diff --git a/dev/classes-browser.test.mjs b/dev/classes-browser.test.mjs
index 94dc620..d9f1c77 100644
--- a/dev/classes-browser.test.mjs
+++ b/dev/classes-browser.test.mjs
@@ -146,6 +146,27 @@ const locked = await page.evaluate(() => {
 });
 check(locked.r.ok === true && locked.plate?.name === 'VANGUARD' && locked.plate?.insignia === 0, `the class plate replaces the door (${JSON.stringify(locked.plate)})`);
 
+// THE HAND-OFF: a CONFIRMED lock-in walks the player to the SKILL TREE the
+// moment the class console finishes closing (GameScene's onClose seam).
+await page.evaluate(() => window.game.scene.getScene('GameScene').classWindow.close({ picked: 'vanguard' }));
+const handed = await page.waitForFunction(
+  () => {
+    const g = window.game.scene.getScene('GameScene');
+    return g.classWindow.openState === 'closed' && g.skillWindow?.isOpen === true;
+  },
+  null,
+  { timeout: 40000 }
+).then(() =>
+  page.evaluate(() => {
+    const g = window.game.scene.getScene('GameScene');
+    const res = { classClosed: g.classWindow.openState === 'closed', skillOpen: g.skillWindow.isOpen, points: g.classState.skillPoints };
+    g.skillWindow.close?.(); // the test does not keep the console open
+    return res;
+  })
+);
+check(handed.classClosed && handed.skillOpen, 'a confirmed pick hands the player to the skill tree console');
+check(handed.points > 0, `the banked points (${handed.points}) are spendable on arrival`)
+
 // ── THE VOLLEYS through the REAL firing code (the classState seam in CombatSystem).
 // Same capture-stub trick, run against the live prototype method: Phaser exists
 // in the page, so this is the half dev/class-combat.test.mjs cannot do in node.
diff --git a/dev/shots/skills-window-chain.png b/dev/shots/skills-window-chain.png
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diff --git a/dev/shots/skills-window-closed.png b/dev/shots/skills-window-closed.png
index 999c503..3ed9b22 100644
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diff --git a/dev/shots/skills-window-long-tree.png b/dev/shots/skills-window-long-tree.png
index 31f7bdd..19099b2 100644
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diff --git a/dev/shots/skills-window-ranked.png b/dev/shots/skills-window-ranked.png
index 3e9f69d..6b13a85 100644
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diff --git a/dev/shots/skills-window-selected.png b/dev/shots/skills-window-selected.png
index 83cdf7e..5e99935 100644
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diff --git a/js/scenes/GameScene.js b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
index b040f43..8b3a2aa 100644
--- a/js/scenes/GameScene.js
+++ b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
@@ -7968,6 +7968,10 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
    *
    * Once a class is on file the door never fires again; closing without picking
    * spends the AUTO prompt (the game does not nag) but leaves the door.
+   *
+   * AFTER A PICK — the CONFIRMED lock-in hands the player to the SKILL TREE
+   * console (js/ui/SkillWindow.js) as soon as this one finishes closing: the
+   * class just banked skill points, so the tree opens on the beat.
    */
 
   /** The dev door: index.html?level5 (or ?class) opens the console on boot. */
@@ -8009,6 +8013,14 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       onClose: (o = {}) => {
         if (o?.picked || this.classState?.hasClass) {
           this._classAutoOpen = false;
+          // A CONFIRMED lock-in walks straight into the SKILL TREE: the run
+          // just banked points (or changed class), so the moment this
+          // console's close beat lands, the player is handed to the tree.
+          if (o?.picked && this._skillTreeAfterPick) {
+            this._skillTreeAfterPick = false;
+            // past the close tween (220 ms) — the full-screen hand-off
+            this.time.delayedCall(320, () => this.openSkillWindow({ source: 'classPick' }));
+          }
           return;
         }
         if (this._classAutoOpen) {
@@ -8614,6 +8626,9 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     if (!res.ok) return res;
     this.registry.set('playerClass', this.classState);
     this._classPrompted = true;
+    // THE HAND-OFF: the pick is CONFIRMED, so the class console's close
+    // (onClose) walks the player to the SKILL TREE to spend the points.
+    this._skillTreeAfterPick = true;
     // THE COMBAT SEAM: the firing code reads the ledger through the combat
     // system (dualCannon → the twin-barrel volley, targetingComputer → the
     // leading solve). See js/combat/CombatSystem.js.