diff --git a/apps/hq/src/repos-milestones.ts b/apps/hq/src/repos-milestones.ts
index 5aba315..b2f2433 100644
--- a/apps/hq/src/repos-milestones.ts
+++ b/apps/hq/src/repos-milestones.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import type { DB } from './db'
 export interface Milestone { key: string; label: string; done: boolean; doneOn: string | null; sort: number }
 interface MilestoneRow { key: string; label: string; done: number; done_on: string | null; sort: number }
 
-interface TemplateEntry { key: string; label: string }
+export interface TemplateEntry { key: string; label: string }
 
-const FALLBACK_TEMPLATE: TemplateEntry[] = [
+export const FALLBACK_TEMPLATE: TemplateEntry[] = [
   { key: 'advance_paid', label: 'Advance payment received' },
   { key: 'setup_done', label: 'Setup / configuration done' },
   { key: 'installed', label: 'Installation done' },
@@ -23,14 +23,23 @@ const FALLBACK_TEMPLATE: TemplateEntry[] = [
   { key: 'amc_start', label: 'AMC / renewal start' },
 ]
 
-/** The standard checklist (owner-editable via the setting; fallback to the code default). */
-export async function milestoneTemplate(db: DB): Promise<TemplateEntry[]> {
+/** The checklist for a module (owner-editable per module via setting; global default; code fallback). */
+export async function milestoneTemplate(db: DB, moduleCode?: string): Promise<TemplateEntry[]> {
+  const parse = (value: string): TemplateEntry[] | undefined => {
+    try {
+      const p = JSON.parse(value) as TemplateEntry[]
+      return Array.isArray(p) && p.length > 0 ? p : undefined
+    } catch { return undefined }
+  }
+  if (moduleCode !== undefined && moduleCode !== '') {
+    const perModule = await db.get<{ value: string }>(
+      `SELECT value FROM setting WHERE key=?`, `project.milestone_template:${moduleCode}`)
+    const parsed = perModule !== undefined ? parse(perModule.value) : undefined
+    if (parsed !== undefined) return parsed
+  }
   const row = await db.get<{ value: string }>(`SELECT value FROM setting WHERE key='project.milestone_template'`)
-  if (row === undefined) return FALLBACK_TEMPLATE
-  try {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(row.value) as TemplateEntry[]
-    return Array.isArray(parsed) && parsed.length > 0 ? parsed : FALLBACK_TEMPLATE
-  } catch { return FALLBACK_TEMPLATE }
+  const parsedGlobal = row !== undefined ? parse(row.value) : undefined
+  return parsedGlobal ?? FALLBACK_TEMPLATE
 }
 
 /**
@@ -39,7 +48,10 @@ export async function milestoneTemplate(db: DB): Promise<TemplateEntry[]> {
  * project's own custom milestones and any ticked state are never touched.
  */
 export async function ensureProjectMilestones(db: DB, clientModuleId: string): Promise<void> {
-  const template = await milestoneTemplate(db)
+  const cm = await db.get<{ module_code: string }>(
+    `SELECT m.code AS module_code FROM client_module cm JOIN module m ON m.id = cm.module_id WHERE cm.id=?`,
+    clientModuleId)
+  const template = await milestoneTemplate(db, cm?.module_code)
   const existing = new Set(
     (await db.all<{ key: string }>(`SELECT key FROM project_milestone WHERE client_module_id=?`, clientModuleId))
       .map((r) => r.key),
diff --git a/apps/hq/test/milestones-templates.test.ts b/apps/hq/test/milestones-templates.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaaac0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/hq/test/milestones-templates.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// apps/hq/test/milestones-templates.test.ts — per-module onboarding template resolution.
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import { openDb, type DB } from '../src/db'
+import { milestoneTemplate } from '../src/repos-milestones'
+
+describe('per-module milestone templates', () => {
+  let db: DB
+  beforeEach(() => { db = openDb(':memory:') })
+
+  it('falls back to the global template when no module-specific one exists', async () => {
+    await db.run(`INSERT INTO setting (key, value) VALUES ('project.milestone_template', ?)`,
+      JSON.stringify([{ key: 'a', label: 'A' }]))
+    expect(await milestoneTemplate(db, 'SMS')).toEqual([{ key: 'a', label: 'A' }])
+  })
+
+  it('prefers the module-specific template over the global one', async () => {
+    await db.run(`INSERT INTO setting (key, value) VALUES ('project.milestone_template', ?)`,
+      JSON.stringify([{ key: 'a', label: 'A' }]))
+    await db.run(`INSERT INTO setting (key, value) VALUES ('project.milestone_template:SMS', ?)`,
+      JSON.stringify([{ key: 'doc', label: 'Document collection' }]))
+    expect(await milestoneTemplate(db, 'SMS')).toEqual([{ key: 'doc', label: 'Document collection' }])
+    // A different module still gets the global one.
+    expect(await milestoneTemplate(db, 'RTGS')).toEqual([{ key: 'a', label: 'A' }])
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the code default when nothing is seeded', async () => {
+    const t = await milestoneTemplate(db, 'SMS')
+    expect(t.map((e) => e.key)).toContain('go_live')
+  })
+})