diff --git a/cmd/mavend/actions_list.go b/cmd/mavend/actions_list.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7e7d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mavend/actions_list.go
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// Standing lists on the voice path (Vikunja #453).
+//
+// Three halves, mirroring what task capture already does: an add that runs at
+// the top of actionNote, a read-back query source, and a crossing-off that runs
+// on the same note path because "всё купил" is note-shaped.
+//
+// These read h.dataStore rather than the CoreAPI. A list is local to the core
+// and nothing outside it writes one: the web UI has no list page, no reach
+// files groceries, and the digestion worker does not read the table. When
+// something outside mavend needs to add to a list, the ipc seam is what it
+// grows through — the intake rules that CaptureTaskReq documents are about
+// shared intake, and there is none here yet.
+//
+// Nothing here speaks unprompted. A list is answered when asked about.
+
+// captureListFromNote claims the turn when the utterance adds to, clears, or
+// crosses one item off a list. ("", false) hands the turn back to the note path.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) captureListFromNote(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) (string, bool) {
+	if h.dataStore == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	// Clearing is read before removing on purpose: "всё купил" and "купил
+	// молоко" start with the same word, and only the second one names an item.
+	if list, ok := router.ParseListClear(dec.Utterance); ok {
+		n, err := h.dataStore.ClearList(ctx, list, h.now())
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("voice: clear list: %v", err)
+			return "не получилось обновить список.", true
+		}
+		if n == 0 {
+			return "в списке и так ничего не было.", true
+		}
+		return "вычеркнула всё, список пустой.", true
+	}
+	if cap, ok := router.ParseListRemove(dec.Utterance); ok {
+		if reply, ok := h.removeListItem(ctx, cap); ok {
+			return reply, true
+		}
+		// Nothing on the list by that name. "купил новый ноутбук" is a note and
+		// must stay one, so the turn goes back rather than claiming a removal
+		// that removed nothing.
+		return "", false
+	}
+	cap, ok := router.ParseListCapture(dec.Utterance)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	res, err := h.dataStore.AddListItem(ctx, store.ListItem{
+		List:      cap.List,
+		Item:      cap.Item,
+		Source:    "tap:voice",
+		CreatedTs: h.now(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: add list item: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось добавить в список.", true
+	}
+	if !res.Created {
+		return cap.Item + " уже в списке.", true
+	}
+	return "добавила в список: " + cap.Item + ".", true
+}
+
+// removeListItem crosses one named item off. It reports false when the list
+// holds nothing by that name, which is what keeps the marker words from
+// swallowing ordinary notes.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) removeListItem(ctx context.Context, cap router.ListCapture) (string, bool) {
+	items, err := h.dataStore.ListItems(ctx, cap.List, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: list items: %v", err)
+		return "", false
+	}
+	want := store.NormalizeTaskText(cap.Item)
+	for _, li := range items {
+		if store.NormalizeTaskText(li.Item) != want {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := h.dataStore.SetListItemStatus(ctx, li.ID, store.ListItemDone, h.now()); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("voice: cross off list item: %v", err)
+			return "не получилось обновить список.", true
+		}
+		return "вычеркнула: " + li.Item + ".", true
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
+// queryList — "что в списке покупок?", "что мне купить?".
+//
+// A query source, so it sits in querySources and either claims the turn or
+// passes it on. It is before the recall sources for the reason every specific
+// source is: the notes pass would otherwise answer a list question with
+// whatever note is nearest.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryList(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	list, ok := router.ParseListQuery(t.dec.Utterance)
+	if !ok || h.dataStore == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	items, err := h.dataStore.ListItems(ctx, list, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: list items: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось посмотреть список.", true
+	}
+	return formatListRU(list, items), true
+}
+
+// formatListRU reads a list aloud. One sentence, comma-separated, because a
+// shopping list is heard in a shop and a numbered recital is unusable there.
+func formatListRU(list string, items []store.ListItem) string {
+	name := "списке " + listGenitive(list)
+	if len(items) == 0 {
+		return "в " + name + " пусто."
+	}
+	names := make([]string, 0, len(items))
+	for _, li := range items {
+		names = append(names, li.Item)
+	}
+	return "в " + name + ": " + strings.Join(names, ", ") + "."
+}
+
+// listGenitive puts a list tag into the case "список <…>" needs. Russian
+// declines the noun and she must not say "в списке покупки".
+func listGenitive(list string) string {
+	switch list {
+	case "покупки":
+		return "покупок"
+	case "аптека":
+		return "аптеки"
+	case "хозяйство":
+		return "хозяйства"
+	}
+	return list
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/actions_note.go b/cmd/mavend/actions_note.go
index c7c20a5..b552ddd 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/actions_note.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/actions_note.go
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) actionNote(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) s
 	if reply, ok := h.captureTaskFromNote(ctx, dec); ok {
 		return reply
 	}
+	// A standing list is neither work nor recall (Vikunja #453). Checked here
+	// for the same reason and at the same cost: before the embedding is paid
+	// for, and it passes the turn straight back when no marker matches.
+	if reply, ok := h.captureListFromNote(ctx, dec); ok {
+		return reply
+	}
 	// embed the note text with the same model the classifier uses, persist
 	// via CoreAPI (source=tap:voice). Semantic recall lives in `notes`, not
 	// facts — no predicate reads it (spec's two-memory split).
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go b/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
index c349d2d..b0efef5 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ var querySources = []querySource{
 	// the money facts the poller wrote, and the notes pass would otherwise
 	// answer it from whatever he once said about spending. Its matcher needs a
 	// money noun plus an actual ask, so "я потратил весь день" is untouched.
+	// Next to "tasks" and for the same reason: "что мне купить?" is a question
+	// about the shopping list, and the recall pass would otherwise answer it
+	// from an old note about the shop. Its matcher needs an explicit list
+	// marker, so "надо бы съездить в магазин" is untouched.
+	{name: "list", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryList},
 	{name: "money", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryMoney},
 	// Before the recall sources and before general knowledge: "что нового?" is
 	// a question about the feeds she reads, and general knowledge would answer