diff --git a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
index 38515d8b..5fa96763 100644
--- a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
+++ b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
@@ -1923,6 +1923,47 @@ let http_load_files env files =
   ) files;
   rebind_host_extensions env
 
+(* ====================================================================== *)
+(* Request context — set per-request before rendering                      *)
+(* ====================================================================== *)
+
+let _req_method = ref "GET"
+let _req_body = ref ""
+let _req_query = ref ""
+let _req_headers : (string * string) list ref = ref []
+let _ephemeral_state : (string, value) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 64
+
+let parse_urlencoded body =
+  if body = "" then []
+  else
+    let pairs = String.split_on_char '&' body in
+    List.filter_map (fun pair ->
+      match String.index_opt pair '=' with
+      | Some i ->
+        let k = url_decode (String.sub pair 0 i) in
+        let v = url_decode (String.sub pair (i + 1) (String.length pair - i - 1)) in
+        Some (k, v)
+      | None -> Some (url_decode pair, "")
+    ) pairs
+
+let parse_query_string path =
+  match String.index_opt path '?' with
+  | Some i -> String.sub path (i + 1) (String.length path - i - 1)
+  | None -> ""
+
+let extract_body data =
+  (* Find double CRLF separating headers from body *)
+  let rec find_sep s pat pat_len i =
+    if i + pat_len > String.length s then -1
+    else if String.sub s i pat_len = pat then i
+    else find_sep s pat pat_len (i + 1) in
+  let n = find_sep data "\r\n\r\n" 4 0 in
+  if n >= 0 then String.sub data (n + 4) (String.length data - n - 4)
+  else
+    let n2 = find_sep data "\n\n" 2 0 in
+    if n2 >= 0 then String.sub data (n2 + 2) (String.length data - n2 - 2)
+    else ""
+
 (* Pretty printer — AST value → formatted SX source string *)
 let pp_atom = Sx_types.inspect
 
@@ -1977,6 +2018,116 @@ let pretty_print_value ?(max_width=80) v =
 let http_setup_page_helpers env =
   let bind name fn = ignore (env_bind env name (NativeFn (name, fn))) in
 
+  (* Request primitives — use thread-local _req_* context *)
+  bind "now" (fun args ->
+    let open Unix in
+    let t = gettimeofday () in
+    let tm = localtime t in
+    let fmt = match args with String f :: _ -> f | _ -> "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" in
+    let result = Printf.sprintf "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d"
+      (tm.tm_year + 1900) (tm.tm_mon + 1) tm.tm_mday
+      tm.tm_hour tm.tm_min tm.tm_sec in
+    (* Basic format substitution *)
+    let r = if fmt = "%H:%M:%S" then
+      Printf.sprintf "%02d:%02d:%02d" tm.tm_hour tm.tm_min tm.tm_sec
+    else if fmt = "%Y-%m-%d" then
+      Printf.sprintf "%04d-%02d-%02d" (tm.tm_year + 1900) (tm.tm_mon + 1) tm.tm_mday
+    else if fmt = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" then result
+    else result in
+    String r);
+
+  bind "state-get" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | String key :: rest ->
+      let default = match rest with v :: _ -> v | [] -> Nil in
+      (match Hashtbl.find_opt _ephemeral_state key with
+       | Some v -> v | None -> default)
+    | _ -> Nil);
+
+  bind "state-set!" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | String key :: value :: _ -> Hashtbl.replace _ephemeral_state key value; Nil
+    | _ -> Nil);
+
+  bind "state-clear!" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | [String key] -> Hashtbl.remove _ephemeral_state key; Nil
+    | _ -> Nil);
+
+  bind "request-method" (fun _args -> String !_req_method);
+  bind "request-body" (fun _args -> String !_req_body);
+
+  bind "request-form" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | String name :: rest ->
+      let default = match rest with v :: _ -> v | [] -> String "" in
+      let pairs = parse_urlencoded !_req_body in
+      (match List.assoc_opt name pairs with
+       | Some v -> String v | None -> default)
+    | _ -> String "");
+
+  bind "request-arg" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | String name :: rest ->
+      let default = match rest with v :: _ -> v | [] -> Nil in
+      let pairs = parse_urlencoded !_req_query in
+      (match List.assoc_opt name pairs with
+       | Some v -> String v | None -> default)
+    | _ -> Nil);
+
+  bind "request-form-all" (fun _args ->
+    let pairs = parse_urlencoded !_req_body in
+    let d = Hashtbl.create 8 in
+    List.iter (fun (k, v) -> Hashtbl.replace d k (String v)) pairs;
+    Dict d);
+
+  bind "request-args-all" (fun _args ->
+    let pairs = parse_urlencoded !_req_query in
+    let d = Hashtbl.create 8 in
+    List.iter (fun (k, v) -> Hashtbl.replace d k (String v)) pairs;
+    Dict d);
+
+  bind "request-form-list" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | [String name] ->
+      let pairs = parse_urlencoded !_req_body in
+      List (List.filter_map (fun (k, v) -> if k = name then Some (String v) else None) pairs)
+    | _ -> List []);
+
+  bind "request-json" (fun _args -> String !_req_body);
+
+  bind "request-header" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | String name :: rest ->
+      let default = match rest with v :: _ -> v | [] -> String "" in
+      let lname = String.lowercase_ascii name in
+      (match List.assoc_opt lname (List.map (fun (k,v) -> (String.lowercase_ascii k, v)) !_req_headers) with
+       | Some v -> String v | None -> default)
+    | _ -> String "");
+
+  bind "request-headers-all" (fun _args ->
+    let d = Hashtbl.create 8 in
+    List.iter (fun (k, v) -> Hashtbl.replace d (String.lowercase_ascii k) (String v)) !_req_headers;
+    Dict d);
+
+  bind "request-content-type" (fun _args ->
+    match List.assoc_opt "content-type" (List.map (fun (k,v) -> (String.lowercase_ascii k, v)) !_req_headers) with
+    | Some v -> String v | None -> String "");
+
+  bind "request-file-name" (fun _args -> String "");
+
+  bind "into" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | [String "list"; Dict d] ->
+      List (Hashtbl.fold (fun k v acc -> List [String k; v] :: acc) d [])
+    | [String "dict"; List pairs] ->
+      let d = Hashtbl.create 8 in
+      List.iter (fun pair -> match pair with
+        | List [String k; v] -> Hashtbl.replace d k v
+        | _ -> ()) pairs;
+      Dict d
+    | _ -> Nil);
+
   (* Primitive 1: pretty-print — AST → formatted SX source *)
   bind "pretty-print" (fun args ->
     match args with
@@ -2357,10 +2508,16 @@ let http_mode port =
     match parse_http_request data with
     | None -> write_response fd (http_response ~status:400 "Bad Request"); true
     | Some (method_, raw_path) ->
-      if method_ <> "GET" && method_ <> "HEAD" then begin
-        write_response fd (http_response ~status:405 "Method Not Allowed"); true
-      end else begin
-        let path = url_decode raw_path in
+      begin
+        let path = url_decode (match String.index_opt raw_path '?' with
+          | Some i -> String.sub raw_path 0 i | None -> raw_path) in
+        let query = parse_query_string raw_path in
+        (* Set request context for primitives *)
+        _req_method := method_;
+        _req_query := query;
+        _req_headers := parse_http_headers data;
+        _req_body := (if method_ = "POST" || method_ = "PUT" || method_ = "PATCH"
+                      then extract_body data else "");
         if path = "/" then begin
           write_response fd (http_redirect "/sx/"); true
         end else
diff --git a/sx/sx/handlers/dispatch.sx b/sx/sx/handlers/dispatch.sx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b052e679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sx/sx/handlers/dispatch.sx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+(define
+  api
+  (fn
+    (slug)
+    (let
+      ((handler-key (str "handler:ex-" slug)) (hdef (env-get handler-key)))
+      (if
+        (nil? hdef)
+        (div
+          :class "p-8"
+          (h2 :class "text-rose-600 font-semibold" "Handler not found")
+          (p :class "text-stone-500" (str "No handler: " handler-key)))
+        (call-handler hdef)))))
+
+(define
+  call-handler
+  (fn
+    (hdef)
+    (let
+      ((method (get hdef "method"))
+        (params (get hdef "params"))
+        (body (get hdef "body"))
+        (closure (get hdef "closure")))
+      (let
+        ((req-method (request-method))
+          (handler-method (upper (or method "get"))))
+        (if
+          (and
+            (not (= handler-method "GET"))
+            (not (= req-method handler-method)))
+          (div
+            :class "p-4 text-rose-600"
+            (str
+              "Method not allowed: expected "
+              handler-method
+              " got "
+              req-method))
+          (eval-handler-body params body closure))))))
+
+(define
+  eval-handler-body
+  (fn
+    (params body closure)
+    (if
+      (or (nil? params) (empty? params))
+      (eval-expr body closure)
+      (let
+        ((bindings (map (fn (p) (let ((name (if (symbol? p) (symbol-name p) (str p)))) (if (= name "&key") nil (if (= name "&rest") nil (let ((val (or (request-arg name) (request-form name)))) (list (make-symbol name) (or val nil))))))) (filter (fn (p) (let ((name (if (symbol? p) (symbol-name p) (str p)))) (and (not (= name "&key")) (not (= name "&rest"))))) params))))
+        (let
+          ((let-form (list (quote let) (filter (fn (b) (not (nil? b))) bindings) body)))
+          (eval-expr let-form closure))))))