diff --git a/packages/context/src/sl/sl-search.service.test.ts b/packages/context/src/sl/sl-search.service.test.ts
index 3def9495..1051eaeb 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/sl/sl-search.service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/sl/sl-search.service.test.ts
@@ -162,4 +162,33 @@ describe('SlSearchService', () => {
     expect(text).toContain('loaded_at=updated_at');
     expect(text).toContain('warn_after');
   });
+
+  it('includes historic SQL usage in semantic-layer search text', () => {
+    const source: SemanticLayerSource = {
+      name: 'orders',
+      descriptions: { user: 'Customer orders' },
+      table: 'public.orders',
+      grain: ['order_id'],
+      columns: [{ name: 'order_id', type: 'string' }],
+      joins: [],
+      measures: [],
+      usage: {
+        narrative: 'Analysts inspect paid and refunded order lifecycle trends by customer segment.',
+        frequencyTier: 'high',
+        commonFilters: ['status', 'created_at'],
+        commonGroupBys: ['customer_segment'],
+        commonJoins: [{ table: 'public.customers', on: ['customer_id'] }],
+        staleSince: '2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+      },
+    };
+
+    const text = buildSemanticLayerSourceSearchText(source);
+
+    expect(text).toContain('usage: Analysts inspect paid and refunded order lifecycle trends by customer segment.');
+    expect(text).toContain('frequency: high');
+    expect(text).toContain('commonly filtered by: status, created_at');
+    expect(text).toContain('commonly grouped by: customer_segment');
+    expect(text).toContain('commonly joined to public.customers on customer_id');
+    expect(text).toContain('stale since 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/context/src/sl/sl-search.service.ts b/packages/context/src/sl/sl-search.service.ts
index 47743ae1..e2a42906 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/sl/sl-search.service.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/sl/sl-search.service.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,24 @@ export function buildSemanticLayerSourceSearchText(
     }
   }
 
+  if (source.usage) {
+    const usage = source.usage;
+    parts.push(`usage: ${usage.narrative}`);
+    parts.push(`frequency: ${usage.frequencyTier}`);
+    if (usage.commonFilters.length > 0) {
+      parts.push(`commonly filtered by: ${usage.commonFilters.join(', ')}`);
+    }
+    if (usage.commonGroupBys?.length) {
+      parts.push(`commonly grouped by: ${usage.commonGroupBys.join(', ')}`);
+    }
+    for (const join of usage.commonJoins) {
+      parts.push(`commonly joined to ${join.table} on ${join.on.join(',')}`);
+    }
+    if (usage.staleSince) {
+      parts.push(`stale since ${usage.staleSince}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   return parts.join('. ');
 }