diff --git a/webui/static/enrichment-manager.js b/webui/static/enrichment-manager.js
index 94b35299..b1ccfe60 100644
--- a/webui/static/enrichment-manager.js
+++ b/webui/static/enrichment-manager.js
@@ -349,14 +349,16 @@ function _emRailSubText(status) {
 function renderEnrichmentRail() {
     const rail = document.getElementById('em-rail');
     if (!rail) return;
-    rail.innerHTML = ENRICHMENT_WORKERS.map(w => {
+    rail.innerHTML = ENRICHMENT_WORKERS.map((w, i) => {
         const status = enrichmentManagerState.statuses[w.id];
         const info = _emStatusInfo(status);
         const pct = _emOverallPct(status);
         const cov = pct == null ? '' : `
                     <span class="em-rail-cov"><span class="em-rail-cov-fill" style="width:${pct}%"></span></span>`;
+        const accent = _emHexToRgb(w.color);
         return `
             <button class="em-worker-row" id="em-row-${w.id}"
+                    style="--i:${i};--row-accent:${accent}"
                     onclick="selectEnrichmentWorker('${w.id}')">
                 ${_emIconHtml(w.id)}
                 <span class="em-worker-meta">
diff --git a/webui/static/style.css b/webui/static/style.css
index 575ce2c9..cea5ca67 100644
--- a/webui/static/style.css
+++ b/webui/static/style.css
@@ -65165,10 +65165,37 @@ body.em-scroll-lock { overflow: hidden; }
 .em-overlay { transition: opacity 0.22s ease, backdrop-filter 0.22s ease; }
 .em-overlay.em-closing { opacity: 0; }
 @keyframes em-pop-in {
-    from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(14px) scale(0.97); }
+    from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(34px) scale(0.9); }
     to   { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0) scale(1); }
 }
-.em-in { animation: em-pop-in 0.28s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) both; }
+/* Springy rise (same easing the worker orbs reveal with) + grows from the
+   bottom, toward the Manage Workers button it launched from. */
+.em-in { animation: em-pop-in 0.42s cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.56, 0.64, 1) both; transform-origin: center bottom; }
+
+/* The worker rail assembles like the orbs expanding: each chip springs in
+   (scale 0.4→1, same orb easing), staggered, with a brief pulse of its own
+   brand colour — so opening the modal mirrors the orb motion AND walks your eye
+   across every worker + its live state as they land. */
+@keyframes em-rail-reveal {
+    0%   { opacity: 0; transform: translateX(-14px) scale(0.4); }
+    55%  { opacity: 1; }
+    100% { opacity: 1; transform: translateX(0) scale(1); box-shadow: none; }
+}
+@keyframes em-rail-glow {
+    0%, 100% { box-shadow: none; }
+    45%      { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--row-accent, 120,120,120), 0.6), 0 0 16px rgba(var(--row-accent, 120,120,120), 0.45); }
+}
+.em-in .em-worker-row {
+    animation:
+        em-rail-reveal 0.46s cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.56, 0.64, 1) both,
+        em-rail-glow 0.7s ease-out both;
+    /* modal settles first (~0.14s), then workers cascade in */
+    animation-delay: calc(0.14s + var(--i, 0) * 0.05s);
+}
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+    .em-in { animation-duration: 0.2s; }
+    .em-in .em-worker-row { animation: none; }
+}
 .em-overlay.em-closing .enrichment-manager-modal { transform: scale(0.98); opacity: 0; transition: all 0.16s ease; }
 .enrichment-manager-modal:focus { outline: none; }