diff --git a/dashboard/src/workstreams.md b/dashboard/src/workstreams.md
index 2a663a5..7f17e45 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/workstreams.md
+++ b/dashboard/src/workstreams.md
@@ -56,19 +56,32 @@ display(html`<div class="live-bar">
 ```
 
 ```js
-const domainOpts = ["(all)", ...new Set(data.map(w => w.domain))].sort();
-const statusOpts = ["(all)", "active", "blocked", "completed", "archived"];
+// Static options — no dependency on `data`, so selections survive polls
+const DOMAINS  = ["custodian", "railiance", "markitect", "coulomb_social", "personhood", "foerster_capabilities"];
+const STATUSES = ["active", "blocked", "completed", "archived"];
 
-const domainFilter = view(Inputs.select(domainOpts, {label: "Domain"}));
-const statusFilter = view(Inputs.select(statusOpts, {label: "Status"}));
-const ownerFilter  = view(Inputs.text({label: "Owner contains"}));
+const filters = view(Inputs.form(
+  {
+    domain: Inputs.checkbox(DOMAINS,  {label: "Domain"}),
+    status: Inputs.checkbox(STATUSES, {label: "Status"}),
+    owner:  Inputs.text({label: "Owner contains", placeholder: "filter by owner…"}),
+  },
+  {
+    template: ({domain, status, owner}) => html`<div class="filter-bar">
+      <div class="filter-group">${domain}</div>
+      <div class="filter-group">${status}</div>
+      <div class="filter-group filter-group-text">${owner}</div>
+    </div>`,
+  }
+));
 ```
 
 ```js
+// Empty array = no filter applied (show all)
 const filtered = data.filter(w =>
-  (domainFilter === "(all)" || w.domain === domainFilter) &&
-  (statusFilter === "(all)" || w.status === statusFilter) &&
-  (!ownerFilter || (w.owner ?? "").toLowerCase().includes(ownerFilter.toLowerCase()))
+  (filters.domain.length === 0 || filters.domain.includes(w.domain)) &&
+  (filters.status.length === 0 || filters.status.includes(w.status)) &&
+  (!filters.owner || (w.owner ?? "").toLowerCase().includes(filters.owner.toLowerCase()))
 );
 
 display(Inputs.table(filtered.map(w => ({
@@ -104,11 +117,12 @@ display(Plot.plot({
 
 ```js
 // Build dep cards from the enriched open_workstreams in the summary
-const wsWithDeps = openWs.filter(w =>
-  (domainFilter === "(all)" || (data.find(d => d.id === w.id)?.domain ?? "unknown") === domainFilter) &&
-  (statusFilter === "(all)" || w.status === statusFilter) &&
-  (w.depends_on.length > 0 || w.blocks.length > 0)
-);
+const wsWithDeps = openWs.filter(w => {
+  const domain = data.find(d => d.id === w.id)?.domain ?? "unknown";
+  return (filters.domain.length === 0 || filters.domain.includes(domain)) &&
+    (filters.status.length === 0 || filters.status.includes(w.status)) &&
+    (w.depends_on.length > 0 || w.blocks.length > 0);
+});
 
 if (wsWithDeps.length === 0) {
   display(html`<p class="dim">No dependency edges recorded for the current filter. Use <code>create_dependency()</code> via the MCP server to link workstreams.</p>`);
@@ -132,6 +146,9 @@ if (wsWithDeps.length === 0) {
 <style>
 .live-bar { font-size: 0.8rem; color: gray; text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
 .dim { color: gray; font-style: italic; }
+.filter-bar { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 1.5rem; align-items: flex-start; padding: 0.75rem 1rem; background: var(--theme-background-alt); border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 1rem; }
+.filter-group { min-width: 140px; }
+.filter-group-text { align-self: flex-end; }
 .dep-grid { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.75rem; }
 .dep-card { border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border-radius: 6px; padding: 0.75rem 1rem; background: var(--theme-background-alt, #fafafa); }
 .dep-title { font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; }