diff --git a/packages/cli/src/knowledge.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/knowledge.test.ts
index d3db8465..0e9ed1d5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/knowledge.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/knowledge.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { initKtxProject } from '@ktx/context/project';
+import type { KtxEmbeddingPort } from '@ktx/context';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { runKtxKnowledge } from './knowledge.js';
 
@@ -26,6 +27,19 @@ function makeIo() {
   };
 }
 
+class FakeEmbeddingPort implements KtxEmbeddingPort {
+  readonly maxBatchSize = 16;
+
+  async computeEmbedding(text: string): Promise<number[]> {
+    const lower = text.toLowerCase();
+    return lower.includes('revenue') || lower.includes('arr') ? [1, 0] : [0, 1];
+  }
+
+  async computeEmbeddingsBulk(texts: string[]): Promise<number[][]> {
+    return Promise.all(texts.map((text) => this.computeEmbedding(text)));
+  }
+}
+
 describe('runKtxKnowledge', () => {
   let tempDir: string;
 
@@ -92,4 +106,39 @@ describe('runKtxKnowledge', () => {
     expect(searchIo.stderr()).toContain('No local wiki pages found');
     expect(searchIo.stderr()).toContain('ktx wiki write');
   });
+
+  it('uses configured embeddings for semantic wiki search', async () => {
+    const projectDir = join(tempDir, 'semantic-project');
+    await initKtxProject({ projectDir, projectName: 'warehouse' });
+
+    await expect(
+      runKtxKnowledge(
+        {
+          command: 'write',
+          projectDir,
+          key: 'historic-sql/active-contract-arr-open-tickets',
+          scope: 'GLOBAL',
+          userId: 'local',
+          summary: 'Active Contract ARR Ranked by Open Support Ticket Count',
+          content: 'Accounts ranked by annual recurring contract value and support ticket load.',
+          tags: ['historic-sql'],
+          refs: [],
+          slRefs: [],
+        },
+        makeIo().io,
+      ),
+    ).resolves.toBe(0);
+
+    const searchIo = makeIo();
+    await expect(
+      runKtxKnowledge(
+        { command: 'search', projectDir, query: 'revenue', userId: 'local' },
+        searchIo.io,
+        { embeddingService: new FakeEmbeddingPort() },
+      ),
+    ).resolves.toBe(0);
+
+    expect(searchIo.stdout()).toContain('historic-sql/active-contract-arr-open-tickets');
+    expect(searchIo.stderr()).toBe('');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/knowledge.ts b/packages/cli/src/knowledge.ts
index 89afda8e..40cc5372 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/knowledge.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/knowledge.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import {
+  createLocalKtxEmbeddingProviderFromConfig,
+  KtxIngestEmbeddingPortAdapter,
+  type KtxEmbeddingPort,
+} from '@ktx/context';
 import { loadKtxProject } from '@ktx/context/project';
 import {
   type LocalKnowledgeScope,
@@ -29,7 +34,29 @@ interface KtxKnowledgeIo {
   stderr: { write(chunk: string): void };
 }
 
-export async function runKtxKnowledge(args: KtxKnowledgeArgs, io: KtxKnowledgeIo = process): Promise<number> {
+interface KtxKnowledgeDeps {
+  embeddingService?: KtxEmbeddingPort | null;
+  createEmbeddingProvider?: typeof createLocalKtxEmbeddingProviderFromConfig;
+}
+
+function wikiSearchEmbeddingService(
+  project: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof loadKtxProject>>,
+  deps: KtxKnowledgeDeps,
+): KtxEmbeddingPort | null {
+  if ('embeddingService' in deps) {
+    return deps.embeddingService ?? null;
+  }
+  const provider = (deps.createEmbeddingProvider ?? createLocalKtxEmbeddingProviderFromConfig)(
+    project.config.ingest.embeddings,
+  );
+  return provider ? new KtxIngestEmbeddingPortAdapter(provider) : null;
+}
+
+export async function runKtxKnowledge(
+  args: KtxKnowledgeArgs,
+  io: KtxKnowledgeIo = process,
+  deps: KtxKnowledgeDeps = {},
+): Promise<number> {
   try {
     const project = await loadKtxProject({ projectDir: args.projectDir });
     if (args.command === 'list') {
@@ -51,7 +78,11 @@ export async function runKtxKnowledge(args: KtxKnowledgeArgs, io: KtxKnowledgeIo
       return 0;
     }
     if (args.command === 'search') {
-      const results = await searchLocalKnowledgePages(project, { query: args.query, userId: args.userId });
+      const results = await searchLocalKnowledgePages(project, {
+        query: args.query,
+        userId: args.userId,
+        embeddingService: wikiSearchEmbeddingService(project, deps),
+      });
       if (results.length === 0) {
         const pages = await listLocalKnowledgePages(project, { userId: args.userId });
         if (pages.length === 0) {