diff --git a/src/ApiAdvancedPlugin.php b/src/ApiAdvancedPlugin.php
index f3bc7c6..d5cce9d 100644
--- a/src/ApiAdvancedPlugin.php
+++ b/src/ApiAdvancedPlugin.php
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@
  * features that don't belong in the lean core. The first is a **security audit
  * log** of API access failures.
  *
- * It listens to the core best-effort `api.token_rejected` and `api.access_denied`
- * events and records each into a table it owns, surfaced on an admin page. Those
- * events fire only *after* the per-IP flood guard, so a flood is already `429`'d
- * before it reaches here — the recording is bounded by the core rate limits.
+ * It listens to the core best-effort access events — `api.token_rejected`,
+ * `api.access_denied`, `api.entry_written` and `api.management_written` — and
+ * records each into a table it owns, surfaced on an admin page: a who-did-what
+ * trail of both failures and the content/structural writes an agent makes over
+ * MCP. The failure events fire only *after* the per-IP flood guard, so a flood is
+ * already `429`'d before it reaches here — recording is bounded by the core rate
+ * limits.
  *
  * It is the **second unrelated consumer** of the plugin event + storage
  * capabilities (after Analytics), the independent proof both were waiting for.
@@ -56,6 +59,15 @@ static function (mixed $payload) use ($recorder): void {
                 $recorder->record('entry_written', $payload);
             },
         );
+        // Management actions through the API/MCP — schema, media, users, tokens,
+        // settings (ADR 0009). The structural counterpart of entry_written, so an
+        // agent reshaping the CMS leaves a full who-did-what trail.
+        $context->events()->listen(
+            CoreEvents::API_MANAGEMENT_WRITTEN,
+            static function (mixed $payload) use ($recorder): void {
+                $recorder->record('management', $payload);
+            },
+        );
 
         $log = new AuditLog($storage);
         $context->adminPages()->register(
diff --git a/src/AuditRecorder.php b/src/AuditRecorder.php
index 2f48ba9..d6c0542 100644
--- a/src/AuditRecorder.php
+++ b/src/AuditRecorder.php
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public function record(string $kind, mixed $payload): void
 
     /**
      * Map an event payload to a stored row, or null to skip a malformed one.
-     * Handles both failure payloads (which carry `resource`) and write payloads
-     * (which carry `collection` + `slug`).
+     * Handles failure payloads (which carry `resource`), content-write payloads
+     * (`collection` + `slug`), and management payloads (`capability` + `target`).
      *
      * @return array<string,mixed>|null
      */
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ public function entry(string $kind, mixed $payload): ?array
             'reason'     => $str('reason'),
             'token_id'   => $int('token_id'),
             'token_name' => $str('token_name'),
-            'resource'   => $str('resource') ?? $str('collection'),
-            'target'     => $str('slug'),
+            'resource'   => $str('resource') ?? $str('collection') ?? $str('capability'),
+            'target'     => $str('target') ?? $str('slug'),
             'action'     => $str('action'),
             'ip'         => $str('ip'),
             'path'       => $str('path'),
diff --git a/src/AuditView.php b/src/AuditView.php
index ff7650e..5cde411 100644
--- a/src/AuditView.php
+++ b/src/AuditView.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ final class AuditView
         'token_rejected' => 'Token rejected',
         'access_denied'  => 'Access denied',
         'entry_written'  => 'Entry written',
+        'management'     => 'Management',
     ];
 
     /**
@@ -30,10 +31,12 @@ public function html(array $recent, array $summary): string
         $rejected = $summary['token_rejected'] ?? 0;
         $denied   = $summary['access_denied'] ?? 0;
         $writes   = $summary['entry_written'] ?? 0;
+        $managed  = $summary['management'] ?? 0;
         $html .= '<p class="nb-muted">Last 24 hours: '
             . '<strong>' . $rejected . '</strong> rejected token' . ($rejected === 1 ? '' : 's') . ', '
             . '<strong>' . $denied . '</strong> scope denial' . ($denied === 1 ? '' : 's') . ', '
-            . '<strong>' . $writes . '</strong> write' . ($writes === 1 ? '' : 's') . '.</p>';
+            . '<strong>' . $writes . '</strong> write' . ($writes === 1 ? '' : 's') . ', '
+            . '<strong>' . $managed . '</strong> management action' . ($managed === 1 ? '' : 's') . '.</p>';
 
         if ($recent === []) {
             $html .= '<div class="nb-empty-panel"><span class="nb-empty-ic">🛡️</span>'
@@ -50,8 +53,8 @@ public function html(array $recent, array $summary): string
         foreach ($recent as $row) {
             $kind   = (string) ($row['kind'] ?? '');
             $detail = match ($kind) {
-                'access_denied', 'entry_written' => $e($row['resource'] ?? '') . ':' . $e($row['action'] ?? ''),
-                default                          => $e($row['reason'] ?? ''),
+                'access_denied', 'entry_written', 'management' => $e($row['resource'] ?? '') . ':' . $e($row['action'] ?? ''),
+                default                                        => $e($row['reason'] ?? ''),
             };
             $target = ($row['target'] ?? '') !== '' ? $e($row['target']) : '<span class="nb-muted">—</span>';
             $token  = ($row['token_name'] ?? '') !== '' ? $e($row['token_name']) : '<span class="nb-muted">—</span>';
diff --git a/tests/AuditRecorderTest.php b/tests/AuditRecorderTest.php
index 81b856e..fddfd9e 100644
--- a/tests/AuditRecorderTest.php
+++ b/tests/AuditRecorderTest.php
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ public function test_it_maps_a_write_from_a_collection_and_slug(): void
         self::assertNull($row['reason']);
     }
 
+    public function test_it_maps_a_management_action_from_capability_and_target(): void
+    {
+        $row = $this->recorder->entry('management', [
+            'token_id' => 7, 'token_name' => 'agent', 'capability' => 'schema', 'action' => 'create_collection',
+            'target' => 'events', 'ip' => 'stdio', 'path' => 'mcp',
+        ]);
+
+        self::assertIsArray($row);
+        self::assertSame('management', $row['kind']);
+        self::assertSame('schema', $row['resource'], 'capability maps to resource');
+        self::assertSame('events', $row['target'], 'target maps through');
+        self::assertSame('create_collection', $row['action']);
+        self::assertSame(7, $row['token_id']);
+    }
+
     public function test_it_defaults_the_timestamp_when_absent(): void
     {
         $row = $this->recorder->entry('token_rejected', ['reason' => 'missing']);
diff --git a/tests/PackageIntegrationTest.php b/tests/PackageIntegrationTest.php
index 438923f..21aed81 100644
--- a/tests/PackageIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/PackageIntegrationTest.php
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public function test_discovery_registers_the_migration_listeners_admin_page_and_
         self::assertTrue($events->hasListeners(CoreEvents::API_TOKEN_REJECTED), 'the rejection listener');
         self::assertTrue($events->hasListeners(CoreEvents::API_ACCESS_DENIED), 'the scope-denial listener');
         self::assertTrue($events->hasListeners(CoreEvents::API_ENTRY_WRITTEN), 'the write listener');
+        self::assertTrue($events->hasListeners(CoreEvents::API_MANAGEMENT_WRITTEN), 'the management listener');
         self::assertSame(['api-audit'], array_column($adminPages->all(), 'slug'), 'its admin page');
         self::assertSame(['nimbuscms.api-advanced:prune-audit'], array_column($maintenance->all(), 'name'), 'its retention task');
     }