diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/blob/agentBlobService.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/blob/agentBlobService.ts
index 591dce5fb..585bbbbd5 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/blob/agentBlobService.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/blob/agentBlobService.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * `blob` domain — `IAgentBlobService` contract.
  *
  * Offloads large inline media payloads to content-addressed blob storage and
- * rehydrates them on read. Bound at Agent scope.
+ * loads them back on read. Bound at Agent scope.
  */
 
 import type { ContentPart } from '#/app/llmProtocol';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface IAgentBlobService {
   readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
 
   offloadParts(parts: readonly ContentPart[]): Promise<readonly ContentPart[]>;
-  rehydrateParts(parts: readonly ContentPart[]): Promise<readonly ContentPart[]>;
+  loadParts(parts: readonly ContentPart[]): Promise<readonly ContentPart[]>;
   isBlobRef(url: string): boolean;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/blob/agentBlobServiceImpl.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/blob/agentBlobServiceImpl.ts
index f35e3749f..9ef97cef2 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/blob/agentBlobServiceImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/blob/agentBlobServiceImpl.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * `blob` domain — `IAgentBlobService` implementation.
  *
  * Offloads large inline media payloads into content-addressed blobs and
- * rehydrates them on read; persists bytes through `IBlobStore` under the
+ * loads them back on read; persists bytes through `IBlobStore` under the
  * agent's `scope('blobs')` root, matching the v1 `<agentDir>/blobs/<sha256>`
  * layout. Bound at Agent scope.
  */
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ export class AgentBlobServiceImpl implements IAgentBlobService {
     return changed ? out : parts;
   }
 
-  async rehydrateParts(parts: readonly ContentPart[]): Promise<readonly ContentPart[]> {
+  async loadParts(parts: readonly ContentPart[]): Promise<readonly ContentPart[]> {
     let changed = false;
     const out: ContentPart[] = [];
     for (const part of parts) {
-      const next = await this.rehydrateContentPart(part);
+      const next = await this.loadContentPart(part);
       if (next !== part) changed = true;
       out.push(next);
     }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class AgentBlobServiceImpl implements IAgentBlobService {
     return updated === undefined ? part : (updated as unknown as ContentPart);
   }
 
-  private async rehydrateContentPart(part: ContentPart): Promise<ContentPart> {
+  private async loadContentPart(part: ContentPart): Promise<ContentPart> {
     let updated: Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(part)) {
       const mediaObj = asMediaContainer(value);
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ export class AgentBlobServiceImpl implements IAgentBlobService {
       const url = mediaObj.url;
       if (typeof url !== 'string' || !this.isBlobRef(url)) continue;
 
-      const newUrl = await this.rehydrateBlobRefUrl(url);
+      const newUrl = await this.loadBlobRefUrl(url);
       if (updated === undefined) updated = { ...part };
       updated[key] = { ...(value as object), url: newUrl ?? MISSING_MEDIA_PLACEHOLDER };
     }
     return updated === undefined ? part : (updated as unknown as ContentPart);
   }
 
-  private async rehydrateBlobRefUrl(url: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  private async loadBlobRefUrl(url: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
     const rest = url.slice(BLOBREF_PROTOCOL.length);
     const semiIdx = rest.indexOf(';');
     if (semiIdx === -1) return undefined;
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/contextMemory/contextMemoryService.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/contextMemory/contextMemoryService.ts
index d01ea715b..7cda8fcd8 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/contextMemory/contextMemoryService.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/contextMemory/contextMemoryService.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
  * the Model silently and never invokes these methods), so existing subscribers
  * (micro-compaction, context-injector, task-notification) observe the same
  * splice-shaped change events regardless of which 1.4 Op was persisted. Message
- * ids are stamped at the dispatch call site so `apply` stays pure. Blob offload
- * lives in the `WireService` hook seeded with `contextBlobSelector`. Bound at
+ * ids are stamped at the dispatch call site so `apply` stays pure. Blob
+ * dehydrate/rehydrate is declared on `ContextModel.blobs`. Bound at
  * Agent scope.
  */
 
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/contextMemory/contextOps.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/contextMemory/contextOps.ts
index 83f53cc20..e49fb8af2 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/contextMemory/contextOps.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/contextMemory/contextOps.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
  * 1.4 Ops `context.append_message` (`contextAppendMessage`) / `context.clear`
  * (`contextClear`) / `context.apply_compaction` (`contextApplyCompaction`) /
  * `context.undo` (`contextUndo`) for the per-agent conversation history, plus the
- * legacy `context.splice` (`contextSplice`) Op and the `contextBlobSelector` that
- * drives blob offload for persisted message parts.
+ * legacy `context.splice` (`contextSplice`) Op.
  *
  * Declares the history as `ContextMessage[]` (initial `[]`); every Op's `apply`
  * is a pure array transform that returns a NEW reference on change and the SAME
@@ -23,18 +22,18 @@
  * still replay (newer-version passthrough, no migration) and for the few internal
  * single-delete mutations that have no 1.4 spelling.
  *
- * Blob handling uses two complementary mechanisms:
- * - `contextBlobSelector` (record-level): offloads oversized content parts to
- *   blob storage on append, replacing data URIs with `blobref:` references.
- * - `ContextModel.rehydrate` (model-level): after replay, traverses the
- *   surviving final state and rehydrates `blobref:` URLs back to inline data
- *   URIs — skipping I/O for data that was compacted away during the session.
- *
- * The selector is seeded into the Agent wire by `agentLifecycle`.
+ * Blob handling is declared as a `ModelBlobCodec` on `ContextModel.blobs`:
+ * - `dehydrate(record, transform)`: at dispatch time, traverses message content
+ *   in `context.splice` and `context.append_message` records, passing each
+ *   `ContentPart[]` through `transform` to offload oversized data URIs.
+ * - `rehydrate(state, transform)`: after replay, traverses the surviving final
+ *   state and loads `blobref:` URLs back to inline data — skipping I/O for
+ *   data that was compacted away during the session.
  */
 
 import type { ContentPart } from '#/app/llmProtocol';
-import { defineModel, defineOp, type WireBlobSelector } from '#/wire';
+import { defineModel, defineOp, type PartsTransformer } from '#/wire';
+import type { PersistedRecord } from '#/wire';
 
 import {
   foldAppendMessage,
@@ -44,20 +43,51 @@ import {
 } from './loopEventFold';
 import type { ContextMessage } from './types';
 
-export const ContextModel = defineModel<ContextMessage[]>('contextMemory', () => [], {
-  rehydrate: async (state, rehydrateParts) => {
-    let changed = false;
-    const result: ContextMessage[] = [];
-    for (const msg of state) {
-      const parts = await rehydrateParts(msg.content);
-      if (parts !== msg.content) {
-        changed = true;
-        result.push({ ...msg, content: [...parts] as ContentPart[] });
-      } else {
-        result.push(msg);
-      }
+async function dehydrateMessages(
+  messages: readonly ContextMessage[],
+  transform: PartsTransformer,
+): Promise<{ changed: boolean; result: ContextMessage[] }> {
+  let changed = false;
+  const result: ContextMessage[] = [];
+  for (const msg of messages) {
+    const parts = await transform(msg.content);
+    if (parts !== msg.content) {
+      changed = true;
+      result.push({ ...msg, content: [...parts] as ContentPart[] });
+    } else {
+      result.push(msg);
     }
-    return changed ? result : state;
+  }
+  return { changed, result };
+}
+
+async function dehydrateRecord(
+  record: PersistedRecord,
+  transform: PartsTransformer,
+): Promise<PersistedRecord> {
+  if (record.type === 'context.splice') {
+    const messages = record['messages'];
+    if (!Array.isArray(messages)) return record;
+    const { changed, result } = await dehydrateMessages(messages as ContextMessage[], transform);
+    return changed ? { ...record, messages: result } : record;
+  }
+  if (record.type === 'context.append_message') {
+    const message = record['message'] as ContextMessage | undefined;
+    if (message === undefined) return record;
+    const parts = await transform(message.content);
+    if (parts === message.content) return record;
+    return { ...record, message: { ...message, content: [...parts] } };
+  }
+  return record;
+}
+
+export const ContextModel = defineModel<ContextMessage[]>('contextMemory', () => [], {
+  blobs: {
+    dehydrate: dehydrateRecord,
+    rehydrate: async (state, transform) => {
+      const { changed, result } = await dehydrateMessages(state, transform);
+      return changed ? result : state;
+    },
   },
 });
 
@@ -174,33 +204,3 @@ function isRealUserPrompt(message: ContextMessage): boolean {
     origin.trigger === 'user-slash'
   );
 }
-
-export const contextBlobSelector: WireBlobSelector = (record) => {
-  if (record.type === 'context.splice') {
-    const messages = record['messages'];
-    if (!Array.isArray(messages)) return [];
-    return (messages as readonly ContextMessage[]).map((message, index) => ({
-      parts: message.content,
-      replace: (current, parts) => ({
-        ...current,
-        messages: (current['messages'] as readonly ContextMessage[]).map((item, itemIndex) =>
-          itemIndex === index ? { ...item, content: [...parts] } : item,
-        ),
-      }),
-    }));
-  }
-  if (record.type === 'context.append_message') {
-    const message = record['message'] as ContextMessage | undefined;
-    if (message === undefined) return [];
-    return [
-      {
-        parts: message.content,
-        replace: (current, parts) => ({
-          ...current,
-          message: { ...(current['message'] as ContextMessage), content: [...parts] },
-        }),
-      },
-    ];
-  }
-  return [];
-};
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/wireRecord/wireRecordService.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/wireRecord/wireRecordService.ts
index 5d53cbc52..2c45760bf 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/wireRecord/wireRecordService.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/wireRecord/wireRecordService.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export class AgentWireRecordService extends Disposable implements IAgentWireReco
     let current = record;
     for (const selector of [...selectors] as BlobSelector<T>[]) {
       for (const target of selector(current)) {
-        const parts = await blobStore.rehydrateParts(target.parts);
+        const parts = await blobStore.loadParts(target.parts);
         if (parts !== target.parts) {
           current = target.replace(current, parts);
         }
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/session/agentLifecycle/agentLifecycleService.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/session/agentLifecycle/agentLifecycleService.ts
index d94fc6efc..8ffd32331 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/session/agentLifecycle/agentLifecycleService.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/session/agentLifecycle/agentLifecycleService.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { ISessionMetadata } from '#/session/sessionMetadata';
 import { ISessionWorkspaceContext } from '#/session/workspaceContext';
 import { IAgentScopeContext } from '#/agent/scopeContext';
 import { IAgentProfileService } from '#/agent/profile';
-import { contextBlobSelector, IAgentContextMemoryService } from '#/agent/contextMemory';
+import { IAgentContextMemoryService } from '#/agent/contextMemory';
 import { IAgentBuiltinToolsRegistrar } from '#/agent/toolRegistry';
 import {
   AGENT_WIRE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class AgentLifecycleService extends Disposable implements IAgentLifecycle
             } satisfies IAgentScopeContext,
           ],
           [IAgentWireRecordService, new SyncDescriptor(AgentWireRecordService, [{ homedir: agentHomedir }])],
-          [IAgentWireService, new SyncDescriptor(WireService, [{ logScope: agentScope, logKey: WIRE_RECORD_FILENAME, blobSelector: contextBlobSelector }])],
+          [IAgentWireService, new SyncDescriptor(WireService, [{ logScope: agentScope, logKey: WIRE_RECORD_FILENAME }])],
           [IAgentBlobService, new SyncDescriptor(AgentBlobServiceImpl)],
           [
             IAgentMcpService,
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/model.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/model.ts
index 2a0c3fba7..f0699e5ed 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/model.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/model.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,30 @@
 /**
  * `wire` domain (L2) — Model definition primitive (`ModelDef` / `defineModel`),
  * `DeepReadonly<T>` (the compile-time half of immutability), and the
- * `ModelRehydrateFn` / `PartsRehydrator` types that let a model declare how to
- * rehydrate blob references in its state after replay.
+ * `ModelBlobCodec` / `PartsTransformer` types that let a model declare how to
+ * dehydrate large inline media before persistence and rehydrate blob references
+ * in its state after replay.
  *
  * A `ModelDef` is a stateless descriptor: it names a model and manufactures its
  * initial state via `initial`. It never holds state itself — per-scope state
  * instances are owned by `IWireService`, and domain services read them through
- * `wire.getModel(model)`. The optional `rehydrate` function declares how to
- * traverse the model's state and replace blob references with inline data after
- * replay — only models whose state contains `ContentPart[]` (e.g. ContextModel)
- * need it; all others leave it undefined (no-op). `WireService.replay` applies
- * all records first (blobref URLs enter the model state as-is, zero I/O), then
- * calls `rehydrate` on each model that declares it — so only the *surviving*
- * state is rehydrated, skipping data that was later removed by compaction.
+ * `wire.getModel(model)`. The optional `blobs` codec declares both directions
+ * of the blob offload pipeline:
+ * - `dehydrate(record, transform)`: called per-record at dispatch time; the
+ *   model traverses its record structure, passes each `ContentPart[]` through
+ *   `transform` (which offloads oversized data URIs to blob storage and returns
+ *   parts with `blobref:` URLs), and returns the transformed record.
+ * - `rehydrate(state, transform)`: called once after replay; the model
+ *   traverses the surviving final state, passes each `ContentPart[]` through
+ *   `transform` (which loads blob references back to inline data URIs), and
+ *   returns the transformed state. Only the *surviving* state is rehydrated,
+ *   skipping data that was later removed by compaction.
  *
- * `PartsRehydrator` uses `readonly unknown[]` rather than `ContentPart[]` so
+ * Both directions receive a `PartsTransformer` — the same function shape — so
+ * the model owns the traversal logic and `WireService` owns the storage I/O.
+ * `PartsTransformer` uses `readonly unknown[]` rather than `ContentPart[]` so
  * this file stays free of `app/llmProtocol` imports (L2 → L3 boundary); the
- * cast happens once inside `WireService.rehydrateModels`.
+ * cast happens once inside `WireService`.
  *
  * `DeepReadonly<T>` recursively maps a state type to its deeply-readonly view
  * for the references returned by `getModel` / `subscribe`: functions pass
@@ -27,17 +34,19 @@
  * applied by `WireService` after every `apply`. Scope-agnostic.
  */
 
-export type PartsRehydrator = (parts: readonly unknown[]) => Promise<readonly unknown[]>;
+import type { PersistedRecord } from './wireService';
 
-export type ModelRehydrateFn<S> = (
-  state: S,
-  rehydrateParts: PartsRehydrator,
-) => S | Promise<S>;
+export type PartsTransformer = (parts: readonly unknown[]) => Promise<readonly unknown[]>;
+
+export interface ModelBlobCodec<S> {
+  dehydrate(record: PersistedRecord, transform: PartsTransformer): PersistedRecord | Promise<PersistedRecord>;
+  rehydrate(state: S, transform: PartsTransformer): S | Promise<S>;
+}
 
 export interface ModelDef<S> {
   readonly name: string;
   readonly initial: () => S;
-  readonly rehydrate?: ModelRehydrateFn<S>;
+  readonly blobs?: ModelBlobCodec<S>;
 }
 
 export interface DerivedModelDef<S> {
@@ -45,24 +54,24 @@ export interface DerivedModelDef<S> {
   readonly initial: () => S;
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   readonly reducers: Readonly<Record<string, (state: S, payload: any) => S>>;
-  readonly rehydrate?: ModelRehydrateFn<S>;
+  readonly blobs?: ModelBlobCodec<S>;
 }
 
 export function defineModel<S>(
   name: string,
   initial: () => S,
-  opts?: { rehydrate?: ModelRehydrateFn<S> },
+  opts?: { blobs?: ModelBlobCodec<S> },
 ): ModelDef<S> {
-  return { name, initial, rehydrate: opts?.rehydrate };
+  return { name, initial, blobs: opts?.blobs };
 }
 
 export function defineDerivedModel<S>(
   name: string,
   initial: () => S,
   reducers: Record<string, (state: S, payload: any) => S>,
-  opts?: { rehydrate?: ModelRehydrateFn<S> },
+  opts?: { blobs?: ModelBlobCodec<S> },
 ): DerivedModelDef<S> {
-  return { name, initial, reducers, rehydrate: opts?.rehydrate };
+  return { name, initial, reducers, blobs: opts?.blobs };
 }
 
 
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireService.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireService.ts
index fbeb01198..15e64f237 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireService.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireService.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
  *
  * The scope-agnostic state-machine engine: `dispatch` persists + applies +
  * notifies (OpGroup `{ silent: false }`), `replay` (async — rehydrates blob
- * references first) applies only (`{ silent: true }`); `flush` drains the
- * serialized persist queue. Reads go through `getModel` / `subscribe`; the live
- * append-log record stream streams via `onEmission`, restore completion via
- * `onRestored`, and Op-derived facts flow out through `IEventBus` (see `op.ts`
- * `toEvent`). A single implementation serves every
+ * references via `ModelDef.blobs` first) applies only (`{ silent: true }`);
+ * `flush` drains the serialized persist queue. Reads go through `getModel` /
+ * `subscribe`; the live append-log record stream streams via `onEmission`,
+ * restore completion via `onRestored`, and Op-derived facts flow out through
+ * `IEventBus` (see `op.ts` `toEvent`). A single implementation serves every
  * scope — instances are isolated per scope through the distinct DI tokens in
  * `tokens`, each seeded with its own persistence key. `PersistedRecord` is the
  * on-the-wire append-log shape (`wire.jsonl`): intentionally flat
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireServiceImpl.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireServiceImpl.ts
index a190254ac..d0f46b7ca 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireServiceImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireServiceImpl.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 /**
  * `wire` domain (L2) — `WireService`, the single scope-agnostic implementation
- * of `IWireService`, plus its construction options (`WireServiceOptions`), the
- * optional blob offload/rehydrate seam (`WireBlobSelector` / `WireBlobTarget`),
+ * of `IWireService`, plus its construction options (`WireServiceOptions`)
  * and the coded `CycleError`.
  *
  * One class serves every scope: per-scope isolation comes from the distinct DI
  * tokens in `tokens`, each seeded with its own `WireServiceOptions`
- * (`logScope` / `logKey`, and optionally a `blobSelector`) as the leading
- * (non-service) constructor argument through a `SyncDescriptor`, mirroring
- * `WireRecordServiceOptions`. `dispatch` and `replay` both lower to one
- * primitive, `execute(OpGroup)` — apply-all THEN onChange-all, so a subscriber
- * never observes a partially-applied group — with `dispatch` adding persistence
- * + emission + Op-derived `IEventBus` events (`silent: false`) and `replay`
- * staying silent (apply only, skipping
+ * (`logScope` / `logKey`) as the leading (non-service) constructor argument
+ * through a `SyncDescriptor`, mirroring `WireRecordServiceOptions`. `dispatch`
+ * and `replay` both lower to one primitive, `execute(OpGroup)` — apply-all THEN
+ * onChange-all, so a subscriber never observes a partially-applied group — with
+ * `dispatch` adding persistence + emission + Op-derived `IEventBus` events
+ * (`silent: false`) and `replay` staying silent (apply only, skipping
  * unknown record types, then `onRestored`). A reentrancy guard (`dispatching` +
  * `queue` + `drain`, capped by `MAX_DRAIN = 100`) lets onChange handlers enqueue
  * further ops without reentering `execute`; a cascade past the cap throws
@@ -28,19 +26,21 @@
  * flat `{ type, ...payload }` record — scalar / array payloads nested so a
  * JSONL line stays an object, with `type` / `time` stripped back out on replay.
  *
- * Blob handling has two asymmetric paths:
+ * Blob handling is driven by each `ModelDef`'s optional `blobs` codec
+ * (`ModelBlobCodec`), which declares two symmetric directions:
  *
- * - **Offload (dispatch → persist)**: record-level `WireBlobSelector` rewrites
- *   oversized inline parts to `blobref:` references before the record reaches
- *   the append log. `apply` and the live emission still see the original inline
- *   payload. Records with no offloadable targets short-circuit synchronously.
+ * - **Dehydrate (dispatch → persist)**: `model.blobs.dehydrate(record, transform)`
+ *   lets the model traverse its own record structure, pass each `ContentPart[]`
+ *   through `transform` (which offloads oversized inline data to blob storage),
+ *   and return the transformed record. `apply` and the live emission still see
+ *   the original inline payload. Records whose model has no `blobs` codec
+ *   short-circuit synchronously (no queue, no microtask).
  *
- * - **Rehydrate (replay → model)**: `replay` applies all records first with
- *   blobref URLs entering the model state as-is (zero I/O). After all records
- *   are applied, `rehydrateModels` calls `ModelDef.rehydrate` on each model
- *   that declares it, replacing blobref URLs with inline data *only* in the
- *   surviving final state. This skips I/O for data later removed by compaction
- *   — a 20×+ speedup for long sessions with many images.
+ * - **Rehydrate (replay → model)**: after all records are applied,
+ *   `rehydrateModels` calls `model.blobs.rehydrate(state, transform)` on each
+ *   model that declares a `blobs` codec, replacing blobref URLs with inline data
+ *   *only* in the surviving final state — skipping I/O for data later removed by
+ *   compaction (a 20×+ speedup for long sessions with many images).
  *
  * Scope-agnostic.
  */
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import { type DomainEvent, IEventBus } from '#/app/event';
 import type { ContentPart } from '#/app/llmProtocol';
 import { IAppendLogStore } from '#/persistence/interface/appendLogStore';
 
-import type { DeepReadonly, DerivedModelDef, ModelDef, PartsRehydrator } from './model';
+import type { DeepReadonly, DerivedModelDef, ModelDef, PartsTransformer } from './model';
 import type { Op } from './op';
 import { OP_REGISTRY } from './op';
 import type {
@@ -75,17 +75,9 @@ export class CycleError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
-export interface WireBlobTarget {
-  readonly parts: readonly ContentPart[];
-  replace(record: PersistedRecord, parts: readonly ContentPart[]): PersistedRecord;
-}
-
-export type WireBlobSelector = (record: PersistedRecord) => Iterable<WireBlobTarget>;
-
 export interface WireServiceOptions {
   readonly logScope: string;
   readonly logKey: string;
-  readonly blobSelector?: WireBlobSelector;
 }
 
 interface ModelInstance {
@@ -238,7 +230,7 @@ export class WireService extends Disposable implements IWireService {
       inst.state = Object.freeze(op.descriptor.apply(prev, op.payload));
       if (!group.silent) {
         const record = this.toRecord(op);
-        this.appendToWireLog(record);
+        this.appendToWireLog(record, op.descriptor.model);
         this.emissionEmitter.fire({ type: 'record', record });
         const event = op.descriptor.toEvent?.(op.payload, inst.state);
         if (event !== undefined && this.eventBus !== undefined) {
@@ -289,20 +281,27 @@ export class WireService extends Disposable implements IWireService {
     return { type: op.type, payload };
   }
 
-  private appendToWireLog(record: PersistedRecord): void {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  private appendToWireLog(record: PersistedRecord, model: ModelDef<any>): void {
     if (this.log === undefined) return;
-    // When the blob hook is active, every append rides the serialized queue so a
-    // record with no offloadable targets cannot leapfrog a pending offload and
-    // reorder the log; otherwise append directly (no microtask, no queue).
-    if (this.blobService === undefined || this.options.blobSelector === undefined) {
+    // When the model declares a blob codec and the blob service is available,
+    // every append rides the serialized queue so a record with no offloadable
+    // targets cannot leapfrog a pending dehydrate and reorder the log; otherwise
+    // append directly (no microtask, no queue).
+    if (this.blobService === undefined || model.blobs?.dehydrate === undefined) {
       this.log.append(this.options.logScope, this.options.logKey, record, {
         onError: onUnexpectedError,
       });
       return;
     }
+    const dehydrate = model.blobs.dehydrate;
+    const transform: PartsTransformer = (parts) =>
+      this.blobService!.offloadParts(
+        parts as readonly ContentPart[],
+      ) as Promise<readonly unknown[]>;
     this.persistQueue = this.persistQueue
       .then(async () => {
-        const prepared = this.prepareRecord(record);
+        const prepared = dehydrate(record, transform);
         const offloaded = isPromise(prepared) ? await prepared : prepared;
         this.log?.append(this.options.logScope, this.options.logKey, offloaded, {
           onError: onUnexpectedError,
@@ -311,44 +310,20 @@ export class WireService extends Disposable implements IWireService {
       .catch((error: unknown) => onUnexpectedError(error));
   }
 
-  private prepareRecord(record: PersistedRecord): PersistedRecord | Promise<PersistedRecord> {
-    const blobService = this.blobService;
-    const selector = this.options.blobSelector;
-    if (blobService === undefined || selector === undefined) return record;
-    const targets = [...selector(record)];
-    if (targets.length === 0) return record;
-    return this.offloadTargets(record, targets, blobService);
-  }
-
-  private async offloadTargets(
-    record: PersistedRecord,
-    targets: readonly WireBlobTarget[],
-    blobService: IAgentBlobService,
-  ): Promise<PersistedRecord> {
-    let current = record;
-    for (const target of targets) {
-      const parts = await blobService.offloadParts(target.parts);
-      if (parts !== target.parts) {
-        current = target.replace(current, parts);
-      }
-    }
-    return current;
-  }
-
   private async rehydrateModels(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.blobService === undefined) return;
-    const rehydrateParts: PartsRehydrator = (parts) =>
-      this.blobService!.rehydrateParts(
+    const transform: PartsTransformer = (parts) =>
+      this.blobService!.loadParts(
         parts as readonly ContentPart[],
       ) as Promise<readonly unknown[]>;
     for (const [def, inst] of this.models) {
-      if (def.rehydrate === undefined) continue;
-      const result = def.rehydrate(inst.state, rehydrateParts);
+      if (def.blobs?.rehydrate === undefined) continue;
+      const result = def.blobs.rehydrate(inst.state, transform);
       inst.state = Object.freeze(isPromise(result) ? await result : result);
     }
     for (const [def, inst] of this.derivedModels) {
-      if (def.rehydrate === undefined) continue;
-      const result = def.rehydrate(inst.state, rehydrateParts);
+      if (def.blobs?.rehydrate === undefined) continue;
+      const result = def.blobs.rehydrate(inst.state, transform);
       inst.state = Object.freeze(isPromise(result) ? await result : result);
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agentLifecycle/agentLifecycle.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agentLifecycle/agentLifecycle.test.ts
index 238fcfcdf..b7388f863 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agentLifecycle/agentLifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agentLifecycle/agentLifecycle.test.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function stubBlobPassThrough(ix: TestInstantiationService): void {
   ix.stub(IAgentBlobService, {
     _serviceBrand: undefined,
     offloadParts: async (parts) => parts,
-    rehydrateParts: async (parts) => parts,
+    loadParts: async (parts) => parts,
     isBlobRef: () => false,
   } satisfies IAgentBlobService);
 }
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/blob/blobService.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/blob/blobService.test.ts
index b2a0e452b..711f6c446 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/blob/blobService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/blob/blobService.test.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe('AgentBlobServiceImpl', () => {
     const parts: ContentPart[] = [{ type: 'image_url', imageUrl: { url: uri } }];
 
     const offloaded = await store.offloadParts(parts);
-    const rehydrated = await store.rehydrateParts(offloaded);
+    const rehydrated = await store.loadParts(offloaded);
 
     expect((rehydrated[0]! as { imageUrl: { url: string } }).imageUrl.url).toBe(uri);
   });
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ describe('AgentBlobServiceImpl', () => {
     expect(store.isBlobRef((offloaded[0]! as { imageUrl: { url: string } }).imageUrl.url)).toBe(true);
     expect((offloaded[1]! as { audioUrl: { url: string } }).audioUrl.url).toBe(smallUri);
 
-    const rehydrated = await store.rehydrateParts(offloaded);
+    const rehydrated = await store.loadParts(offloaded);
     expect((rehydrated[0]! as { imageUrl: { url: string } }).imageUrl.url).toBe(largeUri);
     expect((rehydrated[1]! as { audioUrl: { url: string } }).audioUrl.url).toBe(smallUri);
   });
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe('AgentBlobServiceImpl', () => {
       { type: 'image_url', imageUrl: { url: 'blobref:image/png;deadbeef' } },
     ];
 
-    const result = await store.rehydrateParts(parts);
+    const result = await store.loadParts(parts);
 
     expect((result[0]! as { imageUrl: { url: string } }).imageUrl.url).toBe('[media missing]');
   });
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ describe('AgentBlobServiceImpl', () => {
     ).toBe(payload);
     expect(await backend.list('blobs')).toHaveLength(0);
 
-    const rehydrated = await store.rehydrateParts(offloaded);
+    const rehydrated = await store.loadParts(offloaded);
     expect((rehydrated[0]! as { imageUrl: { url: string } }).imageUrl.url).toBe(uri);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/blob/blobref.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/blob/blobref.test.ts
index 18d82ffa4..9c98f5d9e 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/blob/blobref.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/blob/blobref.test.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ describe('blobref', () => {
     const dataUri = `data:image/jpeg;base64,${payload}`;
 
     const offloaded = await store.offloadParts([imagePart(dataUri)]);
-    const rehydrated = await store.rehydrateParts(offloaded);
+    const rehydrated = await store.loadParts(offloaded);
 
     expect(firstImageUrl(rehydrated)).toBe(dataUri);
     expect(firstImageUrl(offloaded)).toMatch(/^blobref:image\/jpeg;/);
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('blobref', () => {
 
   it('replaces missing blobs with placeholder text', async () => {
     const { store } = await makeStore();
-    const rehydrated = await store.rehydrateParts([imagePart('blobref:image/png;deadbeef')]);
+    const rehydrated = await store.loadParts([imagePart('blobref:image/png;deadbeef')]);
 
     expect(firstImageUrl(rehydrated)).toBe(MISSING_MEDIA_PLACEHOLDER);
   });
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ describe('blobref', () => {
     expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
     await rm(join(blobsDir, files[0]!));
 
-    const rehydrated = await store.rehydrateParts(offloaded);
+    const rehydrated = await store.loadParts(offloaded);
     expect(firstImageUrl(rehydrated)).toBe(dataUri);
   });
 
@@ -239,14 +239,14 @@ describe('blobref', () => {
     const offloaded = await writer.offloadParts([imagePart(dataUri)]);
     const blobref = firstImageUrl(offloaded);
 
-    const firstRead = await reader.rehydrateParts([imagePart(blobref)]);
+    const firstRead = await reader.loadParts([imagePart(blobref)]);
     expect(firstImageUrl(firstRead)).toBe(dataUri);
 
     const files = await readdir(blobsDir);
     expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
     await rm(join(blobsDir, files[0]!));
 
-    const secondRead = await reader.rehydrateParts([imagePart(blobref)]);
+    const secondRead = await reader.loadParts([imagePart(blobref)]);
     expect(firstImageUrl(secondRead)).toBe(dataUri);
   });
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ describe('blobref', () => {
     const blobrefA = firstImageUrl(offloadedA);
     const blobrefB = firstImageUrl(offloadedB);
 
-    await store.rehydrateParts([imagePart(blobrefA)]);
+    await store.loadParts([imagePart(blobrefA)]);
     const offloadedC = await store.offloadParts([imagePart(`data:image/png;base64,${payloadC}`)]);
     const blobrefC = firstImageUrl(offloadedC);
 
@@ -271,13 +271,13 @@ describe('blobref', () => {
       await rm(join(blobsDir, file));
     }
 
-    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.rehydrateParts([imagePart(blobrefA)]))).toBe(
+    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.loadParts([imagePart(blobrefA)]))).toBe(
       `data:image/png;base64,${payloadA}`,
     );
-    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.rehydrateParts([imagePart(blobrefB)]))).toBe(
+    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.loadParts([imagePart(blobrefB)]))).toBe(
       MISSING_MEDIA_PLACEHOLDER,
     );
-    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.rehydrateParts([imagePart(blobrefC)]))).toBe(
+    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.loadParts([imagePart(blobrefC)]))).toBe(
       `data:image/png;base64,${payloadC}`,
     );
   });
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ describe('blobref', () => {
       await rm(join(blobsDir, file));
     }
 
-    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.rehydrateParts([imagePart(smallBlobref)]))).toBe(
+    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.loadParts([imagePart(smallBlobref)]))).toBe(
       `data:image/png;base64,${small}`,
     );
-    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.rehydrateParts([imagePart(largeBlobref)]))).toBe(
+    expect(firstImageUrl(await store.loadParts([imagePart(largeBlobref)]))).toBe(
       MISSING_MEDIA_PLACEHOLDER,
     );
   });
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/contextMemory/splice-replay.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/contextMemory/splice-replay.test.ts
index 1fe9104e5..62ce85061 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/contextMemory/splice-replay.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/contextMemory/splice-replay.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * `AgentContextMemoryService` wire contract, exercised without the full agent
  * harness (mirror of `test/goal/goal-wire.test.ts`): a `TestInstantiationService`
- * + `InMemoryStorageService` + `AppendLogStore` + `WireService` seeded with the
- * `contextBlobSelector` and a stub `IAgentBlobService`. Covers the splice Ops'
- * NEW-reference + flat-record shape, the live-only `onSpliced` hook (silent on
- * replay), and — load-bearing — the blob offload-on-dispatch ↔
- * rehydrate-on-replay round-trip.
+ * + `InMemoryStorageService` + `AppendLogStore` + `WireService` + stub
+ * `IAgentBlobService`. Covers the splice Ops' NEW-reference + flat-record shape,
+ * the live-only `onSpliced` hook (silent on replay), and — load-bearing — the
+ * blob dehydrate-on-dispatch ↔ rehydrate-on-replay round-trip via
+ * `ContextModel.blobs`.
  */
 
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { TestInstantiationService } from '#/_base/di/test';
 import { IAgentBlobService } from '#/agent/blob';
 import {
   AgentContextMemoryService,
-  contextBlobSelector,
   ContextModel,
   contextAppendMessage,
   contextApplyCompaction,
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ class StubBlobService implements IAgentBlobService {
   declare readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
   readonly store = new Map<string, string>();
   offloadCalls = 0;
-  rehydrateCalls = 0;
+  loadCalls = 0;
   private seq = 0;
 
   isBlobRef(url: string): boolean {
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class StubBlobService implements IAgentBlobService {
     return changed ? out : parts;
   }
 
-  async rehydrateParts(parts: readonly ContentPart[]): Promise<readonly ContentPart[]> {
+  async loadParts(parts: readonly ContentPart[]): Promise<readonly ContentPart[]> {
     let changed = false;
     const out = parts.map((part) => {
       const next = this.rehydratePart(part);
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ class StubBlobService implements IAgentBlobService {
       const sha = rest.slice(semi + 1);
       const payload = this.store.get(sha);
       if (payload === undefined) continue;
-      this.rehydrateCalls++;
+      this.loadCalls++;
       return { ...obj, [key]: { ...media, url: `data:${mime};base64,${payload}` } } as unknown as ContentPart;
     }
     return part;
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ function buildHost(key: string): Host {
   ix.set(
     IAgentWireService,
     new SyncDescriptor(WireService, [
-      { logScope: SCOPE, logKey: key, blobSelector: contextBlobSelector },
+      { logScope: SCOPE, logKey: key },
     ]),
   );
   ix.stub(IAgentBlobService, blob);
@@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ describe('AgentContextMemoryService (wire-backed)', () => {
 
     const replay = buildHost(REPLAY_KEY);
     await replay.wire.replay(...records);
-    expect(blob.rehydrateCalls).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(blob.loadCalls).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
 
     const rebuilt = replay.wire.getModel(ContextModel) as readonly ContextMessage[];
     expect(rebuilt).toEqual(live);