diff --git a/src/lib/agent/pdf-report.test.ts b/src/lib/agent/pdf-report.test.ts
index b33c3f6..44b40a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/agent/pdf-report.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/agent/pdf-report.test.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,39 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
-import { makePdfReport, extractPdfMeta } from "./pdf-report";
+import { makePdfReport, extractPdfMeta, type PdfReportMeta } from "./pdf-report";
+
+const doc: PdfReportMeta = {
+  title: "Fuel at The Hills",
+  subtitle: "September 2026",
+  sections: [{ heading: "Overview", text: "Fuel spend was steady." }],
+};
 
 describe("makePdfReport", () => {
-  it("returns the title/subtitle/filename it was given", () => {
-    expect(makePdfReport({ title: "Fuel at The Hills", subtitle: "September 2026" })).toEqual({
-      ok: true,
-      pdf: { title: "Fuel at The Hills", subtitle: "September 2026" },
-    });
+  it("passes the structured document straight through", () => {
+    expect(makePdfReport(doc)).toEqual({ ok: true, pdf: doc });
   });
 
-  it("omits subtitle/filename when not given", () => {
-    expect(makePdfReport({ title: "Fuel report" })).toEqual({
-      ok: true,
-      pdf: { title: "Fuel report" },
-    });
+  it("keeps a section's kpis/chartId/imageId/table as given", () => {
+    const withEverything: PdfReportMeta = {
+      title: "Site spend report",
+      sections: [
+        {
+          heading: "Overview",
+          kpis: [{ label: "Total spend", value: "R 65 000" }],
+          chartId: "spend-by-site",
+          imageId: "img1",
+          table: { resultId: "q-1" },
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    expect(makePdfReport(withEverything)).toEqual({ ok: true, pdf: withEverything });
   });
 });
 
 describe("extractPdfMeta", () => {
-  it("splits pdf meta out, leaving the rest for the model", () => {
-    const raw = JSON.stringify({ ok: true, pdf: { title: "Fuel report", subtitle: "Sept" } });
+  it("splits the structured document out, leaving the rest for the model", () => {
+    const raw = JSON.stringify({ ok: true, pdf: doc });
     const { forModel, pdf } = extractPdfMeta(raw);
-    expect(pdf).toEqual({ title: "Fuel report", subtitle: "Sept" });
+    expect(pdf).toEqual(doc);
     expect(JSON.parse(forModel)).toEqual({ ok: true });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/pdf-report.ts b/src/lib/agent/pdf-report.ts
index d672462..475a7a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/agent/pdf-report.ts
+++ b/src/lib/agent/pdf-report.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,23 @@
 /**
  * `make_pdf_report` — the model's own signal that the answer it just
- * built (headings, a short narrative, KPI tables quoted from tool
- * display strings, charts via `make_chart`) is a finished report, not
- * just a chat reply. No PDF is rendered here — that's still Task 8's
- * `answerToPdf` (DOM + html-to-image, browser-only). This just carries
- * the report's title/subtitle/filename down to the browser, the same
+ * built is a finished, structured report rather than a chat reply.
+ *
+ * No PDF is rendered here — this only carries the structured document
+ * (`src/lib/reports/pdf/document.ts`'s `ReportDocument`: title/subtitle
+ * plus sections of heading/text/kpis/chartId/imageId/table) down to the
+ * browser and, from there, onto the stored assistant message, the same
  * way `extractCharts` carries chart specs and `extractActionCard`
  * carries a plan: the model gets a minimal ack, the browser gets the
- * full meta via `event: pdf`.
+ * full document via `event: pdf`. Rendering happens later, on demand, at
+ * `GET /api/ask/messages/[id]/pdf` (`src/lib/reports/pdf/build.ts`),
+ * which is also how a plain (non-report) answer gets its "Download PDF".
  */
-export interface PdfReportMeta {
-  title: string;
-  subtitle?: string;
-  filename?: string;
-}
+import type { ReportDocument } from "@/lib/reports/pdf/document";
+
+export type PdfReportMeta = ReportDocument;
 
 export function makePdfReport(input: PdfReportMeta): { ok: true; pdf: PdfReportMeta } {
-  return {
-    ok: true,
-    pdf: {
-      title: input.title,
-      ...(input.subtitle ? { subtitle: input.subtitle } : {}),
-      ...(input.filename ? { filename: input.filename } : {}),
-    },
-  };
+  return { ok: true, pdf: input };
 }
 
 export interface WithPdfMeta {
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/tools-actions.test.ts b/src/lib/agent/tools-actions.test.ts
index fa141a2..b2a29ce 100644
--- a/src/lib/agent/tools-actions.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/agent/tools-actions.test.ts
@@ -443,14 +443,17 @@ describe("file_change_request", () => {
 });
 
 describe("make_pdf_report", () => {
-  it("returns the report meta for the route to stream as a pdf event", async () => {
+  it("returns the structured document for the route to stream as a pdf event", async () => {
     const tools = actionTools(ctx);
-    const result = await tools
-      .find((t) => t.name === "make_pdf_report")!
-      .handler({ title: "Fuel at The Hills", subtitle: "September 2026" });
-    expect(result).toEqual({
-      ok: true,
-      pdf: { title: "Fuel at The Hills", subtitle: "September 2026" },
-    });
+    const doc = {
+      title: "Fuel at The Hills",
+      subtitle: "September 2026",
+      sections: [
+        { heading: "Overview", text: "Fuel spend was steady.", table: { resultId: "q-1" } },
+        { chartId: "fuel-by-week" },
+      ],
+    };
+    const result = await tools.find((t) => t.name === "make_pdf_report")!.handler(doc);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ ok: true, pdf: doc });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/tools-actions.ts b/src/lib/agent/tools-actions.ts
index 90f971e..480340a 100644
--- a/src/lib/agent/tools-actions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/agent/tools-actions.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { QuerySpec, runQuery, getCachedResult } from "./query";
 import type { ChartSpec, ChartKind, ValueFormat } from "@/lib/reports/chart-spec";
 import { proposeChanges, type AgentOp } from "./gateway";
 import { makePdfReport } from "./pdf-report";
+import { ReportDocument } from "@/lib/reports/pdf/document";
 import { matchPeople, type IncomingPerson, type EmployeeRecord } from "./people-match";
 import { loadEmployees } from "./load";
 import { generateImage, type AspectRatio } from "./images";
@@ -472,14 +473,9 @@ export function actionTools(ctx: AgentContext): AgentTool[] {
     {
       name: "make_pdf_report",
       description:
-        "Call this LAST, once, after you've written a complete report answer (headings, a short narrative, KPI tables quoted from tool display strings, and any charts via make_chart). Marks the answer as a finished report so the user gets a cover page and a Download PDF button — it does not render anything itself, and it never computes a number.",
-      schema: {
-        title: z.string().min(1),
-        subtitle: z.string().optional(),
-        filename: z.string().optional(),
-      },
-      handler: async (args) =>
-        makePdfReport(args as { title: string; subtitle?: string; filename?: string }),
+        "Call this LAST, once, after you've written a complete report answer. Pass a STRUCTURED document — title/subtitle plus sections of heading/text(markdown)/kpis/chartId/imageId/table — and the server renders it as a real PDF (real text, real tables, vector charts): it does not screenshot the chat. Prefer table: { resultId } (pulled from the query_records result on the server) over table: { columns, rows } so you never copy a number by hand. kpis values must be quoted from a tool's display strings. chartId/imageId reference ids from chartsAvailable/imagesAvailable. Never computes a number itself.",
+      schema: ReportDocument.shape,
+      handler: async (args) => makePdfReport(args as z.infer<typeof ReportDocument>),
     },
   ];
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/chat/system-prompt.ts b/src/lib/chat/system-prompt.ts
index 69d48ed..2f1e110 100644
--- a/src/lib/chat/system-prompt.ts
+++ b/src/lib/chat/system-prompt.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ When the user asks to change **the app itself** — a new page, column, button o
 Use \`generate_image\` only for illustrations — a report cover, a mock-up, a diagram without figures. Never draw a chart, a number, or anything that looks like data with it; \`make_chart\` is the only source of a chart. Place it with \`[[image:<id>]]\` on its own line, the same way a chart is placed.
 
 ## PDF reports
-When the user asks for a PDF, a report document, or "something I can print or send": build the report yourself first — headings, a short narrative, KPI tables quoting each tool's display strings verbatim, and charts via \`make_chart\` — then call \`make_pdf_report({ title, subtitle? })\` **once, last**, after the answer is complete. It doesn't render anything itself; it just marks the answer as a finished report. Never compute a number yourself, here or anywhere else.
+When the user asks for a PDF, a report document, or "something I can print or send": write the answer as normal, then call \`make_pdf_report\` **once, last**, with a structured document — it builds a real PDF (real text, real tables, vector charts), it does not screenshot the chat. Pass \`{ title, subtitle?, sections: [...] }\`, where each section is any mix of \`heading\`, \`text\` (markdown), \`kpis\` (\`[{label, value}]\`, quoting each tool's display string verbatim), \`chartId\` (an id from \`chartsAvailable\`), \`imageId\` (an id from \`imagesAvailable\`), and \`table\`. For \`table\`, always prefer \`{ resultId }\` — the id \`query_records\` returned — over \`{ columns, rows }\`: the server pulls the figures straight from that cached result, so you never copy a number by hand. Never compute a number yourself, here or anywhere else.
 
 ## Files
 When the user attaches an Excel/CSV/PDF/photo/text file, read it with \`read_attachment\` before answering about it. If a PDF or photo is a purchase order or delivery note, offer to send it to the pipeline with \`send_to_po_pipeline\` rather than trying to read its line items yourself.