diff --git a/scripts/lib/fusion/semantic_dedup.py b/scripts/lib/fusion/semantic_dedup.py
index 858093b..6a0a4a7 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/fusion/semantic_dedup.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/fusion/semantic_dedup.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class _Block:
 _CODE_FENCE_RE = re.compile(r"```.*?```", re.DOTALL)
 
 
-def _split_blocks(text: str) -> list[_Block]:
+def _split_blocks(text: str, *, shingle_n: int = _SHINGLE_N) -> list[_Block]:
     """
     Split *text* into logical blocks.
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def _in_fence(start: int, end: int) -> bool:
     # Add fenced code blocks as atomic blocks first.
     for fs, fe in fence_spans:
         block_text = text[fs:fe]
-        sh = _shingles(_tokenise(block_text))
+        sh = _shingles(_tokenise(block_text), n=shingle_n)
         blocks.append(_Block(
             text=block_text,
             start=fs,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def _in_fence(start: int, end: int) -> bool:
             if chunk.strip():
                 abs_start = seg_start + last
                 abs_end = seg_start + m.start()
-                sh = _shingles(_tokenise(chunk))
+                sh = _shingles(_tokenise(chunk), n=shingle_n)
                 blocks.append(_Block(
                     text=chunk,
                     start=abs_start,
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def _in_fence(start: int, end: int) -> bool:
         if chunk.strip():
             abs_start = seg_start + last
             abs_end = seg_start + len(segment)
-            sh = _shingles(_tokenise(chunk))
+            sh = _shingles(_tokenise(chunk), n=shingle_n)
             blocks.append(_Block(
                 text=chunk,
                 start=abs_start,
@@ -206,36 +206,42 @@ def as_dict(self) -> dict:
         }
 
 
-def _run_dedup(text: str) -> tuple[str, DedupStats]:
+def _run_dedup(
+    text: str,
+    *,
+    sim_threshold: float = _SIM_THRESHOLD,
+    shingle_n: int = _SHINGLE_N,
+    min_block_chars: int = _MIN_BLOCK_CHARS,
+) -> tuple[str, DedupStats]:
     """
     Run within-text block deduplication.
 
+    Args:
+        text: Source text.
+        sim_threshold: Jaccard similarity above which blocks are duplicates.
+        shingle_n: Word n-gram size for fingerprinting.
+        min_block_chars: Minimum block length to consider for dedup.
+
     Returns the rewritten text and statistics.
     """
     stats = DedupStats(tokens_before=estimate_tokens(text))
 
-    blocks = _split_blocks(text)
+    blocks = _split_blocks(text, shingle_n=shingle_n)
     stats.blocks_total = len(blocks)
 
     if not blocks:
         stats.tokens_after = stats.tokens_before
         return text, stats
 
-    # Assign 1-based sequential numbers for use in references.
-    # We'll use the position in the sorted block list as the "block number".
-    # Blocks that are too short to consider receive no shingle set.
-
     # First pass: mark duplicates.
-    # kept_blocks: list of (block_number, shingles) for blocks we are keeping.
     kept_blocks: list[tuple[int, frozenset]] = []
 
     for idx, block in enumerate(blocks):
         block_num = idx + 1  # 1-based
-        short = len(block.text.strip()) < _MIN_BLOCK_CHARS
+        short = len(block.text.strip()) < min_block_chars
         no_shingles = len(block.shingles) < _MIN_SHINGLES
 
         if short or no_shingles:
-            # Too short / no shingles — always keep, never dedup.
             block.kept = True
             block.ref_to = None
             continue
@@ -244,7 +250,7 @@ def _run_dedup(text: str) -> tuple[str, DedupStats]:
         duplicate_of: int | None = None
         for prev_num, prev_sh in kept_blocks:
             sim = _jaccard(block.shingles, prev_sh)
-            if sim >= _SIM_THRESHOLD:
+            if sim >= sim_threshold:
                 duplicate_of = prev_num
                 break
 
@@ -305,19 +311,40 @@ class SemanticDedup(FusionStage):
 
     Splits text into blocks (paragraphs + fenced code blocks), fingerprints
     each with 3-word shingles, and replaces near-duplicate blocks
-    (Jaccard >= 0.8) with compact back-references.
+    (Jaccard >= threshold) with compact back-references.
+
+    The similarity threshold and shingle size can be tuned via constructor
+    arguments to trade off between dedup aggressiveness and false positives.
+    Stricter thresholds (e.g. 0.9) only collapse near-identical blocks;
+    looser thresholds (e.g. 0.6) will catch paraphrased content at the risk
+    of merging blocks that differ in meaningful ways.
     """
 
     name = "semantic_dedup"
     order = 12  # After Cortex(5), after any RLE-style stages(10), before Ionizer(15)
 
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        similarity_threshold: float | None = None,
+        shingle_size: int | None = None,
+        min_block_chars: int | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.similarity_threshold = similarity_threshold or _SIM_THRESHOLD
+        self.shingle_size = shingle_size or _SHINGLE_N
+        self.min_block_chars = min_block_chars or _MIN_BLOCK_CHARS
+
     def should_apply(self, ctx: FusionContext) -> bool:
         """Apply to any content longer than 200 characters."""
         return len(ctx.content) > 200
 
     def apply(self, ctx: FusionContext) -> FusionResult:
         original_tokens = estimate_tokens(ctx.content)
-        output, stats = _run_dedup(ctx.content)
+        output, stats = _run_dedup(
+            ctx.content,
+            sim_threshold=self.similarity_threshold,
+            shingle_n=self.shingle_size,
+            min_block_chars=self.min_block_chars,
+        )
         compressed_tokens = estimate_tokens(output)
 
         markers: list[str] = []