diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7a9878..890f403 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The project is intentionally dependency-light: Swift Package Manager, AppKit, Ca
 - SQLite persistence with bounded history, pinned-item retention, and encrypted app-managed payloads
 - Search with independent token matching, structured filters such as `app:Safari`, `type:image`, `date:2026-06-30`, and optional local OCR for copied images
 - Sort modes for recent, most used, images, links, text, files, audio, and pinned items
-- Custom named collections for organizing clips from the card context menu or by dragging cards onto collection chips
+- Custom named collections for organizing clips from the card Collect control, context menu, or by dragging cards onto collection chips
 - Copy and paste actions with Accessibility permission fallback
 - Image thumbnail cache with byte and file-count pruning
 - Configurable history length, cache limit, polling profile, ignored apps, content kinds, launch-at-login, Dock/menu-bar presence, and clear-on-quit behavior, with card-level capture rules for ignoring a source app or content type
diff --git a/docs/SMOKE_TEST.md b/docs/SMOKE_TEST.md
index 3f0c952..fbd2561 100644
--- a/docs/SMOKE_TEST.md
+++ b/docs/SMOKE_TEST.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Use this checklist before a release or after changes to panel, pasteboard, setti
 5. Press `Esc` again and confirm the panel closes.
 6. Reopen the panel, change sort segments, and confirm each segment updates results.
 7. Right-click a card, choose Add to Collection > New Collection..., enter `Client Work`, and confirm a Client Work chip appears with the item count.
-8. Right-click another card and confirm Add to Collection offers Client Work as a reusable destination.
+8. Select another card and confirm its Collect button offers Client Work as a reusable destination.
 9. Select the Client Work chip and confirm the rail filters to assigned items; quit and reopen ClipBored and confirm the assignment persists.
 10. Double-click an item and confirm it attempts to paste or falls back to copy without creating a duplicate history entry.
 11. Right-click a card, use Capture Rules to ignore its source app, copy from that app again, and confirm the new item is skipped.
diff --git a/sources/clipbored/views/ClipboardPanelView.swift b/sources/clipbored/views/ClipboardPanelView.swift
index 56dc599..4a9635c 100644
--- a/sources/clipbored/views/ClipboardPanelView.swift
+++ b/sources/clipbored/views/ClipboardPanelView.swift
@@ -1134,6 +1134,10 @@ final class ClipboardPanelView: NSVisualEffectView, NSSearchFieldDelegate {
     cardViews.first?.debugCollectionMenuTitles ?? []
   }
 
+  var debugFirstCardCollectActionMenuTitles: [String] {
+    cardViews.first?.debugCollectActionMenuTitles ?? []
+  }
+
   var debugFirstCardCaptureRuleMenuTitles: [String] {
     cardViews.first?.debugCaptureRuleMenuTitles ?? []
   }
@@ -1788,6 +1792,10 @@ private final class ClipboardItemCardView: NSView, NSDraggingSource {
     return collectionMenu.items.map { $0.isSeparatorItem ? "-" : $0.title }
   }
 
+  var debugCollectActionMenuTitles: [String] {
+    collectionAssignmentMenu().items.map { $0.isSeparatorItem ? "-" : $0.title }
+  }
+
   var debugCaptureRuleMenuTitles: [String] {
     guard let rulesMenu = contextMenu().items.first(where: { $0.title == "Capture Rules" })?.submenu else {
       return []
@@ -1859,6 +1867,12 @@ private final class ClipboardItemCardView: NSView, NSDraggingSource {
 
   private func addCollectionMenu(to menu: NSMenu) {
     let parent = NSMenuItem(title: "Add to Collection", action: nil, keyEquivalent: "")
+    let submenu = collectionAssignmentMenu()
+    menu.addItem(parent)
+    menu.setSubmenu(submenu, for: parent)
+  }
+
+  private func collectionAssignmentMenu() -> NSMenu {
     let submenu = NSMenu(title: "Add to Collection")
     submenu.autoenablesItems = false
 
@@ -1884,8 +1898,7 @@ private final class ClipboardItemCardView: NSView, NSDraggingSource {
       submenu.addItem(remove)
     }
 
-    menu.addItem(parent)
-    menu.setSubmenu(submenu, for: parent)
+    return submenu
   }
 
   private func addCaptureRulesMenu(to menu: NSMenu) {
@@ -2017,6 +2030,7 @@ private final class ClipboardItemCardView: NSView, NSDraggingSource {
       cardActionButton("doc.on.doc", toolTip: "Copy", action: #selector(copyFromMenu)),
       cardActionButton(itemIsPinned ? "pin.slash" : "pin", toolTip: pinTitle, action: #selector(togglePinFromMenu))
     ]
+    actionRailButtons.append(cardActionButton("plus", toolTip: "Collect", action: #selector(showCollectionMenuFromAction(_:))))
     actionRailButtons.append(cardActionButton("square.stack.3d.up", toolTip: itemIsStacked ? "Remove from Stack" : "Add to Stack", action: #selector(toggleStackFromMenu)))
     if canEditText {
       actionRailButtons.append(cardActionButton("pencil", toolTip: "Edit", action: #selector(editTextFromMenu)))
@@ -2062,12 +2076,18 @@ private final class ClipboardItemCardView: NSView, NSDraggingSource {
     button.wantsLayer = true
     let size = isPrimary ? layout.primaryActionButtonSize : layout.actionButtonSize
     button.layer?.cornerRadius = size / 2
-    button.layer?.backgroundColor = isPrimary
-      ? NSColor.controlAccentColor.cgColor
-      : NSColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.08).cgColor
-    button.contentTintColor = isPrimary
-      ? .white
-      : (toolTip == "Delete" ? NSColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.48) : NSColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.78))
+    if isPrimary {
+      button.layer?.backgroundColor = NSColor.controlAccentColor.cgColor
+      button.contentTintColor = .white
+    } else if toolTip == "Collect" {
+      button.layer?.backgroundColor = NSColor.systemGreen.withAlphaComponent(0.88).cgColor
+      button.contentTintColor = .white
+    } else {
+      button.layer?.backgroundColor = NSColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.08).cgColor
+      button.contentTintColor = toolTip == "Delete"
+        ? NSColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.48)
+        : NSColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.78)
+    }
     button.toolTip = toolTip
     button.setAccessibilityLabel(toolTip)
     button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
@@ -2138,6 +2158,11 @@ private final class ClipboardItemCardView: NSView, NSDraggingSource {
     onTogglePin(index)
   }
 
+  @objc private func showCollectionMenuFromAction(_ sender: NSButton) {
+    let menu = collectionAssignmentMenu()
+    menu.popUp(positioning: nil, at: NSPoint(x: 0, y: sender.bounds.maxY + 4), in: sender)
+  }
+
   @objc private func assignToCollectionFromMenu(_ sender: NSMenuItem) {
     guard let name = sender.representedObject as? String else { return }
     onAssignCollection(index, name)
diff --git a/tests/clipboredtests/ClipboardPanelViewTests.swift b/tests/clipboredtests/ClipboardPanelViewTests.swift
index a3f1d97..0c41188 100644
--- a/tests/clipboredtests/ClipboardPanelViewTests.swift
+++ b/tests/clipboredtests/ClipboardPanelViewTests.swift
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ final class ClipboardPanelViewTests: XCTestCase {
     fixture.store.upsert(makeTextItem("Plain text", store: fixture.store))
     drainMainQueue()
 
-    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionLabels, ["Paste", "Copy", "Pin", "Add to Stack", "Edit", "Delete"])
-    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionRailWidth, 182)
+    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionLabels, ["Paste", "Copy", "Pin", "Collect", "Add to Stack", "Edit", "Delete"])
+    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionRailWidth, 210)
     XCTAssertFalse(fixture.view.debugFirstCardFooterDetailIsHidden)
     XCTAssertTrue(fixture.view.debugFirstCardHeaderBadgeIsHidden)
 
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ final class ClipboardPanelViewTests: XCTestCase {
 
     fixture.viewModel.selectFirstItem()
     XCTAssertEqual(fixture.viewModel.visibleItems.first?.kind, .file)
-    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionLabels, ["Paste", "Copy", "Pin", "Add to Stack", "Preview", "Open", "Reveal", "Delete"])
-    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionRailWidth, 238)
+    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionLabels, ["Paste", "Copy", "Pin", "Collect", "Add to Stack", "Preview", "Open", "Reveal", "Delete"])
+    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionRailWidth, 266)
     XCTAssertFalse(fixture.view.debugFirstCardFooterDetailIsHidden)
     XCTAssertTrue(fixture.view.debugFirstCardHeaderBadgeIsHidden)
   }
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@ final class ClipboardPanelViewTests: XCTestCase {
       fixture.view.debugFirstCardCollectionMenuTitles,
       ["Useful Links", "Important Notes", "Code Snippets", "Read Later", "-", "New Collection..."]
     )
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      fixture.view.debugFirstCardCollectActionMenuTitles,
+      ["Useful Links", "Important Notes", "Code Snippets", "Read Later", "-", "New Collection..."]
+    )
     XCTAssertEqual(
       fixture.view.debugFirstCardCaptureRuleMenuTitles,
       ["Ignore Ghostty", "Ignore Text Items"]
@@ -433,7 +437,7 @@ final class ClipboardPanelViewTests: XCTestCase {
       fixture.view.debugFirstCardMenuTitles,
       ["Paste", "Copy", "Remove from Stack", "Paste Stack Next", "Copy Stack Next", "Clear Stack", "Edit", "Pin", "Add to Collection", "Capture Rules", "-", "Open", "Reveal in Finder", "-", "Delete"]
     )
-    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionLabels, ["Paste", "Copy", "Pin", "Remove from Stack", "Edit", "Delete"])
+    XCTAssertEqual(fixture.view.debugFirstCardVisibleActionLabels, ["Paste", "Copy", "Pin", "Collect", "Remove from Stack", "Edit", "Delete"])
   }
 
   func testStackChipAppearsFiltersAndClearsWithStack() {
@@ -485,6 +489,10 @@ final class ClipboardPanelViewTests: XCTestCase {
       fixture.view.debugFirstCardCollectionMenuTitles,
       ["Useful Links", "Important Notes", "Code Snippets", "Read Later", "Client Work", "-", "New Collection..."]
     )
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      fixture.view.debugFirstCardCollectActionMenuTitles,
+      ["Useful Links", "Important Notes", "Code Snippets", "Read Later", "Client Work", "-", "New Collection..."]
+    )
   }
 
   func testBottomSafeInsetIsAppliedToPanelContent() {