diff --git a/app/ui/features/settings/taste.js b/app/ui/features/settings/taste.js
index 7627956d..17c04754 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/settings/taste.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/settings/taste.js
@@ -45,6 +45,38 @@ export const taste = (app) => function mount() {
       c.dropzone.default({ label: "Drop or choose an exported key (.zip)", hint: "from another machine", accept: ".zip,application/zip", multiple: false, onFiles: bring }),
     ].filter(Boolean));
   }
-  draw(); refresh();
-  return { node: page.node, destroy: () => page.node.remove() };
+  // Block influence: research recording, read here. Its numbers say whether the four groups point apart; no clip changes.
+  const research = c.region.stack({ gap: "sm" });
+  let influence = null;
+  const pct = (x) => (x >= 0 ? "+" : "") + x.toFixed(2);
+  async function refreshResearch() {
+    try {
+      const [state, four] = await Promise.all([app.api.blockInfluence("default"), app.api.blockInfluenceGroups("default")]);
+      influence = { state, four, error: "" };
+    } catch (err) { influence = { state: null, four: null, error: err.message }; }
+    drawResearch();
+  }
+  function drawResearch() {
+    const rows = [c.label.section({ text: "Block influence (research)" })];
+    if (influence && influence.error) rows.push(c.banner.warn({ text: `Could not read the recording: ${influence.error}` }));
+    if (influence && influence.state) {
+      const { state, four } = influence;
+      rows.push(c.toggle.default({ label: "Record block influence", hint: "On: every rated run on a Taste key is measured. Off: nothing is recorded.",
+        checked: !!state.enabled, onChange: async (on) => { try { await app.api.setBlockInfluence(on); } catch (err) { tell(err.message); } refreshResearch(); } }));
+      if (state.problem) rows.push(c.banner.warn({ text: state.problem }));
+      rows.push(c.settingsRow.default({ label: "Clips rated", hint: `Key: ${four.key || state.key || "none yet"}`,
+        control: c.hint.default({ text: four.used ? Object.entries(four.counts || {}).map(([g, n]) => `${g} ${n}`).join(", ") : "none yet" }) }));
+      if (four.note) rows.push(c.hint.default({ text: four.note }));
+      for (const [pair, cos] of Object.entries(four.cos || {})) {
+        const c0 = four.chance[pair];
+        rows.push(c.settingsRow.default({ label: pair, hint: `Chance from shuffled labels: mean ${pct(c0.mean)}, 95th ${pct(c0.p95)}`,
+          control: c.hint.default({ text: pct(cos) }) }));
+      }
+    }
+    research.set(rows);
+  }
+  draw(); refresh(); refreshResearch();
+  const node = document.createElement("div");
+  node.append(page.node, research.node);
+  return { node, destroy: () => node.remove() };
 };
diff --git a/app/ui/features/settings/taste.test.js b/app/ui/features/settings/taste.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8549382e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/features/settings/taste.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { setupDom, teardownDom } from "../../composer/tests/_dom.js";
+
+let taste;
+test.before(async () => { setupDom(); ({ taste } = await import("./taste.js")); });
+test.after(() => teardownDom());
+const tick = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
+
+test("the panel shows block influence: the switch, the clip counts, and each pair against chance", async () => {
+  const sets = [];
+  const app = { api: {
+    tasteKeys: async () => ({ keys: [] }),
+    blockInfluence: async () => ({ key: "fox", enabled: true, problem: null }),
+    blockInfluenceGroups: async () => ({ key: "fox", used: 8, counts: { liked: 2, image: 2, composition: 2, both: 2 },
+      cos: { "image vs composition": 0.5 }, chance: { "image vs composition": { mean: 0.02, p95: 0.4 } } }),
+    setBlockInfluence: async (on) => { sets.push(on); return { enabled: on }; },
+  } };
+  const page = taste(app)();
+  document.body.append(page.node);
+  await tick(); await tick();
+  const text = page.node.textContent;
+  assert.match(text, /Record block influence/);
+  assert.match(text, /liked 2, image 2, composition 2, both 2/);
+  assert.match(text, /image vs composition/);
+  assert.match(text, /\+0\.50/);
+  assert.match(text, /95th \+0\.40/);
+  const toggle = page.node.querySelector('input[type="checkbox"]');
+  assert.equal(toggle.checked, true);
+  toggle.click(); await tick(); await tick();
+  assert.deepEqual(sets, [false]);
+});
+
+test("nothing recorded yet is said, not shown as a comparison", async () => {
+  const app = { api: {
+    tasteKeys: async () => ({ keys: [] }),
+    blockInfluence: async () => ({ key: "none", enabled: false, problem: null }),
+    blockInfluenceGroups: async () => ({ key: "none", used: 0, counts: {}, cos: {}, chance: {}, note: "nothing recorded yet" }),
+  } };
+  const page = taste(app)();
+  document.body.append(page.node);
+  await tick(); await tick();
+  assert.match(page.node.textContent, /nothing recorded yet/);
+});
diff --git a/app/ui/shell/api.js b/app/ui/shell/api.js
index c6d8c671..06dcc8a3 100644
--- a/app/ui/shell/api.js
+++ b/app/ui/shell/api.js
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export const api = {
   shotMemory: () => call("GET", "/api/m/conditioning_shot_camera/memory"),
   forgetShotMemory: (kind, name) => call("POST", "/api/m/conditioning_shot_camera/forget", { kind, name }),
   tasteKeys: () => call("GET", "/api/m/taste/keys"),
+  blockInfluence: (key) => call("GET", `/api/m/block_influence/status?key=${encodeURIComponent(key || "default")}`),
+  blockInfluenceGroups: (key) => call("GET", `/api/m/block_influence/groups?key=${encodeURIComponent(key || "default")}`),
+  setBlockInfluence: (on) => call("POST", `/api/m/block_influence/enabled?key=default`, { enabled: !!on }),
   libraryFiles: () => call("GET", "/api/files"),
   deleteLibraryFile: (name) => call("DELETE", `/api/files/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`),
   deleteTasteKey: (name) => call("DELETE", `/api/m/taste/keys/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`),
diff --git a/modules/sampling/block_influence/__init__.py b/modules/sampling/block_influence/__init__.py
index eab2f529..1897c31b 100644
--- a/modules/sampling/block_influence/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/sampling/block_influence/__init__.py
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ def routes(table, base, web):
         except ValueError as exc:
             return web.json_response({"why": str(exc)}, status=400)
 
+    @table.get(base + "/groups")
+    async def _groups(req):
+        try:
+            return web.json_response(measure.four_groups(key_of(req)))
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            return web.json_response({"why": str(exc)}, status=400)
+
     @table.post(base + "/enabled")
     async def _enabled(req):
         body = await req.json()
diff --git a/modules/sampling/block_influence/measure.py b/modules/sampling/block_influence/measure.py
index 3fe6c9cc..bc43a708 100644
--- a/modules/sampling/block_influence/measure.py
+++ b/modules/sampling/block_influence/measure.py
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ def state(key, fallback=True) -> dict:
             **prof}
 
 
+def four_groups(key, fallback=True) -> dict:
+    """The four-group report for one key, for the panel (same key rules as state())."""
+    key = resolve(key) if fallback else key
+    return {"key": key, "enabled": enabled(), **groups(_kind(key).rows())}
+
+
 def clear(key):
     _kind(key).clear()
 
diff --git a/modules/sampling/block_influence/tests/test_groups.py b/modules/sampling/block_influence/tests/test_groups.py
index a67cac46..ebfdc6bb 100644
--- a/modules/sampling/block_influence/tests/test_groups.py
+++ b/modules/sampling/block_influence/tests/test_groups.py
@@ -44,3 +44,19 @@ def test_too_few_clips_says_so_instead_of_comparing():
 
 def test_nothing_recorded_is_said():
     assert measure.groups([])["note"] == "nothing recorded yet"
+
+
+def test_the_panel_report_reads_the_key_and_says_its_counts(monkeypatch):
+    rows = [_row(1, None, [1, 0]), _row(1, None, [1, 0]), _row(-1, "image", [0, 1]), _row(-1, "image", [0, 1]),
+            _row(-1, "composition", [0, -1]), _row(-1, "composition", [0, -1])]
+
+    class Kind:
+        def rows(self):
+            return rows
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(measure, "_kind", lambda key: Kind())
+    monkeypatch.setattr(measure, "resolve", lambda key: key)
+    out = measure.four_groups("fox", fallback=False)
+    assert out["key"] == "fox" and out["used"] == 6
+    assert out["counts"]["image"] == 2 and out["counts"]["composition"] == 2
+    assert "composition vs image" in out["cos"]
diff --git a/tools/taste_groups.py b/tools/taste_groups.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b3d2cf89..00000000
--- a/tools/taste_groups.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-"""Print the four-group comparison for a Taste key's block-influence recordings.
-
-    python tools/taste_groups.py <taste key>
-
-Reads the rows the recording wrote (liked, bad image, bad composition, both bad) and prints how
-the group directions line up, next to what shuffled labels give by chance. Reads only; changes nothing.
-"""
-
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
-
-
-def main(key: str) -> None:
-    from modules.sampling.block_influence import measure
-    from modules.system.taste import store
-
-    rows = store.load(key, measure.KIND)["rows"]
-    out = measure.groups(rows)
-    print(f"key {key!r}: {out['used']} clips rated")
-    print("counts:", out.get("counts", {}))
-    if out.get("note"):
-        print(out["note"])
-    for pair, cos in out.get("cos", {}).items():
-        c = out["chance"][pair]
-        print(f"{pair}: {cos:+.3f}   (chance: mean {c['mean']:+.3f}, 95th {c['p95']:+.3f})")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-        sys.exit(__doc__)
-    main(sys.argv[1])