diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14d752b..cfcb256 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ When `backup.minio.enabled` is configured, Flynn also exposes MinIO tools:
 
 - `minio.share`: upload a local file to the configured MinIO bucket and return a temporary download URL (`mc share download`)
 - `minio.ingest`: read a text-like object from MinIO and append/replace a memory namespace (useful for syncing notes/runbooks into long-term memory)
+- `minio.sync`: recursively ingest a MinIO prefix into nested memory namespaces with object and size limits
 
 ## Inbound Webhooks
 
diff --git a/docs/api/TOOLS.md b/docs/api/TOOLS.md
index d52cc08..8a8a013 100644
--- a/docs/api/TOOLS.md
+++ b/docs/api/TOOLS.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Tools are executable capabilities that the AI agent can call to perform actions
 - **Web**: `web.fetch`, `web.search`
 - **Browser**: `browser.navigate`, `browser.screenshot`
 - **Memory**: `memory.read`, `memory.write`, `memory.search`
-- **MinIO**: `minio.share`, `minio.ingest`
+- **MinIO**: `minio.share`, `minio.ingest`, `minio.sync`
 - **Media**: `media.send`, `image.analyze`, `audio.transcribe`
 - **System**: `system.info`
 - **Session**: `sessions.list`, `sessions.delete`
@@ -1007,6 +1007,52 @@ Read a text-like object from MinIO and write it into a memory namespace.
 }
 ```
 
+#### `minio.sync`
+
+Sync text-like objects from a MinIO prefix into nested memory namespaces.
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "minio.sync",
+  "description": "Sync text-like objects from a MinIO prefix into memory namespaces.",
+  "inputSchema": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+      "prefix": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "description": "MinIO object prefix to sync recursively"
+      },
+      "bucket": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "description": "Optional bucket override"
+      },
+      "namespace_base": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "description": "Base memory namespace"
+      },
+      "mode": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "enum": ["append", "replace"],
+        "description": "Write mode per object namespace"
+      },
+      "max_objects": {
+        "type": "number",
+        "description": "Maximum objects to ingest in one run"
+      },
+      "max_chars_per_object": {
+        "type": "number",
+        "description": "Maximum characters per object"
+      },
+      "force": {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "description": "Override non-text extension/content safety checks"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": ["prefix"]
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ### Media Tools
 
 #### `media.send`
diff --git a/docs/plans/state.json b/docs/plans/state.json
index c62bb9c..8c37843 100644
--- a/docs/plans/state.json
+++ b/docs/plans/state.json
@@ -80,6 +80,25 @@
       ],
       "test_status": "pnpm test:run src/tools/builtin/minio-ingest.test.ts src/tools/policy.test.ts + pnpm typecheck passing"
     },
+    "minio-prefix-sync-tool": {
+      "status": "completed",
+      "date": "2026-02-16",
+      "updated": "2026-02-16",
+      "summary": "Added `minio.sync` tool to recursively ingest MinIO prefixes into nested memory namespaces with per-run object limits, per-object content limits, extension/content safety checks, and summary output. Registered tool with MinIO+memory runtime, expanded `group:minio` policy coverage, and updated docs/tests.",
+      "files_modified": [
+        "src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.ts",
+        "src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.test.ts",
+        "src/tools/builtin/index.ts",
+        "src/tools/index.ts",
+        "src/daemon/index.ts",
+        "src/tools/policy.ts",
+        "src/tools/policy.test.ts",
+        "README.md",
+        "docs/api/TOOLS.md",
+        "docs/plans/state.json"
+      ],
+      "test_status": "pnpm test:run src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.test.ts src/tools/policy.test.ts + pnpm typecheck passing"
+    },
     "backup-session-summary-audit-trail": {
       "status": "completed",
       "date": "2026-02-16",
diff --git a/src/daemon/index.ts b/src/daemon/index.ts
index 6f0f0de..76e9bee 100644
--- a/src/daemon/index.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { RoutingPolicy } from '../routing/index.js';
 import type { ModelRouter } from '../models/index.js';
 import { SessionStore, SessionManager, parseDuration } from '../session/index.js';
 import { HookEngine } from '../hooks/index.js';
-import { createSessionTools, createAgentsListTool, createMessageSendTool, createCronTools, createGmailTools, createGcalTools, createGdocsTools, createGdriveTools, createGtasksTools, createMinioShareTool, createMinioIngestTool } from '../tools/index.js';
+import { createSessionTools, createAgentsListTool, createMessageSendTool, createCronTools, createGmailTools, createGcalTools, createGdocsTools, createGdriveTools, createGtasksTools, createMinioShareTool, createMinioIngestTool, createMinioSyncTool } from '../tools/index.js';
 import { ChannelRegistry } from '../channels/index.js';
 import type { McpManager } from '../mcp/index.js';
 import type { SkillRegistry, SkillInstaller } from '../skills/index.js';
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ export async function startDaemon(config: Config, options?: StartDaemonOptions):
     toolRegistry.register(createMinioShareTool(config.backup));
     if (memoryStore) {
       toolRegistry.register(createMinioIngestTool(config.backup, memoryStore));
+      toolRegistry.register(createMinioSyncTool(config.backup, memoryStore));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/builtin/index.ts b/src/tools/builtin/index.ts
index 1731cdf..2b1399a 100644
--- a/src/tools/builtin/index.ts
+++ b/src/tools/builtin/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export { createGdriveTools } from './gdrive.js';
 export { createGtasksTools } from './gtasks.js';
 export { createMinioShareTool } from './minio-share.js';
 export { createMinioIngestTool } from './minio-ingest.js';
+export { createMinioSyncTool } from './minio-sync.js';
 export { screenCaptureTool, cameraCaptureTool } from './capture.js';
 
 import type { Tool } from '../types.js';
diff --git a/src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.test.ts b/src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae109dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import type { BackupConfig } from '../../config/schema.js';
+import type { MemoryStore } from '../../memory/store.js';
+import { createMinioSyncTool, minioSyncInternals } from './minio-sync.js';
+
+function makeBackupConfig(overrides?: Partial<BackupConfig>): BackupConfig {
+  return {
+    enabled: true,
+    schedule: undefined,
+    interval: '24h',
+    run_on_start: false,
+    notify: undefined,
+    failure_threshold: 1,
+    notify_recovery: true,
+    local_dir: '~/.local/share/flynn/backups',
+    include_vectors: true,
+    minio: {
+      enabled: true,
+      endpoint: 'localhost:9000',
+      access_key: 'minio-admin',
+      secret_key: 'minio-secret',
+      bucket: 'flynn-knowledge',
+      prefix: 'flynn',
+      secure: false,
+    },
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('minio sync internals', () => {
+  it('parses file object keys from mc ls --json output', () => {
+    const stdout = [
+      '{"status":"success","type":"folder","key":"knowledge/"}',
+      '{"status":"success","type":"file","key":"knowledge/runbook.md"}',
+      '{"status":"success","type":"file","name":"knowledge/notes.txt"}',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    expect(minioSyncInternals.parseListedObjectKeys(stdout)).toEqual([
+      'knowledge/runbook.md',
+      'knowledge/notes.txt',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('normalizes object paths into namespace-safe segments', () => {
+    expect(minioSyncInternals.normalizeNamespaceSegment('knowledge/team runbook.v2.md')).toBe('knowledge/team_runbook_v2');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('createMinioSyncTool', () => {
+  it('syncs text-like objects into nested memory namespaces', async () => {
+    const write = vi.fn();
+    const store = { write } as unknown as MemoryStore;
+
+    const execRunner = vi.fn(async (_file: string, args: string[]) => {
+      if (args[0] === 'ls') {
+        return {
+          stdout: [
+            '{"status":"success","type":"file","key":"knowledge/runbook.md"}',
+            '{"status":"success","type":"file","key":"knowledge/ops/alerts.txt"}',
+          ].join('\n'),
+          stderr: '',
+        };
+      }
+      if (args[0] === 'cat' && args[1]?.endsWith('knowledge/runbook.md')) {
+        return { stdout: '# Runbook\nDeploy carefully.\n', stderr: '' };
+      }
+      if (args[0] === 'cat' && args[1]?.endsWith('knowledge/ops/alerts.txt')) {
+        return { stdout: 'Alert routing notes.', stderr: '' };
+      }
+      return { stdout: '', stderr: '' };
+    });
+
+    const tool = createMinioSyncTool(makeBackupConfig(), store, {
+      execRunner,
+      now: () => new Date('2026-02-16T16:00:00.000Z'),
+    });
+
+    const result = await tool.execute({
+      prefix: 'knowledge/',
+      namespace_base: 'global/knowledge/minio',
+      mode: 'replace',
+      max_objects: 10,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.output).toContain('Imported: 2');
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      'global/knowledge/minio/knowledge/runbook',
+      expect.stringContaining('source: minio://flynn-knowledge/knowledge/runbook.md'),
+      'replace',
+    );
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      'global/knowledge/minio/knowledge/ops/alerts',
+      expect.stringContaining('Alert routing notes.'),
+      'replace',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('skips binary-like extensions by default', async () => {
+    const write = vi.fn();
+    const store = { write } as unknown as MemoryStore;
+    const execRunner = vi.fn(async (_file: string, args: string[]) => {
+      if (args[0] === 'ls') {
+        return { stdout: '{"status":"success","type":"file","key":"knowledge/diagram.pdf"}', stderr: '' };
+      }
+      return { stdout: 'fake text', stderr: '' };
+    });
+
+    const tool = createMinioSyncTool(makeBackupConfig(), store, { execRunner });
+    const result = await tool.execute({ prefix: 'knowledge/' });
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.output).toContain('Imported: 0');
+    expect(result.output).toContain('Skipped: 1');
+    expect(write).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('returns an error when minio is disabled', async () => {
+    const write = vi.fn();
+    const store = { write } as unknown as MemoryStore;
+    const tool = createMinioSyncTool(makeBackupConfig({
+      minio: {
+        enabled: false,
+        endpoint: undefined,
+        access_key: undefined,
+        secret_key: undefined,
+        bucket: undefined,
+        prefix: 'flynn',
+        secure: true,
+      },
+    }), store);
+
+    const result = await tool.execute({ prefix: 'knowledge/' });
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.error).toContain('backup.minio.enabled=true');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.ts b/src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5033a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/builtin/minio-sync.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import { promisify } from 'node:util';
+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process';
+import type { BackupConfig } from '../../config/schema.js';
+import type { MemoryStore } from '../../memory/store.js';
+import type { Tool, ToolResult } from '../types.js';
+import { backupInternals } from '../../backup/index.js';
+import { minioIngestInternals } from './minio-ingest.js';
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
+type ExecRunner = (
+  file: string,
+  args: string[],
+  options?: { env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv; maxBuffer?: number },
+) => Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }>;
+
+interface MinioSyncArgs {
+  prefix: string;
+  bucket?: string;
+  namespace_base?: string;
+  mode?: 'append' | 'replace';
+  max_objects?: number;
+  max_chars_per_object?: number;
+  force?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface MinioSyncDeps {
+  execRunner?: ExecRunner;
+  now?: () => Date;
+}
+
+function parseListedObjectKeys(stdout: string): string[] {
+  const keys: string[] = [];
+  const lines = stdout.split('\n').map((line) => line.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+  for (const line of lines) {
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(line) as Record<string, unknown>;
+      const key = typeof parsed.key === 'string'
+        ? parsed.key
+        : typeof parsed.name === 'string'
+          ? parsed.name
+          : null;
+      const type = typeof parsed.type === 'string' ? parsed.type : null;
+      if (!key) {continue;}
+      if (type && type !== 'file') {continue;}
+      if (key.endsWith('/')) {continue;}
+      keys.push(key);
+    } catch {
+      continue;
+    }
+  }
+  return keys;
+}
+
+function normalizeNamespaceSegment(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replace(/\.[^.]+$/, '')
+    .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9/_-]/g, '_')
+    .replace(/\/+/g, '/')
+    .replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '');
+}
+
+export const minioSyncInternals = {
+  parseListedObjectKeys,
+  normalizeNamespaceSegment,
+};
+
+export function createMinioSyncTool(config: BackupConfig, store: MemoryStore, deps?: MinioSyncDeps): Tool {
+  return {
+    name: 'minio.sync',
+    description: 'Sync text-like objects from a MinIO prefix into memory namespaces.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        prefix: {
+          type: 'string',
+          description: 'MinIO object prefix to sync recursively (for example: "knowledge/")',
+        },
+        bucket: {
+          type: 'string',
+          description: 'Optional bucket override. Defaults to backup.minio.bucket.',
+        },
+        namespace_base: {
+          type: 'string',
+          description: 'Base memory namespace. Per-object namespaces are nested under this path.',
+        },
+        mode: {
+          type: 'string',
+          enum: ['append', 'replace'],
+          description: 'Write mode per object namespace. Default: append.',
+        },
+        max_objects: {
+          type: 'number',
+          description: 'Maximum number of objects to ingest per run. Default: 20.',
+        },
+        max_chars_per_object: {
+          type: 'number',
+          description: 'Maximum characters ingested per object. Default: 8000.',
+        },
+        force: {
+          type: 'boolean',
+          description: 'Allow non-text-like files/extensions.',
+        },
+      },
+      required: ['prefix'],
+    },
+    execute: async (rawArgs: unknown): Promise<ToolResult> => {
+      const args = rawArgs as MinioSyncArgs;
+      const minio = config.minio;
+      const prefix = args.prefix?.trim();
+      const bucket = args.bucket ?? minio.bucket;
+      const namespaceBase = args.namespace_base ?? 'global/knowledge/minio';
+      const mode = args.mode ?? 'append';
+      const maxObjects = Math.max(1, Math.floor(args.max_objects ?? 20));
+      const maxChars = Math.max(1, Math.floor(args.max_chars_per_object ?? 8_000));
+      const force = args.force ?? false;
+
+      if (!prefix) {
+        return { success: false, output: '', error: 'prefix is required' };
+      }
+      if (!minio.enabled) {
+        return { success: false, output: '', error: 'MinIO sync requires backup.minio.enabled=true' };
+      }
+      if (!minio.endpoint || !minio.access_key || !minio.secret_key || !bucket) {
+        return {
+          success: false,
+          output: '',
+          error: 'Missing MinIO credentials in backup.minio (endpoint/access_key/secret_key/bucket)',
+        };
+      }
+
+      const alias = 'flynnsync';
+      const host = backupInternals.buildMinioHost({
+        endpoint: minio.endpoint,
+        accessKey: minio.access_key,
+        secretKey: minio.secret_key,
+        secure: minio.secure,
+      });
+      const env = { ...process.env, [`MC_HOST_${alias}`]: host };
+      const runner = deps?.execRunner ?? (async (file: string, cmdArgs: string[], options?: { env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv; maxBuffer?: number }) => {
+        return execFileAsync(file, cmdArgs, options);
+      });
+
+      try {
+        const basePath = `${alias}/${bucket}/${prefix}`;
+        const { stdout: listed } = await runner('mc', ['ls', '--json', '--recursive', basePath], {
+          env,
+          maxBuffer: 20 * 1024 * 1024,
+        });
+
+        const keys = parseListedObjectKeys(typeof listed === 'string' ? listed : listed.toString('utf-8'));
+        if (keys.length === 0) {
+          return {
+            success: true,
+            output: `No objects found under prefix minio://${bucket}/${prefix}`,
+          };
+        }
+
+        const selected = keys.slice(0, maxObjects);
+        let imported = 0;
+        let skipped = 0;
+        const importedNamespaces: string[] = [];
+
+        for (const key of selected) {
+          if (!force && !minioIngestInternals.isLikelyTextObject(key)) {
+            skipped++;
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          const remotePath = `${alias}/${bucket}/${key}`;
+          const { stdout: objectStdout } = await runner('mc', ['cat', remotePath], {
+            env,
+            maxBuffer: 20 * 1024 * 1024,
+          });
+          const text = typeof objectStdout === 'string' ? objectStdout : objectStdout.toString('utf-8');
+
+          if (!force && !minioIngestInternals.isLikelyText(text)) {
+            skipped++;
+            continue;
+          }
+          const trimmed = text.trim();
+          if (!trimmed) {
+            skipped++;
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          const clipped = trimmed.length > maxChars
+            ? `${trimmed.slice(0, maxChars)}\n\n[truncated to ${maxChars} chars]`
+            : trimmed;
+          const importedAt = (deps?.now ? deps.now() : new Date()).toISOString();
+          const objectNamespace = normalizeNamespaceSegment(key);
+          const targetNamespace = `${namespaceBase}/${objectNamespace}`;
+          const payload = `## MinIO Sync Import\nsource: minio://${bucket}/${key}\nimported_at: ${importedAt}\n\n${clipped}`;
+          store.write(targetNamespace, payload, mode);
+          imported++;
+          importedNamespaces.push(targetNamespace);
+        }
+
+        return {
+          success: true,
+          output: [
+            `MinIO sync completed.`,
+            `Prefix: minio://${bucket}/${prefix}`,
+            `Scanned: ${selected.length} object(s)`,
+            `Imported: ${imported}`,
+            `Skipped: ${skipped}`,
+            importedNamespaces.length > 0 ? `Namespaces:\n- ${importedNamespaces.join('\n- ')}` : 'Namespaces:\n- (none)',
+          ].join('\n'),
+        };
+      } catch (error) {
+        return {
+          success: false,
+          output: '',
+          error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+        };
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/index.ts b/src/tools/index.ts
index 1d57515..e688c4a 100644
--- a/src/tools/index.ts
+++ b/src/tools/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export { ToolExecutor } from './executor.js';
 export type { ToolExecutorConfig } from './executor.js';
 export { ToolPolicy } from './policy.js';
 export type { ToolPolicyContext } from './policy.js';
-export { allBuiltinTools, createWebSearchTools, createProcessTools, ProcessManager, BrowserManager, createBrowserTools, createMediaSendTool, createAudioTranscribeTool, createSessionTools, createAgentsListTool, createMessageSendTool, createCronTools, createGmailTools, createGcalTools, createGdocsTools, createGdriveTools, createGtasksTools, createMinioShareTool, createMinioIngestTool } from './builtin/index.js';
+export { allBuiltinTools, createWebSearchTools, createProcessTools, ProcessManager, BrowserManager, createBrowserTools, createMediaSendTool, createAudioTranscribeTool, createSessionTools, createAgentsListTool, createMessageSendTool, createCronTools, createGmailTools, createGcalTools, createGdocsTools, createGdriveTools, createGtasksTools, createMinioShareTool, createMinioIngestTool, createMinioSyncTool } from './builtin/index.js';
 export type { WebSearchConfig } from './builtin/web-search.js';
 export type { ProcessManagerConfig } from './builtin/process/index.js';
 export type { BrowserManagerConfig } from './builtin/browser/index.js';
diff --git a/src/tools/policy.test.ts b/src/tools/policy.test.ts
index 288c52d..100debf 100644
--- a/src/tools/policy.test.ts
+++ b/src/tools/policy.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const ALL_TOOL_NAMES = [
   'memory.search',
   'minio.share',
   'minio.ingest',
+  'minio.sync',
   'process.start',
   'process.status',
   'process.output',
@@ -491,6 +492,7 @@ describe('ToolPolicy', () => {
       const names = result.map(t => t.name);
       expect(names).toContain('minio.share');
       expect(names).toContain('minio.ingest');
+      expect(names).toContain('minio.sync');
       expect(names).toContain('file.read');
       expect(names).not.toContain('shell.exec');
     });
diff --git a/src/tools/policy.ts b/src/tools/policy.ts
index 210cdf6..c55cecc 100644
--- a/src/tools/policy.ts
+++ b/src/tools/policy.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const PROFILE_TOOLS: Record<ToolProfile, Set<string>> = {
     'cron.delete',
     'minio.share',
     'minio.ingest',
+    'minio.sync',
   ]),
   coding: new Set([
     'file.read',
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ const PROFILE_TOOLS: Record<ToolProfile, Set<string>> = {
     'cron.delete',
     'minio.share',
     'minio.ingest',
+    'minio.sync',
     'file.write',
     'file.edit',
     'file.patch',
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ export const TOOL_GROUPS: Record<string, string[]> = {
   'group:gdrive': ['drive.list', 'drive.search', 'drive.read'],
   'group:gtasks': ['tasks.lists', 'tasks.list'],
   'group:cron': ['cron.list', 'cron.trigger', 'cron.create', 'cron.delete'],
-  'group:minio': ['minio.share', 'minio.ingest'],
+  'group:minio': ['minio.share', 'minio.ingest', 'minio.sync'],
 };
 
 /** Expand group references in a list of tool names/patterns. */