diff --git a/apps/hq/src/api.ts b/apps/hq/src/api.ts
index 19569c4..c5a4a82 100644
--- a/apps/hq/src/api.ts
+++ b/apps/hq/src/api.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import {
   clientLedger, modulePaidView, recordPayment, receiptForPayment, type RecordPaymentInput,
 } from './repos-payments'
+import { getShare, listShares, mintShare, revokeShare, type MintShareOpts } from './repos-shares'
 import {
   createRecurringPlan, deactivateRecurringPlan, getRecurringPlan, listRecurringPlans,
   updateRecurringPlan, type CreateRecurringInput, type RecurringPatch,
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ export function apiRouter(db: DB, gmailDeps?: Partial<GmailDeps>): Router {
     const emails = db.prepare(
       `SELECT * FROM email_log WHERE document_id=? ORDER BY id`,
     ).all(id)
-    res.json({ ok: true, document, events: listDocumentEvents(db, id), emails })
+    res.json({ ok: true, document, events: listDocumentEvents(db, id), emails, shares: listShares(db, id) })
   })
 
   const docAction = (fn: (docId: string, res: Response, req: Request) => unknown): RequestHandler =>
@@ -340,6 +341,40 @@ export function apiRouter(db: DB, gmailDeps?: Partial<GmailDeps>): Router {
     return createCreditNote(db, staffId(res), id, lines)
   }))
 
+  // ---------- shareable links ----------
+  // Owner mints an opaque public token for one document (default +30d expiry). The
+  // token is returned to the authenticated owner (they build the link) but never logged.
+  r.post('/documents/:id/share', requireAuth, (req, res) => {
+    const id = String(req.params['id'] ?? '')
+    if (getDocument(db, id) === null) { res.status(404).json({ ok: false, error: 'Document not found' }); return }
+    try {
+      const body = req.body as { expiresDays?: unknown }
+      const opts: MintShareOpts = {}
+      if (typeof body.expiresDays === 'number') opts.expiresDays = body.expiresDays
+      else if (body.expiresDays === null) opts.expiresDays = null
+      const share = mintShare(db, staffId(res), id, opts)
+      res.json({ ok: true, share, shares: listShares(db, id) })
+    } catch (err) {
+      res.status(400).json({ ok: false, error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) })
+    }
+  })
+  r.post('/documents/:id/share/:shareId/revoke', requireAuth, (req, res) => {
+    const id = String(req.params['id'] ?? '')
+    if (getDocument(db, id) === null) { res.status(404).json({ ok: false, error: 'Document not found' }); return }
+    const shareId = String(req.params['shareId'] ?? '')
+    const existing = getShare(db, shareId)
+    // Guard the pairing: a share is only revocable through the document it belongs to.
+    if (existing === null || existing.documentId !== id) {
+      res.status(404).json({ ok: false, error: 'Share not found' }); return
+    }
+    try {
+      const share = revokeShare(db, staffId(res), shareId)
+      res.json({ ok: true, share, shares: listShares(db, id) })
+    } catch (err) {
+      res.status(400).json({ ok: false, error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) })
+    }
+  })
+
   // ---------- email ----------
   r.get('/email/status', requireAuth, (_req, res) => {
     res.json({ ok: true, ...emailStatus(db) })
diff --git a/apps/hq/src/db.ts b/apps/hq/src/db.ts
index 9431583..2c3a733 100644
--- a/apps/hq/src/db.ts
+++ b/apps/hq/src/db.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS document_event (
   id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, document_id TEXT NOT NULL, at_wall TEXT NOT NULL,
   kind TEXT NOT NULL, meta TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}'
 );
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS document_share (
+  id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, document_id TEXT NOT NULL, token TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+  created_by TEXT NOT NULL, created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+  expires_at TEXT, -- NULL = never expires
+  revoked INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+);
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS payment (
   id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, client_id TEXT NOT NULL, received_on TEXT NOT NULL,
   mode TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (mode IN ('bank','upi','cheque','cash','other')),
diff --git a/apps/hq/src/repos-shares.ts b/apps/hq/src/repos-shares.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84032c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/hq/src/repos-shares.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto'
+import { uuidv7 } from '@sims/domain'
+import { writeAudit } from './audit'
+import type { DB } from './db'
+import { getDocument, type Doc } from './repos-documents'
+
+/**
+ * Shareable public links for a document (D12 portable-repo pattern). Each row is an
+ * opaque, cryptographically-random token that resolves — while live — to exactly one
+ * document. Owners mint, list and revoke; the public read route (mounted outside /api)
+ * uses validateShare. The token is a secret: it is never written to the audit trail
+ * or any log — audit rows carry only the share id + which document it points at.
+ */
+
+export interface Share {
+  id: string
+  documentId: string
+  token: string
+  createdBy: string
+  createdAt: string
+  expiresAt: string | null
+  revoked: boolean
+}
+
+interface ShareRow {
+  id: string
+  document_id: string
+  token: string
+  created_by: string
+  created_at: string
+  expires_at: string | null
+  revoked: number
+}
+
+function toShare(r: ShareRow): Share {
+  return {
+    id: r.id, documentId: r.document_id, token: r.token, createdBy: r.created_by,
+    createdAt: r.created_at, expiresAt: r.expires_at, revoked: r.revoked !== 0,
+  }
+}
+
+export function getShare(db: DB, id: string): Share | null {
+  const row = db.prepare(`SELECT * FROM document_share WHERE id=?`).get(id) as ShareRow | undefined
+  return row === undefined ? null : toShare(row)
+}
+
+export function listShares(db: DB, documentId: string): Share[] {
+  const rows = db.prepare(
+    `SELECT * FROM document_share WHERE document_id=? ORDER BY id DESC`, // uuidv7 ids: newest first
+  ).all(documentId) as ShareRow[]
+  return rows.map(toShare)
+}
+
+export interface MintShareOpts {
+  /** Days until the link expires; default 30. `null` = never expires. */
+  expiresDays?: number | null
+}
+
+export function mintShare(db: DB, userId: string, documentId: string, opts: MintShareOpts = {}): Share {
+  if (getDocument(db, documentId) === null) throw new Error('Document not found')
+  const id = uuidv7()
+  const token = randomBytes(32).toString('hex') // 256-bit, unguessable; 64 hex chars
+  const now = new Date()
+  const createdAt = now.toISOString()
+  const expiresDays = opts.expiresDays === undefined ? 30 : opts.expiresDays
+  const expiresAt = expiresDays === null
+    ? null
+    : new Date(now.getTime() + expiresDays * 86_400_000).toISOString()
+  db.prepare(
+    `INSERT INTO document_share (id, document_id, token, created_by, created_at, expires_at, revoked)
+     VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 0)`,
+  ).run(id, documentId, token, userId, createdAt, expiresAt)
+  // Audit the mint — but NEVER the token itself (a live share secret).
+  writeAudit(db, userId, 'create', 'document_share', id, undefined, { documentId, expiresAt })
+  return getShare(db, id)!
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a public token to its one document, or null if the token is unknown,
+ * revoked, or expired. This is the ONLY gate the public read route trusts — it
+ * returns nothing but the single document the live token points at.
+ */
+export function validateShare(db: DB, token: string): Doc | null {
+  const row = db.prepare(`SELECT * FROM document_share WHERE token=?`).get(token) as ShareRow | undefined
+  if (row === undefined) return null // unknown
+  if (row.revoked !== 0) return null // revoked
+  // ISO-8601 UTC strings compare lexicographically === chronologically.
+  if (row.expires_at !== null && row.expires_at <= new Date().toISOString()) return null // expired
+  return getDocument(db, row.document_id)
+}
+
+export function revokeShare(db: DB, userId: string, shareId: string): Share {
+  const before = getShare(db, shareId)
+  if (before === null) throw new Error('Share not found')
+  db.prepare(`UPDATE document_share SET revoked=1 WHERE id=?`).run(shareId)
+  const after = getShare(db, shareId)!
+  writeAudit(db, userId, 'revoke', 'document_share', shareId,
+    { revoked: before.revoked }, { revoked: after.revoked })
+  return after
+}
diff --git a/apps/hq/test/shares.test.ts b/apps/hq/test/shares.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de0c90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/hq/test/shares.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+// apps/hq/test/shares.test.ts
+import { describe, it, expect, afterAll } from 'vitest'
+import express from 'express'
+import { openDb } from '../src/db'
+import { seedIfEmpty } from '../src/seed'
+import { createStaff } from '../src/auth'
+import { createClient } from '../src/repos-clients'
+import { createModule, setPrice } from '../src/repos-modules'
+import { createDraft } from '../src/repos-documents'
+import { mintShare, validateShare, revokeShare, listShares } from '../src/repos-shares'
+import { apiRouter } from '../src/api'
+
+function setup() {
+  const db = openDb(':memory:')
+  db.prepare(`INSERT INTO setting (key, value) VALUES ('company.state_code','32')`).run()
+  db.prepare(`INSERT INTO tax_class (class_code, rate_pct_bp, effective_from) VALUES ('GST18', 1800, '2017-07-01')`).run()
+  const c = createClient(db, 'u1', { name: 'Acme', stateCode: '32' })
+  const m = createModule(db, 'u1', { code: 'POS', name: 'POS Billing' })
+  setPrice(db, 'u1', { moduleId: m.id, kind: 'yearly', pricePaise: 10_000_00, effectiveFrom: '2026-04-01' })
+  const doc = createDraft(db, 'u1', { docType: 'QUOTATION', clientId: c.id,
+    lines: [{ moduleId: m.id, qty: 1, kind: 'yearly' }] })
+  return { db, c, m, doc }
+}
+
+describe('repos-shares (mint / validate / revoke / list)', () => {
+  it('mintShare produces a 64-hex token, unique per mint, with a +30d default expiry', () => {
+    const { db, doc } = setup()
+    const s1 = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id)
+    const s2 = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id)
+    expect(s1.token).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/)
+    expect(s2.token).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/)
+    expect(s1.token).not.toBe(s2.token) // unique
+    expect(s1.revoked).toBe(false)
+    expect(s1.expiresAt).not.toBeNull()
+    // default is +30 days from now
+    const days = (new Date(s1.expiresAt!).getTime() - Date.now()) / 86_400_000
+    expect(days).toBeGreaterThan(29)
+    expect(days).toBeLessThan(31)
+  })
+
+  it('mintShare writes an audit row that NEVER contains the token (secrets never logged)', () => {
+    const { db, doc } = setup()
+    const s = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id)
+    const rows = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT * FROM audit_log WHERE entity='document_share' AND action='create'`,
+    ).all() as { user_id: string; entity_id: string; before_json: string | null; after_json: string | null }[]
+    expect(rows.length).toBe(1)
+    expect(rows[0]!.user_id).toBe('u1')
+    expect(rows[0]!.entity_id).toBe(s.id)
+    // The token must not leak into the audit trail (any column).
+    expect(JSON.stringify(rows[0])).not.toContain(s.token)
+  })
+
+  it('mintShare throws for an unknown document', () => {
+    const { db } = setup()
+    expect(() => mintShare(db, 'u1', 'nope')).toThrow(/not found/i)
+  })
+
+  it('validateShare returns the one document for a live token', () => {
+    const { db, doc } = setup()
+    const s = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id)
+    const out = validateShare(db, s.token)
+    expect(out).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(out!.id).toBe(doc.id)
+    expect(out!.payablePaise).toBe(11_800_00)
+  })
+
+  it('validateShare returns null for an unknown token', () => {
+    const { db } = setup()
+    expect(validateShare(db, 'deadbeef')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('validateShare returns null for an expired token', () => {
+    const { db, doc } = setup()
+    const s = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id, { expiresDays: -1 }) // already expired
+    expect(s.expiresAt).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(validateShare(db, s.token)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('validateShare returns null for a revoked token', () => {
+    const { db, doc } = setup()
+    const s = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id)
+    revokeShare(db, 'u1', s.id)
+    expect(validateShare(db, s.token)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('revokeShare flips revoked, writes an audit row, and is idempotent-safe', () => {
+    const { db, doc } = setup()
+    const s = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id)
+    const after = revokeShare(db, 'u1', s.id)
+    expect(after.revoked).toBe(true)
+    const rows = db.prepare(
+      `SELECT * FROM audit_log WHERE entity='document_share' AND action='revoke'`,
+    ).all() as unknown[]
+    expect(rows.length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('revokeShare throws for an unknown share', () => {
+    const { db } = setup()
+    expect(() => revokeShare(db, 'u1', 'nope')).toThrow(/not found/i)
+  })
+
+  it('listShares returns every share for the document (scoped to that doc)', () => {
+    const { db, doc, m, c } = setup()
+    const s1 = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id)
+    const s2 = mintShare(db, 'u1', doc.id)
+    // A share on a different document must not leak into this list.
+    const other = createDraft(db, 'u1', { docType: 'INVOICE', clientId: c.id,
+      lines: [{ moduleId: m.id, qty: 1, kind: 'yearly' }] })
+    mintShare(db, 'u1', other.id)
+    const list = listShares(db, doc.id)
+    expect(list.length).toBe(2)
+    expect(new Set(list.map((s) => s.id))).toEqual(new Set([s1.id, s2.id]))
+  })
+})
+
+function appWith() {
+  const db = openDb(':memory:'); seedIfEmpty(db) // company.state_code=32, GST18
+  createStaff(db, { email: 'owner@test.in', displayName: 'Owner', role: 'owner', password: 'owner-password' })
+  const c = createClient(db, 'u1', { name: 'Acme', code: 'ACME', stateCode: '32' })
+  const m = createModule(db, 'u1', { code: 'POS', name: 'POS Billing' })
+  setPrice(db, 'u1', { moduleId: m.id, kind: 'yearly', pricePaise: 10_000_00, effectiveFrom: '2026-04-01' })
+  const doc = createDraft(db, 'u1', { docType: 'QUOTATION', clientId: c.id,
+    lines: [{ moduleId: m.id, qty: 1, kind: 'yearly' }] })
+  const app = express(); app.use(express.json()); app.locals['db'] = db; app.use('/api', apiRouter(db))
+  const server = app.listen(0)
+  const base = `http://localhost:${(server.address() as { port: number }).port}/api`
+  return { db, server, base, doc }
+}
+
+describe('share routes (requireAuth)', () => {
+  const ctx = appWith()
+  afterAll(() => ctx.server.close())
+  const login = async () =>
+    (await (await fetch(`${ctx.base}/auth/login`, {
+      method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ email: 'owner@test.in', password: 'owner-password' }),
+    })).json() as any).token
+  const post = async (path: string, token: string | null, body?: unknown) => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${ctx.base}${path}`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json', ...(token ? { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {}) },
+      body: JSON.stringify(body ?? {}),
+    })
+    return { status: res.status, json: await res.json() as any }
+  }
+
+  it('POST /documents/:id/share requires auth', async () => {
+    expect((await post(`/documents/${ctx.doc.id}/share`, null)).status).toBe(401)
+  })
+
+  it('POST /documents/:id/share mints a share with a 64-hex token', async () => {
+    const token = await login()
+    const out = await post(`/documents/${ctx.doc.id}/share`, token)
+    expect(out.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(out.json.ok).toBe(true)
+    expect(out.json.share.token).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/)
+    expect(out.json.share.revoked).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('POST /documents/:id/share 404s for an unknown document', async () => {
+    const token = await login()
+    const out = await post(`/documents/nope/share`, token)
+    expect(out.status).toBe(404)
+  })
+
+  it('POST /documents/:id/share/:shareId/revoke revokes the share', async () => {
+    const token = await login()
+    const minted = await post(`/documents/${ctx.doc.id}/share`, token)
+    const shareId = minted.json.share.id
+    const out = await post(`/documents/${ctx.doc.id}/share/${shareId}/revoke`, token)
+    expect(out.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(out.json.ok).toBe(true)
+    // the token no longer resolves to a document
+    expect(validateShare(ctx.db, minted.json.share.token)).toBeNull()
+  })
+})