diff --git a/etc/training_manifest.toml.example b/etc/training_manifest.toml.example
index db999ee..2ae67d9 100644
--- a/etc/training_manifest.toml.example
+++ b/etc/training_manifest.toml.example
@@ -78,6 +78,25 @@ priority    = 100
 require_cuda = false
 min_ram_gib  = 4
 
+[[jobs]]
+name        = "knn-realistic"
+model       = "knn"
+mode        = "realistic"
+priority    = 95              # right after GBT — fastest non-parametric baseline
+require_cuda = false
+min_ram_gib  = 4
+# KNN's k=10 / weights=distance live in the model class. To override,
+# add --k / --weights to training/trainer/run.py first; otherwise these
+# hyper.* keys would fail with the unknown-arg exit-2 issue.
+
+[[jobs]]
+name        = "knn-oracle"
+model       = "knn"
+mode        = "oracle"
+priority    = 95
+require_cuda = false
+min_ram_gib  = 4
+
 [[jobs]]
 name        = "mlp-realistic"
 model       = "mlp"
diff --git a/training/models/__init__.py b/training/models/__init__.py
index e483dda..a855f18 100644
--- a/training/models/__init__.py
+++ b/training/models/__init__.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def get_model(name: str):
 # Eager-import the implementations so the registry is populated.
 # Order matters only for which "kind" gets imported first — all are listed.
 from training.models import gbt              # noqa: F401,E402
+from training.models import knn              # noqa: F401,E402
 from training.models import mlp              # noqa: F401,E402
 from training.models import cnn              # noqa: F401,E402
 from training.models import gru              # noqa: F401,E402
diff --git a/training/models/_checkpoint.py b/training/models/_checkpoint.py
index c2a9edb..466a7ea 100644
--- a/training/models/_checkpoint.py
+++ b/training/models/_checkpoint.py
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ def _write_sidecar(model: BaseModel, *, base: Path) -> str:
     """
     if model.__model_name__ == "gbt":
         path = base.with_suffix(".xgb.json")
+    elif model.__model_name__ == "knn":
+        path = base.with_suffix(".knn.pkl")
     else:
         path = base.with_suffix(".pt")
     model.save_sidecar(path)
@@ -186,8 +188,9 @@ def load_checkpoint(path: Path, *, device: str = "auto") -> BaseModel:
     cls = get_model(header["name"])
     sidecar = json_path.with_name(header["sidecar"])
     payload: dict[str, Any]
-    if header["name"] == "gbt":
-        # GBT loader reads the .xgb.json directly; pass the path in payload
+    if header["name"] in ("gbt", "knn"):
+        # File-path loaders (XGBoost JSON, sklearn pickle); they open
+        # the sidecar themselves rather than receiving torch tensors.
         payload = {"sidecar_path": str(sidecar)}
     else:
         import torch
diff --git a/training/models/knn.py b/training/models/knn.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5f59d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/training/models/knn.py
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+"""KNN classifier on per-window summary features.
+
+Non-parametric baseline. Like GBT it uses the summary-stat input
+(mean / std / p50 / p95 / slope per channel), but where GBT learns
+axis-aligned splits, KNN reads off the local neighborhood structure
+in feature space. That makes it a useful complement: where the two
+agree, decisions are well-supported; where they disagree, the local
+density of the feature manifold is contradicting the global
+boosted-tree partitioning.
+
+We use distance-weighted KNN with k=10 by default. Schema-hashed
+checkpoint format (same as every other model) so training-time
+schema drift fails loud at load.
+
+Standardization is critical for KNN — without it, channels with
+larger numeric scales dominate the Euclidean distance. We use the
+same per-feature StandardizeStats (median imputation + z-score)
+as the rest of the supervised pipeline. The fit is the *training*
+set; the model holds onto the standardized X_train + y_train as
+its "weights" since KNN is non-parametric.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+import pickle
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from training.models import register
+from training.models._base import BaseModel, StandardizeStats
+
+
+@register("knn")
+class KNN(BaseModel):
+    input_kind = "summary"
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        n_classes: int,
+        keep_mask: np.ndarray,
+        standardize: StandardizeStats,
+        k: int = 10,
+        weights: str = "distance",
+        algorithm: str = "auto",
+        clf=None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.n_classes = n_classes
+        self.keep_mask = keep_mask.astype(bool)
+        self.standardize = standardize
+        self.config = {"k": k, "weights": weights, "algorithm": algorithm}
+        self._clf = clf
+
+    @property
+    def clf(self):
+        if self._clf is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("model not fitted; call .fit(...) first")
+        return self._clf
+
+    def fit(
+        self,
+        *,
+        X_train: np.ndarray,
+        y_train: np.ndarray,
+        X_val: np.ndarray | None = None,
+        y_val: np.ndarray | None = None,
+        sample_weight: np.ndarray | None = None,
+    ) -> dict:
+        """KNN doesn't 'train' — it memorizes. We fit the underlying
+        sklearn classifier on the standardized + keep-masked train
+        slice, then optionally compute a val macro F1 for the trainer's
+        bookkeeping.
+        """
+        from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsClassifier
+        Xk = self.select(X_train)
+        clf = KNeighborsClassifier(
+            n_neighbors=int(self.config["k"]),
+            weights=str(self.config["weights"]),
+            algorithm=str(self.config["algorithm"]),
+            n_jobs=-1,
+        )
+        clf.fit(Xk, y_train)
+        self._clf = clf
+
+        history: dict = {}
+        if X_val is not None and y_val is not None and len(X_val) > 0:
+            from training.eval_._metrics import _macro_f1
+            y_pred_val = self.predict(X_val)
+            history["val_macro_f1"] = _macro_f1(
+                y_val, y_pred_val, n_classes=self.n_classes
+            )
+        return history
+
+    def predict_proba(self, X: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
+        Xk = self.select(X)
+        return self.clf.predict_proba(Xk).astype(np.float32)
+
+    # --- Checkpoint API -----------------------------------------------
+
+    def state_for_checkpoint(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        # KNN's "weights" are the train set itself — sklearn's pickle
+        # round-trip is the canonical way to persist that. We embed
+        # the pickle bytes in the metadata dict; the sidecar layer
+        # writes them through a torch-style save (see save_sidecar).
+        return {"config": self.config}
+
+    def save_sidecar(self, path: Path) -> None:
+        # Sidecar is a pickle of the sklearn classifier. KNN's storage
+        # cost = ~n_train_rows × n_features × 4 bytes. For our scale
+        # (~660k windows × ~145 kept features × 4 = ~380 MB) this is
+        # heavy — set a `--max-train-rows` cap in the trainer if memory
+        # is tight on the Pi.
+        with path.open("wb") as f:
+            pickle.dump(self._clf, f, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_checkpoint(cls, header: dict, payload: dict, *,
+                         device: str = "cpu") -> "KNN":
+        # The framework points us at the sidecar pickle path
+        sidecar_path = payload.get("sidecar_path")
+        if sidecar_path is None:
+            # Loaded via torch.load (NN path) by mistake — tell the
+            # checkpoint loader we want the file path instead.
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "KNN checkpoint requires sidecar_path; ensure the "
+                "loader treats KNN like GBT (passes the file path "
+                "rather than torch.load'ing the bytes)."
+            )
+        with Path(sidecar_path).open("rb") as f:
+            clf = pickle.load(f)
+        cfg = header.get("config", {}) or {}
+        return cls(
+            n_classes=int(header["n_classes"]),
+            keep_mask=np.asarray(header["keep_mask"], dtype=bool),
+            standardize=StandardizeStats.from_dict(header["standardize"]),
+            k=int(cfg.get("k", 10)),
+            weights=str(cfg.get("weights", "distance")),
+            algorithm=str(cfg.get("algorithm", "auto")),
+            clf=clf,
+        )
diff --git a/training/trainer/run.py b/training/trainer/run.py
index 3a68309..92433e0 100644
--- a/training/trainer/run.py
+++ b/training/trainer/run.py
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ def main() -> int:
     if input_kind == "summary":
         if args.model == "gbt":
             model = cls(n_classes=n_classes, keep_mask=keep_mask, standardize=std)
+        elif args.model == "knn":
+            model = cls(n_classes=n_classes, keep_mask=keep_mask,
+                        standardize=std)
         else:
             model = cls(n_features_in=int(keep_mask.sum()), n_classes=n_classes,
                         keep_mask=keep_mask, standardize=std,
@@ -203,6 +206,22 @@ def main() -> int:
             "train_seconds": train_seconds,
         }
         config = {"params": history.get("history", {}) and model._params or {}}
+    elif args.model == "knn":
+        # Non-parametric: model.fit memorizes the train set; "training
+        # time" is dominated by the val/test predict calls (KD-tree build).
+        history = model.fit(
+            X_train=X[train_mask], y_train=y[train_mask],
+            X_val=X[val_mask], y_val=y[val_mask],
+        )
+        best_f1 = float(history.get("val_macro_f1", 0.0))
+        train_seconds = time.monotonic() - started
+        train_meta = {
+            "kind": "knn",
+            "best_val_macro_f1": best_f1,
+            "train_seconds": train_seconds,
+            "history": history,
+        }
+        config = {"k": model.config["k"], "weights": model.config["weights"]}
     else:
         result = train_nn(
             model=model,