diff --git a/src/services/context/ObservationCompiler.ts b/src/services/context/ObservationCompiler.ts
index c18d07eb..aad1d17a 100644
--- a/src/services/context/ObservationCompiler.ts
+++ b/src/services/context/ObservationCompiler.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ export function queryObservationsMulti(
       o.project
     FROM observations o
     LEFT JOIN sdk_sessions s ON o.memory_session_id = s.memory_session_id
-    WHERE o.project IN (${projectPlaceholders})
+    WHERE (o.project IN (${projectPlaceholders})
+           OR o.merged_into_project IN (${projectPlaceholders}))
       AND type IN (${typePlaceholders})
       AND EXISTS (
         SELECT 1 FROM json_each(o.concepts)
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ export function queryObservationsMulti(
     ORDER BY o.created_at_epoch DESC
     LIMIT ?
   `).all(
+    ...projects,
     ...projects,
     ...typeArray,
     ...conceptArray,
@@ -189,11 +191,12 @@ export function querySummariesMulti(
       ss.project
     FROM session_summaries ss
     LEFT JOIN sdk_sessions s ON ss.memory_session_id = s.memory_session_id
-    WHERE ss.project IN (${projectPlaceholders})
+    WHERE (ss.project IN (${projectPlaceholders})
+           OR ss.merged_into_project IN (${projectPlaceholders}))
       ${platformSource ? "AND COALESCE(s.platform_source, 'claude') = ?" : ''}
     ORDER BY ss.created_at_epoch DESC
     LIMIT ?
-  `).all(...projects, ...(platformSource ? [platformSource] : []), config.sessionCount + SUMMARY_LOOKAHEAD) as SessionSummary[];
+  `).all(...projects, ...projects, ...(platformSource ? [platformSource] : []), config.sessionCount + SUMMARY_LOOKAHEAD) as SessionSummary[];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/services/sync/ChromaSync.ts b/src/services/sync/ChromaSync.ts
index 4b885f09..a4545e8d 100644
--- a/src/services/sync/ChromaSync.ts
+++ b/src/services/sync/ChromaSync.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ interface StoredObservation {
   id: number;
   memory_session_id: string;
   project: string;
+  merged_into_project: string | null;
   text: string | null;
   type: string;
   title: string | null;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ interface StoredSummary {
   id: number;
   memory_session_id: string;
   project: string;
+  merged_into_project: string | null;
   request: string | null;
   investigated: string | null;
   learned: string | null;
@@ -129,11 +131,12 @@ export class ChromaSync {
     const files_read = parseFileList(obs.files_read);
     const files_modified = parseFileList(obs.files_modified);
 
-    const baseMetadata: Record<string, string | number> = {
+    const baseMetadata: Record<string, string | number | null> = {
       sqlite_id: obs.id,
       doc_type: 'observation',
       memory_session_id: obs.memory_session_id,
       project: obs.project,
+      merged_into_project: obs.merged_into_project ?? null,
       created_at_epoch: obs.created_at_epoch,
       type: obs.type || 'discovery',
       title: obs.title || 'Untitled'
@@ -190,11 +193,12 @@ export class ChromaSync {
   private formatSummaryDocs(summary: StoredSummary): ChromaDocument[] {
     const documents: ChromaDocument[] = [];
 
-    const baseMetadata: Record<string, string | number> = {
+    const baseMetadata: Record<string, string | number | null> = {
       sqlite_id: summary.id,
       doc_type: 'session_summary',
       memory_session_id: summary.memory_session_id,
       project: summary.project,
+      merged_into_project: summary.merged_into_project ?? null,
       created_at_epoch: summary.created_at_epoch,
       prompt_number: summary.prompt_number || 0
     };
@@ -346,6 +350,7 @@ export class ChromaSync {
       id: observationId,
       memory_session_id: memorySessionId,
       project: project,
+      merged_into_project: null,
       text: null, // Legacy field, not used
       type: obs.type,
       title: obs.title,
@@ -390,6 +395,7 @@ export class ChromaSync {
       id: summaryId,
       memory_session_id: memorySessionId,
       project: project,
+      merged_into_project: null,
       request: summary.request,
       investigated: summary.investigated,
       learned: summary.learned,
diff --git a/src/services/worker/SearchManager.ts b/src/services/worker/SearchManager.ts
index 996a82a9..ba64fb09 100644
--- a/src/services/worker/SearchManager.ts
+++ b/src/services/worker/SearchManager.ts
@@ -170,8 +170,16 @@ export class SearchManager {
       // Include project in the Chroma where clause to scope vector search.
       // Without this, larger projects dominate the top-N results and smaller
       // projects get crowded out before the post-hoc SQLite filter.
+      // Match both native-provenance rows (project) and adopted merged-worktree
+      // rows (merged_into_project) so a parent-project query surfaces its
+      // merged children's observations too.
       if (options.project) {
-        const projectFilter = { project: options.project };
+        const projectFilter = {
+          $or: [
+            { project: options.project },
+            { merged_into_project: options.project }
+          ]
+        };
         whereFilter = whereFilter
           ? { $and: [whereFilter, projectFilter] }
           : projectFilter;