diff --git a/src/database/migrations/001_drop_unused_ai_columns.sql b/src/database/migrations/001_drop_unused_ai_columns.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6b0ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database/migrations/001_drop_unused_ai_columns.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-- Migration: 001_drop_unused_ai_columns.sql
+-- Date: 2026-05-30
+-- Description: Drop columns that are written but never read from messages table
+--   - ai_moderation_raw: raw LLM response, never consumed
+--   - ai_policy_version: hardcoded string, never used for decisions
+--   - ai_evidence: JSON evidence array, never read after write
+
+ALTER TABLE messages DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS ai_moderation_raw;
+ALTER TABLE messages DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS ai_policy_version;
+ALTER TABLE messages DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS ai_evidence;
diff --git a/src/database/schema.ts b/src/database/schema.ts
index b04957b..eb55396 100644
--- a/src/database/schema.ts
+++ b/src/database/schema.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ export const pgMessagesTable = pgTable(
       .default("pending"),
     ai_moderation_flags: pgText("ai_moderation_flags"),
     ai_moderation_score: pgReal("ai_moderation_score"),
-    ai_moderation_raw: pgText("ai_moderation_raw"),
     ai_analysis: pgText("ai_analysis"),
     ai_categories: pgText("ai_categories"),
     ai_severity: pgText("ai_severity", {
@@ -86,8 +85,6 @@ export const pgMessagesTable = pgTable(
     ai_recommended_action: pgText("ai_recommended_action", {
       enum: ["none", "monitor", "warn", "review", "delete", "escalate"],
     }),
-    ai_policy_version: pgText("ai_policy_version"),
-    ai_evidence: pgText("ai_evidence"),
     ai_analyzed_at: pgBigint("ai_analyzed_at", { mode: "number" }),
     ai_error: pgText("ai_error"),
   },
@@ -306,7 +303,6 @@ export const sqliteMessagesTable = sqliteTable(
       .default("pending"),
     ai_moderation_flags: sqliteText("ai_moderation_flags"),
     ai_moderation_score: sqliteReal("ai_moderation_score"),
-    ai_moderation_raw: sqliteText("ai_moderation_raw"),
     ai_analysis: sqliteText("ai_analysis"),
     ai_categories: sqliteText("ai_categories"),
     ai_severity: sqliteText("ai_severity", {
@@ -316,8 +312,6 @@ export const sqliteMessagesTable = sqliteTable(
     ai_recommended_action: sqliteText("ai_recommended_action", {
       enum: ["none", "monitor", "warn", "review", "delete", "escalate"],
     }),
-    ai_policy_version: sqliteText("ai_policy_version"),
-    ai_evidence: sqliteText("ai_evidence"),
     ai_analyzed_at: sqliteInteger("ai_analyzed_at"),
     ai_error: sqliteText("ai_error"),
   },
diff --git a/src/moderation/aiAnalysisWorker.ts b/src/moderation/aiAnalysisWorker.ts
index 9f92634..7b543ae 100644
--- a/src/moderation/aiAnalysisWorker.ts
+++ b/src/moderation/aiAnalysisWorker.ts
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ export default async function processAnalysisRequest({
         status: analysisResult.status,
         flags: JSON.stringify(analysisResult.flags),
         score: analysisResult.score,
-        raw: JSON.stringify(result.raw),
         analysis: analysisResult.analysis,
+        categories: analysisResult.categories,
+        severity: analysisResult.severity,
+        confidence: analysisResult.confidence,
+        recommendedAction: analysisResult.recommendedAction,
         analyzedAt: Date.now(),
         error: null,
       },
diff --git a/src/moderation/aiAnalyzer.ts b/src/moderation/aiAnalyzer.ts
index f042ed0..6f43cf7 100644
--- a/src/moderation/aiAnalyzer.ts
+++ b/src/moderation/aiAnalyzer.ts
@@ -304,14 +304,11 @@ async function processIndividualFallback(
         status: r.status,
         flags: JSON.stringify(r.flags),
         score: r.score,
-        raw: JSON.stringify(analysisResult.raw),
         analysis: r.analysis,
         categories: r.categories,
         severity: r.severity,
         confidence: r.confidence,
         recommendedAction: r.recommendedAction,
-        policyVersion: r.policyVersion,
-        evidence: r.evidence,
         analyzedAt: Date.now(),
         error: null,
       },
@@ -361,15 +358,12 @@ async function processIndividualFallback(
             status: "error",
             flags: JSON.stringify(["individual_analysis_exhausted"]),
             score: 0,
-            raw: null,
             analysis:
               "Individual fallback exhausted all retries: LLM consistently dropped this message even in single-target mode",
             categories: ["individual_analysis_exhausted"],
             severity: "none",
             confidence: 0,
             recommendedAction: "review",
-            policyVersion: "default-2026-05-30",
-            evidence: [],
             analyzedAt: Date.now(),
             error: lastError,
           },
diff --git a/src/moderation/messageStore.ts b/src/moderation/messageStore.ts
index 8c0146d..5d43bf4 100644
--- a/src/moderation/messageStore.ts
+++ b/src/moderation/messageStore.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ export async function updateMessageAsEdited(
         ai_status: "pending",
         ai_moderation_flags: null,
         ai_moderation_score: null,
-        ai_moderation_raw: null,
         ai_analysis: null,
         ai_analyzed_at: null,
         ai_error: null,
@@ -392,14 +391,11 @@ interface AIAnalysisUpdate {
   status: "pending" | "clean" | "warn" | "flagged" | "error";
   flags?: string | null;
   score?: number | null;
-  raw?: string | null;
   analysis?: string | null;
   categories?: string[] | string | null;
   severity?: MessageRecord["ai_severity"] | null;
   confidence?: number | null;
   recommendedAction?: MessageRecord["ai_recommended_action"] | null;
-  policyVersion?: string | null;
-  evidence?: string[] | string | null;
   analyzedAt?: number | null;
   error?: string | null;
 }
@@ -423,14 +419,11 @@ export async function updateMessageAIAnalysis(
         ai_status: result.status,
         ai_moderation_flags: result.flags ?? null,
         ai_moderation_score: result.score ?? null,
-        ai_moderation_raw: result.raw ?? null,
         ai_analysis: result.analysis ?? null,
         ai_categories: stringifyAIList(result.categories),
         ai_severity: result.severity ?? null,
         ai_confidence: result.confidence ?? result.score ?? null,
         ai_recommended_action: result.recommendedAction ?? null,
-        ai_policy_version: result.policyVersion ?? null,
-        ai_evidence: stringifyAIList(result.evidence),
         ai_analyzed_at: result.analyzedAt ?? Date.now(),
         ai_error: result.error ?? null,
       })
diff --git a/src/moderation/types.ts b/src/moderation/types.ts
index 8f87128..a5f3c38 100644
--- a/src/moderation/types.ts
+++ b/src/moderation/types.ts
@@ -33,14 +33,11 @@ export interface MessageRecord {
   ai_status?: AIStatus | null;
   ai_moderation_flags?: string | null;
   ai_moderation_score?: number | null;
-  ai_moderation_raw?: string | null;
   ai_analysis?: string | null;
   ai_categories?: string | null;
   ai_severity?: AISeverity | null;
   ai_confidence?: number | null;
   ai_recommended_action?: AIRecommendedAction | null;
-  ai_policy_version?: string | null;
-  ai_evidence?: string | null;
   ai_analyzed_at?: number | null;
   ai_error?: string | null;
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/analysisRoutes.ts b/src/routes/analysisRoutes.ts
index d58c670..4d3ced1 100644
--- a/src/routes/analysisRoutes.ts
+++ b/src/routes/analysisRoutes.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ export function createAnalysisRoutes(): Router {
         status: "pending",
         flags: null,
         score: null,
-        raw: null,
         analysis: null,
         analyzedAt: null,
         error: null,