diff --git a/core/include/vf/ContainerMenu.h b/core/include/vf/ContainerMenu.h
index d047bcf..91798e2 100644
--- a/core/include/vf/ContainerMenu.h
+++ b/core/include/vf/ContainerMenu.h
@@ -158,3 +158,107 @@ public:
     MetaStack& inputAt(int cell);
     const MetaStack& inputAt(int cell) const;
 
+    // Recomputes the result slot from the current grid. Cheap enough to call
+    // after every single change, which is exactly what the menu does.
+    void refresh();
+
+    const MetaStack& result() const;
+    bool hasResult() const;
+
+    // How many times the current grid could be crafted before running dry.
+    int maxCrafts() const;
+
+    // Takes the result once. Each input loses one item; a damageable ingredient
+    // is not eaten but comes back one durability point worse, and a broken one
+    // vanishes. Returns the crafted stack, empty when there was no recipe.
+    MetaStack takeResult();
+
+    // Shift-clicking the result: crafts until the grid runs out or the player
+    // has no room, pushing every batch into the player's sections.
+    int craftAll(int limit);
+
+private:
+    void consumeOneRound();
+    CraftGrid gridOfIds() const;
+
+    ContainerMenu* menu;
+};
+
+class ContainerMenu {
+public:
+    explicit ContainerMenu(MenuKind kind, const CraftingRegistry* registry = nullptr);
+
+    MenuKind kind() const { return menuKind; }
+    const MenuLayout& layout() const { return menuLayout; }
+    const CraftingRegistry* registry() const { return craftingRegistry; }
+
+    int slotCount() const { return static_cast<int>(slots.size()); }
+    MenuSlot& slot(int index) { return slots[static_cast<std::size_t>(index)]; }
+    const MenuSlot& slot(int index) const { return slots[static_cast<std::size_t>(index)]; }
+    MetaStack& stackAt(int index) { return slot(index).cell.stack; }
+    const MetaStack& stackAt(int index) const { return slot(index).cell.stack; }
+
+    bool validIndex(int index) const { return index >= 0 && index < slotCount(); }
+    bool canPlace(int index, const MetaStack& incoming) const;
+    // True when the slot's contents may leave it. Every slot allows this; the
+    // asymmetry is deliberate, a result slot gives but never takes.
+    bool canTake(int index) const;
+
+    // Puts what fits into the slot, honouring the filter and the cap.
+    int insertAt(int index, MetaStack& incoming);
+    MetaStack takeFrom(int index, int amount);
+
+    // Section walkers used by shift-click and by the double-click gather.
+    std::vector<int> slotsWithRole(MenuSlot::Role role) const;
+    std::vector<int> playerSectionSlots() const;
+    std::vector<int> containerSectionSlots() const;
+    bool isPlayerSection(int index) const;
+
+    // Fills matching stacks first and only then empty slots, which is the order
+    // a shift-click has to follow to feel right.
+    int distributeInto(const std::vector<int>& targets, MetaStack& incoming);
+
+    int totalOf(ItemId item) const;
+    int totalItems() const;
+    int usedSlots() const;
+
+    // Binds a world Container as the storage section. The menu copies the
+    // container in, and syncToContainer writes it back. ItemSlot has no room
+    // for enchantments or names, so anything richer than durability survives
+    // only inside the menu (or through stackListToNbt).
+    void bindContainer(Container& container);
+    void syncFromContainer();
+    void syncToContainer();
+    bool hasContainer() const { return bound != nullptr; }
+    void unbind();
+
+    // Creative mode is the one thing allowed to conjure items: a middle click
+    // clones a stack instead of doing nothing.
+    void setCreativeMode(bool enabled) { creative = enabled; }
+    bool creativeMode() const { return creative; }
+
+    bool hasCrafting() const { return menuLayout.hasCrafting() && craftingRegistry != nullptr; }
+    // A two-pointer handle, cheap to hand out by value and never stale.
+    CraftingView crafting();
+    const MetaStack& resultStack() const;
+
+    // Called by CraftingView and by every slot action that touched a craft
+    // input, so the result slot is never stale.
+    void refreshResult();
+
+    // Persists every slot losslessly, unlike the Container projection.
+    NbtTag toNbt() const;
+    bool fromNbt(const NbtTag& tag);
+
+private:
+    void buildSlots();
+
+    MenuKind menuKind;
+    MenuLayout menuLayout;
+    const CraftingRegistry* craftingRegistry = nullptr;
+    std::vector<MenuSlot> slots;
+    Container* bound = nullptr;
+    bool creative = false;
+};
+
+} // namespace vf