diff --git a/admin/DashboardController.php b/admin/DashboardController.php
index c5fbac6..be801a2 100644
--- a/admin/DashboardController.php
+++ b/admin/DashboardController.php
@@ -2372,6 +2372,34 @@ HTML;
         $flows = $config['flows'] ?? [];
         $aiProviderOpenai = $aiProviderVal === 'openai' ? ' selected' : '';
         $aiProviderMock   = $aiProviderVal === 'mock' ? ' selected' : '';
+
+        // Per-category config HTML
+        $perTypeConfig = $config['per_type'] ?? [];
+        $menuKeysList  = array_keys($menus);
+        $catLabels = ['1' => 'Categoría 1 — Solo recibe info', '2' => 'Categoría 2 — Solo descarga informes', '3' => 'Categoría 3 — Reporta y recibe'];
+        $categoryTabHtml = '';
+        foreach ([1, 2, 3] as $cat) {
+            $catCfg      = $perTypeConfig[(string)$cat] ?? [];
+            $selMenu     = $catCfg['greeting_menu'] ?? '';
+            $opts = '<option value="">— Usa configuración global —</option>';
+            foreach ($menuKeysList as $mk) {
+                $s = $selMenu === $mk ? ' selected' : '';
+                $opts .= '<option value="' . self::h($mk) . '"' . $s . '>' . self::h($mk) . '</option>';
+            }
+            $label = $catLabels[(string)$cat];
+            $categoryTabHtml .= <<<CATHTML
+      <div style="background:#f8f9fd;border:1px solid #eef1f5;border-radius:10px;padding:18px;margin-bottom:16px">
+        <div style="font-weight:700;font-size:13px;color:#0b3d91;margin-bottom:12px">{$label}</div>
+        <div class="form-group" style="margin-bottom:0">
+          <label>Menú de bienvenida (greeting menu)</label>
+          <select name="per_type_menu[{$cat}]" style="width:100%;padding:9px 12px;border:1px solid #e2e5ea;border-radius:8px;font-size:13px">
+            {$opts}
+          </select>
+          <div style="font-size:11px;color:#7a8291;margin-top:4px">Menú en botones que se muestra cuando el usuario escribe por primera vez o sin contexto activo</div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+CATHTML;
+        }
         $aiModelMini      = $aiModelVal === 'gpt-4o-mini' ? ' selected' : '';
         $aiModel4o        = $aiModelVal === 'gpt-4o' ? ' selected' : '';
         $aiModel35        = $aiModelVal === 'gpt-3.5-turbo' ? ' selected' : '';
@@ -2384,6 +2412,7 @@ HTML;
       <button type="button" class="tab-btn active" onclick="switchTab('commands',this)">📋 Comandos</button>
       <button type="button" class="tab-btn" onclick="switchTab('menus',this)">📑 Menús</button>
       <button type="button" class="tab-btn" onclick="switchTab('flows',this)">🔀 Flujos</button>
+      <button type="button" class="tab-btn" onclick="switchTab('categories',this)">👥 Por Categoría</button>
       <button type="button" class="tab-btn" onclick="switchTab('ai',this)">🤖 IA</button>
       <button type="button" class="tab-btn" onclick="switchTab('general',this)">⚙️ General</button>
     </div>
@@ -2551,6 +2580,13 @@ HTML;
       <button type="button" class="add-btn" onclick="addFlow()">+ Agregar flujo</button>
     </div>
 
+    <!-- ─── POR CATEGORÍA ────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
+    <div class="tab-content" id="tab-categories">
+      <div class="card-h">👥 Configuración por Categoría</div>
+      <p style="font-size:12px;color:#7a8291;margin-bottom:16px">Define qué menú de bienvenida ve cada categoría de usuario cuando escribe por primera vez o sin contexto activo. El menú debe ser de tipo <strong>botón</strong>.</p>
+      {$categoryTabHtml}
+    </div>
+
     <!-- ─── AI ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
     <div class="tab-content" id="tab-ai">
       <div class="card-h">🤖 Inteligencia Artificial</div>
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index f7e4955..02d7246 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -410,6 +410,21 @@ $routes = [
         $aiProvider = trim($_POST['ai_provider'] ?? '');
         if ($aiProvider !== '') $config['ai_provider'] = $aiProvider;
 
+        // Per-category menus
+        $perTypeMenus = $_POST['per_type_menu'] ?? [];
+        $perType = [];
+        foreach ([1, 2, 3] as $cat) {
+            $mk = trim($perTypeMenus[$cat] ?? '');
+            if ($mk !== '') {
+                $perType[(string)$cat] = [
+                    'greeting_menu' => $mk,
+                    'greeting'      => '',
+                    'fallback'      => '',
+                ];
+            }
+        }
+        if (!empty($perType)) $config['per_type'] = $perType;
+
         // General
         $greeting = trim($_POST['greeting'] ?? '');
         if ($greeting !== '') $config['greeting'] = $greeting;
diff --git a/services/NormalBot.php b/services/NormalBot.php
index 1038875..ac29eeb 100644
--- a/services/NormalBot.php
+++ b/services/NormalBot.php
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ class NormalBot
             return null;
         }
 
+        // Per-type greeting_menu: direct menu for this category (greeting + fallback in one)
+        $greetingMenuKey = $perType['greeting_menu'] ?? null;
+        if ($greetingMenuKey !== null && $currentNode === null && isset($menus[$greetingMenuKey])) {
+            ConversationContext::updateNode($ctxId, null);
+            return self::buildMenuResponse($menus[$greetingMenuKey], $context['from'], $company);
+        }
+
         $greeting = $perType['greeting'] ?? $config['greeting'] ?? null;
         if ($greeting !== null && $currentNode === null) {
             $greetingFlowId = $perType['greeting_flow'] ?? 'greeting';
@@ -65,6 +72,12 @@ class NormalBot
             return self::handleFlow($flows[$fallbackFlowId], $context, $company, $ctxId, $menus);
         }
 
+        // greeting_menu also serves as fallback when nothing else matched
+        if ($greetingMenuKey !== null && isset($menus[$greetingMenuKey])) {
+            ConversationContext::updateNode($ctxId, null);
+            return self::buildMenuResponse($menus[$greetingMenuKey], $context['from'], $company);
+        }
+
         $fallback = $perType['fallback'] ?? $config['fallback'] ?? null;
         if ($fallback !== null) {
             ConversationContext::updateNode($ctxId, null);