diff --git a/src/commands/snapshot.zig b/src/commands/snapshot.zig
index ce879e1..e49510a 100644
--- a/src/commands/snapshot.zig
+++ b/src/commands/snapshot.zig
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ const atomic = @import("../atomic.zig");
 const version = @import("../version.zig");
 const portfolio_mod = @import("../models/portfolio.zig");
 const Date = @import("../models/date.zig").Date;
+const model = @import("../models/snapshot.zig");
+
+// Re-export record types so callers that reach `commands/snapshot.zig`
+// (tests, mostly) still see the familiar names. New code should prefer
+// `@import("models/snapshot.zig")` directly.
+pub const MetaRow = model.MetaRow;
+pub const TotalRow = model.TotalRow;
+pub const TaxTypeRow = model.TaxTypeRow;
+pub const AccountRow = model.AccountRow;
+pub const LotRow = model.LotRow;
+pub const Snapshot = model.Snapshot;
 
 pub const SnapshotError = error{
     PortfolioEmpty,
@@ -356,80 +367,10 @@ pub fn quoteDateRange(infos: []const QuoteInfo) ?struct { min: Date, max: Date }
 
 // ── Snapshot records ─────────────────────────────────────────
 //
-// Each record kind below is a plain struct suitable for `srf.fmtFrom`.
-// Field order in the struct declaration IS the on-disk order — srf's
-// `Record.from` iterates `inline for (info.fields)`. The leading `kind`
-// field is the discriminator readers demux on.
-//
-// IMPORTANT: `kind` does NOT have a default value. SRF elides fields
-// whose value matches the declared default (see setField in srf.zig),
-// so a `kind: []const u8 = "meta"` would vanish from the output. Each
-// construction site supplies the tag explicitly.
-//
-// Optional fields default to `null` so they're elided on null values —
-// that's the behavior we want for `price`, `quote_date`, etc.
-
-pub const MetaRow = struct {
-    kind: []const u8,
-    snapshot_version: u32,
-    as_of_date: Date,
-    captured_at: i64,
-    zfin_version: []const u8,
-    quote_date_min: ?Date = null,
-    quote_date_max: ?Date = null,
-    stale_count: usize,
-};
-
-pub const TotalRow = struct {
-    kind: []const u8,
-    scope: []const u8,
-    value: f64,
-};
-
-pub const TaxTypeRow = struct {
-    kind: []const u8,
-    label: []const u8,
-    value: f64,
-};
-
-pub const AccountRow = struct {
-    kind: []const u8,
-    name: []const u8,
-    value: f64,
-};
-
-pub const LotRow = struct {
-    kind: []const u8,
-    symbol: []const u8,
-    lot_symbol: []const u8,
-    account: []const u8,
-    security_type: []const u8,
-    shares: f64,
-    open_price: f64,
-    cost_basis: f64,
-    value: f64,
-    /// Null for non-stock lots (cash/CD/illiquid have no per-share price).
-    price: ?f64 = null,
-    /// Null for non-stock lots.
-    quote_date: ?Date = null,
-    /// Emitted only when true (default is false, which srf skips).
-    quote_stale: bool = false,
-};
-
-pub const Snapshot = struct {
-    meta: MetaRow,
-    totals: []TotalRow,
-    tax_types: []TaxTypeRow,
-    accounts: []AccountRow,
-    lots: []LotRow,
-
-    pub fn deinit(self: *Snapshot, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
-        allocator.free(self.totals);
-        allocator.free(self.tax_types);
-        allocator.free(self.accounts);
-        allocator.free(self.lots);
-    }
-};
+// Record structs live in `src/models/snapshot.zig` — see the re-exports
+// near the top of this file. The types are separated from this command
+// module so analytics code (`src/analytics/timeline.zig`) can reference
+// them without depending on a `commands/` module.
 
 /// Build the full snapshot in memory. Does not touch disk.
 fn buildSnapshot(
diff --git a/src/models/snapshot.zig b/src/models/snapshot.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f313ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/snapshot.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+//! Snapshot record types — the wire format for `history/<date>-portfolio.srf`.
+//!
+//! Each record kind below is a plain struct suitable for `srf.fmtFrom`
+//! on the write side and `srf.parse` → `Record.to(T)` on the read side.
+//! Field order in the struct declaration IS the on-disk order: srf's
+//! `Record.from` iterates `inline for (info.fields)`. The leading `kind`
+//! field is the discriminator readers use to demux heterogeneous records.
+//!
+//! Lives in `src/models/` because these types describe the data format
+//! itself — they're consumed by the snapshot writer command
+//! (`src/commands/snapshot.zig`), the history reader (`src/history.zig`),
+//! and the timeline analytics (`src/analytics/timeline.zig`). Putting
+//! them in `commands/` would force analytics to depend on a command
+//! module, which would be backwards.
+//!
+//! IMPORTANT: `kind` does NOT have a default value. SRF elides fields
+//! whose value matches the declared default (see `setField` in
+//! `srf.zig`), so `kind: []const u8 = "meta"` would vanish from the
+//! output. Each construction site supplies the tag explicitly.
+//!
+//! Optional fields default to `null` so they're elided on null values —
+//! that's the behavior we want for `price`, `quote_date`, etc.
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const Date = @import("date.zig").Date;
+
+pub const MetaRow = struct {
+    kind: []const u8,
+    snapshot_version: u32,
+    as_of_date: Date,
+    captured_at: i64,
+    zfin_version: []const u8,
+    quote_date_min: ?Date = null,
+    quote_date_max: ?Date = null,
+    stale_count: usize,
+};
+
+pub const TotalRow = struct {
+    kind: []const u8,
+    scope: []const u8,
+    value: f64,
+};
+
+pub const TaxTypeRow = struct {
+    kind: []const u8,
+    label: []const u8,
+    value: f64,
+};
+
+pub const AccountRow = struct {
+    kind: []const u8,
+    name: []const u8,
+    value: f64,
+};
+
+pub const LotRow = struct {
+    kind: []const u8,
+    symbol: []const u8,
+    lot_symbol: []const u8,
+    account: []const u8,
+    security_type: []const u8,
+    shares: f64,
+    open_price: f64,
+    cost_basis: f64,
+    value: f64,
+    /// Null for non-stock lots (cash/CD/illiquid have no per-share price).
+    price: ?f64 = null,
+    /// Null for non-stock lots.
+    quote_date: ?Date = null,
+    /// Emitted only when true (default is false, which srf skips).
+    quote_stale: bool = false,
+};
+
+/// In-memory portfolio snapshot. `meta` is a single record; the four
+/// slices are per-section record collections.
+pub const Snapshot = struct {
+    meta: MetaRow,
+    totals: []TotalRow,
+    tax_types: []TaxTypeRow,
+    accounts: []AccountRow,
+    lots: []LotRow,
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Snapshot, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
+        allocator.free(self.totals);
+        allocator.free(self.tax_types);
+        allocator.free(self.accounts);
+        allocator.free(self.lots);
+    }
+};