KnowledgeProvider protocol with a deterministic TF-IDF-weighted extractive demo provider (never generative, always cites real excerpts) and a RAGcore HTTP adapter that degrades cleanly to unavailable. Knowledge nav + chat-style Q&A UI with source cards and honest grounded/insufficient/unavailable states. 57 backend tests passing, ruff clean. Fixed a real relevance bug (generic terms like "vehicle" crowding out distinctive matches) via IDF weighting, found by testing the actual S6 scenario. Verified end-to-end in the browser: grounded damage question cites both expected procedures; unrelated question honestly returns insufficient evidence with no fabrication.