diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index cce44d8..f1d60dd 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -54,12 +54,20 @@ them ships something the user will reject:
 3. **No Webflow.** Off-limits in the public version.
 4. **Don't add signup/login/email/dashboard.** The device-code flow is
    the entire UX. Adding auth surfaces breaks the product thesis.
-   *Documented exception:* GitHub OAuth lives inside the device-code
-   verify step (May 2026) — it replaces Turnstile, doesn't add a new
-   surface. There is still no email, no password, no dashboard, no
-   account page. Sign-in happens once at `/verify` and the agent flow
-   is unchanged from its side. Do not extend this exception to add a
-   user-facing account UI.
+   *Documented exceptions:*
+   - GitHub OAuth lives inside the device-code verify step (May 2026)
+     — it replaces Turnstile, doesn't add a new surface. Sign-in
+     happens once at `/verify` and the agent flow is unchanged from
+     its side.
+   - We collect the user's **verified primary email** from GitHub
+     (May 2026) via the `user:email` scope. Stored on the user row as
+     contact metadata only — used for occasional operator-to-user
+     outreach (incident notice, "are you the StressLessAgency that's
+     publishing X?"). There is **still no password, no dashboard, no
+     account page, no user-facing email surface, no marketing list,
+     no transactional product email.** If you find yourself adding any
+     of those, stop and ask first.
+   Do not extend these exceptions to add a user-facing account UI.
 5. **Don't introduce a new keyword (formerly "HTMD").** The product is
    called htmlbin; the artifact is "a drop"; "drop" is just casual
    English, not a coined term we own. We do not have authority to define
@@ -123,9 +131,11 @@ Modeled on OAuth device-code (think `gh auth login`):
 
 1. `POST /api/auth/start` → `{code, verification_url, poll_token}`
 2. Agent prints code + URL to human
-3. Human opens URL, signs in with **GitHub** — we ask for `read:user`
-   only (public username + numeric id). The Worker upserts a user row
-   by `github_user_id` (UNIQUE) and mints a token in the same callback.
+3. Human opens URL, signs in with **GitHub** — we ask for
+   `read:user user:email`. `read:user` gives public username + numeric
+   id; `user:email` lets us hit `/user/emails` for the primary+verified
+   address. The Worker upserts a user row by `github_user_id` (UNIQUE)
+   and mints a token in the same callback.
 4. `GET /api/auth/poll?token=…` → `{api_token}` revealed exactly once
 5. `Authorization: Bearer hb_…` thereafter
 
@@ -141,6 +151,22 @@ device. The callback finds the existing user by `github_user_id` and
 mints a new token attached to the same `user_id`. The old "paste an
 existing hb_… token" UX was deleted in the same change.
 
+**Email column (`users.email`, May 2026):** verified primary email
+from `/user/emails`. **Optional** — sign-in never blocks on it
+(scope denied / no verified email / lookup failed → NULL). **No
+UNIQUE constraint** (two distinct GitHub accounts can legitimately
+share a personal address). **Refreshed on every sign-in** via
+`updateUserEmail()` so pre-`user:email` rows backfill the first time
+the user signs in again. **Backfill caveat:** users who never sign in
+again will keep `email IS NULL` forever — there is no scheduled
+backfill job and no human-facing "please update your email" prompt
+(would violate rule #4). Disclosure is the GitHub OAuth consent
+screen only. **No marketing list, no transactional product email,
+no unsubscribe surface** — current use is operator-to-user reach-out
+only, surfaced as a `mailto:` link in `npm run dashboard`. If you
+ever add automated send, that's a real product change with a privacy
+notice + unsubscribe story — talk to the user first.
+
 **Routes:** `/auth/github/start` and `/auth/github/callback` live in
 `src/github-oauth.ts`. State binding to the verification row uses the
 verify code as the OAuth `state` param — it's already a short-lived,
diff --git a/migrations/0003-add-user-email.sql b/migrations/0003-add-user-email.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f72869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0003-add-user-email.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- Collect the user's verified primary email from GitHub.
+--
+-- OAuth scope expands from `read:user` to `read:user user:email`. On every
+-- sign-in the callback fetches /user/emails, picks the primary+verified
+-- entry, and stores it. Optional — sign-in still succeeds with email NULL
+-- (user denied scope, has no verified email, or the lookup failed).
+--
+-- No UNIQUE constraint: two distinct GitHub accounts can legitimately
+-- share an email (work + personal sharing user@gmail.com). github_user_id
+-- remains the identity; email is contact metadata only.
+--
+-- Apply locally:  npm run db:migrate:local
+-- Apply to prod:  npm run db:migrate:remote
+
+ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN email TEXT;
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index c7729ab..eca4bb1 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (
   -- GitHub identity (required for accounts minted after the OAuth migration;
   -- NULL for legacy pre-OAuth accounts that still carry working tokens).
   github_user_id  INTEGER,
-  github_login    TEXT
+  github_login    TEXT,
+  -- Verified primary email from GitHub (user:email scope). Optional —
+  -- NULL when the user denied scope, has no verified email on GitHub,
+  -- or the /user/emails lookup failed. Refreshed on every sign-in.
+  email           TEXT
 );
 
 -- Enforce one user per GitHub identity, but only for rows that have one
diff --git a/scripts/dashboard/app.js b/scripts/dashboard/app.js
index 4120ac8..d9afb72 100644
--- a/scripts/dashboard/app.js
+++ b/scripts/dashboard/app.js
@@ -384,6 +384,12 @@ async function viewUser(userId) {
         ),
         gh?.bio ? el("p", { class: "user-bio" }, gh.bio) : null,
         facts.length > 0 ? el("div", { class: "user-facts" }, facts.join(" · ")) : null,
+        u.email
+          ? el("div", { class: "user-ext-links" },
+              "✉ ",
+              el("a", { href: `mailto:${u.email}`, class: "link" }, u.email),
+            )
+          : null,
         extLinks.length > 0
           ? el("div", { class: "user-ext-links" }, ...extLinks.flatMap((l, i) => i === 0 ? [l] : [" · ", l]))
           : null,
diff --git a/scripts/dashboard/server.mjs b/scripts/dashboard/server.mjs
index cd3c724..ca54e94 100644
--- a/scripts/dashboard/server.mjs
+++ b/scripts/dashboard/server.mjs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function userDetail(userId) {
   if (!RE_USER.test(userId)) throw new Error("invalid user id");
 
   const user = runQuery(`
-    SELECT id, display_name, github_login, github_user_id, created_at
+    SELECT id, display_name, github_login, github_user_id, email, created_at
     FROM users WHERE id = '${userId}'
   `)[0];
   if (!user) return null;
diff --git a/src/db.ts b/src/db.ts
index 2bf8f55..36df489 100644
--- a/src/db.ts
+++ b/src/db.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export async function getUserByTokenHash(
   const row = await db
     .prepare(
       `SELECT u.id, u.display_name, u.created_at,
-              u.github_user_id, u.github_login
+              u.github_user_id, u.github_login, u.email
          FROM tokens t
          JOIN users u ON u.id = t.user_id
         WHERE t.token_hash = ? AND t.revoked_at IS NULL`
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export async function getUserByGitHubId(
 ): Promise<User | null> {
   const row = await db
     .prepare(
-      `SELECT id, display_name, created_at, github_user_id, github_login
+      `SELECT id, display_name, created_at, github_user_id, github_login, email
          FROM users WHERE github_user_id = ?`
     )
     .bind(githubUserId)
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ export async function getUserByGitHubId(
   return row ?? null;
 }
 
+// Refresh the stored email for an existing user on re-auth. Only writes
+// when the value actually changes (avoids a no-op UPDATE on every
+// sign-in). Pass null to clear; pass undefined to leave the column alone.
+export async function updateUserEmail(
+  db: D1Database,
+  userId: string,
+  email: string | null
+): Promise<void> {
+  await db
+    .prepare(`UPDATE users SET email = ? WHERE id = ? AND (email IS NOT ?)`)
+    .bind(email, userId, email)
+    .run();
+}
+
 export async function touchToken(
   db: D1Database,
   tokenHash: string
@@ -45,19 +59,20 @@ export async function createUser(
   db: D1Database,
   id: string,
   displayName: string | null,
-  github: { id: number; login: string } | null = null
+  github: { id: number; login: string; email?: string | null } | null = null
 ): Promise<void> {
   await db
     .prepare(
-      `INSERT INTO users (id, display_name, created_at, github_user_id, github_login)
-       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`
+      `INSERT INTO users (id, display_name, created_at, github_user_id, github_login, email)
+       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`
     )
     .bind(
       id,
       displayName,
       Date.now(),
       github?.id ?? null,
-      github?.login ?? null
+      github?.login ?? null,
+      github?.email ?? null
     )
     .run();
 }
diff --git a/src/github-oauth.ts b/src/github-oauth.ts
index c3aa372..b89c362 100644
--- a/src/github-oauth.ts
+++ b/src/github-oauth.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ import {
   newApiToken,
   newUserId,
 } from "./crypto";
-import { createUser, getUserByGitHubId, insertToken, rateLimit } from "./db";
+import {
+  createUser,
+  getUserByGitHubId,
+  insertToken,
+  rateLimit,
+  updateUserEmail,
+} from "./db";
 import { verifyPage } from "./views/verify";
 
 const DEV_MOCK = "dev-mock";
@@ -105,7 +111,10 @@ githubOAuthRoutes.get("/auth/github/start", async (c) => {
   const authorize = new URL("https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize");
   authorize.searchParams.set("client_id", c.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID);
   authorize.searchParams.set("redirect_uri", redirectUri);
-  authorize.searchParams.set("scope", "read:user");
+  // user:email lets us read /user/emails for the primary+verified address.
+  // Stored on the user row as contact metadata; sign-in still succeeds
+  // when it's null (denied scope / no verified email / lookup failed).
+  authorize.searchParams.set("scope", "read:user user:email");
   authorize.searchParams.set("state", code);
   authorize.searchParams.set("allow_signup", "true");
   return c.redirect(authorize.toString(), 302);
@@ -204,12 +213,17 @@ githubOAuthRoutes.get("/auth/github/callback", async (c) => {
 
   let githubUserId: number;
   let githubLogin: string;
+  let githubEmail: string | null = null;
   try {
     if (c.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID === DEV_MOCK) {
       githubLogin = (c.req.query("mock_login") ?? "dev-user").slice(0, 40);
       // Deterministic but per-login id, so two different mock_logins
       // create two different accounts. 32-bit space is plenty for tests.
       githubUserId = await stableMockId(githubLogin);
+      // .test is a reserved TLD, so the synthetic value can't collide
+      // with a real address. Lets the e2e + dashboard exercise the
+      // happy path without ever sending mail.
+      githubEmail = `${githubLogin}@example.test`;
     } else {
       const exchanged = await exchangeCode(
         ghCode,
@@ -220,6 +234,9 @@ githubOAuthRoutes.get("/auth/github/callback", async (c) => {
       const ghUser = await fetchGitHubUser(exchanged.access_token);
       githubUserId = ghUser.id;
       githubLogin = ghUser.login;
+      // Optional: if /user/emails fails or returns nothing usable, we
+      // log and continue. Sign-in never blocks on email.
+      githubEmail = await fetchGitHubPrimaryEmail(exchanged.access_token);
     }
   } catch (e) {
     console.error("github_oauth_failed", String(e));
@@ -240,11 +257,18 @@ githubOAuthRoutes.get("/auth/github/callback", async (c) => {
     // "same human on a new device" path that used to require pasting
     // an existing token.
     linked = true;
+    // Refresh contact email — user may have changed their primary on
+    // GitHub since last sign-in, and pre-user:email accounts get their
+    // first email backfilled on next sign-in.
+    if (githubEmail) {
+      await updateUserEmail(c.env.DB, user.id, githubEmail);
+    }
   } else {
     const newId = newUserId();
     await createUser(c.env.DB, newId, githubLogin, {
       id: githubUserId,
       login: githubLogin,
+      email: githubEmail,
     });
     user = {
       id: newId,
@@ -252,6 +276,7 @@ githubOAuthRoutes.get("/auth/github/callback", async (c) => {
       created_at: Date.now(),
       github_user_id: githubUserId,
       github_login: githubLogin,
+      email: githubEmail,
     };
   }
 
@@ -332,6 +357,39 @@ async function fetchGitHubUser(
   return { id: json.id, login: json.login };
 }
 
+// Pull the user's primary+verified email from /user/emails. Returns null
+// (and only logs) on any failure — the caller treats email as optional.
+async function fetchGitHubPrimaryEmail(
+  accessToken: string
+): Promise<string | null> {
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch("https://api.github.com/user/emails", {
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
+        Accept: "application/vnd.github+json",
+        "User-Agent": "htmlbin-oauth",
+      },
+    });
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      console.warn("github_emails_failed", res.status);
+      return null;
+    }
+    const list = (await res.json()) as Array<{
+      email?: string;
+      primary?: boolean;
+      verified?: boolean;
+    }>;
+    if (!Array.isArray(list)) return null;
+    const primary = list.find(
+      (e) => e.primary === true && e.verified === true && typeof e.email === "string"
+    );
+    return primary?.email ?? null;
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.warn("github_emails_threw", String(e));
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 // Dev-mock id: SHA-256(login) → first 4 bytes → uint32. Same login always
 // resolves to the same id, different logins almost certainly don't collide.
 async function stableMockId(login: string): Promise<number> {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 7777ef8..7580333 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export type User = {
   created_at: number;
   github_user_id: number | null;
   github_login: string | null;
+  email: string | null;
 };
 
 export type Drop = {