diff --git a/skills/ingest/scripts/ingest-semantic.py b/skills/ingest/scripts/ingest-semantic.py
index f73612e..a7b527a 100755
--- a/skills/ingest/scripts/ingest-semantic.py
+++ b/skills/ingest/scripts/ingest-semantic.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ TIMEOUT    = int(os.environ.get("INGEST_TIMEOUT", "600"))
 # Unset = omit the flag entirely (correct for plain instruct models such as qwen2.5).
 THINK      = os.environ.get("INGEST_THINK")
 TODAY      = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
+FEEDBACK   = os.environ.get("INGEST_FEEDBACK", "").strip()
 
 
 def die(stage, reason):
@@ -217,13 +218,19 @@ def call_model(max_retries=2, base_delay=2.0):
     existing_conc = ", ".join(sorted(existing_concepts)) or "(none yet)"
     prompt = SYSTEM_PROMPT.format(existing_entities=existing_ents, existing_concepts=existing_conc)
 
+    user_content = (
+        ("REVISION REQUESTED BY THE MAINTAINER (address this explicitly):\n"
+        + FEEDBACK + "\n\n") if FEEDBACK else ""
+    ) + (
+        "Source path: " + raw_rel + "\n\n--- SOURCE START ---\n"
+        + source_text + "\n--- SOURCE END ---\n\nReturn the JSON now."
+    )
+
     payload = {
         "model": MODEL,
         "messages": [
             {"role": "system", "content": prompt},
-            {"role": "user", "content":
-                "Source path: " + raw_rel + "\n\n--- SOURCE START ---\n"
-                + source_text + "\n--- SOURCE END ---\n\nReturn the JSON now."},
+            {"role": "user", "content": user_content },
         ],
         "format": SCHEMA,
         "stream": False,