diff --git a/src/digest.rs b/src/digest.rs
index 88c84b2..08deb26 100644
--- a/src/digest.rs
+++ b/src/digest.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ fn agent_results_dir() -> PathBuf {
 /// Call Sonnet via claude CLI. Returns the response text.
 pub(crate) fn call_sonnet(prompt: &str, _timeout_secs: u64) -> Result<String, String> {
     // Write prompt to temp file (claude CLI needs file input for large prompts)
-    let tmp = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("poc-digest-{}.txt", std::process::id()));
+    // Use thread ID + PID to avoid collisions under parallel rayon calls
+    let tmp = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("poc-digest-{}-{:?}.txt",
+        std::process::id(), std::thread::current().id()));
     fs::write(&tmp, prompt)
         .map_err(|e| format!("write temp prompt: {}", e))?;
 
@@ -1975,32 +1977,53 @@ pub fn link_audit(store: &mut Store, apply: bool) -> Result<AuditStats, String>
     println!("{} batches (avg {} links/batch)\n", total_batches,
         if total_batches > 0 { total / total_batches } else { 0 });
 
+    use rayon::prelude::*;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
+    // Build all batch prompts up front
+    let batch_data: Vec<(usize, Vec<LinkInfo>, String)> = batches.iter().enumerate()
+        .map(|(batch_idx, batch_indices)| {
+            let batch_infos: Vec<LinkInfo> = batch_indices.iter().map(|&i| {
+                let l = &links[i];
+                LinkInfo {
+                    rel_idx: l.rel_idx,
+                    source_key: l.source_key.clone(),
+                    target_key: l.target_key.clone(),
+                    source_content: l.source_content.clone(),
+                    target_content: l.target_content.clone(),
+                    strength: l.strength,
+                    target_sections: l.target_sections.clone(),
+                }
+            }).collect();
+            let prompt = build_audit_prompt(&batch_infos, batch_idx + 1, total_batches);
+            (batch_idx, batch_infos, prompt)
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    // Progress counter
+    let done = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
+    // Run batches in parallel via rayon
+    let batch_results: Vec<_> = batch_data.par_iter()
+        .map(|(batch_idx, batch_infos, prompt)| {
+            let response = call_sonnet(prompt, 300);
+            let completed = done.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) + 1;
+            eprint!("\r  Batches: {}/{} done", completed, total_batches);
+            (*batch_idx, batch_infos, response)
+        })
+        .collect();
+    eprintln!(); // newline after progress
+
+    // Process results sequentially
     let mut stats = AuditStats {
         kept: 0, deleted: 0, retargeted: 0, weakened: 0, strengthened: 0, errors: 0,
     };
-
-    // Track changes to apply at the end
     let mut deletions: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
     let mut retargets: Vec<(usize, String)> = Vec::new();
     let mut strength_changes: Vec<(usize, f32)> = Vec::new();
 
-    for (batch_idx, batch_indices) in batches.iter().enumerate() {
-        let batch_links: Vec<&LinkInfo> = batch_indices.iter()
-            .map(|&i| &links[i])
-            .collect();
-
-        let batch_infos: Vec<LinkInfo> = batch_links.iter().map(|l| LinkInfo {
-            rel_idx: l.rel_idx,
-            source_key: l.source_key.clone(),
-            target_key: l.target_key.clone(),
-            source_content: l.source_content.clone(),
-            target_content: l.target_content.clone(),
-            strength: l.strength,
-            target_sections: l.target_sections.clone(),
-        }).collect();
-
-        let prompt = build_audit_prompt(&batch_infos, batch_idx + 1, total_batches);
-        let response = match call_sonnet(&prompt, 300) {
+    for (batch_idx, batch_infos, response) in &batch_results {
+        let response = match response {
             Ok(r) => r,
             Err(e) => {
                 eprintln!("  Batch {}: error: {}", batch_idx + 1, e);
@@ -2009,9 +2032,8 @@ pub fn link_audit(store: &mut Store, apply: bool) -> Result<AuditStats, String>
             }
         };
 
-        let actions = parse_audit_response(&response, batch_infos.len());
+        let actions = parse_audit_response(response, batch_infos.len());
 
-        // Count unresponded links as kept
         let mut responded: std::collections::HashSet<usize> = std::collections::HashSet::new();
 
         for (idx, action) in &actions {
@@ -2048,7 +2070,6 @@ pub fn link_audit(store: &mut Store, apply: bool) -> Result<AuditStats, String>
             }
         }
 
-        // Count unresponded as kept
         for i in 0..batch_infos.len() {
             if !responded.contains(&i) {
                 stats.kept += 1;