remembers through LocalMindProbe');
+
+var docs = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'GALAXIES.md'), 'utf8');
+assert.ok(docs.indexOf('v-tree-workshop-way-back-v0') > 0, 'GALAXIES layer');
+
+console.log('SMOKE_OK tree workshop way back v0.1');
diff --git a/docs/modules/workshop-benches.js b/docs/modules/workshop-benches.js
index 06122db..fea7bf1 100644
--- a/docs/modules/workshop-benches.js
+++ b/docs/modules/workshop-benches.js
@@ -213,10 +213,11 @@
       toSettings.type = 'button';
       toSettings.setAttribute('data-workshop-settings', '1');
       toSettings.addEventListener('click', function () {
+        // v-tree-workshop-way-back-v0: Settings knows to offer the way back.
         if (window.GardenRooms && GardenRooms.go) {
-          GardenRooms.go('settings.html');
+          GardenRooms.go('settings.html?from=workshop');
         } else {
-          location.href = 'settings.html';
+          location.href = 'settings.html?from=workshop';
         }
       });
       root.appendChild(toSettings);