Index: src/config/database.js
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--- src/config/database.js	(revision c16e0a5a2c2c866ae09afb2b0996809746bc8e4b)
+++ src/config/database.js	(revision 55bc7f95d6ee2d94bdaba55d6ca87265e217dbc4)
@@ -332,4 +332,16 @@
     );
     CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ap_inter_post ON ap_interactions(post_id, kind);
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ap_outbox (
+      id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,            -- note path segment (uuid) → /ap/notes/<id>
+      site_slug TEXT NOT NULL,
+      post_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+      post_slug TEXT,
+      in_reply_to TEXT,               -- remote status uri we reply to
+      to_actor TEXT,                  -- remote actor uri (mentioned)
+      to_handle TEXT,
+      content TEXT NOT NULL,          -- sanitized HTML of our reply
+      created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+    );
+    CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_ap_outbox_post ON ap_outbox(post_id);
   `);
 }