diff --git a/tables/js/api-actions.js b/tables/js/api-actions.js
index a002983..56c624d 100644
--- a/tables/js/api-actions.js
+++ b/tables/js/api-actions.js
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@
         var inputs = {};
         (c.fields || []).forEach(function (f) {
             var lab = el('label', { class: 'api-modal__field' });
-            lab.appendChild(el('span', null, f.label || f.name));
+            lab.appendChild(el('span', null, (f.label || f.name) + (f.required ? ' *' : '')));
             var inp = el('input', { type: f.type || 'text' });
             if (f.placeholder) inp.setAttribute('placeholder', f.placeholder);
+            if (f.required) inp.required = true;
             inputs[f.name] = inp;
             lab.appendChild(inp);
             form.appendChild(lab);
@@ -76,6 +77,12 @@
         form.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
             e.preventDefault();
             err.hidden = true;
+            var missing = (c.fields || []).filter(function (f) { return f.required && !inputs[f.name].value.trim(); });
+            if (missing.length) {
+                err.textContent = 'Required: ' + missing.map(function (f) { return f.label || f.name; }).join(', ');
+                err.hidden = false;
+                return;
+            }
             var body = {};
             (c.fields || []).forEach(function (f) {
                 var v = inputs[f.name].value.trim();
@@ -83,6 +90,9 @@
                 // Date fields → RFC3339 so the Go time.Time decoder accepts them.
                 body[f.name] = (f.type === 'date') ? new Date(v + 'T00:00:00').toISOString() : v;
             });
+            // Constant fields the server requires but the user doesn't set
+            // (e.g. project create's parent="/").
+            if (c.fixed) Object.keys(c.fixed).forEach(function (k) { body[k] = c.fixed[k]; });
             submit.disabled = true;
             fetch(c.url, {
                 method: 'POST',
@@ -175,12 +185,40 @@
         });
     }
 
+    // Per-row navigation: clicking a row opens its data-url (the project /
+    // subtree it represents) — used by the profile "Effective access" table.
+    // Clicks on inner controls (buttons/links/inputs) are left alone.
+    function ensureRowNav() {
+        var tbody = document.querySelector('#table-root tbody');
+        if (!tbody) return;
+        var trs = tbody.querySelectorAll('tr');
+        for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {
+            var tr = trs[i];
+            if (tr.getAttribute('data-nav') === '1') continue;
+            var url = tr.getAttribute('data-url');
+            if (!url) continue;
+            tr.setAttribute('data-nav', '1');
+            tr.style.cursor = 'pointer';
+            (function (target) {
+                // Capture phase: fire before the tables editor's per-cell
+                // click handlers (which would otherwise swallow the click on
+                // read-only rows). Inner controls (buttons/links/inputs) still
+                // opt out.
+                tr.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+                    if (e.target.closest('button, a, input')) return;
+                    window.location.href = target;
+                }, true);
+            })(url);
+        }
+    }
+
     function tick() {
         var c = cfg();
         if (!c) return;
         hideNative();
         if (c.create) mountCreate(c.create);
         if (c.deleteRow) ensureRowDelete(c.deleteRow);
+        if (c.rowNav) ensureRowNav();
     }
 
     function start() {
diff --git a/zddc/internal/handler/profilehandler_test.go b/zddc/internal/handler/profilehandler_test.go
index 8e89d58..249dcca 100644
--- a/zddc/internal/handler/profilehandler_test.go
+++ b/zddc/internal/handler/profilehandler_test.go
@@ -235,32 +235,6 @@ func TestServeProfileLogsLevelFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// stripTemplates removes every <template ...>...</template> block from the
-// HTML body so substring assertions check only ACTIVE markup — i.e. live
-// DOM content the user (and their browser) actually sees, as opposed to
-// inert content that JS may clone in based on a later access fetch.
-//
-// Naive but sufficient for the controlled output of profileTemplate (the
-// template tags are unnested and well-formed). If the page ever grows
-// nested templates, swap this for an html.Tokenizer-based pass.
-func stripTemplates(body string) string {
-	var b strings.Builder
-	for {
-		i := strings.Index(body, "<template")
-		if i < 0 {
-			b.WriteString(body)
-			return b.String()
-		}
-		b.WriteString(body[:i])
-		j := strings.Index(body[i:], "</template>")
-		if j < 0 {
-			// Unterminated <template> — bail; whatever's left is suspect.
-			return b.String()
-		}
-		body = body[i+j+len("</template>"):]
-	}
-}
-
 // TestServeProfileHTMLLayered pins the page-render contract after the
 // lazy-load refactor:
 //
@@ -306,85 +280,53 @@ func TestServeProfileHTMLLayered(t *testing.T) {
 		return rec.Body.String()
 	}
 
-	// Anonymous: identity says "Not signed in", no live admin markup, no
-	// diagnostics. The <template> still ships inertly so any caller could
-	// hydrate it after a successful /access fetch — but a non-admin's
-	// /access response carries empty AdminSubtrees and the JS skips
-	// instantiation. The active-markup check below proves the live DOM is
-	// admin-clean regardless.
+	// The page now renders through the shared tables engine with a server-
+	// injected #table-context (no bespoke scaffolds). The per-role contract:
+	// the context must never NAME a capability the caller lacks — super-admin
+	// diagnostics (config/logs/whoami) appear only for a super-admin, so a
+	// non-admin's bytes can't even reference them.
+	diag := ProfilePathPrefix + "/config"
+
+	// Anonymous: "Not signed in" identity, no diagnostics.
 	anon := render("")
 	if !strings.Contains(anon, "Not signed in") {
 		t.Errorf("anonymous body missing 'Not signed in'")
 	}
-	anonActive := stripTemplates(anon)
-	for _, marker := range []string{
-		`<form id="cp-form"`,
-		`id="diag-config"`,
-		`id="diag-logs"`,
-		`id="diag-whoami"`,
-		"Server config",
-	} {
-		if strings.Contains(anonActive, marker) {
-			t.Errorf("anonymous active markup unexpectedly contains admin marker %q", marker)
-		}
+	if !strings.Contains(anon, `id="table-context"`) {
+		t.Errorf("profile page not rendered via the tables engine")
 	}
-	// Inert <template> SHOULD ship — admins (and only admins) hydrate it.
-	if !strings.Contains(anon, `<template id="tmpl-subtree-admin">`) {
-		t.Errorf("anonymous body missing inert subtree-admin <template>")
+	if strings.Contains(anon, diag) {
+		t.Errorf("anonymous body leaks super-admin diagnostics (%q)", diag)
 	}
 
+	// Non-admin (carol): email shown, no diagnostics.
 	nonAdmin := render("carol@example.com")
 	if !strings.Contains(nonAdmin, "carol@example.com") {
 		t.Errorf("non-admin body missing email")
 	}
-	nonAdminActive := stripTemplates(nonAdmin)
-	for _, marker := range []string{
-		`<form id="cp-form"`,
-		`id="diag-config"`,
-		"Server config",
-	} {
-		if strings.Contains(nonAdminActive, marker) {
-			t.Errorf("non-admin active markup unexpectedly contains admin marker %q", marker)
-		}
+	if strings.Contains(nonAdmin, diag) {
+		t.Errorf("non-admin body leaks super-admin diagnostics")
 	}
 
-	// Subtree-admin (bob) gets the same shell as a non-admin — the
-	// scaffold lives in the <template> and JS hydrates it after fetching
-	// /.profile/access. The server-side render no longer differentiates
-	// these two roles, so its byte-output should match a non-admin's.
+	// Subtree-admin (bob): administers projects/, but is NOT a root super-
+	// admin — still no diagnostics.
 	subtree := render("bob@example.com")
-	subtreeActive := stripTemplates(subtree)
-	for _, marker := range []string{
-		`<form id="cp-form"`,
-		`id="diag-config"`,
-		"Server config",
-	} {
-		if strings.Contains(subtreeActive, marker) {
-			t.Errorf("subtree-admin active markup unexpectedly contains admin marker %q (these are JS-hydrated)", marker)
-		}
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(subtree, `<template id="tmpl-subtree-admin">`) {
-		t.Errorf("subtree-admin body missing the <template> the IIFE will hydrate")
+	if strings.Contains(subtree, diag) {
+		t.Errorf("subtree-admin body leaks super-admin diagnostics")
 	}
 
-	// Super-admin: diagnostics scaffold is rendered inline (cheap to
-	// gate), AND the subtree-admin <template> still ships for the IIFE to
-	// hydrate Editable + Create sections.
+	// Super-admin (alice): diagnostics are discoverable as rows linking to
+	// the (unchanged) endpoints.
 	super := render("alice@example.com")
-	superActive := stripTemplates(super)
-	for _, marker := range []string{
-		"Server config",
-		`id="diag-config"`,
-		`id="diag-logs"`,
-		`id="diag-whoami"`,
+	for _, link := range []string{
+		ProfilePathPrefix + "/config",
+		ProfilePathPrefix + "/logs",
+		ProfilePathPrefix + "/whoami",
 	} {
-		if !strings.Contains(superActive, marker) {
-			t.Errorf("super-admin active markup missing %q", marker)
+		if !strings.Contains(super, link) {
+			t.Errorf("super-admin profile missing diagnostic link %q", link)
 		}
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(super, `<template id="tmpl-subtree-admin">`) {
-		t.Errorf("super-admin body missing subtree-admin <template> (still needs to hydrate Editable + Create)")
-	}
 }
 
 func TestServeProfileAccessJSON(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/zddc/internal/handler/profilepage.go b/zddc/internal/handler/profilepage.go
index 705dc52..4fc5fb3 100644
--- a/zddc/internal/handler/profilepage.go
+++ b/zddc/internal/handler/profilepage.go
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@ func serveProfilePage(cfg config.Config, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 		http.Error(w, "Method Not Allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		return
 	}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
+
+	// Render "Effective access" (projects + admin subtrees) + Create project
+	// through the shared tables engine — header chrome + declarative columns,
+	// no bespoke page. The redundant/niche sections of the old page are
+	// dropped: theme (now the header's theme button), the localStorage tool,
+	// and the "editable .zddc" links (those files are now standing-editable in
+	// browse). Falls back to the legacy template if the tables renderer isn't
+	// built into this binary.
+	tablesHTML := EmbeddedTablesHTML()
+	if len(tablesHTML) > 0 {
+		if injected, err := injectTableContextObj(tablesHTML, buildProfileTableContext(cfg, r)); err == nil {
+			_, _ = w.Write(injected)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	email := EmailFromContext(r)
 	view := profileView{
 		Email:             email,
@@ -50,13 +68,88 @@ func serveProfilePage(cfg config.Config, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 		AssetsPathPrefix:  profileAssetsPathPrefix,
 		HasCustomCSS:      hasCustomProfileCSS(cfg.Root),
 	}
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
 	if err := profileTemplate.Execute(w, view); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 }
 
+// buildProfileTableContext assembles the #table-context for the profile page:
+// the caller's accessible scopes (projects + admin subtrees) as clickable
+// rows, identity in the description, and an apiActions block wiring "+ New
+// project" to POST /.profile/projects (only when the caller can create one).
+func buildProfileTableContext(cfg config.Config, r *http.Request) map[string]interface{} {
+	view := enumerateAccess(r.Context(), DeciderFromContext(r), cfg, PrincipalFromContext(r), "")
+	rows := []map[string]interface{}{}
+	for _, proj := range view.Projects {
+		rows = append(rows, map[string]interface{}{
+			"url":      proj.URL,
+			"editable": false,
+			"data":     map[string]interface{}{"name": proj.Name, "title": proj.Title, "kind": "project"},
+		})
+	}
+	for _, sub := range view.AdminSubtrees {
+		rows = append(rows, map[string]interface{}{
+			"url":      sub.Path,
+			"editable": false,
+			"data":     map[string]interface{}{"name": sub.Path, "title": sub.Title, "kind": "admin"},
+		})
+	}
+	// Super-admin diagnostics: keep config/logs/whoami discoverable as rows
+	// (the endpoints are unchanged; only the bespoke links moved here). Gated
+	// on IsSuperAdmin so a non-admin's context never names them.
+	if view.IsSuperAdmin {
+		for _, d := range []struct{ name, url string }{
+			{"Server config", ProfilePathPrefix + "/config"},
+			{"Server logs", ProfilePathPrefix + "/logs"},
+			{"Whoami (request headers)", ProfilePathPrefix + "/whoami"},
+			{"Effective policy", ProfilePathPrefix + "/effective-policy"},
+		} {
+			rows = append(rows, map[string]interface{}{
+				"url":      d.url,
+				"editable": false,
+				"data":     map[string]interface{}{"name": d.name, "title": "", "kind": "server"},
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	desc := "Signed in as " + view.Email
+	if view.Email == "" {
+		desc = "Not signed in — the server reads identity from the " + cfg.EmailHeader + " header."
+	} else if view.IsSuperAdmin {
+		desc += " · super admin"
+	}
+	col := func(field, title, width string) map[string]interface{} {
+		c := map[string]interface{}{"field": field, "title": title}
+		if width != "" {
+			c["width"] = width
+		}
+		return c
+	}
+	apiActions := map[string]interface{}{"rowNav": true}
+	if view.CanCreateProject {
+		apiActions["create"] = map[string]interface{}{
+			"url":   ProfilePathPrefix + "/projects",
+			"title": "New project",
+			"fixed": map[string]interface{}{"parent": "/"},
+			"fields": []map[string]interface{}{
+				{"name": "name", "label": "Folder name", "placeholder": "e.g. Site-3", "required": true},
+				{"name": "title", "label": "Title (optional)"},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	return map[string]interface{}{
+		"title":       "Profile",
+		"description": desc,
+		"addable":     false,
+		"columns": []map[string]interface{}{
+			col("name", "Project", ""),
+			col("title", "Title", ""),
+			col("kind", "Type", "8em"),
+		},
+		"rows":       rows,
+		"apiActions": apiActions,
+	}
+}
+
 // profileTemplate is the html/template for the profile page. The shell is
 // rendered server-side from cheap-only data (identity + IsSuperAdmin); the
 // expensive bits (visible projects, admin subtrees, editable .zddc files,
diff --git a/zddc/internal/handler/tables.html b/zddc/internal/handler/tables.html
index 0c0d587..421fd6d 100644
--- a/zddc/internal/handler/tables.html
+++ b/zddc/internal/handler/tables.html
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ body.is-elevated::after {
             </svg>
             <div class="header-title-group">
                 <span class="app-header__title" id="table-title">ZDDC Table</span>
-                <span class="build-timestamp"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">v0.0.27-dev · 2026-06-06 20:06:06 · 76087c8-dirty</span></span>
+                <span class="build-timestamp"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">v0.0.27-dev · 2026-06-06 21:07:11 · 2a05b77-dirty</span></span>
             </div>
         </div>
         <div class="header-right">
@@ -7092,9 +7092,10 @@ body.is-elevated::after {
         var inputs = {};
         (c.fields || []).forEach(function (f) {
             var lab = el('label', { class: 'api-modal__field' });
-            lab.appendChild(el('span', null, f.label || f.name));
+            lab.appendChild(el('span', null, (f.label || f.name) + (f.required ? ' *' : '')));
             var inp = el('input', { type: f.type || 'text' });
             if (f.placeholder) inp.setAttribute('placeholder', f.placeholder);
+            if (f.required) inp.required = true;
             inputs[f.name] = inp;
             lab.appendChild(inp);
             form.appendChild(lab);
@@ -7119,6 +7120,12 @@ body.is-elevated::after {
         form.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
             e.preventDefault();
             err.hidden = true;
+            var missing = (c.fields || []).filter(function (f) { return f.required && !inputs[f.name].value.trim(); });
+            if (missing.length) {
+                err.textContent = 'Required: ' + missing.map(function (f) { return f.label || f.name; }).join(', ');
+                err.hidden = false;
+                return;
+            }
             var body = {};
             (c.fields || []).forEach(function (f) {
                 var v = inputs[f.name].value.trim();
@@ -7126,6 +7133,9 @@ body.is-elevated::after {
                 // Date fields → RFC3339 so the Go time.Time decoder accepts them.
                 body[f.name] = (f.type === 'date') ? new Date(v + 'T00:00:00').toISOString() : v;
             });
+            // Constant fields the server requires but the user doesn't set
+            // (e.g. project create's parent="/").
+            if (c.fixed) Object.keys(c.fixed).forEach(function (k) { body[k] = c.fixed[k]; });
             submit.disabled = true;
             fetch(c.url, {
                 method: 'POST',
@@ -7218,12 +7228,40 @@ body.is-elevated::after {
         });
     }
 
+    // Per-row navigation: clicking a row opens its data-url (the project /
+    // subtree it represents) — used by the profile "Effective access" table.
+    // Clicks on inner controls (buttons/links/inputs) are left alone.
+    function ensureRowNav() {
+        var tbody = document.querySelector('#table-root tbody');
+        if (!tbody) return;
+        var trs = tbody.querySelectorAll('tr');
+        for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {
+            var tr = trs[i];
+            if (tr.getAttribute('data-nav') === '1') continue;
+            var url = tr.getAttribute('data-url');
+            if (!url) continue;
+            tr.setAttribute('data-nav', '1');
+            tr.style.cursor = 'pointer';
+            (function (target) {
+                // Capture phase: fire before the tables editor's per-cell
+                // click handlers (which would otherwise swallow the click on
+                // read-only rows). Inner controls (buttons/links/inputs) still
+                // opt out.
+                tr.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+                    if (e.target.closest('button, a, input')) return;
+                    window.location.href = target;
+                }, true);
+            })(url);
+        }
+    }
+
     function tick() {
         var c = cfg();
         if (!c) return;
         hideNative();
         if (c.create) mountCreate(c.create);
         if (c.deleteRow) ensureRowDelete(c.deleteRow);
+        if (c.rowNav) ensureRowNav();
     }
 
     function start() {