diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cee96f6..d34275d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ name = "breadman"
 version = "0.3.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "bread-screenshots",
  "breadpad-shared",
  "chrono",
  "dirs 5.0.1",
diff --git a/breadman/Cargo.toml b/breadman/Cargo.toml
index 577f684..3808281 100644
--- a/breadman/Cargo.toml
+++ b/breadman/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 breadpad-shared = { path = "../breadpad-shared" }
+# Capture primitives for `--screenshot` mode — see src/screenshot.rs.
+bread-screenshots = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", branch = "dev" }
 anyhow.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
diff --git a/breadman/src/main.rs b/breadman/src/main.rs
index d46557a..e165a9e 100644
--- a/breadman/src/main.rs
+++ b/breadman/src/main.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 mod editor;
+mod screenshot;
 mod views;
 
 // ── Args ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -23,6 +24,29 @@ mod args {
         pub view: Option<String>,
         pub done_id: Option<String>,
         pub upcoming_plain: bool,
+        pub screenshot: Option<String>,
+        pub output: Option<String>,
+        pub width: u32,
+        pub height: u32,
+    }
+
+    impl Args {
+        /// `None` for a normal run. Exits the process with an error if
+        /// `--screenshot` was given without `--output`, before any GTK
+        /// setup happens.
+        pub fn screenshot_request(&self) -> Option<crate::screenshot::ScreenshotRequest> {
+            let view = self.screenshot.clone()?;
+            let Some(output) = self.output.clone() else {
+                eprintln!("breadman: --screenshot requires --output");
+                std::process::exit(1);
+            };
+            Some(crate::screenshot::ScreenshotRequest {
+                view,
+                output: output.into(),
+                width: self.width,
+                height: self.height,
+            })
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn parse() -> Args {
@@ -30,6 +54,10 @@ mod args {
             view: None,
             done_id: None,
             upcoming_plain: false,
+            screenshot: None,
+            output: None,
+            width: 1920,
+            height: 1080,
         };
         let raw: Vec<String> = std::env::args().skip(1).collect();
         let mut i = 0;
@@ -50,6 +78,26 @@ mod args {
                     }
                     args.view = Some("upcoming".into());
                 }
+                "--screenshot" => {
+                    i += 1;
+                    args.screenshot = raw.get(i).cloned();
+                }
+                "--output" => {
+                    i += 1;
+                    args.output = raw.get(i).cloned();
+                }
+                "--width" => {
+                    i += 1;
+                    if let Some(v) = raw.get(i).and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()) {
+                        args.width = v;
+                    }
+                }
+                "--height" => {
+                    i += 1;
+                    if let Some(v) = raw.get(i).and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()) {
+                        args.height = v;
+                    }
+                }
                 _ => {}
             }
             i += 1;
@@ -214,7 +262,9 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         return cmd_upcoming_plain();
     }
 
-    run_app(args.view, cfg)
+    let screenshot_req = args.screenshot_request();
+    let view = screenshot_req.as_ref().map(|r| r.view.clone()).or(args.view);
+    run_app(view, cfg, screenshot_req)
 }
 
 fn cmd_done(id: &str) -> Result<()> {
@@ -250,10 +300,20 @@ fn cmd_upcoming_plain() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn run_app(initial_view: Option<String>, cfg: Config) -> Result<()> {
-    let app = gtk4::Application::builder()
-        .application_id("com.breadway.breadman")
-        .build();
+fn run_app(
+    initial_view: Option<String>,
+    cfg: Config,
+    screenshot_req: Option<screenshot::ScreenshotRequest>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut builder = gtk4::Application::builder().application_id("com.breadway.breadman");
+    if screenshot_req.is_some() {
+        // GApplication is single-instance by default; this machine typically
+        // already has a real breadman instance, so without this a
+        // screenshot run would activate the *existing* instance instead of
+        // starting a fresh one that ever sees `screenshot_req`.
+        builder = builder.flags(gtk4::gio::ApplicationFlags::NON_UNIQUE);
+    }
+    let app = builder.build();
 
     let cfg = Arc::new(cfg);
     let initial_view = Arc::new(initial_view);
@@ -261,7 +321,7 @@ fn run_app(initial_view: Option<String>, cfg: Config) -> Result<()> {
     app.connect_activate(move |app| {
         let cfg = cfg.as_ref().clone();
         let initial_view = initial_view.as_deref().map(|s| s.to_string());
-        if let Err(e) = build_app_window(app, cfg, initial_view) {
+        if let Err(e) = build_app_window(app, cfg, initial_view, screenshot_req.clone()) {
             tracing::error!("failed to build window: {}", e);
         }
     });
@@ -279,6 +339,7 @@ fn build_app_window(
     app: &gtk4::Application,
     cfg: Config,
     initial_view: Option<String>,
+    screenshot_req: Option<screenshot::ScreenshotRequest>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     apply_css(&cfg);
 
@@ -465,6 +526,10 @@ fn build_app_window(
     }
     stack.set_visible_child_name(initial);
 
+    if let Some(req) = screenshot_req {
+        screenshot::dispatch(&window, req);
+    }
+
     window.present();
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/breadman/src/screenshot.rs b/breadman/src/screenshot.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66da64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/breadman/src/screenshot.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//! `--screenshot` CLI mode: render the named view, capture it via
+//! `bread-screenshots`, then exit — driven by `bread-ecosystem`'s
+//! `bread-capture` orchestrator, or run standalone for one-off captures.
+//!
+//! No clap here, same reasoning as breadpad: extends breadman's own
+//! hand-rolled `mod args` instead of bolting on a second parser that would
+//! reject its real flags (`--view`, `done`, `upcoming --plain`).
+//!
+//! `--screenshot <view>` doubles as the view selector — it's passed through
+//! as `initial_view` (the same field `--view` already sets) rather than
+//! needing a separate mechanism, since breadman already supports opening
+//! directly to a named stack page.
+
+use gtk4::prelude::*;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+/// Extra settle time after `map` for the first frame to actually paint
+/// before grim runs — `map` fires once the surface exists, not once
+/// anything has been drawn into it.
+const SETTLE_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(300);
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ScreenshotRequest {
+    pub view: String,
+    pub output: PathBuf,
+    pub width: u32,
+    pub height: u32,
+}
+
+/// Wire up the given view's screenshot sequence against an already-built,
+/// not-yet-presented window. Every path here ends by exiting the process —
+/// it never returns control to the normal note-manager UI.
+///
+/// Unlike the other apps' `dispatch`, this doesn't validate `req.view`
+/// against a known-views list — an invalid name just falls through to
+/// breadman's own `unwrap_or("all")` default (see `build_app_window`),
+/// same as `--view` already behaves for a normal run.
+pub fn dispatch(window: &gtk4::ApplicationWindow, req: ScreenshotRequest) {
+    let output = req.output;
+    let (width, height) = (req.width as i32, req.height as i32);
+    window.connect_map(move |_| {
+        let output = output.clone();
+        gtk4::glib::timeout_add_local_once(SETTLE_DELAY, move || {
+            finish(bread_screenshots::capture_region(0, 0, width, height, &output));
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+fn finish(result: anyhow::Result<()>) {
+    match result {
+        Ok(()) => std::process::exit(0),
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("breadman: screenshot capture failed: {e}");
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}