diff --git a/chat.el b/chat.el
index dcc5b42..e7df32c 100644
--- a/chat.el
+++ b/chat.el
@@ -1001,6 +1001,7 @@ fn handle_chat(body: String) -> String {
     // Issue 9 fix: add project-specific and session-summary searches to session preload.
     // Old hardcoded "user profile" and "in_progress active project" miss project-specific
     // nodes stored under names like "Prism" unless those exact words appear in content.
+    // Dedup fix: skip any node whose ID already appeared in engram_compile's output.
     let session_preload: String = if hist_len == 0 {
         let profile_nodes: String = engram_search_json("user profile identity preferences", 5)
         let work_nodes: String = engram_search_json("in_progress active project work", 5)
@@ -1026,21 +1027,24 @@ fn handle_chat(body: String) -> String {
             let bullets: String = ""
             let bullets = if pn > 0 {
                 let n0: String = json_array_get(profile_nodes, 0)
+                let n0_id: String = json_get(n0, "id")
                 let c0: String = json_get(n0, "content")
                 let s0: String = if str_len(c0) > 120 { str_slice(c0, 0, 120) } else { c0 }
-                if str_eq(s0, "") { bullets } else { "- " + s0 }
+                if str_eq(s0, "") || id_in_seen(n0_id, seen_ids) { bullets } else { "- " + s0 }
             } else { bullets }
             let bullets = if pn > 1 {
                 let n1: String = json_array_get(profile_nodes, 1)
+                let n1_id: String = json_get(n1, "id")
                 let c1: String = json_get(n1, "content")
                 let s1: String = if str_len(c1) > 120 { str_slice(c1, 0, 120) } else { c1 }
-                if str_eq(s1, "") { bullets } else { bullets + "\n- " + s1 }
+                if str_eq(s1, "") || id_in_seen(n1_id, seen_ids) { bullets } else { bullets + "\n- " + s1 }
             } else { bullets }
             let bullets = if pn > 2 {
                 let n2: String = json_array_get(profile_nodes, 2)
+                let n2_id: String = json_get(n2, "id")
                 let c2: String = json_get(n2, "content")
                 let s2: String = if str_len(c2) > 120 { str_slice(c2, 0, 120) } else { c2 }
-                if str_eq(s2, "") { bullets } else { bullets + "\n- " + s2 }
+                if str_eq(s2, "") || id_in_seen(n2_id, seen_ids) { bullets } else { bullets + "\n- " + s2 }
             } else { bullets }
             bullets
         } else { "" }
@@ -1050,15 +1054,17 @@ fn handle_chat(body: String) -> String {
             let wb: String = ""
             let wb = if wn > 0 {
                 let w0: String = json_array_get(work_nodes, 0)
+                let w0_id: String = json_get(w0, "id")
                 let wc0: String = json_get(w0, "content")
                 let ws0: String = if str_len(wc0) > 120 { str_slice(wc0, 0, 120) } else { wc0 }
-                if str_eq(ws0, "") { wb } else { "- " + ws0 }
+                if str_eq(ws0, "") || id_in_seen(w0_id, seen_ids) { wb } else { "- " + ws0 }
             } else { wb }
             let wb = if wn > 1 {
                 let w1: String = json_array_get(work_nodes, 1)
+                let w1_id: String = json_get(w1, "id")
                 let wc1: String = json_get(w1, "content")
                 let ws1: String = if str_len(wc1) > 120 { str_slice(wc1, 0, 120) } else { wc1 }
-                if str_eq(ws1, "") { wb } else { wb + "\n- " + ws1 }
+                if str_eq(ws1, "") || id_in_seen(w1_id, seen_ids) { wb } else { wb + "\n- " + ws1 }
             } else { wb }
             wb
         } else { "" }
@@ -1068,24 +1074,27 @@ fn handle_chat(body: String) -> String {
             let pb: String = ""
             let pb = if prn > 0 {
                 let pr0: String = json_array_get(project_nodes, 0)
+                let pr0_id: String = json_get(pr0, "id")
                 let prc0: String = json_get(pr0, "content")
                 let ps0: String = if str_len(prc0) > 120 { str_slice(prc0, 0, 120) } else { prc0 }
-                if str_eq(ps0, "") { pb } else { "- " + ps0 }
+                if str_eq(ps0, "") || id_in_seen(pr0_id, seen_ids) { pb } else { "- " + ps0 }
             } else { pb }
             let pb = if prn > 1 {
                 let pr1: String = json_array_get(project_nodes, 1)
+                let pr1_id: String = json_get(pr1, "id")
                 let prc1: String = json_get(pr1, "content")
                 let ps1: String = if str_len(prc1) > 120 { str_slice(prc1, 0, 120) } else { prc1 }
-                if str_eq(ps1, "") { pb } else { pb + "\n- " + ps1 }
+                if str_eq(ps1, "") || id_in_seen(pr1_id, seen_ids) { pb } else { pb + "\n- " + ps1 }
             } else { pb }
             pb
         } else { "" }
 
         let summary_bullet: String = if summary_ok {
             let sn0: String = json_array_get(summary_nodes, 0)
+            let sn0_id: String = json_get(sn0, "id")
             let sc0: String = json_get(sn0, "content")
             let ss0: String = if str_len(sc0) > 200 { str_slice(sc0, 0, 200) } else { sc0 }
-            if str_eq(ss0, "") { "" } else { "- " + ss0 }
+            if str_eq(ss0, "") || id_in_seen(sn0_id, seen_ids) { "" } else { "- " + ss0 }
         } else { "" }
 
         let hp: Bool = !str_eq(profile_bullets, "")