diff --git a/docs/developer/api.md b/docs/developer/api.md
index 2589128..150af16 100644
--- a/docs/developer/api.md
+++ b/docs/developer/api.md
@@ -322,6 +322,15 @@ other HRP. `hrp` is a case-insensitive string stored in lowercase. The context f
 - `immutable_prefix`, program-supplied text outside the correction domain; and
 - `excluded_indices`, ordinary share indices already accepted in a recovery.
 
+Applications restoring a share set can call
+`CorrectionContext.from_shares(accepted, hrp=None, expected_length=None, immutable_prefix=None)`.
+It derives the fixed length, complete header prefix, and excluded indices from
+compatible, validated ordinary shares. An explicit length, prefix, or HRP may
+only agree with those shares. With no accepted shares, `hrp` is required and
+optional length and prefix hints have the same meaning as the direct constructor.
+The CLI uses this factory for interactive recovery and standalone correction;
+graphical and other clients can share that constraint logic.
+
 With or without `expected_length`, `ms` correction searches only valid
 master-seed lengths reachable by a supported structural family. Another HRP
 considers character offsets -4 through +4 and group offsets -8/-4/0/+4/+8,
diff --git a/src/codex32/_cli_input.py b/src/codex32/_cli_input.py
index 848b9ab..948b6b8 100644
--- a/src/codex32/_cli_input.py
+++ b/src/codex32/_cli_input.py
@@ -341,9 +341,13 @@ def _corrections(
     if isinstance(byte_length, int):
         target = _text_length(byte_length)
     immutable = prefix if prefix and value.lower().startswith(prefix.lower()) else value[: separator + 1]
-    excluded = tuple(artifact.share_idx for artifact in accepted)
-    context = CorrectionContext(hrp, target, _prefix_for_suffix(immutable, value), excluded)
     try:
+        context = CorrectionContext.from_shares(
+            accepted,
+            hrp=hrp,
+            expected_length=target,
+            immutable_prefix=_prefix_for_suffix(immutable, value),
+        )
         candidates, complete = _correct_complete(context, value, allowed=allowed, competitors=True)
     except InvalidCorrectionInput:
         return (), True
diff --git a/src/codex32/correction.py b/src/codex32/correction.py
index b1d830c..86f8f5e 100644
--- a/src/codex32/correction.py
+++ b/src/codex32/correction.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, replace
 from functools import cache, lru_cache
+from itertools import islice
 from math import comb
 from time import monotonic
 from typing import Literal
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
     _has_generation_padding,
     _header,
     _validate_ms_length,
+    _validate_recovery_prefix,
     parse_codex32,
 )
 from codex32.checksums import _CODEX32, _CODEX32_LONG, _Checksum
@@ -80,6 +82,47 @@ def __init__(
         object.__setattr__(self, "immutable_prefix", immutable_prefix)
         object.__setattr__(self, "excluded_indices", excluded_indices)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_shares(
+        cls,
+        accepted: Sequence[Codex32String],
+        *,
+        hrp: str | None = None,
+        expected_length: int | None = None,
+        immutable_prefix: str | None = None,
+    ) -> "CorrectionContext":
+        """Constrain a correction using compatible, previously accepted ordinary shares.
+
+        When no shares have been accepted, ``hrp`` identifies the application.
+        Supplied length and prefix hints may narrow, but never contradict, a set.
+        """
+        shares = tuple(islice(accepted, 10))
+        if shares:
+            try:
+                _validate_recovery_prefix(shares)
+            except (CodexError, TypeError, ValueError) as error:
+                raise InvalidCorrectionInput("accepted shares must be compatible ordinary shares") from error
+            first = shares[0]
+            if hrp is not None and (not isinstance(hrp, str) or hrp.lower() != first.hrp):
+                raise InvalidCorrectionInput("hrp conflicts with accepted shares")
+            if expected_length is not None and expected_length != len(first.s):
+                raise InvalidCorrectionInput("expected_length conflicts with accepted shares")
+            header_prefix = f"{first.hrp}1{first.k}{first.ident}"
+            if immutable_prefix is not None and (
+                not isinstance(immutable_prefix, str)
+                or not header_prefix.startswith(immutable_prefix.lower())
+            ):
+                raise InvalidCorrectionInput("immutable_prefix conflicts with accepted shares")
+            if immutable_prefix is not None and immutable_prefix.isupper():
+                header_prefix = header_prefix.upper()
+            context = cls(first.hrp, len(first.s), header_prefix, tuple(share.share_idx for share in shares))
+        else:
+            if hrp is None:
+                raise InvalidCorrectionInput("hrp is required without accepted shares")
+            context = cls(hrp, expected_length, immutable_prefix)
+        _validate_context(context)
+        return context
+
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
 class CorrectionEdit:
diff --git a/tests/test_public_api.py b/tests/test_public_api.py
index 57e7231..1bf6813 100644
--- a/tests/test_public_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_public_api.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def test_backup_workflows_need_only_the_standard_library() -> None:
 assert derive_share(shares, "d").share_idx == "d"
 damaged = shares[0].s[:-1] + "?"
 assert correct(CorrectionContext("ms"), damaged)
+assert CorrectionContext.from_shares(shares[:1]).excluded_indices == (shares[0].share_idx,)
 """
     environment = os.environ.copy()
     environment["PYTHONPATH"] = str(Path(__file__).parents[1] / "src")
@@ -54,6 +55,42 @@ def test_backup_workflows_need_only_the_standard_library() -> None:
     assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
 
 
+def test_correction_context_from_accepted_shares() -> None:
+    first = parse_codex32(VECTOR_2["share_A"])
+    second = parse_codex32(VECTOR_2["share_C"])
+    context = CorrectionContext.from_shares([first, second], hrp="MS", immutable_prefix="MS1")
+
+    assert context == CorrectionContext("ms", len(first.s), "MS12NAME", ("a", "c"))
+    assert correct(context, first.s) == ()  # An accepted index cannot be suggested again.
+    assert CorrectionContext.from_shares([], hrp="ms", expected_length=len(first.s)) == CorrectionContext(
+        "ms", len(first.s)
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "kwargs",
+    (
+        {"hrp": "cl"},
+        {"expected_length": 74},
+        {"immutable_prefix": "ms12cash"},
+    ),
+)
+def test_correction_context_rejects_conflicting_hints(kwargs: dict[str, object]) -> None:
+    first = parse_codex32(VECTOR_2["share_A"])
+    with pytest.raises(codex32.InvalidCorrectionInput):
+        CorrectionContext.from_shares([first], **kwargs)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
+
+def test_correction_context_rejects_incompatible_shares() -> None:
+    first = parse_codex32(VECTOR_2["share_A"])
+    with pytest.raises(codex32.InvalidCorrectionInput):
+        CorrectionContext.from_shares([first, first])
+    with pytest.raises(codex32.InvalidCorrectionInput):
+        CorrectionContext.from_shares([parse_codex32(VECTOR_1["secret_s"])])
+    with pytest.raises(codex32.InvalidCorrectionInput):
+        CorrectionContext.from_shares([])
+
+
 def test_python_bip32_boundary_stops_at_the_root() -> None:
     module = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "src" / "codex32" / "_bip32.py"
     tree = ast.parse(module.read_text())