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+# Staged pickup — persist-backed blog content via `lib/blogimport`
+
+Staged for the host loop (2026-06-30) by the migration/blogimport work. **Pick this up
+after the cards-as-types work lands** — it's the data half that makes the live blog read
+endpoint serve *real* posts instead of the in-memory registry.
+
+## What's ready
+
+`lib/blogimport` is **merged into local `architecture`** (`a746b6ab`, 76/76 conformance:
+lexical 23, import 21, verify 11, source 20/21). It is the blog Postgres→persist
+data-migration tooling (`plans/migration/data-migration.md`, Q-M4 resolved):
+
+- `blogimport/lex-blocks doc` — Ghost lexical (as SX dicts) → content-on-sx block list.
+- `blogimport/import-post! b post at` / `import-all!` — genesis import into the
+  `content:<id>` op-log (idempotent) + metadata in `postmeta:<id>`.
+- `blogimport/verify-post|verify-all` — replay-and-diff parity check at rest.
+- `blogimport/backfill! b fetch-fn at` / `sync-verify b fetch-fn` — live source via an
+  **injected `fetch-fn`** (Q-M4 = internal-data query).
+
+To get it here: this worktree (`loops/host`) is behind local `architecture` — `git merge
+architecture` brings `lib/blogimport` (and the rest of the backlog) in. No `origin` push
+is involved.
+
+## The exact seam in this codebase
+
+Phase 4's blog endpoint (`lib/host/blog.sx`, `GET /<slug>/`) renders a `CtDoc` via
+`content/html`, but `host/blog-lookup` is an **in-memory slug→doc registry** (the plan
+already says "swap for a persist-backed content stream later, handler/route unchanged").
+`lib/blogimport` populates exactly those streams. The pickup is that swap.
+
+## Steps
+
+1. **Merge** local `architecture` into `loops/host` (gets `lib/blogimport` + deps:
+   `dream-json` is the only new load dependency for the source layer).
+2. **Apply the blog-side draft** (Python, on the blog app) so the live source query
+   exists: `lib/blogimport/drafts/published-posts.sx` (defquery) +
+   `drafts/README.md` (the `SqlBlogService.list_published_posts` provider returning
+   published rows **incl. raw `lexical`** — the current post DTO exposes
+   `sx_content`/`html` but not `lexical`).
+3. **Inject the transport**: pass the host's HMAC `fetch_data` wrapper as `blogimport`'s
+   `fetch-fn` (`GET /internal/data/published-posts`). That wrapper is host territory.
+4. **Backfill**: run `blogimport/backfill! b fetch-fn at` against the durable persist
+   backend → every published post becomes a `content:<id>` stream.
+5. **Swap `host/blog-lookup`**: resolve `slug → post-id`, then return
+   `(content/head b post-id)` instead of the in-memory doc. Handler/route unchanged.
+   (Slug→id: from the backfilled `postmeta:<id>` slug field, or a small slug index.)
+6. **Parity gate** (before fronting users): `blogimport/sync-verify b fetch-fn` must be
+   all-ok — same discipline as A1/the slice cutover. Pairs with the still-open Phase 4
+   item "proxy-to-Quart fallback for un-migrated paths" (slice-01-blog's Caddy
+   fall-through-on-404 cutover).
+
+## Notes / limits (carried from blogimport)
+
+- Inline formatting (bold/italic/links) currently **flattens to plain text** —
+  content-on-sx Phase-5 rich runs aren't on `architecture` yet. Swap-point is isolated
+  in `lib/blogimport/lexical.sx` `lex-inline-text`; no host change needed when it lands.
+- `source.sx`'s response contract (`parse-row`) is the executable spec in
+  `lib/blogimport/tests/source.sx` — confirm the live `published-posts` response matches.
+- Re-import with an improved converter (Q-M5) is import-once today (skip-if-exists).
diff --git a/plans/host-on-sx.md b/plans/host-on-sx.md
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       welcome/` renders real HTML through Caddy. Needs Smalltalk+persist+content
       preloads + `(st-bootstrap-classes!)`+`(content/bootstrap!)` (self-bootstraps
       at load).
+- [ ] **persist-backed blog content via `lib/blogimport`** (STAGED, pick up after the
+      cards-as-types work). Swap `host/blog-lookup`'s in-memory registry for
+      `(content/head b post-id)` over `content:<id>` streams populated by `lib/blogimport`
+      (merged to local `architecture` `a746b6ab`, 76/76 — `git merge architecture` to
+      get it). Resolves Q-M4 (live source via injected `fetch-fn` = host `fetch_data`).
+      Full steps incl. the blog-side draft query + parity gate: `plans/blogimport-pickup.md`.
 - [ ] proxy-to-Quart fallback for un-migrated paths (strangler requirement before
       a real subdomain fronts users).
 - [ ] internal-HMAC middleware on `/internal/*` (service-to-service auth; protocol