diff --git a/frontend/src/components/posts/PostCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/posts/PostCard.vue
index 90bc754..f3b7216 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/posts/PostCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/posts/PostCard.vue
@@ -128,6 +128,25 @@
           @click="toggleDesc"
         >{{ descExpanded ? 'Show less' : 'Show more' }}</button>
 
+        <!-- #388 E5: the accepted announcement link, both directions. Only
+             ACCEPTED ones reach the payload, so anything rendered here is
+             something the operator agreed to — never a proposal. -->
+        <!-- A location with no name/path is "the current route, with these
+             query params" — so this works from Latest or Browse alike without
+             the card reaching for useRoute(), which it has no other reason to
+             know about. -->
+        <div v-if="associations.length" class="fc-post-card__assoc">
+          <RouterLink
+            v-for="a in associations" :key="a.id"
+            :to="{ query: { post_id: a.post_id } }"
+            class="fc-post-card__assoc-link"
+          >
+            <v-icon icon="mdi-link-variant" size="x-small" />
+            {{ a.role === 'announces'
+              ? 'The full set is in Discord' : 'Announced on Patreon' }}
+          </RouterLink>
+        </div>
+
         <!-- Off-platform file-host links (mega/gdrive/…) found in the body.
              Shown once expanded; clickable now, auto-downloaded by the worker
              slice. -->
@@ -234,6 +253,10 @@ const sortDateIso = computed(() => props.post.post_date || props.post.downloaded
 // Tuesday but gained images this morning" is the whole signal that chat
 // content is trickling in.
 const grewAt = computed(() => (synthesized.value ? props.post.last_grew_at : null))
+// #388 E5. Accepted links only — a pending proposal lives in the review queue,
+// never beside the artwork. Defaults to [] so a post dict from before the
+// feature (or composed by hand) renders without a link rather than throwing.
+const associations = computed(() => props.post.associations || [])
 const grewRelative = computed(() => (grewAt.value ? relativeFrom(grewAt.value) : ''))
 const absoluteDate = computed(() => new Date(sortDateIso.value).toLocaleString())
 function relativeFrom (iso) {
@@ -394,6 +417,17 @@ function formatBytes (n) {
 /* Growth is news, so it gets the accent the rest of the meta line doesn't —
    but it is still the meta line, not a badge competing with the artwork. */
 .fc-post-card__grew { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent)); }
+
+.fc-post-card__assoc { margin-top: 8px; }
+.fc-post-card__assoc-link {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+  font-size: 0.8125rem;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.fc-post-card__assoc-link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
 .fc-post-card__date,
 .fc-post-card__meta { white-space: nowrap; }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue
index 6a51458..3e10a34 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <ImportFiltersForm />
         <TranslationCard />
         <DiscordGroupingCard />
+        <PostAssociationsCard />
       </div>
     </section>
 
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ import VideoEmbeddingCard from './VideoEmbeddingCard.vue'
 import CropProposersCard from './CropProposersCard.vue'
 import HeadsCard from './HeadsCard.vue'
 import DiscordGroupingCard from './DiscordGroupingCard.vue'
+import PostAssociationsCard from './PostAssociationsCard.vue'
 import GpuAgentCard from './GpuAgentCard.vue'
 import AliasTable from './AliasTable.vue'
 import BackupCard from './BackupCard.vue'
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/PostAssociationsCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/PostAssociationsCard.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..141d789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/PostAssociationsCard.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+<template>
+  <MaintenanceTile
+    icon="mdi-link-variant"
+    title="Announcement links"
+    blurb="Pair a Patreon teaser with the Discord drop it announced."
+  >
+    <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.
+    </div>
+
+    <v-switch
+      v-model="enabled" color="accent" hide-details density="compact"
+      label="Look for announcement pairs"
+      @update:model-value="store.setEnabled"
+    />
+
+    <v-row class="mt-2">
+      <v-col cols="12" sm="6">
+        <SettingNumberField
+          v-model="threshold" label="Confidence needed"
+          :min="0" :max="1" :step="0.05"
+          density="comfortable" max-width="none"
+          :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.
+        </div>
+      </v-col>
+      <v-col cols="12" sm="6">
+        <SettingNumberField
+          v-model="windowHours" label="How far apart (hours)"
+          :min="1" :step="1"
+          density="comfortable" max-width="none"
+          :disabled="!enabled" @change="store.setWindowHours(Number(windowHours))"
+        />
+        <div class="text-caption fc-muted mt-1">
+          The announcement exists in order to point at the drop, so the two are
+          usually minutes to hours apart.
+        </div>
+      </v-col>
+    </v-row>
+
+    <div class="d-flex align-center mt-4 mb-2" style="gap:12px">
+      <strong class="text-body-2">
+        {{ store.proposals.length }} waiting for review
+      </strong>
+      <v-spacer />
+      <v-btn size="small" variant="text" :loading="store.loading" @click="store.rescan">
+        Scan now
+      </v-btn>
+    </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.
+    </div>
+
+    <div
+      v-for="p in store.proposals" :key="p.id"
+      class="fc-assoc"
+    >
+      <div class="fc-assoc__body">
+        <RouterLink :to="{ name: 'latest', query: { post_id: p.announcement_post_id } }">
+          post {{ p.announcement_post_id }}
+        </RouterLink>
+        <span class="fc-assoc__arrow">announced</span>
+        <RouterLink :to="{ name: 'latest', query: { post_id: p.payload_post_id } }">
+          drop {{ p.payload_post_id }}
+        </RouterLink>
+        <!-- The per-signal breakdown, not just the total: "why did it suggest
+             this" is the question the operator actually has, and a lone score
+             cannot answer it. -->
+        <div class="text-caption fc-muted">
+          {{ Math.round(p.score * 100) }}% ·
+          timing {{ Math.round((p.signals?.proximity ?? 0) * 100) }}% ·
+          says so {{ Math.round((p.signals?.declared ?? 0) * 100) }}%
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <v-btn size="small" variant="tonal" @click="store.accept(p.id)">Link</v-btn>
+      <v-btn size="small" variant="text" @click="store.dismiss(p.id)">Dismiss</v-btn>
+    </div>
+  </MaintenanceTile>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+import { RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
+
+import { usePostAssociationsStore } from '../../stores/postAssociations.js'
+import MaintenanceTile from '../common/MaintenanceTile.vue'
+import SettingNumberField from '../common/SettingNumberField.vue'
+
+const store = usePostAssociationsStore()
+const enabled = ref(true)
+const threshold = ref(0.6)
+const windowHours = ref(24)
+
+watch(() => store.enabled, (v) => { enabled.value = v }, { immediate: true })
+watch(() => store.threshold, (v) => { threshold.value = v }, { immediate: true })
+watch(() => store.windowHours, (v) => { windowHours.value = v }, { immediate: true })
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+  // Both swallow their own failures: a settings read that fails should not
+  // leave the queue unrendered, and vice versa.
+  await Promise.allSettled([store.loadSettings(), store.load()])
+})
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-assoc {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 8px 0;
+  border-top: 1px solid rgba(var(--v-theme-on-surface), 0.12);
+}
+.fc-assoc__body { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
+.fc-assoc__arrow {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  margin: 0 6px;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores/postAssociations.js b/frontend/src/stores/postAssociations.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8a2027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/stores/postAssociations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useApi } from '../composables/useApi.js'
+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.
+export const usePostAssociationsStore = defineStore('postAssociations', () => {
+  const api = useApi()
+  const proposals = ref([])
+  const enabled = ref(true)
+  const threshold = ref(0.6)
+  const windowHours = ref(24)
+  const { loading, error, run } = useAsyncAction({ errorAs: 'message' })
+
+  async function load () {
+    await run(async () => {
+      const body = await api.get('/api/posts/associations')
+      proposals.value = body.items || []
+    })
+  }
+
+  async function loadSettings () {
+    const s = await api.get('/api/settings/import')
+    enabled.value = s.discord_link_enabled
+    threshold.value = s.discord_link_threshold
+    windowHours.value = s.discord_link_window_hours
+  }
+
+  async function saveSettings (patch) {
+    await api.patch('/api/settings/import', { body: patch })
+  }
+
+  async function setEnabled (v) {
+    enabled.value = v
+    await saveSettings({ discord_link_enabled: v })
+  }
+
+  async function setThreshold (v) {
+    threshold.value = v
+    await saveSettings({ discord_link_threshold: v })
+  }
+
+  async function setWindowHours (v) {
+    windowHours.value = v
+    await saveSettings({ discord_link_window_hours: v })
+  }
+
+  async function accept (id) {
+    try {
+      await api.post(`/api/posts/associations/${id}/accept`, {})
+      proposals.value = proposals.value.filter(p => p.id !== id)
+      toast({ text: 'Linked', type: 'success' })
+    } catch (e) {
+      toast({ text: `Link failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function dismiss (id) {
+    try {
+      await api.post(`/api/posts/associations/${id}/dismiss`, {})
+      proposals.value = proposals.value.filter(p => p.id !== id)
+    } catch (e) {
+      toast({ text: `Dismiss failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function rescan () {
+    await api.post('/api/posts/associations/rescan', {})
+    await load()
+  }
+
+  return {
+    proposals, enabled, threshold, windowHours, loading, error,
+    load, loadSettings, setEnabled, setThreshold, setWindowHours,
+    accept, dismiss, rescan
+  }
+})
diff --git a/frontend/test/components/postCard.spec.js b/frontend/test/components/postCard.spec.js
index 8758cbb..9324d07 100644
--- a/frontend/test/components/postCard.spec.js
+++ b/frontend/test/components/postCard.spec.js
@@ -114,6 +114,40 @@ describe('PostCard', () => {
       expect(w.text()).not.toContain('updated')
     })
 
+    it('shows an accepted announcement link from either end', () => {
+      const teaser = mountComponent(PostCard, {
+        props: {
+          post: {
+            ...BASE,
+            associations: [{ id: 7, role: 'announces', post_id: 42 }],
+          },
+        },
+        pinia: freshPinia(),
+      })
+      expect(teaser.text()).toContain('The full set is in Discord')
+
+      const drop = mountComponent(PostCard, {
+        props: {
+          post: {
+            ...SYNTH,
+            associations: [{ id: 7, role: 'announced_by', post_id: 1 }],
+          },
+        },
+        pinia: freshPinia(),
+      })
+      expect(drop.text()).toContain('Announced on Patreon')
+    })
+
+    it('shows no link when there is no accepted association', () => {
+      // Pending proposals never reach the payload, so an empty list here is
+      // the normal case and must render as silence, not an empty row.
+      const w = mountComponent(PostCard, {
+        props: { post: { ...BASE, associations: [] } },
+        pinia: freshPinia(),
+      })
+      expect(w.find('.fc-post-card__assoc').exists()).toBe(false)
+    })
+
     it('singularises a one-message drop', () => {
       const w = mountComponent(PostCard, {
         props: { post: { ...SYNTH, synthesis: { message_count: 1 } } },