diff --git a/src/rag_engine.py b/src/rag_engine.py
index 51ab599e..15ce73fb 100644
--- a/src/rag_engine.py
+++ b/src/rag_engine.py
@@ -207,22 +207,39 @@ class RAGEngine:
    start += (chunk_size - overlap)
   return chunks
 
- def _chunk_code(self, content: str, file_path: str) -> List[str]:
-  """AST-aware chunking for Python code."""
+ def _chunk_code_result(self, content: str, file_path: str) -> Result[List[str]]:
+  """AST-aware chunking for Python code. Returns Result[List[str]].
+
+  On AST parse failure, returns Result(errors=[ErrorInfo]). The legacy
+  caller (_chunk_code) decides whether to fallback to text chunking
+  (preserving the original behavior).
+  """
   try:
    parser = ASTParser("python")
    tree   = parser.parse(content)
-   chunks = []
+   chunks: List[str] = []
 
    for node in tree.root_node.children:
     if node.type in ("function_definition", "class_definition"):
      chunks.append(content[node.start_byte:node.end_byte])
 
-   if not chunks or len(content) < self.config.chunk_size:
-    return self._chunk_text(content)
-   return chunks
-  except Exception:
+   return Result(data=chunks)
+  except Exception as e:
+   return Result(
+    data=None,
+    errors=[ErrorInfo(kind=ErrorKind.INTERNAL, message=f"AST chunking failed for {file_path}: {e}", source="rag_engine._chunk_code_result", original=e)],
+   )
+
+
+ def _chunk_code(self, content: str, file_path: str) -> List[str]:
+  """AST-aware chunking for Python code."""
+  ast_result = self._chunk_code_result(content, file_path)
+  if not ast_result.ok:
    return self._chunk_text(content)
+  chunks = ast_result.data
+  if not chunks or len(content) < self.config.chunk_size:
+   return self._chunk_text(content)
+  return chunks
 
  def index_file(self, file_path: str):
   """Reads, chunks, and indexes a file into the vector store."""
diff --git a/tests/tier2/phase13_site2_test.py b/tests/tier2/phase13_site2_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa11d384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tier2/phase13_site2_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"""Phase 13 site 2: _chunk_code Result migration.
+
+Site 2 (BC at L224): the AST-aware chunking has a fallback to text chunking
+on any failure:
+    try:
+        parser = ASTParser('python')
+        tree = parser.parse(content)
+        ...
+        return chunks
+    except Exception:
+        return self._chunk_text(content)
+
+Body: broad catch + fallback to a different implementation. Per Phase 11
+anti-sliming, this is an empty-default fallback. Migrate to Result.
+"""
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, ".")
+
+
+def test_phase13_site2_chunk_code_result_exists():
+    import src.rag_engine
+    assert hasattr(src.rag_engine.RAGEngine, "_chunk_code_result") or \
+           hasattr(src.rag_engine, "_chunk_code_result"), \
+        "_chunk_code_result helper missing"
+
+
+def test_phase13_site2_chunk_code_legacy_no_broad_except():
+    """Legacy _chunk_code must NOT have bare 'except Exception'."""
+    import inspect
+    import src.rag_engine
+    src_text = inspect.getsource(src.rag_engine.RAGEngine._chunk_code)
+    assert "except Exception:" not in src_text, \
+        "_chunk_code legacy must not have bare 'except Exception'"
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