diff --git a/board_view.sx b/board_view.sx
index 8c50168..68a8fb5 100644
--- a/board_view.sx
+++ b/board_view.sx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #import "modules/ui/font.sx";
 #import "board.sx";
 #import "board_layout.sx";
+#import "swipe.sx";
 
 // Fraction of a cell each gem occupies; the remainder is margin so a gem sits
 // inside its cell tile rather than touching the tile's edges.
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ load_texture :: (path: [:0]u8, gpu: ?GPU) -> u32 {
 // Which board cell the player has currently selected, if any. Lives behind a
 // pointer (heap-allocated in main) because BoardView is a value rebuilt every
 // frame from `build_ui`, so the view itself cannot carry state across frames.
-// Selection only — P5 turns a selected→adjacent tap into a swap.
+// A tap toggles this highlight; a swipe commits a swap (see DragInput) and
+// clears it.
 BoardSelection :: struct {
     active: bool;
     cell: Cell;
@@ -138,10 +140,35 @@ BoardSelection :: struct {
     }
 }
 
+// Tracks an in-progress touch drag between its press and release so a swipe can
+// be resolved on lift: the press records the start point, and release maps
+// start→end through `swipe_intent` to an adjacent-swap intent. Heap-allocated
+// (like BoardSelection) so it survives BoardView's per-frame rebuild between the
+// down (touchesBegan → mouse_down) and up (touchesEnded → mouse_up) events.
+DragInput :: struct {
+    active: bool;
+    start: Point;
+
+    init :: (self: *DragInput) {
+        self.active = false;
+        self.start = Point.{ x = 0.0, y = 0.0 };
+    }
+
+    begin :: (self: *DragInput, p: Point) {
+        self.active = true;
+        self.start = p;
+    }
+
+    clear :: (self: *DragInput) {
+        self.active = false;
+    }
+}
+
 BoardView :: struct {
     board: *Board;
     assets: *BoardAssets;
     sel: *BoardSelection;
+    drag: *DragInput;
     safe: EdgeInsets;
 
     // Where the grid sits + the touch↔cell mapping. Recomputed each render /
@@ -209,14 +236,33 @@ impl View for BoardView {
         render_hud(ctx, self.board, avail);
     }
 
+    // Touch input. A press records the drag start; the release resolves the
+    // gesture against the SAME layout it was drawn with. A swipe (start→end maps
+    // to an adjacent-swap intent) is fed straight into `commit_swap`: a legal
+    // swap applies, cascades, scores and spends a move, an illegal one reverts —
+    // either way the next frame re-renders the board + HUD from the model. A
+    // sub-threshold / off-board drag carries no intent and falls back to the tap
+    // behaviour: toggle the selection on the pressed cell, or clear it off-board.
     handle_event :: (self: *BoardView, event: *Event, frame: Frame) -> bool {
         self.compute_layout(frame);
         if event.* == {
             case .mouse_down: (d) {
-                if hit := self.layout.point_to_cell(d.position) {
-                    self.sel.toggle(hit);
-                } else {
+                self.drag.begin(d.position);
+                return true;
+            }
+            case .mouse_up: (d) {
+                if !self.drag.active { return false; }
+                start := self.drag.start;
+                self.drag.clear();
+                if intent := swipe_intent(@self.layout, start, d.position) {
+                    commit_swap(self.board, intent.a, intent.b);
                     self.sel.clear();
+                } else {
+                    if hit := self.layout.point_to_cell(start) {
+                        self.sel.toggle(hit);
+                    } else {
+                        self.sel.clear();
+                    }
                 }
                 return true;
             }
diff --git a/goldens/p5_swap_after.png b/goldens/p5_swap_after.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dcc8db
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diff --git a/goldens/p5_swap_before.png b/goldens/p5_swap_before.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..122b9ce
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diff --git a/main.sx b/main.sx
index cbc3574..f42600d 100644
--- a/main.sx
+++ b/main.sx
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ g_assets : *BoardAssets = null;
 // per-frame rebuild; a tap hit-tests a cell and toggles this.
 g_sel : *BoardSelection = null;
 
+// In-progress touch drag (P5.2). Heap-allocated for the same reason: the press
+// and release that bracket a swipe land on different per-frame BoardView values,
+// so the drag start must persist between them.
+g_drag : *DragInput = null;
+
 // Rebuilt each frame inside the pipeline's arena; carries the current safe-area
 // insets so the grid stays inside the notch / home-indicator region.
 build_ui :: () -> View {
-    BoardView.{ board = g_board, assets = g_assets, sel = g_sel, safe = g_safe_insets }
+    BoardView.{ board = g_board, assets = g_assets, sel = g_sel, drag = g_drag, safe = g_safe_insets }
 }
 
 frame :: () {
@@ -144,6 +149,9 @@ main :: () -> void {
     g_sel = xx context.allocator.alloc(size_of(BoardSelection));
     g_sel.init();
 
+    g_drag = xx context.allocator.alloc(size_of(DragInput));
+    g_drag.init();
+
     g_pipeline.set_body(closure(build_ui));
 
     g_plat.run_frame_loop(closure(frame));
diff --git a/tests/expected/swipe_commit.exit b/tests/expected/swipe_commit.exit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..573541a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/expected/swipe_commit.exit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/expected/swipe_commit.stdout b/tests/expected/swipe_commit.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..984f4b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/expected/swipe_commit.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+== illegal swipe reverts ==
+RRPPOGRG
+PGPOPRRO
+YYBBYRYB
+GBYYRGGP
+OGBRRORY
+BYRRPRBG
+YOYYROBB
+OROBPPRB
+intent (0,0)->(1,0)
+legal false awarded 0 score 0 moves_made 0 moves_remaining 30
+== legal swipe commits ==
+intent (5,4)->(6,4)
+legal true depth 1 awarded 30 score 30 moves_made 1 moves_remaining 29
+after:
+RRPBORRG
+PGPPOGRO
+YYBOPRYB
+GBYBYRGP
+OGBYRGOY
+BYRRPRBG
+YOYYROBB
+OROBPPRB
+ok: swipe reverts illegal, commits legal
diff --git a/tests/swipe_commit.sx b/tests/swipe_commit.sx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..908e151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/swipe_commit.sx
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Swipe→commit wiring golden (P5.2): prove the full input-to-model path P5.2
+// adds — a touch drag resolved by `swipe_intent` and fed straight into
+// `commit_swap` — on the SAME seeded board the iOS app renders (SEED 1337).
+// Feeds SYNTHETIC down/up screen positions built from a BoardLayout, resolves
+// the swap intent, then commits it, asserting:
+//   - an ILLEGAL swipe ((0,0)->(1,0): two reds → no match) reverts: the board is
+//     byte-for-byte unchanged, score stays 0, and no move is spent;
+//   - a known LEGAL swipe ((5,4)->(6,4): brings R into (5,4), completing R,R,R
+//     across cols 3-5 of row 4) commits: the board changes, score accrues, and
+//     exactly one move is spent.
+// No rendering, no model reach-around — it calls exactly what BoardView.handle_event
+// calls. Links headless like tests/swipe_intent.sx; avoids tests/test.sx because
+// its trace.sx pulls in a second `Frame` that collides with the UI one. Failure
+// is signalled via a non-zero exit code (the runner checks exit code AND stdout).
+#import "modules/std.sx";
+#import "board.sx";
+#import "board_layout.sx";
+#import "swipe.sx";
+
+SEED :: 1337;
+
+cell_center :: (lay: *BoardLayout, col: s64, row: s64) -> Point {
+    cf := lay.cell_frame(col, row);
+    Point.{ x = cf.mid_x(), y = cf.mid_y() }
+}
+
+boards_equal :: (x: *Board, y: *Board) -> bool {
+    for 0..BOARD_CELLS: (i) {
+        if !(x.cells[i] == y.cells[i]) { return false; }
+    }
+    true
+}
+
+main :: () -> s32 {
+    // 800×600, no safe inset → 600px square grid, cell 75, origin (100, 0). A
+    // 60px drag clears the cell*0.5 = 37.5px swipe threshold on the dominant axis.
+    lay : BoardLayout = ---;
+    lay.compute(Frame.make(0.0, 0.0, 800.0, 600.0), EdgeInsets.zero());
+    D : f32 = 60.0;
+
+    fails : s64 = 0;
+
+    // ── ILLEGAL swipe reverts ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // (0,0) and (1,0) are both red on the seed board, so swapping them forms no
+    // match. The rightward drag must resolve to exactly this pair, and
+    // commit_swap must reject it — board untouched, score 0, no move spent.
+    print("== illegal swipe reverts ==\n");
+    bi : Board = ---;
+    bi.init(SEED);
+    before : Board = bi;
+    out(board_dump(@bi));
+
+    a_il := cell_center(@lay, 0, 0);
+    if s := swipe_intent(@lay, a_il, Point.{ x = a_il.x + D, y = a_il.y }) {
+        print("intent ({},{})->({},{})\n", s.a.col, s.a.row, s.b.col, s.b.row);
+        if !(s.a.col == 0 and s.a.row == 0 and s.b.col == 1 and s.b.row == 0) { fails += 1; }
+        mv := commit_swap(@bi, s.a, s.b);
+        print("legal {} awarded {} score {} moves_made {} moves_remaining {}\n",
+              mv.legal, mv.cascade.awarded, bi.score, bi.moves_made, mv.moves_remaining);
+        if mv.legal { fails += 1; }
+        if !boards_equal(@before, @bi) { fails += 1; }
+        if bi.score != 0 { fails += 1; }
+        if bi.moves_made != 0 { fails += 1; }
+        if mv.moves_remaining != bi.move_limit { fails += 1; }
+    } else {
+        print("intent none\n");
+        fails += 1;
+    }
+
+    // ── LEGAL swipe commits ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // (5,4)->(6,4): the rightward swipe brings R into (5,4), completing R,R,R
+    // across cols 3-5 of row 4. commit_swap applies it, resolves the cascade
+    // (score accrues into Board.score) and spends one move; the board changes.
+    print("== legal swipe commits ==\n");
+    bl : Board = ---;
+    bl.init(SEED);
+    pre : Board = bl;
+
+    a_le := cell_center(@lay, 5, 4);
+    if s := swipe_intent(@lay, a_le, Point.{ x = a_le.x + D, y = a_le.y }) {
+        print("intent ({},{})->({},{})\n", s.a.col, s.a.row, s.b.col, s.b.row);
+        if !(s.a.col == 5 and s.a.row == 4 and s.b.col == 6 and s.b.row == 4) { fails += 1; }
+        mv := commit_swap(@bl, s.a, s.b);
+        print("legal {} depth {} awarded {} score {} moves_made {} moves_remaining {}\n",
+              mv.legal, mv.cascade.depth, mv.cascade.awarded, bl.score, bl.moves_made, mv.moves_remaining);
+        if !mv.legal { fails += 1; }
+        if boards_equal(@pre, @bl) { fails += 1; }
+        if !(bl.score > 0) { fails += 1; }
+        if bl.moves_made != 1 { fails += 1; }
+        if mv.moves_remaining != bl.move_limit - 1 { fails += 1; }
+        out("after:\n");
+        out(board_dump(@bl));
+    } else {
+        print("intent none\n");
+        fails += 1;
+    }
+
+    if fails == 0 {
+        print("ok: swipe reverts illegal, commits legal\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    print("FAIL: {} swipe-commit checks failed\n", fails);
+    return 1;
+}