diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
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+import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
+export default defineConfig({
+  testDir: './tests/e2e',
+  timeout: 60_000,
+  retries: 0,
+  workers: 1,
+  reporter: 'list'
+});
diff --git a/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
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+import { test, expect, _electron as electron } from '@playwright/test';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+
+test('inbox shell shows v0.2 empty state', async () => {
+  const app = await electron.launch({
+    args: [resolve('out/main/index.js')],
+    env: { ...process.env, INKLING_DEBUG: '1' }
+  });
+  const inbox = await app.firstWindow();
+  await inbox.waitForLoadState('domcontentloaded');
+  await expect(inbox.getByText('Inkling')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(inbox.getByText('첫 기억을 구출해보세요.')).toBeVisible();
+  await app.close();
+});