diff --git a/deploy/dalidou/graduation-watcher.sh b/deploy/dalidou/graduation-watcher.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bd5643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/dalidou/graduation-watcher.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# deploy/dalidou/graduation-watcher.sh
+# ------------------------------------
+# Host-side watcher for on-demand memory→entity graduation from the web UI.
+#
+# The /admin/triage page has a "🎓 Graduate memories" button that POSTs
+# to /admin/graduation/request with {project, limit}. The container
+# writes this to project_state (atocore/config/graduation_requested_at).
+#
+# This script runs on the Dalidou HOST (where claude CLI lives), polls
+# for the flag, and runs graduate_memories.py when seen.
+#
+# Installed via cron every 2 minutes:
+#   */2 * * * * /srv/storage/atocore/app/deploy/dalidou/graduation-watcher.sh \
+#     >> /home/papa/atocore-logs/graduation-watcher.log 2>&1
+#
+# Safety:
+#   - Lock file prevents concurrent runs
+#   - Flag cleared before processing so duplicate clicks queue at most one re-run
+#   - Fail-open: any error logs but doesn't break the host
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ATOCORE_URL="${ATOCORE_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:8100}"
+APP_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
+LOCK_FILE="/tmp/atocore-graduation.lock"
+LOG_DIR="/home/papa/atocore-logs"
+mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
+
+TS="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
+log() { printf '[%s] %s\n' "$TS" "$*"; }
+
+# Fetch the flag via API
+STATE_JSON=$(curl -sSf --max-time 5 "$ATOCORE_URL/project/state/atocore" 2>/dev/null || echo "{}")
+REQUESTED=$(echo "$STATE_JSON" | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+try:
+    d = json.load(sys.stdin)
+    for e in d.get('entries', d.get('state', [])):
+        if e.get('category') == 'config' and e.get('key') == 'graduation_requested_at':
+            print(e.get('value', ''))
+            break
+except Exception:
+    pass
+" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+if [[ -z "$REQUESTED" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Parse JSON: {project, limit, requested_at}
+PROJECT=$(echo "$REQUESTED" | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin) if '{' in sys.stdin.buffer.peek().decode(errors='ignore') else None; print((d or {}).get('project',''))" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+# Fallback: python inline above can be flaky; just re-parse
+PROJECT=$(echo "$REQUESTED" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.loads(sys.stdin.read() or '{}').get('project',''))" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+LIMIT=$(echo "$REQUESTED" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.loads(sys.stdin.read() or '{}').get('limit',30))" 2>/dev/null || echo "30")
+
+# Acquire lock
+exec 9>"$LOCK_FILE" || exit 0
+if ! flock -n 9; then
+    log "graduation already running, skipping"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Mark running
+curl -sSf -X POST "$ATOCORE_URL/project/state" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "{\"project\":\"atocore\",\"category\":\"status\",\"key\":\"graduation_running\",\"value\":\"1\",\"source\":\"host watcher\"}" \
+    >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+curl -sSf -X POST "$ATOCORE_URL/project/state" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "{\"project\":\"atocore\",\"category\":\"status\",\"key\":\"graduation_last_started_at\",\"value\":\"$TS\",\"source\":\"host watcher\"}" \
+    >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+LOG_FILE="$LOG_DIR/graduation-ondemand-$(date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log"
+log "Starting graduation (project='$PROJECT' limit=$LIMIT, log: $LOG_FILE)"
+
+# Clear the flag BEFORE running so duplicate clicks queue at most one
+curl -sSf -X DELETE "$ATOCORE_URL/project/state" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "{\"project\":\"atocore\",\"category\":\"config\",\"key\":\"graduation_requested_at\"}" \
+    >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+# Build script args
+cd "$APP_DIR"
+export PYTHONPATH="$APP_DIR/src:${PYTHONPATH:-}"
+ARGS=(--base-url "$ATOCORE_URL" --limit "$LIMIT")
+if [[ -n "$PROJECT" ]]; then
+    ARGS+=(--project "$PROJECT")
+fi
+
+if python3 scripts/graduate_memories.py "${ARGS[@]}" >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1; then
+    RESULT=$(tail -3 "$LOG_FILE" | grep "^total:" | tail -1 || tail -1 "$LOG_FILE")
+    RESULT="${RESULT:-completed}"
+    log "graduation finished: $RESULT"
+else
+    RESULT="ERROR — see $LOG_FILE"
+    log "graduation FAILED"
+fi
+
+FINISH_TS="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
+
+# Mark done
+curl -sSf -X POST "$ATOCORE_URL/project/state" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "{\"project\":\"atocore\",\"category\":\"status\",\"key\":\"graduation_running\",\"value\":\"0\",\"source\":\"host watcher\"}" \
+    >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+curl -sSf -X POST "$ATOCORE_URL/project/state" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "{\"project\":\"atocore\",\"category\":\"status\",\"key\":\"graduation_last_finished_at\",\"value\":\"$FINISH_TS\",\"source\":\"host watcher\"}" \
+    >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+SAFE_RESULT=$(printf '%s' "$RESULT" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.dumps(sys.stdin.read())[1:-1])")
+curl -sSf -X POST "$ATOCORE_URL/project/state" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "{\"project\":\"atocore\",\"category\":\"status\",\"key\":\"graduation_last_result\",\"value\":\"$SAFE_RESULT\",\"source\":\"host watcher\"}" \
+    >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
diff --git a/src/atocore/api/routes.py b/src/atocore/api/routes.py
index 30aa98e..3487994 100644
--- a/src/atocore/api/routes.py
+++ b/src/atocore/api/routes.py
@@ -1358,6 +1358,77 @@ def api_resolve_conflict(conflict_id: str, req: ConflictResolveRequest) -> dict:
     return {"status": "resolved", "id": conflict_id, "action": req.action}
 
 
+class GraduationRequestBody(BaseModel):
+    project: str = ""
+    limit: int = 30
+
+
+@router.post("/admin/graduation/request")
+def api_request_graduation(req: GraduationRequestBody) -> dict:
+    """Request a host-side memory-graduation run.
+
+    Writes a flag in project_state with project + limit. A host cron
+    watcher picks it up within ~2 min and runs graduate_memories.py.
+    Mirrors the /admin/triage/request-drain pattern (bridges container
+    → host because claude CLI lives on host, not container).
+    """
+    from datetime import datetime as _dt, timezone as _tz
+    from atocore.context.project_state import set_state
+
+    now = _dt.now(_tz.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    payload = json.dumps({
+        "project": (req.project or "").strip(),
+        "limit": max(1, min(req.limit, 500)),
+        "requested_at": now,
+    })
+    set_state(
+        project_name="atocore",
+        category="config",
+        key="graduation_requested_at",
+        value=payload,
+        source="admin ui",
+    )
+    return {
+        "requested_at": now,
+        "project": req.project,
+        "limit": req.limit,
+        "note": "Host watcher picks up within ~2 min. Poll /admin/graduation/status for progress.",
+    }
+
+
+@router.get("/admin/graduation/status")
+def api_graduation_status() -> dict:
+    """State of the graduation pipeline (UI polling)."""
+    from atocore.context.project_state import get_state
+    out = {
+        "requested": None,
+        "last_started_at": None,
+        "last_finished_at": None,
+        "last_result": None,
+        "is_running": False,
+    }
+    try:
+        for e in get_state("atocore"):
+            if e.category != "config" and e.category != "status":
+                continue
+            if e.key == "graduation_requested_at":
+                try:
+                    out["requested"] = json.loads(e.value)
+                except Exception:
+                    out["requested"] = {"raw": e.value}
+            elif e.key == "graduation_last_started_at":
+                out["last_started_at"] = e.value
+            elif e.key == "graduation_last_finished_at":
+                out["last_finished_at"] = e.value
+            elif e.key == "graduation_last_result":
+                out["last_result"] = e.value
+            elif e.key == "graduation_running":
+                out["is_running"] = (e.value == "1")
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return out
+
+
 @router.get("/admin/graduation/stats")
 def api_graduation_stats() -> dict:
     """Phase 5F graduation stats for dashboard."""
diff --git a/src/atocore/engineering/triage_ui.py b/src/atocore/engineering/triage_ui.py
index 352e23d..696e329 100644
--- a/src/atocore/engineering/triage_ui.py
+++ b/src/atocore/engineering/triage_ui.py
@@ -377,6 +377,92 @@ _ENTITY_TRIAGE_CSS = """
 """
 
 
+def _render_graduation_bar() -> str:
+    """The 'Graduate memories → entity candidates' control bar."""
+    from atocore.projects.registry import load_project_registry
+    try:
+        projects = load_project_registry()
+        options = '<option value="">(all projects)</option>' + "".join(
+            f'<option value="{_escape(p.project_id)}">{_escape(p.project_id)}</option>'
+            for p in projects
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        options = '<option value="">(all projects)</option>'
+
+    return f"""
+<div class="auto-triage-bar graduation-bar">
+  <button id="grad-btn" onclick="requestGraduation()" title="Run memory→entity graduation on Dalidou host">
+    🎓 Graduate memories
+  </button>
+  <label class="cand-field-label">Project:
+    <select id="grad-project" class="cand-type-select">{options}</select>
+  </label>
+  <label class="cand-field-label">Limit:
+    <input id="grad-limit" type="number" class="cand-tags-input" style="max-width:80px"
+           value="30" min="1" max="200" />
+  </label>
+  <span id="grad-status" class="auto-triage-msg">
+    Scans active memories, asks the LLM "does this describe a typed entity?",
+    and creates entity candidates. Review them in the Entity section below.
+  </span>
+</div>
+"""
+
+
+_GRADUATION_SCRIPT = """
+<script>
+async function requestGraduation() {
+  const btn = document.getElementById('grad-btn');
+  const status = document.getElementById('grad-status');
+  const project = document.getElementById('grad-project').value;
+  const limit = parseInt(document.getElementById('grad-limit').value || '30', 10);
+  btn.disabled = true;
+  btn.textContent = '⏳ Requesting...';
+  const r = await fetch('/admin/graduation/request', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
+    body: JSON.stringify({project, limit}),
+  });
+  if (r.ok) {
+    const scope = project || 'all projects';
+    status.textContent = `✓ Queued graduation for ${scope} (limit ${limit}). Host watcher runs every 2 min; refresh this page in ~3 min to see candidates.`;
+    status.className = 'auto-triage-msg ok';
+    btn.textContent = '✓ Requested';
+    pollGraduationStatus();
+  } else {
+    status.textContent = '❌ Request failed: ' + r.status;
+    status.className = 'auto-triage-msg err';
+    btn.disabled = false;
+    btn.textContent = '🎓 Graduate memories';
+  }
+}
+
+async function pollGraduationStatus() {
+  const status = document.getElementById('grad-status');
+  const btn = document.getElementById('grad-btn');
+  let polls = 0;
+  const timer = setInterval(async () => {
+    polls++;
+    const r = await fetch('/admin/graduation/status');
+    if (!r.ok) return;
+    const s = await r.json();
+    if (s.is_running) {
+      status.textContent = '⚙️ Graduation running... (started ' + (s.last_started_at || '?') + ')';
+      status.className = 'auto-triage-msg ok';
+    } else if (s.last_finished_at && !s.requested) {
+      status.textContent = '✅ Finished: ' + s.last_finished_at + '  →  ' + (s.last_result || 'complete');
+      status.className = 'auto-triage-msg ok';
+      if (btn) { btn.disabled = false; btn.textContent = '🎓 Graduate memories'; }
+      clearInterval(timer);
+      setTimeout(() => window.location.reload(), 3000);
+    }
+    if (polls > 120) { clearInterval(timer); }  // ~20 min cap
+  }, 10000);
+}
+</script>
+"""
+
+
 def render_triage_page(limit: int = 100) -> str:
     """Render the full triage page with pending memory + entity candidates."""
     from atocore.engineering.service import get_entities
@@ -393,17 +479,20 @@ def render_triage_page(limit: int = 100) -> str:
         entity_candidates = []
 
     total = len(mem_candidates) + len(entity_candidates)
+    graduation_bar = _render_graduation_bar()
 
     if total == 0:
-        body = _TRIAGE_CSS + _ENTITY_TRIAGE_CSS + """
+        body = _TRIAGE_CSS + _ENTITY_TRIAGE_CSS + f"""
           <div class="triage-header">
             <h1>Triage Queue</h1>
           </div>
+          {graduation_bar}
           <div class="empty">
             <p>🎉 No candidates to review.</p>
             <p>The auto-triage pipeline keeps this queue empty unless something needs your judgment.</p>
+            <p>Use the 🎓 Graduate memories button above to propose new entity candidates from existing memories.</p>
           </div>
-        """
+        """ + _GRADUATION_SCRIPT
         return render_html("Triage — AtoCore", body, breadcrumbs=[("Wiki", "/wiki"), ("Triage", "")])
 
     # Memory cards
@@ -442,14 +531,15 @@ def render_triage_page(limit: int = 100) -> str:
           🤖 Auto-process queue
         </button>
         <span id="auto-triage-status" class="auto-triage-msg">
-          Sends the full memory queue through LLM triage on the host. Entity candidates
-          stay for manual review (types + relationships matter too much to auto-decide).
+          Sends the full memory queue through 3-tier LLM triage on the host.
+          Sonnet → Opus → auto-discard. Only genuinely ambiguous items land here.
         </span>
       </div>
+      {graduation_bar}
       <h2>📝 Memory Candidates ({len(mem_candidates)})</h2>
       {mem_cards}
       {ent_cards_html}
-    """ + _TRIAGE_SCRIPT + _ENTITY_TRIAGE_SCRIPT
+    """ + _TRIAGE_SCRIPT + _ENTITY_TRIAGE_SCRIPT + _GRADUATION_SCRIPT
 
     return render_html(
         "Triage — AtoCore",