diff --git a/docs/plan.md b/docs/plan.md
index 6c57ff7..226c236 100644
--- a/docs/plan.md
+++ b/docs/plan.md
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@
 - 用現有 checkpoint 驗證資料流正確性（序列長度、座標偏移、attention mask、denoise_mask、不 wrap）。
 - **PoC 僅驗證 plumbing**；LTX-2 未經此訓練，畫面不會是正確動畫。
 
-### Phase 2 — In-context mask channel（機制 2，checkpoint 手術）⬜ 未開始
-- `model.py:158` `patchify_proj` 由 `Linear(128, inner)` 加寬到 `Linear(128+28, inner)`。
-- `LatentState` 增加 optional conditioning-channel 欄位，跟著 patchify/concat/clear 流動。
-- 投影前 concat（`transformer_args.py:209`）。
-- 新輸入欄位 **zero-init**，載入舊 checkpoint 行為不變；寫 checkpoint 轉換 script。
-- 新增產生 28-channel mask（環境開關 + 角色槽）的 conditioning item。
+### Phase 2 — In-context mask channel（機制 2，checkpoint 手術）✅ 已完成（plumbing）
+- **決策**：時間編碼採忠實堆疊，`8×(K+1)=56` channel（LTX 時間因子 8，K=6），非 Wan 的 28。
+- `LTXModel(mask_conditioning_channels=0)` config-gated 加寬 `patchify_proj`；預設不變。
+- `LatentState`/`Modality` 加 `cond_channels` 欄位，跟著 clone/clear/append 流動；投影前在 `_apply_patchify_proj` concat（None 補零）。
+- 新輸入欄位 **zero-init**：`widen_patchify_proj_for_mask_channels` 轉換舊 checkpoint，行為不變、待微調才生效。
+- `VideoConditionByMaskChannels`：(K+1) 語意 mask → 空間下採樣 + 時間 8× 堆疊 → 寫入尾端 driving token（target 保持零，符合論文）。
+- 驗證通過（`verify_mask_channels.py`）：向後相容、zero-init 加寬 forward == baseline、mask pipeline 不 crash。**僅驗證 plumbing，畫質需 Phase 3 微調。**
 
 ### Phase 3 — 訓練整合（ltx-trainer）⬜ 未開始
 - dataset 產出 (target, driving, mask)，接上 Phase 1/2 conditioning，設微調 loss 與凍結策略。
diff --git a/docs/tasks.md b/docs/tasks.md
index 2fa0d7f..836abee 100644
--- a/docs/tasks.md
+++ b/docs/tasks.md
@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@
 
 ## Phase 2 — In-context mask channel（checkpoint 手術）
 
+> **決策**：mask channel 時間編碼採**忠實堆疊**——每 latent 幀對應 8 個 pixel 子幀沿 channel 堆疊，`8×(K+1)=56` channel（LTX 時間因子 8，K=6）。非 Wan 的 4×(K+1)=28。
+
 | # | 任務 | 狀態 | 備註 |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| 2.1 | `patchify_proj` 加寬 `128 → 128+28` | ⬜ | `model.py:158` `_init_video`；`proj_out` 不動 |
-| 2.2 | `LatentState` 帶額外 conditioning-channel 欄位 | ⬜ | 同步改 `tools.py` patchify/unpatchify/clear、`Modality` |
-| 2.3 | 投影前 concat mask channel 到 `x` | ⬜ | `transformer_args.py:209` |
-| 2.4 | checkpoint zero-init 轉換 script | ⬜ | 新輸入欄位 zero-init，載入舊權重行為不變 |
-| 2.5 | 產生 28-channel mask 的 conditioning item | ⬜ | 環境開關 + K=6 角色綁定槽，`4(K+1)=28` |
-| 2.6 | Replacement Mode z_ref 高度位移 ΔH_ref | ⬜ | Phase 1 暫緩項 |
+| 2.1 | `patchify_proj` 加寬（config-gated） | ✅ | `LTXModel(mask_conditioning_channels=0)`；>0 時 `patchify_proj=Linear(in+mask, inner)`。預設不變 |
+| 2.2 | `LatentState`/`Modality` 帶 `cond_channels` 欄位 | ✅ | `types.py`、`modality.py` 加 `cond_channels: Tensor\|None=None`（patchified [B,T,C]）；`tools.clear_conditioning` 裁切；`helpers.modality_from_latent_state` 帶入 |
+| 2.3 | 投影前 concat/zero-pad cond_channels | ✅ | `transformer_args.py` `_apply_patchify_proj`：寬度不足時用 cond_channels 補齊，None 則補零 |
+| 2.4 | checkpoint zero-init 加寬轉換 | ✅ | `mask_channels_checkpoint.py` `widen_patchify_proj_for_mask_channels`：尾端補零欄，載入舊權重行為不變 |
+| 2.5 | `VideoConditionByMaskChannels`（56ch） | ✅ | `mask_channels_cond.py`：1 環境開關 + K=6 綁定槽 → 空間下採樣 + 時間 8× 堆疊(causal 首幀複製)=56ch，寫入尾端 driving token，target 保持零 |
+| 2.6 | token-append conditioning 延伸 cond_channels | ✅ | `cond_channels.py` `extend_cond_channels`；reference_video/reference_audio/driving/keyframe 皆接上 |
+| 2.7 | Phase 2 驗證（免訓練） | ✅ | `verify_mask_channels.py`：mask=0 向後相容；zero-init 加寬 forward == baseline（任意 cond_channels）；driving+mask pipeline forward 不 crash、cond_channels 形狀/placement 正確、`clear_conditioning` 剝除 |
+| 2.8 | Replacement Mode z_ref 高度位移 ΔH_ref | ⬜ | 仍暫緩（Phase 1 divergence，需獨立 reference token group） |
 
 ## Phase 3 — 訓練整合（ltx-trainer）
 
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/__init__.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/__init__.py
index f229a1a..c3a40b2 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ from ltx_core.conditioning.types import (
     VideoConditionByKeyframeIndex,
     VideoConditionByLatentIndex,
     VideoConditionByMask,
+    VideoConditionByMaskChannels,
     VideoConditionByReferenceLatent,
+    encode_mask_channels,
 )
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -23,5 +25,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "VideoConditionByKeyframeIndex",
     "VideoConditionByLatentIndex",
     "VideoConditionByMask",
+    "VideoConditionByMaskChannels",
     "VideoConditionByReferenceLatent",
+    "encode_mask_channels",
 ]
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/cond_channels.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/cond_channels.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c6ab48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/cond_channels.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""Helpers for in-context conditioning channels (``LatentState.cond_channels``).
+
+Conditioning channels are extra per-token input features (e.g. SCAIL-2 mask
+channels) that ride alongside the latent in patchified token space ``(B, T, C)``
+and are concatenated onto the latent before the model's first projection. When
+present they must stay length-aligned with the token sequence, so any
+conditioning item that *appends* tokens must also extend the channels.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+
+from ltx_core.types import LatentState
+
+
+def extend_cond_channels(latent_state: LatentState, num_new_tokens: int) -> torch.Tensor | None:
+    """Return ``cond_channels`` extended with ``num_new_tokens`` zero rows, or ``None``.
+
+    Appended tokens (reference / driving / keyframe) carry no in-context signal by default, so they
+    are padded with zeros to preserve the ``T``-alignment invariant. Returns ``None`` unchanged when
+    the state has no conditioning channels (the standard case), keeping non-SCAIL pipelines untouched.
+    """
+    cond_channels = latent_state.cond_channels
+    if cond_channels is None:
+        return None
+    zeros = cond_channels.new_zeros(cond_channels.shape[0], num_new_tokens, cond_channels.shape[2])
+    return torch.cat([cond_channels, zeros], dim=1)
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/__init__.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/__init__.py
index e94564c..2ea56de 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from ltx_core.conditioning.types.attention_strength_wrapper import ConditioningI
 from ltx_core.conditioning.types.driving_video_cond import DrivingMode, VideoConditionByDrivingLatent
 from ltx_core.conditioning.types.keyframe_cond import VideoConditionByKeyframeIndex
 from ltx_core.conditioning.types.latent_cond import VideoConditionByLatentIndex
+from ltx_core.conditioning.types.mask_channels_cond import VideoConditionByMaskChannels, encode_mask_channels
 from ltx_core.conditioning.types.mask_cond import VideoConditionByMask
 from ltx_core.conditioning.types.reference_audio_cond import AudioConditionByReferenceLatent
 from ltx_core.conditioning.types.reference_video_cond import VideoConditionByReferenceLatent
@@ -16,5 +17,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "VideoConditionByKeyframeIndex",
     "VideoConditionByLatentIndex",
     "VideoConditionByMask",
+    "VideoConditionByMaskChannels",
     "VideoConditionByReferenceLatent",
+    "encode_mask_channels",
 ]
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/driving_video_cond.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/driving_video_cond.py
index 4fb7bc0..52a81c2 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/driving_video_cond.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/driving_video_cond.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 import torch
 
 from ltx_core.components.patchifiers import get_pixel_coords
+from ltx_core.conditioning.cond_channels import extend_cond_channels
 from ltx_core.conditioning.item import ConditioningItem
 from ltx_core.conditioning.mask_utils import update_attention_mask
 from ltx_core.tools import VideoLatentTools
@@ -157,4 +158,5 @@ class VideoConditionByDrivingLatent(ConditioningItem):
             positions=torch.cat([latent_state.positions, positions], dim=2),
             clean_latent=torch.cat([latent_state.clean_latent, tokens], dim=1),
             attention_mask=new_attention_mask,
+            cond_channels=extend_cond_channels(latent_state, tokens.shape[1]),
         )
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/keyframe_cond.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/keyframe_cond.py
index ba009cd..5d1cb3c 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/keyframe_cond.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/keyframe_cond.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import torch
 
 from ltx_core.components.patchifiers import get_pixel_coords
+from ltx_core.conditioning.cond_channels import extend_cond_channels
 from ltx_core.conditioning.item import ConditioningItem
 from ltx_core.conditioning.mask_utils import update_attention_mask
 from ltx_core.tools import VideoLatentTools
@@ -81,4 +82,5 @@ class VideoConditionByKeyframeIndex(ConditioningItem):
             positions=torch.cat([latent_state.positions, positions], dim=2),
             clean_latent=torch.cat([latent_state.clean_latent, tokens], dim=1),
             attention_mask=new_attention_mask,
+            cond_channels=extend_cond_channels(latent_state, tokens.shape[1]),
         )
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/mask_channels_cond.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/mask_channels_cond.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..257bc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/mask_channels_cond.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+"""SCAIL-2 in-context mask conditioning (mechanism 2) for LTX-2.
+
+Encodes ``K+1`` semantic pixel-space masks (1 environment switch + ``K`` character
+binding slots) into per-token conditioning channels and writes them onto the
+sequence via :attr:`LatentState.cond_channels`. Following the paper, mask signals
+are carried by the *driving* (and reference) tokens while the noisy target keeps
+an all-zero mask -- so by default the channels are written onto the last ``N``
+tokens of the sequence (the appended driving group), which means **this item must
+be applied after the driving conditioning**.
+
+Channel expansion (LTX-2 faithful port of the paper's ``4(K+1)``): each semantic
+mask is spatially downsampled to the latent grid and temporally stacked along the
+channel dimension by the VAE temporal factor ``t`` (8 for LTX-2, vs 4 for the
+paper's Wan-2.1 backbone), giving ``t*(K+1)`` channels -- ``8*7 = 56`` for the
+default ``K=6``. The model's ``patchify_proj`` must be built with a matching
+``mask_conditioning_channels`` (see :class:`ltx_core.model.transformer.model.LTXModel`).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import replace
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from einops import rearrange
+
+from ltx_core.conditioning.item import ConditioningItem
+from ltx_core.tools import VideoLatentTools
+from ltx_core.types import LatentState
+
+
+def encode_mask_channels(
+    masks: torch.Tensor,
+    temporal_factor: int,
+    height_lat: int,
+    width_lat: int,
+    frames_lat: int,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """Encode ``[B, K+1, F_pix, H_pix, W_pix]`` masks into ``[B, t*(K+1), F_lat, H_lat, W_lat]``.
+
+    Each semantic mask is area-downsampled to the latent spatial grid, then the pixel frames that
+    map to one latent frame are stacked along the channel dimension (temporal factor ``t``). The
+    causal first latent frame corresponds to a single pixel frame, which is replicated across its
+    ``t`` stacked channels so every latent frame yields a uniform ``t`` channels per semantic class.
+    """
+    b, s, f_pix, _h_pix, _w_pix = masks.shape
+    t = temporal_factor
+    expected_f_pix = (frames_lat - 1) * t + 1
+    if f_pix != expected_f_pix:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"mask pixel frames ({f_pix}) incompatible with latent frames ({frames_lat}) at temporal "
+            f"factor {t}: expected (F_lat - 1) * {t} + 1 = {expected_f_pix}."
+        )
+
+    # Spatial downsample every (semantic, frame) mask to the latent grid.
+    flat = rearrange(masks.to(dtype=torch.float32), "b s f h w -> (b s f) 1 h w")
+    down = F.interpolate(flat, size=(height_lat, width_lat), mode="area")
+    down = rearrange(down, "(b s f) 1 h w -> b s f h w", b=b, s=s)
+
+    # Temporal stacking. Latent frame 0 = pixel frame 0 (causal), replicated across t channels;
+    # latent frames 1.. group t consecutive pixel frames.
+    first = down[:, :, :1].repeat(1, 1, t, 1, 1).unsqueeze(2)  # [B, S, 1, t, H, W]
+    rest = rearrange(down[:, :, 1:], "b s (fl t) h w -> b s fl t h w", t=t)  # [B, S, F_lat-1, t, H, W]
+    stacked = torch.cat([first, rest], dim=2)  # [B, S, F_lat, t, H, W]
+
+    # Fold (semantic, temporal) into a single channel axis, semantic-major: channel = s * t + ti.
+    return rearrange(stacked, "b s fl t h w -> b (s t) fl h w")  # [B, t*(K+1), F_lat, H_lat, W_lat]
+
+
+class VideoConditionByMaskChannels(ConditioningItem):
+    """Write SCAIL-2 in-context mask channels onto the driving/reference tokens.
+
+    Args:
+        masks: Pixel-space semantic masks ``[B, K+1, F_pix, H_pix, W_pix]``. Channel 0 is the
+            environment switch (whether the environment comes from the reference vs the driving
+            video); channels ``1..K`` are the character binding slots (regions sharing a slot share
+            motion). ``F_pix`` must equal ``(F_lat - 1) * temporal_factor + 1``.
+        applies_to_last_n: Number of trailing tokens to write the mask onto. ``None`` (default) uses
+            the target token count, i.e. the appended driving group when this item runs right after
+            the driving conditioning. The noisy target tokens keep an all-zero mask (paper-faithful).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, masks: torch.Tensor, applies_to_last_n: int | None = None):
+        self.masks = masks
+        self.applies_to_last_n = applies_to_last_n
+
+    def apply_to(self, latent_state: LatentState, latent_tools: VideoLatentTools) -> LatentState:
+        shape = latent_tools.target_shape
+        cond = encode_mask_channels(
+            masks=self.masks,
+            temporal_factor=latent_tools.scale_factors.time,
+            height_lat=shape.height,
+            width_lat=shape.width,
+            frames_lat=shape.frames,
+        )
+        tokens = latent_tools.patchifier.patchify(cond)  # [B, T_region, C_mask]
+        b, n_region, c_mask = tokens.shape
+
+        total_tokens = latent_state.latent.shape[1]
+        n = self.applies_to_last_n if self.applies_to_last_n is not None else n_region
+        if n != n_region:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"applies_to_last_n ({n}) must equal the encoded mask token count ({n_region})."
+            )
+        if n > total_tokens:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"cannot write {n} mask tokens onto a sequence of only {total_tokens} tokens."
+            )
+
+        cond_channels = latent_state.cond_channels
+        if cond_channels is None:
+            cond_channels = tokens.new_zeros(b, total_tokens, c_mask)
+        else:
+            if cond_channels.shape[2] != c_mask:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"existing cond_channels width ({cond_channels.shape[2]}) != mask channels ({c_mask})."
+                )
+            cond_channels = cond_channels.clone()
+
+        start = total_tokens - n
+        cond_channels[:, start : start + n] = tokens.to(dtype=cond_channels.dtype)
+        return replace(latent_state, cond_channels=cond_channels)
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/reference_audio_cond.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/reference_audio_cond.py
index 6c63db5..2ec7ec1 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/reference_audio_cond.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/reference_audio_cond.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import torch
 
+from ltx_core.conditioning.cond_channels import extend_cond_channels
 from ltx_core.conditioning.mask_utils import update_attention_mask
 from ltx_core.tools import LatentTools
 from ltx_core.types import LatentState
@@ -56,4 +57,5 @@ class AudioConditionByReferenceLatent:
             positions=torch.cat([latent_state.positions, self.positions], dim=2),
             clean_latent=torch.cat([latent_state.clean_latent, tokens], dim=1),
             attention_mask=new_attention_mask,
+            cond_channels=extend_cond_channels(latent_state, tokens.shape[1]),
         )
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/reference_video_cond.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/reference_video_cond.py
index 51e3463..fea8d7b 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/reference_video_cond.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/conditioning/types/reference_video_cond.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import torch
 
 from ltx_core.components.patchifiers import get_pixel_coords
+from ltx_core.conditioning.cond_channels import extend_cond_channels
 from ltx_core.conditioning.item import ConditioningItem
 from ltx_core.conditioning.mask_utils import update_attention_mask
 from ltx_core.tools import VideoLatentTools
@@ -99,4 +100,5 @@ class VideoConditionByReferenceLatent(ConditioningItem):
             positions=torch.cat([latent_state.positions, positions], dim=2),
             clean_latent=torch.cat([latent_state.clean_latent, tokens], dim=1),
             attention_mask=new_attention_mask,
+            cond_channels=extend_cond_channels(latent_state, tokens.shape[1]),
         )
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/mask_channels_checkpoint.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/mask_channels_checkpoint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d813a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/mask_channels_checkpoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+"""Checkpoint surgery to enable SCAIL-2 in-context mask channels on a trained LTX-2 model.
+
+Widening ``LTXModel.mask_conditioning_channels`` from 0 to ``C`` grows the video
+``patchify_proj`` weight from ``[inner, in]`` to ``[inner, in + C]``. This helper
+appends ``C`` **zero** input columns to that weight so a converted checkpoint is
+numerically identical to the original until the new columns are finetuned -- the
+extra channels contribute nothing at load time.
+
+Usage::
+
+    sd = load_state_dict(path)
+    widen_patchify_proj_for_mask_channels(sd, mask_channels=56)
+    model = LTXModel(..., mask_conditioning_channels=56)
+    model.load_state_dict(sd)
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+
+_VIDEO_PROJ_SUFFIX = "patchify_proj.weight"
+_AUDIO_PROJ_SUFFIX = "audio_patchify_proj.weight"
+
+
+def widen_patchify_proj_for_mask_channels(
+    state_dict: dict[str, torch.Tensor],
+    mask_channels: int,
+) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
+    """In place, append ``mask_channels`` zero input columns to the video ``patchify_proj`` weight.
+
+    Only the video projection is touched (audio ``audio_patchify_proj`` is left alone). The bias,
+    if present, is unchanged. Returns the same dict for convenience. Idempotency is the caller's
+    responsibility -- calling twice widens twice.
+    """
+    if mask_channels < 0:
+        raise ValueError(f"mask_channels must be non-negative, got {mask_channels}")
+    if mask_channels == 0:
+        return state_dict
+
+    target_keys = [
+        key
+        for key in state_dict
+        if key.endswith(_VIDEO_PROJ_SUFFIX) and not key.endswith(_AUDIO_PROJ_SUFFIX)
+    ]
+    if not target_keys:
+        raise KeyError(
+            f"No '{_VIDEO_PROJ_SUFFIX}' weight found in the state dict; cannot widen for mask channels."
+        )
+
+    for key in target_keys:
+        weight = state_dict[key]  # [inner_dim, in_features]
+        if weight.ndim != 2:
+            raise ValueError(f"Expected 2-D weight for '{key}', got shape {tuple(weight.shape)}")
+        pad = weight.new_zeros(weight.shape[0], mask_channels)
+        state_dict[key] = torch.cat([weight, pad], dim=1)
+
+    return state_dict
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/modality.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/modality.py
index d4d9018..e8e5bc8 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/modality.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/modality.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class Modality:
             attention. ``None`` means unrestricted (full) attention between
             all tokens. Built incrementally by conditioning items; see
             :class:`~ltx_core.conditioning.types.attention_strength_wrapper.ConditioningItemAttentionStrengthWrapper`.
+        cond_channels: Optional in-context conditioning channels, shape ``(B, T, C_cond)``, aligned token-for-token
+            with ``latent``. Concatenated onto ``latent`` before the first projection (see
+            :meth:`TransformerArgsPreprocessor.prepare`); never noised. ``None`` for standard models.
     """
 
     latent: (
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ class Modality:
     enabled: bool = True
     context_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None
     attention_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None
+    cond_channels: torch.Tensor | None = None
 
     def split(self, sizes: list[int]) -> list[Modality]:
         """Split along the batch dimension into chunks of the given sizes."""
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/model.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/model.py
index 3c2bcba..47a212b 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/model.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/model.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class LTXModel(torch.nn.Module):
         caption_projection: torch.nn.Module | None = None,
         audio_caption_projection: torch.nn.Module | None = None,
         cross_attention_adaln: bool = False,
+        mask_conditioning_channels: int = 0,
     ):
         super().__init__()
         # Log the attention backends this transformer is built with. Reading the resolved
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ class LTXModel(torch.nn.Module):
         )
         self._enable_gradient_checkpointing = False
         self.cross_attention_adaln = cross_attention_adaln
+        # Extra per-token input channels (e.g. SCAIL-2 in-context mask channels) concatenated onto the
+        # video latent before ``patchify_proj``. 0 keeps the standard input width; >0 widens the first
+        # projection. Fed via ``Modality.cond_channels`` (see TransformerArgsPreprocessor.prepare).
+        self.mask_conditioning_channels = mask_conditioning_channels
         self.use_middle_indices_grid = use_middle_indices_grid
         self.rope_type = rope_type
         self.double_precision_rope = double_precision_rope
@@ -154,8 +159,11 @@ class LTXModel(torch.nn.Module):
         caption_projection: torch.nn.Module | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize video-specific components."""
-        # Video input components
-        self.patchify_proj = torch.nn.Linear(in_channels, self.inner_dim, bias=True)
+        # Video input components. When ``mask_conditioning_channels > 0`` the first projection is
+        # widened to also accept the in-context conditioning channels concatenated onto the latent.
+        self.patchify_proj = torch.nn.Linear(
+            in_channels + self.mask_conditioning_channels, self.inner_dim, bias=True
+        )
         if caption_projection is not None:
             self.caption_projection = caption_projection
 
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/transformer_args.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/transformer_args.py
index 86203b3..81e5d97 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/transformer_args.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/model/transformer/transformer_args.py
@@ -201,12 +201,46 @@ class TransformerArgsPreprocessor:
         )
         return pe
 
+    def _apply_patchify_proj(self, modality: Modality) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """Project patchified latents, concatenating any in-context conditioning channels first.
+
+        When ``patchify_proj`` expects more input features than the latent provides (a model built
+        with ``mask_conditioning_channels > 0``), the extra width is filled by ``modality.cond_channels``
+        (per-token, never noised). If those channels are absent they default to zeros, so a widened
+        model still runs and, with zero-initialized new projection columns, reproduces the base model's
+        output exactly.
+        """
+        latent = modality.latent
+        expected = self.patchify_proj.in_features
+        actual = latent.shape[-1]
+        if expected != actual:
+            missing = expected - actual
+            if missing < 0:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"patchify_proj expects {expected} input features but the latent already has {actual}."
+                )
+            cond_channels = modality.cond_channels
+            if cond_channels is None:
+                cond_channels = latent.new_zeros(latent.shape[0], latent.shape[1], missing)
+            elif cond_channels.shape[-1] != missing:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"cond_channels has {cond_channels.shape[-1]} channels but patchify_proj needs {missing} "
+                    f"extra input features (latent {actual} + cond {cond_channels.shape[-1]} != {expected})."
+                )
+            elif cond_channels.shape[1] != latent.shape[1]:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"cond_channels token length {cond_channels.shape[1]} must match latent token length "
+                    f"{latent.shape[1]}."
+                )
+            latent = torch.cat([latent, cond_channels.to(dtype=latent.dtype)], dim=-1)
+        return self.patchify_proj(latent)
+
     def prepare(
         self,
         modality: Modality,
         cross_modality: Modality | None = None,  # noqa: ARG002
     ) -> TransformerArgs:
-        x = self.patchify_proj(modality.latent)
+        x = self._apply_patchify_proj(modality)
         batch_size = x.shape[0]
         timestep, embedded_timestep = self._prepare_timestep(
             modality.timesteps, self.adaln, batch_size, modality.latent.dtype
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/tools.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/tools.py
index ec1696e..a9ca219 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/tools.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/tools.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class LatentTools(Protocol):
         clean_latent = latent_state.clean_latent[:, :num_tokens]
         denoise_mask = torch.ones_like(latent_state.denoise_mask)[:, :num_tokens]
         positions = latent_state.positions[:, :, :num_tokens]
+        cond_channels = (
+            latent_state.cond_channels[:, :num_tokens] if latent_state.cond_channels is not None else None
+        )
 
         return LatentState(
             latent=latent,
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ class LatentTools(Protocol):
             positions=positions,
             clean_latent=clean_latent,
             attention_mask=None,
+            cond_channels=cond_channels,
         )
 
 
diff --git a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/types.py b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/types.py
index c9dac29..55d5024 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/types.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-core/src/ltx_core/types.py
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ class LatentState:
         clean_latent: Initial state of the latent before denoising, may include conditioning latents.
         attention_mask: Optional 2D self-attention mask of shape (B, T, T). Values in [0, 1] where 1 = full attention,
             0 = no attention. None means full attention everywhere. Built incrementally by conditioning items.
+        cond_channels: Optional in-context conditioning channels in patchified token space, shape (B, T, C_cond),
+            aligned token-for-token with ``latent``. These extra per-token feature channels (e.g. SCAIL-2 mask
+            channels) are concatenated onto the latent right before the model's first projection; they are never
+            noised or denoised. ``None`` means no conditioning channels (standard models). When present, the token
+            length T must always match ``latent``; token-appending conditioning items extend it with zeros.
     """
 
     latent: torch.Tensor
@@ -200,6 +205,7 @@ class LatentState:
     positions: torch.Tensor
     clean_latent: torch.Tensor
     attention_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None
+    cond_channels: torch.Tensor | None = None
 
     def clone(self) -> "LatentState":
         return LatentState(
@@ -208,4 +214,5 @@ class LatentState:
             positions=self.positions.clone(),
             clean_latent=self.clean_latent.clone(),
             attention_mask=self.attention_mask.clone() if self.attention_mask is not None else None,
+            cond_channels=self.cond_channels.clone() if self.cond_channels is not None else None,
         )
diff --git a/packages/ltx-pipelines/src/ltx_pipelines/utils/helpers.py b/packages/ltx-pipelines/src/ltx_pipelines/utils/helpers.py
index 7a6a70e..35ac440 100644
--- a/packages/ltx-pipelines/src/ltx_pipelines/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/packages/ltx-pipelines/src/ltx_pipelines/utils/helpers.py
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ def modality_from_latent_state(
         context=context,
         context_mask=None,
         attention_mask=state.attention_mask,
+        cond_channels=state.cond_channels,
     )