diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c536d89..e07063f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Changes
+
+- Add Apple Photos as a coming-soon built-in crawler with read-only status, refresh, search, platform-native storage paths, and configurable library selection.
+
 ### Fixes
 
 - Install OpenClaw crawler apps from the current Homebrew tap instead of legacy formulas that lag released versions.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a70b64..2a576ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Built-in manifests ship for:
 - `discrawl`
 - `telecrawl`
 - `imsgcrawl`
+- `photoscrawl` (coming soon)
 - `notcrawl`
 - `gogcli` through the `gog` executable
 - `wacli`
diff --git a/Sources/CrawlBarCore/BuiltInApps/BuiltInCrawlApps+Photoscrawl.swift b/Sources/CrawlBarCore/BuiltInApps/BuiltInCrawlApps+Photoscrawl.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cbff62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/CrawlBarCore/BuiltInApps/BuiltInCrawlApps+Photoscrawl.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import Foundation
+
+public extension BuiltInCrawlApps {
+    static let photoscrawl = CrawlAppManifest(
+        id: Self.photoscrawlID,
+        displayName: "Apple Photos",
+        description: "Local-first, read-only Apple Photos archive crawler",
+        availability: .comingSoon,
+        binary: .init(name: "photoscrawl"),
+        branding: .init(
+            symbolName: "photo.on.rectangle.angled",
+            accentColor: "#FF2D55",
+            bundleIdentifier: "com.apple.Photos"),
+        paths: .init(
+            defaultConfig: "~/Library/Application Support/photoscrawl/config.toml",
+            defaultDatabase: "~/Library/Application Support/photoscrawl/photos.sqlite",
+            defaultCache: "~/Library/Caches/photoscrawl",
+            defaultLogs: "~/Library/Application Support/photoscrawl/logs",
+            defaultShare: "~/Library/Application Support/photoscrawl/share"),
+        commands: [
+            "metadata": ["metadata", "--json"],
+            "status": ["status", "--json"],
+            "refresh": ["crawl", "--library", "{config:library_path}", "--json"],
+            "query": ["search", "--json", "--query"],
+        ],
+        capabilities: [.status, .refresh, .search],
+        statusRequiresSecrets: false,
+        privacy: .init(
+            exportsSecrets: false,
+            localOnlyScopes: [
+                "apple-photos",
+                "sqlite",
+                "media-metadata",
+                "location-observations",
+                "local-model-observations",
+            ]),
+        configOptions: [
+            .init(
+                id: "library_path",
+                label: "Photos library",
+                help: "Photos Library package read by refresh; photoscrawl expands a leading ~/ path.",
+                defaultValue: "~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary"),
+        ],
+        configSections: [
+            .init(id: "photos", title: "Photos Library", optionIDs: ["library_path"]),
+        ])
+        .withSuggestion(Self.appSuggest("Photos", ["com.apple.Photos"]))
+}
diff --git a/Sources/CrawlBarCore/BuiltInApps/BuiltInCrawlApps.swift b/Sources/CrawlBarCore/BuiltInApps/BuiltInCrawlApps.swift
index d92e410..ce16f50 100644
--- a/Sources/CrawlBarCore/BuiltInApps/BuiltInCrawlApps.swift
+++ b/Sources/CrawlBarCore/BuiltInApps/BuiltInCrawlApps.swift
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ public enum BuiltInCrawlApps {
     public static let discrawlID = CrawlAppID(rawValue: "discrawl")
     public static let telecrawlID = CrawlAppID(rawValue: "telecrawl")
     public static let imsgcrawlID = CrawlAppID(rawValue: "imsgcrawl")
+    public static let photoscrawlID = CrawlAppID(rawValue: "photoscrawl")
     public static let notcrawlID = CrawlAppID(rawValue: "notcrawl")
     public static let gogcliID = CrawlAppID(rawValue: "gogcli")
     public static let wacliID = CrawlAppID(rawValue: "wacli")
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ public enum BuiltInCrawlApps {
         Self.discrawl,
         Self.telecrawl,
         Self.imsgcrawl,
+        Self.photoscrawl,
         Self.notcrawl,
         Self.gogcli,
         Self.wacli,
diff --git a/Sources/CrawlBarSelfTest/SelfTestConfig.swift b/Sources/CrawlBarSelfTest/SelfTestConfig.swift
index f9b1b6e..5ae6a1a 100644
--- a/Sources/CrawlBarSelfTest/SelfTestConfig.swift
+++ b/Sources/CrawlBarSelfTest/SelfTestConfig.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ extension CrawlBarSelfTest {
         try Self.expect(config.apps.map(\.id) == BuiltInCrawlApps.all.map(\.id), "built-in apps are present")
         try Self.expect(config.appConfig(for: BuiltInCrawlApps.gogcliID)?.enabled == true, "new Google app normalizes enabled")
         try Self.expect(config.appConfig(for: BuiltInCrawlApps.gogcliID)?.showInMenuBar == true, "new Google app appears in menu bar")
+        try Self.expect(config.appConfig(for: BuiltInCrawlApps.photoscrawlID)?.enabled == false, "coming-soon Photos crawler normalizes disabled")
+        try Self.expect(BuiltInCrawlApps.photoscrawl.availability == .comingSoon, "Photos crawler remains coming soon without an installer")
+        try Self.expect(
+            BuiltInCrawlApps.photoscrawl.commands["refresh"] == ["crawl", "--library", "{config:library_path}", "--json"],
+            "Photos refresh uses the configured library path")
         let oldConfig = CrawlBarConfig(
             version: 1,
             apps: [CrawlBarAppConfig(id: BuiltInCrawlApps.wacliID, enabled: false, showInMenuBar: false)]).normalized()