diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cb6e630..a084e03 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "activationEvents": [
         "onView:fallout.build",
         "onView:fallout.buildExplorer",
+        "onView:fallout.deployment",
         "workspaceContains:**/.fallout/temp/build-graph.json",
         "workspaceContains:**/.nuke/temp/build-graph.json"
     ],
@@ -52,6 +53,12 @@
                     "name": "Build",
                     "icon": "media/fallout.svg",
                     "contextualTitle": "Fallout"
+                },
+                {
+                    "id": "fallout.deployment",
+                    "name": "Deployment",
+                    "icon": "media/fallout.svg",
+                    "contextualTitle": "Fallout"
                 }
             ],
             "explorer": [
@@ -72,6 +79,10 @@
             {
                 "view": "fallout.buildExplorer",
                 "contents": "No Fallout build graph found in this workspace.\nRun the build once to generate `build-graph.json`, then refresh.\n[Plan build (dry run)](command:fallout.planTarget)"
+            },
+            {
+                "view": "fallout.deployment",
+                "contents": "No deployment graph yet.\nThe continuous-delivery model (channels → environments → targets) is emitted by a later Fallout build (ADR-0009). This view lights up once the framework writes a `deployment-graph.json`."
             }
         ],
         "commands": [
@@ -115,7 +126,7 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "command": "fallout.refreshTargets",
-                    "when": "view == fallout.build || view == fallout.buildExplorer",
+                    "when": "view == fallout.build || view == fallout.buildExplorer || view == fallout.deployment",
                     "group": "navigation@2"
                 }
             ],
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 93b4f51..f802055 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,21 @@ class FalloutTargetsProvider implements vscode.TreeDataProvider<TargetItem> {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Placeholder for the Deployment view. The continuous-delivery graph (channels →
+ * environments → targets, ADR-0009) is not emitted by the framework yet, so this
+ * returns nothing and the view shows its welcome content. It becomes real once the
+ * build writes a deployment-graph.json.
+ */
+class DeploymentProvider implements vscode.TreeDataProvider<vscode.TreeItem> {
+    getTreeItem(element: vscode.TreeItem): vscode.TreeItem {
+        return element;
+    }
+    getChildren(): vscode.ProviderResult<vscode.TreeItem[]> {
+        return [];
+    }
+}
+
 function runInTerminal(root: string, args: string): void {
     const existing = vscode.window.terminals.find(t => t.name === 'Fallout');
     const terminal = existing ?? vscode.window.createTerminal({ name: 'Fallout', cwd: root });
@@ -145,6 +160,7 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
         // mirrored Explorer dock — one graph, two homes; refresh() updates both.
         vscode.window.registerTreeDataProvider('fallout.build', provider),
         vscode.window.registerTreeDataProvider('fallout.buildExplorer', provider),
+        vscode.window.registerTreeDataProvider('fallout.deployment', new DeploymentProvider()),
         watcher,
         vscode.commands.registerCommand('fallout.refreshTargets', refreshAll),
         vscode.commands.registerCommand('fallout.runTarget', (item?: TargetItem) => {