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diff --git a/packages/doc/generated/components/button.md b/packages/doc/generated/components/button.md
index 01428c3..e2e25cc 100644
--- a/packages/doc/generated/components/button.md
+++ b/packages/doc/generated/components/button.md
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ nav_order: 1
 
 # Button
 
+`variant="ghost"` is the lowest emphasis (tertiary), below `solid` and the default `soft`: no fill at rest, `text-primary` text and a `bg-subtle` wash when pressed. It keeps each size's height and padding, so its hit area matches `solid` and `soft`. Use it for an action inside content, where a fill would compete with that content. It is never a screen's main action or its only one. `accent` does not paint ghost: the prop is accepted and has no effect, as on `IconButton`.
+
 ## API
 
 ### Button Props
 
 | Prop | Required | Type | Notes |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| `variant` | no | `'solid' | 'soft'` | style axis |
+| `variant` | no | `'solid' | 'soft' | 'ghost'` | style axis |
 | `size` | no | `'sm' | 'lg'` | style axis |
 | `fill` | no | `'natural' | 'even' | 'hug'` | style axis |
 | `accent` | no | `'neutral' | 'lilac' | 'orange'` | theme scope |
diff --git a/packages/doc/pipeline/component-api-ir.js b/packages/doc/pipeline/component-api-ir.js
index 5291bfe..464428e 100644
--- a/packages/doc/pipeline/component-api-ir.js
+++ b/packages/doc/pipeline/component-api-ir.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const COMPONENT_API_DOCS = [
     file: 'packages/rn/generated/components/button.ts',
     type: 'ButtonProps',
     relatedPrefix: 'Button',
+    lead: '`variant="ghost"` is the lowest emphasis (tertiary), below `solid` and the default `soft`: no fill at rest, `text-primary` text and a `bg-subtle` wash when pressed. It keeps each size\'s height and padding, so its hit area matches `solid` and `soft`. Use it for an action inside content, where a fill would compete with that content. It is never a screen\'s main action or its only one. `accent` does not paint ghost: the prop is accepted and has no effect, as on `IconButton`.',
   },
   {
     source: 'alert',
diff --git a/packages/doc/pipeline/docs-drift.test.js b/packages/doc/pipeline/docs-drift.test.js
index c2f0a92..2d21e6e 100644
--- a/packages/doc/pipeline/docs-drift.test.js
+++ b/packages/doc/pipeline/docs-drift.test.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const PAGE_CONTRACT = {
     kind: 'api', source: 'button', title: 'Button', nav: 1,
     cells: [
       '### Button Props',
-      "| `variant` | no | `'solid' | 'soft'` | style axis |",
+      "| `variant` | no | `'solid' | 'soft' | 'ghost'` | style axis |",
       "| `size` | no | `'sm' | 'lg'` | style axis |",
       "| `fill` | no | `'natural' | 'even' | 'hug'` | style axis |",
       "| `accent` | no | `'neutral' | 'lilac' | 'orange'` | theme scope |",
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ const PAGE_CONTRACT = {
       '### Button Icon Props',
       '| `name` | yes | `IconName` | scalar icon name |',
       '> `children` is not accepted (`children?: never`).',
+      // the lead's four ghost points (#233 · the admitted docs contract): tertiary ·
+      // inside content · never the main/only action · accent does not paint it.
+      'is the lowest emphasis (tertiary)',
+      'Use it for an action inside content, where a fill would compete with that content.',
+      "It is never a screen's main action or its only one.",
+      '`accent` does not paint ghost',
     ],
     excludes: ['## Example', '## Anatomy', '## Base', '## Token map'],
   },
diff --git a/packages/expo-demo/src/screens/Bitcoin.tsx b/packages/expo-demo/src/screens/Bitcoin.tsx
index 7d8023b..3a7bd85 100644
--- a/packages/expo-demo/src/screens/Bitcoin.tsx
+++ b/packages/expo-demo/src/screens/Bitcoin.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { Button, Text, View } from '@ds';
+import { Button, ButtonIcon, ButtonText, Text, View } from '@ds';
+
+const BTC = '₿ 0.0413';
+const EUR = '€ 2 634';
 
 export function Bitcoin() {
+  // The other-unit amount under the big one is a ghost swap (#233): an action inside
+  // content, so no fill competes with the amount. The screen owns the unit state.
+  const [inEuro, setInEuro] = React.useState(false);
+
   return (
     <View direction="column" align="stretch" justify="start" gap="lg" paddingX="lg" paddingY="md" fill="grow">
       <View aspectRatio="card" radius="lg" />
-      <Text size="3xl" align="center">₿ 0.0413</Text>
+      <View direction="column" align="center" gap="xs">
+        <Text size="3xl" align="center">{inEuro ? EUR : BTC}</Text>
+        <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" onPress={() => setInEuro((value) => !value)}>
+          <ButtonIcon name="transfer-vertical" />
+          <ButtonText>{inEuro ? BTC : EUR}</ButtonText>
+        </Button>
+      </View>
       <View direction="row" align="center" gap="sm" distribute="even">
         <Button size="lg" variant="soft">Receive</Button>
         <Button size="lg" variant="solid" accent="orange">Send</Button>
diff --git a/packages/playground/pages/component/button.html b/packages/playground/pages/component/button.html
index 463582c..bb9cf02 100644
--- a/packages/playground/pages/component/button.html
+++ b/packages/playground/pages/component/button.html
@@ -32,18 +32,37 @@
     </template>
   </nuri-demo>
 
-  <!-- variant · solid · soft · a per-instance accent override · a disabled solid. -->
+  <!-- variant · solid · soft · ghost · a per-instance accent override · a disabled solid. -->
   <nuri-demo layout="board" controls="device,theme,accent" label="variant">
     <template>
       <nuri-view direction="column" align="center" justify="center" gap="md" fill>
         <nuri-button variant="solid">Solid</nuri-button>
         <nuri-button variant="soft">Soft</nuri-button>
+        <nuri-button variant="ghost">Ghost</nuri-button>
         <nuri-button variant="solid" accent="orange">Solid accent</nuri-button>
         <nuri-button variant="solid" disabled>Disabled</nuri-button>
       </nuri-view>
     </template>
   </nuri-demo>
 
+  <!-- ghost · the lowest emphasis (tertiary · #233): no fill, text-primary, bg-subtle when
+       pressed. For an action inside content, where a fill would compete with it; never a
+       screen's main or only action. sm 36 / lg 60 like soft and solid; accent paints
+       nothing (the orange row matches the plain one). -->
+  <nuri-demo layout="board" controls="device,theme,accent" label="ghost">
+    <template>
+      <nuri-view direction="column" align="center" justify="center" gap="md" fill>
+        <nuri-button variant="ghost" size="sm">
+          <nuri-button-icon name="transfer-vertical"></nuri-button-icon>
+          <nuri-button-text>₿ 27 435</nuri-button-text>
+        </nuri-button>
+        <nuri-button variant="ghost" size="lg">Ghost</nuri-button>
+        <nuri-button variant="ghost" size="lg" accent="orange">Ghost accent</nuri-button>
+        <nuri-button variant="ghost" size="lg" disabled>Disabled</nuri-button>
+      </nuri-view>
+    </template>
+  </nuri-demo>
+
   <!-- with icons · ordered ButtonText + ButtonIcon lockups: trailing icon · mid icon · leading icon. -->
   <nuri-demo layout="board" controls="device,theme,accent" label="with icons">
     <template>
diff --git a/packages/prototype/generated/descriptors/button.js b/packages/prototype/generated/descriptors/button.js
index 3ca188f..44c1c3e 100644
--- a/packages/prototype/generated/descriptors/button.js
+++ b/packages/prototype/generated/descriptors/button.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export const buttonDescriptor = {
     variant: {
       solid: { root: { palette: { variant: 'solid' } } },
       soft: { root: { palette: { variant: 'soft' } } },
+      ghost: { root: { palette: { variant: 'ghost' } } },
     },
     size: {
       sm: {
diff --git a/packages/rn/__tests__/geometry-bake.test.ts b/packages/rn/__tests__/geometry-bake.test.ts
index 6561f67..2965cdb 100644
--- a/packages/rn/__tests__/geometry-bake.test.ts
+++ b/packages/rn/__tests__/geometry-bake.test.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ describe('geometry bake · guard 1 — ORACLE EQUIVALENCE (baked ≡ runtime res
   }
 });
 
+describe('geometry bake · guard 1 COVERS — the oracle product reaches every Button variant', () => {
+  test('button · ghost × sm|lg × fill is in the cross-product (#233 · the cells #154 dropped)', () => {
+    const product = selections(buttonDescriptor as Descriptor<Axes>);
+    expect(product).toHaveLength(3 * 2 * 3); // variant (solid·soft·ghost) × size (sm·lg) × fill (natural·even·hug)
+    for (const size of ['sm', 'lg']) {
+      for (const fill of ['natural', 'even', 'hug']) {
+        expect(product).toContainEqual({ variant: 'ghost', size, fill });
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 describe('geometry bake · guard 1 BINDS — mutation proof (a stale bake WOULD fail)', () => {
   test('mutating one descriptor box cell breaks the baked ≡ runtime equality', () => {
     const theme = buildNuriTheme('lilac', 'light');
diff --git a/packages/rn/__tests__/render-smoke.test.tsx b/packages/rn/__tests__/render-smoke.test.tsx
index 3af994a..438eb31 100644
--- a/packages/rn/__tests__/render-smoke.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/rn/__tests__/render-smoke.test.tsx
@@ -136,6 +136,44 @@ describe('render-smoke — the ergonomic components mount headless', () => {
     expect(tr.toJSON()).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  test('Button — ghost (#233): no fill at rest, bg-subtle pressed, text-primary label, sm 36 / lg 60, accent paints nothing', () => {
+    const cell = (mode: 'light' | 'dark', props: { size: 'sm' | 'lg'; accent?: 'lilac' | 'orange' | 'neutral'; disabled?: boolean }) => {
+      const tr = render(
+        <NuriThemeProvider mode={mode}>
+          <Button variant="ghost" onPress={() => undefined} {...props}>
+            ₿ 27 435
+          </Button>
+        </NuriThemeProvider>,
+      );
+      const [button] = pressableActions(tr);
+      return {
+        role: button.props.accessibilityRole,
+        rest: flatStyleForTest(button.props.style({ pressed: false })),
+        pressed: flatStyleForTest(button.props.style({ pressed: true })),
+        label: flatStyleForTest(tr.root.findByType(Text).props.style).color,
+      };
+    };
+    for (const mode of ['light', 'dark'] as const) {
+      const ghost = buildNuriTheme('lilac', mode).surface.ghost;
+      const sm = cell(mode, { size: 'sm' });
+      expect(sm.role).toBe('button');
+      expect(sm.rest.backgroundColor).toBe('transparent');
+      expect(sm.pressed.backgroundColor).toBe(ghost.pressedBg);
+      expect(sm.pressed.transform).toEqual([{ scale: buildNuriTheme('lilac', mode).interaction.pressScale }]);
+      expect(sm.label).toBe(ghost.fg);
+      expect(sm.rest.minHeight).toBe(size.md); // 36
+      expect(cell(mode, { size: 'lg' }).rest.minHeight).toBe(size.xl); // 60
+      // accent does not paint ghost (decision 39): the orange/neutral cells equal the lilac one.
+      for (const accent of ['orange', 'neutral'] as const) {
+        expect(cell(mode, { size: 'sm', accent })).toEqual(sm);
+      }
+      const disabled = cell(mode, { size: 'sm', disabled: true });
+      expect(disabled.rest.opacity).toBe(buildNuriTheme('lilac', mode).interaction.disabledOpacity);
+      expect(disabled.pressed.backgroundColor).toBe('transparent');
+    }
+    expect([size.md, size.xl]).toEqual([36, 60]);
+  });
+
   test('Button — label text is a single-line shrinkable control label', () => {
     const tr = render(
       <NuriThemeProvider>
diff --git a/packages/rn/__tests__/resolve.test.ts b/packages/rn/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
index a99b944..bea47df 100644
--- a/packages/rn/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
+++ b/packages/rn/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ describe('Button — the richest descriptor (every namespace + interactive · vi
   test('variant → backgroundColor (palette · spot-assert)', () => {
     expect(rootCell('solid', 'lg').style.backgroundColor).toBe(acc('lilac', 'solid', 'light'));
     expect(rootCell('soft', 'lg').style.backgroundColor).toBe(chrome.light.bgStrong);
+    expect(rootCell('ghost', 'lg').style.backgroundColor).toBe('transparent');
   });
 
   test('size → box geometry patches (sm/lg · decision 41)', () => {
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ describe('Button — the richest descriptor (every namespace + interactive · vi
   test('interactive transients — pressed colour per variant + scale + disabled opacity', () => {
     expect(rootCell('solid', 'lg', { pressed: true }).style.backgroundColor).toBe(acc('lilac', 'solidPressed', 'light'));
     expect(rootCell('soft', 'lg', { pressed: true }).style.backgroundColor).toBe(chrome.light.bgPressed);
+    expect(rootCell('ghost', 'lg', { pressed: true }).style.backgroundColor).toBe(chrome.light.bgSubtle);
     expect(rootCell('solid', 'lg', { pressed: true }).style.transform).toEqual([{ scale: interactionTokens.pressScale }]);
     expect(rootCell('solid', 'lg', { disabled: true }).style.opacity).toBe(interactionTokens.disabledOpacity);
   });
@@ -197,12 +199,33 @@ describe('Button — the richest descriptor (every namespace + interactive · vi
     // the root PROVIDES the surface fg per variant (scope-published · not a style patch)
     expect(rootCell('solid', 'lg').node.fg).toBe(acc('lilac', 'onSolid', 'light'));
     expect(rootCell('soft', 'lg').node.fg).toBe(chrome.light.textPrimary);
+    expect(rootCell('ghost', 'lg').node.fg).toBe(chrome.light.textPrimary);
     // the label part carries ONLY typography — no colour patch, no own fg.
     const label = flattenPart(buttonDescriptor, theme, 'label', { size: 'lg' }, {});
     expect(label.style).toEqual({});
     expect(label.node.fg).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  test('ghost (#233) — shares soft\'s geometry per size; accent does not paint it (decision 39)', () => {
+    const geometry = (style: object) => ({ ...style, backgroundColor: undefined });
+    for (const s of ['sm', 'lg']) {
+      expect(geometry(rootCell('ghost', s).style)).toEqual(geometry(rootCell('soft', s).style));
+      expect(rootCell('ghost', s, { disabled: true }).style.opacity).toBe(interactionTokens.disabledOpacity);
+    }
+    // the ghost cells read only chrome (transparent · bg-subtle · text-primary) — identical under every accent.
+    for (const mode of ['light', 'dark'] as const) {
+      const cell = (accent: 'lilac' | 'orange' | 'neutral', state = {}) =>
+        flattenPart(buttonDescriptor, buildNuriTheme(accent, mode), 'root', { variant: 'ghost', size: 'sm' }, state);
+      for (const accent of ['orange', 'neutral'] as const) {
+        expect(cell(accent).style).toEqual(cell('lilac').style);
+        expect(cell(accent, { pressed: true }).style).toEqual(cell('lilac', { pressed: true }).style);
+        expect(cell(accent).node.fg).toBe(cell('lilac').node.fg);
+      }
+      expect(cell('orange', { pressed: true }).style.backgroundColor).toBe(chrome[mode].bgSubtle);
+      expect(cell('orange').node.fg).toBe(chrome[mode].textPrimary);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('label type tracks size — orthogonal {size, emphasis} (decision 55 · de-fused 77)', () => {
     const type = (s: string) => flattenPart(buttonDescriptor, theme, 'label', { size: s }, {}).node.type;
     // The fused `smEm`/`mdEm` is gone — each value is the two orthogonal inputs.
diff --git a/packages/rn/generated/components/button.ts b/packages/rn/generated/components/button.ts
index b884ea8..b8f64d6 100644
--- a/packages/rn/generated/components/button.ts
+++ b/packages/rn/generated/components/button.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import type { Accent } from '../data/tokens';
 import type { IconName } from '../data/icons';
 
 export type ButtonProps = {
-  variant?: 'solid' | 'soft';
+  variant?: 'solid' | 'soft' | 'ghost';
   size?: 'sm' | 'lg';
   fill?: 'natural' | 'even' | 'hug';
   accent?: Accent;
diff --git a/packages/rn/type-tests/component-types.test-d.tsx b/packages/rn/type-tests/component-types.test-d.tsx
index d56d4bb..ddafd0a 100644
--- a/packages/rn/type-tests/component-types.test-d.tsx
+++ b/packages/rn/type-tests/component-types.test-d.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ import {
   TopbarTitle,
   TopbarTrailing,
 } from '../index';
-import type { IconAvatarProps, IconName, ListActionLeadingAvatarProps } from '../index';
+import type { ButtonProps, IconAvatarProps, IconName, ListActionLeadingAvatarProps } from '../index';
 
 // Exact type equality without casts (#231 · the forwarded-prop typing proof): true only
 // when A and B are mutually identical — `unknown` or a widened union fails to compile.
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ export const nuriRootBadAccent = <NuriRoot accent="teal"><Screen /></NuriRoot>;
 // ── Button — text sink · variant/size · NO icon (the soup is gone) ──
 // the real surface compiles: variant union + children text.
 export const buttonOk = <Button variant="solid" size="lg" onPress={() => undefined}>Send</Button>;
+// #233 · ghost is back on the variant union (reverses #154's drop); the default stays soft.
+export const buttonVariantUnion: Equal<Required<ButtonProps>['variant'], 'solid' | 'soft' | 'ghost'> = true;
+export const buttonGhostOk = <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" onPress={() => undefined}>Swap</Button>;
+// accent is accepted on ghost and paints nothing (decision 39 · documented, NOT type-excluded).
+export const buttonGhostAccentOk = <Button variant="ghost" size="lg" accent="orange">Swap</Button>;
 // bare children are the label sink.
 export const buttonChildrenOk = <Button>Buy</Button>;
 // composed ordered lockup: flat slot exports, icon slot uses `name`.
diff --git a/packages/spec/components/button.ts b/packages/spec/components/button.ts
index dd36f04..c8b9376 100644
--- a/packages/spec/components/button.ts
+++ b/packages/spec/components/button.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
 import type { Descriptor } from './schema';
 
 type ButtonAxes = {
-  variant: 'solid' | 'soft';
+  // `ghost` (#233 · admitted 2026-10-29 · reverses #154's non-use drop) = the lowest
+  // emphasis (tertiary): no fill, for an action inside content where a fill would
+  // compete with it; never a screen's main or only action. Accent does not paint it.
+  variant: 'solid' | 'soft' | 'ghost';
   size: 'sm' | 'lg';
   // How the button sits as a flex child of its parent row (the root's stack.fill).
   // `natural` (default) composes nothing → the bare flex 0 1 auto: hugs its label,
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ export const buttonDescriptor: Descriptor<ButtonAxes> = {
     variant: {
       solid: { root: { palette: { variant: 'solid' } } },
       soft: { root: { palette: { variant: 'soft' } } },
+      ghost: { root: { palette: { variant: 'ghost' } } },
     },
     size: {
       sm: {
diff --git a/scripts/docs-drift.test.js b/scripts/docs-drift.test.js
index 54938c6..4f87a8e 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-drift.test.js
+++ b/scripts/docs-drift.test.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const EXPECTED_DESCRIPTORS = {
     interactive: [],
   },
   button: {
-    axes: { variant: ['solid', 'soft'], size: ['sm', 'lg'], fill: ['natural', 'even', 'hug'] },
+    axes: { variant: ['solid', 'soft', 'ghost'], size: ['sm', 'lg'], fill: ['natural', 'even', 'hug'] },
     parts: ['label', 'icon'], // the anatomy's non-root parts
     interactive: ['pressColor', 'pressScale', 'disabledOpacity'], // the collapsed root opt-in (§8 · no compound)
   },