diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/chat/integrations/page.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/chat/integrations/page.tsx
index f85dd591199..452c7918bf6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/chat/integrations/page.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/chat/integrations/page.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Suspense, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { useChatShell } from "@/contexts/ChatShellContext";
 import MCPAppsPanel from "@/components/chat/MCPAppsPanel";
+import ConnectFlowBanner from "@/components/chat/ConnectFlowBanner";
 
 // useSearchParams() requires a Suspense boundary for static export.
 function IntegrationsPageContent() {
@@ -11,6 +12,13 @@ function IntegrationsPageContent() {
   const router = useRouter();
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
   const oauthReturn = searchParams.get("mcpOauthReturn");
+  // Set by the gateway DCR authorize when a DCR client sends the user here to
+  // authorize servers before finishing sign-in (see gateway_dcr_flow.py). The
+  // handle keys the sealed per-flow cookie; connect_client is the client origin
+  // for display only. connect_flow is NOT cleaned from the URL: the finish form
+  // needs it, and the sealed cookie (not the URL) is the security boundary.
+  const connectFlow = searchParams.get("connect_flow");
+  const connectClient = searchParams.get("connect_client");
 
   // Clean up the OAuth return param after it's been consumed — real routing means
   // we no longer need it to pick a tab, but it should not linger in the address bar.
@@ -24,6 +32,7 @@ function IntegrationsPageContent() {
 
   return (
     <div className="flex-1 min-h-0 overflow-auto w-full py-8 px-8">
+      {connectFlow && <ConnectFlowBanner flowHandle={connectFlow} clientOrigin={connectClient} />}
       <MCPAppsPanel accessToken={accessToken} selectedServers={selectedMCPServers} onChange={setSelectedMCPServers} />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat/ConnectFlowBanner.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat/ConnectFlowBanner.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..188ba00becb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat/ConnectFlowBanner.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import ConnectFlowBanner from "./ConnectFlowBanner";
+
+vi.mock("@/components/networking", () => ({
+  getProxyBaseUrl: () => "https://gateway.example.com",
+}));
+
+describe("ConnectFlowBanner", () => {
+  it("posts the flow handle to the proxy /authorize/complete as a full-page form", () => {
+    const { container } = render(<ConnectFlowBanner flowHandle="flow-handle-123" clientOrigin="https://claude.ai" />);
+
+    const form = container.querySelector("form")!;
+    expect(form.getAttribute("method")).toBe("POST");
+    expect(form.getAttribute("action")).toBe("https://gateway.example.com/authorize/complete");
+
+    const hidden = form.querySelector('input[name="flow"]') as HTMLInputElement;
+    expect(hidden.value).toBe("flow-handle-123");
+    // No token, code, or secret is ever placed in the form; the sealed cookie carries them.
+    expect(form.innerHTML).not.toContain("token");
+  });
+
+  it("shows the client origin so the user knows what they are connecting to", () => {
+    render(<ConnectFlowBanner flowHandle="h" clientOrigin="https://claude.ai" />);
+    expect(screen.getAllByText(/claude\.ai/).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /finish connecting/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to a generic label when the client origin is unknown", () => {
+    render(<ConnectFlowBanner flowHandle="h" clientOrigin={null} />);
+    expect(screen.getAllByText(/the application/).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat/ConnectFlowBanner.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat/ConnectFlowBanner.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4728b540c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/chat/ConnectFlowBanner.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"use client";
+
+import React from "react";
+import { CheckCircle } from "lucide-react";
+import { getProxyBaseUrl } from "@/components/networking";
+
+interface Props {
+  flowHandle: string;
+  clientOrigin: string | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The interlude shown when a DCR client (Claude Desktop, MCP Inspector) sends the user
+ * through the gateway sign-in and lands them on the apps grid to authorize servers. The
+ * grid below authorizes individual servers into the per-user vault; this banner is the
+ * deliberate finish step.
+ *
+ * "Finish connecting" is a native form POST to the proxy's /authorize/complete, not a
+ * fetch: the endpoint 303-redirects the browser back to the DCR client's own redirect URI
+ * with the gateway authorization code, and only a full-page navigation carries the
+ * HttpOnly per-flow cookie and follows that cross-origin redirect. The flow handle is the
+ * only field; the sealed flow cookie set at /authorize holds everything else.
+ */
+const ConnectFlowBanner: React.FC<Props> = ({ flowHandle, clientOrigin }) => {
+  const action = `${getProxyBaseUrl()}/authorize/complete`;
+  const clientLabel = clientOrigin ?? "the application";
+
+  return (
+    <div className="mb-6 rounded-lg border border-primary/30 bg-primary/5 px-5 py-4">
+      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4 flex-wrap">
+        <div className="flex items-start gap-3 min-w-0">
+          <CheckCircle className="h-5 w-5 text-primary shrink-0 mt-0.5" />
+          <div className="min-w-0">
+            <p className="text-sm font-semibold text-foreground">Connect your MCP servers to {clientLabel}</p>
+            <p className="text-[13px] text-muted-foreground mt-0.5">
+              Authorize the servers you want to use below. When you are ready, finish connecting and you will be
+              returned to {clientLabel}.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <form method="POST" action={action} className="shrink-0">
+          <input type="hidden" name="flow" value={flowHandle} />
+          <button
+            type="submit"
+            className="h-[38px] rounded-md bg-primary px-4 text-sm font-semibold text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/90"
+          >
+            Finish connecting
+          </button>
+        </form>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default ConnectFlowBanner;