diff --git a/cmd/logos/help.go b/cmd/logos/help.go
index b8813ca..1cd162f 100644
--- a/cmd/logos/help.go
+++ b/cmd/logos/help.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ MEMORY
                                       the connections a dream proposed overnight
 
 BRINGING IT IN
+    logos import                      at a terminal, a menu: tick any of the sources below
     logos import --from claude-mem [--db PATH] [--project P] [--dry-run] [--yes]
                                       bring claude-mem's observations over as memories
     logos import --from claude-md|cursor-rules|claude-auto-memory [--dir DIR] [--dry-run] [--yes]
diff --git a/cmd/logos/import.go b/cmd/logos/import.go
index e871430..0e1e759 100644
--- a/cmd/logos/import.go
+++ b/cmd/logos/import.go
@@ -36,12 +36,17 @@ const claudeMemConfidence = 0.6
 // are about to be recalled into an agent's context as if they were known.
 func runImport(args []string) error {
 	from := strings.TrimSpace(flagStr(args, "--from", ""))
+	// No source named: a person at a terminal gets a menu of them; a script
+	// or a hook still gets the usage error, never a wait on a keypress.
+	if from == "" && pickerAllowed(false) {
+		return runImportPicked(args)
+	}
 	switch from {
 	case claudeMDSource, cursorRulesSource, claudeAutoMemorySource:
 		return runImportRules(from, args)
 	}
 	if from != claudeMemSource {
-		return fmt.Errorf("usage: logos import --from claude-mem [--db PATH] [--project P] [--dry-run] [--yes]\n       logos import --from claude-mem --auto   (what the import switch runs)\n       logos import --from claude-md|cursor-rules|claude-auto-memory [--dir DIR] [--project P] [--dry-run] [--yes]\n       logos import --from git ...             (seed from git history; see logos help all)")
+		return fmt.Errorf("usage: logos import                     (at a terminal: a menu of the sources)\n       logos import --from claude-mem [--db PATH] [--project P] [--dry-run] [--yes]\n       logos import --from claude-mem --auto   (what the import switch runs)\n       logos import --from claude-md|cursor-rules|claude-auto-memory [--dir DIR] [--project P] [--dry-run] [--yes]\n       logos import --from git ...             (seed from git history; see logos help all)")
 	}
 	if hasFlag(args, "--auto") {
 		return runImportAuto()
diff --git a/cmd/logos/import_pick.go b/cmd/logos/import_pick.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..708a64f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/logos/import_pick.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// importSource is one place `logos import` reads from, as its menu offers it.
+// Each runs exactly what `logos import --from <from>` runs, so a source picked
+// from the menu previews and asks the same way it does when typed.
+type importSource struct {
+	from, label string
+	run         func(args []string) error
+}
+
+// importSources is in the order help lists them. The label says where each
+// one lands, because that differs: claude-mem becomes memories, the rules
+// files wait for review, transcripts become checkpoint candidates. A func, not
+// a var: the claude-mem row calls runImport, which opens this menu.
+func importSources() []importSource {
+	return []importSource{
+		{claudeMemSource, "claude-mem's observations — become memories", func(args []string) error {
+			return runImport(append([]string{"--from", claudeMemSource}, args...))
+		}},
+		{claudeMDSource, "CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md — queued for review", func(args []string) error {
+			return runImportRules(claudeMDSource, args)
+		}},
+		{cursorRulesSource, "Cursor rules — queued for review", func(args []string) error {
+			return runImportRules(cursorRulesSource, args)
+		}},
+		{claudeAutoMemorySource, "Claude Code's auto memory — queued for review", func(args []string) error {
+			return runImportRules(claudeAutoMemorySource, args)
+		}},
+		{"transcripts", "agent transcripts — become checkpoint candidates", runIngest},
+		{"git", "this repository's git history — seeds a cold vault", runBootstrap},
+	}
+}
+
+// chooseImportSources asks which sources to import from. Enter with nothing
+// ticked takes the highlighted row, so one source is still one keypress;
+// ok=false is a cancel.
+func chooseImportSources() ([]importSource, bool, error) {
+	sources := importSources()
+	rows := make([]string, len(sources))
+	for i, s := range sources {
+		rows[i] = s.label
+	}
+	checked := make([]bool, len(sources))
+	i, res, _, err := pickOnTerminal(menu{title: "Import from which sources?", hint: "Space to tick, Enter to import, q to cancel", rows: rows, checked: checked})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+	// Nothing comes before this menu, so Esc is a cancel too.
+	if res != picked {
+		return nil, false, nil
+	}
+	var chosen []importSource
+	for j, c := range checked {
+		if c {
+			chosen = append(chosen, sources[j])
+		}
+	}
+	if len(chosen) == 0 {
+		chosen = []importSource{sources[i]}
+	}
+	return chosen, true, nil
+}
+
+// runImportPicked is a bare `logos import` at a terminal. The flags given
+// (--dry-run, --yes, --project) go to every source chosen. One source failing
+// does not stop the rest — they share nothing — but each failure is named as
+// it happens and again in the error the command exits with, so a run that
+// imported two of three never reads as having imported all three.
+func runImportPicked(args []string) error {
+	chosen, ok, err := chooseImportSources()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not show the import menu (%v); name a source with --from", err)
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		fmt.Println("Nothing imported — the menu was cancelled.")
+		return nil
+	}
+	var failed []string
+	for i, s := range chosen {
+		if len(chosen) > 1 {
+			if i > 0 {
+				fmt.Println()
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("── %d of %d: logos import --from %s\n\n", i+1, len(chosen), s.from)
+		}
+		if err := s.run(args); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "logos: import --from %s: %v\n", s.from, err)
+			failed = append(failed, s.from)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(failed) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%d of %d sources failed: %s", len(failed), len(chosen), strings.Join(failed, ", "))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/logos/import_pick_test.go b/cmd/logos/import_pick_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8ff421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/logos/import_pick_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"testing/iotest"
+)
+
+// ticks stands in for the terminal: it ticks the given rows of the import
+// menu, leaves the cursor on sel, and ends the menu with res.
+func ticks(t *testing.T, sel int, res pick, rows ...int) *int {
+	t.Helper()
+	shown := 0
+	was := pickOnTerminal
+	pickOnTerminal = func(m menu) (int, pick, int, error) {
+		shown++
+		if m.checked == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("the import menu %q is not a checklist", m.title)
+		}
+		for _, r := range rows {
+			m.checked[r] = true
+		}
+		return sel, res, len(m.rows) + 1, nil
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { pickOnTerminal = was })
+	return &shown
+}
+
+func atTerminal(t *testing.T, yes bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	was := interactive
+	interactive = func() bool { return yes }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { interactive = was })
+}
+
+func fromOf(sources []importSource) []string {
+	var out []string
+	for _, s := range sources {
+		out = append(out, s.from)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func TestSpaceTicksAChecklistRowAndEnterLeavesTheTicks(t *testing.T) {
+	checked := make([]bool, 3)
+	var screen bytes.Buffer
+	// A byte per read, as typed: a batch of keys redraws once, at its end.
+	typed := bufio.NewReader(iotest.OneByteReader(strings.NewReader(" jj  j \r")))
+	i, res, _ := runPicker(typed, &screen, menu{title: "t", hint: "h", rows: []string{"a", "b", "c"}, checked: checked}, 80)
+	if res != picked || i != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("got row %d, %v; want row 2 picked", i, res)
+	}
+	if want := []bool{true, false, true}; checked[0] != want[0] || checked[1] != want[1] || checked[2] != want[2] {
+		t.Errorf("ticks %v, want %v", checked, want)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(screen.String(), "> [x] c") || !strings.Contains(screen.String(), "  [ ] b") {
+		t.Errorf("the checklist does not draw its boxes:\n%q", screen.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSpaceDoesNothingInAMenuThatIsNotAChecklist(t *testing.T) {
+	var screen bytes.Buffer
+	if i, res, _ := runPicker(keysOf(" j\r"), &screen, menu{title: "t", hint: "h", rows: []string{"a", "b"}}, 80); res != picked || i != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got row %d, %v; want row 1 picked", i, res)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(screen.String(), "[ ]") {
+		t.Errorf("a plain menu drew checkboxes:\n%q", screen.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTheImportMenuImportsEveryTickedSourceInOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	ticks(t, 0, picked, 4, 1)
+	chosen, ok, err := chooseImportSources()
+	if err != nil || !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("ok=%v err=%v", ok, err)
+	}
+	if got := strings.Join(fromOf(chosen), " "); got != "claude-md transcripts" {
+		t.Errorf("chose %q, want the two ticked, in menu order", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEnterWithNothingTickedImportsTheHighlightedSource(t *testing.T) {
+	ticks(t, 5, picked)
+	chosen, ok, err := chooseImportSources()
+	if err != nil || !ok || len(chosen) != 1 || chosen[0].from != "git" {
+		t.Fatalf("chose %v ok=%v err=%v, want only git", fromOf(chosen), ok, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCancellingTheImportMenuImportsNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, res := range []pick{cancelled, wentBack} {
+		ticks(t, 0, res, 0, 1)
+		if chosen, ok, err := chooseImportSources(); err != nil || ok || chosen != nil {
+			t.Errorf("after %v: chose %v ok=%v err=%v, want a cancel", res, fromOf(chosen), ok, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestABareImportWithoutATerminalStillPrintsUsage(t *testing.T) {
+	atTerminal(t, false)
+	shown := ticks(t, 0, picked, 0)
+	err := runImport(nil)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "usage: logos import") {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v, want the usage error", err)
+	}
+	if *shown != 0 {
+		t.Error("the menu opened without a terminal")
+	}
+}
+
+// The session-start hook must never wait on a keypress, terminal or not.
+func TestABareImportInsideAHookNeverOpensTheMenu(t *testing.T) {
+	atTerminal(t, true)
+	t.Setenv("LOGOS_HOOK", "1")
+	shown := ticks(t, 0, picked, 0)
+	if err := runImport(nil); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "usage: logos import") {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v, want the usage error", err)
+	}
+	if *shown != 0 {
+		t.Error("the menu opened inside a hook")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestASourceThatFailsFromTheMenuIsNamedInTheExitError(t *testing.T) {
+	atTerminal(t, true)
+	t.Setenv("LOGOS_HOOK", "")
+	t.Setenv("LOGOS_VAULT", filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "no-vault-here"))
+	ticks(t, 0, picked, 4)
+	err := runImport(nil)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "1 of 1 sources failed: transcripts") {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v, want the failed source named", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// A menu and the prompt after it read one stream. The Enter that ends the
+// menu and the answer typed after it can arrive in one read; a prompt reading
+// stdin on its own would find the answer gone into the menu's buffer.
+func TestAnAnswerTypedRightAfterTheMenuReachesThePrompt(t *testing.T) {
+	wasKb, wasFrom, wasAns, wasAnsFrom := keyboard, keyboardFrom, answers, answersFrom
+	t.Cleanup(func() { keyboard, keyboardFrom, answers, answersFrom = wasKb, wasFrom, wasAns, wasAnsFrom })
+	keyboard, keyboardFrom, answers = keysOf("\ry\n"), os.Stdin, nil
+
+	var screen bytes.Buffer
+	if _, res, _ := runPicker(keyboard, &screen, menu{title: "t", hint: "h", rows: []string{"a"}, checked: []bool{false}}, 80); res != picked {
+		t.Fatalf("menu ended %v, want picked", res)
+	}
+	if !confirmNo("Import these?") {
+		t.Error("the y typed after the menu's Enter did not reach the prompt")
+	}
+}
+
+// Ticking transcripts in the menu is how most people meet ingest's one-time
+// consent question, so it reads the menu's stream like every other prompt.
+func TestIngestConsentTypedRightAfterTheMenuIsGranted(t *testing.T) {
+	wasKb, wasFrom, wasAns, wasAnsFrom := keyboard, keyboardFrom, answers, answersFrom
+	t.Cleanup(func() { keyboard, keyboardFrom, answers, answersFrom = wasKb, wasFrom, wasAns, wasAnsFrom })
+	keyboard, keyboardFrom, answers = keysOf("\ry\n"), os.Stdin, nil
+
+	var screen bytes.Buffer
+	if _, res, _ := runPicker(keyboard, &screen, menu{title: "t", hint: "h", rows: []string{"a"}, checked: []bool{false}}, 80); res != picked {
+		t.Fatalf("menu ended %v, want picked", res)
+	}
+	vault := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(ingestConsentPath(vault)), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := ensureIngestConsent(vault, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the y typed after the menu's Enter did not grant consent: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/logos/ingest.go b/cmd/logos/ingest.go
index d424677..a716c5e 100644
--- a/cmd/logos/ingest.go
+++ b/cmd/logos/ingest.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -385,9 +384,9 @@ func ensureIngestConsent(vaultDir string, assumeYes bool) error {
 		fmt.Println("(Claude Code under ~/.claude/projects, Codex under ~/.codex/sessions, and")
 		fmt.Println("others via txcript). Only a checkpoint candidate is written to the vault —")
 		fmt.Println("never the transcript itself. This is asked once.")
-		fmt.Print("\nallow ingest to read transcripts on this machine? [y/N] ")
-		line, _ := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin).ReadString('\n')
-		if a := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(line)); a != "y" && a != "yes" {
+		// Through the prompts' shared reader: reached from the import menu,
+		// a reader of its own would lose a y typed right after the Enter.
+		if !confirmNo("\nallow ingest to read transcripts on this machine?") {
 			return fmt.Errorf("ingest needs consent to read transcripts; not granted")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/logos/picker.go b/cmd/logos/picker.go
index cf4e808..cba4550 100644
--- a/cmd/logos/picker.go
+++ b/cmd/logos/picker.go
@@ -114,10 +114,15 @@ func pickAgent(agents []launcher) (*launcher, pick, int, error) {
 // menu is one list on screen: what it asks, its rows, the row selected when it
 // opens, and how many lines above the cursor it is drawn over (0 for below
 // whatever is there).
+//
+// checked, when set, makes it a checklist: Space ticks the selected row, and
+// the ticks are left in checked for the caller, which shares its backing
+// array with the copy the picker was given.
 type menu struct {
 	title, hint string
 	rows        []string
 	sel, over   int
+	checked     []bool
 }
 
 // keyboard is stdin, read through one buffer for every menu. A fast typist's
@@ -125,6 +130,10 @@ type menu struct {
 // in the first menu's buffer and threw it away with it.
 var keyboard = bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 
+// keyboardFrom is the stdin keyboard was built over, so a prompt after a menu
+// reads on from keyboard's buffer instead of past it.
+var keyboardFrom = os.Stdin
+
 // pickOnTerminal is runPicker on the real terminal, in raw mode for exactly
 // as long as the menu is up. It returns the row, how the menu was left, and
 // how many lines it drew. A var so a test can play the keypresses of two
@@ -183,6 +192,13 @@ func runPicker(in *bufio.Reader, out io.Writer, m menu, width int) (int, pick, i
 			if i == sel {
 				mark = "> "
 			}
+			if m.checked != nil {
+				if m.checked[i] {
+					mark += "[x] "
+				} else {
+					mark += "[ ] "
+				}
+			}
 			lines = append(lines, text.Ellipsize(mark+rows[i], width-1))
 		}
 		if len(rows) > pickerWindow {
@@ -212,6 +228,8 @@ func runPicker(in *bufio.Reader, out io.Writer, m menu, width int) (int, pick, i
 			sel = max(sel-1, 0)
 		case b == 'j':
 			sel = min(sel+1, len(rows)-1)
+		case b == ' ' && m.checked != nil:
+			m.checked[sel] = !m.checked[sel]
 		case b == 0x1b:
 			// An arrow arrives as ESC [ A (or ESC O A in application mode)
 			// in one write, so its tail is already buffered; an ESC with
diff --git a/cmd/logos/setup.go b/cmd/logos/setup.go
index 378514e..9f9a574 100644
--- a/cmd/logos/setup.go
+++ b/cmd/logos/setup.go
@@ -913,7 +913,14 @@ func readAnswer(prompt string) (answer string, ok bool) {
 	// prompt swallowed the rest of a piped script into the first and left the
 	// next prompt at EOF. Rebuilt only if stdin itself was swapped.
 	if answers == nil || answersFrom != os.Stdin {
-		answers, answersFrom = bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin), os.Stdin
+		// After a menu, through the menu's own reader: an Enter and the
+		// answer typed after it can arrive in one read, and a scanner of its
+		// own would never see the answer the menu's buffer already took.
+		var in io.Reader = os.Stdin
+		if os.Stdin == keyboardFrom {
+			in = keyboard
+		}
+		answers, answersFrom = bufio.NewScanner(in), os.Stdin
 	}
 	sc := answers
 	if !sc.Scan() {