diff --git a/core/sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/sessions/SessionSummary.kt b/core/sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/sessions/SessionSummary.kt
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+package com.correx.core.sessions
+
+import com.correx.core.events.types.SessionId
+import kotlinx.datetime.Instant
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
+data class SessionSummary(
+    val sessionId: SessionId,
+    val intent: String?,
+    val workflowId: String?,
+    val status: String,
+    val createdAt: Instant?,
+    val lastActivityAt: Instant?,
+    val stageCount: Int,
+)
diff --git a/core/sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/sessions/SessionSummaryProjector.kt b/core/sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/sessions/SessionSummaryProjector.kt
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+package com.correx.core.sessions
+
+import com.correx.core.events.events.InitialIntentEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.OrchestrationPausedEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.StoredEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.TransitionExecutedEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.WorkflowCompletedEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.WorkflowFailedEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.WorkflowStartedEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.types.SessionId
+
+class SessionSummaryProjector {
+    fun project(sessionId: SessionId, events: List<StoredEvent>): SessionSummary {
+        var intent: String? = null
+        var workflowId: String? = null
+        var stageCount = 0
+        var status = "UNKNOWN"
+        val createdAt = events.firstOrNull()?.metadata?.timestamp
+        val lastActivityAt = events.lastOrNull()?.metadata?.timestamp
+
+        events.forEach { event ->
+            when (val p = event.payload) {
+                is InitialIntentEvent -> intent = p.intent
+                is WorkflowStartedEvent -> {
+                    workflowId = p.workflowId
+                    status = SessionStatus.ACTIVE.name
+                }
+                is TransitionExecutedEvent -> stageCount++
+                is OrchestrationPausedEvent -> status = SessionStatus.PAUSED.name
+                is WorkflowCompletedEvent -> status = SessionStatus.COMPLETED.name
+                is WorkflowFailedEvent -> status = SessionStatus.FAILED.name
+                else -> Unit
+            }
+        }
+
+        return SessionSummary(
+            sessionId = sessionId,
+            intent = intent,
+            workflowId = workflowId,
+            status = status,
+            createdAt = createdAt,
+            lastActivityAt = lastActivityAt,
+            stageCount = stageCount,
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/sessions/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/core/sessions/SessionSummaryProjectorTest.kt b/core/sessions/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/core/sessions/SessionSummaryProjectorTest.kt
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+package com.correx.core.sessions
+
+import com.correx.core.events.events.EventMetadata
+import com.correx.core.events.events.InitialIntentEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.StoredEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.TransitionExecutedEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.types.EventId
+import com.correx.core.events.types.SessionId
+import com.correx.core.events.types.StageId
+import com.correx.core.events.types.TransitionId
+import kotlinx.datetime.Instant
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+class SessionSummaryProjectorTest {
+
+    private val projector = SessionSummaryProjector()
+    private val sessionId = SessionId("s1")
+
+    private fun stored(
+        payload: com.correx.core.events.events.EventPayload,
+        eventId: String = "e1",
+        timestamp: Instant = Instant.parse("2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+        sequence: Long = 1L,
+    ) = StoredEvent(
+        metadata = EventMetadata(
+            eventId = EventId(eventId),
+            sessionId = sessionId,
+            timestamp = timestamp,
+            schemaVersion = 1,
+            causationId = null,
+            correlationId = null,
+        ),
+        sequence = sequence,
+        sessionSequence = sequence,
+        payload = payload,
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun `empty event list produces zeroed summary`() {
+        val summary = projector.project(sessionId, emptyList())
+
+        assertEquals(sessionId, summary.sessionId)
+        assertNull(summary.intent)
+        assertNull(summary.workflowId)
+        assertNull(summary.createdAt)
+        assertNull(summary.lastActivityAt)
+        assertEquals(0, summary.stageCount)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `InitialIntentEvent populates intent`() {
+        val event = stored(InitialIntentEvent(sessionId, "add auth layer"), eventId = "e1")
+
+        val summary = projector.project(sessionId, listOf(event))
+
+        assertEquals("add auth layer", summary.intent)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `two TransitionExecutedEvents yield stageCount of two`() {
+        val t1 = stored(
+            TransitionExecutedEvent(sessionId, StageId("s1"), StageId("s2"), TransitionId("t1")),
+            eventId = "e1", sequence = 1L,
+        )
+        val t2 = stored(
+            TransitionExecutedEvent(sessionId, StageId("s2"), StageId("s3"), TransitionId("t2")),
+            eventId = "e2", sequence = 2L,
+        )
+
+        val summary = projector.project(sessionId, listOf(t1, t2))
+
+        assertEquals(2, summary.stageCount)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `createdAt is first event timestamp and lastActivityAt is last event timestamp`() {
+        val first = Instant.parse("2026-01-01T10:00:00Z")
+        val last = Instant.parse("2026-01-01T11:00:00Z")
+        val e1 = stored(InitialIntentEvent(sessionId, "intent"), eventId = "e1", timestamp = first, sequence = 1L)
+        val e2 = stored(
+            TransitionExecutedEvent(sessionId, StageId("a"), StageId("b"), TransitionId("t1")),
+            eventId = "e2", timestamp = last, sequence = 2L,
+        )
+
+        val summary = projector.project(sessionId, listOf(e1, e2))
+
+        assertEquals(first, summary.createdAt)
+        assertEquals(last, summary.lastActivityAt)
+    }
+}