diff --git a/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/main.js b/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/main.js
index 1ab45cb..02fe3bc 100644
--- a/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/main.js
+++ b/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/main.js
@@ -156,6 +156,19 @@ function reconcileConcepts(rows, conceptNames) {
   };
 }
 
+// `shell: true` is required on Windows to resolve `claude.cmd`, which puts the
+// filename into a shell string. Reject anything cmd.exe or a POSIX shell would
+// interpret. Apostrophes and cyrillic are safe inside double quotes and are
+// present in real filenames, so they stay allowed.
+const UNSAFE_CHARS = /["`$&|;<>%\r\n]/;
+
+function isSafeFilename(name) {
+  if (typeof name !== "string" || name.length === 0) return false;
+  if (UNSAFE_CHARS.test(name)) return false;
+  if (name.includes("..")) return false;
+  return true;
+}
+
 function parseConfig(source) {
   const cfg = Object.assign({}, DEFAULTS);
   for (const line of String(source).split(/\r?\n/)) {
@@ -341,7 +354,7 @@ class WebinarDashPlugin extends PluginBase {
       const root = el.createDiv({ cls: "webinar-dash" });
       try {
         const pipeline = await this.readPipeline(cfg);
-        renderLeftPane(root, pipeline, () => {});
+        renderLeftPane(root, pipeline, (file, rowEl) => this.runIngest(file, rowEl));
       } catch (err) {
         root.createDiv({ cls: "wd-error", text: `Pipeline failed: ${err.message}` });
       }
@@ -390,6 +403,91 @@ class WebinarDashPlugin extends PluginBase {
 
     return derivePipeline({ rawFiles, sourcePages });
   }
+
+  vaultPath() {
+    const adapter = this.app.vault.adapter;
+    if (typeof adapter.getBasePath === "function") return adapter.getBasePath();
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  runIngest(file, rowEl) {
+    if (rowEl.dataset.wdRunning === "1") return;
+
+    const Notice = OB ? OB.Notice : null;
+    const notify = (msg) => { if (Notice) new Notice(msg); };
+
+    if (!isSafeFilename(file.name)) {
+      rowEl.createDiv({
+        cls: "wd-output",
+        text: `Refused: "${file.name}" contains a character that is unsafe to pass to a shell.`,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const base = this.vaultPath();
+    if (!base) {
+      notify("Ingest needs desktop Obsidian.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let spawn;
+    try {
+      ({ spawn } = require("child_process"));
+    } catch (_) {
+      notify("child_process unavailable — ingest needs desktop Obsidian.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    rowEl.dataset.wdRunning = "1";
+    const button = rowEl.querySelector("button");
+    if (button) button.disabled = true;
+
+    const status = rowEl.createSpan({ cls: "wd-status wd-status-running", text: "running 0s" });
+    const started = Date.now();
+    const timer = window.setInterval(() => {
+      status.setText(`running ${Math.round((Date.now() - started) / 1000)}s`);
+    }, 1000);
+
+    const output = rowEl.createDiv({ cls: "wd-output", text: "" });
+    let buffered = "";
+    const append = (chunk) => {
+      buffered += chunk.toString();
+      output.setText(buffered.slice(-4000));
+      output.scrollTop = output.scrollHeight;
+    };
+
+    const child = spawn("claude", ["-p", `ingest "${file.name}"`], {
+      cwd: base,
+      shell: true,
+    });
+
+    child.stdout.on("data", append);
+    child.stderr.on("data", append);
+
+    child.on("error", (err) => {
+      window.clearInterval(timer);
+      status.className = "wd-status wd-status-failed";
+      status.setText("failed");
+      append(`\nCould not start claude: ${err.message}\nIs it on PATH?`);
+      rowEl.dataset.wdRunning = "0";
+      if (button) button.disabled = false;
+    });
+
+    child.on("close", (code) => {
+      window.clearInterval(timer);
+      const secs = Math.round((Date.now() - started) / 1000);
+      if (code === 0) {
+        status.className = "wd-status wd-status-done";
+        status.setText(`done in ${secs}s`);
+        notify(`Ingested ${file.name}. Reopen the dashboard to refresh.`);
+      } else {
+        status.className = "wd-status wd-status-failed";
+        status.setText(`failed - exit ${code}`);
+      }
+      rowEl.dataset.wdRunning = "0";
+      if (button) button.disabled = false;
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = WebinarDashPlugin;
@@ -397,5 +495,5 @@ module.exports.default = WebinarDashPlugin;
 module.exports.__test__ = {
   parseConfig, extractRawPath, derivePipeline,
   parseCoverageTable, groupByStation, reconcileConcepts,
-  STATIONS, DEFAULTS,
+  STATIONS, DEFAULTS, isSafeFilename,
 };
diff --git a/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/styles.css b/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/styles.css
index 52e532d..6026fe4 100644
--- a/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/styles.css
+++ b/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/styles.css
@@ -160,3 +160,14 @@
 .wd-partial { color: var(--wd-warn); }
 .wd-absent { color: var(--wd-danger); }
 .wd-pin { font-family: var(--wd-mono); font-size: 10px; color: var(--wd-fg-4); }
+
+.wd-status { font-family: var(--wd-mono); font-size: 11px; flex: none; }
+.wd-status-running { color: var(--wd-warn); }
+.wd-status-done { color: var(--wd-ok); }
+.wd-status-failed { color: var(--wd-danger); }
+.wd-output {
+  font-family: var(--wd-mono); font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;
+  max-height: 220px; overflow: auto; margin-top: 8px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--wd-border); border-radius: 4px; padding: 8px;
+  color: var(--wd-fg-2);
+}
diff --git a/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/test/safety.test.js b/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/test/safety.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dc2756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obsidian/plugins/webinar-dash/test/safety.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"use strict";
+const test = require("node:test");
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const { isSafeFilename } = require("../main.js").__test__;
+
+test("isSafeFilename accepts every filename currently in the vault", () => {
+  const real = [
+    "Agentic Engineering, explained by a 10x developer.md",
+    "Webinar Plan - From Chat Box to Your Own OS.md",
+    "Webinar script.md",
+    "You're reading way too much code.md",
+    "ИИ глупый!.md",
+    "Скиллы на базе git — новая память AI-агентов.md",
+    "sebastian interview - conclusions and insights.md",
+    "In 1 Year, the Gap Between AI Users and Everyone Else Will Be Irreversible.md",
+  ];
+  for (const name of real) {
+    assert.equal(isSafeFilename(name), true, `should accept: ${name}`);
+  }
+});
+
+test("isSafeFilename rejects shell metacharacters", () => {
+  for (const bad of ['a".md', "a`b.md", "a$b.md", "a&b.md", "a|b.md", "a;b.md",
+                     "a<b.md", "a>b.md", "a%b.md", "a\nb.md", "a\rb.md"]) {
+    assert.equal(isSafeFilename(bad), false, `should reject: ${JSON.stringify(bad)}`);
+  }
+});
+
+test("isSafeFilename rejects path traversal", () => {
+  assert.equal(isSafeFilename("../secrets.md"), false);
+  assert.equal(isSafeFilename("a/../../b.md"), false);
+});
+
+test("isSafeFilename rejects empty and non-string input", () => {
+  assert.equal(isSafeFilename(""), false);
+  assert.equal(isSafeFilename(null), false);
+  assert.equal(isSafeFilename(undefined), false);
+  assert.equal(isSafeFilename(42), false);
+});