diff --git a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
index f4197f4b..c4654dfa 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
+++ b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ import com.correx.core.approvals.DefaultApprovalReducer
 import com.correx.core.approvals.DefaultApprovalRepository
 import com.correx.core.artifactstore.ArtifactStore
 import com.correx.core.config.OperatorProfile
+import com.correx.core.config.ProjectProfileLoader
 import com.correx.core.events.events.ApprovalRequestedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.EventMetadata
 import com.correx.core.events.events.NewEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.OperatorProfileBoundEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.ProjectProfileBoundEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.OrchestrationResumedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.WorkflowFailedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.stores.EventStore
@@ -217,6 +219,35 @@ class ServerModule(
                         ),
                     )
                 }
+                // Bind the per-repo project profile (curated .correx/project.toml) as an event so
+                // stages and replay read the recorded snapshot, never the live file (invariants #8/#9).
+                val workspaceRoot = runCatching {
+                    sessionRepository.getSession(sessionId).state.boundWorkspace?.workspaceRoot
+                }.getOrNull() ?: projectMemory?.repoRoot()
+                workspaceRoot?.let { root ->
+                    val projectProfile = ProjectProfileLoader.load(root)
+                    if (!projectProfile.isEmpty()) {
+                        eventStore.append(
+                            NewEvent(
+                                metadata = EventMetadata(
+                                    eventId = EventId(java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString()),
+                                    sessionId = sessionId,
+                                    timestamp = Clock.System.now(),
+                                    schemaVersion = 1,
+                                    causationId = null,
+                                    correlationId = null,
+                                ),
+                                payload = ProjectProfileBoundEvent(
+                                    sessionId = sessionId,
+                                    workspaceRoot = root,
+                                    about = projectProfile.about,
+                                    conventions = projectProfile.conventions,
+                                    commands = projectProfile.commands,
+                                ),
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
                 runCatching {
                     orchestrator.run(sessionId, graph, sessionConfig)
                     // After a successful freestyle planning run, lock the plan and execute phase 2.
diff --git a/core/kernel/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/kernel/orchestration/ContextFeedback.kt b/core/kernel/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/kernel/orchestration/ContextFeedback.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6faddc86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/kernel/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/kernel/orchestration/ContextFeedback.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.correx.core.kernel.orchestration
+
+// Context-entry builders kept top-level (not orchestrator members) for unit-testability
+// and to stay under detekt's function-count threshold (same pattern as isBackEdge).
+
+import com.correx.core.context.model.ContextEntry
+import com.correx.core.context.model.ContextLayer
+import com.correx.core.context.model.EntryRole
+import com.correx.core.events.types.ContextEntryId
+import com.correx.core.sessions.BoundProjectProfile
+import java.util.UUID
+
+fun buildProjectProfileEntry(profile: BoundProjectProfile): ContextEntry {
+    val content = buildString {
+        append("## Project profile\n")
+        if (profile.about.isNotBlank()) append(profile.about).append("\n")
+        if (profile.conventions.isNotEmpty()) {
+            append("### Conventions\n")
+            profile.conventions.forEach { append("- ").append(it).append("\n") }
+        }
+        if (profile.commands.isNotEmpty()) {
+            append("### Commands\n")
+            profile.commands.forEach { (name, cmd) -> append(name).append(": ").append(cmd).append("\n") }
+        }
+    }.trimEnd()
+    return ContextEntry(
+        id = ContextEntryId(UUID.randomUUID().toString()),
+        layer = ContextLayer.L0,
+        content = content,
+        sourceType = "projectProfile",
+        sourceId = "project-profile",
+        tokenEstimate = content.length / 4,
+        role = EntryRole.SYSTEM,
+    )
+}
diff --git a/core/kernel/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/kernel/orchestration/SessionOrchestrator.kt b/core/kernel/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/kernel/orchestration/SessionOrchestrator.kt
index 5f1f974d..657b4172 100644
--- a/core/kernel/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/kernel/orchestration/SessionOrchestrator.kt
+++ b/core/kernel/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/kernel/orchestration/SessionOrchestrator.kt
@@ -363,9 +363,11 @@ abstract class SessionOrchestrator(
                     ),
                 )
             } ?: emptyList()
+        val projectProfileEntries = session.state.boundProjectProfile
+            ?.let { listOf(buildProjectProfileEntry(it)) } ?: emptyList()
         var accumulatedEntries =
-            systemPrompt + profileEntries + journalEntries + repoMapEntries + needsEntries +
-                schemaEntries + promptEntries + steeringEntries
+            systemPrompt + profileEntries + projectProfileEntries + journalEntries + repoMapEntries +
+                needsEntries + schemaEntries + promptEntries + steeringEntries
         val contextPack = contextPackBuilder.build(
             id = ContextPackId(UUID.randomUUID().toString()),
             sessionId = sessionId,
diff --git a/testing/kernel/src/test/kotlin/ContextFeedbackTest.kt b/testing/kernel/src/test/kotlin/ContextFeedbackTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e059a75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/kernel/src/test/kotlin/ContextFeedbackTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import com.correx.core.context.model.ContextLayer
+import com.correx.core.context.model.EntryRole
+import com.correx.core.kernel.orchestration.buildProjectProfileEntry
+import com.correx.core.sessions.BoundProjectProfile
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+class ContextFeedbackTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `project profile renders as single L0 entry`() {
+        val entry = buildProjectProfileEntry(
+            BoundProjectProfile(
+                about = "Event-sourced kernel",
+                conventions = listOf("no bare try-catch"),
+                commands = mapOf("test" to "./gradlew check"),
+            ),
+        )
+        assertEquals(ContextLayer.L0, entry.layer)
+        assertEquals(EntryRole.SYSTEM, entry.role)
+        assertTrue(entry.content.startsWith("## Project profile"), "content: ${entry.content}")
+        assertTrue(entry.content.contains("- no bare try-catch"), "content: ${entry.content}")
+        assertTrue(entry.content.contains("test: ./gradlew check"), "content: ${entry.content}")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `project profile with only about renders without conventions or commands sections`() {
+        val entry = buildProjectProfileEntry(
+            BoundProjectProfile(
+                about = "Simple project",
+                conventions = emptyList(),
+                commands = emptyMap(),
+            ),
+        )
+        assertTrue(entry.content.contains("Simple project"), "content: ${entry.content}")
+        assertTrue(!entry.content.contains("### Conventions"), "should not contain Conventions: ${entry.content}")
+        assertTrue(!entry.content.contains("### Commands"), "should not contain Commands: ${entry.content}")
+        assertEquals("projectProfile", entry.sourceType)
+    }
+}