diff --git a/docs/automation/README.md b/docs/automation/README.md
index 5ec9b6247..86755d8ee 100644
--- a/docs/automation/README.md
+++ b/docs/automation/README.md
@@ -20,8 +20,18 @@ can act → observe → act.
 | `{"op":"run","cmd":"LAYER Walls"}` | `{"ok":true,"cmd":...,"entities":N,"added":D}` |
 | `{"op":"entities"}` | `{"ok":true,"total":N,"by_type":{"Line":42,...}}` |
 | `{"op":"query","type":"Line","layer":"Walls"}` | per-entity `{handle,type,layer,…geometry}` (filters + `limit` optional) |
+| `{"op":"select","handles":["2B"]}` | set the selection (by `handles`, `type`, or `layer`; `clear` to deselect) → `{"ok":true,"selected":N}` |
 | `{"op":"save","path":"out.dwg"}` | `{"ok":true,"saved":"out.dwg"}` (path optional once opened/saved) |
 
+Selection drives modify commands — `select` the targets (e.g. the handles a
+`query` returned), then `run("ERASE")`:
+
+```python
+ocs.select(type="Line"); ocs.run("ERASE")   # erase every line
+ids = [e["handle"] for e in ocs.query(layer="Walls")["entities"]]
+ocs.select(handles=ids); ocs.run("ERASE")
+```
+
 Every response has `"ok"`; failures carry `"error"`. `run` drives Open CAD
 Studio's **own** command system — no separate bindings to maintain — so its
 coverage grows with the app.
diff --git a/docs/automation/ocs.py b/docs/automation/ocs.py
index 11a380574..93e5f39c5 100644
--- a/docs/automation/ocs.py
+++ b/docs/automation/ocs.py
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ class Ocs:
         """List entities (handle, type, layer, geometry), optionally filtered."""
         return self._send(op="query", type=type, layer=layer, limit=limit)
 
+    def select(
+        self,
+        handles: Optional[list[str]] = None,
+        type: Optional[str] = None,
+        layer: Optional[str] = None,
+        clear: bool = False,
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Set the selection by handle, type, or layer (a following selection
+        command like ``run("ERASE")`` then acts on it). `clear=True` deselects."""
+        return self._send(
+            op="select", handles=handles, type=type, layer=layer, clear=clear
+        )
+
     def save(self, path: Optional[str] = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Write the document (defaults to the opened/last-saved path)."""
         return self._send(op="save", path=path)
diff --git a/src/app/automation.rs b/src/app/automation.rs
index fcdffa926..157fc4b9b 100644
--- a/src/app/automation.rs
+++ b/src/app/automation.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,41 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             }
             "entities" => self.entity_summary(),
             "query" => self.entity_query(&req),
+            "select" => {
+                let i = self.active_tab;
+                self.tabs[i].scene.deselect_all();
+                if req["clear"].as_bool() != Some(true) {
+                    // By explicit handles (hex, as returned by `query`).
+                    if let Some(arr) = req["handles"].as_array() {
+                        for h in arr.iter().filter_map(|h| h.as_str()) {
+                            if let Ok(v) = u64::from_str_radix(h.trim_start_matches("0x"), 16) {
+                                self.tabs[i].scene.select_entity(acadrust::Handle::new(v), false);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // Or by type / layer.
+                    let type_filter = req["type"].as_str();
+                    let layer_filter = req["layer"].as_str();
+                    if type_filter.is_some() || layer_filter.is_some() {
+                        let handles: Vec<acadrust::Handle> = self.tabs[i]
+                            .scene
+                            .document
+                            .entities()
+                            .filter(|e| {
+                                type_filter.is_none_or(|t| {
+                                    crate::entities::names::ui_name(e).eq_ignore_ascii_case(t)
+                                })
+                            })
+                            .filter(|e| layer_filter.is_none_or(|l| e.common().layer == l))
+                            .map(|e| e.common().handle)
+                            .collect();
+                        for h in handles {
+                            self.tabs[i].scene.select_entity(h, false);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                json!({ "ok": true, "selected": self.tabs[i].scene.selected_entities().len() })
+            }
             "save" => {
                 let i = self.active_tab;
                 let path = req["path"]
@@ -314,6 +349,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(r["entities"][0]["type"], "Circle");
         assert_eq!(r["entities"][0]["radius"], 3.0);
 
+        // select by type, then a selection command acts on it.
+        let r = app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"select","type":"Line"}"#);
+        assert_eq!(r["selected"], 2);
+        app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"run","cmd":"ERASE"}"#);
+        let r = app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"entities"}"#);
+        assert_eq!(r["total"], 1); // only the Circle remains
+
         // Errors are reported, never panics.
         assert_eq!(app.automation_op(r#"{"op":"bogus"}"#)["ok"], false);
         assert_eq!(app.automation_op("not json")["ok"], false);