diff --git a/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/api/client.ts b/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/api/client.ts
index 8cf1514225..63600cfdf3 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/api/client.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/api/client.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import type { VideoInfoReadOnlyResponse } from './types';
+import type { VideoInfoUploadResponse } from './types';
 
 // Dev: same-origin `/v1/...`, proxied to http://localhost:12345 by Vite (see
 // vite.config.ts). Prod: call the public API host directly.
 const API_BASE = import.meta.env.DEV ? '' : 'https://api.storyteller.ai';
 
-const READ_ONLY_PATH = '/v1/video_info/read_only';
+// The upload endpoint persists a record (and returns its token) in addition to
+// returning the detected provenance.
+const UPLOAD_PATH = '/v1/video_info/upload';
 
 export class VideoInfoApiError extends Error {
   constructor(
@@ -16,16 +18,19 @@ export class VideoInfoApiError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
-/** Upload a video file and return the detected provenance. */
-export async function readVideoInfo(
+/**
+ * Upload a video file, persist a record, and return the detected provenance
+ * along with the stored record's token.
+ */
+export async function uploadVideo(
   file: File,
-): Promise<VideoInfoReadOnlyResponse> {
+): Promise<VideoInfoUploadResponse> {
   const form = new FormData();
   form.append('file', file, file.name || 'upload.mp4');
 
   let response: Response;
   try {
-    response = await fetch(`${API_BASE}${READ_ONLY_PATH}`, {
+    response = await fetch(`${API_BASE}${UPLOAD_PATH}`, {
       method: 'POST',
       body: form,
     });
@@ -52,5 +57,5 @@ export async function readVideoInfo(
     );
   }
 
-  return (await response.json()) as VideoInfoReadOnlyResponse;
+  return (await response.json()) as VideoInfoUploadResponse;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/api/types.ts b/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/api/types.ts
index e742a3d4db..b38c600289 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/api/types.ts
@@ -98,3 +98,12 @@ export interface VideoInfoReadOnlyResponse {
   maybe_dreamina: DreaminaVideoInfo | null;
   maybe_kling: KlingVideoInfo | null;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Response from `POST /v1/video_info/upload` — the same detected provenance as
+ * the read-only endpoint, plus the persisted record token (kept for follow-up
+ * requests like attaching a note).
+ */
+export interface VideoInfoUploadResponse extends VideoInfoReadOnlyResponse {
+  uploaded_video_token: string;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/app/App.tsx b/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/app/App.tsx
index 8ac1a15113..92b4fb0365 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/app/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/video-info-website/src/app/App.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { ArrowDown, RotateCcw, ScanSearch, Sparkles } from 'lucide-react';
 
-import { readVideoInfo, VideoInfoApiError } from '../api/client';
-import type { VideoInfoReadOnlyResponse } from '../api/types';
+import { uploadVideo, VideoInfoApiError } from '../api/client';
+import type { VideoInfoUploadResponse } from '../api/types';
 import { classify } from '../lib/classify';
 import type { Verdict } from '../lib/classify';
 import { ThemeToggle } from '../components/ThemeToggle';
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ type Status = 'idle' | 'loading' | 'done' | 'error';
 
 interface DoneState {
   fileName: string;
-  response: VideoInfoReadOnlyResponse;
+  response: VideoInfoUploadResponse;
+  /** Persisted record token — kept for upcoming follow-up requests. */
+  uploadedVideoToken: string;
   verdict: Verdict;
 }
 
@@ -29,8 +31,13 @@ export function App() {
     setStatus('loading');
     setError(null);
     try {
-      const response = await readVideoInfo(file);
-      setResult({ fileName: file.name, response, verdict: classify(response) });
+      const response = await uploadVideo(file);
+      setResult({
+        fileName: file.name,
+        response,
+        uploadedVideoToken: response.uploaded_video_token,
+        verdict: classify(response),
+      });
       setStatus('done');
     } catch (err) {
       const message =