diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 1f5d1b0..3e185f8 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ peertube:
   public_url: https://stream.echo6.co  # Public URL for video links
   fetch_timeout: 30                     # HTTP timeout for API/VTT requests
   rate_limit_delay: 0.5                 # Delay between video ingestions (seconds)
+  poll_interval: 1800                    # Seconds between PeerTube acquisition polls (30 min)
 
 # Stream B: New Library Pipeline
 new_pipeline:
@@ -436,5 +437,6 @@ pipeline:
     pdf: pdf_processor
     stream: transcript_processor
     html: html_processor
+    text: text_processor
   # mtime stability threshold for picking up files from acquired/
   mtime_stability_seconds: 10
diff --git a/lib/acquisition/__init__.py b/lib/acquisition/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/lib/acquisition/peertube.py b/lib/acquisition/peertube.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43b9a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/acquisition/peertube.py
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+"""
+RECON PeerTube Acquisition Module
+
+Polls PeerTube for new video transcripts and writes them as flat file pairs
+into data/acquired/stream/ for the dispatcher to pick up.
+
+Does NOT touch the database — that's transcript_processor's job.
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import time
+
+from lib.peertube_scraper import get_videos, get_captions, fetch_vtt, vtt_to_text, _get_pt_config
+from lib.utils import content_hash, get_config, setup_logging
+
+logger = setup_logging("recon.acquisition.peertube")
+
+
+def _build_known_sets(db):
+    """Build sets of known UUIDs and titles from catalogue.
+
+    Queries catalogue once per batch for dedup against both cohorts:
+    - URL-path rows: extract UUID from https://stream.echo6.co/w/{uuid}
+    - Library-path rows: extract title from filename column
+    """
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT path, filename FROM catalogue WHERE source = 'stream.echo6.co'"
+    ).fetchall()
+    known_uuids = set()
+    known_titles = set()
+    for row in rows:
+        path = row['path'] or ''
+        if '/w/' in path:
+            known_uuids.add(path.rsplit('/w/', 1)[-1])
+        fname = row['filename'] or ''
+        if fname.endswith('.txt'):
+            known_titles.add(fname[:-4])
+        else:
+            known_titles.add(fname)
+    return known_uuids, known_titles
+
+
+def list_new_videos(db, config=None):
+    """Find PeerTube videos with captions not yet in catalogue.
+
+    Returns list of (video_dict, caption_path) tuples for videos that have
+    captions and are not in the known UUID or title sets.
+    """
+    if config is None:
+        config = get_config()
+    ptc = _get_pt_config(config)
+    rate_delay = ptc.get('rate_limit_delay', 0.5)
+
+    known_uuids, known_titles = _build_known_sets(db)
+
+    videos = get_videos(config=config)
+    new_videos = []
+    checked = 0
+
+    for video in videos:
+        if video['uuid'] in known_uuids:
+            continue
+        if video['name'] in known_titles:
+            continue
+
+        # Rate limit caption API calls
+        if checked > 0:
+            time.sleep(rate_delay)
+        checked += 1
+
+        try:
+            captions = get_captions(video['uuid'], config)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("[peertube] Failed to get captions for %s: %s",
+                           video['uuid'][:8], e)
+            continue
+
+        if not captions:
+            continue
+
+        # Prefer English caption
+        caption_path = None
+        for c in captions:
+            if c.get('language', {}).get('id') == 'en':
+                caption_path = c['captionPath']
+                break
+        if caption_path is None:
+            caption_path = captions[0]['captionPath']
+
+        new_videos.append((video, caption_path))
+
+    return new_videos
+
+
+def acquire_one(video, caption_path, config=None):
+    """Fetch transcript and write to hopper as flat files.
+
+    Returns hash string on success, None on skip/error.
+    Does NOT touch the database — that's transcript_processor's job.
+    """
+    if config is None:
+        config = get_config()
+    ptc = _get_pt_config(config)
+
+    pipeline_cfg = config.get('pipeline', {})
+    hopper_dir = os.path.join(
+        pipeline_cfg.get('acquired_root', '/opt/recon/data/acquired'),
+        'stream'
+    )
+    os.makedirs(hopper_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    uuid = video['uuid']
+
+    # Fetch and convert VTT
+    vtt_content = fetch_vtt(caption_path, config)
+    text, cue_timestamps = vtt_to_text(vtt_content)
+
+    if not text or len(text.strip()) < 50:
+        logger.debug("[peertube] Transcript too short for %s (%s): %d chars",
+                     video['name'], uuid, len(text) if text else 0)
+        return None
+
+    # Write text to temp file, hash it, then rename to final name
+    tmp_txt = os.path.join(hopper_dir, f'{uuid}.txt.tmp')
+    with open(tmp_txt, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(text)
+
+    file_hash = content_hash(tmp_txt)
+
+    # Check if final file already exists (race condition guard)
+    final_txt = os.path.join(hopper_dir, f'{file_hash}.txt')
+    final_meta = os.path.join(hopper_dir, f'{file_hash}.meta.json')
+    if os.path.exists(final_txt):
+        os.remove(tmp_txt)
+        logger.debug("[peertube] Hopper file already exists: %s", file_hash[:8])
+        return None
+
+    # Build sidecar metadata
+    video_url = f"{ptc['public_url']}/w/{uuid}"
+    meta = {
+        'title': video['name'],
+        'source_url': video_url,
+        'url': video_url,
+        'source': 'stream.echo6.co',
+        'source_type': 'transcript',
+        'category': 'Transcript',
+        'channel': video.get('channel_display', ''),
+        'duration': video.get('duration', 0),
+        'uuid': uuid,
+        'cue_timestamps': cue_timestamps,
+    }
+
+    # Write meta to tmp, then rename both atomically
+    # Meta first, then content — dispatcher only picks up when content file exists
+    tmp_meta = os.path.join(hopper_dir, f'{file_hash}.meta.json.tmp')
+    with open(tmp_meta, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        json.dump(meta, f, indent=2)
+
+    os.rename(tmp_meta, final_meta)
+    os.rename(tmp_txt, final_txt)
+
+    logger.info("[peertube] Acquired: %s (%s) -> %s",
+                video['name'], uuid[:8], file_hash[:12])
+    return file_hash
+
+
+def acquire_batch(db, config=None):
+    """One-shot: find new videos and acquire them.
+
+    Returns dict: {'acquired': N, 'skipped': N, 'errors': N}
+    """
+    if config is None:
+        config = get_config()
+    ptc = _get_pt_config(config)
+    rate_delay = ptc.get('rate_limit_delay', 0.5)
+
+    result = {'acquired': 0, 'skipped': 0, 'errors': 0}
+
+    try:
+        new_videos = list_new_videos(db, config)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("[peertube] Failed to list new videos: %s", e, exc_info=True)
+        result['errors'] = 1
+        return result
+
+    if not new_videos:
+        logger.debug("[peertube] No new videos found")
+        return result
+
+    logger.info("[peertube] Found %d new videos to acquire", len(new_videos))
+
+    for i, (video, caption_path) in enumerate(new_videos):
+        if i > 0:
+            time.sleep(rate_delay)
+        try:
+            file_hash = acquire_one(video, caption_path, config)
+            if file_hash:
+                result['acquired'] += 1
+            else:
+                result['skipped'] += 1
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("[peertube] Error acquiring %s (%s): %s",
+                         video['name'], video['uuid'][:8], e, exc_info=True)
+            result['errors'] += 1
+
+    return result
+
+
+def acquisition_loop(stop_event, db, config, interval=1800):
+    """Service loop: poll PeerTube for new transcripts every interval seconds."""
+    logger.info("[peertube] Acquisition loop started (interval: %ds)", interval)
+    while not stop_event.is_set():
+        try:
+            result = acquire_batch(db, config)
+            if result['acquired']:
+                logger.info("[peertube] Acquired %d new transcripts (%d skipped, %d errors)",
+                            result['acquired'], result['skipped'], result['errors'])
+            else:
+                logger.debug("[peertube] No new transcripts")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("[peertube] Error: %s", e, exc_info=True)
+        stop_event.wait(interval)
+    logger.info("[peertube] Acquisition loop stopped")
diff --git a/lib/api.py b/lib/api.py
index 4ceab68..757ebf4 100644
--- a/lib/api.py
+++ b/lib/api.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ API endpoints for all pipeline operations including crawl, ingest, and search.
 Dependencies: Flask, qdrant-client, requests
 Config: web, vector_db, embedding sections of config.yaml
 """
+import glob
 import json
 import threading
 import os
@@ -77,25 +78,20 @@ def _format_source_citation(payload):
     return book
 
 
-def _resolve_upload_path(category, config):
-    """Resolve the target directory for an upload given a category name."""
-    upload_paths = config.get('upload_paths', {})
-    library_root = config['library_root']
+ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = {'.pdf', '.txt', '.epub', '.doc', '.docx', '.mobi'}
 
-    if category in upload_paths:
-        return upload_paths[category]
-
-    default_path = upload_paths.get('default', library_root)
-    safe_category = secure_filename(category) if category else ''
-    if safe_category:
-        return os.path.join(default_path, safe_category)
-    return default_path
+HOPPER_ROUTING = {
+    '.pdf':  '/opt/recon/data/acquired/pdf/',
+    '.txt':  '/opt/recon/data/acquired/text/',
+    '.epub': '/opt/recon/data/acquired/pdf/',
+    '.doc':  '/opt/recon/data/acquired/pdf/',
+    '.docx': '/opt/recon/data/acquired/pdf/',
+    '.mobi': '/opt/recon/data/acquired/pdf/',
+}
 
 
-def _process_upload(filepath, original_filename, category, config, db):
-    """Process a single PDF upload: hash, dedup, copy to library, catalogue, queue."""
-    library_root = config['library_root']
-
+def _process_upload(filepath, original_filename, ext, category, config, db):
+    """Process an upload: hash, dedup, drop into hopper for dispatcher pickup."""
     file_hash = content_hash(filepath)
 
     conn = db._get_conn()
@@ -103,34 +99,39 @@ def _process_upload(filepath, original_filename, category, config, db):
     if existing:
         raise ValueError(f"Duplicate: file already catalogued as {existing['filename']}")
 
-    target_dir = _resolve_upload_path(category, config)
-    os.makedirs(target_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    # Also check if already sitting in a hopper dir awaiting dispatch
+    for hopper in HOPPER_ROUTING.values():
+        if any(os.path.exists(os.path.join(hopper, file_hash + e)) for e in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS):
+            raise ValueError("Duplicate: file already queued for processing")
 
-    safe_name = secure_filename(original_filename)
-    if not safe_name:
-        safe_name = f"{file_hash}.pdf"
-    target_path = os.path.join(target_dir, safe_name)
+    hopper_dir = HOPPER_ROUTING.get(ext, '/opt/recon/data/acquired/pdf/')
+    os.makedirs(hopper_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
-    if os.path.exists(target_path):
-        base, ext = os.path.splitext(safe_name)
-        target_path = os.path.join(target_dir, f"{base}_{file_hash[:8]}{ext}")
+    target_path = os.path.join(hopper_dir, file_hash + ext)
+    meta_path = os.path.join(hopper_dir, file_hash + '.meta.json')
+
+    stem = os.path.splitext(original_filename)[0]
+    sidecar = {
+        'title': stem,
+        'source': 'dashboard_upload',
+        'source_type': ext.lstrip('.'),
+        'category': category,
+        'original_filename': original_filename,
+    }
+
+    # Write sidecar first (with .tmp safety), then content
+    tmp_meta = meta_path + '.tmp'
+    with open(tmp_meta, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        json.dump(sidecar, f, indent=2)
+    os.rename(tmp_meta, meta_path)
 
     shutil.copy2(filepath, target_path)
-    size = os.path.getsize(target_path)
-
-    source, derived_category = derive_source_and_category(target_path, library_root)
-
-    db.add_to_catalogue(file_hash, safe_name, target_path, size, source, derived_category)
-    db.queue_document(file_hash)
 
     return {
         'hash': file_hash,
-        'filename': safe_name,
-        'category': derived_category,
-        'source': source,
-        'path': target_path,
-        'size_bytes': size,
-        'status': 'queued'
+        'filename': original_filename,
+        'source_type': ext.lstrip('.'),
+        'status': 'queued',
     }
 
 
@@ -346,22 +347,23 @@ def api_upload():
     if not file.filename:
         return jsonify({'error': 'No file selected'}), 400
 
-    if not file.filename.lower().endswith('.pdf'):
-        return jsonify({'error': 'Only PDF files are accepted'}), 400
+    ext = os.path.splitext(file.filename)[1].lower()
+    if ext not in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS:
+        return jsonify({'error': f'Unsupported file type: {ext}'}), 400
 
     category = request.form.get('category', '').strip()
 
     config = get_config()
     db = StatusDB()
 
-    tmp_fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.pdf')
+    tmp_fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=ext)
     try:
         file.save(tmp_path)
 
         if os.path.getsize(tmp_path) == 0:
             return jsonify({'error': 'Uploaded file is empty'}), 400
 
-        result = _process_upload(tmp_path, file.filename, category, config, db)
+        result = _process_upload(tmp_path, file.filename, ext, category, config, db)
         return jsonify(result), 201
 
     except ValueError as e:
@@ -390,6 +392,28 @@ def api_upload_status(doc_hash):
                 'filename': cat['filename'],
                 'status': cat['status'],
             })
+
+        # Check hopper dirs for files awaiting dispatcher pickup
+        for hopper in ('/opt/recon/data/acquired/pdf/', '/opt/recon/data/acquired/text/'):
+            if glob.glob(os.path.join(hopper, doc_hash + '.*')):
+                return jsonify({
+                    'hash': doc_hash,
+                    'status': 'pending',
+                    'message': 'Waiting for dispatcher',
+                })
+
+        # Check processing dir
+        proc_dir = os.path.join(
+            config.get('pipeline', {}).get('processing_root', '/opt/recon/data/processing'),
+            doc_hash,
+        )
+        if os.path.isdir(proc_dir):
+            return jsonify({
+                'hash': doc_hash,
+                'status': 'processing',
+                'message': 'Being processed',
+            })
+
         return jsonify({'error': 'Document not found'}), 404
 
     result = {
@@ -882,7 +906,11 @@ def _build_knowledge_stats():
     sources = conn.execute("""
         SELECT
             c.source,
-            CASE WHEN c.path LIKE 'http%' THEN 'web' ELSE 'pdf' END as type,
+            CASE
+              WHEN c.source = 'stream.echo6.co' THEN 'transcript'
+              WHEN c.path LIKE 'http%' THEN 'web'
+              ELSE 'pdf'
+            END as type,
             COUNT(DISTINCT c.hash) as catalogued,
             COUNT(DISTINCT CASE WHEN d.status = 'complete' THEN d.hash END) as complete,
             COUNT(DISTINCT CASE WHEN d.status NOT IN ('complete', 'failed') AND d.status IS NOT NULL THEN d.hash END) as in_pipeline,
@@ -935,11 +963,17 @@ def _build_knowledge_stats():
     """).fetchone()[0]
 
     recent = conn.execute("""
-        SELECT book_title, status, concepts_extracted, vectors_inserted,
-               CASE WHEN path LIKE 'http%' THEN 'web' ELSE 'pdf' END as type
-        FROM documents
-        WHERE status = 'complete'
-        ORDER BY embedded_at DESC
+        SELECT COALESCE(d.book_title, c.filename) as title,
+               d.status, d.concepts_extracted, d.vectors_inserted,
+               CASE
+                 WHEN c.source = 'stream.echo6.co' THEN 'transcript'
+                 WHEN d.path LIKE 'http%' THEN 'web'
+                 ELSE 'pdf'
+               END as type
+        FROM documents d
+        JOIN catalogue c ON d.hash = c.hash
+        WHERE d.status = 'complete'
+        ORDER BY d.embedded_at DESC
         LIMIT 10
     """).fetchall()
 
@@ -979,7 +1013,7 @@ def _build_knowledge_stats():
         'source_types': dict(sorted(source_type_counts.items(), key=lambda x: -x[1])),
         'sample_size': sample_size,
         'recent_complete': [{
-            'title': r['book_title'] or 'Untitled',
+            'title': r['title'] or 'Untitled',
             'concepts': r['concepts_extracted'] or 0,
             'vectors': r['vectors_inserted'] or 0,
             'type': r['type'],
diff --git a/lib/crawler.py b/lib/crawler.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a37a0b9..0000000
--- a/lib/crawler.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,432 +0,0 @@
-"""
-RECON Site Crawler — URL discovery for bulk web ingestion.
-
-Two discovery strategies:
-1. Sitemap-based (preferred) — parses sitemap.xml for all URLs
-2. Link-following (fallback) — crawls from root URL following internal links
-
-Discovered URLs are fed into web_scraper.ingest_url() for processing.
-"""
-
-import re
-import time
-from collections import deque
-from urllib.parse import urlparse, urljoin, urldefrag
-
-import requests
-from lxml import etree
-
-from .utils import get_config, setup_logging
-
-logger = setup_logging('recon.crawler')
-
-
-def _get_crawler_config(config=None):
-    """Load crawler config with defaults."""
-    if config is None:
-        config = get_config()
-    crawler_cfg = config.get('crawler', {})
-    web_cfg = config.get('web_scraper', {})
-    return {
-        'user_agent': (
-            crawler_cfg.get('user_agent') or
-            web_cfg.get('user_agent') or
-            'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; RECON/1.0)'
-        ),
-        'fetch_timeout': crawler_cfg.get('fetch_timeout', 30),
-        'rate_limit_delay': crawler_cfg.get('rate_limit_delay', 1.0),
-        'max_pages': crawler_cfg.get('max_pages', 500),
-        'max_depth': crawler_cfg.get('max_depth', 3),
-        'default_exclude': crawler_cfg.get('default_exclude', [
-            '/search', '/404', '/login', '/signup', '/auth/', '/api/', '/assets/', '/static/'
-        ]),
-    }
-
-
-# ─── Sitemap Discovery ─────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-def discover_sitemap_url(base_url, config=None):
-    """
-    Find the sitemap URL for a site.
-
-    Checks: robots.txt Sitemap: directive, /sitemap.xml,
-    /sitemap_index.xml, /sitemap-0.xml.
-
-    Returns sitemap URL or None.
-    """
-    cfg = _get_crawler_config(config)
-    headers = {'User-Agent': cfg['user_agent']}
-    parsed = urlparse(base_url)
-    root = f"{parsed.scheme}://{parsed.netloc}"
-
-    # Check robots.txt first
-    try:
-        resp = requests.get(
-            f"{root}/robots.txt",
-            headers=headers,
-            timeout=cfg['fetch_timeout']
-        )
-        if resp.status_code == 200:
-            for line in resp.text.splitlines():
-                if line.strip().lower().startswith('sitemap:'):
-                    sitemap_url = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
-                    # Handle "Sitemap: https://..." — split(':',1) keeps the URL intact
-                    # but "Sitemap: https://..." splits into "Sitemap" and " https://..."
-                    # Need to rejoin properly
-                    if not sitemap_url.startswith('http'):
-                        sitemap_url = line[line.index(':') + 1:].strip()
-                    logger.info(f"Found sitemap in robots.txt: {sitemap_url}")
-                    return sitemap_url
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug(f"robots.txt fetch failed: {e}")
-
-    # Try common sitemap locations
-    candidates = [
-        f"{root}/sitemap.xml",
-        f"{root}/sitemap_index.xml",
-        f"{root}/sitemap-0.xml",
-    ]
-
-    for url in candidates:
-        try:
-            resp = requests.head(
-                url,
-                headers=headers,
-                timeout=cfg['fetch_timeout'],
-                allow_redirects=True
-            )
-            if resp.status_code == 200:
-                logger.info(f"Found sitemap at: {url}")
-                return url
-        except Exception:
-            continue
-
-    logger.warning(f"No sitemap found for {base_url}")
-    return None
-
-
-def parse_sitemap(sitemap_url, config=None):
-    """
-    Parse a sitemap XML and return all page URLs.
-
-    Handles standard sitemaps (<urlset>) and sitemap indexes
-    (<sitemapindex>) with recursive sub-sitemap fetching.
-    """
-    cfg = _get_crawler_config(config)
-    headers = {'User-Agent': cfg['user_agent']}
-    all_urls = []
-
-    def _fetch_and_parse(url, depth=0):
-        if depth > 3:
-            return
-
-        try:
-            resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=cfg['fetch_timeout'])
-            resp.raise_for_status()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Failed to fetch sitemap {url}: {e}")
-            return
-
-        try:
-            root = etree.fromstring(resp.content)
-        except etree.XMLSyntaxError as e:
-            logger.error(f"Invalid XML in sitemap {url}: {e}")
-            return
-
-        nsmap = {'ns': 'http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9'}
-
-        # Check if this is a sitemap index
-        sitemap_locs = root.findall('.//ns:sitemap/ns:loc', nsmap)
-        if sitemap_locs:
-            logger.info(f"Sitemap index at {url} — {len(sitemap_locs)} sub-sitemaps")
-            for loc in sitemap_locs:
-                if loc.text:
-                    _fetch_and_parse(loc.text.strip(), depth + 1)
-            return
-
-        # Standard sitemap — extract URLs
-        url_locs = root.findall('.//ns:loc', nsmap)
-
-        # Fallback: try without namespace
-        if not url_locs:
-            url_locs = root.findall('.//loc')
-
-        for loc in url_locs:
-            if loc.text:
-                all_urls.append(loc.text.strip())
-
-        logger.info(f"Parsed {len(url_locs)} URLs from {url}")
-
-    _fetch_and_parse(sitemap_url)
-
-    # Deduplicate preserving order
-    seen = set()
-    unique = []
-    for url in all_urls:
-        url_clean = urldefrag(url)[0]
-        if url_clean not in seen:
-            seen.add(url_clean)
-            unique.append(url_clean)
-
-    logger.info(f"Total unique URLs from sitemap: {len(unique)}")
-    return unique
-
-
-# ─── Link-Following Discovery (Fallback) ───────────────────────────
-
-def crawl_links(base_url, max_depth=3, max_pages=500, config=None):
-    """
-    Discover URLs by following internal links (BFS).
-    Fallback when no sitemap is available.
-    """
-    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-
-    cfg = _get_crawler_config(config)
-    headers = {'User-Agent': cfg['user_agent']}
-
-    parsed_base = urlparse(base_url)
-    base_domain = parsed_base.netloc
-
-    discovered = []
-    visited = set()
-    queue = deque([(base_url, 0)])
-
-    skip_extensions = (
-        '.pdf', '.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif', '.svg',
-        '.css', '.js', '.zip', '.tar', '.gz', '.mp4', '.mp3',
-        '.ico', '.woff', '.woff2', '.ttf', '.eot',
-    )
-    skip_paths = (
-        '/tag/', '/tags/', '/page/', '/feed/', '/rss/',
-        '/wp-json/', '/wp-admin/', '/wp-includes/',
-    )
-
-    while queue and len(discovered) < max_pages:
-        url, depth = queue.popleft()
-        url = urldefrag(url)[0]
-
-        if url in visited:
-            continue
-        if depth > max_depth:
-            continue
-
-        visited.add(url)
-        discovered.append(url)
-
-        if depth >= max_depth:
-            continue
-
-        try:
-            resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=cfg['fetch_timeout'])
-            if resp.status_code != 200:
-                continue
-            if 'text/html' not in resp.headers.get('content-type', ''):
-                continue
-        except Exception:
-            continue
-
-        try:
-            soup = BeautifulSoup(resp.text, 'lxml')
-        except Exception:
-            continue
-
-        for a_tag in soup.find_all('a', href=True):
-            href = a_tag['href']
-            full_url = urljoin(url, href)
-            full_url = urldefrag(full_url)[0]
-
-            parsed = urlparse(full_url)
-            if parsed.netloc != base_domain:
-                continue
-            if any(parsed.path.lower().endswith(ext) for ext in skip_extensions):
-                continue
-            if any(skip in parsed.path.lower() for skip in skip_paths):
-                continue
-
-            if full_url not in visited:
-                queue.append((full_url, depth + 1))
-
-        time.sleep(cfg['rate_limit_delay'])
-
-    logger.info(f"Link crawl: {len(discovered)} URLs (visited {len(visited)}, depth {max_depth})")
-    return discovered
-
-
-# ─── URL Filtering ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-def filter_urls(urls, include=None, exclude=None):
-    """
-    Filter URLs by path prefix include/exclude rules.
-
-    include: URL must match at least one prefix (if provided)
-    exclude: URL must not match any prefix
-    """
-    filtered = []
-
-    for url in urls:
-        path = urlparse(url).path
-
-        if include:
-            if not any(path.startswith(prefix) for prefix in include):
-                continue
-
-        if exclude:
-            if any(path.startswith(prefix) for prefix in exclude):
-                continue
-
-        filtered.append(url)
-
-    logger.info(f"Filtered {len(urls)} -> {len(filtered)} URLs "
-                f"(include={include}, exclude={exclude})")
-    return filtered
-
-
-# ─── Main Crawl Orchestrator ────────────────────────────────────────
-
-def crawl_site(
-    base_url,
-    category='Web',
-    source=None,
-    include=None,
-    exclude=None,
-    max_pages=None,
-    max_depth=None,
-    delay=None,
-    dry_run=False,
-    use_sitemap=True,
-    use_links=True,
-    config=None,
-):
-    """
-    Crawl a site and ingest all discovered pages.
-
-    1. Discover URLs via sitemap or link-following
-    2. Apply include/exclude filters
-    3. Feed each URL through web_scraper.ingest_url()
-
-    Returns summary dict with counts and per-URL results.
-    """
-    if config is None:
-        config = get_config()
-    cfg = _get_crawler_config(config)
-
-    if max_pages is None:
-        max_pages = cfg['max_pages']
-    if max_depth is None:
-        max_depth = cfg['max_depth']
-    if delay is None:
-        delay = cfg['rate_limit_delay']
-    if source is None:
-        source = urlparse(base_url).netloc
-
-    logger.info(f"Crawling {base_url} (category={category}, max_pages={max_pages})")
-
-    # ── Phase 1: Discover URLs ──
-
-    urls = []
-    discovery_method = None
-
-    if use_sitemap:
-        sitemap_url = discover_sitemap_url(base_url, config)
-        if sitemap_url:
-            urls = parse_sitemap(sitemap_url, config)
-            discovery_method = 'sitemap'
-
-    if not urls and use_links:
-        logger.info("No sitemap URLs, falling back to link crawl...")
-        urls = crawl_links(base_url, max_depth=max_depth, max_pages=max_pages, config=config)
-        discovery_method = 'link_crawl'
-
-    if not urls:
-        logger.warning(f"No URLs discovered for {base_url}")
-        return {
-            'site': base_url,
-            'discovery_method': None,
-            'urls_discovered': 0,
-            'urls_after_filter': 0,
-            'results': [],
-            'summary': {'total': 0, 'succeeded': 0, 'duplicates': 0, 'failed': 0},
-        }
-
-    # ── Phase 2: Filter URLs ──
-
-    all_exclude = list(cfg['default_exclude'])
-    if exclude:
-        all_exclude.extend(exclude)
-
-    urls = filter_urls(urls, include=include, exclude=all_exclude)
-
-    if len(urls) > max_pages:
-        logger.info(f"Limiting to {max_pages} pages (discovered {len(urls)})")
-        urls = urls[:max_pages]
-
-    logger.info(f"After filtering: {len(urls)} URLs to process")
-
-    # ── Dry run ──
-
-    if dry_run:
-        return {
-            'site': base_url,
-            'discovery_method': discovery_method,
-            'dry_run': True,
-            'urls_discovered': len(urls),
-            'urls': urls,
-        }
-
-    # ── Phase 3: Ingest each URL ──
-
-    from .web_scraper import ingest_url
-
-    results = []
-    total = len(urls)
-
-    for i, url in enumerate(urls, 1):
-        logger.info(f"[{i}/{total}] Ingesting: {url}")
-
-        try:
-            result = ingest_url(url, category=category, source=source, config=config)
-            result['url'] = url
-            results.append(result)
-
-            status = result.get('status', 'unknown')
-            title = result.get('title', '')
-            if status == 'duplicate':
-                logger.info(f"  DUPLICATE: {title}")
-            else:
-                logger.info(f"  OK: {title} ({result.get('page_count', 0)} pages)")
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"  FAILED: {url} -- {e}")
-            results.append({
-                'url': url,
-                'status': 'failed',
-                'error': str(e),
-            })
-
-        if i < total and delay > 0:
-            time.sleep(delay)
-
-    # ── Summary ──
-
-    succeeded = sum(1 for r in results if r.get('status') not in ('failed', 'duplicate'))
-    duplicates = sum(1 for r in results if r.get('status') == 'duplicate')
-    failed = sum(1 for r in results if r.get('status') == 'failed')
-
-    summary = {
-        'total': len(results),
-        'succeeded': succeeded,
-        'duplicates': duplicates,
-        'failed': failed,
-    }
-
-    logger.info(f"Crawl complete: {succeeded} new, {duplicates} duplicates, {failed} failed out of {total}")
-
-    return {
-        'site': base_url,
-        'domain': urlparse(base_url).netloc,
-        'category': category,
-        'discovery_method': discovery_method,
-        'urls_discovered': total,
-        'results': results,
-        'summary': summary,
-    }
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher.py b/lib/dispatcher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7294ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dispatcher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+"""
+RECON Dispatcher
+
+Watches configured acquired/<subfolder>/ directories for content+sidecar pairs
+that have been stable (mtime unchanged) for the configured threshold, then
+hands them to the appropriate processor's pre_flight().
+
+Phase 3: importable one-shot dispatcher. Service-loop integration in Phase 5.
+Phase 4: sidecar is optional (PDFs may arrive without .meta.json).
+Phase 6f-2: format normalizer converts non-standard formats to PDF before dispatch.
+"""
+import importlib
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+import time
+
+from .utils import get_config
+from .status import StatusDB
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("recon.dispatcher")
+
+# Content file extensions recognized by the dispatcher
+CONTENT_EXTENSIONS = {'.txt', '.vtt', '.html', '.pdf'}
+
+# Non-standard formats that can be converted to PDF before dispatch
+CONVERTIBLE_EXTENSIONS = {'.epub', '.mobi', '.doc', '.docx'}
+
+
+def _load_processor(processor_name):
+    """Dynamically import a processor module from lib.processors."""
+    module_path = f"lib.processors.{processor_name}"
+    try:
+        return importlib.import_module(module_path)
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        logger.debug("Processor module not found: %s (not yet implemented)", processor_name)
+        return None
+    except ImportError as e:
+        logger.error("Failed to import processor %s: %s", processor_name, e)
+        return None
+
+
+def _normalize_formats(subfolder_path):
+    """Convert non-standard document formats to PDF before dispatch.
+
+    Walks the subfolder for files with convertible extensions (.epub, .mobi,
+    .doc, .docx). Converts each to PDF using the appropriate tool, then
+    deletes the original.
+
+    Returns count of files converted.
+    """
+    if not os.path.isdir(subfolder_path):
+        return 0
+
+    converted = 0
+
+    for fname in sorted(os.listdir(subfolder_path)):
+        stem, ext = os.path.splitext(fname)
+        if ext.lower() not in CONVERTIBLE_EXTENSIONS:
+            continue
+
+        source = os.path.join(subfolder_path, fname)
+        target = os.path.join(subfolder_path, stem + '.pdf')
+
+        if os.path.exists(target):
+            logger.debug("Target PDF already exists, skipping: %s", fname)
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            if ext.lower() in ('.epub', '.mobi'):
+                subprocess.run(
+                    ['ebook-convert', source, target],
+                    capture_output=True, check=True, timeout=300,
+                )
+            elif ext.lower() in ('.doc', '.docx'):
+                subprocess.run(
+                    ['libreoffice', '--headless', '--convert-to', 'pdf',
+                     '--outdir', subfolder_path, source],
+                    capture_output=True, check=True, timeout=300,
+                )
+
+            if os.path.isfile(target) and os.path.getsize(target) > 0:
+                os.remove(source)
+                converted += 1
+                logger.info("Converted %s -> %s.pdf", fname, stem)
+            else:
+                logger.warning("Conversion produced no output: %s", fname)
+
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            logger.error("Conversion timed out: %s", fname)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            logger.error("Conversion failed for %s: %s", fname,
+                         e.stderr.decode(errors='replace')[:200] if e.stderr else str(e))
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Unexpected error converting %s: %s", fname, e)
+
+    return converted
+
+
+def _find_pairs(subfolder_path):
+    """Find content files (with optional sidecar) in a subfolder.
+
+    A pair is:
+      <basename>.<ext>       — content file
+      <basename>.meta.json   — optional sidecar
+
+    Returns list of (content_path, meta_path_or_None, basename) tuples.
+    """
+    if not os.path.isdir(subfolder_path):
+        return []
+
+    files = set(os.listdir(subfolder_path))
+    pairs = []
+    seen_basenames = set()
+
+    # First pass: find .meta.json files and their matching content
+    for fname in sorted(files):
+        if fname.endswith('.meta.json'):
+            basename = fname[:-len('.meta.json')]
+            for ext in sorted(CONTENT_EXTENSIONS):
+                content_name = basename + ext
+                if content_name in files:
+                    pairs.append((
+                        os.path.join(subfolder_path, content_name),
+                        os.path.join(subfolder_path, fname),
+                        basename,
+                    ))
+                    seen_basenames.add(content_name)
+                    break
+
+    # Second pass: find solo content files (no sidecar)
+    for fname in sorted(files):
+        if fname in seen_basenames:
+            continue
+        _stem, ext = os.path.splitext(fname)
+        if ext.lower() in CONTENT_EXTENSIONS and not fname.endswith('.meta.json'):
+            pairs.append((
+                os.path.join(subfolder_path, fname),
+                None,
+                _stem,
+            ))
+
+    return pairs
+
+
+def _is_stable(filepath, stability_seconds):
+    """Check if a file's mtime is older than stability_seconds ago."""
+    try:
+        mtime = os.path.getmtime(filepath)
+        return (time.time() - mtime) >= stability_seconds
+    except OSError:
+        return False
+
+
+def dispatch_once():
+    """One-shot dispatch: scan all configured acquired/ subfolders once.
+
+    Returns list of result dicts from processor pre_flight calls.
+    """
+    config = get_config()
+    pipeline_cfg = config.get('pipeline', {})
+    acquired_root = pipeline_cfg.get('acquired_root', '/opt/recon/data/acquired')
+    dispatch_map = pipeline_cfg.get('dispatch', {})
+    stability_seconds = pipeline_cfg.get('mtime_stability_seconds', 10)
+
+    db = StatusDB(config['paths']['db'])
+    results = []
+
+    for subfolder_name, processor_name in dispatch_map.items():
+        subfolder_path = os.path.join(acquired_root, subfolder_name)
+
+        processor = _load_processor(processor_name)
+        if processor is None:
+            continue
+
+        if not hasattr(processor, 'pre_flight'):
+            logger.error("Processor %s has no pre_flight function", processor_name)
+            continue
+
+        # Convert non-standard formats to PDF before scanning for pairs
+        _normalize_formats(subfolder_path)
+
+        pairs = _find_pairs(subfolder_path)
+        if not pairs:
+            continue
+
+        for content_path, meta_path, basename in pairs:
+            # Content file must be stable; sidecar too if present
+            if not _is_stable(content_path, stability_seconds):
+                logger.debug("File %s not yet stable, skipping", basename)
+                continue
+            if meta_path and not _is_stable(meta_path, stability_seconds):
+                logger.debug("Sidecar for %s not yet stable, skipping", basename)
+                continue
+
+            logger.info("Dispatching %s/%s to %s", subfolder_name, basename, processor_name)
+            try:
+                result = processor.pre_flight(content_path, meta_path, db, config)
+                results.append(result)
+                logger.info("Result for %s: %s", basename, result.get('action', 'unknown'))
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error("Processor %s crashed on %s: %s", processor_name, basename, e)
+                results.append({
+                    'action': 'error',
+                    'error': str(e),
+                    'basename': basename,
+                })
+
+    return results
+
+
+def dispatch_loop(stop_event, db, config, interval=30):
+    """Run dispatch_once() on a loop until stop_event is set.
+
+    Designed to run as a service thread. Never raises to the caller.
+    """
+    logger.info("[dispatcher] Loop started (interval: %ds)", interval)
+
+    while not stop_event.is_set():
+        try:
+            results = dispatch_once()
+            if results:
+                actions = {}
+                for r in results:
+                    a = r.get('action', 'unknown')
+                    actions[a] = actions.get(a, 0) + 1
+                logger.info("[dispatcher] Dispatched %d items: %s",
+                            len(results),
+                            ", ".join(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in sorted(actions.items())))
+            else:
+                logger.debug("[dispatcher] No items to dispatch")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("[dispatcher] Error in dispatch_once: %s", e, exc_info=True)
+
+        stop_event.wait(interval)
+
+    logger.info("[dispatcher] Loop stopped")
diff --git a/lib/embedder.py b/lib/embedder.py
index b4ed162..35fcb58 100644
--- a/lib/embedder.py
+++ b/lib/embedder.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from qdrant_client.models import PointStruct, SparseVector
 
 from .utils import get_config, concept_id, generate_download_url, setup_logging
 from .status import StatusDB
+from .utils import resolve_text_dir
 
 logger = setup_logging('recon.embedder')
 
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ def embed_single(file_hash, db, config):
         source_type = 'web' if is_web else 'document'
 
         # Check meta.json for explicit source_type (e.g. 'transcript')
-        text_dir = os.path.join(config['paths']['text'], file_hash)
+        text_dir = resolve_text_dir(file_hash, config, db)
         meta_path = os.path.join(text_dir, 'meta.json')
         page_timestamps = {}
         if os.path.exists(meta_path):
diff --git a/lib/enricher.py b/lib/enricher.py
index fe18d06..d9540aa 100644
--- a/lib/enricher.py
+++ b/lib/enricher.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import google.generativeai as genai
 
 from .utils import get_config, setup_logging
 from .status import StatusDB
+from .utils import resolve_text_dir
 
 logger = setup_logging('recon.enricher')
 
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ def enrich_single(file_hash, db, config, key_rotator):
     if not doc:
         return False
 
-    text_dir = os.path.join(config['paths']['text'], file_hash)
+    text_dir = resolve_text_dir(file_hash, config, db)
     concepts_dir = os.path.join(config['paths']['concepts'], file_hash)
     window_size = config['processing']['enrich_window_size']
     delay = config['processing']['rate_limit_delay']
diff --git a/lib/filing.py b/lib/filing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc8ff00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/filing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+"""
+RECON shared filing logic.
+
+Provides file_processed_item() — the shared function that any processor
+can call to file a completed item from /opt/recon/data/processing/{hash}/
+into /mnt/library/Domain/Subdomain/{canonical_name}.{ext}.
+
+The function:
+  1. Reads dominant domain from concept JSONs (existing logic)
+  2. Derives canonical name (level 1, escalating to 2/3/4 only on collision)
+  3. Moves the source file from processing/ to library/Domain/Subdomain/
+  4. Updates catalogue + documents + Qdrant payloads atomically
+  5. Marks organized
+
+This function does NOT extract, enrich, or embed. Those are upstream stages.
+This function does NOT touch the legacy organize_document() — that stays in place
+until cutover (Phase 5).
+
+Phase 2: function exists, is tested in isolation. Not yet called by anything
+in the service loop.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import os
+import shutil
+
+from .organizer import determine_dominant_domain, _build_target_path
+from .new_pipeline import update_qdrant_payload
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("recon.filing")
+
+
+def file_processed_item(doc_hash, source_file_path, db, config, dry_run=False):
+    """File a completed item into the library.
+
+    Args:
+        doc_hash: Document hash
+        source_file_path: Current absolute path to the source file
+            (typically in /opt/recon/data/processing/{hash}/ or current library path)
+        db: StatusDB instance
+        config: RECON config dict
+        dry_run: If True, plan but don't move
+
+    Returns:
+        dict with keys:
+            hash, action, source_path, target_path,
+            domain, subdomain, qdrant_points_updated, error
+    """
+    result = {
+        "hash": doc_hash,
+        "action": "skip",
+        "source_path": source_file_path,
+        "target_path": None,
+        "domain": None,
+        "subdomain": None,
+        "qdrant_points_updated": 0,
+        "error": None,
+    }
+
+    # Verify source file exists
+    if not os.path.exists(source_file_path):
+        result["action"] = "error"
+        result["error"] = f"Source file not found: {source_file_path}"
+        return result
+
+    # Determine domain from existing concept JSONs
+    data_dir = config["paths"]["data"]
+    domain, subdomain, confidence = determine_dominant_domain(doc_hash, data_dir)
+    result["domain"] = domain
+    result["subdomain"] = subdomain
+
+    if domain is None:
+        result["action"] = "skip_unclassified"
+        return result
+
+    # Get the original filename from catalogue
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT filename FROM catalogue WHERE hash = ?", (doc_hash,)
+    ).fetchone()
+    if not row:
+        result["action"] = "error"
+        result["error"] = f"Hash not in catalogue: {doc_hash}"
+        return result
+
+    original_filename = row["filename"]
+
+    # Build target path using existing collision-handling logic
+    library_root = config["library_root"]
+    target_path, sanitized_name = _build_target_path(
+        library_root, domain, subdomain, original_filename, doc_hash
+    )
+
+    if target_path is None:
+        result["action"] = "skip_unclassified"
+        return result
+
+    # Fix 1.1: Preserve the source file's actual extension instead of
+    # the default .pdf that sanitize_filename() may have applied
+    source_ext = os.path.splitext(source_file_path)[1].lower()
+    if source_ext:
+        target_stem, _old_ext = os.path.splitext(target_path)
+        target_path = target_stem + source_ext
+        san_stem, _old_ext = os.path.splitext(sanitized_name)
+        sanitized_name = san_stem + source_ext
+
+    result["target_path"] = target_path
+
+    # If already at target (idempotency), just mark organized
+    if os.path.abspath(source_file_path) == os.path.abspath(target_path):
+        result["action"] = "skip_already_filed"
+        if not dry_run:
+            db.mark_organized(doc_hash)
+        return result
+
+    if dry_run:
+        result["action"] = "would_file"
+        return result
+
+    # Move the file
+    try:
+        target_dir = os.path.dirname(target_path)
+        os.makedirs(target_dir, exist_ok=True)
+        shutil.move(source_file_path, target_path)
+    except Exception as e:
+        result["action"] = "error"
+        result["error"] = f"Move failed: {e}"
+        logger.error("Move failed for %s: %s", doc_hash[:8], e)
+        return result
+
+    # Update DB and Qdrant
+    try:
+        db.update_catalogue_path(doc_hash, target_path, sanitized_name)
+        db.sync_document_path(doc_hash, target_path, sanitized_name)
+        db.mark_organized(doc_hash)
+
+        # Update Qdrant payloads (download_url, filename, original_filename)
+        points = update_qdrant_payload(
+            doc_hash, target_path, sanitized_name, original_filename, config
+        )
+        result["qdrant_points_updated"] = points
+
+        result["action"] = "filed"
+        logger.info(
+            "Filed %s -> %s [%s/%s, %d vectors]",
+            doc_hash[:8],
+            target_path,
+            domain,
+            subdomain,
+            points,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        # File was moved but DB update failed — log the dangerous state
+        result["action"] = "error"
+        result["error"] = f"DB/Qdrant update failed after move: {e}"
+        logger.error("DB/Qdrant update failed for %s: %s", doc_hash[:8], e)
+
+    return result
+
+
+def filing_worker_loop(stop_event, db, config, interval=30):
+    """Run filing on items ready to be filed until stop_event is set.
+
+    Watches for documents with status='complete', organized_at IS NULL,
+    and path in /opt/recon/data/processing/. Files them to library.
+
+    Designed to run as a service thread. Never raises to the caller.
+    """
+    logger.info("[filing] Worker started (interval: %ds)", interval)
+
+    while not stop_event.is_set():
+        try:
+            conn = db._get_conn()
+            rows = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT hash, path FROM documents "
+                "WHERE status = 'complete' "
+                "AND organized_at IS NULL "
+                "AND path LIKE '/opt/recon/data/processing/%' "
+                "LIMIT 50"
+            ).fetchall()
+
+            if rows:
+                filed = 0
+                skipped = 0
+                errors = 0
+                for row in rows:
+                    if stop_event.is_set():
+                        break
+                    try:
+                        result = file_processed_item(row['hash'], row['path'], db, config)
+                        action = result.get('action', 'unknown')
+                        if action == 'filed':
+                            filed += 1
+                        elif action.startswith('skip'):
+                            skipped += 1
+                        elif action == 'error':
+                            errors += 1
+                            logger.warning("[filing] Error filing %s: %s",
+                                           row['hash'][:8], result.get('error', 'unknown'))
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        errors += 1
+                        logger.error("[filing] Exception filing %s: %s",
+                                     row['hash'][:8], e, exc_info=True)
+
+                logger.info("[filing] Batch: %d filed, %d skipped, %d errors",
+                            filed, skipped, errors)
+            else:
+                logger.debug("[filing] No items ready to file")
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("[filing] Error in filing worker: %s", e, exc_info=True)
+
+        stop_event.wait(interval)
+
+    logger.info("[filing] Worker stopped")
diff --git a/lib/processors/__init__.py b/lib/processors/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/lib/processors/pdf_processor.py b/lib/processors/pdf_processor.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/lib/processors/pdf_processor.py
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+"""
+RECON PDF Processor
+
+Handles pre_flight for PDF content arriving in acquired/pdf/.
+Opens the PDF, extracts layered metadata (PDF dict + filename + Gemini),
+votes on fields, checks level-4 dedupe, runs full text extraction,
+and registers in the database.
+
+Metadata sources:
+  A. PDF info dictionary (PyPDF2 reader.metadata)
+  B. Filename parsing (clean_filename_to_title + regex patterns)
+  C. Gemini LLM on first 3 pages of extracted text
+
+Voting: if 2+ sources agree on a field, use that value.
+Otherwise priority: C (Gemini) > A (PDF dict) > B (filename).
+
+Level-4 dedupe: requires ALL FOUR fields (title, author, edition, year)
+present and matching an existing document. Very conservative — only
+catches near-certain duplicates.
+
+Failure modes:
+  - Transient (Gemini API): retry 3x with backoff, then continue without
+  - Content (unreadable PDF): move to _review/rejected_pdfs/
+  - Level-4 duplicate: move to _review/duplicate_quarantine/
+
+Phase 4: first implementation.
+"""
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import time
+
+import google.generativeai as genai
+from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
+
+from lib.extractor import extract_text_from_page
+from lib.utils import content_hash, clean_filename_to_title, sanitize_filename
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("recon.processors.pdf")
+
+# Maximum retries for transient (API) failures
+MAX_TRANSIENT_RETRIES = 3
+TRANSIENT_BACKOFF_SECONDS = 30
+
+
+# ── Metadata Extraction Sources ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _extract_pdf_dict(reader):
+    """Source A: Extract metadata from PDF's built-in info dictionary.
+
+    Returns dict with keys: title, author, edition, year (any may be None).
+    """
+    result = {'title': None, 'author': None, 'edition': None, 'year': None}
+
+    try:
+        info = reader.metadata
+        if not info:
+            return result
+    except Exception:
+        return result
+
+    # Title
+    title = None
+    try:
+        title = info.get('/Title') or info.title
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    if title and isinstance(title, str) and len(title.strip()) > 2:
+        result['title'] = title.strip()
+
+    # Author
+    author = None
+    try:
+        author = info.get('/Author') or info.author
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    if author and isinstance(author, str) and len(author.strip()) > 1:
+        result['author'] = author.strip()
+
+    # Year from CreationDate or ModDate
+    for date_key in ('/CreationDate', '/ModDate'):
+        try:
+            date_val = info.get(date_key)
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+        if date_val and isinstance(date_val, str):
+            match = re.search(r'(?:D:)?(\d{4})', date_val)
+            if match:
+                year = int(match.group(1))
+                if 1800 <= year <= 2030:
+                    result['year'] = str(year)
+                    break
+
+    # Edition from Subject or Title
+    for field_val in [info.get('/Subject'), title]:
+        if field_val and isinstance(field_val, str):
+            ed_match = re.search(
+                r'(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?\s*(?:edition|ed\.?)',
+                field_val, re.IGNORECASE
+            )
+            if ed_match:
+                result['edition'] = ed_match.group(0).strip()
+                break
+
+    return result
+
+
+def _extract_filename_metadata(filename):
+    """Source B: Extract metadata by parsing the filename.
+
+    Returns dict with keys: title, author, edition, year (any may be None).
+    """
+    result = {'title': None, 'author': None, 'edition': None, 'year': None}
+
+    stem = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
+
+    # Title from filename (using existing utility)
+    result['title'] = clean_filename_to_title(filename)
+
+    # Year: look for (YYYY) or [YYYY] or _YYYY_ or standalone YYYY near boundaries
+    year_match = re.search(r'[\(\[_\s]((?:19|20)\d{2})[\)\]_\s.]', stem)
+    if year_match:
+        result['year'] = year_match.group(1)
+
+    # Edition: look for Nth Edition, Edition N, etc.
+    ed_match = re.search(
+        r'(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?\s*(?:edition|ed\.?)',
+        stem, re.IGNORECASE
+    )
+    if ed_match:
+        result['edition'] = ed_match.group(0).strip()
+
+    # Author: look for "by Author Name" pattern
+    by_match = re.search(r'\bby\s+([A-Z][a-z]+(?:\s+[A-Z][a-z]+)*)', stem)
+    if by_match:
+        result['author'] = by_match.group(1).strip()
+
+    return result
+
+
+def _extract_gemini_metadata(pages_text, config):
+    """Source C: Extract metadata using Gemini on first 3 pages text.
+
+    Returns dict with keys: title, author, edition, year (any may be None).
+    Retries up to MAX_TRANSIENT_RETRIES times on transient failures.
+    """
+    result = {'title': None, 'author': None, 'edition': None, 'year': None}
+
+    keys = config.get('gemini_keys', [])
+    if not keys or len(pages_text.strip()) < 50:
+        return result
+
+    prompt = (
+        "Extract the following metadata from this book/document text.\n"
+        'Return JSON: {"title": "...", "author": "...", "edition": "...", "year": "..."}\n'
+        "- title: The full title of the book or document\n"
+        "- author: The author(s) name(s)\n"
+        '- edition: The edition (e.g. "2nd Edition", "Revised Edition")\n'
+        "- year: The publication year (4-digit number as string)\n"
+        "If a field cannot be determined, use null.\n\n"
+        "Text from first pages:\n"
+        + pages_text[:6000]
+    )
+
+    for attempt in range(MAX_TRANSIENT_RETRIES):
+        try:
+            key = keys[attempt % len(keys)]
+            genai.configure(api_key=key)
+            model = genai.GenerativeModel(
+                config['gemini']['model'],
+                generation_config={
+                    "response_mime_type": config['gemini']['response_mime_type']
+                }
+            )
+            response = model.generate_content(prompt)
+            data = json.loads(response.text)
+
+            for field in ('title', 'author', 'edition', 'year'):
+                val = data.get(field)
+                if val and isinstance(val, str) and val.strip() and val.strip().lower() != "null":
+                    result[field] = val.strip()
+
+            return result
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Gemini metadata attempt %d/%d failed: %s",
+                attempt + 1, MAX_TRANSIENT_RETRIES, e
+            )
+            if attempt < MAX_TRANSIENT_RETRIES - 1:
+                time.sleep(TRANSIENT_BACKOFF_SECONDS)
+
+    logger.warning(
+        "Gemini metadata extraction failed after %d attempts", MAX_TRANSIENT_RETRIES
+    )
+    return result
+
+
+# ── Voting ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _vote_metadata(source_a, source_b, source_c):
+    """Vote on each metadata field across three sources.
+
+    Priority: C (Gemini) > A (PDF dict) > B (filename).
+    If 2+ sources agree, use the agreed value.
+
+    Returns:
+        (voted_dict, provenance_dict)
+        voted_dict:  {field: value_or_None}
+        provenance_dict: {field: source_label_or_None}
+    """
+    sources = {'pdf_dict': source_a, 'filename': source_b, 'gemini': source_c}
+    priority = ['gemini', 'pdf_dict', 'filename']
+    voted = {}
+    provenance = {}
+
+    for field in ('title', 'author', 'edition', 'year'):
+        values = {}
+        for name, src in sources.items():
+            val = src.get(field)
+            if val and str(val).strip().lower() != "null":
+                values[name] = val
+
+        if not values:
+            voted[field] = None
+            provenance[field] = None
+            continue
+
+        # Normalize for comparison
+        def _norm(v):
+            if field == 'year':
+                return v.strip()
+            return v.strip().lower()
+
+        # Group by normalized value
+        norm_groups = {}
+        for name, val in values.items():
+            nv = _norm(val)
+            norm_groups.setdefault(nv, []).append((name, val))
+
+        # Find group with most agreement
+        best_group = max(norm_groups.values(), key=len)
+
+        if len(best_group) >= 2:
+            # 2+ sources agree — use highest-priority original case
+            for p in priority:
+                for name, val in best_group:
+                    if name == p:
+                        voted[field] = val
+                        names = ','.join(n for n, _ in best_group)
+                        provenance[field] = "agreed({})".format(names)
+                        break
+                if voted.get(field) is not None:
+                    break
+        else:
+            # No agreement — highest priority wins
+            for p in priority:
+                if p in values:
+                    voted[field] = values[p]
+                    provenance[field] = p
+                    break
+
+    return voted, provenance
+
+
+# ── Level-4 Dedupe ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _check_level4_dedupe(voted, db):
+    """Level-4 strict dedupe: all four fields must be present and match.
+
+    Returns (is_duplicate, matching_hash) or (False, None).
+    """
+    title = voted.get('title')
+    author = voted.get('author')
+    edition = voted.get('edition')
+    year = voted.get('year')
+
+    if not all([title, author, edition, year]):
+        return False, None
+
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT hash, metadata_provenance FROM documents "
+        "WHERE book_title = ? AND book_author = ?",
+        (title, author)
+    ).fetchall()
+
+    if not rows:
+        return False, None
+
+    for row in rows:
+        prov_json = row['metadata_provenance']
+        if not prov_json:
+            continue
+        try:
+            prov_data = json.loads(prov_json)
+            existing_voted = prov_data.get('voted', {})
+            ex_edition = existing_voted.get('edition', '')
+            ex_year = existing_voted.get('year', '')
+            if (ex_edition and ex_year
+                    and ex_edition.lower() == edition.lower()
+                    and ex_year == year):
+                return True, row['hash']
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, AttributeError):
+            continue
+
+    return False, None
+
+
+# ── Page Count Fallback ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _pdfinfo_page_count(pdf_path):
+    """Get page count via pdfinfo (poppler) when PdfReader fails."""
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            ['pdfinfo', pdf_path],
+            capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30
+        )
+        if proc.returncode == 0:
+            for line in proc.stdout.splitlines():
+                if line.startswith('Pages:'):
+                    return int(line.split(':', 1)[1].strip())
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return 0
+
+
+# ── Pre-Flight ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def pre_flight(content_path, meta_path, db, config):
+    """Process a PDF from acquired/pdf/.
+
+    Args:
+        content_path: Path to the PDF file
+        meta_path: Path to .meta.json sidecar (may be None)
+        db: StatusDB instance
+        config: RECON config dict
+
+    Returns:
+        dict with keys: hash, action, source_path, error
+        Actions: 'extracted', 'duplicate', 'level4_duplicate',
+                 'content_failure', 'error'
+    """
+    result = {
+        'hash': None,
+        'action': 'error',
+        'source_path': content_path,
+        'error': None,
+    }
+
+    filename = os.path.basename(content_path)
+
+    # ── Step 1: Hash ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    try:
+        file_hash = content_hash(content_path)
+        result['hash'] = file_hash
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = "Cannot hash PDF: {}".format(e)
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 2: Stale state cleanup ───────────────────────────────
+    processing_root = config.get('pipeline', {}).get(
+        'processing_root', '/opt/recon/data/processing'
+    )
+    proc_dir = os.path.join(processing_root, file_hash)
+    concepts_dir = os.path.join(config['paths']['concepts'], file_hash)
+    if os.path.exists(proc_dir):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(proc_dir)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Stale cleanup failed for %s: %s", proc_dir, e)
+            raise
+    if os.path.exists(concepts_dir):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(concepts_dir)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Stale cleanup failed for %s: %s", concepts_dir, e)
+            raise
+
+    # ── Step 3: Hash dedupe ───────────────────────────────────────
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    existing = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT hash FROM catalogue WHERE hash = ?", (file_hash,)
+    ).fetchone()
+    if existing:
+        logger.info("Duplicate hash %s, removing pair", file_hash[:8])
+        try:
+            os.remove(content_path)
+            if meta_path:
+                os.remove(meta_path)
+        except OSError as e:
+            logger.warning("Failed to remove duplicate pair: %s", e)
+        result['action'] = 'duplicate'
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 4: Size check ────────────────────────────────────────
+    proc_cfg = config.get('processing', {})
+    max_size_mb = proc_cfg.get('max_pdf_size_mb', 200)
+    try:
+        file_size_mb = os.path.getsize(content_path) / 1048576
+    except OSError as e:
+        result['error'] = "Cannot stat PDF: {}".format(e)
+        return result
+
+    if file_size_mb > max_size_mb:
+        result['error'] = "PDF too large: {:.0f}MB > {}MB limit".format(
+            file_size_mb, max_size_mb
+        )
+        result['action'] = 'content_failure'
+        _move_to_rejected(content_path, meta_path, config, filename)
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 5: Open PDF ──────────────────────────────────────────
+    reader = None
+    page_count = 0
+
+    try:
+        reader = PdfReader(content_path)
+        page_count = len(reader.pages)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning(
+            "PdfReader failed for %s: %s — trying pdfinfo", filename, e
+        )
+        page_count = _pdfinfo_page_count(content_path)
+
+    if page_count == 0:
+        logger.error("Content failure: cannot read PDF %s", filename)
+        result['action'] = 'content_failure'
+        result['error'] = "Cannot read PDF (0 pages)"
+        _move_to_rejected(content_path, meta_path, config, filename)
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 6: Source A — PDF dict metadata ──────────────────────
+    source_a = _extract_pdf_dict(reader) if reader else {
+        'title': None, 'author': None, 'edition': None, 'year': None
+    }
+
+    # ── Step 7: Source B — Filename metadata ──────────────────────
+    source_b = _extract_filename_metadata(filename)
+
+    # ── Step 8: Extract first 3 pages for Source C ────────────────
+    page_timeout = proc_cfg.get('page_timeout', 30)
+    first_pages_text = ""
+
+    if reader:
+        for i in range(min(3, page_count)):
+            try:
+                text, _method = extract_text_from_page(
+                    reader, i, content_path, page_timeout
+                )
+                first_pages_text += text + "\n"
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to extract page %d for metadata: %s", i + 1, e
+                )
+
+    # ── Step 9: Source C — Gemini metadata ────────────────────────
+    source_c = _extract_gemini_metadata(first_pages_text, config)
+
+    # ── Step 10: Vote ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+    voted, provenance = _vote_metadata(source_a, source_b, source_c)
+
+    provenance_record = {
+        'voted': voted,
+        'provenance': provenance,
+        'sources': {
+            'pdf_dict': source_a,
+            'filename': source_b,
+            'gemini': source_c,
+        }
+    }
+
+    # ── Step 11: Level-4 dedupe ───────────────────────────────────
+    is_dup, dup_hash = _check_level4_dedupe(voted, db)
+    if is_dup:
+        logger.info(
+            "Level-4 duplicate: %s matches %s", file_hash[:8], dup_hash[:8]
+        )
+        quarantine_dir = os.path.join(
+            config.get('library_root', '/mnt/library'),
+            '_review', 'duplicate_quarantine'
+        )
+        try:
+            os.makedirs(quarantine_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            quarantine_path = os.path.join(quarantine_dir, filename)
+            shutil.move(content_path, quarantine_path)
+            if meta_path:
+                os.remove(meta_path)
+
+            san_name = sanitize_filename(filename, doc_hash=file_hash)
+            db.queue_duplicate_review(
+                doc_hash=file_hash,
+                original_filename=filename,
+                sanitized_filename=san_name,
+                collision_with_hash=dup_hash,
+                duplicate_path=quarantine_path,
+                book_title=voted.get('title'),
+                book_author=voted.get('author'),
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Failed to quarantine duplicate: %s", e)
+
+        result['action'] = 'level4_duplicate'
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 12: Set up processing directory ──────────────────────
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(proc_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = "Cannot create processing dir: {}".format(e)
+        return result
+
+    pdf_proc_path = os.path.join(proc_dir, 'source.pdf')
+    try:
+        shutil.move(content_path, pdf_proc_path)
+        if meta_path:
+            shutil.move(meta_path, os.path.join(proc_dir, 'sidecar.meta.json'))
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = "Cannot move PDF to processing: {}".format(e)
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 13: Full text extraction ─────────────────────────────
+    # Re-open reader from new location
+    try:
+        reader = PdfReader(pdf_proc_path)
+    except Exception:
+        reader = None
+
+    pages_extracted = 0
+    ocr_pages = []
+    ocr_methods = {
+        'pypdf2': 0, 'pdftotext': 0, 'tesseract': 0,
+        'gemini_vision': 0, 'none': 0,
+    }
+
+    for i in range(page_count):
+        try:
+            if reader:
+                text, method = extract_text_from_page(
+                    reader, i, pdf_proc_path, page_timeout
+                )
+            else:
+                proc_result = subprocess.run(
+                    ['pdftotext', '-f', str(i + 1), '-l', str(i + 1),
+                     pdf_proc_path, '-'],
+                    capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=page_timeout
+                )
+                text = proc_result.stdout if proc_result.returncode == 0 else ''
+                method = 'pdftotext' if text.strip() else 'none'
+
+            ocr_methods[method] += 1
+            if method in ('tesseract', 'gemini_vision'):
+                ocr_pages.append(i + 1)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("Page %d/%d failed: %s", i + 1, page_count, e)
+            text = ''
+            ocr_methods['none'] += 1
+
+        page_path = os.path.join(proc_dir, "page_{:04d}.txt".format(i + 1))
+        with open(page_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            f.write(text)
+
+        if text.strip():
+            pages_extracted += 1
+
+        if (i + 1) % 50 == 0:
+            logger.info("  %s: page %d/%d", filename, i + 1, page_count)
+
+    # ── Step 14: Write meta.json ──────────────────────────────────
+    meta = {
+        'hash': file_hash,
+        'filename': filename,
+        'source_type': 'pdf',
+        'page_count': page_count,
+        'pages_extracted': pages_extracted,
+        'ocr_pages': ocr_pages,
+        'ocr_methods': ocr_methods,
+        'metadata': voted,
+        'metadata_provenance': provenance_record,
+    }
+
+    # Merge sidecar meta if present
+    sidecar_path = os.path.join(proc_dir, 'sidecar.meta.json')
+    if os.path.exists(sidecar_path):
+        try:
+            with open(sidecar_path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                sidecar = json.load(f)
+            meta['sidecar'] = sidecar
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    with open(os.path.join(proc_dir, 'meta.json'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        json.dump(meta, f, indent=2)
+
+    # ── Step 15: Register in catalogue + documents ────────────────
+    display_title = voted.get('title') or clean_filename_to_title(filename)
+    size_bytes = os.path.getsize(pdf_proc_path)
+
+    source = 'acquired/pdf'
+    category = 'PDF'
+    if meta.get('sidecar'):
+        source = meta['sidecar'].get('source', source)
+        category = meta['sidecar'].get('category', category)
+
+    db.add_to_catalogue(
+        file_hash, filename, pdf_proc_path, size_bytes, source, category
+    )
+    db.queue_document(file_hash)
+
+    # ── Step 16: Update documents row ─────────────────────────────
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE documents SET "
+        "text_dir = ?, page_count = ?, book_title = ?, book_author = ?, "
+        "metadata_provenance = ? "
+        "WHERE hash = ?",
+        (
+            proc_dir,
+            page_count,
+            voted.get('title'),
+            voted.get('author'),
+            json.dumps(provenance_record),
+            file_hash,
+        )
+    )
+    conn.commit()
+
+    # ── Step 17: Status = extracted ───────────────────────────────
+    db.update_status(file_hash, 'extracted', pages_extracted=pages_extracted)
+
+    logger.info(
+        "PDF pre_flight complete: %s (%s) -> %d/%d pages in %s",
+        file_hash[:8], display_title, pages_extracted, page_count, proc_dir,
+    )
+
+    result['action'] = 'extracted'
+    return result
+
+
+# ── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _move_to_rejected(content_path, meta_path, config, filename):
+    """Move an unreadable PDF to _review/rejected_pdfs/."""
+    review_dir = os.path.join(
+        config.get('library_root', '/mnt/library'),
+        '_review', 'rejected_pdfs'
+    )
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(review_dir, exist_ok=True)
+        reject_path = os.path.join(review_dir, filename)
+        shutil.move(content_path, reject_path)
+        if meta_path:
+            os.remove(meta_path)
+        logger.info("Moved rejected PDF to %s", reject_path)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Failed to move rejected PDF: %s", e)
diff --git a/lib/processors/text_processor.py b/lib/processors/text_processor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47e68fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/processors/text_processor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+"""
+RECON Text Processor
+
+Handles pre_flight for plain .txt files arriving in acquired/text/.
+These are primary source documents (books, manuals, guides), not derived
+content like transcripts.
+
+Metadata extraction via two-source vote:
+  A. Filename parsing (title, optionally author)
+  B. Gemini LLM extraction (title/author/edition/year from first 3 pages)
+
+Filing behavior matches PDFs: files get organized to library/Domain/Subdomain/
+by the filing worker (NOT organized in-place like transcripts).
+
+Phase 6f: initial implementation.
+"""
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+
+from lib.web_scraper import chunk_text
+from lib.utils import content_hash, clean_filename_to_title
+from lib.processors.pdf_processor import _extract_gemini_metadata
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("recon.processors.text")
+
+WORDS_PER_PAGE = 2000
+
+
+def _extract_filename_metadata(filename):
+    """Source A: Extract metadata by parsing the filename.
+
+    Returns dict with keys: title, author, edition, year (any may be None).
+    """
+    result = {'title': None, 'author': None, 'edition': None, 'year': None}
+
+    stem = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
+
+    result['title'] = clean_filename_to_title(filename)
+
+    # Year: look for (YYYY) or [YYYY] or _YYYY_ or standalone YYYY
+    year_match = re.search(r'[\(\[_\s]((?:19|20)\d{2})[\)\]_\s.]', stem)
+    if year_match:
+        result['year'] = year_match.group(1)
+
+    # Edition: Nth Edition, Edition N, etc.
+    ed_match = re.search(
+        r'(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?\s*(?:edition|ed\.?)',
+        stem, re.IGNORECASE
+    )
+    if ed_match:
+        result['edition'] = ed_match.group(0).strip()
+
+    # Author: "Title - Author" or "Title by Author" patterns
+    # Try " - Author" at end
+    dash_match = re.search(r'\s+-\s+([A-Z][a-z]+(?:\s+[A-Z][a-z]+)+)$', stem)
+    if dash_match:
+        result['author'] = dash_match.group(1).strip()
+    else:
+        by_match = re.search(r'\bby\s+([A-Z][a-z]+(?:\s+[A-Z][a-z]+)*)', stem)
+        if by_match:
+            result['author'] = by_match.group(1).strip()
+
+    return result
+
+
+def _vote_metadata(source_a, source_b):
+    """Vote on each metadata field across two sources.
+
+    Priority: B (Gemini) > A (filename).
+    If both agree, note agreement.
+
+    Returns:
+        (voted_dict, provenance_record)
+    """
+    sources = {'filename': source_a, 'gemini': source_b}
+    priority = ['gemini', 'filename']
+    voted = {}
+    provenance = {}
+
+    for field in ('title', 'author', 'edition', 'year'):
+        values = {}
+        for name, src in sources.items():
+            val = src.get(field)
+            if val and str(val).strip().lower() != 'null':
+                values[name] = val
+
+        if not values:
+            voted[field] = None
+            provenance[field] = None
+            continue
+
+        def _norm(v):
+            if field == 'year':
+                return v.strip()
+            return v.strip().lower()
+
+        norm_groups = {}
+        for name, val in values.items():
+            nv = _norm(val)
+            norm_groups.setdefault(nv, []).append((name, val))
+
+        best_group = max(norm_groups.values(), key=len)
+
+        if len(best_group) >= 2:
+            # Both sources agree
+            for p in priority:
+                for name, val in best_group:
+                    if name == p:
+                        voted[field] = val
+                        names = ','.join(n for n, _ in best_group)
+                        provenance[field] = "agreed({})".format(names)
+                        break
+                if voted.get(field) is not None:
+                    break
+        else:
+            # No agreement — highest priority wins
+            for p in priority:
+                if p in values:
+                    voted[field] = values[p]
+                    provenance[field] = p
+                    break
+
+    provenance_record = {
+        'voted': voted,
+        'provenance': provenance,
+        'sources': {
+            'filename': source_a,
+            'gemini': source_b,
+        }
+    }
+
+    return voted, provenance_record
+
+
+def pre_flight(content_path, meta_path, db, config):
+    """Process a .txt file dropped into acquired/text/.
+
+    Args:
+        content_path: Path to the .txt file
+        meta_path: Path to .meta.json sidecar (may be None)
+        db: StatusDB instance
+        config: RECON config dict
+
+    Returns:
+        dict with keys: hash, action, source_path, error
+        Actions: 'extracted', 'duplicate', 'skip_empty', 'error'
+    """
+    result = {
+        'hash': None,
+        'action': 'error',
+        'source_path': content_path,
+        'error': None,
+    }
+
+    filename = os.path.basename(content_path)
+
+    # ── Step 1: Hash ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    try:
+        file_hash = content_hash(content_path)
+        result['hash'] = file_hash
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = "Cannot hash text file: {}".format(e)
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 2: Stale state cleanup ───────────────────────────────
+    processing_root = config.get('pipeline', {}).get(
+        'processing_root', '/opt/recon/data/processing'
+    )
+    proc_dir = os.path.join(processing_root, file_hash)
+    concepts_dir = os.path.join(config['paths']['concepts'], file_hash)
+    if os.path.exists(proc_dir):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(proc_dir)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Stale cleanup failed for %s: %s", proc_dir, e)
+            raise
+    if os.path.exists(concepts_dir):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(concepts_dir)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Stale cleanup failed for %s: %s", concepts_dir, e)
+            raise
+
+    # ── Step 3: Hash dedupe ───────────────────────────────────────
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    existing = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT hash FROM catalogue WHERE hash = ?", (file_hash,)
+    ).fetchone()
+    if existing:
+        logger.info("Duplicate hash %s, removing pair", file_hash[:8])
+        try:
+            os.remove(content_path)
+            if meta_path:
+                os.remove(meta_path)
+        except OSError as e:
+            logger.warning("Failed to remove duplicate pair: %s", e)
+        result['action'] = 'duplicate'
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 4: Read text content ─────────────────────────────────
+    try:
+        with open(content_path, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as f:
+            raw_text = f.read()
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = "Cannot read text file: {}".format(e)
+        return result
+
+    if len(raw_text.strip()) < 50:
+        logger.info("Text file too short (%d chars), skipping: %s",
+                     len(raw_text.strip()), filename)
+        try:
+            os.remove(content_path)
+            if meta_path:
+                os.remove(meta_path)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        result['action'] = 'skip_empty'
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 5: Read optional sidecar ─────────────────────────────
+    sidecar = None
+    if meta_path:
+        try:
+            with open(meta_path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                sidecar = json.load(f)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("Cannot read sidecar %s: %s", meta_path, e)
+
+    # ── Step 6: Set up processing directory ───────────────────────
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(proc_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = "Cannot create processing dir: {}".format(e)
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 7: Move files to processing ──────────────────────────
+    source_path = os.path.join(proc_dir, 'source.txt')
+    try:
+        shutil.move(content_path, source_path)
+        if meta_path:
+            shutil.move(meta_path, os.path.join(proc_dir, 'meta.json'))
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = "Cannot move files to processing: {}".format(e)
+        return result
+
+    # ── Step 8: Split into pages ──────────────────────────────────
+    pages = chunk_text(raw_text, WORDS_PER_PAGE)
+    for i, page_text in enumerate(pages, start=1):
+        page_path = os.path.join(proc_dir, "page_{:04d}.txt".format(i))
+        with open(page_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            f.write(page_text)
+
+    # ── Step 9: Source A — filename metadata ──────────────────────
+    source_a = _extract_filename_metadata(filename)
+
+    # ── Step 10: Source B — Gemini metadata ───────────────────────
+    first_pages_text = "\n".join(pages[:3])
+    source_b = _extract_gemini_metadata(first_pages_text, config)
+
+    # ── Step 11: Vote ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+    voted, provenance_record = _vote_metadata(source_a, source_b)
+
+    # ── Step 12: Write meta.json ──────────────────────────────────
+    meta = {
+        'hash': file_hash,
+        'filename': filename,
+        'source_type': 'text',
+        'page_count': len(pages),
+        'text_length': len(raw_text),
+        'metadata': voted,
+        'metadata_provenance': provenance_record,
+    }
+    if sidecar:
+        meta['sidecar'] = sidecar
+
+    with open(os.path.join(proc_dir, 'meta.json'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        json.dump(meta, f, indent=2)
+
+    # ── Step 13: Register in catalogue ────────────────────────────
+    display_title = voted.get('title') or clean_filename_to_title(filename)
+    size_bytes = os.path.getsize(source_path)
+
+    db.add_to_catalogue(
+        file_hash, filename, source_path, size_bytes, 'text', 'Document'
+    )
+
+    # ── Step 14: Queue and update documents row ───────────────────
+    db.queue_document(file_hash)
+
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE documents SET "
+        "text_dir = ?, page_count = ?, path = ?, "
+        "book_title = ?, book_author = ?, metadata_provenance = ? "
+        "WHERE hash = ?",
+        (
+            proc_dir,
+            len(pages),
+            source_path,
+            voted.get('title'),
+            voted.get('author'),
+            json.dumps(provenance_record),
+            file_hash,
+        )
+    )
+    conn.commit()
+
+    # ── Step 15: Status = extracted ───────────────────────────────
+    db.update_status(file_hash, 'extracted', pages_extracted=len(pages))
+
+    logger.info(
+        "Text pre_flight complete: %s (%s) -> %d pages in %s",
+        file_hash[:8], display_title, len(pages), proc_dir,
+    )
+
+    result['action'] = 'extracted'
+    return result
diff --git a/lib/processors/transcript_processor.py b/lib/processors/transcript_processor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbc3013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/processors/transcript_processor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+"""
+RECON Transcript Processor
+
+Handles pre_flight for transcript content arriving in acquired/stream/.
+Reads a raw text file + meta.json sidecar, hashes, dedupes, splits into
+page_NNNN.txt files, and registers in the database.
+
+Phase 3: first processor implementation.
+Phase 4: added stale state cleanup at start of pre_flight.
+"""
+import hashlib
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import shutil
+
+from lib.web_scraper import chunk_text
+from lib.utils import content_hash
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("recon.processors.transcript")
+
+# Words per page for transcript chunking (matches existing pipeline)
+WORDS_PER_PAGE = 2000
+
+
+def pre_flight(content_path, meta_path, db, config):
+    """Process a transcript pair from acquired/stream/.
+
+    Args:
+        content_path: Path to the raw transcript .txt file
+        meta_path: Path to the .meta.json sidecar
+        db: StatusDB instance
+        config: RECON config dict
+
+    Returns:
+        dict with keys: hash, action, source_path, error
+        Actions: 'extracted', 'duplicate', 'error'
+    """
+    result = {
+        'hash': None,
+        'action': 'error',
+        'source_path': content_path,
+        'error': None,
+    }
+
+    # Read and hash the content file
+    try:
+        file_hash = content_hash(content_path)
+        result['hash'] = file_hash
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = f"Cannot hash content file: {e}"
+        return result
+
+    # Stale state cleanup — remove any pre-existing processing/concepts dirs
+    processing_root = config.get('pipeline', {}).get(
+        'processing_root', '/opt/recon/data/processing'
+    )
+    proc_dir = os.path.join(processing_root, file_hash)
+    concepts_dir = os.path.join(config['paths']['concepts'], file_hash)
+    if os.path.exists(proc_dir):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(proc_dir)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Stale cleanup failed for %s: %s", proc_dir, e)
+            raise
+    if os.path.exists(concepts_dir):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(concepts_dir)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Stale cleanup failed for %s: %s", concepts_dir, e)
+            raise
+
+    # Hash dedupe: if hash exists in catalogue, delete the pair and return
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    existing = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT hash FROM catalogue WHERE hash = ?", (file_hash,)
+    ).fetchone()
+    if existing:
+        logger.info("Duplicate hash %s, removing pair", file_hash[:8])
+        try:
+            os.remove(content_path)
+            if meta_path:
+                os.remove(meta_path)
+        except OSError as e:
+            logger.warning("Failed to remove duplicate pair: %s", e)
+        result['action'] = 'duplicate'
+        return result
+
+    # Read meta.json sidecar
+    try:
+        with open(meta_path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            meta = json.load(f)
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = f"Cannot read meta.json: {e}"
+        return result
+
+    # Read raw transcript text
+    try:
+        with open(content_path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            raw_text = f.read()
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = f"Cannot read content file: {e}"
+        return result
+
+    if not raw_text.strip():
+        result['error'] = "Empty transcript"
+        return result
+
+    # Set up processing directory
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(proc_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = f"Cannot create processing dir: {e}"
+        return result
+
+    # Move the pair to processing/{hash}/
+    try:
+        shutil.move(content_path, os.path.join(proc_dir, 'transcript.txt'))
+        shutil.move(meta_path, os.path.join(proc_dir, 'meta.json'))
+    except Exception as e:
+        result['error'] = f"Cannot move pair to processing: {e}"
+        return result
+
+    # Split raw text into page_NNNN.txt files
+    pages = chunk_text(raw_text, WORDS_PER_PAGE)
+    for i, page_text in enumerate(pages, start=1):
+        page_path = os.path.join(proc_dir, f"page_{i:04d}.txt")
+        with open(page_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            f.write(page_text)
+
+    # Update meta.json with processing metadata
+    meta['hash'] = file_hash
+    meta['source_type'] = meta.get('source_type', 'transcript')
+    meta['page_count'] = len(pages)
+    meta['text_length'] = len(raw_text)
+    meta_out_path = os.path.join(proc_dir, 'meta.json')
+    with open(meta_out_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        json.dump(meta, f, indent=2)
+
+    # Register in catalogue
+    title = meta.get('title', os.path.basename(content_path))
+    source_url = meta.get('source_url', meta.get('url', ''))
+    source = 'stream.echo6.co'
+    category = meta.get('category', 'Transcript')
+    size_bytes = os.path.getsize(os.path.join(proc_dir, 'transcript.txt'))
+
+    db.add_to_catalogue(file_hash, title, source_url, size_bytes, source, category)
+
+    # Queue and advance to extracted
+    db.queue_document(file_hash)
+
+    # Set text_dir and page_count on the documents row.
+    # Transcripts are derived text from PeerTube videos, not primary sources.
+    # They don't get filed into library/Domain/Subdomain/ like PDFs -- instead,
+    # they're marked organized in-place. Their watch URL remains in catalogue.path
+    # and Qdrant download_url so users clicking search results go to PeerTube.
+    # The filing worker's path LIKE filter naturally excludes transcripts since
+    # their documents.path is the watch URL, not a filesystem path.
+    conn = db._get_conn()
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE documents SET text_dir = ?, page_count = ?, organized_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP WHERE hash = ?",
+        (proc_dir, len(pages), file_hash)
+    )
+    conn.commit()
+
+    # Update status to extracted with page count
+    db.update_status(file_hash, 'extracted', pages_extracted=len(pages))
+
+    logger.info(
+        "Transcript pre_flight complete: %s (%s) -> %d pages in %s",
+        file_hash[:8], title, len(pages), proc_dir,
+    )
+
+    result['action'] = 'extracted'
+    return result
diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index a98359c..1aec793 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -388,3 +388,19 @@ def generate_download_url(filepath, library_root='/mnt/library', base_url='https
     parts = rel.split(os.sep)
     encoded = '/'.join(quote(p) for p in parts)
     return f"{base_url}/{encoded}"
+
+
+def resolve_text_dir(file_hash, config, db=None):
+    """Resolve the text directory for a document.
+
+    If db is provided and documents.text_dir is set for this hash, use that.
+    Otherwise fall back to the legacy location: config['paths']['text']/{hash}/
+    """
+    if db is not None:
+        conn = db._get_conn()
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT text_dir FROM documents WHERE hash = ?", (file_hash,)
+        ).fetchone()
+        if row and row['text_dir']:
+            return row['text_dir']
+    return os.path.join(config['paths']['text'], file_hash)
diff --git a/recon.py b/recon.py
index 9cf5814..47dda7d 100755
--- a/recon.py
+++ b/recon.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 RECON CLI — Main entry point.
 
 Subcommands: scan, queue, extract, enrich, embed, run, search, upload,
-ingest-url, crawl, ingest-peertube, organize, status, catalogue, failures, validate, rebuild, serve, ingest.
+ingest-url, ingest-peertube, organize, status, catalogue, failures, validate, rebuild, serve, ingest.
 
 Usage: cd /opt/recon && source venv/bin/activate && python3 recon.py <command>
 """
@@ -580,73 +580,6 @@ def cmd_ingest_url(args):
 
 
 
-def cmd_crawl(args):
-    from lib.crawler import crawl_site
-
-    print(f"Crawling {args.url}...")
-    if args.include:
-        print(f"  Include paths: {args.include}")
-    if args.exclude:
-        print(f"  Exclude paths: {args.exclude}")
-    if args.dry_run:
-        print(f"  DRY RUN — no content will be ingested")
-    print()
-
-    result = crawl_site(
-        base_url=args.url,
-        category=args.category,
-        source=args.source,
-        include=args.include,
-        exclude=args.exclude,
-        max_pages=args.max_pages,
-        max_depth=args.max_depth,
-        delay=args.delay,
-        dry_run=args.dry_run,
-        use_sitemap=not args.no_sitemap,
-    )
-
-    method = result.get('discovery_method', 'none')
-    print(f"Discovery method: {method}")
-
-    if args.dry_run:
-        urls = result.get('urls', [])
-        print(f"Found {len(urls)} URLs that would be ingested:\n")
-        for i, url in enumerate(urls, 1):
-            print(f"  {i:4d}. {url}")
-        print(f"\nTotal: {len(urls)} pages")
-        print(f"Re-run without --dry-run to ingest.")
-        return 0
-
-    summary = result.get('summary', {})
-    print(f"\nResults:")
-    print(f"  New:        {summary.get('succeeded', 0)}")
-    print(f"  Duplicates: {summary.get('duplicates', 0)}")
-    print(f"  Failed:     {summary.get('failed', 0)}")
-    print(f"  Total:      {summary.get('total', 0)}")
-
-    failed_results = [r for r in result.get('results', []) if r.get('status') == 'failed']
-    if failed_results:
-        print(f"\nFailed URLs:")
-        for r in failed_results[:10]:
-            print(f"  {r['url']}: {r.get('error', 'Unknown error')}")
-        if len(failed_results) > 10:
-            print(f"  ... and {len(failed_results) - 10} more")
-
-    if args.enrich or args.process:
-        print("\nRunning enrichment...")
-        from lib.enricher import run_enrichment
-        enriched = run_enrichment()
-        print(f"  Enriched: {enriched}")
-
-    if args.process:
-        print("\nRunning embedding...")
-        from lib.embedder import run_embedding
-        embedded = run_embedding()
-        print(f"  Embedded: {embedded}")
-
-    return 0
-
-
 def cmd_validate(args):
     from scripts.validate import run_validation
     run_validation(deep=args.deep)
@@ -668,30 +601,31 @@ def cmd_serve(args):
 def cmd_service(args):
     """Run RECON as a long-lived service. Called by systemd.
 
-    Bundles: Flask dashboard + pipeline stages + library scanner + PeerTube scanner + progress reporter.
+    Bundles: Flask dashboard + dispatcher + pipeline stages + filing worker + progress reporter.
     All threads are daemon threads; SIGTERM/SIGINT trigger graceful shutdown.
     """
-    from lib.extractor import run_extraction
     from lib.enricher import run_enrichment
     from lib.embedder import run_embedding
     from lib.api import app, run_server as start_dashboard
-    from lib.peertube_scraper import ingest_all as pt_ingest_all
+    from lib.dispatcher import dispatch_loop
+    from lib.filing import filing_worker_loop
+    from lib.acquisition.peertube import acquisition_loop
 
     config = get_config()
     proc = config.get('processing', {})
     svc = config.get('service', {})
 
-    extract_workers = proc.get('extract_workers', 4)
     enrich_workers = proc.get('enrich_workers', 16)
     embed_workers = proc.get('embed_workers', 4)
     poll_interval = svc.get('stage_poll_interval', 30)
-    scan_interval = svc.get('scan_interval', 3600)
+    dispatch_interval = svc.get('dispatch_interval', 30)
+    filing_interval = svc.get('filing_interval', 30)
     progress_interval = svc.get('progress_interval', 60)
     web_host = config.get('web', {}).get('host', '0.0.0.0')
     web_port = config.get('web', {}).get('port', 8420)
 
     stop_event = threading.Event()
-    totals = {'extract': 0, 'enrich': 0, 'embed': 0, 'scan': 0}
+    totals = {'enrich': 0, 'embed': 0}
 
     def shutdown(signum, frame):
         sig_name = signal.Signals(signum).name
@@ -716,36 +650,6 @@ def cmd_service(args):
             stop_event.wait(poll_interval)
         logger.info(f"[{name}] Stage stopped (total: {totals[name]})")
 
-    def scanner_loop():
-        """Periodically scan library and queue new documents."""
-        logger.info(f"[scanner] Started (interval: {scan_interval}s)")
-        # Run initial scan immediately
-        try:
-            new_cat = scan_library()
-            new_queued = queue_all()
-            synced = sync_qdrant_paths()
-            if new_cat or new_queued or synced:
-                logger.info(f"[scanner] Initial: {new_cat} catalogued, {new_queued} queued, {synced} paths synced")
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"[scanner] Initial scan error: {e}", exc_info=True)
-
-        while not stop_event.is_set():
-            stop_event.wait(scan_interval)
-            if stop_event.is_set():
-                break
-            try:
-                new_cat = scan_library()
-                new_queued = queue_all()
-                synced = sync_qdrant_paths()
-                totals['scan'] += new_queued
-                if new_cat or new_queued or synced:
-                    logger.info(f"[scanner] {new_cat} catalogued, {new_queued} queued, {synced} paths synced")
-                else:
-                    logger.debug("[scanner] No new documents")
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.error(f"[scanner] Error: {e}", exc_info=True)
-        logger.info("[scanner] Stopped")
-
     def progress_loop():
         """Log pipeline status periodically."""
         while not stop_event.is_set():
@@ -769,217 +673,20 @@ def cmd_service(args):
             except Exception:
                 pass
 
-    def peertube_scanner_loop():
-        """Periodically ingest new PeerTube video transcripts."""
-        from lib.peertube_scraper import set_stop_check
-        set_stop_check(stop_event.is_set)
-        logger.info(f"[peertube] Scanner started (interval: {scan_interval}s)")
-        try:
-            result = pt_ingest_all(config=config)
-            ingested = result.get('ingested', 0) if isinstance(result, dict) else 0
-            if ingested:
-                logger.info(f"[peertube] Initial scan: {ingested} transcripts ingested")
-            else:
-                logger.info("[peertube] Initial scan: no new transcripts")
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"[peertube] Initial scan error: {e}", exc_info=True)
-
-        while not stop_event.is_set():
-            stop_event.wait(scan_interval)
-            if stop_event.is_set():
-                break
-            try:
-                result = pt_ingest_all(config=config)
-                ingested = result.get('ingested', 0) if isinstance(result, dict) else 0
-                if ingested:
-                    logger.info(f"[peertube] {ingested} new transcripts ingested")
-                else:
-                    logger.debug("[peertube] No new transcripts")
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.error(f"[peertube] Scan error: {e}", exc_info=True)
-        logger.info("[peertube] Scanner stopped")
-
-    def crawler_scheduler_loop():
-        """Scheduled site crawler — crawls configured sites, one per cycle.
-
-        - Reads sites from config.yaml crawler.sites list
-        - Processes sites in tier order (lower tier = higher priority)
-        - Tracks last-crawled timestamp per site in crawl_state.json
-        - Skips sites crawled within recrawl_interval_days (default 7)
-        - Waits inter_site_cooldown seconds between sites (default 30)
-        - Uses per-site delay for rate limiting during crawl
-        """
-        import json as _json
-        from lib.crawler import crawl_site
-
-        crawler_cfg = config.get('crawler', {})
-        sites = crawler_cfg.get('sites', [])
-        if not sites:
-            logger.info("[crawler] No sites configured, scheduler disabled")
-            return
-
-        recrawl_days = crawler_cfg.get('recrawl_interval_days', 7)
-        cooldown = crawler_cfg.get('inter_site_cooldown', 30)
-        state_file = os.path.join(config.get('paths', {}).get('data', '/opt/recon/data'), 'crawl_state.json')
-
-        # Load persisted state
-        def load_state():
-            try:
-                with open(state_file, 'r') as sf:
-                    return _json.load(sf)
-            except (FileNotFoundError, _json.JSONDecodeError):
-                return {}
-
-        def save_state(state):
-            try:
-                with open(state_file, 'w') as sf:
-                    _json.dump(state, sf, indent=2)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.error(f"[crawler] Failed to save state: {e}")
-
-        # Sort by tier (lower = higher priority)
-        sorted_sites = sorted(sites, key=lambda s: s.get('tier', 99))
-        logger.info(f"[crawler] Scheduler started — {len(sorted_sites)} sites configured, "
-                    f"recrawl every {recrawl_days}d, {cooldown}s cooldown between sites")
-
-        # Initial delay — let the main pipeline stabilize before crawling
-        stop_event.wait(60)
-        if stop_event.is_set():
-            return
-
-        while not stop_event.is_set():
-            state = load_state()
-            now = time.time()
-            crawled_this_cycle = 0
-
-            for site in sorted_sites:
-                if stop_event.is_set():
-                    break
-
-                url = site.get('url', '')
-                if not url:
-                    continue
-
-                # Check recrawl interval
-                last_crawled = state.get(url, {}).get('last_crawled', 0)
-                age_days = (now - last_crawled) / 86400
-                if age_days < recrawl_days:
-                    logger.debug(f"[crawler] Skipping {url} — crawled {age_days:.1f}d ago")
-                    continue
-
-                category = site.get('category', 'Web')
-                max_depth = site.get('max_depth', crawler_cfg.get('max_depth', 3))
-                max_pages = site.get('max_pages', crawler_cfg.get('max_pages', 500))
-                delay = site.get('delay', crawler_cfg.get('rate_limit_delay', 1.0))
-                tier = site.get('tier', 99)
-                notes = site.get('notes', '')
-
-                logger.info(f"[crawler] Starting: {url} (tier {tier}, category={category}, "
-                            f"depth={max_depth}, pages={max_pages}, delay={delay}s)")
-
-                try:
-                    result = crawl_site(
-                        base_url=url,
-                        category=category,
-                        max_pages=max_pages,
-                        max_depth=max_depth,
-                        delay=delay,
-                        config=config,
-                    )
-
-                    summary = result.get('summary', {})
-                    method = result.get('discovery_method', 'none')
-                    logger.info(f"[crawler] Done: {url} via {method} — "
-                                f"{summary.get('succeeded', 0)} new, "
-                                f"{summary.get('duplicates', 0)} dupes, "
-                                f"{summary.get('failed', 0)} failed")
-
-                    # Update state
-                    state[url] = {
-                        'last_crawled': time.time(),
-                        'method': method,
-                        'succeeded': summary.get('succeeded', 0),
-                        'duplicates': summary.get('duplicates', 0),
-                        'failed': summary.get('failed', 0),
-                        'tier': tier,
-                        'category': category,
-                    }
-                    save_state(state)
-                    crawled_this_cycle += 1
-
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error(f"[crawler] Failed: {url} — {e}", exc_info=True)
-                    state[url] = {
-                        'last_crawled': time.time(),
-                        'error': str(e),
-                        'tier': tier,
-                        'category': category,
-                    }
-                    save_state(state)
-
-                # Inter-site cooldown
-                if not stop_event.is_set():
-                    logger.debug(f"[crawler] Cooling down {cooldown}s before next site...")
-                    stop_event.wait(cooldown)
-
-            if crawled_this_cycle:
-                logger.info(f"[crawler] Cycle complete — {crawled_this_cycle} sites crawled")
-            else:
-                logger.debug("[crawler] Cycle complete — all sites within recrawl window")
-
-            # Sleep until next cycle check (1 hour)
-            if not stop_event.is_set():
-                stop_event.wait(3600)
-
-        logger.info("[crawler] Scheduler stopped")
-
-    def organizer_loop():
-        """Organize completed documents into Domain/Subdomain folders."""
-        from lib.organizer import organize_document
-        logger.info(f"[organizer] Started (interval: {poll_interval}s)")
-        # Initial delay — let pipeline process some docs first
-        stop_event.wait(60)
-
-        while not stop_event.is_set():
-            try:
-                org_db = StatusDB()
-                unorganized = org_db.get_unorganized(limit=100)
-                if unorganized:
-                    moved = 0
-                    errors = 0
-                    for doc in unorganized:
-                        if stop_event.is_set():
-                            break
-                        result = organize_document(doc['hash'], org_db, config)
-                        if result['action'] == 'moved':
-                            moved += 1
-                        elif result['action'] == 'error':
-                            errors += 1
-                    if moved or errors:
-                        logger.info(f"[organizer] Organized {moved} documents ({errors} errors)")
-                    # Sync paths to Qdrant after batch
-                    if moved > 0:
-                        synced = sync_qdrant_paths()
-                        if synced:
-                            logger.info(f"[organizer] Synced {synced} paths to Qdrant")
-                else:
-                    logger.debug("[organizer] No unorganized documents")
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.error(f"[organizer] Error: {e}", exc_info=True)
-            stop_event.wait(poll_interval)
-        logger.info("[organizer] Stopped")
+    db = StatusDB()
 
     threads = [
-        threading.Thread(target=stage_loop, daemon=True, name='extract',
-                         args=('extract', lambda: run_extraction(workers=extract_workers))),
+        threading.Thread(target=lambda: dispatch_loop(stop_event, db, config, interval=dispatch_interval),
+                         daemon=True, name='dispatcher'),
         threading.Thread(target=stage_loop, daemon=True, name='enrich',
                          args=('enrich', lambda: run_enrichment(workers=enrich_workers))),
         threading.Thread(target=stage_loop, daemon=True, name='embed',
                          args=('embed', lambda: run_embedding(workers=embed_workers))),
-        threading.Thread(target=scanner_loop, daemon=True, name='scanner'),
-        threading.Thread(target=peertube_scanner_loop, daemon=True, name='peertube'),
-        threading.Thread(target=crawler_scheduler_loop, daemon=True, name='crawler'),
-        threading.Thread(target=organizer_loop, daemon=True, name='organizer'),
+        threading.Thread(target=lambda: filing_worker_loop(stop_event, db, config, interval=filing_interval),
+                         daemon=True, name='filing'),
+        threading.Thread(target=lambda: acquisition_loop(stop_event, db, config,
+                                                       interval=config.get("peertube", {}).get("poll_interval", 1800)),
+                         daemon=True, name="peertube-acq"),
         threading.Thread(target=progress_loop, daemon=True, name='progress'),
         threading.Thread(target=lambda: start_dashboard(stop_event),
                          daemon=True, name='dashboard'),
@@ -987,10 +694,11 @@ def cmd_service(args):
 
     logger.info("=== RECON Service Starting ===")
     logger.info(f"  Dashboard: {web_host}:{web_port}")
-    logger.info(f"  Workers: extract={extract_workers}, enrich={enrich_workers}, embed={embed_workers}")
-    logger.info(f"  Scanner: every {scan_interval}s | Progress: every {progress_interval}s")
-    crawler_sites = config.get('crawler', {}).get('sites', [])
-    logger.info(f"  Crawler: {len(crawler_sites)} sites configured")
+    logger.info(f"  Workers: enrich={enrich_workers}, embed={embed_workers}")
+    logger.info(f"  Dispatcher: every {dispatch_interval}s | Filing: every {filing_interval}s")
+    pt_interval = config.get("peertube", {}).get("poll_interval", 1800)
+    logger.info(f"  PeerTube acquisition: every {pt_interval}s")
+    logger.info(f"  Progress: every {progress_interval}s")
 
     for t in threads:
         t.start()
@@ -1018,10 +726,10 @@ def cmd_service(args):
     logger.info("=== RECON Service Stopped ===")
     return 0
 
-
-
 def cmd_ingest_peertube(args):
-    from lib.peertube_scraper import ingest_channel, ingest_all, get_instance_stats
+    from lib.peertube_scraper import get_instance_stats
+    from lib.acquisition.peertube import acquire_batch
+    from lib.status import StatusDB
 
     if args.stats:
         stats = get_instance_stats()
@@ -1034,36 +742,20 @@ def cmd_ingest_peertube(args):
                 print(f"    {status}: {count}")
         return 0
 
-    since = args.since if hasattr(args, 'since') and args.since else None
+    db = StatusDB()
 
-    if args.channel:
-        print(f"Ingesting PeerTube channel: {args.channel}")
-        result = ingest_channel(args.channel, since=since)
-    else:
-        print("Ingesting all PeerTube videos with captions")
-        result = ingest_all(since=since)
+    print("Acquiring PeerTube transcripts to hopper...")
+    result = acquire_batch(db)
 
-    summary = result.get('summary', {})
     print(f"\nResults:")
-    print(f"  Checked:      {summary.get('total_checked', 0)}")
-    print(f"  Ingested:     {summary.get('ingested', 0)} ({summary.get('total_pages', 0)} pages)")
-    print(f"  No captions:  {summary.get('skipped_no_captions', 0)}")
-    print(f"  Duplicates:   {summary.get('skipped_duplicate', 0)}")
-    print(f"  Failed:       {summary.get('failed', 0)}")
+    print(f"  Acquired:     {result['acquired']}")
+    print(f"  Skipped:      {result['skipped']}")
+    print(f"  Errors:       {result['errors']}")
 
-    # Optional: run enrichment
-    if args.enrich or args.process:
-        print("\nRunning enrichment on extracted content...")
-        from lib.enricher import run_enrichment
-        enriched = run_enrichment()
-        print(f"  Enriched: {enriched}")
-
-    # Optional: run embedding too
-    if args.process:
-        print("\nRunning embedding...")
-        from lib.embedder import run_embedding
-        embedded = run_embedding()
-        print(f"  Embedded: {embedded}")
+    if result['acquired']:
+        print(f"\n{result['acquired']} transcript(s) staged in hopper.")
+        print("The dispatcher will pick them up on its next cycle.")
+        print("Run 'recon status' to monitor progress.")
 
     return 0
 
@@ -1417,21 +1109,6 @@ def main():
     p.set_defaults(func=cmd_ingest_url)
 
     # crawl
-    p = sub.add_parser('crawl', help='Crawl a site and ingest discovered pages')
-    p.add_argument('url', help='Base URL to crawl')
-    p.add_argument('--category', default='Web', help='Category for ingested content')
-    p.add_argument('--source', default=None, help='Source identifier (default: domain name)')
-    p.add_argument('--include', nargs='+', help='Only include URL paths starting with these prefixes')
-    p.add_argument('--exclude', nargs='+', help='Exclude URL paths starting with these prefixes')
-    p.add_argument('--max-pages', type=int, default=500, help='Maximum pages to ingest')
-    p.add_argument('--max-depth', type=int, default=3, help='Maximum link-follow depth')
-    p.add_argument('--delay', type=float, default=1.0, help='Delay between page fetches (seconds)')
-    p.add_argument('--dry-run', action='store_true', help='Discover URLs without ingesting')
-    p.add_argument('--no-sitemap', action='store_true', help='Skip sitemap, use link-following only')
-    p.add_argument('--enrich', action='store_true', help='Run enrichment after crawl')
-    p.add_argument('--process', action='store_true', help='Full pipeline: crawl + enrich + embed')
-    p.set_defaults(func=cmd_crawl)
-
     # validate
     p = sub.add_parser('validate', help='Validate pipeline consistency')
     p.add_argument('--deep', action='store_true', help='Deep validation (check all files)')
@@ -1459,12 +1136,8 @@ def main():
     p.set_defaults(func=cmd_organize)
 
     # ingest-peertube
-    p = sub.add_parser('ingest-peertube', help='Ingest PeerTube video transcripts')
-    p.add_argument('--channel', help='Ingest specific channel (actor_name)')
-    p.add_argument('--since', help='Only ingest videos published after this date (ISO format)')
+    p = sub.add_parser('ingest-peertube', help='Acquire PeerTube transcripts to hopper')
     p.add_argument('--stats', action='store_true', help='Show PeerTube instance stats')
-    p.add_argument('--enrich', action='store_true', help='Run enrichment after ingestion')
-    p.add_argument('--process', action='store_true', help='Full pipeline: ingest + enrich + embed')
     p.set_defaults(func=cmd_ingest_peertube)
 
     # ingest
diff --git a/static/css/recon.css b/static/css/recon.css
index d6752cf..95aed52 100644
--- a/static/css/recon.css
+++ b/static/css/recon.css
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ tr:hover { background: var(--bg-secondary); }
 }
 .badge-web { background: #1e3a5f; color: #60a5fa; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: var(--radius); font-size: 11px; }
 .badge-pdf { background: #2d5a2d; color: #4ade80; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: var(--radius); font-size: 11px; }
+.badge-transcript { background: #3b1f5e; color: #c084fc; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: var(--radius); font-size: 11px; }
 
 /* ── Trend indicators ── */
 .trend { font-size: 11px; margin-left: 6px; }
diff --git a/static/js/dashboard.js b/static/js/dashboard.js
index 4e0b3d1..254d92a 100644
--- a/static/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/static/js/dashboard.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                 var pipeCount = s.in_pipeline || 0;
                 totalCat += catCount; totalComp += compCount; totalPipe += pipeCount;
                 totalConcepts += s.concepts; totalVectors += s.vectors;
-                var badge = s.type === 'web' ? '<span class="badge-web">WEB</span>' : '<span class="badge-pdf">PDF</span>';
+                var badge = s.type === 'transcript' ? '<span class="badge-transcript">TRANSCRIPT</span>' : s.type === 'web' ? '<span class="badge-web">WEB</span>' : '<span class="badge-pdf">PDF</span>';
                 var compPct = catCount > 0 ? (compCount / catCount * 100) : 0;
                 var pipePct = catCount > 0 ? (pipeCount / catCount * 100) : 0;
                 var compColor = compPct >= 100 ? '#00ff41' : compPct > 0 ? '#ffa500' : '#666';
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
                 rtb.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="4" class="text-dim">None yet</td></tr>';
             } else {
                 rtb.innerHTML = data.recent_complete.map(function(r) {
-                    var badge = r.type === 'web' ? '<span class="badge-web">WEB</span>' : '<span class="badge-pdf">PDF</span>';
+                    var badge = r.type === 'transcript' ? '<span class="badge-transcript">TRANSCRIPT</span>' : r.type === 'web' ? '<span class="badge-web">WEB</span>' : '<span class="badge-pdf">PDF</span>';
                     return '<tr><td>' + r.title + '</td><td>' + badge + '</td><td>' +
                         r.concepts + '</td><td>' + r.vectors + '</td></tr>';
                 }).join('');
diff --git a/templates/knowledge/upload.html b/templates/knowledge/upload.html
index 3b58a3f..1f65bad 100644
--- a/templates/knowledge/upload.html
+++ b/templates/knowledge/upload.html
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block content %}
-<h3 class="section-title mb-16">Upload PDF</h3>
+<h3 class="section-title mb-16">Upload Document</h3>
 <div class="panel">
     <form id="upload-form" enctype="multipart/form-data">
         <div class="mb-16">
-            <label class="text-dim text-xs" style="text-transform:uppercase;display:block;margin-bottom:4px;">PDF File</label>
-            <input type="file" name="file" accept=".pdf" id="upload-file"
+            <label class="text-dim text-xs" style="text-transform:uppercase;display:block;margin-bottom:4px;">Document File</label>
+            <input type="file" name="file" accept=".pdf,.txt,.epub,.doc,.docx,.mobi" id="upload-file"
                 style="background:#0a0a0a;border:1px solid #333;color:#c0c0c0;padding:8px;width:100%;font-family:inherit;">
+            <span class="text-dim" style="font-size:11px;display:block;margin-top:4px;">Supported: PDF, TXT, EPUB, DOC, DOCX, MOBI</span>
         </div>
         <div class="mb-16">
             <label class="text-dim text-xs" style="text-transform:uppercase;display:block;margin-bottom:4px;">Category</label>
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ document.getElementById('upload-form').addEventListener('submit', async function
             result.innerHTML = '<span style="color:#00ff41;">Queued for processing</span><br>' +
                 '<span class="text-dim">Hash: ' + data.hash + '</span><br>' +
                 '<span class="text-dim">File: ' + data.filename + '</span><br>' +
-                '<span class="text-dim">Category: ' + data.source + '/' + data.category + '</span>';
+                '<span class="text-dim">Type: ' + data.source_type + '</span>';
             fileInput.value = '';
         } else {
             status.style.color = '#ff4444';