diff --git a/ALIGNMENT.md b/ALIGNMENT.md
index f650e87..7b84843 100644
--- a/ALIGNMENT.md
+++ b/ALIGNMENT.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Goal: align bDS2 with old bDS behavior. Use the Allium specs as the contract onl
 - Spec: missing these tools.
 - Action: add the tools to `specs/mcp.allium`, implement them in MCP, and test tool listing and call behavior.
 
-## P1: Missing MCP Resources
+## P1: Missing MCP Resources (done)
 
 - Old bDS: also exposes `bds://stats`, `bds://posts/{id}/media`, and `bds://media/{id}/image`.
 - bDS2 now: only posts, media, tags, and categories are exposed.
diff --git a/lib/bds/mcp/resources.ex b/lib/bds/mcp/resources.ex
index 6de7d81..563a5fb 100644
--- a/lib/bds/mcp/resources.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/mcp/resources.ex
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 defmodule BDS.MCP.Resources do
   @moduledoc false
 
+  import Ecto.Query
+
   alias BDS.MCP.ProposalStore
   alias BDS.MCP.Queries
   alias BDS.MCP.Util
   alias BDS.Media.Media, as: MediaAsset
   alias BDS.Metadata
+  alias BDS.Posts.PostMedia
   alias BDS.Posts.Post
+  alias BDS.Projects
   alias BDS.Repo
   alias BDS.Search
   alias BDS.Tags
@@ -23,7 +27,8 @@ defmodule BDS.MCP.Resources do
       %{name: "posts", uri: "bds://posts"},
       %{name: "media", uri: "bds://media"},
       %{name: "tags", uri: "bds://tags"},
-      %{name: "categories", uri: "bds://categories"}
+      %{name: "categories", uri: "bds://categories"},
+      %{name: "stats", uri: "bds://stats"}
     ]
   end
 
@@ -31,7 +36,9 @@ defmodule BDS.MCP.Resources do
   def templates do
     [
       %{name: "posts", uriTemplate: "bds://posts{?cursor}"},
-      %{name: "media", uriTemplate: "bds://media{?cursor}"}
+      %{name: "media", uriTemplate: "bds://media{?cursor}"},
+      %{name: "post media", uriTemplate: "bds://posts/{id}/media"},
+      %{name: "media image", uriTemplate: "bds://media/{id}/image"}
     ]
   end
 
@@ -44,8 +51,9 @@ defmodule BDS.MCP.Resources do
       %URI{scheme: "bds", host: "media", path: nil, query: query} -> media_resource(query)
       %URI{scheme: "bds", host: "tags", path: nil} -> {:ok, tags_resource()}
       %URI{scheme: "bds", host: "categories", path: nil} -> {:ok, categories_resource()}
-      %URI{scheme: "bds", host: "posts", path: "/" <> id} -> read_post_resource(id)
-      %URI{scheme: "bds", host: "media", path: "/" <> id} -> read_media_resource(id)
+      %URI{scheme: "bds", host: "stats", path: nil} -> {:ok, stats_resource()}
+      %URI{scheme: "bds", host: "posts", path: path} -> read_posts_path(path)
+      %URI{scheme: "bds", host: "media", path: path} -> read_media_path(path)
       _other -> {:error, :not_found}
     end
   end
@@ -155,6 +163,40 @@ defmodule BDS.MCP.Resources do
     }
   end
 
+  defp stats_resource do
+    project = Queries.active_project!()
+    {:ok, posts} = Search.search_posts(project.id, "", %{offset: 0, limit: 1})
+    {:ok, media} = Search.search_media(project.id, "", %{offset: 0, limit: 1})
+    {:ok, metadata} = Metadata.get_project_metadata(project.id)
+
+    %{
+      "posts" => posts.total,
+      "media" => media.total,
+      "tags" => length(Tags.list_tags(project.id)),
+      "categories" => length(metadata.categories)
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp read_posts_path("/" <> path) do
+    case String.split(path, "/", trim: true) do
+      [id] -> read_post_resource(id)
+      [id, "media"] -> read_post_media_resource(id)
+      _parts -> {:error, :not_found}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp read_posts_path(_path), do: {:error, :not_found}
+
+  defp read_media_path("/" <> path) do
+    case String.split(path, "/", trim: true) do
+      [id] -> read_media_resource(id)
+      [id, "image"] -> read_media_image_resource(id)
+      _parts -> {:error, :not_found}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp read_media_path(_path), do: {:error, :not_found}
+
   defp read_post_resource(id) do
     case Repo.get(Post, id) do
       %Post{} = post -> {:ok, Queries.post_detail(post)}
@@ -168,4 +210,47 @@ defmodule BDS.MCP.Resources do
       nil -> {:error, :not_found}
     end
   end
+
+  defp read_post_media_resource(post_id) do
+    case Repo.get(Post, post_id) do
+      nil ->
+        {:error, :not_found}
+
+      %Post{} ->
+        items =
+          Repo.all(
+            from media in MediaAsset,
+              join: post_media in PostMedia,
+              on: post_media.media_id == media.id,
+              where: post_media.post_id == ^post_id,
+              order_by: [asc: post_media.sort_order, asc: media.updated_at],
+              select: media
+          )
+
+        {:ok, %{"items" => Enum.map(items, &Util.sanitize/1)}}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp read_media_image_resource(id) do
+    case Repo.get(MediaAsset, id) do
+      nil ->
+        {:error, :not_found}
+
+      %MediaAsset{} = media ->
+        project = Projects.get_project!(media.project_id)
+        full_path = Path.join(Projects.project_data_dir(project), media.file_path || "")
+
+        case File.read(full_path) do
+          {:ok, bytes} ->
+            {:ok,
+             %{
+               "mimeType" => media.mime_type || "application/octet-stream",
+               "blob" => Base.encode64(bytes)
+             }}
+
+          {:error, _reason} ->
+            {:error, :not_found}
+        end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/bds/mcp/server.ex b/lib/bds/mcp/server.ex
index 10066b3..1cb5da0 100644
--- a/lib/bds/mcp/server.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/mcp/server.ex
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ defmodule BDS.MCP.Server do
         {:ok, success_response(id, %{"resources" => BDS.MCP.list_resources()})}
 
       "resources/templates/list" ->
-        {:ok,
-         success_response(id, %{"resourceTemplates" => BDS.MCP.list_resource_templates()})}
+        {:ok, success_response(id, %{"resourceTemplates" => BDS.MCP.list_resource_templates()})}
 
       "resources/read" ->
         read_resource(id, params)
@@ -227,9 +226,7 @@ defmodule BDS.MCP.Server do
       {:ok, result} ->
         {:ok,
          success_response(id, %{
-           "contents" => [
-             %{"uri" => uri, "mimeType" => "application/json", "text" => Jason.encode!(result)}
-           ]
+           "contents" => [resource_content(uri, result)]
          })}
 
       {:error, :not_found} ->
@@ -242,6 +239,15 @@ defmodule BDS.MCP.Server do
 
   defp read_resource(id, _params), do: {:error, error_response(id, -32602, "Invalid params")}
 
+  defp resource_content(uri, %{"blob" => blob, "mimeType" => mime_type})
+       when is_binary(blob) and is_binary(mime_type) do
+    %{"uri" => uri, "mimeType" => mime_type, "blob" => blob}
+  end
+
+  defp resource_content(uri, result) do
+    %{"uri" => uri, "mimeType" => "application/json", "text" => Jason.encode!(result)}
+  end
+
   defp success_response(id, result), do: %{"jsonrpc" => "2.0", "id" => id, "result" => result}
 
   defp error_response(id, code, message) do
diff --git a/specs/mcp.allium b/specs/mcp.allium
index 7ca936d..a51f022 100644
--- a/specs/mcp.allium
+++ b/specs/mcp.allium
@@ -167,6 +167,46 @@ surface CategoriesResource {
         -- bds://categories
 }
 
+surface StatsResource {
+    facing viewer: McpClient
+    context blog: Blog
+    exposes:
+        blog.post_count
+        blog.media_count
+        blog.tag_count
+        blog.category_count
+    @guidance
+        -- bds://stats
+}
+
+surface PostMediaResource {
+    facing viewer: McpClient
+    context post: post/Post
+    exposes:
+        for m in post.media:
+            m.id
+            m.filename
+            m.title
+            m.alt
+            m.caption
+            m.tags
+    @guidance
+        -- bds://posts/{id}/media
+        -- Unknown post ids return not_found.
+}
+
+surface MediaImageResource {
+    facing viewer: McpClient
+    context media_item: media/Media
+    exposes:
+        media_item.mime_type
+        media_item.file_bytes
+    @guidance
+        -- bds://media/{id}/image
+        -- Returns blob content using the media MIME type.
+        -- Unknown media ids or missing files return not_found.
+}
+
 -- Read-only tools
 
 rule CheckTerm {
diff --git a/test/bds/mcp_server_test.exs b/test/bds/mcp_server_test.exs
index 49f11f4..fe0a401 100644
--- a/test/bds/mcp_server_test.exs
+++ b/test/bds/mcp_server_test.exs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ defmodule BDS.MCPServerTest do
     {:ok, project} = BDS.Projects.create_project(%{name: "MCP Server", data_path: temp_dir})
     {:ok, _active} = BDS.Projects.set_active_project(project.id)
 
-    %{project: project}
+    %{project: project, temp_dir: temp_dir}
   end
 
   test "HTTP MCP server binds localhost, answers initialize, and exposes tool capabilities" do
@@ -94,4 +94,50 @@ defmodule BDS.MCPServerTest do
 
     assert :ok = BDS.MCP.Server.stop()
   end
+
+  test "HTTP MCP server returns media image resources as blob contents", %{
+    project: project,
+    temp_dir: temp_dir
+  } do
+    :inets.start()
+
+    source_path = Path.join(temp_dir, "server-image.png")
+    image_bytes = <<137, 80, 78, 71, 13, 10, 26, 10, "server-bytes">>
+    File.write!(source_path, image_bytes)
+
+    assert {:ok, media} =
+             BDS.Media.import_media(%{
+               project_id: project.id,
+               source_path: source_path,
+               title: "Server Image"
+             })
+
+    assert {:ok, server} = BDS.MCP.Server.start(0)
+
+    read_body =
+      Jason.encode!(%{
+        jsonrpc: "2.0",
+        id: 3,
+        method: "resources/read",
+        params: %{uri: "bds://media/#{media.id}/image"}
+      })
+
+    assert {:ok, {{_version, 200, _reason}, _headers, body}} =
+             :httpc.request(
+               :post,
+               {to_charlist("http://127.0.0.1:#{server.port}/mcp"),
+                [{~c"content-type", ~c"application/json"}], ~c"application/json", read_body},
+               [],
+               body_format: :binary
+             )
+
+    decoded = Jason.decode!(body)
+    assert [content] = decoded["result"]["contents"]
+    assert content["uri"] == "bds://media/#{media.id}/image"
+    assert content["mimeType"] == "image/png"
+    assert Base.decode64!(content["blob"]) == image_bytes
+    refute Map.has_key?(content, "text")
+
+    assert :ok = BDS.MCP.Server.stop()
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/bds/mcp_test.exs b/test/bds/mcp_test.exs
index a53f6bc..774a62e 100644
--- a/test/bds/mcp_test.exs
+++ b/test/bds/mcp_test.exs
@@ -304,6 +304,66 @@ defmodule BDS.MCPTest do
     assert post_resource["slug"] == "resource-post"
   end
 
+  test "missing old app MCP resources expose stats, post media, and media image blobs", %{
+    project: project,
+    temp_dir: temp_dir
+  } do
+    assert {:ok, post} =
+             BDS.Posts.create_post(%{
+               project_id: project.id,
+               title: "Media Resource Post",
+               content: "Body",
+               language: "en",
+               tags: ["resources"],
+               categories: ["article"]
+             })
+
+    assert {:ok, _published} = BDS.Posts.publish_post(post.id)
+    assert {:ok, _tags} = BDS.Tags.sync_tags_from_posts(project.id)
+
+    source_path = Path.join(temp_dir, "resource-image.png")
+    image_bytes = <<137, 80, 78, 71, 13, 10, 26, 10, "not-a-real-png-but-served-as-bytes">>
+    File.write!(source_path, image_bytes)
+
+    assert {:ok, media} =
+             BDS.Media.import_media(%{
+               project_id: project.id,
+               source_path: source_path,
+               title: "Resource Image",
+               alt: "Resource alt"
+             })
+
+    assert {:ok, :linked} = BDS.Media.link_media_to_post(media.id, post.id)
+
+    resource_uris = BDS.MCP.list_resources() |> Enum.map(& &1.uri)
+    assert "bds://stats" in resource_uris
+
+    template_uris = BDS.MCP.list_resource_templates() |> Enum.map(& &1.uriTemplate)
+    assert "bds://posts/{id}/media" in template_uris
+    assert "bds://media/{id}/image" in template_uris
+
+    assert {:ok, stats} = BDS.MCP.read_resource("bds://stats")
+    assert stats["posts"] == 1
+    assert stats["media"] == 1
+    assert stats["tags"] == 1
+    assert {:ok, categories} = BDS.MCP.read_resource("bds://categories")
+    assert stats["categories"] == length(categories["items"])
+
+    assert {:ok, post_media} = BDS.MCP.read_resource("bds://posts/#{post.id}/media")
+
+    assert [%{"id" => media_id, "title" => "Resource Image", "alt" => "Resource alt"}] =
+             post_media["items"]
+
+    assert media_id == media.id
+
+    assert {:ok, image_resource} = BDS.MCP.read_resource("bds://media/#{media.id}/image")
+    assert image_resource["mimeType"] == "image/png"
+    assert Base.decode64!(image_resource["blob"]) == image_bytes
+
+    assert {:error, :not_found} = BDS.MCP.read_resource("bds://posts/missing/media")
+    assert {:error, :not_found} = BDS.MCP.read_resource("bds://media/missing/image")
+  end
+
   test "post resources use base64url cursors with 50 item pages", %{project: project} do
     for index <- 1..51 do
       assert {:ok, _post} =