diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/PostAssociationsCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/PostAssociationsCard.vue
index 141d789..c267fde 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/PostAssociationsCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/PostAssociationsCard.vue
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
   >
     <div class="text-caption fc-muted mb-3">
       Some creators post a cropped fragment on Patreon to say the real thing has
-      landed in their Discord. FC proposes those pairs; nothing is linked until
-      you accept one. A wrong link would tell you two different pieces are the
-      same, so this stays a suggestion.
+      landed in their Discord. When the creator's own file name settles it —
+      the same working name on both posts and nowhere else in their library —
+      FC links the pair for you. Anything less certain waits here, because a
+      wrong link would tell you two different pieces are the same.
     </div>
 
     <v-switch
@@ -17,6 +18,17 @@
       @update:model-value="store.setEnabled"
     />
 
+    <v-switch
+      v-model="auto" color="accent" hide-details density="compact"
+      :disabled="!enabled"
+      label="Link a pair outright when the file name settles it"
+      @update:model-value="store.setAuto"
+    />
+    <div class="text-caption fc-muted mb-2">
+      Off, every pair waits for you here — including the ones there is nothing
+      left to decide about.
+    </div>
+
     <v-row class="mt-2">
       <v-col cols="12" sm="6">
         <SettingNumberField
@@ -26,10 +38,13 @@
           :disabled="!enabled" @change="store.setThreshold(Number(threshold))"
         />
         <div class="text-caption fc-muted mt-1">
-          A pair always needs <strong>two</strong> reasons — being close in time
-          and the post itself mentioning Discord. Neither is enough alone at any
-          setting at or above 0.55, which is what stops a busy posting day from
-          producing false pairs.
+          A pair needs <strong>two</strong> reasons — close in time, the post
+          mentioning Discord or the server, or a marker the creator uses on
+          both and almost nowhere else. None is enough alone at any setting at
+          or above 0.45, which is what stops a busy posting day from producing
+          false pairs. A shared working name is weighed separately: it says the
+          two are the same piece rather than that they happened near each
+          other.
         </div>
       </v-col>
       <v-col cols="12" sm="6">
@@ -57,8 +72,9 @@
     </div>
 
     <div v-if="!store.proposals.length" class="text-caption fc-muted">
-      Nothing proposed. That is the expected state most of the time — pairs only
-      appear when a post both lands near a drop and says it is about Discord.
+      Nothing waiting. That is the expected state most of the time — a pair the
+      file names settle is linked without asking, and everything else needs a
+      post to both land near a drop and point at Discord.
     </div>
 
     <div
@@ -80,6 +96,19 @@
           {{ Math.round(p.score * 100) }}% ·
           timing {{ Math.round((p.signals?.proximity ?? 0) * 100) }}% ·
           says so {{ Math.round((p.signals?.declared ?? 0) * 100) }}%
+          <template v-if="p.signals?.marker">
+            · shared marker {{ Math.round(p.signals.marker * 100) }}%
+          </template>
+        </div>
+        <!-- The name, when there is one. A queue that cannot say WHY is one
+             you learn to click through without reading — and this is the only
+             signal that claims the two are the SAME piece rather than that
+             they happened near each other. -->
+        <div v-if="p.signals?.identity_token" class="text-caption fc-muted">
+          both call it
+          <code>{{ p.signals.identity_token }}</code>
+          ({{ Math.round((p.signals.identity ?? 0) * 100) }}% — shared with
+          another post of theirs, so not conclusive on its own)
         </div>
       </div>
       <v-btn size="small" variant="tonal" @click="store.accept(p.id)">Link</v-btn>
@@ -98,10 +127,12 @@ import SettingNumberField from '../common/SettingNumberField.vue'
 
 const store = usePostAssociationsStore()
 const enabled = ref(true)
+const auto = ref(true)
 const threshold = ref(0.6)
 const windowHours = ref(24)
 
 watch(() => store.enabled, (v) => { enabled.value = v }, { immediate: true })
+watch(() => store.auto, (v) => { auto.value = v }, { immediate: true })
 watch(() => store.threshold, (v) => { threshold.value = v }, { immediate: true })
 watch(() => store.windowHours, (v) => { windowHours.value = v }, { immediate: true })
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores/postAssociations.js b/frontend/src/stores/postAssociations.js
index e8a2027..b98cc55 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores/postAssociations.js
+++ b/frontend/src/stores/postAssociations.js
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ import { useAsyncAction } from '../composables/useAsyncAction.js'
 import { toast } from '../utils/toast.js'
 
 // Backs the announcement review queue (#388 E5): "this Patreon post announced
-// that Discord drop". Confirm-only, deliberately — a wrongly-asserted link
-// tells the operator two different pieces are one, which is worse than no link
-// at all, so accept is the ONLY thing that makes a link real. Mirrors
-// seriesSuggestions (FC-6.3), which is the same shape for the same reason.
+// that Discord drop". A wrongly-asserted link tells the operator two different
+// pieces are one, which is worse than no link at all — so what reaches this
+// queue is everything FC is NOT sure enough about to act on by itself.
+//
+// A pair the creator's own working name identifies, where that name is on
+// these two posts and nowhere else in their library, is linked without asking
+// (`auto`). Mirrors seriesSuggestions (FC-6.3) in shape.
 export const usePostAssociationsStore = defineStore('postAssociations', () => {
   const api = useApi()
   const proposals = ref([])
   const enabled = ref(true)
+  const auto = ref(true)
   const threshold = ref(0.6)
   const windowHours = ref(24)
   const { loading, error, run } = useAsyncAction({ errorAs: 'message' })
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ export const usePostAssociationsStore = defineStore('postAssociations', () => {
   async function loadSettings () {
     const s = await api.get('/api/settings/import')
     enabled.value = s.discord_link_enabled
+    auto.value = s.discord_link_auto
     threshold.value = s.discord_link_threshold
     windowHours.value = s.discord_link_window_hours
   }
@@ -41,6 +46,11 @@ export const usePostAssociationsStore = defineStore('postAssociations', () => {
     await saveSettings({ discord_link_enabled: v })
   }
 
+  async function setAuto (v) {
+    auto.value = v
+    await saveSettings({ discord_link_auto: v })
+  }
+
   async function setThreshold (v) {
     threshold.value = v
     await saveSettings({ discord_link_threshold: v })
@@ -76,8 +86,8 @@ export const usePostAssociationsStore = defineStore('postAssociations', () => {
   }
 
   return {
-    proposals, enabled, threshold, windowHours, loading, error,
-    load, loadSettings, setEnabled, setThreshold, setWindowHours,
+    proposals, enabled, auto, threshold, windowHours, loading, error,
+    load, loadSettings, setEnabled, setAuto, setThreshold, setWindowHours,
     accept, dismiss, rescan
   }
 })