diff --git a/backend/scripts/article_pipeline.py b/backend/scripts/article_pipeline.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e89261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/scripts/article_pipeline.py
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+"""Retrieval and import for articles written by hand rather than by an API model.
+
+Splits the job in two, because only one half belongs to a machine:
+
+    fetch   — bge-m3 embeds the topic, Milvus returns the passages, and the
+              references are derived from their metadata. No writing model is
+              involved at any point.
+    import  — takes a finished article as JSON and stores it as a draft.
+
+Whoever writes the prose in between reads the passages and writes original text
+from them. The references are built here from what retrieval actually returned,
+so they cannot be invented by whoever is writing, which is the same property the
+generated route had.
+
+    docker compose exec backend python -m scripts.article_pipeline fetch "Croup" --out /app/uploads/_work
+    docker compose exec backend python -m scripts.article_pipeline topics --limit 40
+    docker compose exec backend python -m scripts.article_pipeline import /app/uploads/_work/croup.article.json
+"""
+import argparse
+import json
+import pathlib
+import sys
+import uuid
+
+from sqlalchemy import text as sa_text
+
+from app.database import SessionLocal
+from app.models.article import Article
+from app.services import article_service, clinical_library
+from app.services.article_writer import (
+    MIN_SOURCE_CHARS, PASSAGES, SHELF, slugify, _unique_slugs,
+)
+
+VARIANTS = ("short", "long", "clinical")
+
+
+def cmd_topics(args):
+    """Conditions that still have no article, biggest first."""
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        rows = db.execute(sa_text("""
+            SELECT c.id, c.name, COUNT(q.id) AS uses
+            FROM question_categories c
+            JOIN questions q ON q.question_category_id = c.id
+            WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM question_categories k WHERE k.parent_id = c.id)
+            GROUP BY c.id, c.name
+            ORDER BY uses DESC, c.name
+        """)).fetchall()
+        have = {row[0] for row in db.query(Article.slug).all()}
+        todo = [(cid, name, uses) for cid, name, uses in rows if slugify(name) not in have]
+        for category_id, name, uses in todo[:args.limit]:
+            print(f"{category_id}\t{uses}\t{name}")
+        print(f"\n# {len(todo)} topics without an article", file=sys.stderr)
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+    return 0
+
+
+def cmd_fetch(args):
+    """Everything needed to write one article, and nothing that writes it."""
+    passages = clinical_library.search(args.topic, limit=PASSAGES, folder_contains=SHELF)
+    chars = sum(len(p["text"]) for p in passages)
+    payload = {
+        "topic": args.topic,
+        "slug": slugify(args.topic),
+        "category_id": args.category_id,
+        "passage_count": len(passages),
+        "source_chars": chars,
+        "enough_material": len(passages) >= 3 and chars >= MIN_SOURCE_CHARS,
+        "references": clinical_library.references_from(passages),
+        "passages": [{
+            "source": f"{p['source'].get('title', 'source')}"
+                      f"{', p. ' + str(p['source']['page']) if p['source'].get('page') else ''}",
+            "text": p["text"],
+        } for p in passages],
+    }
+    out = pathlib.Path(args.out)
+    out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    target = out / f"{payload['slug']}.sources.json"
+    target.write_text(json.dumps(payload, indent=1))
+    print(target)
+    return 0
+
+
+def _sections(blocks, variant):
+    out = []
+    for block in blocks or []:
+        if not isinstance(block, dict):
+            continue
+        title = str(block.get("title") or "").strip()
+        content = str(block.get("content") or "").strip()
+        if not title or not content:
+            continue
+        out.append({"id": uuid.uuid4().hex, "slug": slugify(title)[:60] or f"s{len(out) + 1}",
+                    "title": title[:300], "content": content,
+                    "parent_id": None, "variant": variant})
+    return out
+
+
+def cmd_import(args):
+    """Store a finished article as a draft, refusing anything half-written."""
+    data = json.loads(pathlib.Path(args.path).read_text())
+    topic = (data.get("topic") or "").strip()
+    if not topic:
+        print("  No topic in that file.")
+        return 1
+
+    sections = _unique_slugs([s for v in VARIANTS for s in _sections(data.get(v), v)])
+    missing = [v for v in VARIANTS if not any(s["variant"] == v for s in sections)]
+    if missing:
+        # A view the reader is offered and finds empty is worse than one that was
+        # never promised, so an incomplete article is refused rather than stored.
+        print(f"  {topic}: missing {', '.join(missing)} — not imported.")
+        return 1
+
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        slug = data.get("slug") or slugify(topic)
+        if db.query(Article.id).filter(Article.slug == slug).first():
+            print(f"  {topic}: already exists.")
+            return 0
+        article = Article(
+            slug=slug, title=topic[:300],
+            summary=(data.get("summary") or "").strip()[:2000] or None,
+            sections=sections, category_id=data.get("category_id"),
+            status="draft",
+            references_json=data.get("references") or [],
+            generated_by=data.get("written_by") or "claude",
+        )
+        db.add(article)
+        db.flush()
+        article_service.record_slug(db, article)
+        db.commit()
+        print(f"  {topic}: imported as draft #{article.id} "
+              f"({len(sections)} sections, {len(article.references_json)} references)")
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+    return 0
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    sub = parser.add_subparsers(dest="cmd", required=True)
+
+    topics = sub.add_parser("topics", help="conditions still without an article")
+    topics.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=50)
+    topics.set_defaults(func=cmd_topics)
+
+    fetch = sub.add_parser("fetch", help="retrieve the source passages for one topic")
+    fetch.add_argument("topic")
+    fetch.add_argument("--category-id", type=int, default=None)
+    fetch.add_argument("--out", default="/app/uploads/_work")
+    fetch.set_defaults(func=cmd_fetch)
+
+    imp = sub.add_parser("import", help="store a written article as a draft")
+    imp.add_argument("path")
+    imp.set_defaults(func=cmd_import)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args.func(args)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/QuestionManagerPage.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/QuestionManagerPage.jsx
index b7db629..7c400c9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/QuestionManagerPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/QuestionManagerPage.jsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { Link, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom'
 import api from '../api/client'
 import { useAuth } from '../context/AuthContext'
-import { QuestionEditModal, CreateQuestionModal } from '../components/QuestionEditors'
+import { CreateQuestionModal } from '../components/QuestionEditors'
 import GrantsPanel from '../components/GrantsPanel'
 import './QuestionManagerPage.css'
 
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export default function QuestionManagerPage() {
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState(() => new Set())
   const [bulkBusy, setBulkBusy] = useState(false)
   const [confirmBulkDelete, setConfirmBulkDelete] = useState(false)
-  const [editQuestion, setEditQuestion] = useState(null)
   const [creating, setCreating] = useState(false)
   const [deletingId, setDeletingId] = useState(null)
   const debounceRef = useRef(null)
@@ -125,14 +124,11 @@ export default function QuestionManagerPage() {
   }
 
   const lastPage = Math.max(0, Math.ceil(total / PAGE_SIZE) - 1)
+  // Where the editor sends you back to, filters and page intact.
+  const location = useLocation()
 
   return (
     <div className="qm-page">
-      {editQuestion && (
-        <QuestionEditModal question={editQuestion} categories={categories}
-          onSaved={() => { setEditQuestion(null); refresh() }}
-          onClose={() => setEditQuestion(null)} />
-      )}
       {creating && (
         <CreateQuestionModal categories={categories}
           onCreated={() => { setCreating(false); refresh() }}
@@ -228,7 +224,11 @@ export default function QuestionManagerPage() {
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div className="qm-row-actions">
-                  <button className="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" onClick={() => setEditQuestion(q)}>Edit</button>
+                  {/* The whole question on its own page. The modal could show
+                      neither a searchable category tree nor images, versions and
+                      option explanations at once, which is what editing needs. */}
+                  <Link className="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" to={`/questions/${q.id}`}
+                    state={{ from: `${location.pathname}${location.search}`, label: 'Question manager' }}>Edit</Link>
                   {deletingId === q.id ? (
                     <>
                       <button className="btn btn-danger btn-sm" aria-label={`Confirm delete question ${q.id}`} onClick={() => deleteOne(q.id)}>Confirm</button>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/QuestionManagerPage.test.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/QuestionManagerPage.test.jsx
index 2313ec7..46b2d21 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/QuestionManagerPage.test.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/QuestionManagerPage.test.jsx
@@ -94,3 +94,14 @@ it('surfaces a server error from a bulk action', async () => {
   await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Share' }))
   expect(await screen.findByRole('alert')).toHaveTextContent('at most 500 questions')
 })
+
+it('edits on a page of its own, carrying the way back', async () => {
+  mockApi()
+  render(<MemoryRouter><QuestionManagerPage /></MemoryRouter>)
+  await screen.findByText(/3-year-old with fever/)
+  const edit = screen.getAllByRole('link', { name: 'Edit' })[0]
+  // A modal could show neither a searchable category tree nor images, versions
+  // and option explanations at once.
+  expect(edit).toHaveAttribute('href', '/questions/1')
+  expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: 'Edit Question' })).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+})