diff --git a/backend/local_rag.py b/backend/local_rag.py
index 437d32f..b8bfddf 100644
--- a/backend/local_rag.py
+++ b/backend/local_rag.py
@@ -588,6 +588,159 @@ def _scaled_progress(on_progress, start: float, end: float, prefix: str):
     return wrapped
 
 
+def _selected_enrichment_paths(files: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> set[str]:
+    return {
+        str(entry.get("path") or "")
+        for entry in files
+        if _file_enrich_enabled(entry) and str(entry.get("path") or "").strip()
+    }
+
+
+def _shadow_size_metrics(text: str) -> Dict[str, int]:
+    return {
+        "char_count": len(text),
+        "word_count": len(text.split()),
+        "line_count": len(text.splitlines()),
+    }
+
+
+def _build_raw_shadow_record(rec: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    synth_shadow_from_raw = _load_pipeline_fn("index_builder", "synth_shadow_from_raw")
+    shadow_text = synth_shadow_from_raw(rec)
+    return {
+        "id": rec.get("id"),
+        "parent_id": rec.get("parent_id"),
+        "source_path": rec.get("source_path"),
+        "url": rec.get("url"),
+        "title": rec.get("title"),
+        "record_type": rec.get("record_type"),
+        "mime": rec.get("mime"),
+        "lang": rec.get("lang"),
+        "span": rec.get("span") if isinstance(rec.get("span"), dict) else None,
+        "shadow_text": shadow_text,
+        "shadow_meta": {
+            "prompt_version": "raw-fallback",
+            "size": _shadow_size_metrics(shadow_text),
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def _write_selected_corpus(corpus_path: Path, out_path: Path, selected_paths: set[str]) -> int:
+    if not selected_paths or not corpus_path.exists():
+        if out_path.exists():
+            out_path.unlink()
+        return 0
+
+    out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    written = 0
+    with corpus_path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as src, out_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as dst:
+        for line in src:
+            if not line.strip():
+                continue
+            try:
+                rec = json.loads(line)
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+            source_path = str(rec.get("source_path") or "")
+            if source_path not in selected_paths:
+                continue
+            dst.write(json.dumps(rec, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+            written += 1
+
+    if written == 0 and out_path.exists():
+        out_path.unlink()
+    return written
+
+
+def _build_merged_shadow_corpus(corpus_path: Path, partial_shadow_path: Path, out_path: Path) -> int:
+    if not corpus_path.exists():
+        if out_path.exists():
+            out_path.unlink()
+        return 0
+
+    selected_shadow: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    if partial_shadow_path.exists():
+        with partial_shadow_path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as src:
+            for line in src:
+                if not line.strip():
+                    continue
+                try:
+                    rec = json.loads(line)
+                except Exception:
+                    continue
+                rec_id = str(rec.get("id") or rec.get("record_id") or "")
+                if rec_id:
+                    selected_shadow[rec_id] = rec
+
+    out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    written = 0
+    with corpus_path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as src, out_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as dst:
+        for line in src:
+            if not line.strip():
+                continue
+            try:
+                rec = json.loads(line)
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+            rec_id = str(rec.get("id") or rec.get("record_id") or "")
+            shadow_record = selected_shadow.get(rec_id) if rec_id else None
+            if shadow_record is None:
+                shadow_record = _build_raw_shadow_record(rec)
+            dst.write(json.dumps(shadow_record, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+            written += 1
+
+    if written == 0 and out_path.exists():
+        out_path.unlink()
+    return written
+
+
+def _run_selected_enrichment(slug: str, on_progress=None, **opts) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    data = read_library(slug)
+    files = list(data.get("files", []))
+    selected_paths = _selected_enrichment_paths(files)
+    paths = _collect_library_paths(slug)
+
+    if not selected_paths:
+        _cleanup_enrichment_artifacts(slug)
+        if on_progress:
+            on_progress("enrich", 1.0, "Skipping enrichment. All files are raw-indexed.")
+        return {
+            "status": "skipped",
+            "selected_files": 0,
+            "selected_records": 0,
+        }
+
+    selected_records = _write_selected_corpus(paths["corpus"], paths["enrich_input"], selected_paths)
+    if selected_records == 0:
+        _cleanup_enrichment_artifacts(slug)
+        if on_progress:
+            on_progress("enrich", 1.0, "No selected records were eligible for enrichment.")
+        return {
+            "status": "skipped",
+            "selected_files": len(selected_paths),
+            "selected_records": 0,
+        }
+
+    enrich_runner = _load_pipeline_fn("corpus_enricher", "run_enrich")
+    result = enrich_runner(
+        inp=paths["enrich_input"],
+        out=paths["enhanced"],
+        shadow_out=paths["shadow_partial"],
+        on_progress=on_progress,
+        ollama=opts.get("ollama", "http://localhost:11434"),
+        model=opts.get("enrich_model", DEFAULT_ENRICH_MODEL),
+        summary_lang=opts.get("summary_lang", "auto"),
+        concurrency=opts.get("enrich_concurrency", DEFAULT_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY),
+        min_chars=opts.get("min_chars", DEFAULT_ENRICH_MIN_CHARS),
+        max_text=opts.get("max_text", DEFAULT_ENRICH_MAX_TEXT),
+        cache_dir=opts.get("cache_dir", str(paths["base"] / ".rag_cache")),
+    )
+    result["selected_files"] = len(selected_paths)
+    result["selected_records"] = selected_records
+    result["shadow_records"] = _build_merged_shadow_corpus(paths["corpus"], paths["shadow_partial"], paths["shadow"])
+    return result
+
+
 def _run_prepare_pipeline(slug: str, on_progress=None, **opts):
     data = read_library(slug)
     payload = library_payload(data)