diff --git a/e2e/delegated-writes.spec.ts b/e2e/delegated-writes.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34bd0c476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/delegated-writes.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+/**
+ * A delegate who may write: what they are offered, and what they are not.
+ *
+ * The unit suite runs SSR-only, so it holds the PAINT and never the click: it
+ * can prove an add button is absent, which is the property that matters most,
+ * and it cannot prove that the one still standing submits. This spec is the
+ * other half — a real form, a real POST, a real row in somebody else's record,
+ * and the owner seeing it afterwards.
+ *
+ * ## Why it gates itself instead of seeding a WRITE grant directly
+ *
+ * The grant level is chosen in the invitation form, which is another chunk's
+ * work. Rather than mint a WRITE row behind the UI's back — which would prove
+ * the journey works for a grant no person can create — the journey looks for
+ * the level control and stands down when it is not there yet.
+ *
+ * **To enable this once the invite form ships its level control:** if it lands
+ * under a different `data-slot` than the constant below, change that one
+ * string. Nothing else in this file assumes anything about the control except
+ * that picking WRITE and submitting mints a WRITE grant.
+ *
+ * The skip is deliberately loud rather than silent: it names the missing
+ * control, so a run where the control exists and the journey still does not
+ * execute reads as a bug in this file rather than as an absence upstream.
+ *
+ * ## What this spec cannot cover
+ *
+ * The owner's activity view is asserted at the level of "a row appeared for
+ * something the delegate did", not at the level of the per-verb sentence. The
+ * verb lines live in `src/lib/record-activity/activity-verb.ts` with their own
+ * unit test; the one line that binds them into the activity card belongs to
+ * the file this chunk was told not to touch.
+ */
+import type { BrowserContext, Page } from "@playwright/test";
+
+import { expect, test } from "./setup/test";
+import {
+  DELEGATE_STORAGE_STATE_PATH,
+  E2E_OWNER,
+  E2E_USER,
+  OWNER_STORAGE_STATE_PATH,
+} from "./setup/test-helpers";
+
+/**
+ * The invitation form's grant-level control. The journey runs when this is on
+ * the page and stands down when it is not. One string, one place.
+ */
+const GRANT_LEVEL_SLOT = "grant-invite-level";
+
+/** The value the level control carries for a grant that may add entries. */
+const WRITE_LEVEL_VALUE = "write";
+
+test.describe("delegated writes", () => {
+  // One journey in order, like the read-only sibling: each step is the next
+  // one's precondition, and the invitation endpoint is rate-limited.
+  test.describe.configure({ mode: "serial" });
+
+  // The `page` fixture is the DELEGATE throughout, on this journey's own
+  // cookie jar — the switch is stamped on the session row, so switching a
+  // shared jar would switch it for every spec holding the same cookie.
+  test.use({ storageState: DELEGATE_STORAGE_STATE_PATH });
+
+  // Desktop only: the journey mutates shared rows between two seeded accounts,
+  // so two projects running it at once race each other and the second
+  // invitation is refused as a duplicate.
+  test.beforeEach(({}, testInfo) => {
+    test.skip(
+      testInfo.project.name !== "chromium-desktop",
+      "shared-fixture journey — runs once",
+    );
+  });
+
+  let ownerContext: BrowserContext;
+  let ownerPage: Page;
+  let levelControlPresent = false;
+
+  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }) => {
+    ownerContext = await browser.newContext({
+      storageState: OWNER_STORAGE_STATE_PATH,
+    });
+    ownerPage = await ownerContext.newPage();
+    await ownerPage.goto("/settings/access");
+    levelControlPresent =
+      (await ownerPage.locator(`[data-slot="${GRANT_LEVEL_SLOT}"]`).count()) >
+      0;
+  });
+
+  test.afterAll(async () => {
+    await ownerContext.close();
+  });
+
+  test.beforeEach(() => {
+    test.skip(
+      !levelControlPresent,
+      `no [data-slot="${GRANT_LEVEL_SLOT}"] in the invitation form — a WRITE grant cannot be created through the UI yet`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("the owner invites at a level that may add entries", async () => {
+    await ownerPage.goto("/settings/access");
+
+    const identifier = ownerPage.locator(
+      '[data-slot="grant-invite-identifier"]',
+    );
+    const submit = ownerPage.locator('[data-slot="grant-invite-submit"]');
+    // The controlled input keeps the submit disabled until React has attached,
+    // so retry the pair rather than waiting a fixed time and hoping.
+    await expect(async () => {
+      await identifier.fill(E2E_USER.username);
+      await expect(submit).toBeEnabled({ timeout: 1000 });
+    }).toPass({ timeout: 15_000 });
+
+    await ownerPage
+      .locator(`[data-slot="${GRANT_LEVEL_SLOT}"]`)
+      .selectOption(WRITE_LEVEL_VALUE);
+
+    // Read the posted body: a level control that renders and sends a hardcoded
+    // level would pass every render assertion and ship a read-only grant.
+    const invitePost = ownerPage.waitForRequest(
+      (req) =>
+        req.method() === "POST" && req.url().endsWith("/api/account/grants"),
+    );
+    await submit.click();
+    const posted = JSON.parse((await invitePost).postData() ?? "{}") as {
+      access?: string;
+    };
+    expect(
+      posted.access?.toLowerCase(),
+      "the invitation must carry the level the owner chose",
+    ).toBe(WRITE_LEVEL_VALUE);
+  });
+
+  test("the delegate accepts and opens the record", async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto("/settings/access");
+    await page.locator('[data-slot="grant-accept"]').first().click();
+
+    // The switcher lives inside the user menu, like its read-only sibling.
+    await page.getByRole("button", { name: "User menu" }).first().click();
+    await page.locator('[data-slot="account-switcher-trigger"]').click();
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('[data-slot="account-switcher-menu"]'),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+    await page.locator('[data-slot="account-switcher-entry"]').click();
+
+    const banner = page.locator('[data-slot="shared-record-banner"]');
+    await expect(banner).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(banner).toContainText(E2E_OWNER.username);
+    // The banner drops its read-only clause on its own once the level says so.
+    await expect(banner).not.toContainText("read it, not change it");
+  });
+
+  test("the reading they add lands in the owner's record", async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto("/measurements");
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('[data-slot="shared-record-banner"]'),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+
+    // The add path survives at WRITE. This is the click an SSR test cannot
+    // make: the button rendering and the button working are two facts.
+    const post = page.waitForResponse(
+      (res) =>
+        res.request().method() === "POST" &&
+        res.url().endsWith("/api/measurements"),
+    );
+    await page.getByRole("button", { name: /add measurement/i }).click();
+    await page.locator('input[name="value"], #value').first().fill("71.5");
+    await page.getByRole("button", { name: /^save$/i }).click();
+    expect((await post).status(), "the write must be accepted").toBeLessThan(
+      300,
+    );
+
+    // And the row it created is not theirs to change. Absent, not disabled:
+    // a `toBeDisabled()` assertion here would pass against the exact design
+    // this release exists to avoid.
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('[data-slot="selection-action-bar"]'),
+    ).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /^delete$/i })).toHaveCount(
+      0,
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("the owner sees that somebody else was in their record", async () => {
+    await ownerPage.goto("/settings/access");
+    const rows = ownerPage.locator('[data-slot="record-activity-row"]');
+    await expect(rows.first()).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(rows.first()).toContainText(E2E_USER.username);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 2fb451b33..0fc8904c9 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -9489,6 +9489,31 @@
       "opened": "{name} hat deine Akte {count}× geöffnet",
       "acted": "{name} hat etwas in deiner Akte geändert",
       "deletedAccount": "Ein gelöschtes Konto"
+    },
+    "delegate": {
+      "addOnlyNote": "Du kannst zu dieser Akte etwas hinzufügen. Einträge ändern oder löschen kann nur {name}."
+    },
+    "lookingAfter": {
+      "title": "Ich kümmere mich um",
+      "description": "Akten, die andere mit dir geteilt haben.",
+      "levelRead": "Darf lesen",
+      "levelWrite": "Darf lesen und hinzufügen",
+      "open": "Akte von {name} öffnen"
+    },
+    "toast": {
+      "savedTo": "In der Akte von {name} gespeichert."
+    },
+    "activityVerb": {
+      "measurementCreate": "{name} hat einen Messwert eingetragen",
+      "labResultCreate": "{name} hat einen Laborwert eingetragen",
+      "allergyCreate": "{name} hat eine Allergie eingetragen",
+      "familyHistoryCreate": "{name} hat einen Eintrag zur Familienanamnese angelegt",
+      "illnessEpisodeCreate": "{name} hat eine Erkrankung angelegt",
+      "biomarkerCreate": "{name} hat einen Biomarker angelegt",
+      "customMetricEntryCreate": "{name} hat einen eigenen Messwert eingetragen",
+      "medicationSideEffectCreate": "{name} hat eine Nebenwirkung notiert",
+      "medicationCreate": "{name} hat ein Medikament angelegt",
+      "medicationIntake": "{name} hat eine Dosis eingetragen"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index 2dafb2086..0862555c9 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -9489,6 +9489,31 @@
       "opened": "{name} opened your record {count}×",
       "acted": "{name} made a change in your record",
       "deletedAccount": "A deleted account"
+    },
+    "delegate": {
+      "addOnlyNote": "You can add to this record. Changing or removing entries is something only {name} can do."
+    },
+    "lookingAfter": {
+      "title": "Looking after",
+      "description": "Records other people have shared with you.",
+      "levelRead": "Can view",
+      "levelWrite": "Can view and add",
+      "open": "Open {name}'s record"
+    },
+    "toast": {
+      "savedTo": "Saved to {name}'s record."
+    },
+    "activityVerb": {
+      "measurementCreate": "{name} added a reading",
+      "labResultCreate": "{name} added a lab result",
+      "allergyCreate": "{name} added an allergy",
+      "familyHistoryCreate": "{name} added a family history entry",
+      "illnessEpisodeCreate": "{name} added an illness entry",
+      "biomarkerCreate": "{name} added a biomarker",
+      "customMetricEntryCreate": "{name} logged a tracked value",
+      "medicationSideEffectCreate": "{name} noted a side effect",
+      "medicationCreate": "{name} added a medication",
+      "medicationIntake": "{name} marked a dose"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index ba7a5108d..e43bd86cb 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -9489,6 +9489,31 @@
       "opened": "{name} abrió tu historial {count}×",
       "acted": "{name} hizo un cambio en tu historial",
       "deletedAccount": "Una cuenta eliminada"
+    },
+    "delegate": {
+      "addOnlyNote": "Puedes añadir cosas a este historial. Modificar o borrar entradas solo lo puede hacer {name}."
+    },
+    "lookingAfter": {
+      "title": "Estoy cuidando de",
+      "description": "Historiales que otras personas han compartido contigo.",
+      "levelRead": "Puede ver",
+      "levelWrite": "Puede ver y añadir",
+      "open": "Abrir el historial de {name}"
+    },
+    "toast": {
+      "savedTo": "Guardado en el historial de {name}."
+    },
+    "activityVerb": {
+      "measurementCreate": "{name} añadió una medición",
+      "labResultCreate": "{name} añadió un resultado de laboratorio",
+      "allergyCreate": "{name} añadió una alergia",
+      "familyHistoryCreate": "{name} añadió un antecedente familiar",
+      "illnessEpisodeCreate": "{name} añadió una enfermedad",
+      "biomarkerCreate": "{name} añadió un biomarcador",
+      "customMetricEntryCreate": "{name} registró un valor propio",
+      "medicationSideEffectCreate": "{name} anotó un efecto secundario",
+      "medicationCreate": "{name} añadió un medicamento",
+      "medicationIntake": "{name} registró una dosis"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index d8ec7de9d..8a1ea5002 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -9489,6 +9489,31 @@
       "opened": "{name} a ouvert votre dossier {count}×",
       "acted": "{name} a fait une modification dans votre dossier",
       "deletedAccount": "Un compte supprimé"
+    },
+    "delegate": {
+      "addOnlyNote": "Vous pouvez ajouter des éléments à ce dossier. Seul {name} peut modifier ou supprimer des entrées."
+    },
+    "lookingAfter": {
+      "title": "Je m'occupe de",
+      "description": "Les dossiers que d'autres personnes partagent avec vous.",
+      "levelRead": "Peut consulter",
+      "levelWrite": "Peut consulter et ajouter",
+      "open": "Ouvrir le dossier de {name}"
+    },
+    "toast": {
+      "savedTo": "Enregistré dans le dossier de {name}."
+    },
+    "activityVerb": {
+      "measurementCreate": "{name} a ajouté une mesure",
+      "labResultCreate": "{name} a ajouté un résultat de laboratoire",
+      "allergyCreate": "{name} a ajouté une allergie",
+      "familyHistoryCreate": "{name} a ajouté un antécédent familial",
+      "illnessEpisodeCreate": "{name} a ajouté une maladie",
+      "biomarkerCreate": "{name} a ajouté un biomarqueur",
+      "customMetricEntryCreate": "{name} a enregistré une valeur personnalisée",
+      "medicationSideEffectCreate": "{name} a noté un effet indésirable",
+      "medicationCreate": "{name} a ajouté un médicament",
+      "medicationIntake": "{name} a enregistré une prise"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index 68706b562..c6a371967 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -9489,6 +9489,31 @@
       "opened": "{name} ha aperto la tua cartella {count}×",
       "acted": "{name} ha fatto una modifica nella tua cartella",
       "deletedAccount": "Un account eliminato"
+    },
+    "delegate": {
+      "addOnlyNote": "Puoi aggiungere voci a questa cartella. Solo {name} può modificarle o eliminarle."
+    },
+    "lookingAfter": {
+      "title": "Mi prendo cura di",
+      "description": "Cartelle che altre persone hanno condiviso con te.",
+      "levelRead": "Può consultare",
+      "levelWrite": "Può consultare e aggiungere",
+      "open": "Apri la cartella di {name}"
+    },
+    "toast": {
+      "savedTo": "Salvato nella cartella di {name}."
+    },
+    "activityVerb": {
+      "measurementCreate": "{name} ha aggiunto una misurazione",
+      "labResultCreate": "{name} ha aggiunto un risultato di laboratorio",
+      "allergyCreate": "{name} ha aggiunto un'allergia",
+      "familyHistoryCreate": "{name} ha aggiunto una voce di anamnesi familiare",
+      "illnessEpisodeCreate": "{name} ha aggiunto una malattia",
+      "biomarkerCreate": "{name} ha aggiunto un biomarcatore",
+      "customMetricEntryCreate": "{name} ha registrato un valore personalizzato",
+      "medicationSideEffectCreate": "{name} ha annotato un effetto collaterale",
+      "medicationCreate": "{name} ha aggiunto un farmaco",
+      "medicationIntake": "{name} ha registrato una dose"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index 7485f242c..27135a58e 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -9489,6 +9489,31 @@
       "opened": "{name} otworzył twoją kartę {count}×",
       "acted": "{name} wprowadził zmianę w twojej karcie",
       "deletedAccount": "Usunięte konto"
+    },
+    "delegate": {
+      "addOnlyNote": "Możesz dodawać wpisy do tej karty. Zmieniać je i usuwać może tylko {name}."
+    },
+    "lookingAfter": {
+      "title": "Opiekuję się",
+      "description": "Karty, które udostępniły ci inne osoby.",
+      "levelRead": "Może przeglądać",
+      "levelWrite": "Może przeglądać i dodawać",
+      "open": "Otwórz kartę użytkownika {name}"
+    },
+    "toast": {
+      "savedTo": "Zapisano w karcie użytkownika {name}."
+    },
+    "activityVerb": {
+      "measurementCreate": "{name} dodał pomiar",
+      "labResultCreate": "{name} dodał wynik badania",
+      "allergyCreate": "{name} dodał alergię",
+      "familyHistoryCreate": "{name} dodał wpis w wywiadzie rodzinnym",
+      "illnessEpisodeCreate": "{name} dodał chorobę",
+      "biomarkerCreate": "{name} dodał biomarker",
+      "customMetricEntryCreate": "{name} zapisał własny pomiar",
+      "medicationSideEffectCreate": "{name} zanotował działanie niepożądane",
+      "medicationCreate": "{name} dodał lek",
+      "medicationIntake": "{name} zapisał przyjęcie dawki"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/__tests__/success-affordance-guard.test.ts b/src/__tests__/success-affordance-guard.test.ts
index 75d1669f8..23bc53a73 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/success-affordance-guard.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/success-affordance-guard.test.ts
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ const PINNED_AFFORDANCES: Record<
     "toast.success": 2,
   },
   "src/components/medications/take-all-due.ts": { "toast.success": 1 },
-  "src/components/medications/use-medication-intake.ts": { "toast.success": 4 },
+  "src/components/medications/use-medication-intake.ts": { "toast.success": 5 },
   "src/components/medications/wizard/medication-wizard-dialog.tsx": {
     "toast.success": 1,
   },
diff --git a/src/app/labs/page.tsx b/src/app/labs/page.tsx
index 737a20f75..78adf9925 100644
--- a/src/app/labs/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/labs/page.tsx
@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@ import { PullToRefreshIndicator } from "@/components/ui/pull-to-refresh-indicato
 import { ResponsiveSheet } from "@/components/ui/responsive-sheet";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { useMounted } from "@/hooks/use-mounted";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { usePullToRefresh } from "@/hooks/use-pull-to-refresh";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
 
 export default function LabsPage() {
   const { user, isAuthenticated, isLoading } = useAuth();
+  // v1.36.x — entering a lab result by hand is an admitted delegated write.
+  // Scanning a report is not: it files a document and commits through the OCR
+  // route, and neither is delegated. So a WRITE delegate keeps the manual add
+  // and loses the choice menu around it.
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const mounted = useMounted();
   const router = useRouter();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
@@ -94,27 +100,29 @@ export default function LabsPage() {
                 point, left of the primary Add and linking to the Labs settings
                 page (view, sort order, biomarker CRUD + reorder). Mirrors the
                 medication page header's wrench glyph + slot + 44px tap floor. */}
-            <Button
-              asChild
-              variant="ghost"
-              size="icon"
-              className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
-            >
-              <Link
-                href="/settings/layout/labs"
-                aria-label={t("labs.customize")}
-                title={t("labs.customize")}
+            {canManage && (
+              <Button
+                asChild
+                variant="ghost"
+                size="icon"
+                className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
               >
-                <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-              </Link>
-            </Button>
+                <Link
+                  href="/settings/layout/labs"
+                  aria-label={t("labs.customize")}
+                  title={t("labs.customize")}
+                >
+                  <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+                </Link>
+              </Button>
+            )}
             {/* v1.18.10 — the "Add" action is a CHOICE when scanning is
                 available: scan a document (OCR) or add a value by hand. The scan
                 option only appears when the capability probe reports a usable
                 mode (vision, or local OCR opted-in for text-only providers), so
                 the surface stays simple for everyone else. When scanning is
                 unavailable, Add opens the manual form directly. */}
-            {ocrCapability.data?.available ? (
+            {ocrCapability.data?.available && canManage ? (
               <DropdownMenu>
                 <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
                   <Button className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9">
@@ -133,7 +141,7 @@ export default function LabsPage() {
                   </DropdownMenuItem>
                 </DropdownMenuContent>
               </DropdownMenu>
-            ) : (
+            ) : canAdd ? (
               <Button
                 onClick={() => setDialogOpen(true)}
                 className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
@@ -141,7 +149,7 @@ export default function LabsPage() {
                 <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
                 {t("common.add")}
               </Button>
-            )}
+            ) : null}
           </>
         }
       />
diff --git a/src/app/measurements/page.tsx b/src/app/measurements/page.tsx
index 599915e8b..f6517480a 100644
--- a/src/app/measurements/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/measurements/page.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { useMounted } from "@/hooks/use-mounted";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { usePullToRefresh } from "@/hooks/use-pull-to-refresh";
 import {
   MeasurementForm,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export function resolveMeasurementReturnTo(
 
 export default function MeasurementsPage() {
   const { isAuthenticated, isLoading } = useAuth();
+  const { canAdd } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const mounted = useMounted();
   const router = useRouter();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
@@ -149,17 +151,22 @@ export default function MeasurementsPage() {
           </span>
         }
         description={t("measurements.subtitle")}
+        // v1.36.x — entering a reading is one of the verbs a WRITE grant
+        // admits, so this is the header action a delegate keeps. A read-only
+        // delegate loses it entirely rather than meeting a disabled one.
         actions={
-          <Button
-            className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-            onClick={() => {
-              setReturnTo(null);
-              setDialogOpen(true);
-            }}
-          >
-            <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-            {t("measurements.addMeasurement")}
-          </Button>
+          canAdd ? (
+            <Button
+              className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+              onClick={() => {
+                setReturnTo(null);
+                setDialogOpen(true);
+              }}
+            >
+              <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+              {t("measurements.addMeasurement")}
+            </Button>
+          ) : null
         }
       />
 
diff --git a/src/app/medications/page-client.tsx b/src/app/medications/page-client.tsx
index 8013d1f2b..544d2a86c 100644
--- a/src/app/medications/page-client.tsx
+++ b/src/app/medications/page-client.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import Link from "next/link";
@@ -159,6 +160,11 @@ function MedicationCardSkeleton() {
 export default function MedicationsPageClient() {
   const { user, isAuthenticated, isLoading: authLoading } = useAuth();
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — adding a medication and marking a dose are both admitted
+  // delegated writes, so a WRITE delegate keeps the Add menu whole. The
+  // take-all-due sweep is not (it rides the bulk intake route), and neither is
+  // the customize page, which sharing does not cover at all.
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   // v1.18.1 (D3) — medications is an opt-out module. When the account has it
   // turned off the whole page disappears (the nav entry is hidden by the same
   // gate) and the list query never fires (the API would 403 anyway).
@@ -417,7 +423,7 @@ export default function MedicationsPageClient() {
               card's own one-tap job). Calm outline variant so the primary
               Add button keeps the visual lead; same responsive 44-px
               mobile tap floor as its neighbours. */}
-          {dueMeds.length >= 2 && (
+          {canManage && dueMeds.length >= 2 && (
             <Button
               variant="outline"
               onClick={() => setTakeAllOpen(true)}
@@ -433,47 +439,51 @@ export default function MedicationsPageClient() {
               Same glyph, slot (left of the add button) and responsive
               44-px mobile tap floor as the dashboard and insights
               headers. */}
-          <Button
-            asChild
-            variant="ghost"
-            size="icon"
-            className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
-          >
-            <Link
-              href="/settings/layout/medications"
-              aria-label={t("medications.customize")}
-              title={t("medications.customize")}
+          {canManage && (
+            <Button
+              asChild
+              variant="ghost"
+              size="icon"
+              className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
             >
-              <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-            </Link>
-          </Button>
+              <Link
+                href="/settings/layout/medications"
+                aria-label={t("medications.customize")}
+                title={t("medications.customize")}
+              >
+                <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+              </Link>
+            </Button>
+          )}
           {/* v1.14.0 — the "Add" button is now a choice: log an intake
               (incl. a backdated one) against an existing medication, or
               create a new medication. v1.12.2 — match the dashboard Add
               button's responsive tap-target floor (`min-h-11 sm:min-h-9`) so
               both primary "add" entry points clear the WCAG 2.5.5 44px mobile
               minimum identically. */}
-          <DropdownMenu>
-            <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
-              <Button className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9">
-                <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-                {t("medications.addMedication")}
-              </Button>
-            </DropdownMenuTrigger>
-            <DropdownMenuContent align="end">
-              <DropdownMenuItem
-                onSelect={() => setLogIntakeOpen(true)}
-                disabled={activeMeds.length === 0}
-              >
-                <CheckCircle2 className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-                {t("medications.addChoice.logIntake")}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-              <DropdownMenuItem onSelect={openCreate}>
-                <Pill className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-                {t("medications.addChoice.newMedication")}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-            </DropdownMenuContent>
-          </DropdownMenu>
+          {canAdd && (
+            <DropdownMenu>
+              <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+                <Button className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9">
+                  <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                  {t("medications.addMedication")}
+                </Button>
+              </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+              <DropdownMenuContent align="end">
+                <DropdownMenuItem
+                  onSelect={() => setLogIntakeOpen(true)}
+                  disabled={activeMeds.length === 0}
+                >
+                  <CheckCircle2 className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+                  {t("medications.addChoice.logIntake")}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
+                <DropdownMenuItem onSelect={openCreate}>
+                  <Pill className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+                  {t("medications.addChoice.newMedication")}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
+              </DropdownMenuContent>
+            </DropdownMenu>
+          )}
         </div>
       </div>
 
@@ -511,10 +521,12 @@ export default function MedicationsPageClient() {
           title={t("medications.emptyTitle")}
           description={t("medications.emptyDescription")}
           action={
-            <Button size="sm" onClick={openCreate}>
-              <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-              {t("medications.firstMedication")}
-            </Button>
+            canAdd ? (
+              <Button size="sm" onClick={openCreate}>
+                <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                {t("medications.firstMedication")}
+              </Button>
+            ) : undefined
           }
         />
       ) : tableView ? (
diff --git a/src/app/mood/page.tsx b/src/app/mood/page.tsx
index a98078fd6..cc9b87b29 100644
--- a/src/app/mood/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/mood/page.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useMounted } from "@/hooks/use-mounted";
 import { usePullToRefresh } from "@/hooks/use-pull-to-refresh";
 import { MoodForm } from "@/components/mood/mood-form";
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 
 export default function MoodPage() {
   const { user, isAuthenticated, isLoading } = useAuth();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const mounted = useMounted();
   const router = useRouter();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
@@ -95,13 +97,18 @@ export default function MoodPage() {
                 <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
               </Link>
             </Button>
-            <Button
-              onClick={() => setDialogOpen(true)}
-              className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-            >
-              <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-              {t("mood.addEntry")}
-            </Button>
+            {/* v1.36.x — a mood entry is not one of the verbs a grant
+                admits, so it stays with the account whose record it is. A
+                delegate at any level gets no add path here. */}
+            {canManage && (
+              <Button
+                onClick={() => setDialogOpen(true)}
+                className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+              >
+                <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                {t("mood.addEntry")}
+              </Button>
+            )}
           </>
         }
       />
diff --git a/src/app/page-client.tsx b/src/app/page-client.tsx
index 87f8e9a70..90f81510a 100644
--- a/src/app/page-client.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page-client.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { LookingAfterCard } from "@/components/dashboard/looking-after-card";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import React, { Suspense, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ export default function DashboardPageClient({
     value: number | null | undefined,
   ): number | null =>
     value == null ? null : unitDisplay.toDisplayDelta(type, value);
+  const { canAdd } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const [quickEntryDialog, setQuickEntryDialog] =
     useState<QuickEntryDialog>(null);
 
@@ -901,6 +904,13 @@ export default function DashboardPageClient({
       <PullToRefreshIndicator {...pull} />
       <DashboardHeader onQuickEntry={setQuickEntryDialog} />
 
+      {/* v1.36.x — the caregiver's front door, directly under the greeting
+          and above this account's own day. Somebody who opens the app to
+          check on a parent should not have to go through settings to get
+          there. Renders nothing for an account nobody has shared with, and
+          nothing while a switch is already on. */}
+      <LookingAfterCard />
+
       {/* S2 — the Today hero, promoted above the tile strip (MARC sign-off
           decision 1). Renders the S1 daily digest: the day's read, the
           honest score/freshness face, and the worth-a-look rail. Shimmer
@@ -1976,13 +1986,15 @@ export default function DashboardPageClient({
               title={t("dashboard.emptyTitle")}
               description={t("dashboard.emptyDescription")}
               action={
-                <Button
-                  size="sm"
-                  onClick={() => setQuickEntryDialog("measurement")}
-                >
-                  <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-                  {t("dashboard.emptyAddMeasurement")}
-                </Button>
+                canAdd ? (
+                  <Button
+                    size="sm"
+                    onClick={() => setQuickEntryDialog("measurement")}
+                  >
+                    <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                    {t("dashboard.emptyAddMeasurement")}
+                  </Button>
+                ) : undefined
               }
             />
           );
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae1f4e03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/**
+ * What a delegate is offered, rendered rather than described.
+ *
+ * v1.36.0 shipped sharing read-only and gated it only in the application
+ * chrome. Every feature surface still painted its add button, and a delegate
+ * who tapped one met a 403 from a server that was right to refuse. These
+ * render the real controls to markup and assert the paint, on the three
+ * capability states a session can be in.
+ *
+ * The suite is SSR-only (`@testing-library/react` is not a dependency here),
+ * which bounds what it can prove: it holds the RENDER, never the click. A
+ * control that is absent here cannot be tapped, and that is the whole property
+ * — but a control that is present here is not proven to work, and a submit
+ * path is not proven at all. That leg lives in `e2e/account-sharing.spec.ts`.
+ *
+ * Mutation checks, run:
+ *   - `useRecordCapabilities` returning `canAdd: true` unconditionally → the
+ *     read-only legs for the intake row and the card menu go red.
+ *   - `DeleteButton` dropping its `canManage` bail → "no row delete inside
+ *     somebody else's record" goes red.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+
+import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import type { AccountAccess } from "@/lib/sharing/account-access-view";
+
+const OWNER = {
+  accountId: "acct-owner",
+  username: "owner",
+  displayName: "Margarethe",
+  access: "read" as const,
+  canWrite: false,
+};
+
+const OWN_RECORD: AccountAccess = {
+  accounts: [OWNER],
+  active: null,
+  canSwitch: true,
+};
+const READ_ONLY: AccountAccess = {
+  accounts: [OWNER],
+  active: OWNER,
+  canSwitch: true,
+};
+const WRITABLE: AccountAccess = {
+  accounts: [OWNER],
+  active: { ...OWNER, access: "write", canWrite: true },
+  canSwitch: true,
+};
+
+const mockAccessRef: { value: AccountAccess } = { value: OWN_RECORD };
+
+vi.mock("@/hooks/use-auth", () => ({
+  useAuth: () => ({
+    user: {
+      id: "delegate",
+      username: "delegate",
+      email: null,
+      role: "USER",
+      avatarUrl: null,
+      modules: {},
+      accountAccess: mockAccessRef.value,
+    },
+    isAuthenticated: true,
+    isLoading: false,
+    refetch: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+
+import { DeleteButton } from "@/components/data-list/delete-button";
+import { SelectionActionBar } from "@/components/data-list/selection-action-bar";
+import { MedicationCardMenu } from "@/components/medications/medication-card-menu";
+import { MedicationIntakeActions } from "@/components/medications/card-parts/medication-intake-actions";
+import { visibleCaptureKinds } from "@/components/layout/capture-picker";
+
+function render(access: AccountAccess, node: React.ReactNode): string {
+  mockAccessRef.value = access;
+  return renderToStaticMarkup(
+    <I18nProvider initialLocale="en">{node}</I18nProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+describe("row delete", () => {
+  const node = (
+    <DeleteButton onConfirm={() => {}} title="Delete?" description="Gone." />
+  );
+
+  it("renders in the caller's own record", () => {
+    expect(render(OWN_RECORD, node)).toContain("<button");
+  });
+
+  it("is absent inside somebody else's record, at both levels", () => {
+    // Not disabled. A greyed bin still claims the row is the delegate's to
+    // remove, and it is not — at either grant level, including for a row the
+    // delegate entered themselves.
+    expect(render(READ_ONLY, node)).toBe("");
+    expect(render(WRITABLE, node)).toBe("");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("bulk selection bar", () => {
+  const node = (
+    <SelectionActionBar
+      count={3}
+      onClear={() => {}}
+      onConfirmDelete={() => {}}
+      isDeleting={false}
+      confirmTitle="Delete 3?"
+      confirmBody="Gone."
+    />
+  );
+
+  it("renders in the caller's own record", () => {
+    expect(render(OWN_RECORD, node)).toContain(
+      'data-slot="selection-action-bar"',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("is absent inside somebody else's record", () => {
+    expect(render(WRITABLE, node)).toBe("");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("marking a dose", () => {
+  const node = (
+    <MedicationIntakeActions intakeLoading={null} onRecordIntake={() => {}} />
+  );
+
+  it("is offered to a delegate who may write", () => {
+    // The verb the delegation was written for: somebody looking after a
+    // parent marks the morning dose taken.
+    expect(render(WRITABLE, node)).toContain("<button");
+  });
+
+  it("is absent for a read-only delegate", () => {
+    expect(render(READ_ONLY, node)).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("is offered in the caller's own record", () => {
+    expect(render(OWN_RECORD, node)).toContain("<button");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the medication card menu", () => {
+  const node = (
+    <MedicationCardMenu
+      onEdit={() => {}}
+      onOpenHistory={() => {}}
+      onLogSideEffect={() => {}}
+    />
+  );
+
+  it("renders its trigger in the caller's own record", () => {
+    expect(render(OWN_RECORD, node)).toContain("<button");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a trigger for a delegate who may write", () => {
+    // One item survives for them — noting a side effect — so the menu stays.
+    expect(render(WRITABLE, node)).toContain("<button");
+  });
+
+  it("disappears entirely for a read-only delegate", () => {
+    // Every item in it is owner work, so the trigger goes with them rather
+    // than opening onto an empty sheet.
+    expect(render(READ_ONLY, node)).toBe("");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the capture picker's kinds", () => {
+  const ALL = ["measurement", "medication", "mood", "water"] as const;
+
+  it("offers everything in the caller's own record", () => {
+    expect(
+      visibleCaptureKinds({ canAdd: true, canManage: true }, true, [...ALL]),
+    ).toEqual(["measurement", "medication", "mood", "water"]);
+  });
+
+  it("offers a delegate only what the delegation admits", () => {
+    // A reading and a dose are admitted verbs. A mood entry and a glass of
+    // water are not, and the server refuses them under a switch.
+    expect(
+      visibleCaptureKinds({ canAdd: true, canManage: false }, true, [...ALL]),
+    ).toEqual(["measurement", "medication"]);
+  });
+
+  it("offers a read-only delegate nothing", () => {
+    expect(
+      visibleCaptureKinds({ canAdd: false, canManage: false }, true, [...ALL]),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("still honours the module gate for the owner", () => {
+    expect(
+      visibleCaptureKinds({ canAdd: true, canManage: true }, false, [...ALL]),
+    ).toEqual(["measurement", "medication", "mood"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-list.tsx b/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-list.tsx
index b7669cc0c..01e3bafc0 100644
--- a/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-list.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@ import type { CustomMetricDto, CustomMetricListResponse } from "./types";
  */
 export function CustomMetricList() {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — the section is dropped whole inside somebody else's record.
+  // Defining a metric is not a delegated verb, and every row here links to
+  // `/custom-metrics/{id}`, which sharing does not cover: the shell turns a
+  // delegate away at that route, so the rows would be doors into a wall.
+  // Logging a value against a custom metric IS admitted, but there is no
+  // reachable surface for it under a switch, and inventing one is a read-model
+  // change this does not make.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const router = useRouter();
   const [addOpen, setAddOpen] = useState(false);
   const [addFooterEl, setAddFooterEl] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
@@ -47,6 +56,8 @@ export function CustomMetricList() {
     router.push(`/custom-metrics/${saved.id}`);
   }
 
+  if (!canManage) return null;
+
   return (
     <section
       className="border-border space-y-3 border-t pt-6"
diff --git a/src/components/cycle/cycle-calendar.tsx b/src/components/cycle/cycle-calendar.tsx
index 9da52dc66..d72c2fd38 100644
--- a/src/components/cycle/cycle-calendar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cycle/cycle-calendar.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ export interface CycleCalendarProps {
    * renders as the distinct light oval instead of the predicted dot.
    */
   confirmedOvulation?: string | null;
-  onSelectDay: (date: string) => void;
+  /**
+   * Open the day. Omitted inside somebody else's record: no grant level
+   * admits a cycle write, so the cells stay readable and stop being controls
+   * rather than opening a sheet whose every button the server would refuse.
+   */
+  onSelectDay?: (date: string) => void;
   className?: string;
 }
 
@@ -208,34 +213,8 @@ export function CycleCalendar({
                 ? "UNGRADED"
                 : undefined;
 
-          return (
-            <button
-              key={date}
-              type="button"
-              role="gridcell"
-              aria-label={aria}
-              aria-current={isToday ? "date" : undefined}
-              data-flow-level={flowLevel}
-              data-fertile={info?.isFertileWindow ? "true" : undefined}
-              data-predicted={
-                info?.isPredictedPeriod && !info?.isPeriodLogged
-                  ? "true"
-                  : undefined
-              }
-              data-ovulation={
-                isConfirmedOvulation
-                  ? "confirmed"
-                  : isPredictedOvulationDot
-                    ? "predicted"
-                    : undefined
-              }
-              onClick={() => onSelectDay(date)}
-              className={cn(
-                "relative flex aspect-square min-h-11 flex-col items-center justify-center rounded-lg text-sm transition-colors",
-                "hover:bg-accent focus-visible:ring-ring/50 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
-                isToday && "font-semibold",
-              )}
-            >
+          const content = (
+            <>
               {/* Fertile window: a soft full-cell band (calm fill, not a hard
                   ring) so the window reads as a continuous range across days. */}
               {info?.isFertileWindow ? (
@@ -311,7 +290,47 @@ export function CycleCalendar({
                   <span className="bg-muted-foreground/70 h-1 w-1 rounded-full" />
                 ) : null}
               </span>
+            </>
+          );
+
+          const cellClass = cn(
+            "relative flex aspect-square min-h-11 flex-col items-center justify-center rounded-lg text-sm transition-colors",
+            isToday && "font-semibold",
+          );
+          const cellAttrs = {
+            role: "gridcell" as const,
+            "aria-label": aria,
+            "aria-current": isToday ? ("date" as const) : undefined,
+            "data-flow-level": flowLevel,
+            "data-fertile": info?.isFertileWindow ? "true" : undefined,
+            "data-predicted":
+              info?.isPredictedPeriod && !info?.isPeriodLogged
+                ? "true"
+                : undefined,
+            "data-ovulation": isConfirmedOvulation
+              ? "confirmed"
+              : isPredictedOvulationDot
+                ? "predicted"
+                : undefined,
+          };
+
+          return onSelectDay ? (
+            <button
+              key={date}
+              type="button"
+              {...cellAttrs}
+              onClick={() => onSelectDay(date)}
+              className={cn(
+                cellClass,
+                "hover:bg-accent focus-visible:ring-ring/50 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+              )}
+            >
+              {content}
             </button>
+          ) : (
+            <div key={date} {...cellAttrs} className={cellClass}>
+              {content}
+            </div>
           );
         })}
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/cycle/cycle-view.tsx b/src/components/cycle/cycle-view.tsx
index 650093273..65adf14de 100644
--- a/src/components/cycle/cycle-view.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cycle/cycle-view.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { PageHeader } from "@/components/ui/page-header";
 import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
 import { Tabs, TabsContent, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { CycleRing } from "./cycle-ring";
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ type CycleTab = (typeof CYCLE_TABS)[number];
 
 export function CycleView() {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — no grant level admits a cycle write. Inside somebody else's
+  // record the page stays readable and every path into the log-day sheet and
+  // the profile settings is absent, rather than opening onto a refusal.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
 
   // Deep-link support: `/cycle?tab=insights` opens the insights tab. The value
   // is read ONCE for the initial `defaultValue` (uncontrolled tabs — so normal
@@ -163,24 +168,28 @@ export function CycleView() {
         description={t("cycle.subtitle")}
         actions={
           <>
-            <Button
-              variant="outline"
-              size="icon"
-              className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
-              aria-label={t("cycle.tabs.settings")}
-              title={t("cycle.tabs.settings")}
-              data-slot="cycle-settings-wrench"
-              onClick={() => setTab("settings")}
-            >
-              <SlidersHorizontal className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-            </Button>
-            <Button
-              onClick={() => openSheet(today)}
-              className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-            >
-              <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-              {t("cycle.logToday")}
-            </Button>
+            {canManage && (
+              <>
+                <Button
+                  variant="outline"
+                  size="icon"
+                  className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
+                  aria-label={t("cycle.tabs.settings")}
+                  title={t("cycle.tabs.settings")}
+                  data-slot="cycle-settings-wrench"
+                  onClick={() => setTab("settings")}
+                >
+                  <SlidersHorizontal className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+                </Button>
+                <Button
+                  onClick={() => openSheet(today)}
+                  className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+                >
+                  <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                  {t("cycle.logToday")}
+                </Button>
+              </>
+            )}
           </>
         }
       />
@@ -260,7 +269,10 @@ export function CycleView() {
               ) : null}
               {/* Log CTA — first period when no cycle exists yet, next period
                   when the count paused on an overdue cycle. */}
-              {!loading && !calendarError && verdict?.dayOfCycle == null ? (
+              {canManage &&
+              !loading &&
+              !calendarError &&
+              verdict?.dayOfCycle == null ? (
                 <Button
                   variant="outline"
                   className="mt-1 w-full"
@@ -315,12 +327,14 @@ export function CycleView() {
             >
               {t("cycle.tabs.insights")}
             </TabsTrigger>
-            <TabsTrigger
-              value="settings"
-              className="text-xs sm:flex-1 sm:text-sm"
-            >
-              {t("cycle.tabs.settings")}
-            </TabsTrigger>
+            {canManage && (
+              <TabsTrigger
+                value="settings"
+                className="text-xs sm:flex-1 sm:text-sm"
+              >
+                {t("cycle.tabs.settings")}
+              </TabsTrigger>
+            )}
           </TabsList>
 
           <TabsContent value="calendar" className="mt-4 space-y-4">
@@ -359,7 +373,7 @@ export function CycleView() {
                             null)
                           : null
                       }
-                      onSelectDay={openSheet}
+                      onSelectDay={canManage ? openSheet : undefined}
                     />
                   </>
                 )}
@@ -429,7 +443,7 @@ export function CycleView() {
               <div className="flex h-32 items-center justify-center">
                 <Loader2 className="text-muted-foreground h-6 w-6 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none" />
               </div>
-            ) : profileQuery.data ? (
+            ) : profileQuery.data && canManage ? (
               <CycleSettings
                 key={profileQuery.data.updatedAt}
                 profile={profileQuery.data}
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/__tests__/looking-after-card.test.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/__tests__/looking-after-card.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f39f21da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/__tests__/looking-after-card.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/**
+ * The caregiver's front door, rendered.
+ *
+ * SSR-only, like the rest of the component suite: what is proven is the
+ * paint — who the card lists and when it exists at all. The tap that switches
+ * records is the switcher's existing mutation and is driven end to end in
+ * `e2e/account-sharing.spec.ts`.
+ *
+ * Mutation checks, run:
+ *   - drop the `accounts.length === 0` bail → "an account nobody shares with
+ *     sees nothing" goes red.
+ *   - drop the `active != null` bail → "no doorway into the room you are in"
+ *     goes red.
+ *   - render the level from `entry.access` instead of `entry.canWrite` → "the
+ *     level is the server's resolved boolean" goes red.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+
+import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import type { AccountAccess } from "@/lib/sharing/account-access-view";
+
+const GRANDMOTHER = {
+  accountId: "acct-gran",
+  username: "gran",
+  displayName: "Margarethe",
+  access: "read" as const,
+  canWrite: false,
+};
+const FATHER = {
+  accountId: "acct-dad",
+  username: "dad",
+  displayName: null,
+  access: "write" as const,
+  canWrite: true,
+};
+
+const mockAccessRef: { value: AccountAccess } = {
+  value: { accounts: [], active: null, canSwitch: false },
+};
+
+vi.mock("@/hooks/use-auth", () => ({
+  useAuth: () => ({
+    user: {
+      id: "delegate",
+      username: "delegate",
+      email: null,
+      role: "USER",
+      avatarUrl: null,
+      modules: {},
+      accountAccess: mockAccessRef.value,
+    },
+    isAuthenticated: true,
+    isLoading: false,
+    refetch: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/hooks/use-account-switch", () => ({
+  useAccountSwitch: () => ({ mutate: vi.fn(), isPending: false }),
+}));
+
+import { LookingAfterCard } from "../looking-after-card";
+
+function render(access: AccountAccess): string {
+  mockAccessRef.value = access;
+  return renderToStaticMarkup(
+    <I18nProvider initialLocale="en">
+      <LookingAfterCard />
+    </I18nProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+describe("<LookingAfterCard>", () => {
+  it("an account nobody shares with sees nothing", () => {
+    // The v1.36.0 posture: the feature is invisible until it applies to you.
+    // Not an empty state, not a prompt to ask somebody for access.
+    expect(render({ accounts: [], active: null, canSwitch: false })).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("lists every record shared with this account", () => {
+    const html = render({
+      accounts: [GRANDMOTHER, FATHER],
+      active: null,
+      canSwitch: true,
+    });
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="looking-after-card"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-account-id="acct-gran"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-account-id="acct-dad"');
+    // The display name where there is one, the username where there is not.
+    expect(html).toContain("Margarethe");
+    expect(html).toContain("dad");
+  });
+
+  it("the level is the server's resolved boolean", () => {
+    const html = render({
+      accounts: [GRANDMOTHER, FATHER],
+      active: null,
+      canSwitch: true,
+    });
+    expect(html).toContain("Can view and add");
+    expect(html).toContain("Can view");
+  });
+
+  it("a grant labelled write but resolved read reads as read", () => {
+    // `access` describes the row; `canWrite` is the decision the server made
+    // about it this second. A grant that lapsed, or a level this build does
+    // not honour, must not promise an add the next request would refuse.
+    const html = render({
+      accounts: [{ ...FATHER, access: "write", canWrite: false }],
+      active: null,
+      canSwitch: true,
+    });
+    expect(html).toContain("Can view");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Can view and add");
+  });
+
+  it("shows no health data, only a doorway", () => {
+    const html = render({
+      accounts: [GRANDMOTHER],
+      active: null,
+      canSwitch: true,
+    });
+    // A preview would put somebody else's readings on this dashboard, outside
+    // the banner frame that says which record you are looking at. The card
+    // carries names and levels and nothing else.
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/\d+(\.\d+)?\s*(kg|mmHg|bpm)/);
+  });
+
+  it("no doorway into the room you are already in", () => {
+    expect(
+      render({
+        accounts: [GRANDMOTHER],
+        active: GRANDMOTHER,
+        canSwitch: true,
+      }),
+    ).toBe("");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/dashboard-header.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/dashboard-header.tsx
index 77138eece..868359f06 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/dashboard-header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/dashboard-header.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { useMounted } from "@/hooks/use-mounted";
 import { useModuleEnabled } from "@/hooks/use-module-enabled";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { getHourForTimeZone } from "@/components/dashboard/range-display";
 import type { QuickEntryDialog } from "@/components/dashboard/quick-entry-sheets";
 
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ export function DashboardHeader({
   const { user } = useAuth();
   const mounted = useMounted();
   const nutrientsEnabled = useModuleEnabled("nutrients");
+  // v1.36.x — the dashboard quick-add offers four kinds; a delegation admits
+  // two of them (a reading, a dose). Mood and water stay with the account
+  // whose record it is, and the customize shortcut points at a settings page
+  // sharing does not cover at all.
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
 
   // The pre-hero greeting derivation, kept hydration-safe: `user` comes
   // from the auth query, which can resolve before this boundary
@@ -87,24 +93,27 @@ export function DashboardHeader({
               a `min-h-11 min-w-11` mobile floor so it meets the 44 px
               touch-target contract the add button also honours, shrinking
               back to the 40 px icon footprint on sm+. */}
-          <Button
-            asChild
-            variant="ghost"
-            size="icon"
-            className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
-            data-testid="dashboard-customize-shortcut"
-          >
-            <Link
-              href="/settings/layout/dashboard"
-              aria-label={t("dashboard.customizeDashboard")}
-              title={t("dashboard.customizeDashboard")}
+          {canManage && (
+            <Button
+              asChild
+              variant="ghost"
+              size="icon"
+              className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
+              data-testid="dashboard-customize-shortcut"
             >
-              <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-            </Link>
-          </Button>
-          <DropdownMenu>
-            <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
-              {/* v1.4.33 maintainer-item-7 — restore proportional sizing
+              <Link
+                href="/settings/layout/dashboard"
+                aria-label={t("dashboard.customizeDashboard")}
+                title={t("dashboard.customizeDashboard")}
+              >
+                <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+              </Link>
+            </Button>
+          )}
+          {canAdd && (
+            <DropdownMenu>
+              <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+                {/* v1.4.33 maintainer-item-7 — restore proportional sizing
                   across viewports. The v1.4.27 fix pinned a `size="sm"
                   min-h-11` combo to hit WCAG 2.5.5's 44 px touch-target
                   contract on mobile, but `size="sm"` is h-8 (32 px) and
@@ -116,53 +125,56 @@ export function DashboardHeader({
                   44 px tall under finger pressure and shrinks back to
                   the desktop-friendly 36 px on `sm:` upwards. The icon
                   + label keep the same visual contract. */}
-              <Button
-                size="default"
-                className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-                data-tour-id="dashboard-quick-add"
+                <Button
+                  size="default"
+                  className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+                  data-tour-id="dashboard-quick-add"
+                >
+                  <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                  {t("common.add")}
+                </Button>
+              </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+              <DropdownMenuContent
+                align="end"
+                className="max-w-[calc(100vw-2rem)]"
               >
-                <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-                {t("common.add")}
-              </Button>
-            </DropdownMenuTrigger>
-            <DropdownMenuContent
-              align="end"
-              className="max-w-[calc(100vw-2rem)]"
-            >
-              {/* Menu items must each carry a self-contained verb-phrase
+                {/* Menu items must each carry a self-contained verb-phrase
                   ("Log measurement", "Log mood") — the trigger above already
                   says "Add", and the icon is `aria-hidden`, so the visible
                   text is the only thing distinguishing the rows. v1.4.15
                   phase-A3 fix #1 hardened this with a unit guard at
                   `src/app/__tests__/quick-add-labels.test.ts` — both labels
                   must differ from each other AND from `common.add`. */}
-              <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onQuickEntry("measurement")}>
-                <Activity className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-                {t("dashboard.quickAddMeasurement")}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-              <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onQuickEntry("mood")}>
-                <Waves className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-                {t("dashboard.quickAddMood")}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-              {/* v1.4.37 W7b — third quick-add row: medication intake.
+                <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onQuickEntry("measurement")}>
+                  <Activity className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+                  {t("dashboard.quickAddMeasurement")}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
+                {canManage && (
+                  <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onQuickEntry("mood")}>
+                    <Waves className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+                    {t("dashboard.quickAddMood")}
+                  </DropdownMenuItem>
+                )}
+                {/* v1.4.37 W7b — third quick-add row: medication intake.
                   Same Sheet-on-mobile / Dialog-on-desktop primitive as
                   the other two; the menu label is a self-contained
                   verb-phrase so it doesn't collide with the trigger or
                   the sibling rows (cf. quick-add-labels.test.ts). */}
-              <DropdownMenuItem
-                onClick={() => onQuickEntry("medicationIntake")}
-              >
-                <Pill className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-                {t("dashboard.quickAddMedicationIntake")}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-              {nutrientsEnabled && (
-                <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onQuickEntry("water")}>
-                  <GlassWater className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-                  {t("dashboard.quickAddWater")}
+                <DropdownMenuItem
+                  onClick={() => onQuickEntry("medicationIntake")}
+                >
+                  <Pill className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+                  {t("dashboard.quickAddMedicationIntake")}
                 </DropdownMenuItem>
-              )}
-            </DropdownMenuContent>
-          </DropdownMenu>
+                {nutrientsEnabled && canManage && (
+                  <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onQuickEntry("water")}>
+                    <GlassWater className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+                    {t("dashboard.quickAddWater")}
+                  </DropdownMenuItem>
+                )}
+              </DropdownMenuContent>
+            </DropdownMenu>
+          )}
         </>
       }
     />
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/looking-after-card.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/looking-after-card.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e0fce258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/looking-after-card.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { HeartHandshake, Loader2 } from "lucide-react";
+
+import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { TileHeader } from "@/components/insights/tile-header";
+import { useAccountSwitch } from "@/hooks/use-account-switch";
+import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
+import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import {
+  accountLabel,
+  type AccountAccessEntry,
+} from "@/lib/sharing/account-access-view";
+
+/**
+ * v1.36.x — the caregiver's front door.
+ *
+ * ## Why this is on the dashboard and not in settings
+ *
+ * Sharing shipped as a settings panel and a menu three levels deep: user menu
+ * → switcher → the record. That is the right place to MANAGE a grant, and the
+ * wrong place to use one. Somebody who opens this app every morning to check
+ * on a parent does not go to settings to do it, and UI-STANDARDS §10 draws
+ * exactly that line: settings are account utilities, not feature
+ * destinations. Looking after somebody is a feature destination.
+ *
+ * ## What it is not
+ *
+ * It is a doorway, not a preview. No numbers, no last reading, no status.
+ * Putting a slice of somebody else's health record on a delegate's own
+ * dashboard would place it outside the one frame the whole design leans on —
+ * the banner that says which record you are inside. Everything about the
+ * other person is read after the switch, under that banner, or not at all.
+ *
+ * ## Where the content comes from
+ *
+ * `accountAccess.accounts`, the same resolved list the switcher renders, and
+ * the switch is the same mutation the switcher fires. No second mechanism, no
+ * second source of truth about who may open what. An account nobody has
+ * shared with sees nothing at all — no empty state, no invitation to ask
+ * somebody for access (the v1.36.0 posture: the feature is invisible until it
+ * applies to you).
+ *
+ * Design: `Card` + `TileHeader` per UI-STANDARDS §1 and §5 (icon and title in
+ * the foreground colour, title `text-base`), the person's name as content in
+ * `text-foreground` and the grant level as meta in `text-muted-foreground`
+ * per §3, and the §11 row shape — label block `min-w-0 flex-1`, the whole row
+ * a single tap target at the `min-h-11` mobile floor.
+ */
+export function LookingAfterCard() {
+  const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { user } = useAuth();
+  const switchAccount = useAccountSwitch();
+
+  const access = user?.accountAccess;
+  const accounts = access?.accounts ?? [];
+
+  // Inside somebody else's record the card would be a doorway to the room you
+  // are already in; the banner owns that context and carries the way out.
+  if (access?.active != null) return null;
+  if (accounts.length === 0) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <Card data-slot="looking-after-card">
+      <CardContent className="space-y-3">
+        <TileHeader
+          icon={HeartHandshake}
+          title={t("recordSharing.lookingAfter.title")}
+          titleAs="h2"
+        />
+        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">
+          {t("recordSharing.lookingAfter.description")}
+        </p>
+        <ul className="divide-y">
+          {accounts.map((entry) => (
+            <li key={entry.accountId}>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                data-slot="looking-after-row"
+                data-account-id={entry.accountId}
+                disabled={switchAccount.isPending}
+                onClick={() => switchAccount.mutate(entry.accountId)}
+                aria-label={t("recordSharing.lookingAfter.open", {
+                  name: accountLabel(entry),
+                })}
+                className="hover:bg-accent/40 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 flex min-h-11 w-full items-center gap-3 rounded-md px-2 py-2 text-left transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none disabled:opacity-50"
+              >
+                <span className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+                  <span className="text-foreground block truncate text-sm font-medium">
+                    {accountLabel(entry)}
+                  </span>
+                  <span className="text-muted-foreground block truncate text-xs">
+                    {levelLabel(entry, t)}
+                  </span>
+                </span>
+                {switchAccount.isPending && (
+                  <Loader2
+                    className="text-muted-foreground size-4 shrink-0 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none"
+                    aria-hidden="true"
+                  />
+                )}
+              </button>
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
+      </CardContent>
+    </Card>
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * The grant level, in the words the person reading it would use.
+ *
+ * Bound from the server's resolved `canWrite`, never from the `access` label
+ * beside it: the label describes the row, the boolean is the decision, and a
+ * lapsed WRITE grant must read as view-only here exactly as it behaves.
+ *
+ * No "last opened" line: `lastUsedAt` is not on this payload, and a relative
+ * time invented from something else would be a placeholder wearing a fact's
+ * clothes.
+ */
+function levelLabel(
+  entry: AccountAccessEntry,
+  t: (key: string) => string,
+): string {
+  return entry.canWrite
+    ? t("recordSharing.lookingAfter.levelWrite")
+    : t("recordSharing.lookingAfter.levelRead");
+}
diff --git a/src/components/data-list/delete-button.tsx b/src/components/data-list/delete-button.tsx
index c963e0026..9dc7d96ea 100644
--- a/src/components/data-list/delete-button.tsx
+++ b/src/components/data-list/delete-button.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   AlertDialogTrigger,
 } from "@/components/ui/alert-dialog";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 
 /**
  * Shared single-row delete button + confirm dialog for the data-
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
  * so the title/description are passed in rather than reaching for a fixed
  * translation key. `cancelLabel` / `confirmLabel` default to the shared
  * `common.*` strings.
+ *
+ * v1.36.x — this is the one place a row delete is spelled across the app
+ * (measurements, lab results, biomarkers, allergies, family history, custom
+ * metrics, medication inventory), so the delegation rule is enforced here
+ * rather than at twelve call sites: deleting is the owner's alone, at every
+ * grant level, so inside somebody else's record the trigger is absent. Not
+ * disabled — a greyed bin still claims the row is the delegate's to remove.
+ * A caller that ever needs a delete a delegate MAY perform would have to say
+ * so explicitly, and today there is none.
  */
 export function DeleteButton({
   onConfirm,
@@ -47,6 +57,8 @@ export function DeleteButton({
   iconClassName?: string;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
+  if (!canManage) return null;
   return (
     <AlertDialog>
       <AlertDialogTrigger asChild>
diff --git a/src/components/data-list/selection-action-bar.tsx b/src/components/data-list/selection-action-bar.tsx
index 027c1e9d9..866bc722d 100644
--- a/src/components/data-list/selection-action-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/data-list/selection-action-bar.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   AlertDialogTrigger,
 } from "@/components/ui/alert-dialog";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 
 /**
  * Selection action bar for the data-management lists (measurements +
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
  *
  * The confirm copy is passed in because the title/body differ per surface
  * (measurements vs mood) and the count is interpolated by the caller.
+ *
+ * v1.36.x — bulk delete is the owner's alone at every grant level, so the bar
+ * is absent inside somebody else's record. The row checkboxes that feed it are
+ * dropped at their lists for the same reason; this guard is the backstop, so a
+ * list that forgets cannot leave a delete button floating over the page.
  */
 export function SelectionActionBar({
   count,
@@ -46,8 +52,9 @@ export function SelectionActionBar({
   confirmBody: string;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
 
-  if (count <= 0) return null;
+  if (count <= 0 || !canManage) return null;
 
   return (
     <div
diff --git a/src/components/documents/document-card.tsx b/src/components/documents/document-card.tsx
index 94dec093d..3a51fb81b 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/document-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/document-card.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ export function DocumentCard({
   document: InboundDocumentDto;
   selected: boolean;
   /** `range` = extend the selection from the last anchor (shift-click). */
-  onToggleSelected: (id: string, range?: boolean) => void;
+  /** Omitted inside somebody else's record: selection feeds bulk edits. */
+  onToggleSelected?: (id: string, range?: boolean) => void;
   onOpen: (id: string) => void;
   /** Delete key on the focused card — undo-able delete owned by the page. */
   onDelete?: (id: string) => void;
@@ -173,23 +174,25 @@ export function DocumentCard({
               </p>
             ) : null}
           </div>
-          <Checkbox
-            checked={selected}
-            // Explicit click handling instead of onCheckedChange: the mouse
-            // event carries `shiftKey` for file-manager range selection.
-            // preventDefault stops Radix's internal toggle (state is fully
-            // controlled by the page's selection set anyway).
-            onClick={(e) => {
-              e.preventDefault();
-              onToggleSelected(document.id, e.shiftKey);
-            }}
-            aria-label={t("documents.card.selectLabel", { title })}
-            className={cn(
-              "relative z-10 shrink-0 transition-opacity",
-              "opacity-0 group-focus-within:opacity-100 group-hover:opacity-100",
-              selected && "opacity-100",
-            )}
-          />
+          {onToggleSelected && (
+            <Checkbox
+              checked={selected}
+              // Explicit click handling instead of onCheckedChange: the mouse
+              // event carries `shiftKey` for file-manager range selection.
+              // preventDefault stops Radix's internal toggle (state is fully
+              // controlled by the page's selection set anyway).
+              onClick={(e) => {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                onToggleSelected(document.id, e.shiftKey);
+              }}
+              aria-label={t("documents.card.selectLabel", { title })}
+              className={cn(
+                "relative z-10 shrink-0 transition-opacity",
+                "opacity-0 group-focus-within:opacity-100 group-hover:opacity-100",
+                selected && "opacity-100",
+              )}
+            />
+          )}
         </div>
         {document.conditionLinks.length > 0 ||
         document.servingClass === "attachment" ||
@@ -266,7 +269,7 @@ export function DocumentCard({
           const action = documentCardKeyAction(e.key);
           if (action === "select") {
             e.preventDefault();
-            onToggleSelected(document.id, e.shiftKey);
+            onToggleSelected?.(document.id, e.shiftKey);
           } else if (action === "delete") {
             e.preventDefault();
             onDelete?.(document.id);
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ export function DocumentCard({
           cancelLongPress();
           longPressTimer.current = setTimeout(() => {
             longPressFired.current = true;
-            onToggleSelected(document.id);
+            onToggleSelected?.(document.id);
           }, LONG_PRESS_MS);
         }}
         onTouchMove={cancelLongPress}
diff --git a/src/components/documents/document-detail-sheet.tsx b/src/components/documents/document-detail-sheet.tsx
index 6c0a3a154..a09c9bb6a 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/document-detail-sheet.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/document-detail-sheet.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * copy. A Share action in the footer opens the clinician share-link create
  * flow (shared `ShareLinkCreateForm`) with this document pre-attached.
  */
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import {
   ArrowRight,
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
       (fact) => fact.factType === "OBSERVATION" && fact.status !== "REJECTED",
     ).length ?? 0;
   const { user } = useAuth();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const labsModuleEnabled = user?.modules?.labs !== false;
 
   const episodes = useIllnessEpisodes(true);
@@ -513,15 +515,23 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
             // labels collapse to icon-only (aria-labelled) so three controls
             // never overflow the sheet at 360 px; the labels return at `sm+`.
             <div className="flex w-full items-center justify-between gap-2">
-              <Button
-                variant="ghost"
-                className="text-destructive hover:text-destructive hover:bg-destructive/10"
-                onClick={() => remove.mutate(doc.id)}
-                disabled={remove.isPending}
-              >
-                <Trash2 className="size-4" aria-hidden />
-                {t("documents.detail.delete")}
-              </Button>
+              {/* v1.36.x — deleting, sharing and re-filing a document are the
+                  owner's alone. Inside somebody else's record the sheet reads
+                  the document and offers the download, and the leading slot
+                  simply has nothing in it. */}
+              {canManage ? (
+                <Button
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  className="text-destructive hover:text-destructive hover:bg-destructive/10"
+                  onClick={() => remove.mutate(doc.id)}
+                  disabled={remove.isPending}
+                >
+                  <Trash2 className="size-4" aria-hidden />
+                  {t("documents.detail.delete")}
+                </Button>
+              ) : (
+                <span />
+              )}
               <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
                 {aiEnabled ? (
                   // v1.28.52 (Documents R3) — "Ask the Coach" opens the REAL
@@ -546,17 +556,19 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
                     </span>
                   </Button>
                 ) : null}
-                <Button
-                  variant="outline"
-                  onClick={() => setShareOpen(true)}
-                  data-slot="document-share"
-                  aria-label={t("documents.detail.share")}
-                >
-                  <Share2 className="size-4" aria-hidden />
-                  <span className="hidden sm:inline">
-                    {t("documents.detail.share")}
-                  </span>
-                </Button>
+                {canManage && (
+                  <Button
+                    variant="outline"
+                    onClick={() => setShareOpen(true)}
+                    data-slot="document-share"
+                    aria-label={t("documents.detail.share")}
+                  >
+                    <Share2 className="size-4" aria-hidden />
+                    <span className="hidden sm:inline">
+                      {t("documents.detail.share")}
+                    </span>
+                  </Button>
+                )}
                 <Button
                   variant="outline"
                   asChild
@@ -620,6 +632,10 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
 
             <DocumentSummaryBlock
               summary={doc.summary}
+              // The stored summary is read; generating one writes to the
+              // owner's record, so a delegate reads what is there and has no
+              // generate control.
+              canGenerate={canManage}
               summaryState={doc.summaryState}
               generatedAtLabel={
                 doc.summaryGeneratedAt
@@ -632,41 +648,43 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
               onGenerate={generateStoredSummary}
             />
 
-            <DocumentAiSection
-              aiEnabled={aiEnabled}
-              autoReadEnabled={autoReadEnabled}
-              indexEnabled={indexEnabled}
-              unavailableReason={capability.data?.reason ?? null}
-              actionsDisabled={capability.isPending}
-              onSuggest={runSuggest}
-              suggestPending={suggest.isPending}
-              suggestErrorKey={
-                suggest.isError ? documentAiErrorKey(suggest.error) : null
-              }
-              onSummarise={runSummary}
-              summaryPending={summary.isPending}
-              suggestion={suggestion}
-              suggestionKindLabel={suggestionKindLabel}
-              suggestionDateLabel={suggestionDateLabel}
-              appliedFields={appliedFields}
-              onUseTitle={applyTitle}
-              onUseKind={applyKind}
-              onUseDate={applyDate}
-              onDismissSuggestion={() => setSuggestion(null)}
-              summaryOutput={summaryOutput}
-              summaryResult={summary.data ?? null}
-              summaryErrorKey={
-                summary.isError ? documentAiErrorKey(summary.error) : null
-              }
-              onCloseSummary={() => {
-                setSummaryOutput(null);
-                summary.reset();
-              }}
-              hasContentIndex={doc.hasContentIndex}
-              contentIndexSource={doc.contentIndexSource}
-              indexPending={indexDoc.isPending}
-              onIndex={runIndex}
-            />
+            {canManage && (
+              <DocumentAiSection
+                aiEnabled={aiEnabled}
+                autoReadEnabled={autoReadEnabled}
+                indexEnabled={indexEnabled}
+                unavailableReason={capability.data?.reason ?? null}
+                actionsDisabled={capability.isPending}
+                onSuggest={runSuggest}
+                suggestPending={suggest.isPending}
+                suggestErrorKey={
+                  suggest.isError ? documentAiErrorKey(suggest.error) : null
+                }
+                onSummarise={runSummary}
+                summaryPending={summary.isPending}
+                suggestion={suggestion}
+                suggestionKindLabel={suggestionKindLabel}
+                suggestionDateLabel={suggestionDateLabel}
+                appliedFields={appliedFields}
+                onUseTitle={applyTitle}
+                onUseKind={applyKind}
+                onUseDate={applyDate}
+                onDismissSuggestion={() => setSuggestion(null)}
+                summaryOutput={summaryOutput}
+                summaryResult={summary.data ?? null}
+                summaryErrorKey={
+                  summary.isError ? documentAiErrorKey(summary.error) : null
+                }
+                onCloseSummary={() => {
+                  setSummaryOutput(null);
+                  summary.reset();
+                }}
+                hasContentIndex={doc.hasContentIndex}
+                contentIndexSource={doc.contentIndexSource}
+                indexPending={indexDoc.isPending}
+                onIndex={runIndex}
+              />
+            )}
 
             {mutationError ? (
               <p role="alert" className="text-destructive text-sm">
@@ -693,6 +711,16 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
                     maxLength={200}
                     placeholder={t("documents.detail.titlePlaceholder")}
                   />
+                ) : !canManage ? (
+                  <p
+                    id="document-title-input"
+                    className={cn(
+                      "min-h-10 px-3 py-2 text-sm",
+                      doc.title === null && "text-muted-foreground",
+                    )}
+                  >
+                    {doc.title ?? t("documents.detail.titlePlaceholder")}
+                  </p>
                 ) : (
                   <button
                     type="button"
@@ -724,8 +752,12 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
                   <Label htmlFor="document-kind-select">
                     {t("documents.detail.kindLabel")}
                   </Label>
+                  {/* Read-only rather than absent: the value IS the content
+                      a delegate came to read, and a form field that shows it
+                      without accepting a change is the honest rendering. */}
                   <Select
                     value={doc.kind}
+                    disabled={!canManage}
                     onValueChange={(value) =>
                       patch.mutate({ kind: value as InboundDocumentKindValue })
                     }
@@ -748,6 +780,7 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
                   </Label>
                   <DateField
                     id="document-date-field"
+                    disabled={!canManage}
                     value={doc.documentDate ?? ""}
                     onChange={(value) =>
                       patch.mutate({
@@ -778,7 +811,7 @@ export function DocumentDetailSheet({
                       {t("documents.detail.noConditions")}
                     </span>
                   ) : null}
-                  {(episodes.data?.length ?? 0) > 0 ? (
+                  {canManage && (episodes.data?.length ?? 0) > 0 ? (
                     <Popover>
                       <PopoverTrigger asChild>
                         <Button
diff --git a/src/components/documents/document-summary-block.tsx b/src/components/documents/document-summary-block.tsx
index bee251687..7828f5475 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/document-summary-block.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/document-summary-block.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export function DocumentSummaryBlock({
   aiEnabled,
   isGenerating,
   actionsDisabled,
+  canGenerate = true,
   onGenerate,
 }: {
   /** The stored, decrypted summary, or null when there is none to show. */
@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@ export function DocumentSummaryBlock({
   isGenerating: boolean;
   /** Capability still resolving — the transport mode isn't known yet. */
   actionsDisabled: boolean;
+  /**
+   * v1.36.x — false inside somebody else's record: a stored summary is
+   * readable, generating one writes to the owner's record and no grant level
+   * admits it. The state line stays; the button goes.
+   */
+  canGenerate?: boolean;
   onGenerate: () => void;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ export function DocumentSummaryBlock({
       <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
         {t(absentCopyKey(summaryState))}
       </p>
-      {aiEnabled ? (
+      {aiEnabled && canGenerate ? (
         <Button
           type="button"
           variant="outline"
diff --git a/src/components/documents/document-timeline.tsx b/src/components/documents/document-timeline.tsx
index 77c863832..7afb9c70c 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/document-timeline.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/document-timeline.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ export function DocumentTimeline({
   isFetchingNextPage: boolean;
   onLoadMore: () => void;
   selectedIds: ReadonlySet<string>;
-  onToggleSelected: (id: string, range?: boolean) => void;
+  /** Omitted inside somebody else's record: selection feeds bulk edits. */
+  onToggleSelected?: (id: string, range?: boolean) => void;
   onOpen: (id: string) => void;
   /** Delete key on the focused card — the page owns the undo-able delete. */
   onDelete?: (id: string) => void;
diff --git a/src/components/documents/documents-view.tsx b/src/components/documents/documents-view.tsx
index c4cafbfa4..ca4aa87e0 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/documents-view.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/documents-view.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * module bounces home. Every `/api/documents/inbound/*` route re-enforces
  * the gate server-side — this is a UX redirect, not the security boundary.
  */
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import {
   useInfiniteQuery,
   useMutation,
@@ -179,6 +180,11 @@ export function closeDocumentSelectionAfterCoachHandoff(
 export function DocumentsView() {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const { user, isLoading: authLoading, isAuthenticated } = useAuth();
+  // v1.36.x — uploading a document, filing it, sharing it and asking the AI
+  // about it are none of them delegated verbs. Inside somebody else's record
+  // the vault reads and nothing more: no upload path, no selection, no bulk
+  // bar, no corpus backfill.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const router = useRouter();
   const pathname = usePathname();
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
@@ -369,7 +375,7 @@ export function DocumentsView() {
     },
     [episodeIdFilter, t],
   );
-  const { dropActive } = usePageFileDrop(enqueueFiles);
+  const { dropActive } = usePageFileDrop(canManage ? enqueueFiles : undefined);
 
   const episodes = useIllnessEpisodes(true);
 
@@ -381,6 +387,7 @@ export function DocumentsView() {
   const contentIndex = usage.data?.contentIndex;
   const canIndexContent = contentIndex?.enabled ?? false;
   const showIndexAll =
+    canManage &&
     canIndexContent &&
     contentIndex !== undefined &&
     contentIndex.totalCount > 0 &&
@@ -749,18 +756,22 @@ export function DocumentsView() {
         title={t("documents.title")}
         description={t("documents.subtitle")}
         actions={
-          <Button onClick={() => uploadInputRef.current?.click()}>
-            <Upload className="size-4" aria-hidden />
-            {t("documents.pageUpload")}
-          </Button>
+          canManage ? (
+            <Button onClick={() => uploadInputRef.current?.click()}>
+              <Upload className="size-4" aria-hidden />
+              {t("documents.pageUpload")}
+            </Button>
+          ) : null
         }
       />
 
-      <UploadZone
-        usage={usage.data}
-        inputRef={uploadInputRef}
-        onFiles={enqueueFiles}
-      />
+      {canManage && (
+        <UploadZone
+          usage={usage.data}
+          inputRef={uploadInputRef}
+          onFiles={enqueueFiles}
+        />
+      )}
 
       <DocumentFilterBar
         searchValue={searchDraft}
@@ -802,10 +813,12 @@ export function DocumentsView() {
           description={t("documents.empty.description")}
           ctaSize="lg"
           action={
-            <Button onClick={() => uploadInputRef.current?.click()}>
-              <Upload className="size-4" aria-hidden />
-              {t("documents.empty.action")}
-            </Button>
+            canManage ? (
+              <Button onClick={() => uploadInputRef.current?.click()}>
+                <Upload className="size-4" aria-hidden />
+                {t("documents.empty.action")}
+              </Button>
+            ) : undefined
           }
         />
       ) : showEmpty && isFiltered ? (
@@ -828,9 +841,9 @@ export function DocumentsView() {
           isFetchingNextPage={list.isFetchingNextPage}
           onLoadMore={() => void list.fetchNextPage()}
           selectedIds={selectedIds}
-          onToggleSelected={toggleSelected}
+          onToggleSelected={canManage ? toggleSelected : undefined}
           onOpen={openDetail}
-          onDelete={(id) => deleteBulk([id])}
+          onDelete={canManage ? (id) => deleteBulk([id]) : undefined}
           highlightId={upload.highlightId}
           onPrefetch={prefetchDetail}
         />
@@ -844,7 +857,7 @@ export function DocumentsView() {
         contentIndexEnabled={usage.data?.contentIndex.enabled}
       />
 
-      {selectedIds.size > 0 ? (
+      {canManage && selectedIds.size > 0 ? (
         <DocumentBulkBar
           selectedCount={selectedIds.size}
           episodes={(episodes.data ?? []).map((e) => ({
diff --git a/src/components/documents/use-page-file-drop.ts b/src/components/documents/use-page-file-drop.ts
index a9fd06ff5..3488a1c40 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/use-page-file-drop.ts
+++ b/src/components/documents/use-page-file-drop.ts
@@ -22,18 +22,26 @@
  */
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
-export function usePageFileDrop(onFiles: (files: File[]) => void): {
+/**
+ * @param onFiles Where dropped or pasted files go. Omitted inside somebody
+ *   else's record: uploading is not a delegated verb, so the listeners are
+ *   never attached and the drop overlay never appears. Offering the overlay
+ *   and swallowing the file would be worse than the browser's own behaviour.
+ */
+export function usePageFileDrop(onFiles?: (files: File[]) => void): {
   dropActive: boolean;
 } {
   const [dropActive, setDropActive] = useState(false);
   const depthRef = useRef(0);
   const onFilesRef = useRef(onFiles);
+  const enabled = onFiles != null;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     onFilesRef.current = onFiles;
   }, [onFiles]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled) return;
     const isFileDrag = (event: DragEvent) =>
       event.dataTransfer?.types?.includes("Files") ?? false;
 
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ export function usePageFileDrop(onFiles: (files: File[]) => void): {
       depthRef.current = 0;
       setDropActive(false);
       const files = Array.from(event.dataTransfer?.files ?? []);
-      if (files.length > 0) onFilesRef.current(files);
+      if (files.length > 0) onFilesRef.current?.(files);
     };
     const onKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
       if (event.key !== "Escape" || depthRef.current === 0) return;
@@ -70,7 +78,7 @@ export function usePageFileDrop(onFiles: (files: File[]) => void): {
       const files = Array.from(event.clipboardData?.files ?? []);
       if (files.length === 0) return;
       event.preventDefault();
-      onFilesRef.current(files);
+      onFilesRef.current?.(files);
     };
 
     window.addEventListener("dragenter", onDragEnter);
@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ export function usePageFileDrop(onFiles: (files: File[]) => void): {
       window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
       window.removeEventListener("paste", onPaste);
     };
-  }, []);
+  }, [enabled]);
 
   return { dropActive };
 }
diff --git a/src/components/illness/illness-day-timeline.tsx b/src/components/illness/illness-day-timeline.tsx
index 54841722e..4582f7ec3 100644
--- a/src/components/illness/illness-day-timeline.tsx
+++ b/src/components/illness/illness-day-timeline.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * day-log history, paginated server-side); when nothing has been logged it
  * renders a calm prompt to log a day.
  */
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { Card, CardContent, CardHeader } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -91,6 +92,8 @@ export function IllnessDayTimeline({
   onLogDay: () => void;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — logging a day is not a delegated verb.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const { data, isLoading, isError } = useIllnessDayLogList(episodeId, "desc");
 
   const dayLogs = data?.dayLogs ?? [];
@@ -117,13 +120,15 @@ export function IllnessDayTimeline({
             <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">
               {t("illness.timeline.empty")}
             </p>
-            <Button
-              variant="outline"
-              className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-              onClick={onLogDay}
-            >
-              {t("illness.logDay")}
-            </Button>
+            {canManage && (
+              <Button
+                variant="outline"
+                className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+                onClick={onLogDay}
+              >
+                {t("illness.logDay")}
+              </Button>
+            )}
           </div>
         ) : (
           <div className="space-y-4">
diff --git a/src/components/illness/illness-episode-detail.tsx b/src/components/illness/illness-episode-detail.tsx
index 79e4a8a17..98c444d23 100644
--- a/src/components/illness/illness-episode-detail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/illness/illness-episode-detail.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * red-flag / pre-onset / nadir). Calm + retrospective — no prediction UI, no
  * alarming colour.
  */
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useState } from "react";
 
 import { EpisodeDocumentsCard } from "@/components/documents/episode-documents-card";
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ function todayLocal(): string {
 
 export function IllnessEpisodeDetail({ episodeId }: { episodeId: string }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — logging a day, editing and resolving an episode are the
+  // owner's; a delegate reads the episode.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
   const {
     data: episode,
@@ -93,26 +97,28 @@ export function IllnessEpisodeDetail({ episodeId }: { episodeId: string }) {
             </div>
           ) : null}
         </div>
-        <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1">
-          <Button
-            onClick={() => setLogOpen(true)}
-            className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-          >
-            {t("illness.logDay")}
-          </Button>
-          {episode ? (
-            <EpisodeMenu
-              episode={episode}
-              onEdit={() => setEditOpen(true)}
-              onResolve={
-                active && !isChronic
-                  ? () => resolve.mutate(episode.id)
-                  : undefined
-              }
-              resolving={resolve.isPending}
-            />
-          ) : null}
-        </div>
+        {canManage && (
+          <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1">
+            <Button
+              onClick={() => setLogOpen(true)}
+              className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+            >
+              {t("illness.logDay")}
+            </Button>
+            {episode ? (
+              <EpisodeMenu
+                episode={episode}
+                onEdit={() => setEditOpen(true)}
+                onResolve={
+                  active && !isChronic
+                    ? () => resolve.mutate(episode.id)
+                    : undefined
+                }
+                resolving={resolve.isPending}
+              />
+            ) : null}
+          </div>
+        )}
       </div>
 
       {episode?.note ? (
diff --git a/src/components/illness/illness-view.tsx b/src/components/illness/illness-view.tsx
index da308b211..9661cce7e 100644
--- a/src/components/illness/illness-view.tsx
+++ b/src/components/illness/illness-view.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * per-day timeline and correlation card live. Retrospective-only copy — a
  * journal, not a medical device, and it does not diagnose.
  */
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useId, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { ChevronDown, Plus, Stethoscope, Wrench } from "lucide-react";
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ function EpisodeCard({
   view,
 }: EpisodeCardProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
   const active = episode.resolvedAt === null;
   const isChronic = episode.lifecycle === "CHRONIC_ONGOING";
@@ -107,24 +109,26 @@ function EpisodeCard({
               </span>
             </div>
           </div>
-          <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1">
-            <Button
-              variant="outline"
-              size="sm"
-              className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-              onClick={() => onLogDay(episode.id)}
-            >
-              {t("illness.logDay")}
-            </Button>
-            <EpisodeMenu
-              episode={episode}
-              onEdit={() => onEdit(episode)}
-              onResolve={
-                active && !isChronic ? () => onResolve(episode.id) : undefined
-              }
-              resolving={resolving}
-            />
-          </div>
+          {canManage && (
+            <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1">
+              <Button
+                variant="outline"
+                size="sm"
+                className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+                onClick={() => onLogDay(episode.id)}
+              >
+                {t("illness.logDay")}
+              </Button>
+              <EpisodeMenu
+                episode={episode}
+                onEdit={() => onEdit(episode)}
+                onResolve={
+                  active && !isChronic ? () => onResolve(episode.id) : undefined
+                }
+                resolving={resolving}
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
         </CardContent>
       </Card>
     );
@@ -141,16 +145,18 @@ function EpisodeCard({
             <span className="block truncate">{episode.label}</span>
           </Link>
         </CardTitle>
-        <CardAction>
-          <EpisodeMenu
-            episode={episode}
-            onEdit={() => onEdit(episode)}
-            onResolve={
-              active && !isChronic ? () => onResolve(episode.id) : undefined
-            }
-            resolving={resolving}
-          />
-        </CardAction>
+        {canManage && (
+          <CardAction>
+            <EpisodeMenu
+              episode={episode}
+              onEdit={() => onEdit(episode)}
+              onResolve={
+                active && !isChronic ? () => onResolve(episode.id) : undefined
+              }
+              resolving={resolving}
+            />
+          </CardAction>
+        )}
       </CardHeader>
 
       <CardContent className="flex h-full flex-col space-y-3">
@@ -205,14 +211,16 @@ function EpisodeCard({
             flow, promoted from a busy inline cluster. The card navigates to
             the detail surface on its title link; this is the one explicit
             button. */}
-        <div className="mt-auto pt-0">
-          <Button
-            className="min-h-11 w-full sm:min-h-9"
-            onClick={() => onLogDay(episode.id)}
-          >
-            {t("illness.logDay")}
-          </Button>
-        </div>
+        {canManage && (
+          <div className="mt-auto pt-0">
+            <Button
+              className="min-h-11 w-full sm:min-h-9"
+              onClick={() => onLogDay(episode.id)}
+            >
+              {t("illness.logDay")}
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        )}
       </CardContent>
     </Card>
   );
@@ -308,6 +316,10 @@ function EpisodeGroup({
 
 export function IllnessView() {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — opening an illness entry is an admitted delegated write. Logging
+  // a day against one, editing it, resolving it and deleting it are not, so a
+  // delegate can start the record of an illness and nothing more.
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const {
     data: episodes,
     isLoading,
@@ -380,29 +392,33 @@ export function IllnessView() {
           <>
             {/* v1.18.6 (MOD-01) — wrench left of the primary Add, linking to the
                 Illness settings page (view + reorder). */}
-            <Button
-              asChild
-              variant="ghost"
-              size="icon"
-              className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
-            >
-              <Link
-                href="/settings/layout/illness"
-                aria-label={t("illness.customize")}
-                title={t("illness.customize")}
+            {canManage && (
+              <Button
+                asChild
+                variant="ghost"
+                size="icon"
+                className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
               >
-                <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-              </Link>
-            </Button>
+                <Link
+                  href="/settings/layout/illness"
+                  aria-label={t("illness.customize")}
+                  title={t("illness.customize")}
+                >
+                  <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+                </Link>
+              </Button>
+            )}
             {/* v1.18.6 (MOD-02) — the add button reads "hinzufügen" like every
                 other module, not the bespoke "neue Episode". */}
-            <Button
-              onClick={() => setNewOpen(true)}
-              className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-            >
-              <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-              {t("common.add")}
-            </Button>
+            {canAdd && (
+              <Button
+                onClick={() => setNewOpen(true)}
+                className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+              >
+                <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                {t("common.add")}
+              </Button>
+            )}
           </>
         }
       />
@@ -458,10 +474,12 @@ export function IllnessView() {
           description={t("illness.empty.body")}
           ctaSize="lg"
           action={
-            <Button onClick={() => setNewOpen(true)}>
-              <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-              {t("illness.newEpisode")}
-            </Button>
+            canAdd ? (
+              <Button onClick={() => setNewOpen(true)}>
+                <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                {t("illness.newEpisode")}
+              </Button>
+            ) : undefined
           }
         />
       )}
diff --git a/src/components/labs/lab-biomarker-detail.tsx b/src/components/labs/lab-biomarker-detail.tsx
index 6985618a7..d57b42bd7 100644
--- a/src/components/labs/lab-biomarker-detail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/labs/lab-biomarker-detail.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ const READINGS_PAGE_SIZE = 200;
  */
 export function LabBiomarkerDetail({ biomarkerId }: { biomarkerId: string }) {
   const { user } = useAuth();
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const { t, locale } = useTranslations();
   const router = useRouter();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
@@ -346,17 +348,19 @@ export function LabBiomarkerDetail({ biomarkerId }: { biomarkerId: string }) {
             className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
             iconClassName="h-4 w-4"
           />
-          <Button
-            variant="ghost"
-            size="icon"
-            className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
-            onClick={() => setEditOpen(true)}
-            disabled={!marker}
-            aria-label={t("labs.biomarker.edit")}
-            title={t("labs.biomarker.edit")}
-          >
-            <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
-          </Button>
+          {canManage && (
+            <Button
+              variant="ghost"
+              size="icon"
+              className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
+              onClick={() => setEditOpen(true)}
+              disabled={!marker}
+              aria-label={t("labs.biomarker.edit")}
+              title={t("labs.biomarker.edit")}
+            >
+              <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
+            </Button>
+          )}
           {/* "Show all readings" mirrors the metric sub-pages' `<SubPageShell>`
               control. The full reading feed lives on
               `/labs/[biomarkerId]/values`; the detail page keeps the
@@ -378,18 +382,22 @@ export function LabBiomarkerDetail({ biomarkerId }: { biomarkerId: string }) {
               </Link>
             </Button>
           ) : null}
-          <Button
-            onClick={() => setAddOpen(true)}
-            // v1.18.10 (W10) — on the narrowest phones the h1 + Edit + Delete +
-            // text "Add" button crowd the row and truncate the title hard.
-            // Drop the Add button to icon-only under `sm` (label kept for
-            // screen readers via `aria-label`); the full text returns at `sm+`.
-            className="min-h-11 min-w-11 shrink-0 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-0"
-            aria-label={t("labs.addResult")}
-          >
-            <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-            <span className="hidden sm:inline">{t("labs.addResult")}</span>
-          </Button>
+          {/* v1.36.x — entering a result is an admitted delegated write;
+              renaming or removing the marker is not. */}
+          {canAdd && (
+            <Button
+              onClick={() => setAddOpen(true)}
+              // v1.18.10 (W10) — on the narrowest phones the h1 + Edit + Delete +
+              // text "Add" button crowd the row and truncate the title hard.
+              // Drop the Add button to icon-only under `sm` (label kept for
+              // screen readers via `aria-label`); the full text returns at `sm+`.
+              className="min-h-11 min-w-11 shrink-0 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-0"
+              aria-label={t("labs.addResult")}
+            >
+              <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+              <span className="hidden sm:inline">{t("labs.addResult")}</span>
+            </Button>
+          )}
         </div>
       </div>
 
@@ -429,9 +437,11 @@ export function LabBiomarkerDetail({ biomarkerId }: { biomarkerId: string }) {
               title={t("labs.detail.emptyTitle")}
               description={t("labs.detail.emptyDescription")}
               action={
-                <Button onClick={() => setAddOpen(true)}>
-                  {t("labs.addResult")}
-                </Button>
+                canAdd ? (
+                  <Button onClick={() => setAddOpen(true)}>
+                    {t("labs.addResult")}
+                  </Button>
+                ) : undefined
               }
             />
           </CardContent>
diff --git a/src/components/labs/lab-form.tsx b/src/components/labs/lab-form.tsx
index 93ddc4ee7..476c5da8a 100644
--- a/src/components/labs/lab-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/labs/lab-form.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useActiveRecordName } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useId, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ export function LabForm({
   footerSlot,
 }: LabFormProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const recordName = useActiveRecordName();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const formId = useId();
 
@@ -199,7 +201,16 @@ export function LabForm({
         takenAt: new Date(takenAt).toISOString(),
         ...(note.trim() ? { note: note.trim() } : {}),
       });
-      toast.success(t("labs.form.savedToast"));
+      toast.success(
+        t("labs.form.savedToast"),
+        recordName
+          ? {
+              description: t("recordSharing.toast.savedTo", {
+                name: recordName,
+              }),
+            }
+          : undefined,
+      );
       if (keepOpen) {
         // A real lab report shares one blood-draw date across every
         // analyte — clear the reading but deliberately KEEP `takenAt` so
diff --git a/src/components/labs/lab-history-list.tsx b/src/components/labs/lab-history-list.tsx
index 5b547dd7a..329ce1561 100644
--- a/src/components/labs/lab-history-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/labs/lab-history-list.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { Loader2, Pencil } from "lucide-react";
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ function parseDecimal(raw: string): number | null {
  */
 export function LabHistoryList({ readings }: { readings: LabResultDto[] }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
   // Client-side column sort over the in-memory reading feed.
@@ -361,17 +363,19 @@ export function LabHistoryList({ readings }: { readings: LabResultDto[] }) {
               </TableCell>
               <TableCell className="pr-4 text-right">
                 <div className="flex items-center justify-end gap-1">
-                  <Button
-                    size="icon"
-                    variant="ghost"
-                    // v1.18.10 (W10) — 44px touch target on mobile (WCAG
-                    // 2.5.5), compact 36px on desktop.
-                    className="size-11 sm:size-9"
-                    onClick={() => void openEdit(r)}
-                    aria-label={t("labs.editReading")}
-                  >
-                    <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
-                  </Button>
+                  {canManage && (
+                    <Button
+                      size="icon"
+                      variant="ghost"
+                      // v1.18.10 (W10) — 44px touch target on mobile (WCAG
+                      // 2.5.5), compact 36px on desktop.
+                      className="size-11 sm:size-9"
+                      onClick={() => void openEdit(r)}
+                      aria-label={t("labs.editReading")}
+                    >
+                      <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
+                    </Button>
+                  )}
                   <DeleteButton
                     onConfirm={() => deleteMutation.mutate(r.id)}
                     title={t("labs.deleteConfirmTitle")}
diff --git a/src/components/labs/lab-list.tsx b/src/components/labs/lab-list.tsx
index b96f62136..99573ec0b 100644
--- a/src/components/labs/lab-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/labs/lab-list.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ function groupReadings(results: LabResultDto[]): MarkerGroup[] {
 
 export function LabList({ onAddFirst }: { onAddFirst?: () => void } = {}) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { canAdd } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const { prefs } = useModuleListPrefs("labs");
 
   // v1.22 — a short, factual line under each marker heading describing what the
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ export function LabList({ onAddFirst }: { onAddFirst?: () => void } = {}) {
         title={t("labs.emptyTitle")}
         description={t("labs.emptyDescription")}
         action={
-          onAddFirst ? (
+          onAddFirst && canAdd ? (
             <Button onClick={onAddFirst}>{t("labs.addFirst")}</Button>
           ) : undefined
         }
diff --git a/src/components/layout/__tests__/capture-picker-discard.test.tsx b/src/components/layout/__tests__/capture-picker-discard.test.tsx
index 2d90eb88c..db9e27c4c 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/__tests__/capture-picker-discard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/__tests__/capture-picker-discard.test.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ const captureState = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   nutrientsEnabled: true,
 }));
 
+// v1.36.x — the picker asks what the record allows before it offers a kind.
+// These fixtures are the caller's own record, which is every kind; the
+// delegation cases are covered in
+// `src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx`.
+vi.mock("@/hooks/use-record-capabilities", () => ({
+  useRecordCapabilities: () => ({
+    inSharedRecord: false,
+    canWrite: false,
+    canAdd: true,
+    canManage: true,
+  }),
+}));
+
 vi.mock("react", async (importOriginal) => {
   const actual = await importOriginal<typeof ReactModule>();
   return {
diff --git a/src/components/layout/__tests__/capture-picker.test.tsx b/src/components/layout/__tests__/capture-picker.test.tsx
index e5756bfde..16b464180 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/__tests__/capture-picker.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/__tests__/capture-picker.test.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ vi.mock("@/hooks/use-module-enabled", () => ({
     moduleKey === "nutrients" ? moduleGate.nutrientsEnabled : true,
 }));
 
+// v1.36.x — the picker asks what the record allows before it offers a kind.
+// These fixtures are the caller's own record, which is every kind; the
+// delegation cases are covered in
+// `src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx`.
+vi.mock("@/hooks/use-record-capabilities", () => ({
+  useRecordCapabilities: () => ({
+    inSharedRecord: false,
+    canWrite: false,
+    canAdd: true,
+    canManage: true,
+  }),
+}));
+
 vi.mock("@/components/ui/responsive-sheet", () => ({
   ResponsiveSheet: ({
     open,
diff --git a/src/components/layout/bottom-nav.tsx b/src/components/layout/bottom-nav.tsx
index 3b67fa163..384bab972 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/bottom-nav.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/bottom-nav.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type { ModuleKey } from "@/lib/modules/registry";
 import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { useMounted } from "@/hooks/use-mounted";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import {
   Sheet,
   SheetContent,
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ export function BottomNav() {
   // the same resolved payload, so the two bars cannot disagree about what a
   // delegate is offered.
   const sharedRecord = user?.accountAccess?.active != null;
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
+  const canCapture = canAdd || canManage;
 
   // v1.17.1 (F-1) — the More hub is the model-computed hub: every visible
   // feature destination that isn't a primary slot, plus the shared utility
@@ -191,18 +194,24 @@ export function BottomNav() {
               collar (a `bg-card` ring that punches it out of the bar) plus
               a stronger shadow so it reads as the bar's primary CTA rather
               than a fifth flush tab. */}
+          {/* v1.36.x — a read-only delegate has nothing to capture: every
+              surface behind the picker is refused for them, so the bar's
+              primary CTA goes rather than opening onto an empty sheet. At
+              WRITE the picker itself drops the kinds the grant excludes. */}
           <div className="flex flex-1 items-center justify-center">
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              aria-label={t("nav.capture.title")}
-              aria-haspopup="dialog"
-              aria-expanded={captureOpen}
-              onClick={() => setCaptureOpen(true)}
-              data-testid="bottom-nav-capture"
-              className="bg-primary text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/90 focus-visible:ring-ring/70 ring-card -mt-5 flex h-14 w-14 items-center justify-center rounded-full shadow-lg ring-4 transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-none"
-            >
-              <Plus className="h-7 w-7" />
-            </button>
+            {canCapture && (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                aria-label={t("nav.capture.title")}
+                aria-haspopup="dialog"
+                aria-expanded={captureOpen}
+                onClick={() => setCaptureOpen(true)}
+                data-testid="bottom-nav-capture"
+                className="bg-primary text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/90 focus-visible:ring-ring/70 ring-card -mt-5 flex h-14 w-14 items-center justify-center rounded-full shadow-lg ring-4 transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-none"
+              >
+                <Plus className="h-7 w-7" />
+              </button>
+            )}
           </div>
 
           {primaryRight.map(renderPrimary)}
diff --git a/src/components/layout/capture-picker.tsx b/src/components/layout/capture-picker.tsx
index 79eebaaed..cd3630d4d 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/capture-picker.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/capture-picker.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ import {
 import { sheetBodyHasUnsavedInput } from "@/components/dashboard/quick-entry-sheets";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { useModuleEnabled } from "@/hooks/use-module-enabled";
+import {
+  useRecordCapabilities,
+  type RecordCapabilities,
+} from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 
 /**
  * The center "Log" capture action (iOS parity — the bottom bar's
@@ -48,6 +52,45 @@ import { useModuleEnabled } from "@/hooks/use-module-enabled";
 
 type CaptureKind = "measurement" | "medication" | "mood" | "water";
 
+/**
+ * v1.36.x — which of the four capture surfaces a delegation admits.
+ *
+ * A WRITE grant covers entering a reading and marking a dose. It does not
+ * cover a mood entry or a glass of water: those verbs stay on the owner's own
+ * authentication and the server refuses them under a switch. The picker is the
+ * fastest path into all four on a phone, so it is the surface where offering
+ * an unadmitted one costs the most.
+ */
+const DELEGABLE_CAPTURE_KINDS: ReadonlySet<CaptureKind> = new Set([
+  "measurement",
+  "medication",
+]);
+
+/** The order the chooser lists them in. */
+const CAPTURE_KIND_ORDER: ReadonlyArray<CaptureKind> = [
+  "measurement",
+  "medication",
+  "mood",
+  "water",
+];
+
+/**
+ * The capture kinds to offer, given what the record allows and whether the
+ * nutrients module is on. Exported pure so the delegation rule can be pinned
+ * without opening a sheet: an SSR test cannot tap the button that opens it.
+ */
+export function visibleCaptureKinds(
+  caps: Pick<RecordCapabilities, "canAdd" | "canManage">,
+  nutrientsEnabled: boolean,
+  kinds: ReadonlyArray<CaptureKind>,
+): CaptureKind[] {
+  return kinds.filter((kind) => {
+    if (kind === "water" && !nutrientsEnabled) return false;
+    if (caps.canManage) return true;
+    return caps.canAdd && DELEGABLE_CAPTURE_KINDS.has(kind);
+  });
+}
+
 interface CapturePickerProps {
   /** Whether the picker chooser sheet is open. */
   open: boolean;
@@ -58,6 +101,12 @@ interface CapturePickerProps {
 export function CapturePicker({ open, onOpenChange }: CapturePickerProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const nutrientsEnabled = useModuleEnabled("nutrients");
+  const capabilities = useRecordCapabilities();
+  const offered = visibleCaptureKinds(
+    capabilities,
+    nutrientsEnabled,
+    CAPTURE_KIND_ORDER,
+  );
   const [kind, setKind] = useState<CaptureKind | null>(null);
   const [footerEl, setFooterEl] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   // v1.30.1 — mirrors `QuickEntrySheets`' `confirmDiscardOpen`: hold a
@@ -66,7 +115,7 @@ export function CapturePicker({ open, onOpenChange }: CapturePickerProps) {
   const [confirmDiscardOpen, setConfirmDiscardOpen] = useState(false);
 
   function chooseKind(next: CaptureKind) {
-    if (next === "water" && !nutrientsEnabled) return;
+    if (!offered.includes(next)) return;
     // Close the chooser first, then open the form sheet so only one
     // bottom-sheet is mounted at a time (no stacked backdrops).
     onOpenChange(false);
@@ -89,7 +138,7 @@ export function CapturePicker({ open, onOpenChange }: CapturePickerProps) {
     closeForm();
   }
 
-  const options: ReadonlyArray<{
+  const allOptions: ReadonlyArray<{
     kind: CaptureKind;
     label: string;
     description: string;
@@ -120,6 +169,7 @@ export function CapturePicker({ open, onOpenChange }: CapturePickerProps) {
       icon: GlassWater,
     },
   ];
+  const options = allOptions.filter((opt) => offered.includes(opt.kind));
 
   const formTitleByKind: Record<CaptureKind, string> = {
     measurement: t("measurements.addMeasurement"),
@@ -145,27 +195,25 @@ export function CapturePicker({ open, onOpenChange }: CapturePickerProps) {
           className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-2"
           data-testid="capture-picker-options"
         >
-          {options.map((opt) =>
-            opt.kind !== "water" || nutrientsEnabled ? (
-              <button
-                key={opt.kind}
-                type="button"
-                data-testid={`capture-picker-${opt.kind}`}
-                onClick={() => chooseKind(opt.kind)}
-                className="border-border hover:bg-accent/40 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 flex min-h-14 items-center gap-3 rounded-lg border px-4 py-3 text-left transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none"
-              >
-                <span className="bg-primary/10 text-primary flex h-9 w-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full">
-                  <opt.icon className="h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true" />
+          {options.map((opt) => (
+            <button
+              key={opt.kind}
+              type="button"
+              data-testid={`capture-picker-${opt.kind}`}
+              onClick={() => chooseKind(opt.kind)}
+              className="border-border hover:bg-accent/40 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 flex min-h-14 items-center gap-3 rounded-lg border px-4 py-3 text-left transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none"
+            >
+              <span className="bg-primary/10 text-primary flex h-9 w-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full">
+                <opt.icon className="h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true" />
+              </span>
+              <span className="min-w-0">
+                <span className="block text-sm font-medium">{opt.label}</span>
+                <span className="text-muted-foreground block text-xs">
+                  {opt.description}
                 </span>
-                <span className="min-w-0">
-                  <span className="block text-sm font-medium">{opt.label}</span>
-                  <span className="text-muted-foreground block text-xs">
-                    {opt.description}
-                  </span>
-                </span>
-              </button>
-            ) : null,
-          )}
+              </span>
+            </button>
+          ))}
         </div>
       </ResponsiveSheet>
 
diff --git a/src/components/measurement-reminders/vorsorge-section.tsx b/src/components/measurement-reminders/vorsorge-section.tsx
index 941f66f29..3f0fa6413 100644
--- a/src/components/measurement-reminders/vorsorge-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/measurement-reminders/vorsorge-section.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  *     hosting the per-reminder enable/disable toggles (moved off the
  *     card so the card carries a single med-style kebab).
  */
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ export function VorsorgeSection({
   variant?: "settings" | "page";
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const router = useRouter();
   const {
     data: reminders,
@@ -359,7 +361,11 @@ export function VorsorgeSection({
 
   // v1.18.6 (MOD-02) — the primary add affordance reads "hinzufügen" like
   // every other module's add button.
-  const addButton = (
+  // v1.36.x — a checkup reminder belongs to the person whose schedule it is,
+  // and no grant level admits creating, editing or satisfying one. Inside
+  // somebody else's record the schedule stays readable and every control that
+  // would change it is absent.
+  const addButton = canManage ? (
     <Button
       type="button"
       className="min-h-11 shrink-0 sm:min-h-9"
@@ -368,13 +374,13 @@ export function VorsorgeSection({
       <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
       {t("common.add")}
     </Button>
-  );
+  ) : null;
 
   // v1.18.6 (MOD-01) — the wrench links to the Vorsorge settings page (view,
   // reorder, per-reminder enable toggles), left of the Add button — the
   // canonical medication-page pattern. The old kebab "Anpassen" sheet is
   // gone (MOD-07); its toggles moved to the settings page.
-  const wrenchButton = (
+  const wrenchButton = canManage ? (
     <Button
       asChild
       variant="ghost"
@@ -389,7 +395,7 @@ export function VorsorgeSection({
         <Wrench className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
       </Link>
     </Button>
-  );
+  ) : null;
 
   return (
     <section aria-labelledby="vorsorge-section-title" className="space-y-4">
@@ -709,9 +715,11 @@ export function VorsorgeSection({
           title={t("measurementReminders.empty.title")}
           description={t("measurementReminders.empty.description")}
           action={
-            <Button type="button" onClick={openCreate}>
-              {t("common.add")}
-            </Button>
+            canManage ? (
+              <Button type="button" onClick={openCreate}>
+                {t("common.add")}
+              </Button>
+            ) : undefined
           }
         />
       )}
@@ -787,6 +795,7 @@ function VorsorgeCard({
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   // Issue #490 — day-boundary zone for the relative "today / yesterday"
   // bucket must match the zone `fmt.date` renders in (mirror → Berlin).
   // The next-due phrase reads off the SAME zone as the last-done date below
@@ -855,7 +864,7 @@ function VorsorgeCard({
 
   // Single med-style kebab: Edit + Delete. The Delete item is the shared
   // confirm-on-delete control rendered as a full-width menu row.
-  const headerActions = (
+  const headerActions = canManage ? (
     <DropdownMenu>
       <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
         <Button
@@ -898,14 +907,14 @@ function VorsorgeCard({
         </DropdownMenuItem>
       </DropdownMenuContent>
     </DropdownMenu>
-  );
+  ) : null;
 
   // The measure / mark-done action. One constant appearance in every state —
   // no due-driven tint, no label swap (v1.27.5 retired the former green
   // "do it now" wash; a button that changes colour by schedule state reads as
   // a different control). Due-ness is communicated by the discreet coloured
   // next-due text above.
-  const primaryButton = (
+  const primaryButton = canManage ? (
     <Button
       type="button"
       className="min-h-11 w-full"
@@ -928,7 +937,7 @@ function VorsorgeCard({
         </>
       )}
     </Button>
-  );
+  ) : null;
 
   const deleteDialog = (
     <AlertDialog open={confirmDelete} onOpenChange={setConfirmDelete}>
@@ -1114,7 +1123,9 @@ function VorsorgeCard({
           )}
 
           {/* Bottom-pinned single primary action — green when due (MOD-06). */}
-          <div className="mt-auto pt-0">{primaryButton}</div>
+          {primaryButton ? (
+            <div className="mt-auto pt-0">{primaryButton}</div>
+          ) : null}
         </CardContent>
       </Card>
 
diff --git a/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx b/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
index 631044d53..11e814478 100644
--- a/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useActiveRecordName } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useId, useState } from "react";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ export function MeasurementForm({
   footerSlot,
 }: MeasurementFormProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const recordName = useActiveRecordName();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const unitDisplay = useUnitDisplay();
 
@@ -371,7 +373,19 @@ export function MeasurementForm({
       setNotes("");
       await invalidateKeys(queryClient, measurementDependentKeys);
       await refetchInactiveDailyReads(queryClient);
-      toast.success(t("common.saved"));
+      // v1.36.x — a delegate's receipt names the record. "Saved" alone is
+      // the one confirmation somebody acting for another person does not
+      // need, and the reading has just left their own history for good.
+      toast.success(
+        t("common.saved"),
+        recordName
+          ? {
+              description: t("recordSharing.toast.savedTo", {
+                name: recordName,
+              }),
+            }
+          : undefined,
+      );
       onSuccess?.();
     } catch (err) {
       setError(localizedApiError(err, t, "measurements.saveError"));
diff --git a/src/components/measurements/measurement-list.tsx b/src/components/measurements/measurement-list.tsx
index 3af1468de..912e9c5d7 100644
--- a/src/components/measurements/measurement-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/measurements/measurement-list.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { accountLabel } from "@/lib/sharing/account-access-view";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useIsMobile } from "@/hooks/use-is-mobile";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
@@ -283,7 +285,20 @@ export function MeasurementList({
 }: MeasurementListProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
-  const { isAuthenticated } = useAuth();
+  const { isAuthenticated, user } = useAuth();
+  // v1.36.x — inside somebody else's record, only the add path survives:
+  // entering a reading is an admitted delegated write, editing and deleting
+  // one are not. The row controls are dropped rather than disabled.
+  const { canAdd, canManage, inSharedRecord, canWrite } =
+    useRecordCapabilities();
+  const activeRecord = user?.accountAccess?.active ?? null;
+  // Named only when the sentence below is owed: a delegate who may add but
+  // not change. In the caller's own record, and for a read-only delegate who
+  // was offered no add button to be surprised by, there is nothing to explain.
+  const delegateName =
+    inSharedRecord && canWrite && activeRecord
+      ? accountLabel(activeRecord)
+      : null;
   const unitDisplay = useUnitDisplay();
   // v1.32.26 — a single-reading row renders its value + unit in the user's
   // preferred unit (kg↔lb, cm↔in, °C↔°F). A canonical row converts through the
@@ -928,38 +943,58 @@ export function MeasurementList({
           // an outage never reads as "you have no measurements".
           <QueryErrorCard onRetry={() => void refetch()} />
         ) : !data?.measurements?.length ? (
-          // v1.4.15 phase-C5: replaces the bare-text empty rectangle.
-          // Filter-aware copy distinguishes brand-new accounts ("no
-          // measurements yet") from filtered-out lists ("no measurements
-          // match this filter") and exposes the right CTA for each
-          // case.
-          <EmptyState
-            icon={<Activity className="size-6" />}
-            title={
-              typeFilter === "ALL" || lockedType
-                ? t("measurements.emptyTitle")
-                : t("measurements.emptyFilteredTitle")
-            }
-            description={
-              typeFilter === "ALL" || lockedType
-                ? t("measurements.emptyDescription")
-                : t("measurements.emptyFilteredDescription")
-            }
-            action={
-              // v1.8.5 — a locked-type list has no "reset filter" path;
-              // the metric is fixed by the route.
-              typeFilter !== "ALL" && !lockedType ? (
-                <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => setTypeFilter("ALL")}>
-                  {t("measurements.emptyResetFilter")}
-                </Button>
-              ) : onAddFirst ? (
-                <Button onClick={onAddFirst}>
-                  <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
-                  {t("measurements.emptyAddFirst")}
-                </Button>
-              ) : undefined
-            }
-          />
+          <>
+            {/* v1.4.15 phase-C5: replaces the bare-text empty rectangle.
+                Filter-aware copy distinguishes brand-new accounts ("no
+                measurements yet") from filtered-out lists ("no measurements
+                match this filter") and exposes the right CTA for each case. */}
+            <EmptyState
+              icon={<Activity className="size-6" />}
+              title={
+                typeFilter === "ALL" || lockedType
+                  ? t("measurements.emptyTitle")
+                  : t("measurements.emptyFilteredTitle")
+              }
+              description={
+                typeFilter === "ALL" || lockedType
+                  ? t("measurements.emptyDescription")
+                  : t("measurements.emptyFilteredDescription")
+              }
+              action={
+                // v1.8.5 — a locked-type list has no "reset filter" path;
+                // the metric is fixed by the route.
+                typeFilter !== "ALL" && !lockedType ? (
+                  <Button
+                    variant="outline"
+                    onClick={() => setTypeFilter("ALL")}
+                  >
+                    {t("measurements.emptyResetFilter")}
+                  </Button>
+                ) : onAddFirst && canAdd ? (
+                  <Button onClick={onAddFirst}>
+                    <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+                    {t("measurements.emptyAddFirst")}
+                  </Button>
+                ) : undefined
+              }
+            />
+            {/* The one place in the app the asymmetry is spelled out. A
+                delegate who may add will look for the edit control beside the
+                row they just entered, so the list that carries the add button
+                says once, in one muted line, where the limit is. Every other
+                hidden control stays silent: the banner already names the mode,
+                and a chip beside each absent button would be noise. */}
+            {delegateName && (
+              <p
+                data-slot="delegate-add-only-note"
+                className="text-muted-foreground mx-auto max-w-prose text-center text-xs"
+              >
+                {t("recordSharing.delegate.addOnlyNote", {
+                  name: delegateName,
+                })}
+              </p>
+            )}
+          </>
         ) : (
           <>
             {/* Desktop table — rendered only when not mobile (v1.28.42 H3). */}
@@ -978,19 +1013,23 @@ export function MeasurementList({
                   <TableHeader>
                     <TableRow>
                       <TableHead className="w-10 pl-4">
-                        {/* v1.15.13 — select-all-on-page header checkbox. */}
-                        <Checkbox
-                          checked={
-                            selectAll === "all"
-                              ? true
-                              : selectAll === "some"
-                                ? "indeterminate"
-                                : false
-                          }
-                          disabled={pageIds.length === 0}
-                          onCheckedChange={onToggleSelectAll}
-                          aria-label={t("dataList.selectAll")}
-                        />
+                        {/* v1.15.13 — select-all-on-page header checkbox.
+                            v1.36.x — bulk delete is the owner's alone, so a
+                            delegate gets no selection column. */}
+                        {canManage && (
+                          <Checkbox
+                            checked={
+                              selectAll === "all"
+                                ? true
+                                : selectAll === "some"
+                                  ? "indeterminate"
+                                  : false
+                            }
+                            disabled={pageIds.length === 0}
+                            onCheckedChange={onToggleSelectAll}
+                            aria-label={t("dataList.selectAll")}
+                          />
+                        )}
                       </TableHead>
                       <TableHead className="w-28">
                         {t("measurements.type")}
@@ -1051,7 +1090,7 @@ export function MeasurementList({
                             <TableCell className="pl-4">
                               {/* Grouped/synthetic rows aren't individually
                                 deletable, so they have no checkbox. */}
-                              {!isGrouped && (
+                              {!isGrouped && canManage && (
                                 <Checkbox
                                   checked={isSelected}
                                   onCheckedChange={() => onToggleRow(m.id)}
@@ -1178,15 +1217,17 @@ export function MeasurementList({
                                   </Button>
                                 ) : (
                                   <>
-                                    <Button
-                                      variant="ghost"
-                                      size="icon"
-                                      className="h-10 w-10"
-                                      onClick={() => startEdit(m)}
-                                      aria-label={t("common.edit")}
-                                    >
-                                      <Pencil className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-                                    </Button>
+                                    {canManage && (
+                                      <Button
+                                        variant="ghost"
+                                        size="icon"
+                                        className="h-10 w-10"
+                                        onClick={() => startEdit(m)}
+                                        aria-label={t("common.edit")}
+                                      >
+                                        <Pencil className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+                                      </Button>
+                                    )}
                                     <DeleteButton
                                       onConfirm={() =>
                                         deleteMutation.mutate(m.id)
@@ -1247,7 +1288,7 @@ export function MeasurementList({
                         <div className="flex items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden">
                           {/* v1.15.13 — multi-select checkbox in a 44px tap
                             target; absent for synthetic grouped rows. */}
-                          {!isGrouped && (
+                          {!isGrouped && canManage && (
                             // v1.15.13 MEDIUM-1 kept the 16px Radix Checkbox
                             // (itself a `<button role=checkbox>`) inside a
                             // 44px wrapper `<button>` for WCAG 2.5.5 — but a
@@ -1375,14 +1416,16 @@ export function MeasurementList({
                             </Button>
                           ) : (
                             <>
-                              <Button
-                                variant="ghost"
-                                size="icon-lg"
-                                onClick={() => startEdit(m)}
-                                aria-label={t("common.edit")}
-                              >
-                                <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
-                              </Button>
+                              {canManage && (
+                                <Button
+                                  variant="ghost"
+                                  size="icon-lg"
+                                  onClick={() => startEdit(m)}
+                                  aria-label={t("common.edit")}
+                                >
+                                  <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
+                                </Button>
+                              )}
                               <DeleteButton
                                 iconClassName="h-4 w-4"
                                 onConfirm={() => deleteMutation.mutate(m.id)}
diff --git a/src/components/medications/__tests__/card-parts.test.tsx b/src/components/medications/__tests__/card-parts.test.tsx
index f5721b897..50598c3c3 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/__tests__/card-parts.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/__tests__/card-parts.test.tsx
@@ -40,10 +40,16 @@ function makeClient(): QueryClient {
 }
 
 function render(node: React.ReactNode, client?: QueryClient) {
-  const tree = client ? (
-    <QueryClientProvider client={client}>{node}</QueryClientProvider>
-  ) : (
-    node
+  // v1.36.x — every card part now asks what the record on screen allows
+  // before it renders a control, and that answer rides the account query.
+  // The parts that carry no query of their own were rendered here without a
+  // provider; they need one now. Fixtures are the caller's own record, which
+  // is every capability — the delegation cases live in
+  // `src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx`.
+  const tree = (
+    <QueryClientProvider client={client ?? makeClient()}>
+      {node}
+    </QueryClientProvider>
   );
   return renderToStaticMarkup(
     <I18nProvider initialLocale="en">{tree}</I18nProvider>,
diff --git a/src/components/medications/card-parts/medication-intake-actions.tsx b/src/components/medications/card-parts/medication-intake-actions.tsx
index bb7dfba5d..c25cbda1a 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/card-parts/medication-intake-actions.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/card-parts/medication-intake-actions.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Check, Loader2, SkipForward } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 
 interface MedicationIntakeActionsProps {
   /** "take" | "skip" while the matching request is in flight, else null. */
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ export function MedicationIntakeActions({
   onRecordIntake,
 }: MedicationIntakeActionsProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — marking a dose taken or skipped is the verb the delegation was
+  // written for. A read-only delegate sees the card and its schedule and no
+  // action row; the card is otherwise unchanged.
+  const { canAdd } = useRecordCapabilities();
+  if (!canAdd) return null;
 
   return (
     <div className="flex gap-2">
diff --git a/src/components/medications/detail/medication-detail-tabs.tsx b/src/components/medications/detail/medication-detail-tabs.tsx
index 9454035c6..684bb14e3 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/detail/medication-detail-tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/detail/medication-detail-tabs.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  * administration.
  */
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import {
   useCallback,
   useEffect,
@@ -171,6 +172,19 @@ const TAB_SLUGS = [
 ] as const;
 type TabSlug = (typeof TAB_SLUGS)[number];
 
+/**
+ * Tabs whose entire content is owner-only work: the schedule editor and its
+ * plan history, the supply ledger, the external-token row, and the advanced
+ * surface (wizard, import, pause, end, purge, delete). A delegation admits
+ * none of it at any level.
+ */
+const OWNER_ONLY_TABS: ReadonlySet<TabSlug> = new Set([
+  "zeitplan",
+  "bestand",
+  "api",
+  "erweitert",
+]);
+
 /**
  * Legacy slugs that point at a dissolved tab. The Erinnerung tab folded
  * into Zeitplan in v1.15.20; old deep-links keep landing on the surface
@@ -222,6 +236,7 @@ export function MedicationDetailTabs({
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const router = useRouter();
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
 
@@ -273,15 +288,23 @@ export function MedicationDetailTabs({
   // reminds, so the Zeitplan tab (times editor + reminder card +
   // plan-history) does not apply and is dropped from the registry; a
   // stale `?tab=zeitplan` deep-link falls back to the landing tab.
+  // v1.36.x — four tabs are nothing BUT owner work: the schedule editor, the
+  // supply ledger, the external-token row and the advanced surface that holds
+  // the wizard, the import and the destructive zone. None of it is delegated,
+  // so inside somebody else's record they leave the registry entirely rather
+  // than opening onto controls the server refuses — which also means a stale
+  // `?tab=erweitert` deep link lands on the landing tab, the same way an
+  // inapplicable tab already does.
   const availableTabs = useMemo<TabSlug[]>(
     () =>
       TAB_SLUGS.filter(
         (slug) =>
           (slug !== "injektion" || isInjectable) &&
           (slug !== "zeitplan" || !asNeeded) &&
-          (slug !== "wirkung" || hasEfficacyTarget),
+          (slug !== "wirkung" || hasEfficacyTarget) &&
+          (canManage || !OWNER_ONLY_TABS.has(slug)),
       ),
-    [isInjectable, asNeeded, hasEfficacyTarget],
+    [isInjectable, asNeeded, hasEfficacyTarget, canManage],
   );
 
   const requestedRaw = searchParams?.get("tab");
diff --git a/src/components/medications/dose-history-ledger.tsx b/src/components/medications/dose-history-ledger.tsx
index ef6567479..829796da5 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/dose-history-ledger.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/dose-history-ledger.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
  * the ledger uses the semantic feedback vocabulary on the row, not the card.
  */
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import {
@@ -162,6 +163,10 @@ export function DoseHistoryLedger({
   const fmt = useFormatters();
   const dateFormatPref = useDateFormatPreference();
   const { user } = useAuth();
+  // v1.36.x — a delegate may record a dose, which is what "add" and the
+  // inline "mark taken" do. Editing, deleting, pinning and un-skipping an
+  // existing event are the owner's, so the row menu is absent for them.
+  const { canAdd } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const timeZone = user?.timezone || "Europe/Berlin";
 
@@ -413,16 +418,18 @@ export function DoseHistoryLedger({
             {t("medications.detail.verlauf.summaryEmpty")}
           </p>
         )}
-        <Button
-          variant="outline"
-          size="sm"
-          onClick={() => setAddOpen(true)}
-          className="min-h-11 shrink-0 sm:min-h-9"
-          data-slot="ledger-add"
-        >
-          <Plus aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-4" />
-          {t("medications.detail.verlauf.add")}
-        </Button>
+        {canAdd && (
+          <Button
+            variant="outline"
+            size="sm"
+            onClick={() => setAddOpen(true)}
+            className="min-h-11 shrink-0 sm:min-h-9"
+            data-slot="ledger-add"
+          >
+            <Plus aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-4" />
+            {t("medications.detail.verlauf.add")}
+          </Button>
+        )}
       </div>
 
       {isLoading && (
@@ -571,6 +578,7 @@ function LedgerRowItem({
   onUnpin: (eventId: string) => void;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
 
   const actionable = isSlotActionable(row);
@@ -676,7 +684,7 @@ function LedgerRowItem({
       </div>
 
       <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1">
-        {showTakenButton && (
+        {showTakenButton && canAdd && (
           <Button
             variant="outline"
             size="sm"
@@ -697,118 +705,126 @@ function LedgerRowItem({
             {t("medications.detail.verlauf.markTaken")}
           </Button>
         )}
-        <DropdownMenu>
-          <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
-            <Button
-              variant="ghost"
-              size="icon-sm"
-              className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
-              aria-label={t("medications.detail.verlauf.rowActionsLabel", {
-                time: timeLabel,
-              })}
-              data-slot="ledger-row-menu"
-            >
-              <MoreVertical aria-hidden="true" className="size-4" />
-            </Button>
-          </DropdownMenuTrigger>
-          <DropdownMenuContent align="end" data-slot="ledger-row-menu-content">
-            {actionable && !showTakenButton && (
-              <DropdownMenuItem
-                onClick={() => onMark(row, "taken")}
-                data-slot="ledger-menu-taken"
-              >
-                <Check aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
-                {t("medications.detail.verlauf.markTaken")}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-            )}
-            {actionable && (
-              <DropdownMenuItem
-                onClick={() => onMark(row, "skipped")}
-                data-slot="ledger-mark-skipped"
-              >
-                {skipBusy ? (
-                  <Loader2
-                    aria-hidden="true"
-                    className="mr-2 size-4 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none"
-                  />
-                ) : (
-                  <SkipForward aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
-                )}
-                {t("medications.detail.verlauf.markSkipped")}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-            )}
-            {canPin && (
-              <DropdownMenuItem
-                onClick={() => onPin(intake!.id as string, dueContext!.at)}
-                data-slot="ledger-pin"
-              >
-                <Link2 aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
-                {t("medications.detail.verlauf.pin.action", {
-                  time: fmt.time(new Date(dueContext!.at)),
+        {canManage && (
+          <DropdownMenu>
+            <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+              <Button
+                variant="ghost"
+                size="icon-sm"
+                className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
+                aria-label={t("medications.detail.verlauf.rowActionsLabel", {
+                  time: timeLabel,
                 })}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-            )}
-            {canUnpin && (
-              <DropdownMenuItem
-                onClick={() => onUnpin(intake!.id as string)}
-                data-slot="ledger-unpin"
+                data-slot="ledger-row-menu"
               >
-                <Unlink aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
-                {t("medications.detail.verlauf.pin.release")}
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-            )}
-            {intake?.id && (
-              <>
+                <MoreVertical aria-hidden="true" className="size-4" />
+              </Button>
+            </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+            <DropdownMenuContent
+              align="end"
+              data-slot="ledger-row-menu-content"
+            >
+              {actionable && !showTakenButton && (
                 <DropdownMenuItem
-                  onClick={() =>
-                    onEdit({
-                      id: intake.id as string,
-                      takenAt: intake.takenAt,
-                      skipped: intake.skipped,
-                      scheduledFor: intake.scheduledFor,
-                    })
-                  }
-                  data-slot="ledger-edit"
+                  onClick={() => onMark(row, "taken")}
+                  data-slot="ledger-menu-taken"
                 >
-                  <Pencil aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
-                  {t("medications.detail.intake.rowActions.edit")}
+                  <Check aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
+                  {t("medications.detail.verlauf.markTaken")}
                 </DropdownMenuItem>
-                {(row.status === "skipped" ||
-                  row.status === "taken_on_time" ||
-                  row.status === "taken_late") && (
+              )}
+              {actionable && (
+                <DropdownMenuItem
+                  onClick={() => onMark(row, "skipped")}
+                  data-slot="ledger-mark-skipped"
+                >
+                  {skipBusy ? (
+                    <Loader2
+                      aria-hidden="true"
+                      className="mr-2 size-4 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none"
+                    />
+                  ) : (
+                    <SkipForward aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
+                  )}
+                  {t("medications.detail.verlauf.markSkipped")}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
+              )}
+              {canPin && (
+                <DropdownMenuItem
+                  onClick={() => onPin(intake!.id as string, dueContext!.at)}
+                  data-slot="ledger-pin"
+                >
+                  <Link2 aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
+                  {t("medications.detail.verlauf.pin.action", {
+                    time: fmt.time(new Date(dueContext!.at)),
+                  })}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
+              )}
+              {canUnpin && (
+                <DropdownMenuItem
+                  onClick={() => onUnpin(intake!.id as string)}
+                  data-slot="ledger-unpin"
+                >
+                  <Unlink aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
+                  {t("medications.detail.verlauf.pin.release")}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
+              )}
+              {intake?.id && (
+                <>
                   <DropdownMenuItem
                     onClick={() =>
-                      onToggleSkipped({
+                      onEdit({
                         id: intake.id as string,
+                        takenAt: intake.takenAt,
                         skipped: intake.skipped,
                         scheduledFor: intake.scheduledFor,
                       })
                     }
-                    data-slot="ledger-toggle-skipped"
+                    data-slot="ledger-edit"
                   >
-                    {intake.skipped ? (
-                      <Check aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
-                    ) : (
-                      <SkipForward aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
-                    )}
-                    {intake.skipped
-                      ? t("medications.detail.verlauf.markAsTaken")
-                      : t("medications.detail.verlauf.markAsSkipped")}
+                    <Pencil aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
+                    {t("medications.detail.intake.rowActions.edit")}
                   </DropdownMenuItem>
-                )}
-                <DropdownMenuSeparator />
-                <DropdownMenuItem
-                  onClick={() => onDelete(intake.id as string)}
-                  className="text-destructive focus:text-destructive"
-                  data-slot="ledger-delete"
-                >
-                  <Trash2 aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
-                  {t("medications.detail.intake.rowActions.delete")}
-                </DropdownMenuItem>
-              </>
-            )}
-          </DropdownMenuContent>
-        </DropdownMenu>
+                  {(row.status === "skipped" ||
+                    row.status === "taken_on_time" ||
+                    row.status === "taken_late") && (
+                    <DropdownMenuItem
+                      onClick={() =>
+                        onToggleSkipped({
+                          id: intake.id as string,
+                          skipped: intake.skipped,
+                          scheduledFor: intake.scheduledFor,
+                        })
+                      }
+                      data-slot="ledger-toggle-skipped"
+                    >
+                      {intake.skipped ? (
+                        <Check aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
+                      ) : (
+                        <SkipForward
+                          aria-hidden="true"
+                          className="mr-2 size-4"
+                        />
+                      )}
+                      {intake.skipped
+                        ? t("medications.detail.verlauf.markAsTaken")
+                        : t("medications.detail.verlauf.markAsSkipped")}
+                    </DropdownMenuItem>
+                  )}
+                  <DropdownMenuSeparator />
+                  <DropdownMenuItem
+                    onClick={() => onDelete(intake.id as string)}
+                    className="text-destructive focus:text-destructive"
+                    data-slot="ledger-delete"
+                  >
+                    <Trash2 aria-hidden="true" className="mr-2 size-4" />
+                    {t("medications.detail.intake.rowActions.delete")}
+                  </DropdownMenuItem>
+                </>
+              )}
+            </DropdownMenuContent>
+          </DropdownMenu>
+        )}
       </div>
     </li>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/medications/intake-history-editable.tsx b/src/components/medications/intake-history-editable.tsx
index f1c51ac47..398698d0d 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/intake-history-editable.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/intake-history-editable.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * never float to the top of the table (O-1).
  */
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { Trash2 } from "lucide-react";
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ export function IntakeHistoryEditable({
   defaultSortBy,
 }: IntakeHistoryEditableProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — bulk-deleting recorded doses is the owner's alone.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ export function IntakeHistoryEditable({
   return (
     <>
       <div className="space-y-3" data-slot="intake-history-editable-body">
-        {selected.size > 0 && (
+        {canManage && selected.size > 0 && (
           <div
             className="border-border bg-muted/40 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2 rounded-md border p-2"
             role="region"
diff --git a/src/components/medications/intake-history-list-v2.tsx b/src/components/medications/intake-history-list-v2.tsx
index 4228735dc..19f1c84f9 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/intake-history-list-v2.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/intake-history-list-v2.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useState, useMemo } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
@@ -586,6 +587,9 @@ function IntakeRowActions({
   onDeleteIntake?: (eventId: string) => void;
   t: ReturnType<typeof useTranslations>["t"];
 }) {
+  // v1.36.x — editing or deleting a recorded dose is the owner's.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
+  if (!canManage) return null;
   return (
     <DropdownMenu>
       <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
diff --git a/src/components/medications/log-intake-dialog.tsx b/src/components/medications/log-intake-dialog.tsx
index 916529959..111282526 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/log-intake-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/log-intake-dialog.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  * the form state + the medication/slot pickers.
  */
 
+import { useActiveRecordName } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useId, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { Loader2 } from "lucide-react";
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ export function LogIntakeDialog({
   medications,
 }: LogIntakeDialogProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const recordName = useActiveRecordName();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const { user } = useAuth();
   const userTz = user?.timezone || "Europe/Berlin";
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ export function LogIntakeDialog({
         ...(doseDeviates && { doseTaken: trimmedDose }),
         t,
         queryClient,
+        recordName,
         // v1.30.1 M7 — a backdated/manual intake now gets the same
         // Undo affordance the card's take/skip path already has.
         undoIntake: (eventId) =>
diff --git a/src/components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx b/src/components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx
index f6a890894..a7a5b51a3 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
  * navigation.
  */
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { History, MoreVertical, Pencil, Stethoscope } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@ export function MedicationCardMenu({
   onLogSideEffect,
 }: MedicationCardMenuProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — noting a side effect is an admitted delegated write; editing the
+  // medication and opening its history editor are not. When nothing in the
+  // menu survives, the trigger goes with it rather than opening onto an empty
+  // sheet. The card itself is untouched: no wash, no badge, no colour change.
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
+  const showSideEffect = onLogSideEffect != null && canAdd;
+  if (!canManage && !showSideEffect) return null;
 
   return (
     <DropdownMenu>
@@ -79,17 +87,21 @@ export function MedicationCardMenu({
         className="w-56"
         data-slot="medication-card-menu"
       >
-        <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onEdit}>
-          <Pencil className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-          {t("common.edit")}
-        </DropdownMenuItem>
-        <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onOpenHistory}>
-          <History className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-          {t("medications.detail.header.historyLabel")}
-        </DropdownMenuItem>
-        {onLogSideEffect && (
+        {canManage && (
           <>
-            <DropdownMenuSeparator />
+            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onEdit}>
+              <Pencil className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+              {t("common.edit")}
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
+            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onOpenHistory}>
+              <History className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+              {t("medications.detail.header.historyLabel")}
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
+          </>
+        )}
+        {showSideEffect && onLogSideEffect && (
+          <>
+            {canManage && <DropdownMenuSeparator />}
             <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onLogSideEffect}>
               <Stethoscope className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
               {t("medications.glp1LogSideEffect")}
diff --git a/src/components/medications/medication-table.tsx b/src/components/medications/medication-table.tsx
index aa6adcdf3..2e9269c30 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/medication-table.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/medication-table.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useEffect, useReducer, useState } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
@@ -402,6 +403,9 @@ function MedicationTableRowItem({
   // failure toast + Undo. No card-specific follow-up here; the
   // injection-site prompt stays a card affordance.
   const { intakeLoading, recordIntake } = useMedicationIntake({ medication });
+  // v1.36.x — marking a dose is admitted; a read-only delegate sees the row
+  // without its action pair.
+  const { canAdd } = useRecordCapabilities();
 
   // SAME batched compliance source as the cards.
   const { data: compliance } = useMedicationComplianceSummary(medication.id);
@@ -675,7 +679,7 @@ function MedicationTableRowItem({
       </TableCell>
       <TableCell className="text-sm">{stockCell}</TableCell>
       <TableCell>
-        {medication.active ? (
+        {medication.active && canAdd ? (
           <div className="flex gap-1.5">
             <Button
               size="icon"
diff --git a/src/components/medications/sections/intake-history-preview.tsx b/src/components/medications/sections/intake-history-preview.tsx
index 116d1213a..60cc27dbc 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/sections/intake-history-preview.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/sections/intake-history-preview.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * redundant link is removed (R-medui §4.3).
  */
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { Upload } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ export function IntakeHistoryPreview({
   onImportOpenChange,
 }: IntakeHistoryPreviewProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  // v1.36.x — importing dose history is not a delegated verb.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -42,16 +45,18 @@ export function IntakeHistoryPreview({
         title={t("medications.detail.intake.title")}
         dataSlot="medication-detail-intake-history-section"
         headerExtras={
-          <Button
-            variant="outline"
-            size="sm"
-            onClick={() => onImportOpenChange(true)}
-            className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
-            data-slot="intake-history-import"
-          >
-            <Upload aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-4" />
-            {t("medications.detail.intake.importButton")}
-          </Button>
+          canManage ? (
+            <Button
+              variant="outline"
+              size="sm"
+              onClick={() => onImportOpenChange(true)}
+              className="min-h-11 sm:min-h-9"
+              data-slot="intake-history-import"
+            >
+              <Upload aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-4" />
+              {t("medications.detail.intake.importButton")}
+            </Button>
+          ) : null
         }
       >
         <IntakeHistoryEditable medicationId={medicationId} pageSize={14} />
diff --git a/src/components/medications/side-effects-section.tsx b/src/components/medications/side-effects-section.tsx
index 886ad3aa1..1e376d0be 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/side-effects-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/side-effects-section.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useId, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ function entryI18nKey(entry: MedicationSideEffectEntry): string {
 
 export function SideEffectsSection({ medicationId }: SideEffectsSectionProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { canAdd, canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
@@ -245,17 +247,21 @@ export function SideEffectsSection({ medicationId }: SideEffectsSectionProps) {
           ({items.length})
         </span>
       )}
-      <Button
-        size="sm"
-        variant="outline"
-        onClick={() => {
-          resetForm();
-          setOpen(true);
-        }}
-      >
-        <Plus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-        {t("medications.sideEffects.addCta")}
-      </Button>
+      {/* v1.36.x — noting a side effect is an admitted delegated write.
+          Removing one that is already noted is not. */}
+      {canAdd && (
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="outline"
+          onClick={() => {
+            resetForm();
+            setOpen(true);
+          }}
+        >
+          <Plus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+          {t("medications.sideEffects.addCta")}
+        </Button>
+      )}
     </>
   );
 
@@ -340,16 +346,18 @@ export function SideEffectsSection({ medicationId }: SideEffectsSectionProps) {
                     </p>
                   )}
                 </div>
-                <Button
-                  variant="ghost"
-                  size="icon"
-                  className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-destructive size-11 shrink-0"
-                  aria-label={t("medications.sideEffects.deleteCta")}
-                  onClick={() => setPendingDeleteId(row.id)}
-                  disabled={deleteMutation.isPending}
-                >
-                  <Trash2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-                </Button>
+                {canManage && (
+                  <Button
+                    variant="ghost"
+                    size="icon"
+                    className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-destructive size-11 shrink-0"
+                    aria-label={t("medications.sideEffects.deleteCta")}
+                    onClick={() => setPendingDeleteId(row.id)}
+                    disabled={deleteMutation.isPending}
+                  >
+                    <Trash2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+                  </Button>
+                )}
               </li>
             ))}
           </ul>
diff --git a/src/components/medications/use-medication-intake.ts b/src/components/medications/use-medication-intake.ts
index b142b7afc..f9ef5dfab 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/use-medication-intake.ts
+++ b/src/components/medications/use-medication-intake.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { useActiveRecordName } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { useQueryClient, type QueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ export async function runRecordIntake(deps: {
   setIntakeLoading: (value: string | null) => void;
   undoIntake: (eventId: string) => void | Promise<void>;
   onRecorded?: (eventId: string | undefined, skipped: boolean) => void;
+  /**
+   * v1.36.x — the record this dose was written into, when it is not the
+   * caller's own. Two consequences: the toast names it, and the Undo action
+   * goes. A delegate may record a dose and may not remove one, so an Undo
+   * they can see is an Undo the server refuses.
+   */
+  recordName?: string | null;
 }): Promise<void> {
   const {
     medication,
@@ -104,6 +112,7 @@ export async function runRecordIntake(deps: {
     setIntakeLoading,
     undoIntake,
     onRecorded,
+    recordName,
   } = deps;
 
   setIntakeLoading(skipped ? "skip" : "take");
@@ -137,14 +146,20 @@ export async function runRecordIntake(deps: {
           : "medications.intakeToastTaken",
         { name: medication.name },
       ),
-      eventId
+      recordName
         ? {
-            action: {
-              label: t("medications.intakeUndo"),
-              onClick: () => void undoIntake(eventId),
-            },
+            description: t("recordSharing.toast.savedTo", {
+              name: recordName,
+            }),
           }
-        : undefined,
+        : eventId
+          ? {
+              action: {
+                label: t("medications.intakeUndo"),
+                onClick: () => void undoIntake(eventId),
+              },
+            }
+          : undefined,
     );
     await invalidateMedicationReads(queryClient);
     onRecorded?.(eventId, skipped);
@@ -195,6 +210,8 @@ export async function runLogIntake(deps: {
    * carries no action when it's absent.
    */
   undoIntake?: (eventId: string) => void | Promise<void>;
+  /** See {@link runRecordIntake}: names the record, and drops Undo. */
+  recordName?: string | null;
 }): Promise<boolean> {
   const {
     medication,
@@ -205,6 +222,7 @@ export async function runLogIntake(deps: {
     t,
     queryClient,
     undoIntake,
+    recordName,
   } = deps;
   try {
     const body: Record<string, unknown> = { skipped };
@@ -230,7 +248,11 @@ export async function runLogIntake(deps: {
     // a real Undo action to attach; keeps the no-undo call signature
     // identical to the pre-fix behaviour (existing unit tests assert the
     // single-argument call).
-    if (eventId && undoIntake) {
+    if (recordName) {
+      toast.success(message, {
+        description: t("recordSharing.toast.savedTo", { name: recordName }),
+      });
+    } else if (eventId && undoIntake) {
       toast.success(message, {
         action: {
           label: t("medications.intakeUndo"),
@@ -273,6 +295,7 @@ export function useMedicationIntake({
 }: UseMedicationIntakeParams): UseMedicationIntakeResult {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const recordName = useActiveRecordName();
   const [intakeLoading, setIntakeLoading] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   const undoIntake = (eventId: string) =>
@@ -288,6 +311,7 @@ export function useMedicationIntake({
       setIntakeLoading,
       undoIntake,
       onRecorded,
+      recordName,
     });
 
   return { intakeLoading, recordIntake, undoIntake };
diff --git a/src/components/mental-health/instrument-card.tsx b/src/components/mental-health/instrument-card.tsx
index 82642056b..4c3850b3a 100644
--- a/src/components/mental-health/instrument-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/mental-health/instrument-card.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   PopoverContent,
   PopoverTrigger,
 } from "@/components/ui/popover";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { MedicationCardHeader } from "@/components/medications/medication-card-header";
 import {
   useFormatters,
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ export function InstrumentCard({
 }) {
   const { t, locale } = useTranslations();
   const { date: formatDate } = useFormatters();
+  // v1.36.x — a screener is answered by the person it is about. No grant
+  // level admits it, so inside somebody else's record the card reads as
+  // history and carries no way to start one.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   // Issue #490 — day-boundary zone for the relative "today / yesterday"
   // bucket must match the zone `formatDate` renders in (mirror → Berlin).
   const displayTz = useDisplayTimezone();
@@ -173,11 +178,13 @@ export function InstrumentCard({
         {/* Bottom-pinned single primary action — the med-/Vorsorge card slot.
             Nothing sits below it now: the attribution moved to the header's
             info control, so the Start button stands alone with clean space. */}
-        <div className="mt-auto pt-0">
-          <Button type="button" className="min-h-11 w-full" onClick={onStart}>
-            {t("mentalHealth.start")}
-          </Button>
-        </div>
+        {canManage && (
+          <div className="mt-auto pt-0">
+            <Button type="button" className="min-h-11 w-full" onClick={onStart}>
+              {t("mentalHealth.start")}
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        )}
       </CardContent>
     </Card>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/mental-health/instrument-detail.tsx b/src/components/mental-health/instrument-detail.tsx
index 385f2b40f..077309011 100644
--- a/src/components/mental-health/instrument-detail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/mental-health/instrument-detail.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * landing stays a quiet card grid, so the trend is opt-in behind a
  * deliberate click, never pushed at the moment someone arrives to check in.
  */
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import {
   useFormatters,
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ export function InstrumentDetail({
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const { date: formatDate } = useFormatters();
+  // v1.36.x — see the card: starting a screener is not a delegated verb.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   // Issue #490 — day-boundary zone for the relative "today / yesterday"
   // bucket must match the zone `formatDate` renders in (mirror → Berlin).
   const displayTz = useDisplayTimezone();
@@ -73,14 +76,16 @@ export function InstrumentDetail({
 
       {/* The Start action stays reachable here too — the detail is a calm
           reading surface, not a dead end. */}
-      <Button
-        type="button"
-        className="min-h-11 w-full"
-        onClick={onStart}
-        data-slot="instrument-detail-start"
-      >
-        {t("mentalHealth.start")}
-      </Button>
+      {canManage && (
+        <Button
+          type="button"
+          className="min-h-11 w-full"
+          onClick={onStart}
+          data-slot="instrument-detail-start"
+        >
+          {t("mentalHealth.start")}
+        </Button>
+      )}
 
       <AssessmentHistory rows={rows} instrument={instrument} />
 
diff --git a/src/components/mood/mood-list.tsx b/src/components/mood/mood-list.tsx
index 554b15cf3..7cd920d1c 100644
--- a/src/components/mood/mood-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/mood/mood-list.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
+import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { EmptyState } from "@/components/ui/empty-state";
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ export function MoodList({ onAddFirst }: MoodListProps = {}) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
   const { isAuthenticated } = useAuth();
+  // v1.36.x — mood is not a delegated verb. Inside somebody else's record the
+  // list stays readable and every control that would change it is absent.
+  const { canManage } = useRecordCapabilities();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const [moodFilter, setMoodFilterRaw] = useState<string>("ALL");
   // v1.15.13 — management-list source filter + optional date range.
@@ -618,7 +622,7 @@ export function MoodList({ onAddFirst }: MoodListProps = {}) {
                 >
                   {t("mood.emptyResetFilter")}
                 </Button>
-              ) : onAddFirst ? (
+              ) : onAddFirst && canManage ? (
                 <Button size="sm" onClick={onAddFirst}>
                   <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
                   {t("mood.emptyAddFirst")}
@@ -644,18 +648,20 @@ export function MoodList({ onAddFirst }: MoodListProps = {}) {
                   <TableRow>
                     <TableHead className="w-10 pl-4">
                       {/* v1.15.13 — select-all-on-page header checkbox. */}
-                      <Checkbox
-                        checked={
-                          selectAll === "all"
-                            ? true
-                            : selectAll === "some"
-                              ? "indeterminate"
-                              : false
-                        }
-                        disabled={pageIds.length === 0}
-                        onCheckedChange={onToggleSelectAll}
-                        aria-label={t("dataList.selectAll")}
-                      />
+                      {canManage && (
+                        <Checkbox
+                          checked={
+                            selectAll === "all"
+                              ? true
+                              : selectAll === "some"
+                                ? "indeterminate"
+                                : false
+                          }
+                          disabled={pageIds.length === 0}
+                          onCheckedChange={onToggleSelectAll}
+                          aria-label={t("dataList.selectAll")}
+                        />
+                      )}
                     </TableHead>
                     <SortableHead
                       column="mood"
@@ -695,11 +701,13 @@ export function MoodList({ onAddFirst }: MoodListProps = {}) {
                         data-state={isSelected ? "selected" : undefined}
                       >
                         <TableCell className="pl-4">
-                          <Checkbox
-                            checked={isSelected}
-                            onCheckedChange={() => onToggleRow(entry.id)}
-                            aria-label={t("dataList.selectRow")}
-                          />
+                          {canManage && (
+                            <Checkbox
+                              checked={isSelected}
+                              onCheckedChange={() => onToggleRow(entry.id)}
+                              aria-label={t("dataList.selectRow")}
+                            />
+                          )}
                         </TableCell>
                         <TableCell className="font-semibold tabular-nums">
                           {entry.score}{" "}
@@ -737,15 +745,17 @@ export function MoodList({ onAddFirst }: MoodListProps = {}) {
                         </TableCell>
                         <TableCell className="pr-4 text-right">
                           <div className="flex items-center justify-end gap-1">
-                            <Button
-                              variant="ghost"
-                              size="icon"
-                              className="h-8 w-8"
-                              onClick={() => startEdit(entry)}
-                              aria-label={t("common.edit")}
-                            >
-                              <Pencil className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-                            </Button>
+                            {canManage && (
+                              <Button
+                                variant="ghost"
+                                size="icon"
+                                className="h-8 w-8"
+                                onClick={() => startEdit(entry)}
+                                aria-label={t("common.edit")}
+                              >
+                                <Pencil className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+                              </Button>
+                            )}
                             <DeleteButton
                               onConfirm={() => deleteMutation.mutate(entry.id)}
                               title={t("mood.deleteConfirmTitle")}
@@ -789,14 +799,16 @@ export function MoodList({ onAddFirst }: MoodListProps = {}) {
                         stays the single control and owns the 44px hit area
                         via an `after` hit-slop (clicks on a pseudo-element
                         hit-test against its host button). */}
-                      <div className="flex size-11 shrink-0 items-center justify-center">
-                        <Checkbox
-                          checked={isSelected}
-                          onCheckedChange={() => onToggleRow(entry.id)}
-                          aria-label={t("dataList.selectRow")}
-                          className="relative after:absolute after:-inset-3.5"
-                        />
-                      </div>
+                      {canManage && (
+                        <div className="flex size-11 shrink-0 items-center justify-center">
+                          <Checkbox
+                            checked={isSelected}
+                            onCheckedChange={() => onToggleRow(entry.id)}
+                            aria-label={t("dataList.selectRow")}
+                            className="relative after:absolute after:-inset-3.5"
+                          />
+                        </div>
+                      )}
                       <div className="bg-muted flex h-8 w-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-lg">
                         <span
                           data-testid="mood-row-score"
@@ -834,15 +846,17 @@ export function MoodList({ onAddFirst }: MoodListProps = {}) {
                         and delete actions meet WCAG 2.5.5 on touch
                         devices. The desktop table keeps its denser
                         h-8 w-8 since pointer targets allow it. */}
-                      <Button
-                        variant="ghost"
-                        size="icon"
-                        className="min-h-11 min-w-11"
-                        onClick={() => startEdit(entry)}
-                        aria-label={t("common.edit")}
-                      >
-                        <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
-                      </Button>
+                      {canManage && (
+                        <Button
+                          variant="ghost"
+                          size="icon"
+                          className="min-h-11 min-w-11"
+                          onClick={() => startEdit(entry)}
+                          aria-label={t("common.edit")}
+                        >
+                          <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
+                        </Button>
+                      )}
                       <DeleteButton
                         onConfirm={() => deleteMutation.mutate(entry.id)}
                         iconClassName="h-4 w-4"
diff --git a/src/components/settings/access/record-activity-card.tsx b/src/components/settings/access/record-activity-card.tsx
index 066ce1e30..e30a5ef8b 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/access/record-activity-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/access/record-activity-card.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { SettingsCardHeader } from "@/components/settings/_card-header";
 import { EmptyState } from "@/components/ui/empty-state";
 import { QueryErrorCard } from "@/components/ui/query-error-card";
 import { useFormatters, useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { recordActivityVerbLine } from "@/lib/record-activity/activity-verb";
 import { accountLabel } from "@/lib/sharing/account-access-view";
 import {
   useRecordActivity,
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ function ActivityRow({ entry }: { entry: RecordActivityEntry }) {
     >
       <span className="text-foreground text-sm">
         {entry.accesses === null
-          ? t("recordSharing.activity.acted", { name: who })
+          ? recordActivityVerbLine(t, entry.action, who)
           : t("recordSharing.activity.opened", {
               name: who,
               count: entry.accesses,
diff --git a/src/hooks/__tests__/use-record-capabilities.test.ts b/src/hooks/__tests__/use-record-capabilities.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7ef43c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/__tests__/use-record-capabilities.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ * What a delegation lets somebody do, pinned as a table.
+ *
+ * The hook itself is one line over `useAuth`; the decision lives in
+ * `resolveRecordCapabilities`, which is pure and has exactly three inputs a
+ * session can be in. So the contract is enumerated here rather than inferred
+ * from a rendered page — and every affordance in the sweep binds one of these
+ * two booleans, which is what makes the sweep provable at all.
+ *
+ * Mutation checks, run:
+ *   - return `canManage: true` for a WRITE record → "a delegate may not change
+ *     what is already there" goes red.
+ *   - return `canAdd: true` for a READ record → "a read-only delegate adds
+ *     nothing" goes red.
+ *   - make the `!active` branch return `canAdd: false` → "the caller's own
+ *     record keeps everything" goes red.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { resolveRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
+import type { AccountAccessEntry } from "@/lib/sharing/account-access-view";
+
+const READ_ONLY: AccountAccessEntry = {
+  accountId: "acct-owner",
+  username: "owner",
+  displayName: "Margarethe",
+  access: "read",
+  canWrite: false,
+};
+
+const WRITABLE: AccountAccessEntry = {
+  ...READ_ONLY,
+  access: "write",
+  canWrite: true,
+};
+
+describe("resolveRecordCapabilities", () => {
+  it("the caller's own record keeps everything", () => {
+    // `null` is not "no access", it is "this is mine". Both an unswitched
+    // session and a payload from a server that has never heard of sharing
+    // land here, which is why the absent case must be the permissive one.
+    expect(resolveRecordCapabilities(null)).toEqual({
+      inSharedRecord: false,
+      canWrite: false,
+      canAdd: true,
+      canManage: true,
+    });
+    expect(resolveRecordCapabilities(undefined)).toEqual(
+      resolveRecordCapabilities(null),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("a read-only delegate adds nothing", () => {
+    expect(resolveRecordCapabilities(READ_ONLY)).toEqual({
+      inSharedRecord: true,
+      canWrite: false,
+      canAdd: false,
+      canManage: false,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("a delegate may not change what is already there", () => {
+    // The asymmetry the whole design rests on: a WRITE grant adds, and that
+    // is all it does. Not even to an entry the delegate made a minute ago.
+    expect(resolveRecordCapabilities(WRITABLE)).toEqual({
+      inSharedRecord: true,
+      canWrite: true,
+      canAdd: true,
+      canManage: false,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("binds the server's boolean rather than the grant's label", () => {
+    // `access` is descriptive; `canWrite` is the resolved decision. A row that
+    // says "write" while the server resolved false (lapsed, revoked mid-flight,
+    // a level this build does not honour) must read as read-only, because two
+    // programs deciding one person's access is how they end up disagreeing.
+    const disagreeing: AccountAccessEntry = {
+      ...READ_ONLY,
+      access: "write",
+      canWrite: false,
+    };
+    expect(resolveRecordCapabilities(disagreeing).canAdd).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-record-capabilities.ts b/src/hooks/use-record-capabilities.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b57186c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/use-record-capabilities.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
+import {
+  accountLabel,
+  type AccountAccessEntry,
+} from "@/lib/sharing/account-access-view";
+
+/**
+ * What the person at the keyboard may do to the record on screen.
+ *
+ * ## Why this exists
+ *
+ * v1.36.0 shipped account sharing read-only, and everything that consulted
+ * the grant lived in the application chrome: the nav bars, the banner, the
+ * switcher. No feature surface asked. So a delegate opened `/measurements`
+ * inside somebody else's record, saw the add button, filled the form, and was
+ * refused by the server. Nothing leaked, because the refusal was right. It
+ * still taught them the product was broken. This hook is what every mutation
+ * affordance asks before it renders.
+ *
+ * ## The two answers, and why there are two
+ *
+ * A grant at WRITE admits a short, closed list of verbs: entering readings,
+ * lab results, allergies, family history, an illness entry, a biomarker, a
+ * tracked value, a side effect, a medication, and marking a dose taken. It
+ * admits nothing else. Editing, deleting, restoring, purging, importing and
+ * bulk-acting stay with the owner, including on an entry the delegate added
+ * themselves a minute ago, and so does every create the list does not name
+ * (a mood entry, a screener, a cycle day). Two booleans carry that:
+ *
+ *   - `canAdd` — may this person add one of the admitted kinds.
+ *   - `canManage` — may this person change what is already there, or add
+ *     something the delegation does not cover. True only in one's own record.
+ *
+ * A surface that offers an admitted create asks `canAdd`. Everything else
+ * asks `canManage`. Neither is a permission decision made here: `canWrite`
+ * arrives resolved from the server on `accountAccess.active` and is bound,
+ * never recomputed (`account-access-view.ts:11-15`). What this file decides is
+ * only which class of affordance a resolved level covers, and that mapping is
+ * a property of the release, not of the caller.
+ *
+ * ## Absent, not disabled
+ *
+ * The consuming rule, stated once here because it belongs to the whole sweep:
+ * a control this returns `false` for does not render at all. A greyed-out
+ * button still says "this exists and does not work for you"; a control that is
+ * simply not there says "this is not part of what you were given", which is
+ * the truth. The banner already states the mode globally, so no per-control
+ * chip explains the absence — only an empty state a person would otherwise
+ * search a button in gets a sentence.
+ */
+export interface RecordCapabilities {
+  /** Is this browser acting on somebody else's record right now. */
+  inSharedRecord: boolean;
+  /** The grant's resolved level for the record on screen. */
+  canWrite: boolean;
+  /** May the caller add an entry of a kind the delegation admits. */
+  canAdd: boolean;
+  /** May the caller change what exists, or add what the delegation excludes. */
+  canManage: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The mapping, as a pure function of the record the session is inside.
+ *
+ * Exported so its contract can be pinned without a click: the three states a
+ * session can be in are enumerable, and the test enumerates them. `null` is
+ * one's own record, which is every capability.
+ */
+export function resolveRecordCapabilities(
+  active: AccountAccessEntry | null | undefined,
+): RecordCapabilities {
+  if (!active) {
+    return {
+      inSharedRecord: false,
+      canWrite: false,
+      canAdd: true,
+      canManage: true,
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    inSharedRecord: true,
+    canWrite: active.canWrite,
+    canAdd: active.canWrite,
+    canManage: false,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * The record on screen, and what may be done to it.
+ *
+ * Reads the same resolved block the banner and the switcher read, so the
+ * chrome and the controls beneath it cannot disagree about what a delegate
+ * was given.
+ *
+ * Before `/api/auth/me` settles, `active` is absent and the answer is the
+ * caller's own record. That is deliberate rather than fail-closed: failing
+ * closed would blank every add button in the app for every account on every
+ * cold load, to spare a delegate one frame. The switch flow ends in a hard
+ * reload, so a delegate's first paint can show an add control for as long as
+ * the account query takes, and then it goes. A control that appears and
+ * withdraws is a much smaller lie than one that stays and 403s, and the
+ * banner lands from the same query in the same frame.
+ */
+export function useRecordCapabilities(): RecordCapabilities {
+  const { user } = useAuth();
+  return resolveRecordCapabilities(user?.accountAccess?.active);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The name of the record this browser is inside, or null in one's own.
+ *
+ * The delegate's receipt: a mutation that lands under a switch says which
+ * record it landed in, because "Saved" alone is the one confirmation a person
+ * acting for somebody else does not need. Kept beside the capabilities because
+ * it reads the same resolved entry and would otherwise be a fourth place that
+ * decides what to call somebody.
+ */
+export function useActiveRecordName(): string | null {
+  const { user } = useAuth();
+  const active = user?.accountAccess?.active ?? null;
+  return active ? accountLabel(active) : null;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/record-activity/__tests__/activity-verb.test.ts b/src/lib/record-activity/__tests__/activity-verb.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af4bb9183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/record-activity/__tests__/activity-verb.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * The owner's ledger says what was done, not that something was.
+ *
+ * Mutation checks, run:
+ *   - drop the `medications.intake.update` case → "each admitted verb has its
+ *     own line" goes red on that action.
+ *   - make the default arm throw instead of falling back → "an action this
+ *     release has never heard of still renders" goes red.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import enMessages from "../../../../messages/en.json";
+import { recordActivityVerbLine } from "../activity-verb";
+
+/** Resolve a dotted key against the real EN bundle, params interpolated. */
+function translate(
+  key: string,
+  params?: Record<string, string | number>,
+): string {
+  const value = key
+    .split(".")
+    .reduce<unknown>(
+      (node, part) =>
+        node && typeof node === "object"
+          ? (node as Record<string, unknown>)[part]
+          : undefined,
+      enMessages,
+    );
+  if (typeof value !== "string") throw new Error(`missing key: ${key}`);
+  return Object.entries(params ?? {}).reduce(
+    (text, [k, v]) => text.replaceAll(`{${k}}`, String(v)),
+    value,
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every action the eleven admitted write verbs can file, with the audit
+ * strings the handlers actually pass to `auditLog()`.
+ */
+const ADMITTED_ACTIONS = [
+  "measurement.create",
+  "labResult.create",
+  "allergy.create",
+  "family-history.create",
+  "illness.episode.create",
+  "biomarker.create",
+  "customMetricEntry.create",
+  "medication.sideEffect.create",
+  "medication.create",
+  "medications.intake.update",
+] as const;
+
+describe("recordActivityVerbLine", () => {
+  it("each admitted verb has its own line", () => {
+    const generic = translate("recordSharing.activity.acted", { name: "Anna" });
+    const lines = ADMITTED_ACTIONS.map((action) =>
+      recordActivityVerbLine(translate, action, "Anna"),
+    );
+    for (const line of lines) {
+      // The point of the map: none of them may fall through to "made a
+      // change", which is the line the owner already had.
+      expect(line).not.toBe(generic);
+      expect(line).toContain("Anna");
+    }
+    // And no two verbs share a line — a map that answered "added something"
+    // ten times would pass the check above and say nothing.
+    expect(new Set(lines).size).toBe(ADMITTED_ACTIONS.length);
+  });
+
+  it("an action this release has never heard of still renders", () => {
+    // Audit rows outlive this map: a later release files verbs it does not
+    // know, and older rows sit in the same table. Vague beats blank.
+    expect(
+      recordActivityVerbLine(translate, "future.thing.create", "Anna"),
+    ).toBe(translate("recordSharing.activity.acted", { name: "Anna" }));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/record-activity/activity-verb.ts b/src/lib/record-activity/activity-verb.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c625730b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/record-activity/activity-verb.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/** The `t` from `useTranslations()`, injected so this stays pure. */
+type Translator = (
+  key: string,
+  params?: Record<string, string | number>,
+) => string;
+
+/**
+ * What somebody did in your record, in a sentence.
+ *
+ * ## Why this exists
+ *
+ * The activity view renders every non-read row as one generic line: "somebody
+ * made a change in your record". That was honest while sharing was read-only
+ * and no delegate could make one. Now a delegate can enter a reading, a lab
+ * result, an allergy, a family-history entry, an illness entry, a biomarker,
+ * a tracked value, a side effect, a medication, and can mark a dose taken —
+ * and "made a change" for ten different things is a way of answering nothing.
+ * An owner reading this at breakfast wants the verb.
+ *
+ * ## Why unknown actions fall back rather than fail
+ *
+ * The action string comes from the audit row, which outlives this map: a
+ * release that admits a twelfth verb writes rows this map has never heard of,
+ * and rows written by an older image sit in the same table. So an unmapped
+ * action renders the generic line it renders today. A blank row would be the
+ * one outcome worse than a vague one.
+ *
+ * Pure and translator-injected so the mapping can be pinned without rendering
+ * a card, and so the keys stay literal for the i18n call-site guard.
+ */
+export function recordActivityVerbLine(
+  t: Translator,
+  action: string,
+  name: string,
+): string {
+  switch (action) {
+    case "measurement.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.measurementCreate", { name });
+    case "labResult.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.labResultCreate", { name });
+    case "allergy.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.allergyCreate", { name });
+    case "family-history.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.familyHistoryCreate", { name });
+    case "illness.episode.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.illnessEpisodeCreate", { name });
+    case "biomarker.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.biomarkerCreate", { name });
+    case "customMetricEntry.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.customMetricEntryCreate", { name });
+    case "medication.sideEffect.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.medicationSideEffectCreate", {
+        name,
+      });
+    case "medication.create":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.medicationCreate", { name });
+    case "medications.intake.update":
+      return t("recordSharing.activityVerb.medicationIntake", { name });
+    default:
+      return t("recordSharing.activity.acted", { name });
+  }
+}