diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/reedy/consolidatorCursor.test.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/reedy/consolidatorCursor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d171272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/reedy/consolidatorCursor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { sliceSinceLastId } from '@/services/reedy/memory/consolidatorCursor';
+import type { ReedyMessage } from '@/services/reedy/store/reedyStore';
+
+function user(id: string, text: string, ts = 0): ReedyMessage {
+  return { id, role: 'user', text, createdAt: ts };
+}
+
+function assistant(id: string, parts: Array<{ type: 'text'; text: string }>, ts = 0): ReedyMessage {
+  return {
+    id,
+    role: 'assistant',
+    parts,
+    createdAt: ts,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('sliceSinceLastId', () => {
+  const log: ReedyMessage[] = [
+    user('u1', 'hi'),
+    assistant('a1', [{ type: 'text', text: 'hello' }]),
+    user('u2', 'tell me more'),
+    assistant('a2', [
+      { type: 'text', text: 'sure, ' },
+      { type: 'text', text: 'here we go' },
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  it('returns the full log when afterId is null (no prior consolidation)', () => {
+    const out = sliceSinceLastId(log, null);
+    expect(out.map((m) => m.id)).toEqual(['u1', 'a1', 'u2', 'a2']);
+  });
+
+  it('returns only messages strictly after afterId', () => {
+    const out = sliceSinceLastId(log, 'a1');
+    expect(out.map((m) => m.id)).toEqual(['u2', 'a2']);
+  });
+
+  it('returns [] when afterId is the last message', () => {
+    const out = sliceSinceLastId(log, 'a2');
+    expect(out).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the full log when afterId is not in the messages (lost cursor)', () => {
+    const out = sliceSinceLastId(log, 'cursor-from-deleted-session');
+    expect(out.map((m) => m.id)).toEqual(['u1', 'a1', 'u2', 'a2']);
+  });
+
+  it('flattens assistant text parts into one content string per message', () => {
+    const out = sliceSinceLastId(log, 'u2');
+    expect(out[0]).toMatchObject({ id: 'a2', role: 'assistant', content: 'sure, here we go' });
+  });
+
+  it('passes user text through unchanged', () => {
+    const out = sliceSinceLastId(log, null);
+    const u = out.find((m) => m.id === 'u1')!;
+    expect(u).toMatchObject({ role: 'user', content: 'hi' });
+  });
+
+  it('emits an empty string for assistant messages that only carry non-text parts', () => {
+    const onlyTool: ReedyMessage = {
+      id: 'a-tool',
+      role: 'assistant',
+      parts: [
+        {
+          type: 'tool_call',
+          id: 'tc1',
+          name: 'find',
+          args: {},
+          permission: 'read',
+          state: 'pending',
+        },
+      ],
+      createdAt: 0,
+    };
+    const out = sliceSinceLastId([onlyTool], null);
+    expect(out[0]).toMatchObject({ id: 'a-tool', role: 'assistant', content: '' });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/services/reedy/memory/consolidatorCursor.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/services/reedy/memory/consolidatorCursor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a518eedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/services/reedy/memory/consolidatorCursor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import type { ConsolidatorMessage } from './MemoryConsolidator';
+import type { ReedyMessage } from '../store/reedyStore';
+
+/**
+ * Slice the store's message log to the tail after a given id (exclusive),
+ * normalizing to the ConsolidatorMessage shape the MemoryConsolidator
+ * accepts. Used by ReedyAssistant's post-turn consolidate hook so we
+ * never re-summarize already-distilled turns.
+ *
+ * `afterId === null` (no prior consolidation) returns the whole log.
+ * `afterId` not found in the log (e.g. user cleared the conversation)
+ * also returns the whole log — the safer fallback, since the alternative
+ * is to skip consolidation entirely.
+ */
+export function sliceSinceLastId(
+  messages: readonly ReedyMessage[],
+  afterId: string | null,
+): ConsolidatorMessage[] {
+  const startIdx =
+    afterId == null
+      ? 0
+      : (() => {
+          const idx = messages.findIndex((m) => m.id === afterId);
+          return idx >= 0 ? idx + 1 : 0;
+        })();
+  const tail = messages.slice(startIdx);
+  return tail.map((m) => ({
+    id: m.id,
+    role: m.role,
+    content: m.role === 'user' ? m.text : flattenAssistantText(m),
+    createdAt: m.createdAt,
+  }));
+}
+
+function flattenAssistantText(m: Extract<ReedyMessage, { role: 'assistant' }>): string {
+  return m.parts
+    .filter((p): p is { type: 'text'; text: string } => p.type === 'text')
+    .map((p) => p.text)
+    .join('');
+}
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/services/reedy/ui/ReedyAssistant.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/services/reedy/ui/ReedyAssistant.tsx
index 84a68a52..7c773db0 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/services/reedy/ui/ReedyAssistant.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/services/reedy/ui/ReedyAssistant.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import {
   type SkillInstructions,
 } from '../context';
 import { MemoryService } from '../memory/MemoryService';
+import { MemoryConsolidator } from '../memory/MemoryConsolidator';
+import { sliceSinceLastId } from '../memory/consolidatorCursor';
 import { SkillRegistry } from '../skills/SkillRegistry';
 import type { Skill } from '../skills/types';
 import { useReedyStore } from '../store/reedyStore';
@@ -142,6 +144,31 @@ export function ReedyAssistant({
       : null;
   }, [activeSkill]);
 
+  // Live memory snapshots fed into BookMemoryLayer / UserMemoryLayer.
+  // Refs (not state) because the prompt builder reads them synchronously
+  // at runTurn time and we don't want every memory refresh to invalidate
+  // the runtime memo. refreshMemorySnapshots() is called on initial
+  // load, after each successful consolidate(), and whenever a memory
+  // write tool fires.
+  const bookMemorySnapshotRef = useRef('');
+  const userMemorySnapshotRef = useRef('');
+  const refreshMemorySnapshots = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (!reedy) return;
+    try {
+      const [book, user] = await Promise.all([
+        reedy.memory.list('book', bookHash, 10),
+        reedy.memory.list('user', userId, 10),
+      ]);
+      bookMemorySnapshotRef.current = book.map((m) => `- [${m.key}] ${m.summary}`).join('\n');
+      userMemorySnapshotRef.current = user.map((m) => `- [${m.key}] ${m.summary}`).join('\n');
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('[Reedy] memory snapshot refresh failed', err);
+    }
+  }, [reedy, bookHash, userId]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    void refreshMemorySnapshots();
+  }, [refreshMemorySnapshots]);
+
   // Build the tool registry + runtime once per (reedy ready, model)
   // pair. The userId and bookHash flow through the memory tool factories
   // so each tool dispatches under the right scope_key.
@@ -187,8 +214,8 @@ export function ReedyAssistant({
       })(),
       createReadingLayer(readingRef.current),
       createToolCatalogLayer(reg.list()),
-      createBookMemoryLayer(() => ''),
-      createUserMemoryLayer(() => ''),
+      createBookMemoryLayer(() => bookMemorySnapshotRef.current),
+      createUserMemoryLayer(() => userMemorySnapshotRef.current),
     ];
 
     return new AgentRuntime({ model: models.chat, tools: reg, layers });
@@ -199,6 +226,40 @@ export function ReedyAssistant({
   const resetStore = useReedyStore((s) => s.reset);
   const { send, abort } = useReedyTurn(runtime);
 
+  // MemoryConsolidator (Phase 3.2) — distills the last ~3 turns into 1-3
+  // durable memories on turn-finish. Fire-and-forget; failures are
+  // surfaced via console.warn so they don't block the chat. We track
+  // the last message id we've consolidated through so subsequent turns
+  // only feed the new tail to the model.
+  const consolidator = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!reedy) return null;
+    return new MemoryConsolidator({
+      model: models.chat,
+      memory: reedy.memory,
+      bookHash,
+      userId,
+      onError: (err) => console.warn('[Reedy] consolidate', err),
+    });
+  }, [reedy, models.chat, bookHash, userId]);
+  const lastConsolidatedIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  const wasRunningRef = useRef(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const justFinished = wasRunningRef.current && !isRunning;
+    wasRunningRef.current = isRunning;
+    if (!justFinished || !consolidator || messages.length === 0) return;
+
+    // Pull the tail since the last consolidation. The consolidator's
+    // own threshold (default 6 messages) decides whether to actually
+    // call the model.
+    const tail = sliceSinceLastId(messages, lastConsolidatedIdRef.current);
+    if (tail.length === 0) return;
+    const lastId = messages[messages.length - 1]!.id;
+    void consolidator.consolidate(tail).then(async (written) => {
+      lastConsolidatedIdRef.current = lastId;
+      if (written.length > 0) await refreshMemorySnapshots();
+    });
+  }, [isRunning, messages, consolidator, refreshMemorySnapshots]);
+
   // Indexing state — tracked locally to avoid layering yet another store.
   const [indexingPhase, setIndexingPhase] = useState<IndexingPhase>('idle');
   const [indexProgress, setIndexProgress] = useState<{