diff --git a/assets/js/admin.js b/assets/js/admin.js
index c200bd5..a9b5032 100644
--- a/assets/js/admin.js
+++ b/assets/js/admin.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function updateCards(form){
     });
 }
 
-/* ---- Collapsible categories + per-card minimize (keeps the Tools tab light) ---- */
+/* ---- Collapsible categories + per-card minimize. Default EXPANDED; collapse is opt-in. ---- */
 var LSKEY='asktamMcpCatCollapsed';
 function loadState(){try{return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(LSKEY)||'{}')||{};}catch(e){return {};}}
 function saveState(m){try{localStorage.setItem(LSKEY,JSON.stringify(m));}catch(e){}}
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ function saveState(m){try{localStorage.setItem(LSKEY,JSON.stringify(m));}catch(e
 function initCollapsibleTools(){
     var form=document.getElementById('asktam-mcp-tools-form');
     if(!form)return;
-    var firstVisit=!localStorage.getItem(LSKEY);
     var state=loadState();
     var cats=form.querySelectorAll('.asktam-mcp-category');
 
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@ function initCollapsibleTools(){
             caret.textContent='▾';
             header.insertBefore(caret,header.firstChild);
         }
-        // Default: collapsed (keeps the page from rendering hundreds of cards at once)
-        var collapsed=(id in state)?!!state[id]:true;
+        // Default EXPANDED; only collapse if the user previously collapsed this category.
+        var collapsed=(id in state)?!!state[id]:false;
         cat.classList.toggle('is-collapsed',collapsed);
         if(header && !header.dataset.collBound){
             header.dataset.collBound='1';
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ function initCollapsibleTools(){
             });
         }
     });
-    if(firstVisit){cats.forEach(function(cat){state[cat.getAttribute('data-category')||'']=true;});saveState(state);}
 
     // Per-card minimize (hides description + slug for that one tool)
     form.querySelectorAll('.asktam-mcp-tool-card').forEach(function(card){