diff --git a/sidecar/src/main.rs b/sidecar/src/main.rs
index 5f554e9..9059e01 100644
--- a/sidecar/src/main.rs
+++ b/sidecar/src/main.rs
@@ -175,11 +175,19 @@ use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 /// `POST /permissions/inventory`: the plugin's whole store, in pages it sizes to the game link's
 /// line cap. Forwarded like every other object; the pages are never kept here.
 ///
+/// # Protocol 14 — the step editor (opened 2026-10-12)
+///
+/// Opened by the module's PLAN_REDESIGNS.md §2 (D332), after protocol 13 shipped with RunicNPC.
+/// One route, `POST /kits/uses`: how many of a list of players have used a kit up, or are waiting
+/// out its cooldown — counts, never a list. And `perm.sync` gains `notices`, the one-time "you
+/// earned a kit" messages (D333), with `noticesTold` in its report; both pass through untouched
+/// like the rest of that body. The first-class optional plugins (§11) join this protocol too.
+///
 /// `docs/rust-link/PROTOCOL.md` is the specification — §8 the read path, §9 identity, §10 the
 /// mirror, §11 configuration, §12 clans, §13 the raid frame, §14 the leases, §15 the world verbs,
-/// §16 the rewards, §17 the map, §18 the optional mods, §19 the walk's fixes; this constant is one
-/// of its four declaration sites.
-pub const PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 13;
+/// §16 the rewards, §17 the map, §18 the optional mods, §19 the walk's fixes, §20 the step editor;
+/// this constant is one of its four declaration sites.
+pub const PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 14;
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let args = match cli::parse(std::env::args().skip(1)) {
diff --git a/sidecar/src/web.rs b/sidecar/src/web.rs
index bff518a..3338d73 100644
--- a/sidecar/src/web.rs
+++ b/sidecar/src/web.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ pub async fn serve(addr: &str, state: AppState) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .route("/tally/snapshot", get(tally_snapshot))
         .route("/tally/close", post(tally_close))
         .route("/kits", get(kits))
+        // Protocol 14 (the module's PLAN_REDESIGNS.md §2.6): how many of the given players have
+        // used a kit up or are on its cooldown, for the warning beside a kit weekend. The plugin
+        // reads Kits and answers counts; the list of players is the website's and is not kept.
+        .route("/kits/uses", post(kits_uses))
         .route("/chat", post(chat))
         // Protocol 11 (§30): the map. The picture passes through in slices and is never kept
         // here, and positions are asked for while somebody is looking and never filed (D111). The
@@ -579,6 +583,13 @@ async fn kits(State(st): State<AppState>) -> Response {
     respond(st.rpc.call(&st.game, command, &req_id).await)
 }
 
+/// How many of a list of players have used one kit up, and how many are on its cooldown (protocol
+/// 14). The body is `{kit, steamIds}` and is forwarded as it is; the answer is counts. A POST
+/// because the list rides in the body — it can be as long as a server's linked players.
+async fn kits_uses(State(st): State<AppState>, Json(body): Json<Value>) -> Response {
+    forward_object(&st, body, "kits.uses", "a kit-use question").await
+}
+
 /// Say one line in the server's chat. A repeated key is answered `ok` by the plugin and not said
 /// again, so a retried step never repeats itself.
 async fn chat(State(st): State<AppState>, Json(body): Json<Value>) -> Response {
@@ -1158,6 +1169,32 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(stamp(json!([0]), "perm.inventory", "r-8").is_none());
     }
 
+    /// Protocol 14: a kit-use question keeps its list and cannot become another command, and a
+    /// sync's `notices` pass through it untouched like every other part of the body.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_protocol_14_kit_use_question_and_notices_pass_through() {
+        let body = json!({ "cmd": "perm.sync", "kit": "vip", "steamIds": ["76561190000000001", "76561190000000002"] });
+        let stamped = stamp(body, "kits.uses", "r-12").expect("an object is stamped");
+
+        assert_eq!(stamped["cmd"], "kits.uses");
+        assert_eq!(stamped["reqId"], "r-12");
+        assert_eq!(stamped["kit"], "vip");
+        assert_eq!(stamped["steamIds"][1], "76561190000000002");
+        assert!(stamp(json!(["vip"]), "kits.uses", "r-13").is_none());
+
+        let body = json!({
+            "setId": "s-2",
+            "notices": [{ "key": "run:4:step:9", "steamId": "76561190000000001", "message": "You earned kit vip — type /kit vip", "delivery": "popup" }],
+        });
+        let stamped = stamp(body, "perm.sync", "r-14").expect("an object is stamped");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            stamped["notices"][0]["message"],
+            "You earned kit vip — type /kit vip"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(stamped["notices"][0]["delivery"], "popup");
+    }
+
     /// Protocol 12: a title set is forwarded whole. The markup inside each `text` is the module's
     /// and the plugin's business, so it must arrive byte for byte as the website composed it.
     #[test]