diff --git a/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.test.ts
index 877c90b6..c232d432 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.test.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,52 @@ describe('renderContextBuildView', () => {
     expect(output).toContain('Project: /tmp/project');
   });
 
+  it('renders public warnings in the foreground view', () => {
+    const state = initViewState([
+      {
+        connectionId: 'docs',
+        driver: 'notion',
+        operation: 'source-ingest',
+        adapter: 'notion',
+        debugCommand: 'ktx ingest docs --debug',
+        steps: ['source-ingest', 'memory-update'],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    const rendered = renderContextBuildView(state, {
+      styled: false,
+      warnings: ['--deep affects database ingest only; ignoring it for docs.'],
+    });
+
+    expect(rendered).toContain('Warnings:');
+    expect(rendered).toContain('--deep affects database ingest only; ignoring it for docs.');
+  });
+
+  it('renders public notices in the foreground view before warnings', () => {
+    const state = initViewState([
+      {
+        connectionId: 'warehouse',
+        driver: 'postgres',
+        operation: 'database-ingest',
+        debugCommand: 'ktx ingest warehouse --debug',
+        steps: ['database-schema', 'query-history'],
+        databaseDepth: 'deep',
+        detectRelationships: true,
+        queryHistory: { enabled: true, dialect: 'postgres' },
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    const rendered = renderContextBuildView(state, {
+      styled: false,
+      notices: ['Schema ingest runs before query history for warehouse.'],
+      warnings: ['--query-history requires deep ingest; running warehouse with --deep.'],
+    });
+
+    expect(rendered.indexOf('Notices:')).toBeLessThan(rendered.indexOf('Warnings:'));
+    expect(rendered).toContain('Schema ingest runs before query history for warehouse.');
+    expect(rendered).toContain('--query-history requires deep ingest; running warehouse with --deep.');
+  });
+
   it('renders dynamic separator matching header width', () => {
     const state = initViewState([
       { connectionId: 'warehouse', driver: 'postgres', operation: 'database-ingest', debugCommand: '', steps: ['database-schema'] },
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts b/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts
index b7705477..23365a28 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ function renderTargetGroup(
   return ['', `  ${label}:`, ...targets.map((t) => renderTargetLine(t, frame, styled, width))];
 }
 
+function renderMessageGroup(label: string, messages: string[], styled: boolean): string[] {
+  if (messages.length === 0) return [];
+  const renderedMessages = messages.map((message) => `    - ${message}`);
+  return ['', `  ${label}:`, ...renderedMessages.map((line) => (styled ? dim(line) : line))];
+}
+
 function retryCommand(input: {
   projectDir?: string;
   entrypoint?: 'setup' | 'ingest';
@@ -214,7 +220,14 @@ function retryCommand(input: {
 
 export function renderContextBuildView(
   state: ContextBuildViewState,
-  options: { styled?: boolean; showHint?: boolean; hintText?: string; projectDir?: string } = {},
+  options: {
+    styled?: boolean;
+    showHint?: boolean;
+    hintText?: string;
+    projectDir?: string;
+    notices?: string[];
+    warnings?: string[];
+  } = {},
 ): string {
   const styled = options.styled ?? true;
   const width = columnWidth(state);
@@ -242,6 +255,8 @@ export function renderContextBuildView(
     ...(options.projectDir ? [`  Project: ${options.projectDir}`] : []),
     ...renderTargetGroup('Databases', state.primarySources, state.frame, styled, width),
     ...renderTargetGroup('Context sources', state.contextSources, state.frame, styled, width),
+    ...renderMessageGroup('Notices', options.notices ?? [], styled),
+    ...renderMessageGroup('Warnings', options.warnings ?? [], styled),
     '',
   ];
 
@@ -629,7 +644,12 @@ export async function runContextBuild(
   state.startedAt = nowFn();
 
   const repainter = isTTY ? createRepainter(io) : null;
-  const viewOpts = { styled: true, projectDir: args.projectDir };
+  const viewOpts = {
+    styled: true,
+    projectDir: args.projectDir,
+    notices: plan.notices ?? [],
+    warnings: plan.warnings,
+  };
   const paint = (hint: boolean) => repainter?.paint(renderContextBuildView(state, { ...viewOpts, showHint: hint }));
   paint(true);