diff --git a/crates/stellar-scaffold-cli/src/commands/init/instantiate.rs b/crates/stellar-scaffold-cli/src/commands/init/instantiate.rs
index 354e6515..0976e268 100644
--- a/crates/stellar-scaffold-cli/src/commands/init/instantiate.rs
+++ b/crates/stellar-scaffold-cli/src/commands/init/instantiate.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ const NO_FRONTEND_REMOVALS: &[&str] = &[
     ".prettierignore",
 ];
 
-/// The declared workspaces for the instantiated project. `templates/*` is
-/// replaced by `app`, and the UI monorepo's `e2e/` suite is removed.
-const INSTANTIATED_WORKSPACES: &[&str] = &["app", "app-lib", "app-lib/clients/*"];
+/// The declared workspaces for the instantiated project. `e2e/` is kept (its
+/// self-adapting config targets the single `app/` post-init); `templates/*` is
+/// gone, replaced by `app`.
+const INSTANTIATED_WORKSPACES: &[&str] = &["app", "app-lib", "app-lib/clients/*", "e2e"];
 
 const DENO_CONFIG: &str = "{\n  \"nodeModulesDir\": \"auto\"\n}\n";
 
@@ -126,12 +127,9 @@ pub fn instantiate(root: &Path, framework: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let app = root.join(APP_DIR);
     fs::rename(&selected, &app)?;
     fs::remove_dir_all(&templates)?;
-    let e2e = root.join("e2e");
-    if e2e.is_dir() {
-        fs::remove_dir_all(&e2e)?;
-    }
 
     rewrite_root_workspaces(root)?;
+    prune_e2e_snapshots(root)?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -209,6 +207,25 @@ fn disable_clients_in_env_toml(root: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Remove the committed visual-snapshot baselines from the kept `e2e/` suite.
+/// They are per-framework (e.g. `home-react-darwin.png`); after init only the
+/// single `app/` remains, so the user regenerates their own on first run.
+fn prune_e2e_snapshots(root: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let tests = root.join("e2e").join("tests");
+    if !tests.is_dir() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    for entry in fs::read_dir(&tests)? {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        if entry.file_type()?.is_dir()
+            && entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().ends_with("-snapshots")
+        {
+            fs::remove_dir_all(entry.path())?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Rewrite the `workspaces` field of the root `package.json` to the
 /// instantiated set. Note this might reserialize the JSON, but that's
 /// fine on a newly scaffolded project as long as `git init` happens
@@ -292,7 +309,7 @@ mod tests {
             &root.join("scaffold.yml"),
             "version: 2\n\n# Comment kept\nproject:\n  contracts-dir: contracts\n\ncontracts:\n  guess:\n    type: workspace\n    source: guess\n    networks:\n      local:\n",
         );
-        // The UI monorepo's e2e suite is removed post-init.
+        // e2e is kept post-init; its per-framework snapshot baselines are not.
         write(&root.join("e2e/tests/smoke.spec.ts"), "// smoke");
         write(
             &root.join("e2e/tests/visual.spec.ts-snapshots/home-react-darwin.png"),
@@ -372,28 +389,24 @@ mod tests {
             serde_json::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(root.join("package.json")).unwrap()).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             pkg["workspaces"],
-            serde_json::json!(["app", "app-lib", "app-lib/clients/*"])
+            serde_json::json!(["app", "app-lib", "app-lib/clients/*", "e2e"])
         );
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn instantiate_removes_e2e_suite() {
-        let dir = fixture();
-        let root = dir.path();
-        instantiate(root, "react").unwrap();
-
-        assert!(!root.join("e2e").exists(), "entire e2e/ suite removed");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn instantiate_ok_without_e2e() {
+    fn instantiate_prunes_e2e_snapshots_but_keeps_specs() {
         let dir = fixture();
         let root = dir.path();
-        fs::remove_dir_all(root.join("e2e")).unwrap();
-
         instantiate(root, "react").unwrap();
 
-        assert!(root.join("app/index.html").exists(), "app/ created");
+        assert!(
+            !root.join("e2e/tests/visual.spec.ts-snapshots").exists(),
+            "stale per-framework snapshots removed"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            root.join("e2e/tests/smoke.spec.ts").exists(),
+            "e2e specs kept"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -540,7 +553,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(yaml.contains("- \"app\""));
         assert!(yaml.contains("- \"app-lib\""));
         assert!(yaml.contains("- \"app-lib/clients/*\""));
-        assert!(!yaml.contains("e2e"));
 
         let config = fs::read_to_string(root.join("scaffold.yml")).unwrap();
         assert!(config.contains("  contracts-dir: contracts\n  package-manager: pnpm@1.2.3\n"));