diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index b32b1d1..5815f24 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -396,6 +396,16 @@ jobs:
           E2E_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5173 \
             pnpm --filter @dorfteich/web exec playwright test e2e/favorites.spec.ts
 
+      - name: Reset login rate limit before settings-nav pack
+        run: |
+          echo "DELETE FROM rate_limits WHERE key LIKE 'login%';" | \
+            pnpm --filter @dorfteich/api exec prisma db execute --stdin --url "$DATABASE_URL"
+
+      - name: Run settings-nav pack
+        run: |
+          E2E_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5173 \
+            pnpm --filter @dorfteich/web exec playwright test e2e/settings-nav.spec.ts
+
       - name: Reset login rate limit before create-missing-page pack
         run: |
           echo "DELETE FROM rate_limits WHERE key LIKE 'login%';" | \
diff --git a/apps/api/src/public/public.e2e.db.test.ts b/apps/api/src/public/public.e2e.db.test.ts
index 9cb5a39..def1f8f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/public/public.e2e.db.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/public/public.e2e.db.test.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,28 @@ describe.skipIf(!hasTestDb)('public read access (e2e, issue #56)', () => {
     expect(html).toContain(`data-wikilink="ghost-${suffix}"`);
   });
 
+  it('expands a bare embed without frame or title (issue #146)', async () => {
+    const targetSlug = `bare-target-${suffix}`;
+    const hostSlug = `bare-host-${suffix}`;
+    await makePage(pondId, targetSlug, 'Bare Target', '<p>Bare body text.</p>');
+    await makePage(
+      pondId,
+      hostSlug,
+      'Bare Host',
+      `<p>Before.</p>` +
+        `<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="${targetSlug}"` +
+        ` data-transclusion-bare="1">Bare Target</div>`,
+    );
+
+    const res = await api().get(`/api/v1/public/${pondSlug}/${hostSlug}/content`).expect(200);
+    const html = (res.body as { html: string }).html;
+    // The target's body is spliced in verbatim — no dt-embed frame, no title.
+    expect(html).toContain('Bare body text.');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('dt-embed');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('Bare Target</a>');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('dt-transclusion');
+  });
+
   it('404s all public endpoints once the public grant is removed', async () => {
     await prisma.roleGrant.delete({ where: { id: publicGrantId } });
     // The API route invalidates on its own mutations; this test deletes
diff --git a/apps/api/src/public/public.service.ts b/apps/api/src/public/public.service.ts
index fa33498..58236d5 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/public/public.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/public/public.service.ts
@@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ export class PublicService {
     depth: number,
     visited: Set<string>,
   ): Promise<string> {
-    const placeholder = /<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="([^"]+)">[^<]*<\/div>/g;
-    return replaceAsync(html, placeholder, async (_match, rawSlug) => {
+    const placeholder =
+      /<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="([^"]+)"( data-transclusion-bare="1")?>[^<]*<\/div>/g;
+    return replaceAsync(html, placeholder, async (_match, rawSlug, bareAttr) => {
       const slug = rawSlug as string;
+      const bare = Boolean(bareAttr);
       const target = await this.prisma.page.findFirst({
         where: { pondId, slug, deletedAt: null },
         select: { id: true, pondId: true, slug: true, title: true },
@@ -133,6 +135,9 @@ export class PublicService {
         depth + 1,
         new Set(visited).add(slug),
       );
+      // A bare embed (`$[[…]]`, #146) reads as part of the host page: no
+      // frame, no title — just the expanded content.
+      if (bare) return inner;
       return (
         `<div class="dt-embed"><div class="dt-embed__title">` +
         `<a class="wikilink" href="${escapeHtml(slug)}" data-wikilink="${escapeHtml(slug)}">` +
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/settings-nav.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/settings-nav.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7019175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/e2e/settings-nav.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { expect, test, type BrowserContext } from '@playwright/test';
+
+import { contextForUser } from './helpers';
+
+/**
+ * Settings section navigation pack (issue #145): every settings page derives
+ * a jump nav from its stacked sections; clicking an entry scrolls the section
+ * into view and marks it active. Language-independent selectors (CSS classes)
+ * throughout.
+ */
+const BASE_URL = process.env.E2E_BASE_URL ?? 'http://localhost:5173';
+
+async function json<T>(context: BrowserContext, url: string, data: unknown): Promise<T> {
+  const response = await context.request.post(url, { data });
+  if (!response.ok()) throw new Error(`post ${url} → ${response.status()}`);
+  return response.json() as Promise<T>;
+}
+
+test('user settings show the jump nav and clicking scrolls + activates', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const context = await contextForUser(browser, BASE_URL, 'fixture-user');
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+  await page.goto('/settings');
+
+  const nav = page.locator('.settings-nav');
+  await expect(nav).toBeVisible();
+  const links = nav.locator('.settings-nav__link');
+  // Profile, password, sessions, watches, API tokens, data export.
+  await expect(links).toHaveCount(6);
+
+  // Jump to the last section: it scrolls into view and becomes active.
+  const last = links.last();
+  await last.click();
+  const lastSection = page.locator('.settings-layout section[id]').last();
+  await expect(lastSection).toBeInViewport();
+  await expect(last).toHaveClass(/settings-nav__link--active/);
+
+  await context.close();
+});
+
+test('pond settings derive the nav from their sections', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const context = await contextForUser(browser, BASE_URL, 'fixture-user');
+  const pond = await json<{ id: string; slug: string }>(context, '/api/v1/ponds', {
+    name: `Nav Pack ${Date.now()}`,
+  });
+
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+  await page.goto(`/p/${pond.slug}/settings`);
+
+  const links = page.locator('.settings-nav .settings-nav__link');
+  // The pond owner sees the full section stack — at least members, labels,
+  // missing links, import, files, appearance, plugins, sidebar, comments,
+  // API, export.
+  await expect(links.first()).toBeVisible();
+  expect(await links.count()).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(8);
+
+  await links.last().click();
+  await expect(page.locator('.settings-layout section[id]').last()).toBeInViewport();
+
+  await context.close();
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/SettingsLayout.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/SettingsLayout.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c7e88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/SettingsLayout.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+
+interface SectionEntry {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+}
+
+/** A stable, readable anchor id derived from the section heading. */
+function anchorId(title: string, taken: Set<string>): string {
+  const base =
+    'sec-' +
+    (title
+      .toLowerCase()
+      .normalize('NFD')
+      .replace(/[̀-ͯ]/g, '')
+      .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-')
+      .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '') || 'section');
+  let id = base;
+  let n = 2;
+  while (taken.has(id)) id = `${base}-${n++}`;
+  taken.add(id);
+  return id;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wraps a settings page's stacked sections and derives a jump navigation from
+ * them (issue #145): every top-level `<section>` with an `<h2>` becomes a nav
+ * entry. The list is read from the DOM (and kept fresh via MutationObserver),
+ * so conditionally rendered and component-owned sections need no wiring. On
+ * wide viewports the nav sits sticky beside the content; on narrow ones it
+ * collapses to a horizontal chip bar above it.
+ */
+export function SettingsLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }): React.JSX.Element {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const contentRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [sections, setSections] = useState<SectionEntry[]>([]);
+  const [active, setActive] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const container = contentRef.current;
+    if (!container) return undefined;
+
+    const scan = (): void => {
+      const taken = new Set<string>();
+      const found: SectionEntry[] = [];
+      container.querySelectorAll('section').forEach((section) => {
+        // Only top-level sections: a nested <section> belongs to its parent's
+        // entry, not the nav.
+        const parent = section.parentElement?.closest('section');
+        if (parent && container.contains(parent)) return;
+        const title = section.querySelector('h2')?.textContent?.trim();
+        if (!title) return;
+        if (!section.id) section.id = anchorId(title, taken);
+        else taken.add(section.id);
+        found.push({ id: section.id, title });
+      });
+      setSections((prev) =>
+        prev.length === found.length &&
+        prev.every((p, i) => p.id === found[i]!.id && p.title === found[i]!.title)
+          ? prev
+          : found,
+      );
+    };
+
+    const scrollParent: HTMLElement | Window = container.closest<HTMLElement>('.main') ?? window;
+
+    const atScrollEnd = (): boolean =>
+      scrollParent instanceof Window
+        ? window.innerHeight + window.scrollY >= document.body.scrollHeight - 2
+        : scrollParent.scrollTop + scrollParent.clientHeight >= scrollParent.scrollHeight - 2;
+
+    const updateActive = (): void => {
+      const anchors = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('section[id]'));
+      if (anchors.length === 0) return;
+      // The active section is the last one whose top has passed the reading
+      // line (a bit below the viewport top). At the very bottom the last
+      // section wins even if its top never reaches the line.
+      let current = anchors[0]!.id;
+      for (const section of anchors) {
+        if (section.getBoundingClientRect().top <= 160) current = section.id;
+      }
+      if (atScrollEnd()) current = anchors[anchors.length - 1]!.id;
+      setActive(current);
+    };
+
+    scan();
+    updateActive();
+    const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
+      scan();
+      updateActive();
+    });
+    observer.observe(container, { childList: true, subtree: true });
+
+    scrollParent.addEventListener('scroll', updateActive, { passive: true });
+    window.addEventListener('resize', updateActive);
+    return () => {
+      observer.disconnect();
+      scrollParent.removeEventListener('scroll', updateActive);
+      window.removeEventListener('resize', updateActive);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const jump = (id: string): void => {
+    document.getElementById(id)?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'start' });
+    setActive(id);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="settings-layout">
+      {sections.length > 1 && (
+        <nav className="settings-nav" aria-label={t('common:settingsNav.label')}>
+          <ul>
+            {sections.map((section) => (
+              <li key={section.id}>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  className={
+                    'settings-nav__link' +
+                    (active === section.id ? ' settings-nav__link--active' : '')
+                  }
+                  aria-current={active === section.id ? 'true' : undefined}
+                  onClick={() => jump(section.id)}
+                >
+                  {section.title}
+                </button>
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </nav>
+      )}
+      <div className="settings-layout__content" ref={contentRef}>
+        {children}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/editor/WikilinkAutocomplete.tsx b/apps/web/src/editor/WikilinkAutocomplete.tsx
index 18f1a8e..6d46315 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/editor/WikilinkAutocomplete.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/editor/WikilinkAutocomplete.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useWikilinks } from './wikilink-context';
 
 /** An open `[[` context: the query typed so far and where its `[[` began.
- * `embed` is true when it was opened as `![[` — a page embed (issue #135). */
+ * `embed` is true when it was opened as `![[` — a page embed (issue #135);
+ * `bare` when it was `$[[` — the frameless variant (issue #146). */
 interface QueryState {
   query: string;
   from: number;
   embed: boolean;
+  bare: boolean;
   coords: { left: number; bottom: number };
 }
 
@@ -18,21 +20,24 @@ interface QueryState {
 type Suggestion =
   { kind: 'page'; slug: string; label: string } | { kind: 'create'; slug: string; label: string };
 
-/** Detects a `[[query` (link) or `![[query` (embed, #135) immediately before a
- * collapsed cursor (issue #46). The optional leading `!` opens an embed. */
-function detectQuery(editor: Editor): { query: string; from: number; embed: boolean } | null {
+/** Detects a `[[query` (link), `![[query` (embed, #135) or `$[[query` (bare
+ * embed, #146) immediately before a collapsed cursor (issue #46). */
+function detectQuery(
+  editor: Editor,
+): { query: string; from: number; embed: boolean; bare: boolean } | null {
   const { selection } = editor.state;
   if (!selection.empty) return null;
   const $from = selection.$from;
   if (!$from.parent.isTextblock) return null;
   const start = Math.max(0, $from.parentOffset - 200);
   const before = $from.parent.textBetween(start, $from.parentOffset, undefined, '');
-  const match = /(!?)\[\[([^[\]\n]*)$/.exec(before);
+  const match = /([!$]?)\[\[([^[\]\n]*)$/.exec(before);
   if (!match) return null;
-  const embed = match[1] === '!';
+  const embed = match[1] === '!' || match[1] === '$';
+  const bare = match[1] === '$';
   const query = match[2] ?? '';
-  // `[[` is 2 chars; an embed's leading `!` is one more to swallow.
-  return { query, from: selection.from - query.length - 2 - (embed ? 1 : 0), embed };
+  // `[[` is 2 chars; an embed's leading `!`/`$` is one more to swallow.
+  return { query, from: selection.from - query.length - 2 - (embed ? 1 : 0), embed, bare };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -79,12 +84,13 @@ export function WikilinkAutocomplete({ editor }: { editor: Editor }): React.JSX.
     if (current.embed) {
       // A page embed is a block node (#135) — replace the typed `![[query` with
       // the transclusion block; ProseMirror lifts it out of the paragraph.
+      // `$[[` opens the frameless variant (#146).
       editor
         .chain()
         .focus()
         .insertContentAt(range, {
           type: 'transclusion',
-          attrs: { targetSlug: item.slug, displayText: null },
+          attrs: { targetSlug: item.slug, displayText: null, bare: current.bare },
         })
         .run();
     } else {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/editor/nodes/transclusion.tsx b/apps/web/src/editor/nodes/transclusion.tsx
index 4cd0d6e..0873080 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/editor/nodes/transclusion.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/editor/nodes/transclusion.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function TransclusionView({ node, editor }: NodeViewProps): React.JSX.Element {
 
   const slug = node.attrs.targetSlug as string;
   const display = node.attrs.displayText as string | null;
+  const bare = node.attrs.bare as boolean;
   const { title, exists } = resolve(slug);
   const label = display ?? title ?? slug;
   const editable = editor.isEditable;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ function TransclusionView({ node, editor }: NodeViewProps): React.JSX.Element {
           ⧉
         </span>
         <span className="dt-transclusion-card__label">
-          {t('transclusion.embedded', { title: label })}
+          {t(bare ? 'transclusion.embeddedBare' : 'transclusion.embedded', { title: label })}
         </span>
         <Link className="dt-transclusion-card__open" to={`/p/${pondSlug}/${slug}`}>
           {t('transclusion.open')}
@@ -54,6 +55,20 @@ function TransclusionView({ node, editor }: NodeViewProps): React.JSX.Element {
     );
   }
 
+  if (bare) {
+    // `$[[…]]` (#146): the embed reads as part of the host page — no frame,
+    // no title, just the target's rendered content.
+    return (
+      <NodeViewWrapper className="dt-embed-bare" contentEditable={false}>
+        {content.data ? (
+          <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: content.data.html }} />
+        ) : (
+          <div aria-busy="true" />
+        )}
+      </NodeViewWrapper>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <NodeViewWrapper className="dt-embed" contentEditable={false}>
       <div className="dt-embed__title">
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSettingsPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSettingsPage.tsx
index 53cf5c9..88d32b8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSettingsPage.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { Field, FormError, FormSuccess } from '../components/forms';
+import { SettingsLayout } from '../components/SettingsLayout';
 import { apiGet, apiPatch } from '../lib/api';
 import { PluginManager } from './PluginManager';
 import { QuotaManager } from './QuotaManager';
@@ -63,61 +64,64 @@ export function AdminSettingsPage(): React.JSX.Element {
       <p>
         <Link to="/admin/system">{t('system:settingsLink')} →</Link>
       </p>
-      <section className="settings-section">
-        <form onSubmit={onSubmit} noValidate>
-          <FormError error={error} />
-          <FormSuccess message={saved ? t('settings:admin.saved') : null} />
-          <Field label={t('settings:admin.instanceName')}>
-            <input type="text" {...form.register('instance.name')} />
-          </Field>
-          <Field label={t('settings:admin.defaultLocale')}>
-            <select {...form.register('instance.defaultLocale')}>
-              <option value="de">{t('settings:profile.locales.de')}</option>
-              <option value="en">{t('settings:profile.locales.en')}</option>
-            </select>
-          </Field>
-          <Field label={t('settings:admin.registrationMode')}>
-            <select {...form.register('auth.registrationMode')}>
-              <option value="open">{t('settings:admin.registrationOpen')}</option>
-              <option value="closed">{t('settings:admin.registrationClosed')}</option>
-            </select>
-          </Field>
-          <button type="submit" className="button" disabled={form.formState.isSubmitting}>
-            {t('settings:admin.save')}
-          </button>
-        </form>
-      </section>
-
-      <section className="settings-section">
-        <h2>{tQuotas('defaults.title')}</h2>
-        <form onSubmit={onSubmit} noValidate>
-          {(
-            [
-              'quota.editorsPerPond',
-              'quota.readersPerPond',
-              'quota.additionalPonds',
-              'quota.storageBytes',
-              'quota.maxFileBytes',
-            ] as const
-          ).map((key) => (
-            <Field key={key} label={tQuotas(`defaults.${SETTING_TO_QUOTA_KEY[key]}`)}>
-              <input type="number" min={0} {...form.register(key, { valueAsNumber: true })} />
+      <SettingsLayout>
+        <section className="settings-section">
+          <h2>{t('settings:admin.general')}</h2>
+          <form onSubmit={onSubmit} noValidate>
+            <FormError error={error} />
+            <FormSuccess message={saved ? t('settings:admin.saved') : null} />
+            <Field label={t('settings:admin.instanceName')}>
+              <input type="text" {...form.register('instance.name')} />
             </Field>
-          ))}
-          <button type="submit" className="button" disabled={form.formState.isSubmitting}>
-            {tQuotas('defaults.save')}
-          </button>
-        </form>
-      </section>
+            <Field label={t('settings:admin.defaultLocale')}>
+              <select {...form.register('instance.defaultLocale')}>
+                <option value="de">{t('settings:profile.locales.de')}</option>
+                <option value="en">{t('settings:profile.locales.en')}</option>
+              </select>
+            </Field>
+            <Field label={t('settings:admin.registrationMode')}>
+              <select {...form.register('auth.registrationMode')}>
+                <option value="open">{t('settings:admin.registrationOpen')}</option>
+                <option value="closed">{t('settings:admin.registrationClosed')}</option>
+              </select>
+            </Field>
+            <button type="submit" className="button" disabled={form.formState.isSubmitting}>
+              {t('settings:admin.save')}
+            </button>
+          </form>
+        </section>
 
-      <UploadSettingsForm settings={settings.data} />
-      <PublicApiSettingsForm settings={settings.data} />
-      <LandingSettingsForm settings={settings.data} />
-      <LegalSettingsForm settings={settings.data} />
+        <section className="settings-section">
+          <h2>{tQuotas('defaults.title')}</h2>
+          <form onSubmit={onSubmit} noValidate>
+            {(
+              [
+                'quota.editorsPerPond',
+                'quota.readersPerPond',
+                'quota.additionalPonds',
+                'quota.storageBytes',
+                'quota.maxFileBytes',
+              ] as const
+            ).map((key) => (
+              <Field key={key} label={tQuotas(`defaults.${SETTING_TO_QUOTA_KEY[key]}`)}>
+                <input type="number" min={0} {...form.register(key, { valueAsNumber: true })} />
+              </Field>
+            ))}
+            <button type="submit" className="button" disabled={form.formState.isSubmitting}>
+              {tQuotas('defaults.save')}
+            </button>
+          </form>
+        </section>
 
-      <PluginManager />
-      <QuotaManager />
-      <UserManager />
+        <UploadSettingsForm settings={settings.data} />
+        <PublicApiSettingsForm settings={settings.data} />
+        <LandingSettingsForm settings={settings.data} />
+        <LegalSettingsForm settings={settings.data} />
+
+        <PluginManager />
+        <QuotaManager />
+        <UserManager />
+      </SettingsLayout>
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSystemPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSystemPage.tsx
index c98b7af..428b64b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSystemPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSystemPage.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
+import { SettingsLayout } from '../components/SettingsLayout';
 import { formatBytes } from '../files/file-format';
 import { apiGet, apiPost } from '../lib/api';
 import { BackupSection } from './AdminBackupSection';
@@ -29,10 +30,12 @@ export function AdminSystemPage(): React.JSX.Element {
       <p>
         <Link to="/admin">← {t('backLink')}</Link>
       </p>
-      <JobsSection />
-      <BackupSection />
-      <AuditViewer />
-      <StorageSection />
+      <SettingsLayout>
+        <JobsSection />
+        <BackupSection />
+        <AuditViewer />
+        <StorageSection />
+      </SettingsLayout>
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/PondSettingsPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/PondSettingsPage.tsx
index 721cb54..f7707d4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/PondSettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/PondSettingsPage.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { useAuth } from '../auth/auth-context';
+import { SettingsLayout } from '../components/SettingsLayout';
 import { ApiOptInSetting } from '../api-tokens/ApiOptInSetting';
 import { CommentPolicySetting } from '../comments/CommentPolicySetting';
 import { WatchToggle } from '../watches/WatchToggle';
@@ -60,96 +61,98 @@ export function PondSettingsPage(): React.JSX.Element {
         <h1>{pond.data.name}</h1>
         <WatchToggle targetType="pond" targetId={pond.data.id} variant="icon" />
       </div>
-      <section>
-        <h2>{tMembers('title')}</h2>
-        <MemberManager pondId={pond.data.id} />
-      </section>
-      <AccessRulesManager pondId={pond.data.id} />
-      <EffectivePermissionsInspector pondId={pond.data.id} />
-      <section>
-        <h2>{t('settings.title')}</h2>
-        {canModify ? (
-          <LabelManager pondId={pond.data.id} />
-        ) : (
-          <p className="form-banner form-banner--error" role="alert">
-            {tErrors('forbidden')}
-          </p>
+      <SettingsLayout>
+        <section>
+          <h2>{tMembers('title')}</h2>
+          <MemberManager pondId={pond.data.id} />
+        </section>
+        <AccessRulesManager pondId={pond.data.id} />
+        <EffectivePermissionsInspector pondId={pond.data.id} />
+        <section>
+          <h2>{t('settings.title')}</h2>
+          {canModify ? (
+            <LabelManager pondId={pond.data.id} />
+          ) : (
+            <p className="form-banner form-banner--error" role="alert">
+              {tErrors('forbidden')}
+            </p>
+          )}
+        </section>
+        {canModify && (
+          <section>
+            <h2>{tLinks('missing.title')}</h2>
+            <PhantomPagesView pondId={pond.data.id} pondSlug={pondSlug} />
+          </section>
         )}
-      </section>
-      {canModify && (
-        <section>
-          <h2>{tLinks('missing.title')}</h2>
-          <PhantomPagesView pondId={pond.data.id} pondSlug={pondSlug} />
+        {canModify && (
+          <section>
+            <h2>{tImport('vault.title')}</h2>
+            <VaultImportSection pondId={pond.data.id} pondSlug={pondSlug} />
+          </section>
+        )}
+        {canModify && (
+          <section>
+            <h2>{tFiles('manager.title')}</h2>
+            <PondFileManager pondId={pond.data.id} />
+          </section>
+        )}
+        {canModify && (
+          <section className="appearance-section">
+            <h2>{tFont('heading')}</h2>
+            <AppearanceManager
+              pondId={pond.data.id}
+              pondSlug={pondSlug}
+              fonts={pond.data.settings.fonts}
+            />
+          </section>
+        )}
+        {canModify && <PondPluginSettings pondId={pond.data.id} />}
+        {canModify && (
+          <section>
+            <h2>{tCommon('layout.sidebar.view.defaultTitle')}</h2>
+            <SidebarViewSetting
+              pondId={pond.data.id}
+              pondSlug={pondSlug}
+              value={pond.data.settings.sidebarView}
+            />
+          </section>
+        )}
+        {canModify && (
+          <section>
+            <h2>{tComments('policy.title')}</h2>
+            <CommentPolicySetting
+              pondId={pond.data.id}
+              pondSlug={pondSlug}
+              value={pond.data.settings.commentPolicy}
+            />
+          </section>
+        )}
+        {canModify && (
+          <section>
+            <h2>{tApiTokens('pond.title')}</h2>
+            <ApiOptInSetting
+              pondId={pond.data.id}
+              pondSlug={pondSlug}
+              value={pond.data.settings.apiEnabled}
+              mcpValue={pond.data.settings.mcpEnabled}
+            />
+          </section>
+        )}
+        <section className="pond-export">
+          <h2>{tExport('pond.heading')}</h2>
+          <p className="pond-export__hint">{tExport('pond.hint')}</p>
+          <a
+            className="button"
+            href={`/api/v1/ponds/${pond.data.id}/export/markdown`}
+            download={`${pond.data.slug}.zip`}
+          >
+            {tExport('pond.zip')}
+          </a>
         </section>
-      )}
-      {canModify && (
-        <section>
-          <h2>{tImport('vault.title')}</h2>
-          <VaultImportSection pondId={pond.data.id} pondSlug={pondSlug} />
-        </section>
-      )}
-      {canModify && (
-        <section>
-          <h2>{tFiles('manager.title')}</h2>
-          <PondFileManager pondId={pond.data.id} />
-        </section>
-      )}
-      {canModify && (
-        <section className="appearance-section">
-          <h2>{tFont('heading')}</h2>
-          <AppearanceManager
-            pondId={pond.data.id}
-            pondSlug={pondSlug}
-            fonts={pond.data.settings.fonts}
-          />
-        </section>
-      )}
-      {canModify && <PondPluginSettings pondId={pond.data.id} />}
-      {canModify && (
-        <section>
-          <h2>{tCommon('layout.sidebar.view.defaultTitle')}</h2>
-          <SidebarViewSetting
-            pondId={pond.data.id}
-            pondSlug={pondSlug}
-            value={pond.data.settings.sidebarView}
-          />
-        </section>
-      )}
-      {canModify && (
-        <section>
-          <h2>{tComments('policy.title')}</h2>
-          <CommentPolicySetting
-            pondId={pond.data.id}
-            pondSlug={pondSlug}
-            value={pond.data.settings.commentPolicy}
-          />
-        </section>
-      )}
-      {canModify && (
-        <section>
-          <h2>{tApiTokens('pond.title')}</h2>
-          <ApiOptInSetting
-            pondId={pond.data.id}
-            pondSlug={pondSlug}
-            value={pond.data.settings.apiEnabled}
-            mcpValue={pond.data.settings.mcpEnabled}
-          />
-        </section>
-      )}
-      <section className="pond-export">
-        <h2>{tExport('pond.heading')}</h2>
-        <p className="pond-export__hint">{tExport('pond.hint')}</p>
-        <a
-          className="button"
-          href={`/api/v1/ponds/${pond.data.id}/export/markdown`}
-          download={`${pond.data.slug}.zip`}
-        >
-          {tExport('pond.zip')}
-        </a>
-      </section>
-      {canModify && pond.data.type === 'shared' && (
-        <DeletePondSection pondId={pond.data.id} pondName={pond.data.name} />
-      )}
+        {canModify && pond.data.type === 'shared' && (
+          <DeletePondSection pondId={pond.data.id} pondName={pond.data.name} />
+        )}
+      </SettingsLayout>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx
index 4ac3cf7..e2b8425 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
 import { useAuth } from '../auth/auth-context';
 import { Field, FormError, FormSuccess, applyFieldErrors } from '../components/forms';
+import { SettingsLayout } from '../components/SettingsLayout';
 import { useDataExport } from '../export/use-data-export';
 import { apiDelete, apiGet, apiPatch, apiPost } from '../lib/api';
 import { ApiTokensSection } from '../api-tokens/ApiTokensSection';
@@ -25,12 +26,14 @@ export function SettingsPage(): React.JSX.Element {
   return (
     <>
       <h1>{t('settings:title')}</h1>
-      <ProfileSection />
-      <PasswordSection />
-      <SessionsSection />
-      <WatchesSection />
-      <ApiTokensSection />
-      <DataExportSection />
+      <SettingsLayout>
+        <ProfileSection />
+        <PasswordSection />
+        <SessionsSection />
+        <WatchesSection />
+        <ApiTokensSection />
+        <DataExportSection />
+      </SettingsLayout>
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/styles/base.css b/apps/web/src/styles/base.css
index f31836a..7cb3e8a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/styles/base.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/styles/base.css
@@ -3720,3 +3720,91 @@ ul[data-type='task_list'] li p:last-of-type {
     transform: translateY(0);
   }
 }
+
+/* Settings section jump navigation (issue #145). Wide viewports: sticky rail
+   beside the content; narrow ones: horizontal chip bar above it. */
+.settings-layout {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row-reverse;
+  gap: var(--space-6);
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
+
+.settings-layout__content {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.settings-layout section[id] {
+  scroll-margin-top: var(--space-4);
+}
+
+.settings-nav {
+  position: sticky;
+  top: var(--space-2);
+  width: 13rem;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.settings-nav ul {
+  list-style: none;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 2px;
+}
+
+.settings-nav__link {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: var(--space-1) var(--space-2);
+  border: none;
+  border-left: 2px solid var(--color-border);
+  border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;
+  background: none;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted);
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 0.9375rem;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.settings-nav__link:hover {
+  color: var(--color-text);
+  background: var(--color-bg-subtle);
+}
+
+.settings-nav__link--active {
+  color: var(--color-accent);
+  border-left-color: var(--color-accent);
+  font-weight: var(--font-weight-heading);
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 60rem) {
+  .settings-layout {
+    flex-direction: column;
+  }
+
+  .settings-nav {
+    position: static;
+    width: 100%;
+    overflow-x: auto;
+  }
+
+  .settings-nav ul {
+    flex-direction: row;
+    gap: var(--space-2);
+  }
+
+  .settings-nav__link {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    border-left: none;
+    border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-border);
+    border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;
+  }
+
+  .settings-nav__link--active {
+    border-bottom-color: var(--color-accent);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/de/common.json b/packages/shared/i18n/de/common.json
index 0117fa0..a2bdae7 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/de/common.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/de/common.json
@@ -92,5 +92,8 @@
       "submit": "Teich löschen",
       "deleted": "Teich gelöscht."
     }
+  },
+  "settingsNav": {
+    "label": "Abschnitte"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/de/editor.json b/packages/shared/i18n/de/editor.json
index 379b840..08fe3f6 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/de/editor.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/de/editor.json
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
   },
   "transclusion": {
     "embedded": "Eingebettet: {{title}}",
+    "embeddedBare": "Nahtlos eingebettet: {{title}}",
     "open": "Öffnen"
   },
   "notFound": {
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/de/settings.json b/packages/shared/i18n/de/settings.json
index e441707..a3177a9 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/de/settings.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/de/settings.json
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
     "title": "Profil",
     "displayName": "Anzeigename",
     "locale": "Sprache",
-    "locales": { "de": "Deutsch", "en": "English" },
+    "locales": {
+      "de": "Deutsch",
+      "en": "English"
+    },
     "save": "Speichern",
     "saved": "Gespeichert."
   },
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@
   },
   "admin": {
     "title": "Administration",
+    "general": "Allgemein",
     "instanceName": "Name der Instanz",
     "defaultLocale": "Standardsprache",
     "registrationMode": "Selbst-Registrierung",
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/en/common.json b/packages/shared/i18n/en/common.json
index b9e8576..a552651 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/en/common.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/en/common.json
@@ -92,5 +92,8 @@
       "submit": "Delete pond",
       "deleted": "Pond deleted."
     }
+  },
+  "settingsNav": {
+    "label": "Sections"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/en/editor.json b/packages/shared/i18n/en/editor.json
index 9684ddf..846f907 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/en/editor.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/en/editor.json
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
   },
   "transclusion": {
     "embedded": "Embedded: {{title}}",
+    "embeddedBare": "Embedded seamlessly: {{title}}",
     "open": "Open"
   },
   "notFound": {
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/en/settings.json b/packages/shared/i18n/en/settings.json
index 09c9197..6f0db76 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/en/settings.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/en/settings.json
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
     "title": "Profile",
     "displayName": "Display name",
     "locale": "Language",
-    "locales": { "de": "Deutsch", "en": "English" },
+    "locales": {
+      "de": "Deutsch",
+      "en": "English"
+    },
     "save": "Save",
     "saved": "Saved."
   },
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@
   },
   "admin": {
     "title": "Administration",
+    "general": "General",
     "instanceName": "Instance name",
     "defaultLocale": "Default language",
     "registrationMode": "Self-registration",
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/html.ts b/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/html.ts
index 9f79ec3..28014c1 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/html.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/html.ts
@@ -136,10 +136,12 @@ function renderBlock(node: Node): string {
       // A page embed (#135). The static HTML is a placeholder carrying the
       // target slug; the read view / public renderer expands it server-side to
       // the target page's rendered HTML (permission-checked, recursion limited).
-      // Left un-expanded (here) it degrades to a labelled block.
+      // Left un-expanded (here) it degrades to a labelled block. The `bare`
+      // flag (#146) rides along so the expansion can drop frame + title.
       const slug = escapeHtml(node.attrs.targetSlug as string);
       const display = node.attrs.displayText ? escapeHtml(node.attrs.displayText as string) : slug;
-      return `<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="${slug}">${display}</div>`;
+      const bare = node.attrs.bare ? ' data-transclusion-bare="1"' : '';
+      return `<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="${slug}"${bare}>${display}</div>`;
     }
     case 'code_block':
       return `<pre><code>${escapeHtml(node.textContent)}</code></pre>`;
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/markdown.ts b/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/markdown.ts
index 5bb7565..d2a9a83 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/markdown.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/markdown.ts
@@ -192,14 +192,16 @@ function wikilinkRule(state: StateInline, silent: boolean): boolean {
   return true;
 }
 
-/** A whole line that is only `![[slug]]` / `![[slug|display]]` embeds a page (#135). */
-const TRANSCLUSION_LINE = /^!\[\[([^[\]\n|]+)(?:\|([^[\]\n]+))?\]\]\s*$/;
+/** A whole line that is only `![[slug]]` / `![[slug|display]]` embeds a page
+ * (#135); the `$[[slug]]` prefix embeds without frame or title (#146). */
+const TRANSCLUSION_LINE = /^([!$])\[\[([^[\]\n|]+)(?:\|([^[\]\n]+))?\]\]\s*$/;
 
 /**
  * Block rule for page embeds (issue #135). A line consisting solely of
  * `![[slug]]` becomes a `transclusion` block node; anything else (including
  * `![[x]]` mid-paragraph) is left untouched. Registered before `paragraph` so
- * the lone-embed line is not swallowed as ordinary text.
+ * the lone-embed line is not swallowed as ordinary text. A `$` prefix marks
+ * the embed as `bare` (frameless/titleless, issue #146).
  */
 function transclusionRule(
   state: StateBlock,
@@ -213,9 +215,10 @@ function transclusionRule(
   if (!match) return false;
   if (silent) return true;
   const token = state.push('transclusion', '', 0);
-  token.attrSet('target', match[1]!.trim());
-  const display = match[2]?.trim();
+  token.attrSet('target', match[2]!.trim());
+  const display = match[3]?.trim();
   if (display) token.attrSet('display', display);
+  if (match[1] === '$') token.attrSet('bare', '1');
   token.map = [startLine, startLine + 1];
   state.line = startLine + 1;
   return true;
@@ -349,6 +352,7 @@ const markdownParser = new MarkdownParser(editorSchema, createTokenizer(), {
     getAttrs: (tok) => ({
       targetSlug: tok.attrGet('target') ?? '',
       displayText: tok.attrGet('display') || null,
+      bare: tok.attrGet('bare') === '1',
     }),
   },
   em: { mark: 'italic' },
@@ -477,7 +481,8 @@ const markdownSerializer = new MarkdownSerializer(
     transclusion(state, node) {
       const slug = node.attrs.targetSlug as string;
       const display = node.attrs.displayText as string | null;
-      state.write(display ? `![[${slug}|${display}]]` : `![[${slug}]]`);
+      const prefix = node.attrs.bare ? '$' : '!';
+      state.write(display ? `${prefix}[[${slug}|${display}]]` : `${prefix}[[${slug}]]`);
       state.closeBlock(node);
     },
     hard_break(state, node, parent, index) {
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/schema.ts b/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/schema.ts
index 543cddd..640b5e8 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/schema.ts
@@ -261,13 +261,16 @@ export const editorSchema = new Schema({
     // it to the target page's rendered HTML (permission-checked, recursion
     // limited), while the editor shows a placeholder card. Like `wikilink` it
     // stores slug + optional display text only — live resolution happens where
-    // the pond's pages are known.
+    // the pond's pages are known. The `$[[slug]]` variant (issue #146) sets
+    // `bare`: the expansion drops the frame and title, so the embedded content
+    // reads as part of the host page.
     transclusion: {
       group: 'block',
       atom: true,
       attrs: {
         targetSlug: { validate: 'string' },
         displayText: { default: null },
+        bare: { default: false },
       },
       parseDOM: [
         {
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@ export const editorSchema = new Schema({
           getAttrs: (dom) => ({
             targetSlug: dom.getAttribute('data-transclusion'),
             displayText: dom.getAttribute('data-display') || null,
+            bare: dom.getAttribute('data-transclusion-bare') === '1',
           }),
         },
       ],
@@ -286,6 +290,7 @@ export const editorSchema = new Schema({
           class: 'dt-transclusion',
         };
         if (display) attrs['data-display'] = display;
+        if (node.attrs.bare) attrs['data-transclusion-bare'] = '1';
         return ['div', attrs, display ?? slug];
       },
     },
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/transclusion.test.ts b/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/transclusion.test.ts
index a92e79b..0b023d6 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/transclusion.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/editor-schema/transclusion.test.ts
@@ -48,3 +48,44 @@ describe('page embed / transclusion (issue #135)', () => {
     expect(firstTransclusion(doc)).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe('bare page embed `$[[…]]` (issue #146)', () => {
+  it('parses a lone $[[slug]] line to a bare transclusion and round-trips', () => {
+    const doc = markdownToDoc('Intro\n\n$[[rennrad]]\n\nOutro');
+    const node = firstTransclusion(doc);
+    expect(node).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(node!.attrs.targetSlug).toBe('rennrad');
+    expect(node!.attrs.bare).toBe(true);
+    expect(docToMarkdown(doc)).toContain('$[[rennrad]]');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps `![[…]]` non-bare and round-trips both prefixes side by side', () => {
+    const doc = markdownToDoc('![[dota]]\n\n$[[rennrad]]');
+    const markdown = docToMarkdown(doc);
+    expect(markdown).toContain('![[dota]]');
+    expect(markdown).toContain('$[[rennrad]]');
+    let bares = 0;
+    doc.descendants((node) => {
+      if (node.type.name === 'transclusion' && node.attrs.bare) bares += 1;
+    });
+    expect(bares).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('marks the placeholder div so the server expansion can drop the frame', () => {
+    const html = docToHtml(markdownToDoc('$[[rennrad]]'));
+    expect(html).toContain('data-transclusion="rennrad"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-transclusion-bare="1"');
+    // The framed variant must NOT carry the marker.
+    expect(docToHtml(markdownToDoc('![[rennrad]]'))).not.toContain('data-transclusion-bare');
+  });
+
+  it('registers the bare embed target as an outgoing link too', () => {
+    const doc = markdownToDoc('$[[rennrad]]');
+    expect(extractWikilinkSlugs(doc)).toEqual(['rennrad']);
+  });
+
+  it('does not treat mid-paragraph $[[x]] as a transclusion', () => {
+    const doc = markdownToDoc('costs $[[rennrad]] inline');
+    expect(firstTransclusion(doc)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});