diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a3de83e..8127078 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/novox/mesh-host
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.9
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.11-0.20261009143344-f047d0a4a970
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9c0ea19..cee9b08 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.9 h1:2zq9tbwoXEYi+dDBxPoeNmn39KdRRKRp8CK33F4LWd0=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.9/go.mod h1:GFuZUElBZ9A++mxgIKo97aXXo+kV0uJ/UkbhQPPIbrY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.11-0.20261009143344-f047d0a4a970 h1:9tFDQsgmI+4X7/BpZGXIr+HemPKE7YddYGqWV0lINAI=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.11-0.20261009143344-f047d0a4a970/go.mod h1:GFuZUElBZ9A++mxgIKo97aXXo+kV0uJ/UkbhQPPIbrY=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0 h1:a3C1ke2ohxFymNlb2HWAHjDeKCI90scRskErZkR0ezA=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0/go.mod h1:LUdAzn7YLVvxLpc7y3V1m40wESHTgc1422pwwBSKYuI=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0 h1:vsXoOxjHp/GmPUN+EcI7uOf/uB+iAP+kEsAFNQN0yzA=
diff --git a/internal/meshcli/meshcli.go b/internal/meshcli/meshcli.go
index 3113b81..d6a74ea 100644
--- a/internal/meshcli/meshcli.go
+++ b/internal/meshcli/meshcli.go
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ type Asked struct {
 	// a process another account's session started. Only a login session is a person at a terminal (novox/hq ADR
 	// 0272): the controller makes nothing else the terminal.
 	Session string `json:"session,omitempty"`
+	// Stdin is what mesh-cli's standard input held, at most cli.MaxStdin: carried to the controller with the line
+	// and nowhere else. The engine says it in no journal, keeps it in no state, and never sends it again: a follow
+	// carries none. The controller gives it to a line that runs as its terminal alone.
+	Stdin []byte `json:"stdin,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Forward asks the controller and follows the line to what came of it (AskTheController): what it printed, that
@@ -279,5 +283,5 @@ func answer(ctx context.Context, conn *net.UnixConn, held *slots, forward Forwar
 	_ = conn.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(cli.AskWithin))
 	asking, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, cli.AskWithin-30*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
-	reply(forward(asking, Asked{Line: req.Line, Account: account, UID: uid, Session: session}))
+	reply(forward(asking, Asked{Line: req.Line, Account: account, UID: uid, Session: session, Stdin: req.Stdin}))
 }
diff --git a/internal/meshcli/meshcli_test.go b/internal/meshcli/meshcli_test.go
index b764c83..efcb923 100644
--- a/internal/meshcli/meshcli_test.go
+++ b/internal/meshcli/meshcli_test.go
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ func TestTheRequestToTheControllerKeepsItsFieldNames(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := keysOf(t, body); got != "account line uid" {
 		t.Fatalf("the request's fields are %q", got)
 	}
+	body, _ = json.Marshal(Asked{Line: []string{"secret"}, Account: "a", UID: 1, Stdin: []byte("x")})
+	if got := keysOf(t, body); got != "account line stdin uid" {
+		t.Fatalf("a request with standard input has the fields %q", got)
+	}
 	body, _ = json.Marshal(Asked{Follow: "call-1", Account: "a", UID: 1})
 	if got := keysOf(t, body); got != "account follow uid" {
 		t.Fatalf("a follow's fields are %q", got)
@@ -346,3 +350,62 @@ func TestTheSessionIsReadBeforeTheLine(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("read in the order %v, sent %q", order, got.Session)
 	}
 }
+
+// mesh-cli's standard input reaches the controller with its line, whole, and only with the line: a follow of the
+// same call carries none, and the engine says it nowhere (novox/hq ADR 0259 §10, ADR 0272).
+func TestStandardInputGoesToTheControllerWithTheLineAndNowhereElse(t *testing.T) {
+	secret := []byte("123456789:the-bot-token-given-at-the-terminal\n")
+	var said []string
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+	var asked [][]byte
+	ask := func(_ context.Context, body []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		mu.Lock()
+		defer mu.Unlock()
+		asked = append(asked, append([]byte(nil), body...))
+		if len(asked) == 1 {
+			return []byte(`{"result":{"running":true,"call":"call-7"}}`), nil
+		}
+		return []byte(`{"result":{"exit":0,"terminal":true}}`), nil
+	}
+	was := followEvery
+	followEvery = time.Millisecond
+	t.Cleanup(func() { followEvery = was })
+	socket := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "run", "cli.sock")
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		done <- Serve(ctx, socket, func(ctx context.Context, a Asked) cli.Answer { return AskTheController(ctx, ask, a) },
+			func(s string) { mu.Lock(); said = append(said, s); mu.Unlock() })
+	}()
+	defer func() { cancel(); <-done }()
+	for i := 0; i < 200; i++ {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(socket); err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	a, err := cli.AskWith(context.Background(), socket, cli.Request{Line: []string{"secret", "accept", "anchor",
+		"telegram", "telegram-token", "--from", "-"}, Stdin: secret})
+	if err != nil || a.Exit != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("%v %+v", err, a)
+	}
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+	if len(asked) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("asked %d times, want the line and one follow", len(asked))
+	}
+	var first, follow Asked
+	_ = json.Unmarshal(asked[0], &first)
+	_ = json.Unmarshal(asked[1], &follow)
+	if string(first.Stdin) != string(secret) {
+		t.Fatalf("the controller was not given the standard input whole: %q", first.Stdin)
+	}
+	if len(follow.Stdin) != 0 || strings.Contains(string(asked[1]), "stdin") {
+		t.Fatalf("a follow carried the standard input again: %s", asked[1])
+	}
+	for _, s := range said {
+		if strings.Contains(s, "bot-token") {
+			t.Fatalf("the engine said the standard input: %s", s)
+		}
+	}
+}