diff --git a/docs/04-api-contracts.md b/docs/04-api-contracts.md
index 095b0ee..de95bd4 100644
--- a/docs/04-api-contracts.md
+++ b/docs/04-api-contracts.md
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ bulk_export_meetings(input: { destDir: string; format: "md" | "pdf" | "docx" | "
 // folder of them (from a bulk export). Each is reconstructed under a fresh meeting id (original
 // title/date/duration/speakers/tags/action items preserved). Returns the count imported.
 import_meeting_bundle(input: { dir: string }): number
+// Add a meeting from an existing recording: a local audio/video file path or a URL (YouTube/
+// streaming page or direct media URL). Needs ffmpeg (+ yt-dlp for URLs) on PATH; neither bundled.
+// `model` overrides the Settings whisper model for this import (recorded as meeting.model_used).
+// Returns the new meeting id IMMEDIATELY (status "transcribing"); transcode→transcribe→diarize→
+// finalize run in the background, streaming import://progress and ending with transcript://finalized.
+// A failed import is left in the list with status "error" (not deleted).
+import_media(input: { source: string; title?: string; model?: string }): MeetingId
 
 // ---- LLM / AI provider (ADR-0007/0011) ----
 // provider ∈ ollama | custom | anthropic | openai | off. Hosted-provider API keys are passed to
@@ -193,6 +200,7 @@ privacy_self_check(): {
 "recording://device"     { meetingId, recovered: boolean, message: string }  // capture device change (FR-CAP-6)
 "transcript://segment"   { meetingId, segment: TranscriptSegment }            // live segments (FR-TRX-2); may re-emit a committed segment with a refined `speaker` — replace by `segment.id`
 "transcript://finalized" { meetingId, segmentCount }
+"import://progress"      { meetingId, phase: "prepare"|"transcribe"|"diarize"|"finalize", state: "active"|"done"|"error", elapsedMs: number|null, error: string|null }  // background import_media tracker
 "diarization://updated"  { meetingId, speakers: SpeakerInfo[] }              // post-pass AND live 15s provisional passes (FR-SPK); carries "You" once the mic voiceprint matches
 "llm://token"            { meetingId, text }                                  // streamed summary (FR-LLM-4)
 "llm://done"             { meetingId, summary: SummaryFile }                  // full summary.json contents, not just a pointer