diff --git a/app/ui/features/generate/index.js b/app/ui/features/generate/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f57ef2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/features/generate/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Generate / Selected: queue the plan's scenes one after another and put each result on its clip.
+import { composer as c } from "../../composer/composer.js";
+import { isGenerative, genUnitId, effFrames, effFps } from "../../shell/scenes.js";
+import { buildInputs } from "./inputs.js";
+
+const expand = (body) => fetch("/funpack/api/prompt/expand", { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+  body: JSON.stringify({ ...body, seed: Math.floor(Math.random() * 2 ** 31) || 1 }) }).then((r) => (r.ok ? r.json() : null));
+
+export default {
+  id: "generate",
+  mount: "timeline.actions",
+  needs: ["project", "pipeline", "generate"],
+  setup({ host, app }) {
+    const p = app.project, g = app.generate;
+    let busy = false;
+
+    const record = (pid, id, image) => {
+      if (!image || !p.project || p.project.id !== pid) return;
+      p.edit((pr) => {
+        const sc = pr.scenes.find((s) => s.id === id);
+        if (!sc) return false;
+        (pr.scene_renders ||= {})[id] = { media: { filename: image.filename, subfolder: image.subfolder || "", type: image.type || "output" },
+          durationSec: effFrames(sc, pr) / effFps(sc, pr), inSec: 0 };
+        return true;
+      });
+    };
+
+    async function runAll(scenes) {
+      if (busy) return;
+      busy = true; draw();
+      const pid = p.project.id, seen = new Set();
+      try {
+        for (const sc of scenes) {
+          if (!isGenerative(sc) || sc.excluded || seen.has(genUnitId(sc))) continue;
+          seen.add(genUnitId(sc));
+          const { inputs, unwired } = await buildInputs({ project: p.project, scene: sc, slots: app.pipeline.slots(), expand });
+          if (unwired) c.toast.warn({ text: `${unwired} reference(s) did not fit this pipeline and are not used.` });
+          const done = g.waitForTerminal();             // listening before the run starts, so a fast one is not missed
+          if (!(await g.generate({ sceneId: sc.id, projectId: pid, inputs }))) { done.cancel(); break; }
+          const end = await done;
+          if (end !== g.DONE) break;
+          const images = g.run.state.images;
+          record(pid, sc.id, images[images.length - 1]);
+        }
+      } finally { busy = false; draw(); }
+    }
+
+    let nodes = [];
+    function draw() {
+      const open = p.project;
+      const go = c.button.sm({ label: busy ? "Generating…" : "▶ Generate", tone: "primary", disabled: busy || !open,
+        onClick: () => runAll(p.scenes) });
+      const one = c.button.sm({ label: "Selected", disabled: busy || !p.selected, onClick: () => runAll([p.selected]) });
+      const stop = c.button.sm({ label: "■ Stop", tone: "danger", disabled: !busy, onClick: () => g.cancel() });
+      const next = [go, one, stop].map((b) => b.node);
+      if (nodes.length) nodes.forEach((n, i) => n.replaceWith(next[i])); else host.append(...next);     // in place: keeps its spot in the row
+      nodes = next;
+    }
+    draw();
+    return app.on(draw);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.js b/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a9ea363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// What one run sends: the scene's prompt (expanded with anchor/postfix/$variables), the project's video
+// settings, the scene's picked media -- each placed by the ROLE a pipeline slot declares, never by slot id.
+import { wireReferences } from "../../shell/reference_wiring.js";
+
+const rolesAt = (slots, at) => (slots || []).flatMap((s) => (s.roles || []).filter((r) => r.at === at).map((role) => ({ slot: s, role })));
+
+export async function buildInputs({ project, scene, slots, expand }) {
+  const raw = {};
+  const put = (slot, name, value) => { raw[slot.id] = { ...raw[slot.id], [name]: value }; };
+
+  for (const { slot, role } of (slots || []).flatMap((s) => (s.roles || []).filter((r) => (r.at || "").startsWith("project.") && r.input).map((role) => ({ slot: s, role })))) {
+    const v = role.at === "project.negative" ? project.negative : (project.video || {})[role.input];
+    if (v !== undefined && v !== null && v !== "") put(slot, role.input, v);
+  }
+  const source = rolesAt(slots, "assets.source_image")[0];
+  if (source) put(source.slot, "media_id", scene.source_image || "");
+  const { overrides, unwired } = wireReferences(scene.references || [], slots, source ? [source.slot.id] : []);
+  for (const [id, fields] of Object.entries(overrides)) raw[id] = { ...raw[id], ...fields };
+
+  const prompt = rolesAt(slots, "generation.prompt")[0];
+  if (prompt) {
+    const text = scene.text || "";
+    const body = await expand({ text, anchor: project.anchor, postfix: project.postfix, postfix_enabled: project.postfix_enabled, variables: project.variables })
+      .catch(() => null);         // a failing prompt-craft feature must not block the run: send what was typed
+    put(prompt.slot, prompt.role.input, body && typeof body.text === "string" ? body.text : text);
+  }
+  return { inputs: raw, unwired };
+}
diff --git a/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.test.js b/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d5fe43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { buildInputs } from "./inputs.js";
+
+const slots = [
+  { id: "p", roles: [{ at: "generation.prompt", input: "text" }] },
+  { id: "s", roles: [{ at: "assets.source_image" }] },
+  { id: "k", roles: [{ at: "project.video", input: "steps" }, { at: "project.negative", input: "neg" }] },
+];
+
+test("each value lands on the slot whose role asks for it", async () => {
+  const { inputs } = await buildInputs({ project: { video: { steps: 8 }, negative: "blur" }, scene: { text: "a cat", source_image: "m1" }, slots,
+    expand: async ({ text }) => ({ text: `[${text}]` }) });
+  assert.deepEqual(inputs, { p: { text: "[a cat]" }, s: { media_id: "m1" }, k: { steps: 8, neg: "blur" } });
+});
+
+test("a failing expander sends the typed text", async () => {
+  const { inputs } = await buildInputs({ project: {}, scene: { text: "x" }, slots, expand: async () => { throw new Error("down"); } });
+  assert.equal(inputs.p.text, "x");
+});
diff --git a/app/ui/features/placeholders/index.js b/app/ui/features/placeholders/index.js
index 360ea3a1..846cb6ed 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/placeholders/index.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/placeholders/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const items = {
   ],
 
 
-  "timeline.actions": () => [btn("▶ Generate", "primary"), btn("Selected"), btn("⧉ Render", "render"), btn("⚡ Auto Montage")],
+  "timeline.actions": () => [btn("⧉ Render", "render"), btn("⚡ Auto Montage")],
   "timeline.status": () => [btn("⏱ Sampler", "neutral"), c.text.sm({ text: "0 clips" }),
     dockTab("Assets"), dockTab("Preview"), dockTab("Properties"), btn("◆ Composer", "neutral")],
   timeline: () => [
diff --git a/app/ui/modules.js b/app/ui/modules.js
index 896530f1..0dd3c8a3 100644
--- a/app/ui/modules.js
+++ b/app/ui/modules.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export default [
   "./features/projects/index.js",
   "./features/timeline/index.js",
   "./features/inspector/index.js",
+  "./features/generate/index.js",
   "./features/placeholders/index.js",
   "./features/temp/index.js",
 ].map((path) => new URL(path, import.meta.url).href);