diff --git a/plugins/voyage/playground/voyage-playground.html b/plugins/voyage/playground/voyage-playground.html
index 6ad4fcb..dcf0e33 100644
--- a/plugins/voyage/playground/voyage-playground.html
+++ b/plugins/voyage/playground/voyage-playground.html
@@ -964,6 +964,114 @@ playground first-run shows a complete round-trip-able artifact.
         });
       }
 
+      // ---- v4.3 Step 13 — loadProjectDirectory pipeline -----------------
+      // Validate → classify → read → parse-frontmatter → build
+      // ProjectArtifacts. Mirrors lib/parsers/project-discovery.mjs:15-24
+      // typedef on the browser side; storage-key derived deterministically
+      // from basePath so per-project draft state cannot leak across projects.
+      async function loadProjectDirectory(files, basePath) {
+        if (!files || !files.length) return null;
+        var prefix = basePath ? basePath + '/' : '';
+        var artifacts = {
+          basePath: basePath || '',
+          storageKey: '',
+          brief: null,
+          plan: null,
+          review: null,
+          progress: null,
+          research: [],
+          architecture: { overview: null, gaps: null, looseFiles: [] },
+          looseFiles: []
+        };
+
+        // Phase 1 — validate + classify (sync).
+        var classified = [];
+        for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+          var f = files[i];
+          var rel = f.webkitRelativePath || '';
+          // Validate: path must start with basePath prefix; reject parent traversal.
+          if (basePath && rel.indexOf(prefix) !== 0) continue;
+          if (rel.indexOf('..') !== -1) continue;
+          var inside = rel.slice(prefix.length);
+          if (!inside) continue;
+          var parts = inside.split('/');
+          var name = parts[parts.length - 1];
+          var bucket = null;
+          if (parts.length === 1 && name === 'brief.md') bucket = 'brief';
+          else if (parts.length === 1 && name === 'plan.md') bucket = 'plan';
+          else if (parts.length === 1 && name === 'review.md') bucket = 'review';
+          else if (parts.length === 1 && name === 'progress.json') bucket = 'progress';
+          else if (parts.length === 2 && parts[0] === 'research' && /\.md$/.test(name)) bucket = 'research';
+          else if (parts.length === 2 && parts[0] === 'architecture' && name === 'overview.md') bucket = 'arch_overview';
+          else if (parts.length === 2 && parts[0] === 'architecture' && name === 'gaps.md') bucket = 'arch_gaps';
+          else if (parts.length === 2 && parts[0] === 'architecture' && /\.md$/.test(name)) bucket = 'arch_loose';
+          else bucket = 'loose';
+          classified.push({ file: f, rel: inside, bucket: bucket });
+        }
+
+        // Phase 2 — read content + parse frontmatter (async).
+        for (var j = 0; j < classified.length; j++) {
+          var c = classified[j];
+          var text = '';
+          try { text = await c.file.text(); } catch (_) { text = ''; }
+          var fm = quickParseFrontmatter(text);
+          var entry = { path: c.rel, content: text, frontmatter: fm };
+          switch (c.bucket) {
+            case 'brief':       artifacts.brief = entry; break;
+            case 'plan':        artifacts.plan = entry; break;
+            case 'review':      artifacts.review = entry; break;
+            case 'progress':    artifacts.progress = entry; break;
+            case 'research':    artifacts.research.push(entry); break;
+            case 'arch_overview': artifacts.architecture.overview = entry; break;
+            case 'arch_gaps':     artifacts.architecture.gaps = entry; break;
+            case 'arch_loose':    artifacts.architecture.looseFiles.push(entry); break;
+            default:              artifacts.looseFiles.push(entry); break;
+          }
+        }
+        artifacts.research.sort(function (a, b) { return a.path.localeCompare(b.path); });
+
+        // Phase 3 — deterministic storage-key from basePath (NOT URL params)
+        // so draft-annotation state is isolated per project.
+        artifacts.storageKey = 'voyage_proj_' + djb2Hash(artifacts.basePath || '(unnamed)');
+
+        // Phase 4 — warn if brief missing (operator may still drop a partial dir).
+        if (!artifacts.brief) {
+          announce('Advarsel: brief.md mangler i prosjektmappen.');
+        }
+
+        // Phase 5 — render dashboard if available, else log.
+        if (typeof renderDashboard === 'function') {
+          renderDashboard(artifacts);
+        } else {
+          try {
+            console.log('[voyage] projectArtifacts loaded', {
+              basePath: artifacts.basePath,
+              brief: !!artifacts.brief,
+              plan: !!artifacts.plan,
+              review: !!artifacts.review,
+              research: artifacts.research.length,
+              architecture: {
+                overview: !!artifacts.architecture.overview,
+                gaps: !!artifacts.architecture.gaps,
+                loose: artifacts.architecture.looseFiles.length
+              },
+              progress: !!artifacts.progress,
+              loose: artifacts.looseFiles.length,
+              storageKey: artifacts.storageKey
+            });
+          } catch (_) {}
+        }
+        return artifacts;
+      }
+
+      // djb2 — small deterministic non-cryptographic hash for storage-keys.
+      // Not security-sensitive; only needs to map basePath → stable string.
+      function djb2Hash(s) {
+        var h = 5381;
+        for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) h = ((h << 5) + h) + s.charCodeAt(i);
+        return (h >>> 0).toString(36);
+      }
+
       // ---- v4.3 Step 12 — drag-drop with webkitGetAsEntry ---------------
       // Document-level dragenter shows the overlay; drop iterates
       // dataTransfer.items, walks DirectoryEntry.readEntries() recursively