diff --git a/src/lib/local/local-chat.test.ts b/src/lib/local/local-chat.test.ts
index a4cc7122..cb3dfb8f 100644
--- a/src/lib/local/local-chat.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/local/local-chat.test.ts
@@ -416,6 +416,22 @@ describe('local query adapter surface', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('reports contract and analytics as unavailable rather than inventing them', async () => {
+    const { store } = await seedConversations(1);
+    const adapter = createLocalQueryAdapter(store);
+
+    // An empty contract would read as "this familiar is permitted nothing",
+    // which is a different claim from "nobody asked Cave".
+    await expect(adapter.familiarContract(LOCAL_FAMILIAR_ID)).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'error',
+      code: 'service_unavailable',
+    });
+    await expect(adapter.familiarAnalytics(LOCAL_FAMILIAR_ID)).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'error',
+      code: 'service_unavailable',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('never emits loading, stale, or reconcile_required', async () => {
     const { store } = await seedConversations(1);
     const adapter = createLocalQueryAdapter(store);
@@ -427,6 +443,8 @@ describe('local query adapter surface', () => {
         adapter.listConversations(),
         adapter.getConversation('missing'),
         adapter.listMessages('missing'),
+        adapter.familiarContract('missing'),
+        adapter.familiarAnalytics('missing'),
       ])
     ).map((result) => result.status);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/local/local-query-adapter.ts b/src/lib/local/local-query-adapter.ts
index 6b969c1e..04d3d21d 100644
--- a/src/lib/local/local-query-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/local/local-query-adapter.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { CaveFamiliarAnalytics, CaveFamiliarContract } from '@opencoven/cave-client';
 import type {
   CaveCanonicalFamiliar,
   CaveConversation,
@@ -32,6 +33,19 @@ const INVALID_REQUEST_RESULT = Object.freeze({
   code: 'invalid_request',
 } as const);
 
+/**
+ * A familiar's contract and its execution analytics are Cave's to report. They
+ * describe what a familiar has been granted and what it has since done, and a
+ * device holding only local conversations has neither record. Standalone mode
+ * answers `service_unavailable` rather than inventing an empty contract, which
+ * would read as "this familiar is permitted nothing" instead of "nobody asked
+ * Cave".
+ */
+const CAVE_ONLY_RESULT = Object.freeze({
+  status: 'error',
+  code: 'service_unavailable',
+} as const);
+
 const EMPTY_PAGE = Object.freeze({
   data: Object.freeze([]),
   cursor: Object.freeze({ hasMore: false }),
@@ -196,6 +210,14 @@ export function createLocalQueryAdapter(store: ChatStore): QueryAdapter {
       });
     },
 
+    familiarContract() {
+      return guard<CaveFamiliarContract>(() => CAVE_ONLY_RESULT);
+    },
+
+    familiarAnalytics() {
+      return guard<CaveFamiliarAnalytics>(() => CAVE_ONLY_RESULT);
+    },
+
     invalidate() {
       // Reads go straight to the in-memory index, so there is nothing stale to
       // drop. Kept to satisfy the interface the shell calls on refresh.