diff --git a/src/web/server.ts b/src/web/server.ts
index 716c4b5..ac609b4 100755
--- a/src/web/server.ts
+++ b/src/web/server.ts
@@ -175,8 +175,22 @@ export function createWebServer(options: WebServerOptions): WebServer {
       socket.destroy();
       return;
     }
+    // Guest sessions are only valid while guest mode is enabled.
+    if (result.role === "guest" && !options.config.guestMode.enabled) {
+      socket.write("HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
+      socket.destroy();
+      return;
+    }
+    const guestBots = options.config.guestMode.bots;
+    const botScope: "all" | Set<string> =
+      result.role === "guest"
+        ? guestBots === "all" ? "all" : new Set(guestBots)
+        : "all";
     wss.handleUpgrade(req, socket, head, (ws) => {
-      (ws as unknown as { userId: string }).userId = result.userId;
+      const w = ws as unknown as { userId: string; isGuest: boolean; botScope: "all" | Set<string> };
+      w.userId = result.userId;
+      w.isGuest = result.role === "guest";
+      w.botScope = botScope;
       wss.emit("connection", ws, req);
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/web/websocket-auth.test.ts b/src/web/websocket-auth.test.ts
index 5424daf..d49fbfd 100644
--- a/src/web/websocket-auth.test.ts
+++ b/src/web/websocket-auth.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { createDatabase, type BotDatabase } from "../data/database.js";
 import { createUserStore } from "../data/users.js";
 import { createSessionStore } from "../data/sessions.js";
 import { validateSessionFromHeaders, SESSION_COOKIE_NAME } from "./auth/validateSession.js";
+import { setupWebSocket } from "./websocket.js";
 
 function buildServer(sessions: ReturnType<typeof createSessionStore>) {
   const app = express();
@@ -72,3 +73,44 @@ describe("WebSocket auth at upgrade", () => {
     ws.close();
   });
 });
+
+describe("WebSocket guest bot scope", () => {
+  it("guest init is filtered to the guest bot scope", () => {
+    const sent: any[] = [];
+    const fakeWs: any = {
+      readyState: 1,
+      isGuest: true,
+      botScope: new Set(["bot1"]),
+      send: (m: string) => sent.push(JSON.parse(m)),
+      on: () => {},
+    };
+    const fakeWss: any = {
+      on: (ev: string, cb: any) => {
+        if (ev === "connection") fakeWss._conn = cb;
+      },
+    };
+    const makeBot = (id: string) => ({
+      id,
+      getStatus: () => ({ id }),
+      getQueue: () => [],
+      on: () => {},
+      removeListener: () => {},
+    });
+    const botManager: any = {
+      getAllBots: () => [makeBot("bot1"), makeBot("bot2")],
+      on: () => {},
+      off: () => {},
+      removeListener: () => {},
+    };
+    const cleanup = setupWebSocket(fakeWss, botManager, {
+      debug() {},
+      error() {},
+      info() {},
+      warn() {},
+    } as any);
+    fakeWss._conn(fakeWs);
+    const init = sent.find((m) => m.type === "init");
+    expect(init.bots.map((b: any) => b.id)).toEqual(["bot1"]);
+    cleanup();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/web/websocket.ts b/src/web/websocket.ts
index 3832ab0..8ca7f2a 100644
--- a/src/web/websocket.ts
+++ b/src/web/websocket.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ export function setupWebSocket(
 ): () => void {
   const clients = new Set<WebSocket>();
 
+  /**
+   * Whether a given bot is visible to a WebSocket client. Member/admin clients
+   * (non-guest) and guests with full scope see everything; scoped guests only
+   * see bots in their allowed set.
+   */
+  function visibleToClient(ws: WebSocket, botId: string): boolean {
+    const w = ws as unknown as { isGuest?: boolean; botScope?: "all" | Set<string> };
+    if (!w.isGuest || w.botScope === "all" || !w.botScope) return true;
+    return w.botScope.has(botId);
+  }
+
   /** Track which bot instances have listeners attached (keyed by id, storing ref) */
   const attachedBots = new Map<string, {
     bot: BotInstance;
@@ -22,7 +33,10 @@ export function setupWebSocket(
     clients.add(ws);
     logger.debug("WebSocket client connected");
 
-    const bots = botManager.getAllBots().map((b) => b.getStatus());
+    const bots = botManager
+      .getAllBots()
+      .filter((b) => visibleToClient(ws, b.id))
+      .map((b) => b.getStatus());
     ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "init", bots }));
 
     ws.on("close", () => {
@@ -36,15 +50,15 @@ export function setupWebSocket(
     });
   });
 
-  const broadcast = (data: object) => {
+  const broadcast = (data: object, botId?: string) => {
     const message = JSON.stringify(data);
     for (const client of clients) {
-      if (client.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
-        try {
-          client.send(message);
-        } catch {
-          clients.delete(client);
-        }
+      if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) continue;
+      if (botId !== undefined && !visibleToClient(client, botId)) continue;
+      try {
+        client.send(message);
+      } catch {
+        clients.delete(client);
       }
     }
   };
@@ -72,7 +86,7 @@ export function setupWebSocket(
         botId: bot.id,
         status: bot.getStatus(),
         queue: bot.getQueue(),
-      });
+      }, bot.id);
     };
 
     const onConnected = () => {
@@ -80,7 +94,7 @@ export function setupWebSocket(
         type: "botConnected",
         botId: bot.id,
         status: bot.getStatus(),
-      });
+      }, bot.id);
     };
 
     const onDisconnected = () => {
@@ -88,7 +102,7 @@ export function setupWebSocket(
         type: "botDisconnected",
         botId: bot.id,
         status: bot.getStatus(),
-      });
+      }, bot.id);
     };
 
     bot.on("stateChange", onStateChange);
@@ -117,7 +131,7 @@ export function setupWebSocket(
   // React when a bot is removed: detach its listener and tell clients to drop it
   const onBotInstanceRemoved = (id: string) => {
     detachBotListener(id);
-    broadcast({ type: "botRemoved", botId: id });
+    broadcast({ type: "botRemoved", botId: id }, id);
   };
   botManager.on("botInstanceRemoved", onBotInstanceRemoved);