diff --git a/static/js/index.js b/static/js/index.js
index 54b6014..a52aa55 100644
--- a/static/js/index.js
+++ b/static/js/index.js
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ window.app = Vue.createApp({
           super_cash_in_fee_fraction: 0,
           super_cash_out_fee_fraction: 0,
           super_fee_wallet_id: '',
-          max_cash_in_sats: null
+          max_cash_in_sats: null,
+          alerts_pubkey: ''
         }
       },
 
@@ -261,6 +262,13 @@ window.app = Vue.createApp({
         dispensed_sats: null,
         notes: ''
       },
+      // ADR-005 §6 — settle an owed-cash settlement off-machine
+      settleDialog: {
+        show: false,
+        settlement: null,
+        note: '',
+        saving: false
+      },
       noteDialog: {
         show: false,
         saving: false,
@@ -659,7 +667,8 @@ window.app = Vue.createApp({
         super_cash_out_fee_fraction:
           this.superConfig?.super_cash_out_fee_fraction ?? 0,
         super_fee_wallet_id: this.superConfig?.super_fee_wallet_id || '',
-        max_cash_in_sats: this.superConfig?.max_cash_in_sats ?? null
+        max_cash_in_sats: this.superConfig?.max_cash_in_sats ?? null,
+        alerts_pubkey: this.superConfig?.alerts_pubkey || ''
       }
       this.superFeeDialog.show = true
     },
@@ -1263,6 +1272,45 @@ window.app = Vue.createApp({
       this.partialDispenseDialog.show = true
     },
 
+    // ADR-005 §6 — the operator paid the customer by hand; close both ledgers.
+    openSettleCashOwed(settlement) {
+      this.settleDialog.settlement = settlement
+      this.settleDialog.note = ''
+      this.settleDialog.show = true
+    },
+
+    async submitSettleCashOwed() {
+      const d = this.settleDialog
+      d.saving = true
+      try {
+        const {data} = await LNbits.api.request(
+          'POST',
+          `${SETTLEMENTS_PATH}/${d.settlement.id}/settle-cash-owed`,
+          null,
+          {note: d.note}
+        )
+        this._replaceSettlement(data)
+        d.show = false
+        Quasar.Notify.create({
+          type: 'positive',
+          message:
+            'Settled — distributing the full amount; the machine will mark its row remediated'
+        })
+        if (this.worklist.totalCount) await this.loadWorklist()
+      } catch (e) {
+        this._notifyError(e, 'Settle failed')
+      } finally {
+        d.saving = false
+      }
+    },
+
+    // Deep link into the error glossary for a settlement's dispenser error.
+    errorGlossaryHref(settlement) {
+      const code = settlement.dispense_raw_code || settlement.dispense_error_code || ''
+      const anchor = code.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-')
+      return `/spirekeeper/static/docs/errors.html${anchor ? '#' + anchor : ''}`
+    },
+
     // ADR-005 §5 — release a machine's cash-out hold after a terminal
     // dispenser fault, when the jam was cleared without a recount.
     confirmResumeCashOut(machine) {
diff --git a/templates/spirekeeper/index.html b/templates/spirekeeper/index.html
index 77d9612..eb84664 100644
--- a/templates/spirekeeper/index.html
+++ b/templates/spirekeeper/index.html
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
         <h4 class="q-my-none">Satoshi Machine — Operator</h4>
         <p class="text-caption q-my-none" :style="{opacity: 0.7}">
           Manage your bitSpire fleet, liquidity providers, and commission distribution.
+          <a href="/spirekeeper/static/docs/operator-guide.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
+             :style="{marginLeft: '8px'}">Operator guide</a> ·
+          <a href="/spirekeeper/static/docs/errors.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Error glossary</a>
         </p>
       </div>
       <div class="col-auto">
@@ -654,6 +657,13 @@
                   <q-td key="error_message">
                     <span :style="{fontSize: '0.85em', opacity: 0.8}"
                           v-text="props.row.error_message || '—'"></span>
+                    <a v-if="props.row.dispense_error_code"
+                       :href="errorGlossaryHref(props.row)" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
+                       :style="{fontSize: '0.8em', marginLeft: '6px', whiteSpace: 'nowrap'}">
+                      <code v-text="props.row.dispense_raw_code || props.row.dispense_error_code"></code>
+                      <q-icon name="help_outline" size="xs"></q-icon>
+                      <q-tooltip>What this code means and what to do</q-tooltip>
+                    </a>
                   </q-td>
                   <q-td key="actions" auto-width>
                     <q-btn flat dense size="sm" icon="open_in_new"
@@ -661,6 +671,12 @@
                            @click="viewMachineFromWorklist(props.row)">
                       <q-tooltip>Open machine detail</q-tooltip>
                     </q-btn>
+                    <q-btn v-if="bucket.key === 'cash_owed' || bucket.key === 'partial_pending'"
+                           flat dense size="sm" icon="handshake"
+                           color="positive"
+                           @click="openSettleCashOwed(props.row)">
+                      <q-tooltip>Settle off-machine — you paid the customer by hand</q-tooltip>
+                    </q-btn>
                     <q-btn v-if="bucket.key === 'partial_pending'"
                            flat dense size="sm" icon="call_split"
                            color="deep-orange"
@@ -1119,6 +1135,15 @@
                         </q-item-section>
                         <q-item-section>Retry distribution</q-item-section>
                       </q-item>
+                      <q-item
+                        v-if="['cash_owed','partial_pending'].includes(props.row.status)"
+                        clickable v-close-popup
+                        @click="openSettleCashOwed(props.row)">
+                        <q-item-section avatar>
+                          <q-icon name="handshake" color="positive"></q-icon>
+                        </q-item-section>
+                        <q-item-section>Settle off-machine…</q-item-section>
+                      </q-item>
                       <q-item
                         v-if="['pending','errored'].includes(props.row.status)"
                         clickable v-close-popup
@@ -1454,6 +1479,41 @@
     <!-- =============================================================== -->
     <!-- ADD-NOTE DIALOG                                                 -->
     <!-- =============================================================== -->
+    <!-- ADR-005 §6: settle an owed-cash settlement off-machine -->
+    <q-dialog v-model="settleDialog.show" persistent>
+      <q-card :style="{width: '460px', maxWidth: '95vw'}">
+        <q-card-section class="row items-center q-pb-none">
+          <div class="text-h6">Settle off-machine</div>
+          <q-space></q-space>
+          <q-btn icon="close" flat round dense v-close-popup></q-btn>
+        </q-card-section>
+        <q-card-section v-if="settleDialog.settlement">
+          <p class="q-mb-sm">
+            The customer paid
+            <strong v-text="formatFiat(settleDialog.settlement.fiat_amount, settleDialog.settlement.fiat_code)"></strong>
+            and the machine reports
+            <strong v-text="settleDialog.settlement.status === 'cash_owed' ? 'nothing dispensed' : 'a partial dispense'"></strong>.
+          </p>
+          <p class="text-caption q-mb-md" :style="{opacity: 0.8}">
+            Use this when you have made the customer whole <em>outside</em> the machine.
+            The settlement distributes at the full amount and the machine marks its own
+            record remediated. Nothing is dispensed. If you dispensed the shortfall at the
+            machine instead, do nothing — it reports that itself.
+          </p>
+          <q-input v-model="settleDialog.note" type="textarea" autogrow outlined dense
+                   label="How was the customer paid? (required)"
+                   hint="e.g. handed 40 EUR to the customer in person, 2026-10-09"
+                   maxlength="500" counter></q-input>
+        </q-card-section>
+        <q-card-actions align="right">
+          <q-btn flat label="Cancel" v-close-popup></q-btn>
+          <q-btn color="positive" label="Settle at full amount"
+                 :disable="!settleDialog.note.trim()" :loading="settleDialog.saving"
+                 @click="submitSettleCashOwed"></q-btn>
+        </q-card-actions>
+      </q-card>
+    </q-dialog>
+
     <q-dialog v-model="noteDialog.show" persistent>
       <q-card :style="{width: '420px', maxWidth: '95vw'}">
         <q-card-section class="row items-center q-pb-none">
@@ -1518,6 +1578,10 @@
             hint="Server-side ceiling on a single cash-in's principal. The ATM attests the amount; this bounds a compromised/buggy machine to one capped tx."
             type="number" step="1" min="0"
             class="q-mb-md" dense outlined></q-input>
+          <q-input v-model="superFeeDialog.data.alerts_pubkey"
+            label="Alerts pubkey (hex or npub — blank = each operator's own account key)"
+            hint="Where owed-cash alerts are delivered as Nostr DMs (NIP-17). Blank sends each operator a note to self on their LNbits account identity."
+            class="q-mb-md" dense outlined></q-input>
         </q-card-section>
         <q-card-actions align="right">
           <q-btn flat label="Cancel" v-close-popup></q-btn>