diff --git a/packages/context/src/connections/connection-type.ts b/packages/context/src/connections/connection-type.ts
index 6cd48042..d122e950 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/connections/connection-type.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/connections/connection-type.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 export const connectionTypeSchema = z.enum([
   'POSTGRESQL',
   'SQLITE',
+  'DUCKDB',
   'SQLSERVER',
   'BIGQUERY',
   'SNOWFLAKE',
diff --git a/packages/context/src/connections/dialects.test.ts b/packages/context/src/connections/dialects.test.ts
index 6c9b6c41..c2bc2d7b 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/connections/dialects.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/connections/dialects.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ describe('getDialectForDriver', () => {
     ['mysql', '`public`.`orders`'],
     ['clickhouse', '`public`.`orders`'],
     ['sqlite', '"orders"'],
+    ['duckdb', '"public"."orders"'],
     ['snowflake', '"analytics"."public"."orders"'],
     ['bigquery', '`analytics`.`public`.`orders`'],
     ['sqlserver', '[analytics].[public].[orders]'],
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ describe('getDialectForDriver', () => {
 
   it('throws with a supported-driver list for unknown drivers', () => {
     expect(() => getDialectForDriver('oracle')).toThrow(
-      'Unsupported warehouse driver "oracle". Supported drivers: bigquery, clickhouse, mysql, postgres, postgresql, sqlite, sqlite3, snowflake, sqlserver',
+      'Unsupported warehouse driver "oracle". Supported drivers: bigquery, clickhouse, duckdb, mysql, postgres, postgresql, sqlite, sqlite3, snowflake, sqlserver',
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/context/src/connections/dialects.ts b/packages/context/src/connections/dialects.ts
index afac4bd2..e3a5d2d6 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/connections/dialects.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/connections/dialects.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export type SupportedDriver =
   | 'snowflake'
   | 'bigquery'
   | 'clickhouse'
+  | 'duckdb'
   | 'sqlite'
   | 'sqlite3';
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export interface KtxDialect {
 const supportedDrivers: SupportedDriver[] = [
   'bigquery',
   'clickhouse',
+  'duckdb',
   'mysql',
   'postgres',
   'postgresql',
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ const dialects: Record<SupportedDriver, KtxDialect> = {
   postgresql: createDialect('postgresql', doubleQuoted),
   mysql: createDialect('mysql', backtickQuoted),
   clickhouse: createDialect('clickhouse', backtickQuoted),
+  duckdb: createDialect('duckdb', doubleQuoted),
   sqlite: createDialect('sqlite', doubleQuoted, true),
   sqlite3: createDialect('sqlite3', doubleQuoted, true),
   snowflake: createDialect('snowflake', doubleQuoted),
diff --git a/packages/context/src/connections/local-query-executor.test.ts b/packages/context/src/connections/local-query-executor.test.ts
index d2f77975..4aa7b9a6 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/connections/local-query-executor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/connections/local-query-executor.test.ts
@@ -56,4 +56,42 @@ describe('createDefaultLocalQueryExecutor', () => {
       }),
     ).rejects.toThrow('No local query executor is configured for driver "snowflake".');
   });
+
+  it('dispatches duckdb only when a duckdb executor slot is supplied', async () => {
+    const duckdb = {
+      execute: vi.fn(async () => ({
+        headers: ['duckdb'],
+        rows: [[3]],
+        totalRows: 1,
+        command: 'SELECT',
+        rowCount: 1,
+      })),
+    };
+    const executor = createDefaultLocalQueryExecutor({
+      postgres: { execute: vi.fn() },
+      sqlite: { execute: vi.fn() },
+      duckdb,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      executor.execute({
+        connectionId: 'warehouse',
+        connection: { driver: 'duckdb' },
+        sql: 'select 1',
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ headers: ['duckdb'] });
+    expect(duckdb.execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    const missingSlot = createDefaultLocalQueryExecutor({
+      postgres: { execute: vi.fn() },
+      sqlite: { execute: vi.fn() },
+    });
+    await expect(
+      missingSlot.execute({
+        connectionId: 'warehouse',
+        connection: { driver: 'duckdb' },
+        sql: 'select 1',
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('No local query executor is configured for driver "duckdb".');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/context/src/connections/local-query-executor.ts b/packages/context/src/connections/local-query-executor.ts
index 9b5f2032..e4532047 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/connections/local-query-executor.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/connections/local-query-executor.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { createSqliteQueryExecutor } from './sqlite-query-executor.js';
 export interface DefaultLocalQueryExecutorOptions {
   postgres?: KtxSqlQueryExecutorPort;
   sqlite?: KtxSqlQueryExecutorPort;
+  duckdb?: KtxSqlQueryExecutorPort;
 }
 
 function driverFor(input: KtxSqlQueryExecutionInput): string {
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ export function createDefaultLocalQueryExecutor(options: DefaultLocalQueryExecut
       if (driver === 'sqlite' || driver === 'sqlite3') {
         return sqlite.execute(input);
       }
+      if (driver === 'duckdb') {
+        if (!options.duckdb) {
+          throw new Error(`No local query executor is configured for driver "${input.connection?.driver ?? 'unknown'}".`);
+        }
+        return options.duckdb.execute(input);
+      }
       throw new Error(`No local query executor is configured for driver "${input.connection?.driver ?? 'unknown'}".`);
     },
   };
diff --git a/packages/context/src/connections/local-warehouse-descriptor.test.ts b/packages/context/src/connections/local-warehouse-descriptor.test.ts
index 0eee9f34..d82603e3 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/connections/local-warehouse-descriptor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/connections/local-warehouse-descriptor.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ describe('localConnectionToWarehouseDescriptor', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('maps DuckDB configs to DUCKDB warehouse descriptors', () => {
+    expect(localConnectionToWarehouseDescriptor('warehouse', { driver: 'duckdb', path: 'data/warehouse.duckdb' })).toMatchObject({
+      id: 'warehouse',
+      connection_type: 'DUCKDB',
+      connection_params: { driver: 'duckdb', path: 'data/warehouse.duckdb' },
+    });
+    expect(localConnectionTypeForConfig('warehouse', { driver: 'duckdb', path: 'data/warehouse.duckdb' })).toBe('DUCKDB');
+  });
+
   it('returns null for non-warehouse adapters', () => {
     expect(
       localConnectionToWarehouseDescriptor('looker', {
diff --git a/packages/context/src/connections/local-warehouse-descriptor.ts b/packages/context/src/connections/local-warehouse-descriptor.ts
index c2cc6516..02efa193 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/connections/local-warehouse-descriptor.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/connections/local-warehouse-descriptor.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const DRIVER_TO_CONNECTION_TYPE: Record<string, ConnectionType> = {
   postgres: 'POSTGRESQL',
   postgresql: 'POSTGRESQL',
   sqlite: 'SQLITE',
+  duckdb: 'DUCKDB',
   sqlserver: 'SQLSERVER',
   mssql: 'SQLSERVER',
   mysql: 'MYSQL',
diff --git a/packages/context/src/project/driver-schemas.test.ts b/packages/context/src/project/driver-schemas.test.ts
index 89862546..e84a5b3d 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/project/driver-schemas.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/project/driver-schemas.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ describe('connectionConfigSchema (driver discriminated union)', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('accepts duckdb local file config', () => {
+    expect(connectionConfigSchema.parse({ driver: 'duckdb', path: 'data/warehouse.duckdb' })).toMatchObject({
+      driver: 'duckdb',
+      path: 'data/warehouse.duckdb',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('rejects an unknown driver', () => {
     expect(() => connectionConfigSchema.parse({ driver: 'nope', url: 'x' })).toThrow();
   });
diff --git a/packages/context/src/project/driver-schemas.ts b/packages/context/src/project/driver-schemas.ts
index 1815975d..f4921afc 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/project/driver-schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/project/driver-schemas.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const warehouseDrivers = [
   'snowflake',
   'bigquery',
   'sqlite',
+  'duckdb',
   'clickhouse',
   'sqlserver',
 ] as const;
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ function warehouseConnectionSchema<const Driver extends WarehouseDriver>(driver:
         .min(1)
         .optional()
         .describe('Warehouse connection URL or DSN; may contain environment-variable references like env:DATABASE_URL.'),
+      path: z
+        .string()
+        .min(1)
+        .optional()
+        .describe('Local database file path for file-backed warehouse drivers such as SQLite and DuckDB.'),
     })
     .describe(
       `${driver} warehouse connection. Additional driver-tunable fields (e.g. historicSql, context.queryHistory) are accepted and passed through.`,
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@ const warehouseConnectionSchemas = [
   warehouseConnectionSchema('snowflake'),
   warehouseConnectionSchema('bigquery'),
   warehouseConnectionSchema('sqlite'),
+  warehouseConnectionSchema('duckdb'),
   warehouseConnectionSchema('clickhouse'),
   warehouseConnectionSchema('sqlserver'),
 ] as const;
diff --git a/packages/context/src/scan/local-scan.test.ts b/packages/context/src/scan/local-scan.test.ts
index 16fab098..4efdd39b 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/scan/local-scan.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/scan/local-scan.test.ts
@@ -1403,6 +1403,37 @@ describe('local scan', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('accepts duckdb as a native standalone scan driver when the host supplies a live-database adapter', async () => {
+    await writeFile(
+      join(project.projectDir, 'ktx.yaml'),
+      [
+        'connections:',
+        '  warehouse:',
+        '    driver: duckdb',
+        '    path: warehouse.duckdb',
+        'ingest:',
+        '  adapters:',
+        '    - live-database',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'),
+      'utf-8',
+    );
+    project = await loadKtxProject({ projectDir: project.projectDir });
+
+    const result = await runLocalScan({
+      project,
+      adapters: [fetchOnlyAdapter()],
+      connectionId: 'warehouse',
+      jobId: 'scan-run-duckdb',
+      now: () => new Date('2026-04-29T12:00:00.000Z'),
+    });
+
+    expect(result.report.driver).toBe('duckdb');
+    expect(result.report.artifactPaths.reportPath).toBe(
+      'raw-sources/warehouse/live-database/2026-04-29-120000-scan-run-duckdb/scan-report.json',
+    );
+  });
+
   it('accepts mysql as a native standalone scan driver when the host supplies a live-database adapter', async () => {
     await writeFile(
       join(project.projectDir, 'ktx.yaml'),
diff --git a/packages/context/src/scan/local-scan.ts b/packages/context/src/scan/local-scan.ts
index f9ac77d3..8379fa10 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/scan/local-scan.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/scan/local-scan.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ function normalizeDriver(driver: string | undefined): KtxConnectionDriver {
     normalized === 'postgresql' ||
     normalized === 'sqlite' ||
     normalized === 'sqlite3' ||
+    normalized === 'duckdb' ||
     normalized === 'mysql' ||
     normalized === 'clickhouse' ||
     normalized === 'sqlserver' ||
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ function normalizeDriver(driver: string | undefined): KtxConnectionDriver {
     return normalized === 'sqlite3' ? 'sqlite' : normalized;
   }
   throw new Error(
-    `Standalone ktx scan supports postgres/postgresql/sqlite/mysql/clickhouse/sqlserver/bigquery/snowflake in this phase, received "${driver ?? 'unknown'}"`,
+    `Standalone ktx scan supports postgres/postgresql/sqlite/duckdb/mysql/clickhouse/sqlserver/bigquery/snowflake in this phase, received "${driver ?? 'unknown'}"`,
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/context/src/scan/types.ts b/packages/context/src/scan/types.ts
index bc8959f5..094a05f1 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/scan/types.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/scan/types.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export type KtxConnectionDriver =
   | 'sqlite'
   | 'postgres'
   | 'postgresql'
+  | 'duckdb'
   | 'sqlserver'
   | 'bigquery'
   | 'snowflake'