diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 247f6e9..f73e82a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) · versioned wi
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
+- **Voice Design: attribute chips.** Toggle chips (gender, age, pitch, pace, accent/region, tone/timbre, emotion; German + English labels) above the design prompt add or remove only their own phrase in the free-text description. The textarea stays fully free-form. Test: `tests/design-chips.spec.js`.
 - **Voice health: timestamped audio problems.** `core.audio.audio_problems` flags long interior silence, clipping and sudden level jumps (`problems` list with `kind`, `start_s`, `end_s`, `detail`, plus one warning per kind) in the route-test voice health; existing keys unchanged. Computed on demand and cached by file mtime, not in the voice list. Shown in the routing test result. Tests: `tests/test_audio_problems.py`.
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
index 59d6bb6..ab75c8f 100644
--- a/Manual.md
+++ b/Manual.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ Living manual. Every feature updates this file in the same commit as the code.
 
 ---
 
+## Design a Voice: attribute chips
+
+**Purpose:** build a voice description quickly. **Use:** open Design a Voice, press chips (gender, age, pitch, pace, accent/region, tone/timbre, emotion). Each chip adds its phrase to the description; pressing it again removes only that phrase. Gender, age, pitch and pace allow one choice each. **Free text:** type anything in the box; chips never overwrite your text and are not a limit on what you can describe. **Keyboard/touch:** chips are buttons (Tab, Space/Enter, `aria-pressed`, 44 px targets). **Languages:** chip labels follow the UI language (German/English); the inserted phrase is English. **Offline/privacy:** purely local, nothing is sent until you generate.
+
+---
+
 ## Voice health: audio problems
 
 **Purpose:** the routing test (Settings, Routing, Test) checks the routed voice's reference audio and lists problems with timestamps: `silence` (over 1.5 s of silence inside the clip), `clipping` (peaks at full scale for 0.1 s or more), `level jump` (15 dB or more change between adjacent half-second windows).
diff --git a/static/css/voice-design.css b/static/css/voice-design.css
index c159e21..d375d34 100644
--- a/static/css/voice-design.css
+++ b/static/css/voice-design.css
@@ -48,3 +48,11 @@
 .preview-match-panel audio { width: 100%; min-width: 0; }
 .preview-match-transcript { background: var(--bg); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 6px; padding: 10px; color: var(--subtext); font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4; max-height: 88px; overflow: auto; white-space: pre-wrap; }
 @media (max-width: 900px) { .preview-match-panel { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }
+
+/* Attribute chips (toggle buttons that edit their own phrase in the prompt) */
+.design-chips { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 8px; margin: 12px 0; }
+.design-chip-group { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 6px; }
+.design-chip-label { flex: 0 0 100%; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: var(--subtext); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .05em; }
+.design-chip { min-height: 44px; min-width: 44px; padding: 0 14px; border-radius: 999px; border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--surface); color: var(--text); font: inherit; font-size: 13px; cursor: pointer; }
+.design-chip[aria-pressed="true"] { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
+.design-chip:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 2px; }
diff --git a/static/js/i18n.js b/static/js/i18n.js
index e989297..c603928 100644
--- a/static/js/i18n.js
+++ b/static/js/i18n.js
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ const I18N_DICT = {
     'Open rehearsal': 'Probe öffnen', 'Fetch voices': 'Stimmen abrufen',
     'Name your voice': 'Benenne deine Stimme', 'Reference transcript': 'Referenz-Transkript',
     'Preview': 'Vorschau', 'Trim your sample': 'Probe zuschneiden', 'Language': 'Sprache',
+    // Voice-design attribute chips
+    'Pitch': 'Tonhöhe', 'Pace': 'Tempo', 'Age': 'Alter', 'Accent / region': 'Akzent / Region', 'Tone / timbre': 'Klang / Timbre', 'Emotion': 'Emotion', 'male voice': 'männliche Stimme', 'female voice': 'weibliche Stimme', 'neutral voice': 'neutrale Stimme', 'child': 'Kind', 'teenager': 'Teenager', 'young adult': 'junger Erwachsener', 'middle-aged': 'mittleren Alters', 'elderly': 'älter', 'high pitch': 'hohe Tonlage', 'mid pitch': 'mittlere Tonlage', 'low pitch': 'tiefe Tonlage', 'fast pace': 'schnell', 'moderate pace': 'mittleres Tempo', 'slow pace': 'langsam', 'British accent': 'britischer Akzent', 'American accent': 'amerikanischer Akzent', 'Australian accent': 'australischer Akzent', 'Irish accent': 'irischer Akzent', 'German accent': 'deutscher Akzent', 'Southern accent': 'Südstaaten-Akzent', 'warm': 'warm', 'husky': 'rauchig', 'crisp': 'klar', 'smooth': 'weich', 'rich': 'voll', 'magnetic': 'magnetisch', 'authoritative': 'autoritär', 'cheerful': 'fröhlich', 'calm': 'ruhig', 'serious': 'ernst', 'gentle': 'sanft', 'enthusiastic': 'begeistert', 'sad': 'traurig',
     'Gender': 'Geschlecht', 'Voice': 'Stimme', 'Speaking style · voice-design prompt': 'Sprechstil · Voice-Design-Prompt',
     // Common placeholders
     'Search voices…': 'Stimmen suchen…', 'Search voices...': 'Stimmen suchen...',
diff --git a/static/js/voice-clone.js b/static/js/voice-clone.js
index 1de12ea..388f691 100644
--- a/static/js/voice-clone.js
+++ b/static/js/voice-clone.js
@@ -815,6 +815,67 @@ $('design-preset-delete').addEventListener('click', () => {
   if (id === 'design-sample-text') $('d-transcript').value = $('design-sample-text').value;
 }));
 
+// ── Attribute chips: each chip owns one phrase in #design-instruct ───────────
+// Toggling edits only that phrase; free text stays authoritative (any description works).
+const DESIGN_CHIPS = [
+  ['Gender', true, ['male voice', 'female voice', 'neutral voice']],
+  ['Age', true, ['child', 'teenager', 'young adult', 'middle-aged', 'elderly']],
+  ['Pitch', true, ['high pitch', 'mid pitch', 'low pitch']],
+  ['Pace', true, ['fast pace', 'moderate pace', 'slow pace']],
+  ['Accent / region', false, ['British accent', 'American accent', 'Australian accent', 'Irish accent', 'German accent', 'Southern accent']],
+  ['Tone / timbre', false, ['warm', 'husky', 'crisp', 'smooth', 'rich', 'magnetic', 'authoritative']],
+  ['Emotion', false, ['cheerful', 'calm', 'serious', 'gentle', 'enthusiastic', 'sad']],
+];
+const _chipRe = p => new RegExp('(^|[,.;]\\s*)' + p.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&') + '(?=\\s*(?:[,.;]|$))', 'i');
+const chipHas = (text, p) => _chipRe(p).test(text);
+function chipRemove(text, p) {
+  return text.replace(_chipRe(p), '').replace(/^\s*[,;]\s*/, '');
+}
+function chipAdd(text, p) {
+  const t = text.trimEnd();
+  return !t ? p : /[.,;]$/.test(t) ? t + ' ' + p : t + ', ' + p;
+}
+function syncDesignChips() {
+  const v = $('design-instruct').value;
+  document.querySelectorAll('#design-chips [data-phrase]').forEach(b =>
+    b.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(chipHas(v, b.dataset.phrase))));
+}
+function renderDesignChips() {
+  const tr = window.t || (x => x), box = $('design-chips');
+  DESIGN_CHIPS.forEach(([label, exclusive, phrases], i) => {
+    const g = document.createElement('div');
+    g.className = 'design-chip-group'; g.setAttribute('role', 'group');
+    g.setAttribute('aria-label', tr(label));
+    g.innerHTML = '<span class="design-chip-label"></span>';
+    g.firstChild.textContent = tr(label);
+    phrases.forEach(p => {
+      const b = document.createElement('button');
+      b.type = 'button'; b.className = 'design-chip'; b.dataset.phrase = p; b.dataset.group = i;
+      b.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false'); b.textContent = tr(p);
+      g.appendChild(b);
+    });
+    box.appendChild(g);
+  });
+  box.addEventListener('click', e => {
+    const b = e.target.closest('[data-phrase]'); if (!b) return;
+    const ta = $('design-instruct'); let v = ta.value;
+    const on = chipHas(v, b.dataset.phrase);
+    if (on) v = chipRemove(v, b.dataset.phrase);
+    else {
+      if (DESIGN_CHIPS[b.dataset.group][1])
+        DESIGN_CHIPS[b.dataset.group][2].forEach(o => { v = chipRemove(v, o); });
+      v = chipAdd(v, b.dataset.phrase);
+    }
+    ta.value = v; ta.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
+  });
+  // Programmatic value changes (presets, samples) don't fire input; resync on focus/hover.
+  box.addEventListener('focusin', syncDesignChips);
+  box.addEventListener('pointerenter', syncDesignChips);
+  $('design-instruct').addEventListener('input', syncDesignChips);
+  syncDesignChips();
+}
+renderDesignChips();
+
 document.querySelectorAll('.qwen-sample').forEach(card => {
   const sample = QWEN_DESIGN_SAMPLES[card.dataset.qwenSample];
   const state = card.querySelector('.qwen-state');
diff --git a/static/sections/s-design.html b/static/sections/s-design.html
index 1ad8d71..fb7df2d 100644
--- a/static/sections/s-design.html
+++ b/static/sections/s-design.html
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
             </div>
             <button class="btn-secondary" id="design-preset-save">Save Voice Design Preset</button>
           </div>
+          <div id="design-chips" class="design-chips"></div>
           <textarea id="design-instruct" placeholder="e.g. A calm, deep male voice with a slight British accent and authoritative tone.&#10;&#10;Or: Young female, high-pitched, enthusiastic and slightly breathless.&#10;&#10;Or: Speak in an incredulous tone, with a hint of panic creeping into your voice."></textarea>
           <table class="design-hints">
             <thead><tr><th>Dimension</th><th>Examples</th></tr></thead>
diff --git a/tests/design-chips.spec.js b/tests/design-chips.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4680b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/design-chips.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// @ts-check
+// Design-prompt attribute chips; all /api routes are mocked (no live writes).
+const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
+
+test('chips edit only their own phrase', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.route('**/api/**', route => route.request().method() === 'GET'
+    ? route.fulfill({ json: [] }) : route.fulfill({ json: { ok: true } }));
+  await page.route('**/static/dist/main.min.js*', r => r.abort()); // test the source modules
+  await page.goto('/', { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+  await page.waitForFunction(() => typeof window.navTo === 'function', null, { timeout: 15_000 });
+  await page.waitForSelector('#app-skeleton', { state: 'detached', timeout: 15_000 });
+  await page.evaluate(() => window.navTo('s-design'));
+  const ta = page.locator('#design-instruct');
+  const chip = n => page.locator('#design-chips [data-phrase="' + n + '"]');
+  await ta.fill('Gravelly pirate captain');
+  await chip('male voice').click();
+  await chip('calm').focus();
+  await page.keyboard.press('Enter');
+  await expect(ta).toHaveValue('Gravelly pirate captain, male voice, calm');
+  await expect(chip('calm')).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
+  await chip('female voice').click(); // exclusive group swaps only gender
+  await expect(ta).toHaveValue('Gravelly pirate captain, calm, female voice');
+  await chip('calm').click();
+  await expect(ta).toHaveValue('Gravelly pirate captain, female voice');
+  await expect(chip('male voice')).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false');
+  const box = await chip('warm').boundingBox();
+  expect(box && box.height).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(44);
+  await ta.fill('typed by hand, warm');
+  await expect(chip('warm')).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
+});