diff --git a/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.test.ts
index c232d432..53287794 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.test.ts
@@ -625,6 +625,54 @@ describe('runContextBuild', () => {
     expect(io.stdout()).not.toContain('historic-sql');
   });
 
+  it('passes schema-first notices from the plan into foreground output', async () => {
+    const io = makeIo();
+    const project = {
+      ...projectWithConnections({
+        warehouse: { driver: 'postgres', context: { depth: 'deep' } },
+      }),
+      config: {
+        ...projectWithConnections({ warehouse: { driver: 'postgres' } }).config,
+        connections: {
+          warehouse: { driver: 'postgres', context: { depth: 'deep' } },
+        },
+        llm: {
+          provider: { backend: 'gateway', gateway: { api_key: 'env:KTX_GATEWAY_API_KEY' } },
+          models: { default: 'gpt-test' },
+        },
+        scan: {
+          ...projectWithConnections({ warehouse: { driver: 'postgres' } }).config.scan,
+          enrichment: {
+            mode: 'llm',
+            embeddings: {
+              backend: 'openai',
+              model: 'text-embedding-3-small',
+              dimensions: 1536,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const executeTarget = vi.fn(async (target) => successResult(target.connectionId, target.driver, target.operation));
+
+    await expect(
+      runContextBuild(
+        project,
+        {
+          projectDir: '/tmp/project',
+          inputMode: 'disabled',
+          targetConnectionId: 'warehouse',
+          all: false,
+          queryHistory: 'enabled',
+        },
+        io.io,
+        { executeTarget, now: () => 1000 },
+      ),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ exitCode: 0 });
+
+    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Schema ingest runs before query history for warehouse.');
+  });
+
   it('renders final view for non-TTY output', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const project = projectWithConnections({
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.test.ts
index 5e0fb25e..3dd1174c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.test.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,21 @@ describe('buildPublicIngestPlan', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('adds a schema-first notice when query history is explicitly enabled', () => {
+    const project = deepReadyProject({
+      warehouse: { driver: 'postgres', context: { depth: 'deep' } },
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      buildPublicIngestPlan(project, {
+        projectDir: '/tmp/project',
+        targetConnectionId: 'warehouse',
+        all: false,
+        queryHistory: 'enabled',
+      }).notices,
+    ).toEqual(['Schema ingest runs before query history for warehouse.']);
+  });
+
   it('warns and skips query-history window override for unsupported database drivers', () => {
     const plan = buildPublicIngestPlan(
       projectWithConnections({
@@ -373,6 +388,33 @@ describe('runKtxPublicIngest', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('prints the schema-first notice for explicit query-history runs', async () => {
+    const io = makeIo();
+    const project = deepReadyProject({
+      warehouse: { driver: 'postgres', context: { depth: 'deep' } },
+    });
+    const runScan = vi.fn(async () => 0);
+    const runIngest = vi.fn(async () => 0);
+
+    await expect(
+      runKtxPublicIngest(
+        {
+          command: 'run',
+          projectDir: '/tmp/project',
+          targetConnectionId: 'warehouse',
+          all: false,
+          json: false,
+          inputMode: 'disabled',
+          queryHistory: 'enabled',
+        },
+        io.io,
+        { loadProject: vi.fn(async () => project), runScan, runIngest },
+      ),
+    ).resolves.toBe(0);
+
+    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Schema ingest runs before query history for warehouse.');
+  });
+
   it('suppresses internal scan output for public database ingest summaries', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const project = projectWithConnections({ warehouse: { driver: 'postgres' } });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts b/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts
index 7a47d13f..f2119edf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export interface KtxPublicIngestPlan {
   projectDir: string;
   targets: KtxPublicIngestPlanTarget[];
   warnings: string[];
+  notices?: string[];
 }
 
 export interface KtxPublicIngestTargetResult {
@@ -173,6 +174,23 @@ function finalizeWarnings(
   return warnings;
 }
 
+function schemaFirstQueryHistoryNotice(
+  targets: KtxPublicIngestPlanTarget[],
+  args: { queryHistory?: KtxPublicIngestQueryHistoryFlag },
+): string | null {
+  if (args.queryHistory !== 'enabled') {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const queryHistoryTargets = targets.filter((target) => target.queryHistory?.enabled === true);
+  if (queryHistoryTargets.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (queryHistoryTargets.length === 1) {
+    return `Schema ingest runs before query history for ${queryHistoryTargets[0].connectionId}.`;
+  }
+  return `Schema ingest runs before query history for ${queryHistoryTargets.length} database connections.`;
+}
+
 function storedQueryHistory(connection: KtxProjectConnectionConfig): Record<string, unknown> {
   const context = connection.context;
   const contextRecord =
@@ -356,13 +374,16 @@ export function buildPublicIngestPlan(
   const targets = selected.map(([connectionId, connection]) =>
     targetForConnection(connectionId, connection, project.config, args, warnings),
   );
+  const orderedTargets = [
+    ...targets.filter((t) => t.operation === 'database-ingest'),
+    ...targets.filter((t) => t.operation === 'source-ingest'),
+  ];
+  const notice = schemaFirstQueryHistoryNotice(orderedTargets, args);
   return {
     projectDir: args.projectDir,
-    targets: [
-      ...targets.filter((t) => t.operation === 'database-ingest'),
-      ...targets.filter((t) => t.operation === 'source-ingest'),
-    ],
+    targets: orderedTargets,
     warnings: finalizeWarnings(warnings, args),
+    ...(notice ? { notices: [notice] } : {}),
   };
 }
 
@@ -646,7 +667,10 @@ export async function runKtxPublicIngest(
   const plan = buildPublicIngestPlan(project, args);
   const results: KtxPublicIngestTargetResult[] = [];
 
-  if (!args.json && plan.warnings.length > 0) {
+  if (!args.json) {
+    for (const notice of plan.notices ?? []) {
+      io.stdout.write(`${notice}\n`);
+    }
     for (const warning of plan.warnings) {
       io.stderr.write(`Warning: ${warning}\n`);
     }