diff --git a/src/lib/sim/BuildingConfig.cpp b/src/lib/sim/BuildingConfig.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc8b994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/sim/BuildingConfig.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include "BuildingConfig.h"
+
+#include "BeltSystem.h"
+#include "Building.h"
+#include "BuildingSystem.h"
+#include "Simulation.h"
+
+std::optional<BuildingConfig> readBuildingConfig(const Simulation& sim, BuildingId id)
+{
+    const Building*         building = sim.buildings().findBuilding(id);
+    const ConstructionSite* site     = building ? nullptr : sim.buildings().findSite(id);
+    if (!building && !site)
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    BuildingConfig config;
+    config.type = building ? building->type : site->type;
+
+    const std::string& recipeId = building ? building->recipeId : site->recipeId;
+    if (!recipeId.empty())
+    {
+        config.recipeId = recipeId;
+    }
+
+    config.shipLayout = building ? building->shipLayout : site->shipLayout;
+
+    if (config.type == BuildingType::Splitter)
+    {
+        config.isSplitter = true;
+        if (building)
+        {
+            // Operational splitter filters live in the BeltSystem, keyed by tile.
+            const std::optional<BeltSystem::SplitterInfo> info =
+                sim.belts().getSplitterInfo(building->anchor);
+            if (info.has_value())
+            {
+                config.splitterFilterA = info->filterA;
+                config.splitterFilterB = info->filterB;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // A site keeps its pre-completion filters on the ConstructionSite.
+            config.splitterFilterA = site->splitterFilterA;
+            config.splitterFilterB = site->splitterFilterB;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return config;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/sim/BuildingConfig.h b/src/lib/sim/BuildingConfig.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9c3840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/sim/BuildingConfig.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "BuildingId.h"
+#include "BuildingType.h"
+#include "ItemType.h"
+#include "ShipLayout.h"
+
+class Simulation;
+
+// The user-configurable settings of a single building or construction site: the
+// selected recipe / ship schematic, the shipyard module layout, and (for
+// splitters) the two output filters. Shared by the copy-settings gesture
+// (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG) and blueprint capture (REQ-UI-BLUEPRINT-STORAGE).
+struct BuildingConfig
+{
+    BuildingType type = BuildingType::Miner;
+
+    // Selected recipe (Miner / Assembler) or ship schematic id (Shipyard); unset
+    // when nothing is selected.
+    std::optional<std::string> recipeId;
+
+    // Shipyard module layout (REQ-MOD-LAYOUT).
+    std::optional<ShipLayoutConfig> shipLayout;
+
+    // Splitter output filters (empty = accept all). isSplitter distinguishes an
+    // empty-filter splitter (a valid accept-all configuration) from a building
+    // type that has no splitter filters at all.
+    bool                  isSplitter = false;
+    std::vector<ItemType> splitterFilterA;
+    std::vector<ItemType> splitterFilterB;
+};
+
+// Reads the current configuration of the building or construction site identified
+// by id, handling operational buildings and sites alike. Returns std::nullopt if
+// no such building or site exists.
+std::optional<BuildingConfig> readBuildingConfig(const Simulation& sim, BuildingId id);
diff --git a/src/lib/sim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/sim/CMakeLists.txt
index 24c819d..0c37cc5 100644
--- a/src/lib/sim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/sim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SET(HDRS
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/TickDriver.h
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/BeltSystem.h
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Building.h
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/BuildingConfig.h
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/BuildingSystem.h
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/EntityHitTest.h
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ShipLayout.h
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ SET(SRCS
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ReplayPlayer.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/TickDriver.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/BeltSystem.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/BuildingConfig.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/BuildingSystem.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/EntityHitTest.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ShipStatsCalculator.cpp
diff --git a/src/test/BuildingConfigTest.cpp b/src/test/BuildingConfigTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7df5f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/BuildingConfigTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#include "catch.hpp"
+
+#include "Building.h"
+#include "BuildingConfig.h"
+#include "BuildingSystem.h"
+#include "BuildingType.h"
+#include "ConfigLoader.h"
+#include "GameConfig.h"
+#include "Rotation.h"
+#include "ShipLayout.h"
+#include "ShipsConfig.h"
+#include "Simulation.h"
+#include "SimulationTestAccess.h"
+
+// readBuildingConfig underpins the copy-settings gesture (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG):
+// it extracts a building's recipe / schematic / layout / splitter filters so they
+// can be stamped onto a same-type building. It reads operational buildings and
+// construction sites alike.
+
+namespace
+{
+GameConfig loadConfig()
+{
+    return ConfigLoader::loadFromDirectory(CONFIG_DIR);
+}
+
+const BuildingDef* findDef(const GameConfig& cfg, BuildingType type)
+{
+    for (const BuildingDef& def : cfg.buildings.buildings)
+    {
+        if (def.type == type) { return &def; }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+BuildingId placeOperational(Simulation& sim, const GameConfig& cfg,
+                            BuildingType type, QPoint anchor)
+{
+    const BuildingDef* def = findDef(cfg, type);
+    REQUIRE(def != nullptr);
+    return SimulationTestAccess::buildings(sim).placeImmediate(
+        type, def->surfaceMask, anchor, Rotation::East);
+}
+
+const ShipDef* findAvailableSchematic(const GameConfig& cfg)
+{
+    for (const ShipDef& def : cfg.ships.ships)
+    {
+        if (def.unlockAtStationLevel == -1) { return &def; }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+}  // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("readBuildingConfig returns a miner's selected recipe", "[copyconfig]")
+{
+    const GameConfig cfg = loadConfig();
+    Simulation sim(loadConfig(), 7);
+
+    const BuildingId id = placeOperational(sim, cfg, BuildingType::Miner, QPoint(0, 0));
+    SimulationTestAccess::buildings(sim).setRecipe(id, "mine_iron_ore");
+
+    const std::optional<BuildingConfig> config = readBuildingConfig(sim, id);
+    REQUIRE(config.has_value());
+    CHECK(config->type == BuildingType::Miner);
+    REQUIRE(config->recipeId.has_value());
+    CHECK(*config->recipeId == "mine_iron_ore");
+    CHECK_FALSE(config->isSplitter);
+    CHECK_FALSE(config->shipLayout.has_value());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("readBuildingConfig leaves recipe unset when nothing is selected",
+          "[copyconfig]")
+{
+    const GameConfig cfg = loadConfig();
+    Simulation sim(loadConfig(), 7);
+
+    const BuildingId id = placeOperational(sim, cfg, BuildingType::Assembler, QPoint(0, 0));
+
+    const std::optional<BuildingConfig> config = readBuildingConfig(sim, id);
+    REQUIRE(config.has_value());
+    CHECK(config->type == BuildingType::Assembler);
+    CHECK_FALSE(config->recipeId.has_value());  // nothing to copy
+    CHECK_FALSE(config->isSplitter);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("readBuildingConfig returns a shipyard's schematic and layout",
+          "[copyconfig]")
+{
+    const GameConfig cfg = loadConfig();
+    Simulation sim(loadConfig(), 7);
+
+    const ShipDef* schematic = findAvailableSchematic(cfg);
+    REQUIRE(schematic != nullptr);
+
+    const BuildingId id = placeOperational(sim, cfg, BuildingType::Shipyard, QPoint(0, 0));
+    SimulationTestAccess::buildings(sim).setRecipe(id, schematic->id);
+    SimulationTestAccess::buildings(sim).setShipLayout(id, ShipLayoutConfig{});
+
+    const std::optional<BuildingConfig> config = readBuildingConfig(sim, id);
+    REQUIRE(config.has_value());
+    CHECK(config->type == BuildingType::Shipyard);
+    REQUIRE(config->recipeId.has_value());
+    CHECK(*config->recipeId == schematic->id);
+    CHECK(config->shipLayout.has_value());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("readBuildingConfig reads a queued construction site", "[copyconfig]")
+{
+    const GameConfig cfg = loadConfig();
+    Simulation sim(loadConfig(), 7);
+
+    // A placed miner enters the construction queue as a site (not yet operational).
+    const BuildingId id =
+        SimulationTestAccess::place(sim, BuildingType::Miner, QPoint(-2, 0), Rotation::East);
+    REQUIRE(id != kInvalidBuildingId);
+    REQUIRE(sim.buildings().findBuilding(id) == nullptr);
+    REQUIRE(sim.buildings().findSite(id) != nullptr);
+
+    SimulationTestAccess::buildings(sim).setRecipe(id, "mine_iron_ore");
+
+    const std::optional<BuildingConfig> config = readBuildingConfig(sim, id);
+    REQUIRE(config.has_value());
+    CHECK(config->type == BuildingType::Miner);
+    REQUIRE(config->recipeId.has_value());
+    CHECK(*config->recipeId == "mine_iron_ore");
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("readBuildingConfig returns nullopt for an unknown id", "[copyconfig]")
+{
+    Simulation sim(loadConfig(), 7);
+    CHECK_FALSE(readBuildingConfig(sim, kInvalidBuildingId).has_value());
+}
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b09252..dd0a975 100644
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ add_files(
     BeltSystemTest.cpp
     SurfaceMaskTest.cpp
     BuildingTest.cpp
+    BuildingConfigTest.cpp
     ShipTest.cpp
     ScrapTest.cpp
     BehaviorSystemTest.cpp
diff --git a/src/ui/BlueprintPanel.cpp b/src/ui/BlueprintPanel.cpp
index b3d984a..639dd86 100644
--- a/src/ui/BlueprintPanel.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/BlueprintPanel.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "ExitBlueprintModeRequestedEvent.h"
 
 #include "Building.h"
+#include "BuildingConfig.h"
 #include "BuildingSystem.h"
 #include "Simulation.h"
 
@@ -188,20 +189,19 @@ Blueprint BlueprintPanel::createBlueprintFromSelection() const
     for (const Entry& e : entries)
     {
         BlueprintBuilding bb;
-        bb.type       = e.building->type;
-        bb.rotation   = e.building->rotation;
-        bb.offset     = e.building->anchor - center;
-        bb.recipeId   = e.building->recipeId;
-        bb.shipLayout = e.building->shipLayout;
-        if (e.building->type == BuildingType::Splitter)
+        bb.type     = e.building->type;
+        bb.rotation = e.building->rotation;
+        bb.offset   = e.building->anchor - center;
+        // Recipe / schematic / layout / splitter-filter capture is shared with the
+        // copy-settings gesture (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG) via readBuildingConfig.
+        const std::optional<BuildingConfig> config =
+            readBuildingConfig(*m_sim, e.building->id);
+        if (config.has_value())
         {
-            const std::optional<BeltSystem::SplitterInfo> info =
-                m_sim->belts().getSplitterInfo(e.building->anchor);
-            if (info.has_value())
-            {
-                bb.splitterFilterA = info->filterA;
-                bb.splitterFilterB = info->filterB;
-            }
+            bb.recipeId        = config->recipeId.value_or(std::string());
+            bb.shipLayout      = config->shipLayout;
+            bb.splitterFilterA = config->splitterFilterA;
+            bb.splitterFilterB = config->splitterFilterB;
         }
         bp.buildings.push_back(bb);
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/GameWorldView.cpp b/src/ui/GameWorldView.cpp
index 1a4bc20..b5b28df 100644
--- a/src/ui/GameWorldView.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/GameWorldView.cpp
@@ -1617,6 +1617,8 @@ void GameWorldView::keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent* event)
     }
     if (event->key() == Qt::Key_A) { m_scrollLeft  = false; }
     if (event->key() == Qt::Key_D) { m_scrollRight = false; }
+    // Releasing Shift discards the copied building settings (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG).
+    if (event->key() == Qt::Key_Shift) { m_copiedConfig.reset(); }
     QOpenGLWidget::keyReleaseEvent(event);
 }
 
@@ -1629,6 +1631,15 @@ void GameWorldView::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
             if (m_builderType.has_value())        { exitBuilderMode(); }
             else if (m_blueprintMode.has_value()) { exitBlueprintMode(); }
             else if (m_demolishMode)              { toggleDemolishMode(); }
+            else if (event->modifiers() & Qt::ShiftModifier)
+            {
+                // Shift + right-click copies a building's settings, but only in the
+                // default selection mode (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG).
+                const QPoint tile = widgetToTile(event->pos());
+                BuildingId id = buildingAtTile(tile);
+                if (id == kInvalidBuildingId) { id = siteAtTile(tile); }
+                if (id != kInvalidBuildingId) { copyConfigFrom(id); }
+            }
         }
         return;
     }
@@ -1663,6 +1674,20 @@ void GameWorldView::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
     }
     else
     {
+        // Shift + left-click applies the copied settings to a same-type building
+        // (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG). Consumes the click so it does not change the
+        // selection. Only active in the default selection mode.
+        if ((event->modifiers() & Qt::ShiftModifier) && m_copiedConfig.has_value())
+        {
+            BuildingId id = buildingAtTile(tile);
+            if (id == kInvalidBuildingId) { id = siteAtTile(tile); }
+            if (id != kInvalidBuildingId)
+            {
+                pasteConfigTo(id);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         const QVector2D worldPos = widgetToWorld(event->pos());
         const entt::entity hitEntity = entityAtWorldPos(m_sim->admin(), worldPos);
 
@@ -1868,6 +1893,81 @@ void GameWorldView::rotateGhost(bool clockwise)
     }
 }
 
+void GameWorldView::copyConfigFrom(BuildingId id)
+{
+    const std::optional<BuildingConfig> config = readBuildingConfig(*m_sim, id);
+    if (!config.has_value()) { return; }
+
+    // Only cache when there is something to copy: a selected recipe / schematic
+    // (Miner, Assembler, Shipyard) or any Splitter (empty filters = accept-all).
+    // Building types with no settings (Smelter, Reprocessing Plant, Salvage Bay,
+    // belts / tunnels, HQ) leave any existing cache untouched (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG).
+    if (!config->recipeId.has_value() && !config->isSplitter) { return; }
+
+    m_copiedConfig = config;
+}
+
+void GameWorldView::pasteConfigTo(BuildingId id)
+{
+    if (!m_copiedConfig.has_value()) { return; }
+
+    const std::optional<BuildingConfig> target = readBuildingConfig(*m_sim, id);
+    if (!target.has_value() || target->type != m_copiedConfig->type) { return; }
+
+    const BuildingConfig& source = *m_copiedConfig;
+
+    // The cached settings were valid on a same-type source building, so they are
+    // valid and available on the target: unlock state is global, so a selected
+    // recipe / schematic (REQ-LOCK-UI-RECIPE, REQ-LOCK-UI-SCHEMATIC) and splitter
+    // filter item types (REQ-LOCK-UI-SPLITTER) remain unlocked. Applying reuses the
+    // same configuration commands as the selected building panel, inheriting their
+    // buffer-clearing and mid-cycle-cancel semantics (REQ-MAT-INPUT-BUFFER,
+    // REQ-MAT-OUTPUT-BUFFER, REQ-BLD-SHIPYARD).
+    if (source.isSplitter)
+    {
+        // Operational splitters are configured by tile; sites by BuildingId
+        // (mirrors SelectedBuildingPanel::onSplitterFilterChanged).
+        if (const Building* building = m_sim->buildings().findBuilding(id))
+        {
+            std::shared_ptr<SetSplitterFiltersCommand> command =
+                std::make_shared<SetSplitterFiltersCommand>();
+            command->tile    = building->anchor;
+            command->filterA = source.splitterFilterA;
+            command->filterB = source.splitterFilterB;
+            enqueueCommand(command);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            std::shared_ptr<SetSiteSplitterFiltersCommand> command =
+                std::make_shared<SetSiteSplitterFiltersCommand>();
+            command->id      = id;
+            command->filterA = source.splitterFilterA;
+            command->filterB = source.splitterFilterB;
+            enqueueCommand(command);
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (source.recipeId.has_value())
+    {
+        std::shared_ptr<SetRecipeCommand> command = std::make_shared<SetRecipeCommand>();
+        command->id       = id;
+        command->recipeId = *source.recipeId;
+        enqueueCommand(command);
+    }
+
+    // For a shipyard the schematic (above) must be applied before its module
+    // layout, so both commands drain in order at the next tick boundary.
+    if (source.type == BuildingType::Shipyard && source.shipLayout.has_value())
+    {
+        std::shared_ptr<SetShipLayoutCommand> command =
+            std::make_shared<SetShipLayoutCommand>();
+        command->id     = id;
+        command->layout = *source.shipLayout;
+        enqueueCommand(command);
+    }
+}
+
 void GameWorldView::enterBuilderMode(BuildingType type)
 {
     m_builderType   = type;
@@ -1940,6 +2040,7 @@ void GameWorldView::resetForNewGame()
     EventManager::getInstance()->sendEventImmediately(
         std::make_shared<DemolishModeChangedEvent>(false));
     m_selectedBuildingIds.clear();
+    m_copiedConfig     = std::nullopt;
     m_boxSelecting     = false;
     m_scrollXTiles     = 0.0f;
     m_scrollLeft       = false;
diff --git a/src/ui/GameWorldView.h b/src/ui/GameWorldView.h
index b4bf895..dd5ede1 100644
--- a/src/ui/GameWorldView.h
+++ b/src/ui/GameWorldView.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <QVector2D>
 
 #include "Blueprint.h"
+#include "BuildingConfig.h"
 #include "BlueprintModeExitedEvent.h"
 #include "BlueprintPlacementRequestedEvent.h"
 #include "BuilderModeExitedEvent.h"
@@ -165,6 +166,12 @@ private:
     void                     stepSpeed(int delta);
     void                     placeAtTile(QPoint tile);
 
+    // Copy-settings gesture (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG): Shift+right-click copies a
+    // building's configuration into m_copiedConfig; Shift+left-click applies it to
+    // another building of the same type via the existing configuration commands.
+    void     copyConfigFrom(BuildingId id);
+    void     pasteConfigTo(BuildingId id);
+
     void     enterBuilderMode(BuildingType type);
     void     exitBuilderMode();
     void     enterBlueprintMode(Blueprint blueprint);
@@ -215,6 +222,10 @@ private:
     std::optional<Blueprint> m_blueprintMode;
     QPoint                   m_blueprintGhostTile;
 
+    // Temporary cache for the copy-settings gesture (REQ-BLD-COPY-CONFIG); held
+    // only while Shift is down and cleared on Shift release.
+    std::optional<BuildingConfig> m_copiedConfig;
+
     bool     m_demolishMode;
     BuildingId m_demolishHoverBuildingId;
     bool     m_debugDraw;