diff --git a/services/sofiia-console/app/main.py b/services/sofiia-console/app/main.py
index fbfde3e1..9b764e58 100644
--- a/services/sofiia-console/app/main.py
+++ b/services/sofiia-console/app/main.py
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ from .monitor import collect_all_nodes
 from .ops import run_ops_action, OPS_ACTIONS
 from .docs_router import docs_router
 from . import db as _app_db
+from .metrics import (
+    SOFIIA_SEND_REQUESTS_TOTAL,
+    SOFIIA_IDEMPOTENCY_REPLAYS_TOTAL,
+    SOFIIA_CURSOR_REQUESTS_TOTAL,
+    render_metrics,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -3134,6 +3140,7 @@ async def api_chats_list(
     cursor: Optional[str] = Query(None),
     _auth: str = Depends(require_auth),
 ):
+    SOFIIA_CURSOR_REQUESTS_TOTAL.labels(resource="chats").inc()
     await _ensure_chat_project()
     node_filter = {n.strip().upper() for n in nodes.split(",") if n.strip()}
     cur = _cursor_decode(cursor)
@@ -3236,6 +3243,7 @@ async def api_chat_messages(
     cursor: Optional[str] = Query(None),
     _auth: str = Depends(require_auth),
 ):
+    SOFIIA_CURSOR_REQUESTS_TOTAL.labels(resource="messages").inc()
     cur = _cursor_decode(cursor)
     before_ts = str(cur.get("ts") or "").strip() or None
     before_message_id = str(cur.get("message_id") or "").strip() or None
@@ -3295,6 +3303,7 @@ async def api_chat_send_v2(chat_id: str, body: ChatMessageSendBody, request: Req
     if idem_key:
         cached = _idem_get(chat_id, idem_key)
         if cached:
+            SOFIIA_IDEMPOTENCY_REPLAYS_TOTAL.inc()
             replay = dict(cached)
             replay["idempotency"] = {"replayed": True, "key": idem_key}
             return replay
@@ -3303,6 +3312,7 @@ async def api_chat_send_v2(chat_id: str, body: ChatMessageSendBody, request: Req
     info = _parse_chat_id(chat_id)
     target_node = ((body.routing or {}).get("force_node_id") or info["node_id"] or "NODA2").upper()
     target_agent = info["agent_id"] or "sofiia"
+    SOFIIA_SEND_REQUESTS_TOTAL.labels(node_id=target_node).inc()
     project_id = body.project_id or CHAT_PROJECT_ID
     session_id = body.session_id or chat_id
     user_id = body.user_id or "console_user"
@@ -3377,6 +3387,12 @@ async def api_chat_send_v2(chat_id: str, body: ChatMessageSendBody, request: Req
     return result
 
 
+@app.get("/metrics")
+def metrics():
+    data, content_type = render_metrics()
+    return Response(content=data, media_type=content_type)
+
+
 @app.post("/api/chat/send")
 async def api_chat_send(body: ChatSendBody, request: Request):
     """BFF chat: Ollama or router. Returns runtime contract fields. Rate: 30/min."""
diff --git a/services/sofiia-console/app/metrics.py b/services/sofiia-console/app/metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96c7b512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/sofiia-console/app/metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+
+try:
+    from prometheus_client import Counter as _PromCounter
+    from prometheus_client import generate_latest as _prom_generate_latest
+    from prometheus_client import CONTENT_TYPE_LATEST as _PROM_CONTENT_TYPE
+    _PROM_OK = True
+except Exception:
+    _PROM_OK = False
+
+
+if _PROM_OK:
+    # Total send requests, labeled by routed node_id
+    SOFIIA_SEND_REQUESTS_TOTAL = _PromCounter(
+        "sofiia_send_requests_total",
+        "Total number of send requests processed by sofiia-console",
+        ["node_id"],
+    )
+
+    # Total idempotency replays (same response served again)
+    SOFIIA_IDEMPOTENCY_REPLAYS_TOTAL = _PromCounter(
+        "sofiia_idempotency_replays_total",
+        "Total number of idempotency replays served from cache",
+    )
+
+    # Total cursor pagination requests
+    SOFIIA_CURSOR_REQUESTS_TOTAL = _PromCounter(
+        "sofiia_cursor_requests_total",
+        "Total number of cursor pagination requests",
+        ["resource"],
+    )
+
+    def render_metrics() -> Tuple[bytes, str]:
+        return _prom_generate_latest(), _PROM_CONTENT_TYPE
+
+else:
+    class _FallbackCounterChild:
+        def __init__(self, parent: "_FallbackCounter", key: Tuple[str, ...]):
+            self._parent = parent
+            self._key = key
+
+        def inc(self, amount: float = 1.0) -> None:
+            self._parent._values[self._key] = self._parent._values.get(self._key, 0.0) + float(amount)
+
+    class _FallbackCounter:
+        def __init__(self, name: str, doc: str, labelnames: List[str] | Tuple[str, ...] | None = None):
+            self.name = name
+            self.doc = doc
+            self.labelnames = tuple(labelnames or [])
+            self._values: Dict[Tuple[str, ...], float] = {}
+
+        def labels(self, **kwargs: str) -> _FallbackCounterChild:
+            key = tuple(str(kwargs.get(lbl, "")) for lbl in self.labelnames)
+            if key not in self._values:
+                self._values[key] = 0.0
+            return _FallbackCounterChild(self, key)
+
+        def inc(self, amount: float = 1.0) -> None:
+            key = tuple()
+            self._values[key] = self._values.get(key, 0.0) + float(amount)
+
+        def _render(self) -> List[str]:
+            out = [f"# HELP {self.name} {self.doc}", f"# TYPE {self.name} counter"]
+            if not self._values:
+                if self.labelnames:
+                    out.append(f"{self.name}{{}} 0.0")
+                else:
+                    out.append(f"{self.name} 0.0")
+                return out
+            for key, value in self._values.items():
+                if self.labelnames:
+                    labels = ",".join(
+                        f'{lname}="{lval}"' for lname, lval in zip(self.labelnames, key)
+                    )
+                    out.append(f"{self.name}{{{labels}}} {value}")
+                else:
+                    out.append(f"{self.name} {value}")
+            return out
+
+    SOFIIA_SEND_REQUESTS_TOTAL = _FallbackCounter(
+        "sofiia_send_requests_total",
+        "Total number of send requests processed by sofiia-console",
+        ["node_id"],
+    )
+    SOFIIA_IDEMPOTENCY_REPLAYS_TOTAL = _FallbackCounter(
+        "sofiia_idempotency_replays_total",
+        "Total number of idempotency replays served from cache",
+    )
+    SOFIIA_CURSOR_REQUESTS_TOTAL = _FallbackCounter(
+        "sofiia_cursor_requests_total",
+        "Total number of cursor pagination requests",
+        ["resource"],
+    )
+
+    _ALL = [
+        SOFIIA_SEND_REQUESTS_TOTAL,
+        SOFIIA_IDEMPOTENCY_REPLAYS_TOTAL,
+        SOFIIA_CURSOR_REQUESTS_TOTAL,
+    ]
+
+    def render_metrics() -> Tuple[bytes, str]:
+        lines: List[str] = []
+        for c in _ALL:
+            lines.extend(c._render())
+        text = "\n".join(lines) + "\n"
+        return text.encode("utf-8"), "text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8"
+
diff --git a/services/sofiia-console/requirements.txt b/services/sofiia-console/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71ba37d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/sofiia-console/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+fastapi>=0.104.0
+uvicorn[standard]>=0.24.0
+httpx>=0.25.0
+python-multipart>=0.0.6
+pyyaml>=6.0
+python-dotenv>=1.0.0
+prometheus-client>=0.20.0
+# Projects / Documents / Sessions persistence (Phase 1: SQLite)
+aiosqlite>=0.20.0
+# Document text extraction (optional — used when available)
+pypdf>=3.0.0
+python-docx>=1.1.0
diff --git a/tests/test_sofiia_metrics.py b/tests/test_sofiia_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20663c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_sofiia_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+def test_metrics_endpoint_exposes_sofiia_counters(sofiia_client):
+    r = sofiia_client.get("/metrics")
+    assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+    body = r.text
+    assert "sofiia_send_requests_total" in body
+    assert "sofiia_idempotency_replays_total" in body
+    assert "sofiia_cursor_requests_total" in body
+