diff --git a/packages/context/src/sl/local-sl.test.ts b/packages/context/src/sl/local-sl.test.ts
index 9af28bca..3cdfaefe 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/sl/local-sl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/sl/local-sl.test.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,53 @@ describe('local semantic-layer helpers', () => {
     await expect(access(join(project.projectDir, '.ktx/db.sqlite'))).resolves.toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it('searches historic SQL usage and returns frequency tier plus FTS snippet', async () => {
+    await project.fileStore.writeFile(
+      'semantic-layer/warehouse/_schema/public.yaml',
+      `tables:
+  orders:
+    table: public.orders
+    usage:
+      narrative: Analysts inspect paid order lifecycle by customer segment.
+      frequencyTier: high
+      commonFilters:
+        - status
+        - created_at
+      commonGroupBys:
+        - customer_segment
+      commonJoins:
+        - table: public.customers
+          on:
+            - customer_id
+    columns:
+      - name: order_id
+        type: string
+      - name: status
+        type: string
+`,
+      'ktx',
+      'ktx@example.com',
+      'Add usage-backed manifest shard',
+    );
+
+    const results = await searchLocalSlSources(project, {
+      connectionId: 'warehouse',
+      query: 'paid lifecycle customer segment',
+    });
+
+    expect(results).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        connectionId: 'warehouse',
+        name: 'orders',
+        path: 'semantic-layer/warehouse/_schema/public.yaml#orders',
+        frequencyTier: 'high',
+        snippet: expect.stringContaining('<mark>'),
+        matchReasons: expect.arrayContaining(['lexical']),
+      }),
+    ]);
+    expect(results[0]?.snippet).toContain('lifecycle');
+  });
+
   it('searches all connections with one global hybrid ranking pass', async () => {
     await writeLocalSlSource(project, {
       connectionId: 'warehouse',
diff --git a/packages/context/src/sl/local-sl.ts b/packages/context/src/sl/local-sl.ts
index 676b2522..14559ffe 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/sl/local-sl.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/sl/local-sl.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export interface LocalSlSourceSummary {
 
 export interface LocalSlSourceSearchResult extends LocalSlSourceSummary {
   score: number;
+  frequencyTier?: NonNullable<SemanticLayerSource['usage']>['frequencyTier'];
+  snippet?: string;
   matchReasons?: SlSearchMatchReason[];
   dictionaryMatches?: SlDictionaryMatch[];
   lanes?: SlSearchLaneSummary[];
@@ -367,6 +369,10 @@ function candidateKey(summary: LocalSlSourceSummary): string {
   return `${summary.connectionId}/${summary.name}`;
 }
 
+function searchResultUsageFields(source: SemanticLayerSource): Pick<LocalSlSourceSearchResult, 'frequencyTier'> {
+  return source.usage?.frequencyTier ? { frequencyTier: source.usage.frequencyTier } : {};
+}
+
 function tokenLaneCandidates(candidates: LocalSlSearchCandidate[], terms: readonly string[]) {
   if (terms.length === 0) {
     return [];
@@ -483,6 +489,7 @@ export async function searchLocalSlSources(
         ...result.candidate.summary,
         score: result.score,
         matchReasons: ['token'],
+        ...searchResultUsageFields(result.candidate.source),
       }))
       .sort(
         (left, right) =>
@@ -500,6 +507,7 @@ export async function searchLocalSlSources(
   const finalLimit = input.limit ?? candidates.length;
   const core = new HybridSearchCore();
   const dictionaryEvidence = new Map<string, SlDictionaryMatch[]>();
+  const lexicalSnippets = new Map<string, string>();
 
   const generators: SearchCandidateGenerator[] = [
     {
@@ -510,6 +518,11 @@ export async function searchLocalSlSources(
           queryText: args.queryText,
           limit: args.laneCandidatePoolLimit,
         });
+        for (const row of rows) {
+          if (row.snippet) {
+            lexicalSnippets.set(row.id, row.snippet);
+          }
+        }
         return {
           candidates: rows.map((row) => ({ id: row.id, rank: row.rank, rawScore: row.rawScore })),
         };
@@ -584,9 +597,12 @@ export async function searchLocalSlSources(
       continue;
     }
     const dictionaryMatches = dictionaryEvidence.get(fused.id);
+    const snippet = lexicalSnippets.get(fused.id);
     hydrated.push({
       ...candidate.summary,
       score: fused.score,
+      ...searchResultUsageFields(candidate.source),
+      ...(snippet ? { snippet } : {}),
       matchReasons: fused.matchReasons as SlSearchMatchReason[],
       ...(dictionaryMatches && dictionaryMatches.length > 0 ? { dictionaryMatches } : {}),
       lanes: result.lanes,
diff --git a/packages/context/src/sl/pglite-sl-search-prototype.ts b/packages/context/src/sl/pglite-sl-search-prototype.ts
index 77c8c7d5..4a521437 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/sl/pglite-sl-search-prototype.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/sl/pglite-sl-search-prototype.ts
@@ -554,9 +554,11 @@ export async function searchLocalSlSourcesWithPglitePrototype(
         continue;
       }
       const dictionaryMatches = dictionaryEvidence.get(result.id);
+      const frequencyTier = candidate.source.usage?.frequencyTier;
       hydrated.push({
         ...candidate.summary,
         score: result.score,
+        ...(frequencyTier ? { frequencyTier } : {}),
         matchReasons: result.matchReasons as SlSearchMatchReason[],
         ...(dictionaryMatches && dictionaryMatches.length > 0 ? { dictionaryMatches } : {}),
         lanes: fused.lanes,