diff --git a/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/SKILL.md b/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/SKILL.md
index ae7c6ff..3edda77 100644
--- a/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/SKILL.md
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ description: >
    see tracked, modified files and read the worktree; only an untracked
    NEW file needs `git add` to become visible. Path-scope every `git add`
    to the bundle — `git add -A` sweeps up the operator's own edits and
-   their local config.
+   their local config. A file that carries two bundles is staged by line:
+   `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/stage_hunks.py --repo <worktree> --file
+   <path> --match <regex>`, first with `--dry-run`.
 5. For the newly staged bundle run the kvb-think-explain skill (what the changes do
    and how the pieces interact, file:line-anchored) followed by the
    kvb-check-confidence skill (fix confidence, break risk, evidence, residuals).
diff --git a/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/scripts/stage_hunks.py b/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/scripts/stage_hunks.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..72d2060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skills/kvb-git-commit-next/scripts/stage_hunks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Stage only the changed lines of one file that match a pattern.
+
+Args:
+    --repo: path of the git worktree.
+    --file: the file, relative to the worktree root.
+    --match: regular expression; a hunk of only added lines keeps the added
+        lines it matches, any other hunk is staged whole when one of its
+        changed lines matches.
+    --dry-run: print the patch instead of applying it to the index.
+
+Exit codes:
+    0 staged or printed, 1 nothing matched, 2 usage error.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def fail(message: str) -> None:
+    print(f"stage_hunks: {message}", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+def git(repo: Path, *args: str, stdin: str | None = None) -> str:
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", *args], cwd=repo, input=stdin, capture_output=True, text=True, check=False
+    )
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        fail(result.stderr.strip() or f"git {' '.join(args)} failed")
+    return result.stdout
+
+
+def split(diff: str) -> tuple[list[str], list[list[str]]]:
+    header: list[str] = []
+    hunks: list[list[str]] = []
+    for line in diff.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith("@@"):
+            hunks.append([line])
+        elif hunks:
+            hunks[-1].append(line)
+        else:
+            header.append(line)
+    return header, hunks
+
+
+def select(hunks: list[list[str]], pattern: re.Pattern) -> list[list[str]]:
+    kept = []
+    for hunk in hunks:
+        changes = [line for line in hunk[1:] if line[:1] in "+-"]
+        if all(line.startswith("+") for line in changes):
+            lines = [line for line in changes if pattern.search(line[1:])]
+            if lines:
+                kept.append([hunk[0], *lines])
+        elif any(pattern.search(line[1:]) for line in changes):
+            kept.append(hunk)
+    return kept
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+    parser.add_argument("--repo", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--file", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--match", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    repo = Path(args.repo)
+    if not repo.is_dir():
+        fail(f"{repo} is not a directory")
+    try:
+        pattern = re.compile(args.match)
+    except re.error as error:
+        fail(f"--match: {error}")
+    header, hunks = split(git(repo, "diff", "--no-color", "-U0", "--", args.file))
+    kept = select(hunks, pattern)
+    if not kept:
+        print(f"stage_hunks: no change in {args.file} matches {args.match!r}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+    patch = "\n".join([*header, *(line for hunk in kept for line in hunk)]) + "\n"
+    if args.dry_run:
+        print(patch, end="")
+        return 0
+    git(repo, "apply", "--cached", "--unidiff-zero", "--recount", "-", stdin=patch)
+    print(f"staged {sum(len(h) - 1 for h in kept)} lines of {args.file}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/tests/test_stage_hunks.py b/tests/test_stage_hunks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de579bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_stage_hunks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+"""Exercise stage_hunks.py: matching added lines, whole changed hunks, the rest stays unstaged."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+SCRIPT = REPO_ROOT / "skills" / "kvb-git-commit-next" / "scripts" / "stage_hunks.py"
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(shutil.which("git"), "git not installed")
+class TestStageHunks(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(self.tmp.cleanup)
+        self.repo = Path(self.tmp.name)
+        self.env = {
+            "PATH": "/usr/bin:/bin",
+            "HOME": str(self.repo),
+            "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME": "t",
+            "GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL": "t@t",
+            "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME": "t",
+            "GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL": "t@t",
+        }
+        self.file = self.repo / "notes.txt"
+        self.file.write_text("one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\nfive\n", encoding="utf-8")
+        self._git("init", "-q")
+        self._git("add", "notes.txt")
+        self._git("commit", "-q", "-m", "base")
+        self.file.write_text(
+            "one\nalpha one\nbeta one\ntwo\nthree\nfour alpha\nfive\nbeta two\n", encoding="utf-8"
+        )
+
+    def _git(self, *args: str) -> str:
+        return subprocess.run(
+            ["git", *args], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, env=self.env, cwd=self.repo
+        ).stdout
+
+    def _run(self, pattern: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+        return subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, str(SCRIPT), "--repo", str(self.repo), "--file", "notes.txt", "--match", pattern],
+            check=False, capture_output=True, text=True, env=self.env,
+        )
+
+    def test_only_matching_changes_are_staged(self):
+        result = self._run("alpha")
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+        staged = [line for line in self._git("diff", "--cached", "-U0").splitlines() if line[:1] in "+-" and line[:3] not in ("+++", "---")]
+        self.assertEqual(staged, ["+alpha one", "-four", "+four alpha"])
+        unstaged = [line for line in self._git("diff", "-U0").splitlines() if line.startswith("+") and not line.startswith("+++")]
+        self.assertEqual(unstaged, ["+beta one", "+beta two"])
+
+    def test_no_match_exits_1_and_bad_pattern_exits_2(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self._run("gamma").returncode, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(self._run("(").returncode, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(self._git("diff", "--cached"), "")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()