diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Models/ToolSettingsViewModels.cs b/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Models/ToolSettingsViewModels.cs
index 1ebbe01..1386213 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Models/ToolSettingsViewModels.cs
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Models/ToolSettingsViewModels.cs
@@ -220,9 +220,10 @@ public sealed class DatabaseToolSettings
         AccessLevel = Enum.TryParse<DatabaseAccessLevel>(config.GetValueOrDefault("accessLevel")?.ToString() ?? config.GetValueOrDefault("allowWrite")?.ToString(), true, out var level) 
             ? level 
             : (config.GetValueOrDefault("allowWrite") is true or "True" or "true" ? DatabaseAccessLevel.ReadWrite : DatabaseAccessLevel.ReadOnly),
-        AllowedTables = config.GetValueOrDefault("allowedTables") is object[] arr
-            ? string.Join(",", arr)
-            : config.GetValueOrDefault("allowedTables")?.ToString() ?? ""
+        // #764: GetStringArray, because after loading the list is a JsonElement array. Its
+        // ToString() is the raw JSON - ["a","b"] - which the next save split at the commas into
+        // table names with brackets and quotes in them.
+        AllowedTables = ConfigHelper.GetStringArray(config, "allowedTables")
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Services/AgentAdministration.cs b/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Services/AgentAdministration.cs
index c185339..5b65249 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Services/AgentAdministration.cs
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Services/AgentAdministration.cs
@@ -488,6 +488,33 @@ public sealed class AgentAdministration(AppHost host)
             $"Prompt history default: {Core.Transcripts.PromptHistorySettings.Describe(retentionDays)}.");
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// #764: The settings form of a tool for one agent (<see cref="ToolSettingsForms"/>) —
+    /// also for a tool the agent does not have yet, so one can see what there is to set.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<ToolSettingField>? ToolSettingsForm(string agentId, string toolName)
+        => Find(agentId) is { } agent
+            ? ToolSettingsForms.Describe(toolName, agent.Tools.GetValueOrDefault(toolName) ?? new Dictionary<string, object?>())
+            : null;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// #764: Writes form input from the WebUI into a tool's settings. Secrets left empty keep
+    /// their value, keys the form does not know are kept, and the rights stay (see
+    /// <see cref="SetToolSettings"/>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public AdminResult ApplyToolSettingsForm(string agentId, string toolName, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string?> input)
+    {
+        if (Find(agentId) is not { } agent)
+            return AdminResult.Failure($"No agent with id '{agentId}'.");
+
+        var current = agent.Tools.GetValueOrDefault(toolName) ?? new Dictionary<string, object?>();
+        var (settings, error) = ToolSettingsForms.Apply(toolName, current, input);
+
+        return settings is null
+            ? AdminResult.Failure(error ?? "Not saved.")
+            : SetToolSettings(agentId, toolName, settings);
+    }
+
     public AdminResult SetToolSettings(
         string agentId, string toolName, Dictionary<string, object?> settings)
     {
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Services/ToolSettingsForms.cs b/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Services/ToolSettingsForms.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f035f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.App/Services/ToolSettingsForms.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using ClawdDotNet.Core.Security;
+using ClawdDotNet.Models;
+
+namespace ClawdDotNet.App.Services;
+
+/// <summary>#764: One field of a tool's settings form. A secret carries no value, only whether one is set.</summary>
+public sealed record ToolSettingField(
+    string Name,
+    string Kind,
+    string? Value,
+    bool IsSet,
+    IReadOnlyList<string> Options);
+
+/// <summary>
+/// #764: The tool settings forms of the desktop (<c>ToolSettingsView</c>) for the WebUI — built
+/// from the typed settings classes in <c>ToolSettingsViewModels.cs</c>, so a new field there
+/// appears in the form without a second list here.
+///
+/// <para><b>Secrets go one way.</b> A field is a secret when its property is marked as a
+/// password or its name is one <see cref="ConfigSecrets"/> protects (the connection string
+/// carries a password but no password mark). Its value is never described, and an empty input
+/// keeps the stored one.</para>
+///
+/// <para><b>Only what changed is written.</b> The typed classes do not read every stored form
+/// back faithfully — a JSON array, an old key like <c>allowWrite</c>, a key no class knows. Writing
+/// the whole round trip would rewrite all of that on every save. So the form is compared with an
+/// unedited round trip, and only keys whose value the person actually changed replace the stored
+/// ones; everything else stays byte for byte as it was.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public static class ToolSettingsForms
+{
+    public const string Text = "text", Number = "number", Bool = "bool", Choice = "choice", Secret = "secret", Info = "info";
+
+    /// <summary>The form of a tool, or <c>null</c> if the tool has no settings form.</summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyList<ToolSettingField>? Describe(string toolName, Dictionary<string, object?> config)
+    {
+        if (ToolSettingsFactory.CreateViewModel(toolName, config) is not { } settings)
+            return null;
+
+        return Properties(settings).Select(p =>
+        {
+            var value = p.GetValue(settings);
+            var kind = KindOf(p);
+            return kind == Secret
+                ? new ToolSettingField(p.Name, kind, null, value is string { Length: > 0 }, [])
+                : new ToolSettingField(p.Name, kind, Format(value), false,
+                    p.PropertyType.IsEnum ? Enum.GetNames(p.PropertyType) : []);
+        }).ToList();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Applies form input to a tool's stored settings. Returns the new settings, or an error.
+    /// Keys the form does not know are kept.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static (Dictionary<string, object?>? Settings, string? Error) Apply(
+        string toolName, Dictionary<string, object?> current, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string?> input)
+    {
+        if (ToolSettingsFactory.CreateViewModel(toolName, current) is not { } settings)
+            return (null, $"'{toolName}' has no settings form.");
+
+        var baseline = ToolSettingsFactory.ToConfig(toolName, ToolSettingsFactory.CreateViewModel(toolName, current)) ?? [];
+        var properties = Properties(settings).ToDictionary(p => p.Name, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        foreach (var (name, raw) in input)
+        {
+            if (!properties.TryGetValue(name, out var property))
+                return (null, $"'{toolName}' has no setting '{name}'.");
+
+            var kind = KindOf(property);
+            if (kind == Info)
+                continue;
+            if (kind == Secret && string.IsNullOrEmpty(raw))
+                continue; // never shown, so an empty field means "keep it"
+
+            if (Convert(property.PropertyType, raw ?? "") is not { } value)
+                return (null, $"'{raw}' is not a valid value for {name}.");
+
+            property.SetValue(settings, value);
+        }
+
+        var edited = ToolSettingsFactory.ToConfig(toolName, settings) ?? [];
+        var result = new Dictionary<string, object?>(current, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+        foreach (var (key, value) in edited)
+        {
+            if (!baseline.TryGetValue(key, out var before) || Json(before) != Json(value))
+                result[key] = value;
+        }
+
+        return (result, null);
+    }
+
+    private static IEnumerable<PropertyInfo> Properties(object settings)
+        => settings.GetType()
+            .GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
+            .Where(p => p.CanRead && p.CanWrite);
+
+    private static string KindOf(PropertyInfo p)
+    {
+        if (p.GetCustomAttribute<ReadOnlyAttribute>()?.IsReadOnly == true) return Info;
+        if (p.GetCustomAttribute<PasswordPropertyTextAttribute>()?.Password == true || ConfigSecrets.IsSecretKey(p.Name)) return Secret;
+        if (p.PropertyType == typeof(bool)) return Bool;
+        if (p.PropertyType == typeof(int)) return Number;
+        if (p.PropertyType.IsEnum) return Choice;
+        return Text;
+    }
+
+    private static string? Format(object? value) => value switch
+    {
+        null => null,
+        bool b => b ? "true" : "false",
+        _ => value.ToString()
+    };
+
+    private static object? Convert(Type type, string raw)
+    {
+        if (type == typeof(string)) return raw;
+        if (type == typeof(int)) return int.TryParse(raw.Trim(), out var i) ? i : null;
+        if (type == typeof(bool)) return bool.TryParse(raw.Trim(), out var b) ? b : null;
+        if (type.IsEnum) return Enum.TryParse(type, raw.Trim(), ignoreCase: true, out var e) && Enum.IsDefined(type, e!) ? e : null;
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static string Json(object? value) => JsonSerializer.Serialize(value);
+}
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/Endpoints.cs b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/Endpoints.cs
index 5951586..8230c34 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/Endpoints.cs
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/Endpoints.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ public sealed record ManagerSettingsUpdateDto(string? DeploymentcenterUrl, strin
 /// </summary>
 internal static class ManagerEndpoints
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// #764: Upper limit for an uploaded backup. Kestrel's default of 30 MB is far below a
+    /// backup with chat histories and state.db; without a limit, an upload could fill the disk.
+    /// </summary>
+    private const long MaxImportBytes = 4L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+
     // ─── Was den Manager selbst angeht ───
 
     public static void MapVerwaltung(this WebApplication app)
@@ -382,6 +388,57 @@ internal static class ManagerEndpoints
             }
         });
 
+        // ─── Import a backup as a new instance (#764) ───
+        //
+        // The file comes as the raw request body, not as a form: the access token is a header,
+        // not a cookie, so there is no cross-site form to guard against, and a raw body needs
+        // no antiforgery exception. The source license key travels in a header and never in
+        // the address, where it would end up in logs.
+        verwaltung.MapPost("/backups/import", async (
+            HttpContext context, ManagerBackups backups, CancellationToken ct) =>
+        {
+            var name = context.Request.Query["name"].ToString();
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
+                return Results.BadRequest(new OutcomeDto(false, "The new instance needs a name."));
+
+            if (context.Features.Get<Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features.IHttpMaxRequestBodySizeFeature>() is { IsReadOnly: false } limit)
+                limit.MaxRequestBodySize = MaxImportBytes;
+
+            var upload = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "clawd-import-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") + ".bin");
+            try
+            {
+                await using (var file = File.Create(upload))
+                    await context.Request.Body.CopyToAsync(file, ct);
+
+                if (new FileInfo(upload).Length == 0)
+                    return Results.BadRequest(new OutcomeDto(false, "The upload was empty."));
+
+                var result = await backups.ImportAsNewInstanceAsync(
+                    upload, name,
+                    context.Request.Headers["X-Source-License-Key"].ToString(),
+                    context.Request.Headers["X-Backup-Passphrase"].ToString(),
+                    CancellationToken.None);
+
+                if (result.KeyNeeded)
+                    return Results.Json(new KeyNeededDto(false, result.Message, "fremde_lizenz"),
+                        statusCode: StatusCodes.Status422UnprocessableEntity);
+
+                return result.Ok
+                    ? Results.Ok(new OutcomeDto(true, result.Message))
+                    : Results.BadRequest(new OutcomeDto(false, result.Message));
+            }
+            catch (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.BadHttpRequestException ex) when (ex.StatusCode == StatusCodes.Status413PayloadTooLarge)
+            {
+                return Results.Json(new OutcomeDto(false, $"The backup is larger than {MaxImportBytes / (1024 * 1024 * 1024)} GB."),
+                    statusCode: StatusCodes.Status413PayloadTooLarge);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                try { File.Delete(upload); }
+                catch (IOException) { /* temp file; the next cleanup of the temp folder takes it */ }
+            }
+        });
+
         // ─── License and manager settings (#764) ───
 
         verwaltung.MapGet("/license", (ManagerCore manager) =>
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/app.css b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/app.css
index 8b68fe8..4822475 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/app.css
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/app.css
@@ -1525,6 +1525,14 @@ button.klein {
   align-items: start;
 }
 
+.settings-grid .karte {
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.settings-grid code {
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+
 /* ─── Responsive Optimierung (Handy / 375px) ─── */
 
 @media (max-width: 768px) {
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/i18n/de.json b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/i18n/de.json
index 4e03d69..e392570 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/i18n/de.json
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/i18n/de.json
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@
   "agents.deleteFailed": "Löschen fehlgeschlagen: {error}",
   "agents.settingsTitle": "Einstellungen: {tool} ({agent})",
   "agents.loadingSettings": "Lade Konfiguration…",
-  "agents.secretHint": "Geheime Werte (Passwörter, Schlüssel) werden vom Server maskiert ausgegeben.",
-  "agents.noSettings": "Keine individuellen Einstellungen hinterlegt.",
+  "agents.secretHint": "Passwörter und Schlüssel werden nie angezeigt. Ein leeres Feld behält den gespeicherten Wert.",
+  "agents.noSettings": "Dieses Werkzeug hat keine Einstellungen.",
   "agents.loadFailed": "Laden fehlgeschlagen: {error}",
   "agents.rights": "Rechte",
   "agents.noOperations": "Dieses Werkzeug kennt keine einzelnen Operationen. Es gilt die Standardregel.",
@@ -417,6 +417,69 @@
   "agents.treatAsForeignReader": "Immer als Leser fremder Inhalte behandeln",
   "agents.treatAsForeignReaderHint": "Kann nur verschärfen. Die Stufe folgt aus den Werkzeugen. Diese Einstellung setzt sie für einen Agenten, dessen Eingaben auf anderem Weg von außen kommen.",
   "agents.foreignReaderSaved": "Berichtsweg von {name} gespeichert.",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.PersonalAllowedExtensions": "Erlaubte Endungen (eigener Arbeitsbereich)",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.PersonalAllowedExtensions.hint": "Dateiendungen für den eigenen Agenten-Workspace (z.B. .txt,.json,.md)",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.SharedAccessLevel": "Zugriffslevel (geteilter Arbeitsbereich)",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.SharedAccessLevel.hint": "Legt fest, welche Operationen im SharedWorkspace erlaubt sind",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.SharedAllowedExtensions": "Erlaubte Endungen (geteilter Arbeitsbereich)",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.SharedAllowedExtensions.hint": "Dateiendungen für den geteilten Workspace",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.ProtectedPaths": "Geschützte Pfade",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.ProtectedPaths.hint": "Komma-getrennte Pfade im SharedWorkspace, die append-only sind (z.B. stocks/,archives/). Dateien dort können nur erstellt, nicht überschrieben oder gelöscht werden. Admin-Level umgeht den Schutz.",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.Username": "Benutzername",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.Password": "Passwort",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.ImapHost": "IMAP-Host",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.ImapPort": "IMAP-Port",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.SmtpHost": "SMTP-Host",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.SmtpPort": "SMTP-Port",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.AllowedRecipients": "Erlaubte Empfänger",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.AllowedRecipients.hint": "Komma-getrennte Liste erlaubter E-Mail-Adressen",
+  "toolSettings.Database.Type": "Typ",
+  "toolSettings.Database.Type.hint": "Der zu verwendende Datenbanktyp",
+  "toolSettings.Database.ConnectionString": "Connection-String",
+  "toolSettings.Database.AccessLevel": "Zugriffsebene",
+  "toolSettings.Database.AccessLevel.hint": "Legt fest, welche Operationen der Agent ausführen darf",
+  "toolSettings.Database.AllowedTables": "Erlaubte Tabellen",
+  "toolSettings.Database.AllowedTables.hint": "Komma-getrennte Liste erlaubter Tabellen/Collections",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.Host": "Host",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.Port": "Port",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.Username": "Benutzername",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.Password": "Passwort",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.RootPath": "Root-Pfad",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.RootPath.hint": "Basisverzeichnis für Dateiübertragungen",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.BotToken": "Bot-Token",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.DefaultChatId": "Standard Chat-ID",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.DefaultChatId.hint": "Die Standard-ID, an die Nachrichten gesendet werden, wenn keine andere ID angegeben ist.",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.AllowedChatIds": "Erlaubte Chat-IDs",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.AllowedChatIds.hint": "Komma-getrennte Liste erlaubter Chat-IDs",
+  "toolSettings.DirectAPI.DefaultProvider": "Standard-Provider",
+  "toolSettings.DirectAPI.CacheTtlSeconds": "Cache TTL (Sekunden)",
+  "toolSettings.DirectAPI.TwelveDataKey": "Twelve Data Key",
+  "toolSettings.DirectAPI.AlphaVantageKey": "Alpha Vantage Key",
+  "toolSettings.WebFetch.AllowedDomains": "Erlaubte Domains",
+  "toolSettings.WebFetch.AllowedDomains.hint": "Komma-getrennte Liste (z.B. reuters.com,bloomberg.com)",
+  "toolSettings.WebFetch.MaxResponseKb": "Max. Antwort (KB)",
+  "toolSettings.WebFetch.UserAgent": "User Agent",
+  "toolSettings.WebMonitor.MonitorsJson": "Monitore (JSON)",
+  "toolSettings.WebMonitor.MonitorsJson.hint": "JSON-Konfiguration der Monitore",
+  "toolSettings.AgentComm.Status.hint": "Dieses Tool benötigt keine Konfiguration. Es ermöglicht Agenten, mit anderen Agenten in der gleichen Instanz zu kommunizieren.",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.XApiKey": "Bearer Token",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.XApiKey.hint": "X API v2 Bearer Token für die Authentifizierung",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.XWatchAccounts": "Überwachte Accounts",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.XWatchAccounts.hint": "Komma-getrennte Liste von X-Accounts, die überwacht werden sollen (ohne @). Beispiel: elonmusk,unusual_whales,DeItaone",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.RedditWatchSubreddits": "Überwachte Subreddits",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.RedditWatchSubreddits.hint": "Komma-getrennte Liste von Subreddits, die überwacht werden sollen (ohne r/). Beispiel: wallstreetbets,stocks,options",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.RedditPostLimit": "Posts pro Subreddit",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.RedditPostLimit.hint": "Maximale Anzahl Posts, die pro Subreddit bei jedem Check abgerufen werden (Standard: 15)",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.OpenRouterApiKey": "OpenRouter API Key",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.OpenRouterApiKey.hint": "API Key für Speech-to-Text-Transkription über OpenRouter",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.STTModel": "STT-Modell",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.STTModel.hint": "OpenRouter Modell-ID für die Transkription",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.YoutubeChannels": "YouTube-Kanäle",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.YoutubeChannels.hint": "Komma-getrennte Liste von YouTube-Kanal-URLs für automatische Überwachung",
+  "toolSettings.AgentEditor.Status.hint": "Erlaubt dem Agenten, Identity und Soul anderer Agenten zu lesen und Änderungen vorzuschlagen. Änderungen und neue Agenten gehen in die Freigabeliste.",
+  "toolSettings.AgentEditor.AllowSelfEdit": "Eigene Identity/Soul bearbeiten",
+  "toolSettings.AgentEditor.AllowSelfEdit.hint": "Darf der Agent Änderungen an seiner eigenen Identity und Soul vorschlagen? Standard: nein — sonst könnte ein Agent sich die Grenzen wegschreiben, an denen er scheitert (#205).",
+  "toolSettings.AgentSpawn.Status.hint": "Dieses Tool benötigt keine Konfiguration. Es ermöglicht Agenten, andere Agenten zu starten und ihnen Aufgaben zuzuweisen.",
   "agents.edit": "Bearbeiten",
   "agents.editTooltip": "Name, Modell, Grenzen, Budget und Prompttexte bearbeiten",
   "agents.editTitle": "Agent bearbeiten — {name}",
@@ -556,6 +619,21 @@
   "backup.sourceLicensePlaceholder": "Lizenzschlüssel der Installation, von der die Sicherung stammt…",
   "backup.restoreWithKey": "Mit diesem Schlüssel wiederherstellen",
   "backup.keyMismatch": "Dieser Lizenzschlüssel passt nicht zu der Sicherung.",
+  "backup.scheduleTitle": "Automatische Sicherung",
+  "backup.scheduleNeedsRunning": "Der Zeitplan steht in der Instanzdatei, die nur die laufende Instanz schreibt. Instanz starten, um ihn zu ändern.",
+  "backup.scheduleEnabled": "Diese Instanz täglich sichern",
+  "backup.scheduleTime": "Uhrzeit",
+  "backup.scheduleKeep": "Sicherungen behalten",
+  "backup.scheduleKeepHint": "Die neuesten bleiben, ältere werden entfernt. 0 behält alle.",
+  "backup.importTitle": "Sicherung als neue Instanz einspielen",
+  "backup.importHint": "Für den Umzug auf diese Maschine: Die Sicherung wird zu einer neuen Instanz. Bestehende Instanzen bleiben unberührt. Die neue Instanz startet nicht von selbst.",
+  "backup.importFile": "Sicherungsdatei",
+  "backup.importName": "Name der neuen Instanz",
+  "backup.importNamePlaceholder": "z. B. Produktion",
+  "backup.importButton": "Einspielen",
+  "backup.importing": "Wird eingespielt…",
+  "backup.imported": "Sicherung eingespielt.",
+  "backup.importFailed": "Einspielen fehlgeschlagen: {error}",
   "backup.deleteTitle": "Sicherung löschen",
   "backup.deleteConfirm": "Soll die Sicherungsdatei '{file}' wirklich unwiderruflich gelöscht werden?",
   "backup.deleted": "Sicherung gelöscht.",
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/i18n/en.json b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/i18n/en.json
index 98dd0d5..1cf69c0 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/i18n/en.json
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@
   "agents.deleteFailed": "Deletion failed: {error}",
   "agents.settingsTitle": "Settings: {tool} ({agent})",
   "agents.loadingSettings": "Loading configuration…",
-  "agents.secretHint": "Secret values (passwords, keys) are masked by the server.",
-  "agents.noSettings": "No custom settings configured.",
+  "agents.secretHint": "Passwords and keys are never shown. Leave a field empty to keep the stored value.",
+  "agents.noSettings": "This tool has no settings.",
   "agents.loadFailed": "Loading failed: {error}",
   "agents.rights": "Permissions",
   "agents.noOperations": "This tool has no individual operations. Default rule applies.",
@@ -417,6 +417,69 @@
   "agents.treatAsForeignReader": "Always treat as reading outside content",
   "agents.treatAsForeignReaderHint": "Can only tighten. The tools decide the tier; this adds it for an agent whose input comes from outside some other way.",
   "agents.foreignReaderSaved": "Reporting line of {name} saved.",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.PersonalAllowedExtensions": "Allowed extensions (own workspace)",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.PersonalAllowedExtensions.hint": "File extensions for the agent’s own workspace (e.g. .txt,.json,.md)",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.SharedAccessLevel": "Access level (shared workspace)",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.SharedAccessLevel.hint": "Which operations are allowed in the SharedWorkspace",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.SharedAllowedExtensions": "Allowed extensions (shared workspace)",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.SharedAllowedExtensions.hint": "File extensions for the shared workspace",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.ProtectedPaths": "Protected paths",
+  "toolSettings.FileRW.ProtectedPaths.hint": "Comma-separated paths in the SharedWorkspace that are append-only (e.g. stocks/,archives/). Files there can be created, not overwritten or deleted. The Admin level bypasses the protection.",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.Username": "Username",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.Password": "Password",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.ImapHost": "IMAP host",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.ImapPort": "IMAP port",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.SmtpHost": "SMTP host",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.SmtpPort": "SMTP port",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.AllowedRecipients": "Allowed recipients",
+  "toolSettings.Mail.AllowedRecipients.hint": "Comma-separated list of allowed e-mail addresses",
+  "toolSettings.Database.Type": "Type",
+  "toolSettings.Database.Type.hint": "The database type to use",
+  "toolSettings.Database.ConnectionString": "Connection string",
+  "toolSettings.Database.AccessLevel": "Access level",
+  "toolSettings.Database.AccessLevel.hint": "Which operations the agent may perform",
+  "toolSettings.Database.AllowedTables": "Allowed tables",
+  "toolSettings.Database.AllowedTables.hint": "Comma-separated list of allowed tables/collections",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.Host": "Host",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.Port": "Port",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.Username": "Username",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.Password": "Password",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.RootPath": "Root path",
+  "toolSettings.FTP.RootPath.hint": "Base directory for file transfers",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.BotToken": "Bot token",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.DefaultChatId": "Default chat ID",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.DefaultChatId.hint": "The ID messages go to when no other is given.",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.AllowedChatIds": "Allowed chat IDs",
+  "toolSettings.Telegram.AllowedChatIds.hint": "Comma-separated list of allowed chat IDs",
+  "toolSettings.DirectAPI.DefaultProvider": "Default provider",
+  "toolSettings.DirectAPI.CacheTtlSeconds": "Cache TTL (seconds)",
+  "toolSettings.DirectAPI.TwelveDataKey": "Twelve Data key",
+  "toolSettings.DirectAPI.AlphaVantageKey": "Alpha Vantage key",
+  "toolSettings.WebFetch.AllowedDomains": "Allowed domains",
+  "toolSettings.WebFetch.AllowedDomains.hint": "Comma-separated list (e.g. reuters.com,bloomberg.com)",
+  "toolSettings.WebFetch.MaxResponseKb": "Max. response (KB)",
+  "toolSettings.WebFetch.UserAgent": "User agent",
+  "toolSettings.WebMonitor.MonitorsJson": "Monitors (JSON)",
+  "toolSettings.WebMonitor.MonitorsJson.hint": "JSON configuration of the monitors",
+  "toolSettings.AgentComm.Status.hint": "This tool needs no configuration. It lets agents talk to other agents in the same instance.",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.XApiKey": "Bearer token",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.XApiKey.hint": "X API v2 bearer token for authentication",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.XWatchAccounts": "Watched accounts",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.XWatchAccounts.hint": "Comma-separated list of X accounts to watch (without @). Example: elonmusk,unusual_whales,DeItaone",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.RedditWatchSubreddits": "Watched subreddits",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.RedditWatchSubreddits.hint": "Comma-separated list of subreddits to watch (without r/). Example: wallstreetbets,stocks,options",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.RedditPostLimit": "Posts per subreddit",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.RedditPostLimit.hint": "Maximum number of posts fetched per subreddit on each check (default: 15)",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.OpenRouterApiKey": "OpenRouter API key",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.OpenRouterApiKey.hint": "API key for speech-to-text transcription via OpenRouter",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.STTModel": "STT model",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.STTModel.hint": "OpenRouter model ID for transcription",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.YoutubeChannels": "YouTube channels",
+  "toolSettings.SocialMediaManager.YoutubeChannels.hint": "Comma-separated list of YouTube channel URLs to watch automatically",
+  "toolSettings.AgentEditor.Status.hint": "Lets the agent read the Identity and Soul of other agents and propose changes. Changes and new agents go to the approval list.",
+  "toolSettings.AgentEditor.AllowSelfEdit": "Edit own Identity/Soul",
+  "toolSettings.AgentEditor.AllowSelfEdit.hint": "May the agent propose changes to its own Identity and Soul? Default: no — otherwise an agent could write away the limits it fails at (#205).",
+  "toolSettings.AgentSpawn.Status.hint": "This tool needs no configuration. It lets agents start other agents and give them tasks.",
   "agents.edit": "Edit",
   "agents.editTooltip": "Edit name, model, limits, budget and prompt texts",
   "agents.editTitle": "Edit agent — {name}",
@@ -556,6 +619,21 @@
   "backup.sourceLicensePlaceholder": "License key of the installation where the backup originated…",
   "backup.restoreWithKey": "Restore with this Key",
   "backup.keyMismatch": "This license key does not match the backup.",
+  "backup.scheduleTitle": "Automatic backup",
+  "backup.scheduleNeedsRunning": "The schedule is part of the instance file, which only the running instance writes. Start the instance to change it.",
+  "backup.scheduleEnabled": "Back up this instance every day",
+  "backup.scheduleTime": "Time of day",
+  "backup.scheduleKeep": "Keep backups",
+  "backup.scheduleKeepHint": "The newest ones are kept, older ones removed. 0 keeps all.",
+  "backup.importTitle": "Import backup as new instance",
+  "backup.importHint": "For a move to this machine: the backup becomes a new instance. Existing instances are not touched. The new instance does not start by itself.",
+  "backup.importFile": "Backup file",
+  "backup.importName": "Name of the new instance",
+  "backup.importNamePlaceholder": "e.g. Production",
+  "backup.importButton": "Import",
+  "backup.importing": "Importing…",
+  "backup.imported": "Backup imported.",
+  "backup.importFailed": "Import failed: {error}",
   "backup.deleteTitle": "Delete Backup",
   "backup.deleteConfirm": "Really permanently delete backup file '{file}'?",
   "backup.deleted": "Backup deleted.",
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/modules/api.js b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/modules/api.js
index 306aa80..2e8f0de 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/modules/api.js
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/modules/api.js
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ export async function api(pfad, optionen = {}) {
     kopfzeilen["X-Instanz"] = aktiveInstanz;
   }
 
-  if (optionen.body && typeof optionen.body === "object" && !(optionen.body instanceof FormData)) {
+  // A file (Blob) goes as it is — #764: backup import. JSON.stringify would turn it into "{}".
+  if (optionen.body && typeof optionen.body === "object"
+      && !(optionen.body instanceof FormData) && !(optionen.body instanceof Blob)) {
     kopfzeilen["Content-Type"] = "application/json";
     optionen.body = JSON.stringify(optionen.body);
   }
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/modules/dom.js b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/modules/dom.js
index 4b25dca..243c010 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/modules/dom.js
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/modules/dom.js
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ export function erstelleModal(titel, inhalt, aktionen = [], optionen = {}) {
     overlay.hidden = true;
     overlay.classList.remove("sichtbar");
     document.removeEventListener("keydown", tasteHandler);
+    window.removeEventListener("hashchange", schliessen);
     if (typeof optionen.onSchliessen === "function") {
       optionen.onSchliessen();
     }
@@ -232,6 +233,8 @@ export function erstelleModal(titel, inhalt, aktionen = [], optionen = {}) {
     overlay.hidden = false;
     overlay.classList.add("sichtbar");
     document.addEventListener("keydown", tasteHandler);
+    // #764: A dialog belongs to the view it was opened from; navigating away closes it.
+    window.addEventListener("hashchange", schliessen);
     const erstesInput = box.querySelector("input, select, textarea, button:not(.schaltflaeche-icon)");
     erstesInput?.focus();
   };
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/views/agents.js b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/views/agents.js
index 707a0e1..993d19d 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/views/agents.js
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/views/agents.js
@@ -615,29 +615,18 @@ async function zeigeWerkzeugEinstellungen(agentId, toolName) {
   modal.oeffnen();
 
   try {
-    const daten = await api(
-      `/agents/${encodeURIComponent(agentId)}/tools/${encodeURIComponent(toolName)}/settings`
+    const fields = await api(
+      `/agents/${encodeURIComponent(agentId)}/tools/${encodeURIComponent(toolName)}/form`
     );
     box.replaceChildren();
 
-    const hinweis = erstelleElement("p", {
-      klasse: "hinweis",
-      text: t("agents.secretHint")
-    });
-    box.append(hinweis);
-
-    if (!daten || Object.keys(daten).length === 0) {
-      box.append(
-        erstelleElement("p", { klasse: "gedaempft", text: t("agents.noSettings") })
-      );
+    if (!fields || fields.length === 0) {
+      box.append(erstelleElement("p", { klasse: "gedaempft", text: t("agents.noSettings") }));
     } else {
-      const dl = erstelleElement("dl", { klasse: "datenliste" });
-      for (const [schluessel, wert] of Object.entries(daten)) {
-        const dt = erstelleElement("dt", { text: schluessel });
-        const dd = erstelleElement("dd", { text: typeof wert === "object" ? JSON.stringify(wert) : String(wert) });
-        dl.append(dt, dd);
-      }
-      box.append(dl);
+      box.append(
+        erstelleElement("p", { klasse: "hinweis", text: t("agents.secretHint") }),
+        toolSettingsForm(agentId, toolName, fields)
+      );
     }
   } catch (err) {
     box.replaceChildren(
@@ -650,6 +639,92 @@ async function zeigeWerkzeugEinstellungen(agentId, toolName) {
   await zeigeWerkzeugrechte(agentId, toolName, rechteBox);
 }
 
+/** Label of a tool setting; the field name if the language pack has none. */
+function fieldLabel(toolName, field) {
+  const key = `toolSettings.${toolName}.${field.name}`;
+  const text = t(key);
+  return text === key ? field.name : text;
+}
+
+/**
+ * #764: The settings form of a tool — built from the field list the API gives, so a new field
+ * in a tool's settings class appears without a change here. Secrets are never filled in: an
+ * empty password field keeps the stored value.
+ */
+function toolSettingsForm(agentId, toolName, fields) {
+  const form = erstelleElement("form", { klasse: "formular-raster" });
+  const inputs = new Map();
+
+  for (const field of fields) {
+    const label = fieldLabel(toolName, field);
+    const hintKey = `toolSettings.${toolName}.${field.name}.hint`;
+    const hint = t(hintKey) === hintKey ? "" : t(hintKey);
+    let input;
+
+    switch (field.kind) {
+      case "info":
+        form.append(erstelleElement("p", { klasse: "gedaempft", text: hint || field.value || "" }));
+        continue;
+      case "bool":
+        input = erstelleElement("input", { type: "checkbox", checked: field.value === "true" });
+        form.append(erstelleElement("label", { klasse: "gruppe-horizontal" }, input, erstelleElement("span", { text: label })));
+        break;
+      case "choice":
+        input = erstelleElement("select", {}, ...field.options.map((o) => erstelleElement("option", { value: o, text: o })));
+        input.value = field.value ?? "";
+        form.append(erstelleElement("label", { text: label }), input);
+        break;
+      case "secret":
+        input = erstelleElement("input", {
+          type: "password",
+          autocomplete: "new-password",
+          placeholder: field.isSet ? t("settings.secretSet") : t("settings.secretNotSet")
+        });
+        form.append(erstelleElement("label", { text: label }), input);
+        break;
+      case "number":
+        input = erstelleElement("input", { type: "number", value: field.value ?? "" });
+        form.append(erstelleElement("label", { text: label }), input);
+        break;
+      default:
+        input = field.name.toLowerCase().endsWith("json")
+          ? erstelleElement("textarea", { rows: "6" })
+          : erstelleElement("input", { type: "text" });
+        input.value = field.value ?? "";
+        form.append(erstelleElement("label", { text: label }), input);
+    }
+
+    if (hint) form.append(erstelleElement("div", { klasse: "gedaempft text-klein", text: hint }));
+    inputs.set(field.name, { field, input });
+  }
+
+  const save = erstelleElement("button", { type: "submit", klasse: "schaltflaeche primaer klein", text: t("common.save") });
+  form.append(erstelleElement("div", {}, save));
+
+  form.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    const values = {};
+    for (const [name, { field, input }] of inputs) {
+      values[name] = field.kind === "bool" ? String(input.checked) : input.value;
+    }
+    save.disabled = true;
+    try {
+      const result = await api(
+        `/agents/${encodeURIComponent(agentId)}/tools/${encodeURIComponent(toolName)}/form`,
+        { method: "PUT", body: { values } });
+      zeigeMeldung(result?.message ?? t("common.saved"), "erfolg");
+      // Saved secrets show as "stored" now; reload the fields rather than trusting the form.
+      const fresh = await api(`/agents/${encodeURIComponent(agentId)}/tools/${encodeURIComponent(toolName)}/form`);
+      form.replaceWith(toolSettingsForm(agentId, toolName, fresh));
+    } catch (err) {
+      zeigeMeldung(t("agents.saveFailed", { error: err.message }), "gefahr");
+      save.disabled = false;
+    }
+  });
+
+  return form;
+}
+
 function getWirkung(effective) {
   const map = {
     auto: [t("agents.effectAuto"), "erfolg"],
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/views/backup.js b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/views/backup.js
index 1e85424..b3f281b 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/views/backup.js
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/views/backup.js
@@ -97,11 +97,17 @@ export async function rendereSicherung() {
     );
   }
 
-  layout.append(infoBereich, inhaltBereich, ftpBereich);
+  // #764: the schedule of the active instance, and importing a backup as a new instance.
+  const scheduleArea = erstelleElement("div", { klasse: "sicherung-ftp-bereich" });
+  const importArea = erstelleElement("div", { klasse: "sicherung-ftp-bereich" });
+
+  layout.append(infoBereich, inhaltBereich, scheduleArea, ftpBereich, importArea);
   container.append(layout);
 
   // Der FTP-Upload gilt für alle Instanzen und ist deshalb auch ohne Auswahl da.
   rendereFtp(ftpBereich);
+  renderImport(importArea);
+  if (instanzId) renderSchedule(scheduleArea);
 
   if (!instanzId) return;
 
@@ -505,3 +511,104 @@ async function rendereFtp(bereich) {
 
   bereich.replaceChildren(erstelleKarte(t("backup.ftpTitle"), [form]));
 }
+
+// ─── Automatic backup of the active instance (#764) ───
+//
+// The manager makes the daily backup and reads switch, time and retention from the instance
+// file. That file belongs to the instance process, so it is written through the instance
+// (/api/settings) — which is why the instance has to be running to change it.
+
+async function renderSchedule(area) {
+  let settings;
+  try {
+    settings = await api("/settings");
+  } catch {
+    area.replaceChildren(erstelleKarte(t("backup.scheduleTitle"), [
+      erstelleElement("p", { klasse: "hinweis", text: t("backup.scheduleNeedsRunning") })
+    ]));
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const form = erstelleElement("form", { klasse: "formular" });
+  const enabled = checkbox("backup-auto", t("backup.scheduleEnabled"), settings.autoBackupEnabled);
+  const time = erstelleElement("input", { type: "time", value: settings.autoBackupTime || "03:00" });
+  const keep = erstelleElement("input", { type: "number", min: "0", max: "365", value: String(settings.backupKeepCount ?? 14) });
+  const save = erstelleElement("button", { type: "submit", klasse: "schaltflaeche primaer", text: t("common.save") });
+
+  form.append(
+    enabled.gruppe,
+    feld(t("backup.scheduleTime"), time),
+    feld(t("backup.scheduleKeep"), keep, t("backup.scheduleKeepHint")),
+    erstelleElement("div", { klasse: "gruppe-horizontal" }, save));
+
+  form.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    save.disabled = true;
+    try {
+      const result = await api("/settings", {
+        method: "PUT",
+        body: { autoBackupEnabled: enabled.box.checked, autoBackupTime: time.value, backupKeepCount: Number(keep.value) }
+      });
+      zeigeMeldung(result?.message ?? t("common.saved"), "erfolg");
+    } catch (err) {
+      zeigeMeldung(err.message, "gefahr");
+    } finally {
+      save.disabled = false;
+    }
+  });
+
+  area.replaceChildren(erstelleKarte(t("backup.scheduleTitle"), [form]));
+}
+
+// ─── Import a backup as a new instance (#764) ───
+//
+// The move to a fresh machine: there is no instance yet, so no backup list to pick from.
+// A backup from another installation needs that installation's license key; the server says
+// so (code "fremde_lizenz") and the field appears.
+
+function renderImport(area) {
+  const form = erstelleElement("form", { klasse: "formular" });
+  const file = erstelleElement("input", { type: "file", accept: ".clawdbak,.zip", required: true });
+  const name = erstelleElement("input", { type: "text", required: true, placeholder: t("backup.importNamePlaceholder") });
+  const key = erstelleElement("input", { type: "password", autocomplete: "off", placeholder: t("backup.sourceLicensePlaceholder") });
+  const keyField = feld(t("backup.sourceLicenseLabel"), key, t("backup.sourceLicenseHint"));
+  keyField.hidden = true;
+  const submit = erstelleElement("button", { type: "submit", klasse: "schaltflaeche primaer", text: t("backup.importButton") });
+
+  form.append(
+    erstelleElement("p", { klasse: "gedaempft", text: t("backup.importHint") }),
+    feld(t("backup.importFile"), file),
+    feld(t("backup.importName"), name),
+    keyField,
+    erstelleElement("div", { klasse: "gruppe-horizontal" }, submit));
+
+  form.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    const chosen = file.files?.[0];
+    if (!chosen) return;
+
+    const headers = { "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream" };
+    if (key.value.trim()) headers["X-Source-License-Key"] = key.value.trim();
+
+    submit.disabled = true;
+    submit.textContent = t("backup.importing");
+    try {
+      const result = await api(`/verwaltung/backups/import?name=${encodeURIComponent(name.value.trim())}`, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers,
+        body: chosen
+      });
+      zeigeMeldung(result?.meldung ?? result?.message ?? t("backup.imported"), "erfolg", 8000);
+      form.reset();
+      keyField.hidden = true;
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.code === "fremde_lizenz") keyField.hidden = false;
+      zeigeMeldung(t("backup.importFailed", { error: err.message }), "gefahr", 8000);
+    } finally {
+      submit.disabled = false;
+      submit.textContent = t("backup.importButton");
+    }
+  });
+
+  area.replaceChildren(erstelleKarte(t("backup.importTitle"), [form]));
+}
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager/InstanceRegistry.cs b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager/InstanceRegistry.cs
index 2efef61..8cf33cc 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager/InstanceRegistry.cs
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager/InstanceRegistry.cs
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ public sealed class InstanceRegistry : IAsyncDisposable
     /// nach einem Neustart der Maschine auch das starten, was jemand mit Absicht
     /// angehalten hat.</para>
     /// </summary>
+    /// <summary>#764: Where the instances live — for importing a backup as a new one.</summary>
+    public InstanceDirectoryManager Directories => _directories;
+
     public async Task RefreshAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
         // ListInstances liest den Namen aus InstanceSettings.json gleich mit - und tut
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager/ManagerBackups.cs b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager/ManagerBackups.cs
index 97b5fdf..a359bf8 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager/ManagerBackups.cs
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Manager/ManagerBackups.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ namespace ClawdDotNet.Manager;
 public sealed record BackupOutcome(
     string Path, string FileName, long SizeBytes, bool Uploaded, string? UploadProblem);
 
+/// <summary>#764: What importing a backup as a new instance came to.</summary>
+/// <param name="KeyNeeded">The backup is from another installation; its license key is needed.</param>
+public sealed record ImportOutcome(bool Ok, string Message, bool KeyNeeded = false, string? Directory = null);
+
 /// <summary>
 /// Die Sicherungen aller Instanzen, im Manager.
 ///
@@ -179,6 +183,134 @@ public sealed class ManagerBackups : IAsyncDisposable
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// #764: Restores an uploaded backup as a <b>new</b> instance — the move to a fresh machine,
+    /// which the desktop restore window could do and the WebUI could not: there, no instance and
+    /// therefore no backup list exists yet.
+    ///
+    /// <para><b>Never into an existing directory.</b> Restoring over an instance is the other
+    /// endpoint, which stops it first. Here the target must not exist, and if anything fails it
+    /// is removed again — it did not exist before, so nothing of value goes with it.</para>
+    ///
+    /// <para><b>The restored instance file is from another place.</b> Its working directory, and
+    /// absolute log and backup directories, point at the old machine — or, for a copy on this
+    /// machine, into the original instance, which would then get the copy's logs and lose
+    /// backups to its rotation. They are reset to the new directory. A copy whose id already
+    /// exists here gets a new id and loses the reporting token, so the two do not report as one.
+    /// Autostart is switched off: a just-imported instance starts when someone starts it.</para>
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<ImportOutcome> ImportAsNewInstanceAsync(
+        string archivePath, string name, string? sourceLicenseKey, string? passphrase, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        name = name.Trim();
+        if (name.Length == 0)
+            return new ImportOutcome(false, "The new instance needs a name.");
+
+        var directories = _registry.Directories;
+        var target = directories.GetInstancePath(name);
+        if (Directory.Exists(target))
+            return new ImportOutcome(false, $"An instance '{name}' already exists.");
+
+        string? key = null;
+        if (LicenseBackupCipher.IsEncrypted(archivePath))
+        {
+            var given = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sourceLicenseKey);
+            key = given ? sourceLicenseKey : LicenseKey;
+
+            if (key is null || !LicenseBackupCipher.MatchesKey(archivePath, key))
+            {
+                return new ImportOutcome(false, given
+                    ? "The license key given does not match this backup."
+                    : "This backup comes from another installation. Its license key is needed to restore it.",
+                    KeyNeeded: true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            await _service.RestoreAsync(archivePath, target, new RestoreOptions
+            {
+                Passphrase = string.IsNullOrEmpty(passphrase) ? null : passphrase,
+                LicenseKey = key,
+                Overwrite = false
+            }, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            var notes = AdoptImportedConfig(directories, target, name);
+            await _registry.RefreshAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            _logger.LogInformation("Backup imported as new instance {Name}: {Path}", name, target);
+
+            return new ImportOutcome(true,
+                $"Imported as new instance '{name}'." + (notes.Count == 0 ? "" : " " + string.Join(" ", notes)),
+                Directory: target);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is BackupException or IOException or InvalidDataException
+                                       or UnauthorizedAccessException or InvalidOperationException
+                                       or JsonException or FileNotFoundException)
+        {
+            TryRemove(target);
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Import of a backup as instance {Name} failed", name);
+            return new ImportOutcome(false, $"Import failed: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<string> AdoptImportedConfig(InstanceDirectoryManager directories, string target, string name)
+    {
+        var notes = new List<string>();
+        var config = directories.LoadInstanceConfig(target);
+
+        config.InstanceName = name;
+        config.WorkingDirectory = target;
+        config.AutostartByManager = false;
+
+        if (Path.IsPathRooted(config.LogDirectory))
+        {
+            config.LogDirectory = "";
+            notes.Add("The log directory pointed outside the instance and now uses the default.");
+        }
+
+        if (Path.IsPathRooted(config.BackupDirectory))
+        {
+            config.BackupDirectory = "";
+            notes.Add("The backup directory pointed outside the instance and now uses the default.");
+        }
+
+        var taken = directories.ListInstances()
+            .Where(i => !PathBoundary.Comparer.Equals(Path.GetFullPath(i.FolderPath), Path.GetFullPath(target)))
+            .Select(i => TryReadId(directories, i.FolderPath))
+            .Where(id => id is not null)
+            .ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.InstanceId) || taken.Contains(config.InstanceId))
+        {
+            config.InstanceId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")[..8];
+            config.Watchdog.AgentToken = "";
+            notes.Add("An instance with the same id exists here, so the copy got a new id and will get its own reporting token.");
+        }
+
+        directories.SaveInstanceConfig(target, config);
+        return notes;
+    }
+
+    private static string? TryReadId(InstanceDirectoryManager directories, string folder)
+    {
+        try { return directories.LoadInstanceConfig(folder).InstanceId; }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is IOException or JsonException or InvalidOperationException) { return null; }
+    }
+
+    private void TryRemove(string directory)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            if (Directory.Exists(directory))
+                Directory.Delete(directory, recursive: true);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is IOException or UnauthorizedAccessException)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Half-imported directory {Path} could not be removed", directory);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Behält die neuesten <paramref name="keep"/> Sicherungen dieser Instanz.</summary>
     public void Rotate(string ordner, string instanceName, int keep)
     {
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Web/Contracts/Dtos.cs b/src/ClawdDotNet.Web/Contracts/Dtos.cs
index d578beb..4873e18 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Web/Contracts/Dtos.cs
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Web/Contracts/Dtos.cs
@@ -468,3 +468,6 @@ public sealed record SettingsUpdateDto(
     bool? ErrorReportingEnabled = null,
     bool? UpdateCheckEnabled = null,
     string? UpdateChannel = null);
+
+/// <summary>#764: Input of a tool settings form, by field name. An empty secret keeps the stored one.</summary>
+public sealed record ToolSettingsFormInputDto(Dictionary<string, string?>? Values);
diff --git a/src/ClawdDotNet.Web/Endpoints/ApiEndpoints.cs b/src/ClawdDotNet.Web/Endpoints/ApiEndpoints.cs
index 497c189..7dca5dc 100644
--- a/src/ClawdDotNet.Web/Endpoints/ApiEndpoints.cs
+++ b/src/ClawdDotNet.Web/Endpoints/ApiEndpoints.cs
@@ -213,6 +213,19 @@ internal static class ApiEndpoints
             return Results.Ok(Mapping.ToDto(toolName, settings));
         });
 
+        // #764: The settings form — what the desktop ToolSettingsView offered. Secrets are
+        // described only as "set" or not, and written, never read back.
+        agents.MapGet("/{agentId}/tools/{toolName}/form", (AppHost host, string agentId, string toolName) =>
+            host.AgentAdmin.Find(agentId) is null
+                ? Results.NotFound(new OutcomeDto(false, $"No agent with id '{agentId}'."))
+                : host.AgentAdmin.ToolSettingsForm(agentId, toolName) is { } form
+                    ? Results.Ok(form)
+                    : Results.Ok(Array.Empty<ToolSettingField>()));
+
+        agents.MapPut("/{agentId}/tools/{toolName}/form", (
+                AppHost host, string agentId, string toolName, ToolSettingsFormInputDto input) =>
+            host.AgentAdmin.ApplyToolSettingsForm(agentId, toolName, input.Values ?? new Dictionary<string, string?>()).ToResponse());
+
         // #641: Rechte je Werkzeug - was laeuft, was vorgelegt wird, was verboten ist.
         agents.MapGet("/{agentId}/tools/{toolName}/rights", async (
             AppHost host, string agentId, string toolName, CancellationToken ct) =>
diff --git a/tests/ClawdDotNet.App.Tests/Services/ToolSettingsFormTests.cs b/tests/ClawdDotNet.App.Tests/Services/ToolSettingsFormTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c91be50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ClawdDotNet.App.Tests/Services/ToolSettingsFormTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using ClawdDotNet.App.Services;
+using ClawdDotNet.Core.Staging;
+using Shouldly;
+
+namespace ClawdDotNet.App.Tests.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// #764: Tool settings written from the WebUI — the desktop ToolSettingsView, without a
+/// window. The secrets go one way, and nothing the form does not touch may change.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ToolSettingsFormTests
+{
+    /// <summary>Settings as they are after loading: values as JsonElement, as from the file.</summary>
+    private static Dictionary<string, object?> Loaded(string json)
+        => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object?>>(json)!;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void The_form_shows_no_secret()
+    {
+        var form = ToolSettingsForms.Describe("FTP", Loaded("""{"host":"ftp.example.org","password":"hunter2"}"""))!;
+
+        var password = form.Single(f => f.Name == "Password");
+        password.Kind.ShouldBe(ToolSettingsForms.Secret);
+        password.Value.ShouldBeNull();
+        password.IsSet.ShouldBeTrue();
+        JsonSerializer.Serialize(form).ShouldNotContain("hunter2");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void A_connection_string_is_a_secret_even_without_a_password_mark()
+    {
+        // It carries the database password; ConfigSecrets protects it by name.
+        var form = ToolSettingsForms.Describe("Database", Loaded("""{"connectionString":"Server=db;Password=x"}"""))!;
+
+        form.Single(f => f.Name == "ConnectionString").Kind.ShouldBe(ToolSettingsForms.Secret);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void An_empty_secret_keeps_the_stored_one()
+    {
+        var (settings, error) = ToolSettingsForms.Apply("FTP", Loaded("""{"host":"old","password":"hunter2"}"""),
+            new Dictionary<string, string?> { ["Host"] = "new", ["Password"] = "" });
+
+        error.ShouldBeNull();
+        settings!["host"].ShouldBe("new");
+        settings["password"]!.ToString().ShouldBe("hunter2");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Untouched_fields_stay_exactly_as_stored()
+    {
+        // allowedTables is a JSON array in the file, allowWrite an old key the class only reads,
+        // "extra" a key no class knows. Saving another field must leave all three alone.
+        var stored = Loaded("""{"type":"mysql","connectionString":"cs","allowedTables":["orders","stock"],"allowWrite":true,"extra":42}""");
+
+        var (settings, _) = ToolSettingsForms.Apply("Database", stored,
+            new Dictionary<string, string?> { ["Type"] = "Postgres" });
+
+        settings!["type"].ShouldBe("postgres");
+        JsonSerializer.Serialize(settings["allowedTables"]).ShouldBe("""["orders","stock"]""");
+        JsonSerializer.Serialize(settings["allowWrite"]).ShouldBe("true");
+        JsonSerializer.Serialize(settings["extra"]).ShouldBe("42");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void The_table_list_reads_back_as_names_not_as_json()
+    {
+        var form = ToolSettingsForms.Describe("Database", Loaded("""{"allowedTables":["orders","stock"]}"""))!;
+
+        form.Single(f => f.Name == "AllowedTables").Value.ShouldBe("orders,stock");
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Port", "twenty-one")]
+    [InlineData("Nonsense", "x")]
+    public void A_bad_input_is_refused(string field, string value)
+    {
+        var (settings, error) = ToolSettingsForms.Apply("FTP", Loaded("{}"),
+            new Dictionary<string, string?> { [field] = value });
+
+        settings.ShouldBeNull();
+        error.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void An_enum_outside_its_values_is_refused()
+    {
+        var (settings, _) = ToolSettingsForms.Apply("Database", Loaded("{}"),
+            new Dictionary<string, string?> { ["AccessLevel"] = "99" });
+
+        settings.ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Saving_through_the_agent_keeps_the_rights()
+    {
+        using var host = new TestHost();
+        host.Host.AgentAdmin.Add(new NewAgent("scout", "Scout", "model")).Ok.ShouldBeTrue();
+        host.Host.AgentAdmin.SetToolEnabled("scout", "FTP", true).Ok.ShouldBeTrue();
+        host.Host.AgentAdmin.SetToolRights("scout", "FTP", ["list"], ["delete"]).Ok.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        host.Host.AgentAdmin.ApplyToolSettingsForm("scout", "FTP",
+            new Dictionary<string, string?> { ["Host"] = "ftp.example.org" }).Ok.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        var tool = host.Host.AgentAdmin.Find("scout")!.Tools["FTP"];
+        tool["host"].ShouldBe("ftp.example.org");
+        tool.ShouldContainKey(Werkzeugrechte.ErlaubtSchluessel);
+        tool.ShouldContainKey(Werkzeugrechte.VerbotenSchluessel);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void A_tool_without_a_form_has_none()
+        => ToolSettingsForms.Describe("Memory", []).ShouldBeNull();
+}
diff --git a/tests/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Tests/BackupImportTests.cs b/tests/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Tests/BackupImportTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f9a205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Tests/BackupImportTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using ClawdDotNet.Core.Backup;
+using ClawdDotNet.Core.Config;
+using ClawdDotNet.Core.Instances;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Shouldly;
+
+namespace ClawdDotNet.Manager.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// #764: A backup uploaded in the WebUI becomes a new instance — the move to a fresh machine,
+/// which only the desktop restore window could do before.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class BackupImportTests : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    private const string License = "CLAWD-TEST-0000-1111-2222";
+    private const string ForeignLicense = "CLAWD-TEST-9999-8888-7777";
+
+    private readonly string _root = Path.Combine(
+        Path.GetTempPath(), "clawd-tests", "mimp-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")[..8]);
+
+    private readonly InstanceDirectoryManager _directories;
+    private readonly ManagerSettingsStore _settings;
+
+    public BackupImportTests()
+    {
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(_root);
+        _directories = new InstanceDirectoryManager(Path.Combine(_root, "Instances"));
+        _settings = new ManagerSettingsStore(_root);
+        _settings.Settings.LicenseKey = License;
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+        ClawdDotNet.Core.Storage.SqliteStorage.ReleasePooledConnections(_root);
+        try { Directory.Delete(_root, recursive: true); }
+        catch { /* A leftover test folder does not turn a run red. */ }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<(ManagerBackups Backups, InstanceRegistry Registry)> ServiceAsync()
+    {
+        var registry = new InstanceRegistry(
+            _directories, new FakeLauncher(), new FakeChannel(), NullLoggerFactory.Instance,
+            SupervisionOptions.Default);
+        await registry.RefreshAsync();
+        return (new ManagerBackups(_settings, registry, null, NullLogger.Instance), registry);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>An instance with paths of "another machine" and autostart on, backed up and then removed.</summary>
+    private async Task<(string Archive, string InstanceId)> BackupOfAnInstanceAsync(string name, bool removeOriginal = true)
+    {
+        var path = _directories.CreateInstance(name);
+        var file = Path.Combine(path, "InstanceSettings.json");
+        var config = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<InstanceConfig>(File.ReadAllText(file))!;
+        config.AutostartByManager = true;
+        config.LogDirectory = Path.Combine(_root, "elsewhere", "logs");
+        config.BackupDirectory = Path.Combine(_root, "elsewhere", "backups");
+        File.WriteAllText(file, JsonSerializer.Serialize(config));
+
+        var (backups, registry) = await ServiceAsync();
+        await using (backups)
+        await using (registry)
+        {
+            var instance = registry.Instances.Single(i => PathEquals(i.Directory, path));
+            var outcome = await backups.CreateAsync(instance, false, true, CancellationToken.None);
+
+            var archive = Path.Combine(_root, "upload-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") + ".bak");
+            File.Copy(outcome.Path, archive);
+
+            if (removeOriginal)
+            {
+                await registry.DisposeAsync();
+                ClawdDotNet.Core.Storage.SqliteStorage.ReleasePooledConnections(_root);
+                Directory.Delete(path, recursive: true);
+            }
+
+            return (archive, config.InstanceId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static bool PathEquals(string a, string b)
+        => ClawdDotNet.Core.Storage.PathBoundary.Comparer.Equals(Path.GetFullPath(a), Path.GetFullPath(b));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task A_backup_becomes_a_new_instance_with_its_own_paths()
+    {
+        var (archive, id) = await BackupOfAnInstanceAsync("Alpha");
+
+        var (backups, registry) = await ServiceAsync();
+        await using var _ = backups;
+        await using var __ = registry;
+
+        var result = await backups.ImportAsNewInstanceAsync(archive, "Moved", null, null);
+
+        result.Ok.ShouldBeTrue(result.Message);
+        var config = _directories.LoadInstanceConfig(result.Directory!);
+        config.InstanceName.ShouldBe("Moved");
+        config.InstanceId.ShouldBe(id);                 // a move keeps its identity
+        PathEquals(config.WorkingDirectory, result.Directory!).ShouldBeTrue();
+        config.LogDirectory.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        config.BackupDirectory.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        config.AutostartByManager.ShouldBeFalse();
+        registry.Instances.ShouldContain(i => PathEquals(i.Directory, result.Directory!));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task A_copy_next_to_its_original_gets_a_new_id()
+    {
+        // Two instances with one id would report as one and share one reporting token.
+        var (archive, id) = await BackupOfAnInstanceAsync("Alpha", removeOriginal: false);
+
+        var (backups, registry) = await ServiceAsync();
+        await using var _ = backups;
+        await using var __ = registry;
+
+        var result = await backups.ImportAsNewInstanceAsync(archive, "Alpha-Copy", null, null);
+
+        result.Ok.ShouldBeTrue(result.Message);
+        var config = _directories.LoadInstanceConfig(result.Directory!);
+        config.InstanceId.ShouldNotBe(id);
+        config.Watchdog.AgentToken.ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task An_existing_instance_is_never_overwritten()
+    {
+        var (archive, _) = await BackupOfAnInstanceAsync("Alpha");
+        _directories.CreateInstance("Taken");
+
+        var (backups, registry) = await ServiceAsync();
+        await using var a = backups;
+        await using var b = registry;
+
+        (await backups.ImportAsNewInstanceAsync(archive, "Taken", null, null)).Ok.ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task A_foreign_backup_asks_for_its_key_and_leaves_nothing_behind()
+    {
+        var (archive, _) = await BackupOfAnInstanceAsync("Alpha");
+        _settings.Settings.LicenseKey = ForeignLicense;   // now this is "another installation"
+
+        var (backups, registry) = await ServiceAsync();
+        await using var a = backups;
+        await using var b = registry;
+
+        var refused = await backups.ImportAsNewInstanceAsync(archive, "Moved", null, null);
+        refused.KeyNeeded.ShouldBeTrue();
+        Directory.Exists(_directories.GetInstancePath("Moved")).ShouldBeFalse();
+
+        var accepted = await backups.ImportAsNewInstanceAsync(archive, "Moved", License, null);
+        accepted.Ok.ShouldBeTrue(accepted.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task A_broken_file_leaves_no_half_instance()
+    {
+        var junk = Path.Combine(_root, "junk.bak");
+        await File.WriteAllBytesAsync(junk, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+
+        var (backups, registry) = await ServiceAsync();
+        await using var a = backups;
+        await using var b = registry;
+
+        (await backups.ImportAsNewInstanceAsync(junk, "Broken", null, null)).Ok.ShouldBeFalse();
+        Directory.Exists(_directories.GetInstancePath("Broken")).ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+}