diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index ae7fb4a..bb2a71d 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
+import type { ExtensionContext } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
+import { SettingsManager, getAgentDir } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
 import type { AutoCompactIntegration } from "./state";
 
+/** JSON key in global/project settings.json (SPEC §7.3). */
+export const SKILL_REINJECT_SETTINGS_KEY = "skillReinject";
+
+export type PartialSkillReinjectSettings = Partial<SkillReinjectSettings>;
+
+const AUTO_COMPACT_INTEGRATION_VALUES: readonly AutoCompactIntegration[] = [
+	"auto",
+	"defer",
+	"immediate",
+	"off",
+];
+
 /** Global/project skillReinject.* settings (SPEC §7.3). */
 export interface SkillReinjectSettings {
 	enabled: boolean;
@@ -23,3 +37,67 @@ export const DEFAULT_SKILL_REINJECT_SETTINGS: Readonly<SkillReinjectSettings> =
 export function createDefaultSettings(): SkillReinjectSettings {
 	return { ...DEFAULT_SKILL_REINJECT_SETTINGS };
 }
+
+function isAutoCompactIntegration(value: unknown): value is AutoCompactIntegration {
+	return (
+		typeof value === "string" &&
+		(AUTO_COMPACT_INTEGRATION_VALUES as readonly string[]).includes(value)
+	);
+}
+
+/** Parse unknown JSON; invalid fields are ignored. */
+export function parseSkillReinjectPartial(raw: unknown): PartialSkillReinjectSettings {
+	if (!raw || typeof raw !== "object" || Array.isArray(raw)) {
+		return {};
+	}
+	const obj = raw as Record<string, unknown>;
+	const result: PartialSkillReinjectSettings = {};
+	if (typeof obj.enabled === "boolean") {
+		result.enabled = obj.enabled;
+	}
+	if (typeof obj.trackReadPaths === "boolean") {
+		result.trackReadPaths = obj.trackReadPaths;
+	}
+	if (typeof obj.triggerTurn === "boolean") {
+		result.triggerTurn = obj.triggerTurn;
+	}
+	if (typeof obj.reinjectOnManualCompaction === "boolean") {
+		result.reinjectOnManualCompaction = obj.reinjectOnManualCompaction;
+	}
+	if (isAutoCompactIntegration(obj.autoCompactIntegration)) {
+		result.autoCompactIntegration = obj.autoCompactIntegration;
+	}
+	if (typeof obj.suffix === "string") {
+		result.suffix = obj.suffix;
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+/** Project overrides global; both layers merge onto defaults (SPEC §7.3). */
+export function mergeSkillReinjectSettings(
+	global: PartialSkillReinjectSettings,
+	project: PartialSkillReinjectSettings,
+): SkillReinjectSettings {
+	return {
+		...createDefaultSettings(),
+		...global,
+		...project,
+	};
+}
+
+function extractSkillReinject(settings: object): PartialSkillReinjectSettings {
+	return parseSkillReinjectPartial(
+		(settings as Record<string, unknown>)[SKILL_REINJECT_SETTINGS_KEY],
+	);
+}
+
+/** Merged global + project settings via Pi SettingsManager (SPEC §7.3). */
+export function readSettings(ctx: ExtensionContext): SkillReinjectSettings {
+	const manager = SettingsManager.create(ctx.cwd, getAgentDir(), {
+		projectTrusted: ctx.isProjectTrusted(),
+	});
+	return mergeSkillReinjectSettings(
+		extractSkillReinject(manager.getGlobalSettings()),
+		extractSkillReinject(manager.getProjectSettings()),
+	);
+}