diff --git a/apps/api/src/coach.ts b/apps/api/src/coach.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bf3fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/coach.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { ORPCError } from "@orpc/server";
+import type { JobPublisher } from "@rakazo/adapter-kit";
+import { getCoachRhythm, setCoachRhythm } from "@rakazo/adapters";
+import type {
+  Actor,
+  CheckIn,
+  CoachRhythm,
+  CoachToday,
+  Goal,
+  Habit,
+  LogCheckIn,
+} from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import type { CheckInFilter, GoalPatch, HabitPatch, PrismaClient } from "@rakazo/db";
+import {
+  CoachNotFoundError,
+  createGoal,
+  createHabit,
+  InvalidCoachInputError,
+  listCheckIns,
+  listGoals,
+  listHabits,
+  loadCoachToday,
+  logCheckIn,
+  removeGoal,
+  removeHabit,
+  updateGoal,
+  updateHabit,
+} from "@rakazo/db";
+
+export interface CoachDeps {
+  prisma: PrismaClient;
+  jobs: JobPublisher;
+}
+
+/** Another user's ids read as missing, so a caller cannot probe them. */
+async function mapErrors<T>(work: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  try {
+    return await work();
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof CoachNotFoundError) {
+      throw new ORPCError("NOT_FOUND", { message: error.message });
+    }
+    if (error instanceof InvalidCoachInputError) {
+      throw new ORPCError("BAD_REQUEST", { message: error.message });
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Coach procedures for the signed-in user only; nothing here is space-scoped. */
+export function createCoachService(deps: CoachDeps) {
+  const { prisma } = deps;
+  return {
+    today: (actor: Actor): Promise<CoachToday> => loadCoachToday(prisma, actor.userId),
+
+    listGoals: (actor: Actor, input: { status?: Goal["status"] }) =>
+      listGoals(prisma, actor.userId, input),
+    createGoal: (
+      actor: Actor,
+      input: {
+        title: string;
+        detail?: string;
+        targetDate?: string | null;
+        spaceId?: string | null;
+      },
+    ) => mapErrors(() => createGoal(prisma, actor.userId, { ...input, source: "user" })),
+    updateGoal: (actor: Actor, { goalId, ...patch }: GoalPatch & { goalId: string }) =>
+      mapErrors(() => updateGoal(prisma, actor.userId, goalId, patch)),
+    removeGoal: async (actor: Actor, input: { goalId: string }) => {
+      await mapErrors(() => removeGoal(prisma, actor.userId, input.goalId));
+      return { ok: true as const };
+    },
+
+    listHabits: (actor: Actor, input: { includeInactive?: boolean }): Promise<Habit[]> =>
+      listHabits(prisma, actor.userId, input),
+    createHabit: (
+      actor: Actor,
+      input: { title: string; cadence: Habit["cadence"]; goalId?: string | null },
+    ) => mapErrors(() => createHabit(prisma, actor.userId, { ...input, source: "user" })),
+    updateHabit: (actor: Actor, { habitId, ...patch }: HabitPatch & { habitId: string }) =>
+      mapErrors(() => updateHabit(prisma, actor.userId, habitId, patch)),
+    removeHabit: async (actor: Actor, input: { habitId: string }) => {
+      await mapErrors(() => removeHabit(prisma, actor.userId, input.habitId));
+      return { ok: true as const };
+    },
+
+    logCheckIn: (actor: Actor, input: LogCheckIn): Promise<CheckIn> =>
+      mapErrors(() => logCheckIn(prisma, actor.userId, input)),
+    listCheckIns: (actor: Actor, input: CheckInFilter) =>
+      mapErrors(() => listCheckIns(prisma, actor.userId, input)),
+
+    getRhythm: (actor: Actor): Promise<CoachRhythm> => getCoachRhythm(prisma, actor.userId),
+    setRhythm: (actor: Actor, rhythm: CoachRhythm): Promise<CoachRhythm> =>
+      setCoachRhythm(deps, { userId: actor.userId, rhythm }),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/router.ts b/apps/api/src/router.ts
index b5606a4..f43dc89 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/router.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/router.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ import { createAgentSkillsService } from "./agent-skills.js";
 import { aiConsentStatus, allowAiConsent } from "./ai-consent.js";
 import { createOwnedArtifact, getOwnedArtifact, getSpaceArtifact } from "./artifacts.js";
 import { botProfileLabelsChanged, commitBotUpdate } from "./bot-update.js";
+import { createCoachService } from "./coach.js";
 import {
   executionBlocksUserTakeover,
   resolveBusyBotName,
@@ -542,6 +543,7 @@ export function createRouter(deps: RouterDeps) {
     dataDir: deps.dataDir,
   });
   const agentSkills = createAgentSkillsService(deps.prisma);
+  const coach = createCoachService(deps);
 
   const authed = os.use(async ({ context, next }) => {
     if (!context.actor) throw new ORPCError("UNAUTHORIZED");
@@ -587,6 +589,51 @@ export function createRouter(deps: RouterDeps) {
         forgetProfile(deps.prisma, context.actor, input),
       ),
     },
+    coach: {
+      today: authed.coach.today.handler(({ context }) => coach.today(context.actor)),
+      goals: {
+        list: authed.coach.goals.list.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.listGoals(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+        create: authed.coach.goals.create.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.createGoal(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+        update: authed.coach.goals.update.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.updateGoal(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+        remove: authed.coach.goals.remove.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.removeGoal(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+      },
+      habits: {
+        list: authed.coach.habits.list.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.listHabits(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+        create: authed.coach.habits.create.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.createHabit(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+        update: authed.coach.habits.update.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.updateHabit(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+        remove: authed.coach.habits.remove.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.removeHabit(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+      },
+      checkIns: {
+        log: authed.coach.checkIns.log.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.logCheckIn(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+        list: authed.coach.checkIns.list.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.listCheckIns(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+      },
+      rhythm: {
+        get: authed.coach.rhythm.get.handler(({ context }) => coach.getRhythm(context.actor)),
+        set: authed.coach.rhythm.set.handler(({ context, input }) =>
+          coach.setRhythm(context.actor, input),
+        ),
+      },
+    },
     spaces: {
       list: authed.spaces.list.handler(async ({ context }) =>
         spaceNavigationDto(deps, context.actor, repos, groupRepos),
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/heute-brief.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/heute-brief.spec.ts
index 28bf669..c473c98 100644
--- a/apps/web/e2e/heute-brief.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/e2e/heute-brief.spec.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,127 @@
+import type { Page } from "@playwright/test";
 import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
-import { captureScreenshot, completeOnboarding, signup } from "./helpers";
+import type { CoachRhythm, CoachToday, Goal, Habit, Routine } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import { captureScreenshot, completeOnboarding, rpc, signup } from "./helpers";
+
+/** The nav button reads "Heute" or "Heute, N need you". */
+function openHeute(page: Page) {
+  return page.getByRole("button", { name: /^Heute(,|$)/ }).click();
+}
+
+function shiftDate(date: string, days: number) {
+  return new Date(Date.parse(`${date}T00:00:00Z`) + days * 86_400_000).toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+}
 
 test("Heute shows native brief instead of Mission Control iframe", async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
   const stamp = Date.now();
   await signup(page, `heute-${stamp}@rakazo.test`, "password12", "Heute");
   await completeOnboarding(page);
 
-  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Heute", exact: true }).click();
+  await openHeute(page);
   await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/app\/[^/]+$/);
 
   const brief = page.getByTestId("heute-brief");
   await expect(brief).toBeVisible();
   await expect(page.locator('iframe[src="http://127.0.0.1:3088/"]')).toHaveCount(0);
   await expect(page.getByText("evOo Mission Control")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("heute-mission-control-link")).toHaveCount(0);
   await expect(page.getByTestId("heute-status")).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(page.getByTestId("heute-mission-control-link")).toBeVisible();
+  // Nothing tracked yet: no coach sections.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("heute-coach-brief")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("heute-habits")).toHaveCount(0);
 
   await captureScreenshot(page, testInfo, "heute-native-brief");
 });
+
+test("Heute shows the coach's brief, habits and goals, checks habits off and sets check-ins", async ({
+  page,
+}, testInfo) => {
+  const stamp = Date.now();
+  await signup(page, `heute-coach-${stamp}@rakazo.test`, "password12", "Heute Coach");
+  await completeOnboarding(page);
+
+  // The main bot writes today's brief through its tool.
+  const composer = page.getByRole("combobox", { name: "Message" });
+  await composer.fill("write today's brief: Two calm hours on the beta, then a walk.");
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+  await expect(page.getByText("today's brief is ready.").first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+
+  const { date } = await rpc<CoachToday>(page, "coach/today", {});
+  const goal = await rpc<Goal>(page, "coach/goals/create", {
+    title: "Ship the beta",
+    targetDate: shiftDate(date, 30),
+  });
+  const habit = await rpc<Habit>(page, "coach/habits/create", { title: "Walk 20 minutes" });
+  for (const day of [1, 2]) {
+    await rpc(page, "coach/checkIns/log", {
+      kind: "habit",
+      habitId: habit.id,
+      date: shiftDate(date, -day),
+      done: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  await openHeute(page);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("heute-coach-brief")).toHaveText(
+    "Two calm hours on the beta, then a walk.",
+  );
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`heute-goal-${goal.id}`)).toContainText("Ship the beta");
+  const habitRow = page.getByTestId(`heute-habit-${habit.id}`);
+  await expect(habitRow).toContainText("Walk 20 minutes");
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`heute-habit-streak-${habit.id}`)).toHaveText("2 days");
+
+  const checkbox = habitRow.getByRole("checkbox");
+  await expect(checkbox).not.toBeChecked();
+  const logged = page.waitForResponse(
+    (response) => response.url().includes("/rpc/coach/checkIns/log") && response.ok(),
+  );
+  await checkbox.click();
+  await logged;
+  await expect(checkbox).toBeChecked();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`heute-habit-streak-${habit.id}`)).toHaveText("3 days");
+  await captureScreenshot(page, testInfo, "heute-coach");
+
+  await page.reload();
+  await openHeute(page);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`heute-habit-${habit.id}`).getByRole("checkbox")).toBeChecked();
+
+  // Check-in times live behind one compact control.
+  await page.getByTestId("heute-rhythm").click();
+  const panel = page.getByTestId("heute-rhythm-panel");
+  await expect(panel).toBeVisible();
+  const morning = panel.getByTestId("heute-rhythm-morning");
+  await expect(morning.getByRole("switch")).not.toBeChecked();
+  const enabled = page.waitForResponse(
+    (response) => response.url().includes("/rpc/coach/rhythm/set") && response.ok(),
+  );
+  await morning.getByRole("switch").click();
+  await enabled;
+  const time = morning.locator('input[type="time"]');
+  await expect(time).toHaveValue("08:00");
+  const moved = page.waitForResponse(
+    (response) => response.url().includes("/rpc/coach/rhythm/set") && response.ok(),
+  );
+  await time.fill("07:30");
+  await moved;
+  await expect(time).toHaveValue("07:30");
+  const weekly = panel.getByTestId("heute-rhythm-weekly");
+  const weeklyOn = page.waitForResponse(
+    (response) => response.url().includes("/rpc/coach/rhythm/set") && response.ok(),
+  );
+  await weekly.getByRole("switch").click();
+  await weeklyOn;
+  await expect(weekly.getByRole("combobox")).toHaveValue("0");
+  await captureScreenshot(page, testInfo, "heute-rhythm");
+
+  expect(await rpc<CoachRhythm>(page, "coach/rhythm/get", {})).toEqual({
+    morning: "07:30",
+    evening: null,
+    weekly: { day: 0, time: "18:00" },
+  });
+  const main = await rpc<{ id: string }>(page, "bots/ensureMain", {});
+  const routines = await rpc<Routine[]>(page, "routines/list", { botId: main.id });
+  expect(routines.map((routine) => routine.name).sort()).toEqual([
+    "Morning brief",
+    "Weekly review",
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/heute/CoachRhythmControl.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/heute/CoachRhythmControl.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..102c085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/heute/CoachRhythmControl.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+import { i18n } from "@lingui/core";
+import { useLingui } from "@lingui/react/macro";
+import type { CoachRhythm } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import {
+  Button,
+  Input,
+  NativeSelect,
+  NativeSelectOption,
+  Popover,
+  PopoverContent,
+  PopoverTrigger,
+  Spinner,
+  Switch,
+} from "@rakazo/ui-web";
+import { CalendarClock } from "lucide-react";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useId, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { rpc } from "../../lib/rpc";
+
+/** Times a check-in starts at when it is switched on. */
+const DEFAULTS = { morning: "08:00", evening: "20:00", weekly: { day: 0, time: "18:00" } };
+const WEEKDAYS = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
+
+function weekdayName(day: number): string {
+  // 2026-10-04 was a Sunday, so day 0 maps to Sunday.
+  return new Date(Date.UTC(2026, 9, 4 + day)).toLocaleDateString(i18n.locale || "en", {
+    weekday: "long",
+    timeZone: "UTC",
+  });
+}
+
+/** When the main bot checks in: loaded when opened, saved on every change. */
+export function CoachRhythmControl() {
+  const { t } = useLingui();
+  const [rhythm, setRhythm] = useState<CoachRhythm | null>(null);
+  const latestRequest = useRef(0);
+
+  const load = useCallback(async () => {
+    const request = ++latestRequest.current;
+    try {
+      const loaded = await rpc.coach.rhythm.get();
+      if (request === latestRequest.current) setRhythm(loaded);
+    } catch {
+      // Opening the control again retries.
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  const save = useCallback(
+    async (next: CoachRhythm) => {
+      setRhythm(next);
+      const request = ++latestRequest.current;
+      try {
+        const saved = await rpc.coach.rhythm.set(next);
+        if (request === latestRequest.current) setRhythm(saved);
+      } catch {
+        if (request === latestRequest.current) void load();
+      }
+    },
+    [load],
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Popover
+      onOpenChange={(open) => {
+        if (open) void load();
+      }}
+    >
+      <PopoverTrigger
+        data-testid="heute-rhythm"
+        aria-label={t`Check-ins`}
+        title={t`Check-ins`}
+        render={<Button variant="ghost" size="icon" />}
+      >
+        <CalendarClock strokeWidth={1.7} aria-hidden="true" />
+      </PopoverTrigger>
+      <PopoverContent
+        align="end"
+        sideOffset={8}
+        data-testid="heute-rhythm-panel"
+        className="w-[min(340px,calc(100vw-2rem))] gap-3 p-3"
+      >
+        {rhythm ? (
+          <>
+            <RhythmRow
+              label={t`Morning`}
+              testId="heute-rhythm-morning"
+              on={rhythm.morning !== null}
+              onToggle={(on) => void save({ ...rhythm, morning: on ? DEFAULTS.morning : null })}
+            >
+              {(labelId) =>
+                rhythm.morning ? (
+                  <TimeInput
+                    labelId={labelId}
+                    value={rhythm.morning}
+                    onChange={(morning) => void save({ ...rhythm, morning })}
+                  />
+                ) : null
+              }
+            </RhythmRow>
+            <RhythmRow
+              label={t`Evening`}
+              testId="heute-rhythm-evening"
+              on={rhythm.evening !== null}
+              onToggle={(on) => void save({ ...rhythm, evening: on ? DEFAULTS.evening : null })}
+            >
+              {(labelId) =>
+                rhythm.evening ? (
+                  <TimeInput
+                    labelId={labelId}
+                    value={rhythm.evening}
+                    onChange={(evening) => void save({ ...rhythm, evening })}
+                  />
+                ) : null
+              }
+            </RhythmRow>
+            <RhythmRow
+              label={t`Weekly`}
+              testId="heute-rhythm-weekly"
+              on={rhythm.weekly !== null}
+              onToggle={(on) => void save({ ...rhythm, weekly: on ? DEFAULTS.weekly : null })}
+            >
+              {(labelId) => {
+                const weekly = rhythm.weekly;
+                if (!weekly) return null;
+                return (
+                  <>
+                    <NativeSelect
+                      size="sm"
+                      aria-labelledby={labelId}
+                      value={String(weekly.day)}
+                      onChange={(event) =>
+                        void save({
+                          ...rhythm,
+                          weekly: { ...weekly, day: Number(event.target.value) },
+                        })
+                      }
+                    >
+                      {WEEKDAYS.map((day) => (
+                        <NativeSelectOption key={day} value={day}>
+                          {weekdayName(day)}
+                        </NativeSelectOption>
+                      ))}
+                    </NativeSelect>
+                    <TimeInput
+                      labelId={labelId}
+                      value={weekly.time}
+                      onChange={(time) => void save({ ...rhythm, weekly: { ...weekly, time } })}
+                    />
+                  </>
+                );
+              }}
+            </RhythmRow>
+          </>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="flex justify-center py-3">
+            <Spinner />
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </PopoverContent>
+    </Popover>
+  );
+}
+
+function RhythmRow({
+  label,
+  testId,
+  on,
+  onToggle,
+  children,
+}: {
+  label: string;
+  testId: string;
+  on: boolean;
+  onToggle: (on: boolean) => void;
+  children: (labelId: string) => ReactNode;
+}) {
+  const labelId = useId();
+  return (
+    <div data-testid={testId} className="flex min-h-control-sm flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+      <Switch
+        size="sm"
+        checked={on}
+        aria-labelledby={labelId}
+        onCheckedChange={(checked) => onToggle(checked)}
+      />
+      <span id={labelId} className="flex-1 text-ui-body text-foreground">
+        {label}
+      </span>
+      <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-2">{children(labelId)}</div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function TimeInput({
+  labelId,
+  value,
+  onChange,
+}: {
+  labelId: string;
+  value: string;
+  onChange: (value: string) => void;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <Input
+      type="time"
+      aria-labelledby={labelId}
+      value={value}
+      onChange={(event) => {
+        if (event.target.value) onChange(event.target.value.slice(0, 5));
+      }}
+      className="h-control-sm w-32 px-2 tabular-nums"
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/heute/HeuteCoach.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/heute/HeuteCoach.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c88a3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/heute/HeuteCoach.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import { i18n } from "@lingui/core";
+import { Plural, Trans } from "@lingui/react/macro";
+import type { CoachToday, HabitToday } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import { Checkbox, cn } from "@rakazo/ui-web";
+import { Flame } from "lucide-react";
+import { useId } from "react";
+import { formatLocalDate } from "../../lib/heute-brief";
+
+/** Shown once a habit has been kept at least twice in a row. */
+const STREAK_MIN = 2;
+
+/** Today's brief, habits to check off and active goals; each part only when it has content. */
+export function HeuteCoach({
+  today,
+  onHabitDone,
+}: {
+  today: CoachToday;
+  onHabitDone: (habit: HabitToday, done: boolean) => void;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      {today.brief ? (
+        <section data-testid="heute-coach-brief" className="rounded-2xl bg-muted/60 px-4 py-3.5">
+          <p className="whitespace-pre-line text-ui-body-lg text-foreground">{today.brief.text}</p>
+        </section>
+      ) : null}
+
+      {today.habits.length > 0 ? (
+        <section data-testid="heute-habits">
+          <h2 className="rk-shell-section-label mb-2 px-0.5">
+            <Trans>Habits</Trans>
+          </h2>
+          <ul className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+            {today.habits.map((habit) => (
+              <li key={habit.id}>
+                <HabitRow habit={habit} onDone={(done) => onHabitDone(habit, done)} />
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </section>
+      ) : null}
+
+      {today.goals.length > 0 ? (
+        <section data-testid="heute-goals">
+          <h2 className="rk-shell-section-label mb-2 px-0.5">
+            <Trans>Goals</Trans>
+          </h2>
+          <ul className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+            {today.goals.map((goal) => (
+              <li
+                key={goal.id}
+                data-testid={`heute-goal-${goal.id}`}
+                className="flex items-baseline justify-between gap-3 px-3 py-2"
+              >
+                <span className="min-w-0 truncate text-ui-body text-foreground">{goal.title}</span>
+                {goal.targetDate ? (
+                  <span className="shrink-0 text-ui-label text-muted-foreground tabular-nums">
+                    {formatLocalDate(goal.targetDate, i18n.locale || "en", {
+                      day: "numeric",
+                      month: "short",
+                    })}
+                  </span>
+                ) : null}
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </section>
+      ) : null}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+function HabitRow({ habit, onDone }: { habit: HabitToday; onDone: (done: boolean) => void }) {
+  const id = useId();
+  return (
+    <label
+      htmlFor={id}
+      data-testid={`heute-habit-${habit.id}`}
+      className="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 rounded-2xl px-3 py-2.5 transition-colors hover:bg-accent"
+    >
+      <Checkbox id={id} checked={habit.doneToday} onCheckedChange={(checked) => onDone(checked)} />
+      <span
+        className={cn(
+          "min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-ui-body",
+          habit.doneToday ? "text-muted-foreground" : "text-foreground",
+        )}
+      >
+        {habit.title}
+      </span>
+      {habit.streak >= STREAK_MIN ? (
+        <span
+          data-testid={`heute-habit-streak-${habit.id}`}
+          className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 text-ui-label text-muted-foreground tabular-nums"
+        >
+          <Flame strokeWidth={1.8} className="size-icon-sm" aria-hidden="true" />
+          {habit.cadence === "weekly" ? (
+            <Plural value={habit.streak} one="# week" other="# weeks" />
+          ) : (
+            <Plural value={habit.streak} one="# day" other="# days" />
+          )}
+        </span>
+      ) : null}
+    </label>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/heute-brief.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/heute-brief.test.ts
index d023919..18e85e9 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/heute-brief.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/heute-brief.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-import type { Bot, Group, RunActivityRow } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import type { Bot, CoachToday, Group, HabitToday, RunActivityRow } from "@rakazo/contracts";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { buildHeuteBrief, HEUTE_NEEDS_YOU_CAP, isToday } from "./heute-brief";
+import {
+  buildHeuteBrief,
+  coachRefreshSignal,
+  formatLocalDate,
+  HEUTE_NEEDS_YOU_CAP,
+  isToday,
+  withHabitDone,
+} from "./heute-brief";
 
 const now = new Date("2026-09-22T12:00:00.000Z");
 
@@ -142,3 +149,59 @@ describe("buildHeuteBrief", () => {
     expect(brief.actionCount).toBe(5);
   });
 });
+
+function habit(overrides: Partial<HabitToday> = {}): HabitToday {
+  return {
+    id: "habit-1",
+    title: "Walk",
+    cadence: "daily",
+    goalId: null,
+    active: true,
+    source: "user",
+    createdByBotId: null,
+    createdAt: "2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    updatedAt: "2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    doneToday: false,
+    streak: 3,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("coach on the Heute page", () => {
+  it("reloads the coach when a run finishes, not while runs are only working", () => {
+    const working = [run({ runId: "run-1", status: "running" })];
+    expect(coachRefreshSignal(working)).toBe("");
+    expect(coachRefreshSignal([...working, run({ runId: "run-2", status: "completed" })])).toBe(
+      "run-2",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("checks a habit off before the server confirms, moving the streak by one", () => {
+    const today: CoachToday = {
+      date: "2026-10-03",
+      timeZone: "Europe/Vienna",
+      brief: null,
+      goals: [],
+      habits: [habit(), habit({ id: "habit-2", doneToday: true, streak: 1 })],
+      checkIn: null,
+    };
+    const checked = withHabitDone(today, "habit-1", true);
+    expect(checked.habits.map(({ doneToday, streak }) => ({ doneToday, streak }))).toEqual([
+      { doneToday: true, streak: 4 },
+      { doneToday: true, streak: 1 },
+    ]);
+    expect(withHabitDone(checked, "habit-2", false).habits[1]).toMatchObject({
+      doneToday: false,
+      streak: 0,
+    });
+    // Repeating the same state changes nothing.
+    expect(withHabitDone(checked, "habit-1", true)).toEqual(checked);
+  });
+
+  it("labels the user's calendar date without shifting it into the browser's zone", () => {
+    expect(formatLocalDate("2026-10-03", "en-US", { weekday: "long" })).toBe("Saturday");
+    expect(formatLocalDate("2026-11-01", "en-US", { month: "short", day: "numeric" })).toBe(
+      "Nov 1",
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/heute-brief.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/heute-brief.ts
index dfebb61..a102370 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/heute-brief.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/heute-brief.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Bot, Group, RunActivityRow } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import type { Bot, CoachToday, Group, RunActivityRow } from "@rakazo/contracts";
 import { isActionableRun, isDoingStatus, isFailedRoutine } from "./agent-activity";
 
 export type JetztRunItem = {
@@ -137,3 +137,38 @@ export function buildHeuteBrief(params: {
     weiter: [],
   };
 }
+
+/**
+ * Finished runs are when the coach learns something (a check-in, today's brief), so a change in
+ * them is the cue to reload the coach's view of the day.
+ */
+export function coachRefreshSignal(recentRuns: RunActivityRow[]): string {
+  return recentRuns
+    .filter((run) => run.status === "completed")
+    .map((run) => run.runId)
+    .join(",");
+}
+
+/**
+ * A habit checked or unchecked before the server confirms. The current period only counts
+ * toward the streak once it is done, so the streak moves by one.
+ */
+export function withHabitDone(today: CoachToday, habitId: string, done: boolean): CoachToday {
+  return {
+    ...today,
+    habits: today.habits.map((habit) =>
+      habit.id !== habitId || habit.doneToday === done
+        ? habit
+        : { ...habit, doneToday: done, streak: Math.max(0, habit.streak + (done ? 1 : -1)) },
+    ),
+  };
+}
+
+/** A calendar date ("YYYY-MM-DD") as a label, independent of the browser's time zone. */
+export function formatLocalDate(
+  date: string,
+  locale: string,
+  options: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions,
+): string {
+  return new Date(`${date}T00:00:00Z`).toLocaleDateString(locale, { ...options, timeZone: "UTC" });
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/HeuteBrief.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/HeuteBrief.tsx
index cdf12b7..1511736 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/HeuteBrief.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/HeuteBrief.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 import { i18n } from "@lingui/core";
 import { Plural, Trans, useLingui } from "@lingui/react/macro";
-import type { Bot, Group, RunActivityRow } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import type { Bot, CoachToday, Group, HabitToday, RunActivityRow } from "@rakazo/contracts";
 import { botColors } from "@rakazo/ui-tokens";
 import { BotAvatar, Button, EvooMascot, GroupAvatar } from "@rakazo/ui-web";
-import { ExternalLink } from "lucide-react";
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { CoachRhythmControl } from "../components/heute/CoachRhythmControl";
+import { HeuteCoach } from "../components/heute/HeuteCoach";
 import { runActivityLabel } from "../lib/agent-activity";
+import type { DoingItem, DoneItem, JetztItem } from "../lib/heute-brief";
 import {
   buildHeuteBrief,
   cleanBriefPreview,
-  type DoingItem,
-  type DoneItem,
-  type JetztItem,
+  coachRefreshSignal,
+  formatLocalDate,
+  withHabitDone,
 } from "../lib/heute-brief";
 import { rpc } from "../lib/rpc";
 
-const MISSION_CONTROL_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:3088/";
-
 type HeuteBriefProps = {
   bots: Bot[];
   groups: Group[];
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type HeuteBriefProps = {
   onStartChat: () => void;
 };
 
+const DATE_LABEL: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions = { weekday: "long", day: "numeric", month: "long" };
+
 export function HeuteBrief({
   bots,
   groups,
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ export function HeuteBrief({
   const [activeRuns, setActiveRuns] = useState<RunActivityRow[]>([]);
   const [recentRuns, setRecentRuns] = useState<RunActivityRow[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [coach, setCoach] = useState<CoachToday | null>(null);
+  const [coachSettled, setCoachSettled] = useState(false);
+  const latestCoachRequest = useRef(0);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
@@ -68,6 +73,50 @@ export function HeuteBrief({
     };
   }, []);
 
+  const refreshCoach = useCallback(async () => {
+    const request = ++latestCoachRequest.current;
+    try {
+      const today = await rpc.coach.today();
+      if (request === latestCoachRequest.current) setCoach(today);
+    } catch {
+      // Keep the last view; the next refresh retries.
+    } finally {
+      setCoachSettled(true);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  // `coachSignal` is the trigger: a finished run may have logged a check-in or written the brief.
+  const coachSignal = useMemo(() => coachRefreshSignal(recentRuns), [recentRuns]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    void refreshCoach();
+  }, [refreshCoach, coachSignal]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onVisible = () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState === "visible") void refreshCoach();
+    };
+    document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", onVisible);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", onVisible);
+      // Ignore responses that arrive after unmount.
+      latestCoachRequest.current += 1;
+    };
+  }, [refreshCoach]);
+
+  const setHabitDone = useCallback(
+    async (habit: HabitToday, done: boolean) => {
+      if (!coach) return;
+      setCoach((current) => (current ? withHabitDone(current, habit.id, done) : current));
+      latestCoachRequest.current += 1;
+      try {
+        await rpc.coach.checkIns.log({ kind: "habit", habitId: habit.id, date: coach.date, done });
+      } finally {
+        void refreshCoach();
+      }
+    },
+    [coach, refreshCoach],
+  );
+
   const brief = useMemo(
     () =>
       buildHeuteBrief({
@@ -81,31 +130,45 @@ export function HeuteBrief({
 
   const botColorById = useMemo(() => new Map(bots.map((bot) => [bot.id, bot.color])), [bots]);
 
-  const dateLabel = formatHeuteDate(new Date());
-  const hasContent = brief.needsYou.length > 0 || brief.doing.length > 0 || brief.done.length > 0;
+  const locale = i18n.locale || "de";
+  const dateLabel = coach
+    ? formatLocalDate(coach.date, locale, DATE_LABEL)
+    : new Date().toLocaleDateString(locale, DATE_LABEL);
+  const hasCoachContent = Boolean(
+    coach && (coach.brief || coach.habits.length > 0 || coach.goals.length > 0),
+  );
+  const hasContent =
+    hasCoachContent || brief.needsYou.length > 0 || brief.doing.length > 0 || brief.done.length > 0;
 
   return (
     <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col overflow-hidden" data-testid="heute-brief">
-      <div className="border-b border-border px-4 py-5 md:px-8 lg:px-10">
-        <h1 className="text-ui-title font-semibold tracking-tight text-foreground">{dateLabel}</h1>
-        <p className="mt-1 text-ui-body text-muted-foreground" data-testid="heute-status">
-          <StatusLine
-            actionCount={brief.actionCount}
-            loading={loading}
-            doingCount={brief.doing.length}
-          />
-        </p>
+      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-3 border-b border-border px-4 py-5 md:px-8 lg:px-10">
+        <div className="min-w-0">
+          <h1 className="text-ui-title font-semibold tracking-tight text-foreground">
+            {dateLabel}
+          </h1>
+          <p className="mt-1 text-ui-body text-muted-foreground" data-testid="heute-status">
+            <StatusLine
+              actionCount={brief.actionCount}
+              loading={loading}
+              doingCount={brief.doing.length}
+            />
+          </p>
+        </div>
+        <CoachRhythmControl />
       </div>
 
       <div className="rk-scroll flex-1 overflow-y-auto px-4 py-6 md:px-8 lg:px-10">
-        {loading && !hasContent ? (
+        {(loading || !coachSettled) && !hasContent ? (
           <p className="text-ui-body text-muted-foreground">
             <Trans>Loading…</Trans>
           </p>
         ) : !hasContent ? (
           <EmptyDay onStartChat={onStartChat} hasBots={bots.length > 0} />
         ) : (
-          <div className="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-2xl flex-col gap-8">
+          <div className="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-2xl flex-col gap-8 pb-4">
+            {coach ? <HeuteCoach today={coach} onHabitDone={setHabitDone} /> : null}
+
             {brief.needsYou.length > 0 ? (
               <section data-testid="heute-needs-you">
                 <h2 className="rk-shell-section-label mb-2 px-0.5">
@@ -172,19 +235,6 @@ export function HeuteBrief({
             ) : null}
           </div>
         )}
-
-        <footer className="mx-auto mt-10 flex w-full max-w-2xl justify-center pb-4">
-          <a
-            href={MISSION_CONTROL_URL}
-            target="_blank"
-            rel="noreferrer"
-            className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg px-2 py-1 text-ui-label text-muted-foreground/70 transition-colors hover:text-muted-foreground"
-            data-testid="heute-mission-control-link"
-          >
-            <Trans>Mission Control</Trans>
-            <ExternalLink strokeWidth={1.8} className="size-icon-sm" aria-hidden="true" />
-          </a>
-        </footer>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
@@ -399,12 +449,3 @@ function jetztRowKey(item: JetztItem): string {
   if (item.kind === "run") return `run:${item.run.runId}`;
   return `unread:${item.chatKind}:${item.chat.id}`;
 }
-
-function formatHeuteDate(date: Date): string {
-  const locale = i18n.locale || "de";
-  return date.toLocaleDateString(locale, {
-    weekday: "long",
-    day: "numeric",
-    month: "long",
-  });
-}
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/builtin-tools.ts b/packages/adapters/src/builtin-tools.ts
index 560893f..058c065 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/builtin-tools.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/builtin-tools.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   USER_FACT_CATEGORIES,
 } from "@rakazo/contracts";
 import { z } from "zod";
+import { coachTools } from "./coach-tools.js";
 import { NOTIFY_USER_BODY_MAX_LENGTH, NOTIFY_USER_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH } from "./notify-user-tool.js";
 
 export const SUBAGENT_MODEL_TIER_DESCRIPTION =
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ export const builtinAgentTools: ConnectorTool[] = [
       },
     },
   },
+  ...coachTools,
   {
     name: "notify_user",
     description:
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/coach-rhythm.postgres.test.ts b/packages/adapters/src/coach-rhythm.postgres.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73136e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/coach-rhythm.postgres.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { routineJobKey } from "@rakazo/adapter-kit";
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@rakazo/db";
+import { bootstrapUserSpace, createDb, ensureMainConversation } from "@rakazo/db";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { COACH_ROUTINES, getCoachRhythm, setCoachRhythm } from "./coach-rhythm.js";
+
+const databaseUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+const describePostgres =
+  process.env.VERIFY_DATABASE && databaseUrl ? describe.sequential : describe.skip;
+
+const signupEnv = { signupsEnabled: "true", signupAllowlist: "" };
+
+describePostgres("coach rhythm (PostgreSQL)", () => {
+  let prisma: PrismaClient;
+  let close: () => Promise<void>;
+  const userIds: string[] = [];
+
+  async function newUser(timeZone: string | null = "Europe/Vienna") {
+    const id = `cr${randomUUID().replaceAll("-", "")}`;
+    userIds.push(id);
+    await prisma.user.create({ data: { id, name: "Ada", email: `${id}@rakazo.test` } });
+    await bootstrapUserSpace(prisma, { id }, signupEnv, { claimDeploymentOwner: false });
+    if (timeZone) await prisma.userProfile.create({ data: { userId: id, timeZone } });
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  function fakeJobs() {
+    return { enqueue: vi.fn(async () => undefined), cancel: vi.fn(async () => undefined) };
+  }
+
+  function coachRoutines(userId: string) {
+    return prisma.routine.findMany({
+      where: { userId, coachKey: { not: null } },
+      orderBy: { coachKey: "asc" },
+    });
+  }
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    const db = createDb(databaseUrl!);
+    prisma = db.prisma;
+    close = async () => {
+      await db.prisma.$disconnect();
+      await db.pool.end();
+    };
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (!prisma) return;
+    const memberships = await prisma.member.findMany({
+      where: { userId: { in: userIds } },
+      select: { organizationId: true },
+    });
+    await prisma.organization.deleteMany({
+      where: { id: { in: memberships.map((member) => member.organizationId) } },
+    });
+    await prisma.user.deleteMany({ where: { id: { in: userIds } } });
+    await close();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps one main-bot routine per check-in in the main conversation and user's time zone", async () => {
+    const userId = await newUser("Europe/Vienna");
+    const jobs = fakeJobs();
+    const rhythm = { morning: "07:30", evening: null, weekly: { day: 0, time: "18:00" } };
+
+    expect(await setCoachRhythm({ prisma, jobs }, { userId, rhythm })).toEqual(rhythm);
+    const conversation = await ensureMainConversation(prisma, userId);
+    const created = await coachRoutines(userId);
+    expect(
+      created.map(
+        ({ coachKey, botId, threadId, spaceId, crons, timezone, active, notify, name }) => ({
+          coachKey,
+          botId,
+          threadId,
+          spaceId,
+          crons,
+          timezone,
+          active,
+          notify,
+          name,
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        coachKey: "morning",
+        botId: conversation.leadBotId,
+        threadId: conversation.threadId,
+        spaceId: conversation.spaceId,
+        crons: ["30 7 * * *"],
+        timezone: "Europe/Vienna",
+        active: true,
+        notify: true,
+        name: COACH_ROUTINES.morning.name,
+      },
+      {
+        coachKey: "weekly",
+        botId: conversation.leadBotId,
+        threadId: conversation.threadId,
+        spaceId: conversation.spaceId,
+        crons: ["0 18 * * 0"],
+        timezone: "Europe/Vienna",
+        active: true,
+        notify: true,
+        name: COACH_ROUTINES.weekly.name,
+      },
+    ]);
+    for (const routine of created) {
+      expect(routine.nextRunAt!.getTime()).toBeGreaterThan(Date.now());
+      expect(jobs.enqueue).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: "routine.wakeup",
+          replaceKey: routineJobKey(routine.id),
+          availableAt: routine.nextRunAt,
+        }),
+      );
+    }
+    expect(created[0]?.prompt).toBe(COACH_ROUTINES.morning.prompt);
+
+    // The same rhythm again changes nothing.
+    jobs.enqueue.mockClear();
+    expect(await setCoachRhythm({ prisma, jobs }, { userId, rhythm })).toEqual(rhythm);
+    expect(jobs.enqueue).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(await coachRoutines(userId)).toEqual(created);
+
+    // Moving, adding and turning off check-ins.
+    const next = { morning: "06:45", evening: "21:00", weekly: null };
+    expect(await setCoachRhythm({ prisma, jobs }, { userId, rhythm: next })).toEqual(next);
+    const updated = await coachRoutines(userId);
+    expect(updated.map((routine) => [routine.coachKey, routine.crons[0]])).toEqual([
+      ["evening", "0 21 * * *"],
+      ["morning", "45 6 * * *"],
+    ]);
+    expect(updated.find((routine) => routine.coachKey === "morning")?.id).toBe(created[0]?.id);
+    expect(jobs.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(routineJobKey(created[1]!.id));
+    expect(await getCoachRhythm(prisma, userId)).toEqual(next);
+  });
+
+  it("reads paused or reshaped routines as off and turns them back on", async () => {
+    const userId = await newUser("UTC");
+    const jobs = fakeJobs();
+    await setCoachRhythm(
+      { prisma, jobs },
+      { userId, rhythm: { morning: "08:00", evening: "20:00", weekly: null } },
+    );
+    const routines = await coachRoutines(userId);
+    await prisma.routine.update({ where: { id: routines[0]!.id }, data: { active: false } });
+    await prisma.routine.update({
+      where: { id: routines[1]!.id },
+      data: { crons: ["0 8 * * 1-5"] },
+    });
+    expect(await getCoachRhythm(prisma, userId)).toEqual({
+      morning: null,
+      evening: null,
+      weekly: null,
+    });
+
+    const rhythm = { morning: "08:00", evening: "20:00", weekly: null };
+    expect(await setCoachRhythm({ prisma, jobs }, { userId, rhythm })).toEqual(rhythm);
+    expect((await coachRoutines(userId)).map((routine) => routine.id)).toEqual(
+      routines.map((routine) => routine.id),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("turning everything off removes the routines and never creates a main bot", async () => {
+    const userId = await newUser(null);
+    const jobs = fakeJobs();
+    const off = { morning: null, evening: null, weekly: null };
+    expect(await setCoachRhythm({ prisma, jobs }, { userId, rhythm: off })).toEqual(off);
+    expect(await prisma.bot.count({ where: { userId, kind: "main" } })).toBe(0);
+    expect(await getCoachRhythm(prisma, userId)).toEqual(off);
+
+    await setCoachRhythm(
+      { prisma, jobs },
+      { userId, rhythm: { morning: "09:15", evening: null, weekly: null } },
+    );
+    const [routine] = await coachRoutines(userId);
+    expect(routine).toMatchObject({ timezone: "UTC", crons: ["15 9 * * *"] });
+    expect(await setCoachRhythm({ prisma, jobs }, { userId, rhythm: off })).toEqual(off);
+    expect(await coachRoutines(userId)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(jobs.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(routineJobKey(routine!.id));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/coach-rhythm.ts b/packages/adapters/src/coach-rhythm.ts
index f9ee580..6606092 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/coach-rhythm.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/coach-rhythm.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { JobPublisher } from "@rakazo/adapter-kit";
 import { routineJobKey, routineWakeupJob } from "@rakazo/adapter-kit";
 import type { CoachRhythm } from "@rakazo/contracts";
-import { COACH_RHYTHM_OFF } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import { COACH_RHYTHM_OFF, clockTimeToMinutes, minutesToClockTime } from "@rakazo/contracts";
 import { nextCronDate } from "@rakazo/core";
 import type { PrismaClient } from "@rakazo/db";
 import { coachTimeZone, ensureMainConversation, findMainBotId } from "@rakazo/db";
@@ -34,26 +34,23 @@ export const COACH_ROUTINES: Record<CoachKey, { name: string; prompt: string }>
 
 export interface CoachRhythmDeps {
   prisma: PrismaClient;
-  jobs: JobPublisher;
+  jobs: Pick<JobPublisher, "enqueue" | "cancel">;
 }
 
 /** The cron for one check-in, or null when it is off. */
 export function coachCron(key: CoachKey, rhythm: CoachRhythm): string | null {
   const slot = key === "weekly" ? rhythm.weekly : rhythm[key];
   if (!slot) return null;
-  const time = typeof slot === "string" ? slot : slot.time;
-  const [hour, minute] = time.split(":").map(Number);
-  return `${minute} ${hour} * * ${typeof slot === "string" ? "*" : slot.day}`;
+  const minutes = clockTimeToMinutes(typeof slot === "string" ? slot : slot.time);
+  return `${minutes % 60} ${Math.floor(minutes / 60)} * * ${typeof slot === "string" ? "*" : slot.day}`;
 }
 
-const pad = (value: string) => value.padStart(2, "0");
-
 /** Reads a check-in back from its routine; a schedule edited into another shape reads as off. */
 function rhythmSlot(key: CoachKey, crons: readonly string[]) {
   const match =
     crons.length === 1 ? /^(\d{1,2}) (\d{1,2}) \* \* (\*|[0-6])$/.exec(crons[0]!) : null;
   if (!match || Number(match[1]) > 59 || Number(match[2]) > 23) return null;
-  const time = `${pad(match[2]!)}:${pad(match[1]!)}`;
+  const time = minutesToClockTime(Number(match[2]) * 60 + Number(match[1]));
   if (key === "weekly") return match[3] === "*" ? null : { day: Number(match[3]), time };
   return match[3] === "*" ? time : null;
 }
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/coach-tools.test.ts b/packages/adapters/src/coach-tools.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3aa7567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/coach-tools.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@rakazo/db";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { COACH_TOOL_NAMES, executeCoachTool } from "./coach-tools.js";
+import { selectBuiltinToolsForRun } from "./executor-tools.js";
+
+function toolNames(options: {
+  mainBot?: boolean;
+  messagingChannelRun?: boolean;
+  foreignAgentRun?: boolean;
+  trigger?: string;
+}) {
+  return selectBuiltinToolsForRun({
+    graphicalToolsAllowed: false,
+    groupId: null,
+    trigger: options.trigger ?? "user",
+    semanticMemoryEnabled: false,
+    messagingChannelRun: options.messagingChannelRun ?? false,
+    foreignAgentRun: options.foreignAgentRun,
+    bot: {
+      kind: options.mainBot ? "main" : "specialist",
+      restrictBuiltinTools: false,
+      allowedBuiltinTools: [],
+    },
+  }).map((tool) => tool.name);
+}
+
+/** Any database access fails the test: refusals and invalid input must not reach it. */
+const untouchedPrisma = new Proxy(
+  {},
+  {
+    get(_target, property) {
+      throw new Error(`unexpected database access: ${String(property)}`);
+    },
+  },
+) as PrismaClient;
+
+const context = (kind: string) => ({ userId: "user-1", bot: { id: "bot-1", kind } });
+
+describe("coach tools", () => {
+  it("are the main bot's alone, also in its check-in routines, and never for other people", () => {
+    for (const name of COACH_TOOL_NAMES) {
+      expect(toolNames({ mainBot: true })).toContain(name);
+      expect(toolNames({ mainBot: true, trigger: "routine" })).toContain(name);
+      expect(toolNames({ mainBot: false })).not.toContain(name);
+      expect(toolNames({ mainBot: true, messagingChannelRun: true })).not.toContain(name);
+      expect(toolNames({ mainBot: true, foreignAgentRun: true })).not.toContain(name);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("refuse specialists even when they call a tool anyway", async () => {
+    for (const name of COACH_TOOL_NAMES) {
+      await expect(
+        executeCoachTool(untouchedPrisma, context("specialist"), name, { title: "Run" }),
+      ).resolves.toEqual({ error: "Only the user's main bot can coach the user." });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("reject invalid or incomplete arguments before writing", async () => {
+    const main = context("main");
+    await expect(executeCoachTool(untouchedPrisma, main, "update_goal", {})).resolves.toEqual({
+      error: "A new goal needs a title.",
+    });
+    await expect(
+      executeCoachTool(untouchedPrisma, main, "update_goal", { title: "x", target_date: "soon" }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ error: expect.stringContaining("target_date") });
+    await expect(
+      executeCoachTool(untouchedPrisma, main, "update_habit", { title: "Walk", cadence: "hourly" }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ error: expect.stringContaining("cadence") });
+    await expect(
+      executeCoachTool(untouchedPrisma, main, "log_check_in", { habit: "Walk", goal: "10k" }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ error: "Log a habit and a goal in separate calls." });
+    await expect(
+      executeCoachTool(untouchedPrisma, main, "log_check_in", { mood: 9 }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ error: expect.stringContaining("mood") });
+    await expect(
+      executeCoachTool(untouchedPrisma, main, "write_daily_brief", { text: "  " }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ error: expect.stringContaining("text") });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/coach-tools.ts b/packages/adapters/src/coach-tools.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39a496e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/coach-tools.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+import type { ConnectorTool } from "@rakazo/adapter-kit";
+import {
+  CHECK_IN_NOTE_MAX_LENGTH,
+  COACH_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH,
+  DAILY_BRIEF_MAX_LENGTH,
+  GOAL_DETAIL_MAX_LENGTH,
+  GOAL_STATUSES,
+  GoalStatusSchema,
+  HABIT_CADENCES,
+  HabitCadenceSchema,
+  LocalDateSchema,
+} from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@rakazo/db";
+import {
+  CoachNotFoundError,
+  createGoal,
+  createHabit,
+  InvalidCoachInputError,
+  logCheckIn,
+  updateGoal,
+  updateHabit,
+  upsertDailyBrief,
+} from "@rakazo/db";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+/** The main bot's coach tools, in the order they appear in its tool list. */
+export const COACH_TOOL_NAMES = [
+  "update_goal",
+  "update_habit",
+  "log_check_in",
+  "write_daily_brief",
+] as const;
+export type CoachToolName = (typeof COACH_TOOL_NAMES)[number];
+
+export function isCoachToolName(name: string): name is CoachToolName {
+  return (COACH_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(name);
+}
+
+const DATE_HINT = "The user's local date, YYYY-MM-DD.";
+
+export const coachTools: ConnectorTool[] = [
+  {
+    name: "update_goal",
+    description:
+      "Track a goal the user committed to. Without id it creates one; with id it changes it, and status done or dropped closes it. Track only what the user stated or agreed to.",
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: "object",
+      properties: {
+        id: { type: "string", description: "Id or exact title of the goal to change." },
+        title: { type: "string", description: 'A short outcome, e.g. "Run a 10k in November".' },
+        detail: { type: "string", description: "Optional context, such as why it matters." },
+        status: { type: "string", enum: [...GOAL_STATUSES] },
+        target_date: { type: "string", description: `${DATE_HINT} An empty string clears it.` },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "update_habit",
+    description:
+      "Track a habit the user wants to keep. Without id it creates one; with id it changes it, and active false stops tracking it.",
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: "object",
+      properties: {
+        id: { type: "string", description: "Id or exact title of the habit to change." },
+        title: { type: "string", description: 'A short practice, e.g. "Walk 20 minutes".' },
+        cadence: { type: "string", enum: [...HABIT_CADENCES] },
+        goal: {
+          type: "string",
+          description: "Id or exact title of the goal it serves. An empty string unlinks it.",
+        },
+        active: { type: "boolean" },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "log_check_in",
+    description:
+      "Record what the user reported for a day: a habit kept or missed, progress on a goal, or, with neither, how the day went. Logging the same day again updates it.",
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: "object",
+      properties: {
+        habit: { type: "string", description: "Id or exact title of the habit." },
+        goal: { type: "string", description: "Id or exact title of the goal." },
+        date: { type: "string", description: `${DATE_HINT} Defaults to today.` },
+        done: { type: "boolean", description: "Whether the habit was kept." },
+        mood: { type: "integer", minimum: 1, maximum: 5 },
+        energy: { type: "integer", minimum: 1, maximum: 5 },
+        note: { type: "string", description: "The user's words, briefly." },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "write_daily_brief",
+    description:
+      "Save the user's brief for the day, shown at the top of their Today page. Plain text, two to five short lines. Writing again replaces it.",
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: "object",
+      properties: {
+        text: { type: "string" },
+        date: { type: "string", description: `${DATE_HINT} Defaults to today.` },
+      },
+      required: ["text"],
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+const Ref = z.string().trim().min(1).max(COACH_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH);
+const ClearableDate = z.union([LocalDateSchema, z.literal("")]);
+
+const UpdateGoalArgs = z.object({
+  id: Ref.optional(),
+  title: z.string().trim().min(1).max(COACH_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH).optional(),
+  detail: z.string().trim().max(GOAL_DETAIL_MAX_LENGTH).optional(),
+  status: GoalStatusSchema.optional(),
+  target_date: ClearableDate.optional(),
+});
+
+const UpdateHabitArgs = z.object({
+  id: Ref.optional(),
+  title: z.string().trim().min(1).max(COACH_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH).optional(),
+  cadence: HabitCadenceSchema.optional(),
+  goal: z.union([Ref, z.literal("")]).optional(),
+  active: z.boolean().optional(),
+});
+
+const Rating = z.number().int().min(1).max(5);
+
+const LogCheckInArgs = z.object({
+  habit: Ref.optional(),
+  goal: Ref.optional(),
+  date: LocalDateSchema.optional(),
+  done: z.boolean().optional(),
+  mood: Rating.optional(),
+  energy: Rating.optional(),
+  note: z.string().trim().max(CHECK_IN_NOTE_MAX_LENGTH).optional(),
+});
+
+const WriteDailyBriefArgs = z.object({
+  text: z.string().trim().min(1).max(DAILY_BRIEF_MAX_LENGTH),
+  date: LocalDateSchema.optional(),
+});
+
+export interface CoachToolContext {
+  userId: string;
+  bot: { id: string; kind: string };
+}
+
+type ToolResult = Record<string, unknown>;
+
+function invalid(name: string, error: z.ZodError): ToolResult {
+  const issues = error.issues
+    .map((issue) => `${issue.path.join(".") || "arguments"}: ${issue.message}`)
+    .join("; ");
+  return { error: `Invalid ${name} arguments: ${issues}` };
+}
+
+/** An id first, then an exact title (any case) among the user's items. */
+async function resolveRef(
+  find: (where: object) => Promise<Array<{ id: string }>>,
+  ref: string,
+  what: "goal" | "habit",
+): Promise<string | ToolResult> {
+  const byId = await find({ id: ref });
+  if (byId[0]) return byId[0].id;
+  const byTitle = await find({ title: { equals: ref, mode: "insensitive" } });
+  if (byTitle.length === 1) return byTitle[0]!.id;
+  return byTitle.length > 1
+    ? { error: `Several ${what}s are titled "${ref}". Use the id.` }
+    : { error: `No ${what} "${ref}".` };
+}
+
+function goalRef(prisma: PrismaClient, userId: string, ref: string) {
+  return resolveRef(
+    (where) =>
+      prisma.userGoal.findMany({
+        where: { userId, ...where },
+        orderBy: [{ status: "asc" }, { createdAt: "desc" }],
+        select: { id: true },
+        take: 2,
+      }),
+    ref,
+    "goal",
+  );
+}
+
+function habitRef(prisma: PrismaClient, userId: string, ref: string) {
+  return resolveRef(
+    (where) =>
+      prisma.habit.findMany({
+        where: { userId, ...where },
+        orderBy: [{ active: "desc" }, { createdAt: "desc" }],
+        select: { id: true },
+        take: 2,
+      }),
+    ref,
+    "habit",
+  );
+}
+
+async function updateGoalFromTool(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  context: CoachToolContext,
+  rawArgs: Record<string, unknown>,
+): Promise<ToolResult> {
+  const parsed = UpdateGoalArgs.safeParse(rawArgs);
+  if (!parsed.success) return invalid("update_goal", parsed.error);
+  const args = parsed.data;
+  const targetDate = args.target_date === undefined ? undefined : args.target_date || null;
+  if (!args.id) {
+    if (!args.title) return { error: "A new goal needs a title." };
+    const goal = await createGoal(prisma, context.userId, {
+      title: args.title,
+      detail: args.detail,
+      targetDate,
+      source: "chat",
+      createdByBotId: context.bot.id,
+    });
+    return { ok: true, goal: { id: goal.id, title: goal.title, status: goal.status } };
+  }
+  const goalId = await goalRef(prisma, context.userId, args.id);
+  if (typeof goalId !== "string") return goalId;
+  const goal = await updateGoal(prisma, context.userId, goalId, {
+    title: args.title,
+    detail: args.detail,
+    status: args.status,
+    targetDate,
+  });
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    goal: { id: goal.id, title: goal.title, status: goal.status, targetDate: goal.targetDate },
+  };
+}
+
+async function updateHabitFromTool(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  context: CoachToolContext,
+  rawArgs: Record<string, unknown>,
+): Promise<ToolResult> {
+  const parsed = UpdateHabitArgs.safeParse(rawArgs);
+  if (!parsed.success) return invalid("update_habit", parsed.error);
+  const args = parsed.data;
+  let goalId: string | null | undefined;
+  if (args.goal) {
+    const resolved = await goalRef(prisma, context.userId, args.goal);
+    if (typeof resolved !== "string") return resolved;
+    goalId = resolved;
+  } else if (args.goal === "") {
+    goalId = null;
+  }
+  if (!args.id) {
+    if (!args.title) return { error: "A new habit needs a title." };
+    const habit = await createHabit(prisma, context.userId, {
+      title: args.title,
+      cadence: args.cadence,
+      goalId,
+      source: "chat",
+      createdByBotId: context.bot.id,
+    });
+    return { ok: true, habit: { id: habit.id, title: habit.title, cadence: habit.cadence } };
+  }
+  const habitId = await habitRef(prisma, context.userId, args.id);
+  if (typeof habitId !== "string") return habitId;
+  const habit = await updateHabit(prisma, context.userId, habitId, {
+    title: args.title,
+    cadence: args.cadence,
+    goalId,
+    active: args.active,
+  });
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    habit: { id: habit.id, title: habit.title, cadence: habit.cadence, active: habit.active },
+  };
+}
+
+async function logCheckInFromTool(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  context: CoachToolContext,
+  rawArgs: Record<string, unknown>,
+): Promise<ToolResult> {
+  const parsed = LogCheckInArgs.safeParse(rawArgs);
+  if (!parsed.success) return invalid("log_check_in", parsed.error);
+  const { habit, goal, ...fields } = parsed.data;
+  if (habit && goal) return { error: "Log a habit and a goal in separate calls." };
+  const habitId = habit ? await habitRef(prisma, context.userId, habit) : undefined;
+  if (habitId !== undefined && typeof habitId !== "string") return habitId;
+  const goalId = goal ? await goalRef(prisma, context.userId, goal) : undefined;
+  if (goalId !== undefined && typeof goalId !== "string") return goalId;
+  const checkIn = await logCheckIn(prisma, context.userId, {
+    kind: habitId ? "habit" : goalId ? "goal" : "daily",
+    habitId,
+    goalId,
+    ...fields,
+    createdByBotId: context.bot.id,
+  });
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    checkIn: {
+      kind: checkIn.kind,
+      date: checkIn.date,
+      done: checkIn.done,
+      mood: checkIn.mood,
+      energy: checkIn.energy,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function writeDailyBriefFromTool(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  context: CoachToolContext,
+  rawArgs: Record<string, unknown>,
+): Promise<ToolResult> {
+  const parsed = WriteDailyBriefArgs.safeParse(rawArgs);
+  if (!parsed.success) return invalid("write_daily_brief", parsed.error);
+  const brief = await upsertDailyBrief(prisma, context.userId, {
+    text: parsed.data.text,
+    date: parsed.data.date,
+    botId: context.bot.id,
+  });
+  return { ok: true, date: brief.date };
+}
+
+const HANDLERS: Record<
+  CoachToolName,
+  (
+    prisma: PrismaClient,
+    context: CoachToolContext,
+    rawArgs: Record<string, unknown>,
+  ) => Promise<ToolResult>
+> = {
+  update_goal: updateGoalFromTool,
+  update_habit: updateHabitFromTool,
+  log_check_in: logCheckInFromTool,
+  write_daily_brief: writeDailyBriefFromTool,
+};
+
+/** Runs one coach tool for the user's main bot; every other bot is refused. */
+export async function executeCoachTool(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  context: CoachToolContext,
+  name: CoachToolName,
+  rawArgs: Record<string, unknown>,
+): Promise<ToolResult> {
+  if (context.bot.kind !== "main") {
+    return { error: "Only the user's main bot can coach the user." };
+  }
+  try {
+    return await HANDLERS[name](prisma, context, rawArgs);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof CoachNotFoundError || error instanceof InvalidCoachInputError) {
+      return { error: error.message };
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/executor-capabilities.test.ts b/packages/adapters/src/executor-capabilities.test.ts
index 57de9d8..8c953dd 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/executor-capabilities.test.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/executor-capabilities.test.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ async function runBot(policy: BotPolicy, calls: Call[] = [], models: Record<stri
     user: { findUnique: vi.fn(async () => ({ name: "Ada" })) },
     userProfile: { findUnique: vi.fn(async () => null) },
     userFact: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+    // The main bot's goals and habits.
+    userGoal: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+    habit: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => []) },
     ...models,
   };
   let request: AgentRunRequest | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/executor-instructions.test.ts b/packages/adapters/src/executor-instructions.test.ts
index 26c2e89..da9dc0a 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/executor-instructions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/executor-instructions.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { AgentRunRequest } from "@rakazo/adapter-kit";
 import type { MessageBlock } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import { addDays, localDateIn } from "@rakazo/core";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type * as ComputerLifecycleModule from "./computer-lifecycle.js";
 import { createRunExecutor } from "./executor.js";
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ interface FixtureOptions {
   sender?: { name: string } | null;
   profile?: Record<string, unknown> | null;
   facts?: Array<{ category: string; value: string; confidence: number }>;
+  goals?: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  habits?: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  doneCheckIns?: Array<{ habitId: string; date: Date }>;
   peers?: Array<{
     id: string;
     name: string;
@@ -131,6 +135,9 @@ async function runOnce(options: FixtureOptions = {}) {
         async () => options.facts ?? [{ category: "work", value: "Owns a bakery", confidence: 1 }],
       ),
     },
+    userGoal: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => options.goals ?? []) },
+    habit: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => options.habits ?? []) },
+    checkIn: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => options.doneCheckIns ?? []) },
     actionApprovalRule: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => []) },
     actionAutoReviewPreference: { findUnique: vi.fn(async () => ({ enabled: false })) },
     externalEffect: {
@@ -297,6 +304,11 @@ describe("run instructions", () => {
 
     expect(request.tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).not.toContain("update_user_profile");
     expect(request.instructions).not.toContain("update_user_profile");
+    for (const name of ["update_goal", "update_habit", "log_check_in", "write_daily_brief"]) {
+      expect(request.tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).not.toContain(name);
+      expect(request.instructions).not.toContain(name);
+    }
+    expect(request.instructions).not.toContain("Active goals");
   });
 
   it("gives runs woken by the user's own bot the full user block", async () => {
@@ -338,6 +350,56 @@ describe("run instructions", () => {
     expect(request.instructions).not.toContain("save lasting facts they share with remember");
   });
 
+  it("gives the main bot the user's goals and habits and names its coach tools", async () => {
+    const today = localDateIn("Europe/Berlin");
+    const row = {
+      source: "chat",
+      createdByBotId: null,
+      createdAt: new Date(),
+      updatedAt: new Date(),
+    };
+    const coach = {
+      goals: [
+        {
+          ...row,
+          id: "goal-1",
+          title: "Ship the beta",
+          detail: "",
+          status: "active",
+          targetDate: new Date(`${addDays(today, 30)}T00:00:00Z`),
+          spaceId: null,
+          completedAt: null,
+        },
+      ],
+      habits: [
+        { ...row, id: "habit-1", title: "Walk", cadence: "daily", goalId: null, active: true },
+        { ...row, id: "habit-2", title: "Long run", cadence: "weekly", goalId: null, active: true },
+      ],
+      doneCheckIns: [today, addDays(today, -1)].map((date) => ({
+        habitId: "habit-1",
+        date: new Date(`${date}T00:00:00Z`),
+      })),
+    };
+    const main = await runOnce({
+      bot: { kind: "main", name: "Chief", title: "Chief of Staff", instructions: "" },
+      ...coach,
+    });
+    const names = main.request.tools.map((tool) => tool.name);
+    expect(names).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining(["update_goal", "update_habit", "log_check_in", "write_daily_brief"]),
+    );
+    expect(main.request.instructions).toContain("You are also their coach");
+    expect(main.request.instructions).toContain("save today's brief with write_daily_brief");
+    expect(main.request.instructions).toContain(
+      `Active goals:\n- Ship the beta, due ${addDays(today, 30)} (id: goal-1)\nHabits:\n- Walk: daily, done today, streak 2 (id: habit-1)\n- Long run: weekly, not done this week, streak 0 (id: habit-2)\n</user>`,
+    );
+
+    const specialist = await runOnce(coach);
+    expect(specialist.request.instructions).not.toContain("Active goals");
+    expect(specialist.request.instructions).not.toContain("You are also their coach");
+    expect(specialist.request.tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).not.toContain("update_goal");
+  });
+
   it("shows the main bot every specialist it can delegate to, its own space first", async () => {
     const { request, peersFindMany } = await runOnce({
       bot: { kind: "main", name: "Chief", title: "Chief of Staff", instructions: "" },
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/executor-prompt.ts b/packages/adapters/src/executor-prompt.ts
index 479f2dd..5bdddea 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/executor-prompt.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/executor-prompt.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import { escapePromptData, knownTimeZone } from "@rakazo/core";
-import type { UserContext } from "@rakazo/db";
+import type { CoachSummary, UserContext } from "@rakazo/db";
+import { COACH_TOOL_NAMES } from "./coach-tools.js";
 
 /** Per-field caps so user-written profile text cannot crowd out the rest of the prompt. */
 const USER_FIELD_MAX_CHARS = 500;
 const USER_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = 2_000;
+/** Goals and habits listed in the user block; the rest are counted. */
+const COACH_PROMPT_ITEM_LIMIT = 20;
 
 export interface BotIdentity {
   name: string;
@@ -41,11 +44,30 @@ export function formatMainAgentRole(toolNames: ReadonlySet<string>): string {
       : toolNames.has("remember")
         ? "Keep what you know about the user current: save lasting facts they share with remember."
         : "Keep what you know about the user current.",
+    ...formatCoachGuidance(toolNames),
   ]
     .filter(Boolean)
     .join(" ");
 }
 
+/** How the main bot coaches, naming only the coach tools this run has. */
+function formatCoachGuidance(toolNames: ReadonlySet<string>): Array<string | undefined> {
+  if (!COACH_TOOL_NAMES.some((name) => toolNames.has(name))) return [];
+  return [
+    "You are also their coach: help them reach the goals and keep the habits they chose. Be brief and encouraging, notice progress, and never nag.",
+    toolNames.has("update_goal")
+      ? "Record goals they commit to with update_goal, and close them when they are done or dropped."
+      : undefined,
+    toolNames.has("update_habit") ? "Track habits they want to keep with update_habit." : undefined,
+    toolNames.has("log_check_in")
+      ? "When they tell you how a habit, a goal or their day went, record it with log_check_in."
+      : undefined,
+    toolNames.has("write_daily_brief")
+      ? "At the morning check-in, save today's brief with write_daily_brief."
+      : undefined,
+  ];
+}
+
 /** One line of escaped user text, clipped to `max` characters. */
 function userText(value: string | null | undefined, max = USER_FIELD_MAX_CHARS): string {
   const text = (value ?? "").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
@@ -57,12 +79,16 @@ function userText(value: string | null | undefined, max = USER_FIELD_MAX_CHARS):
  * by the user or inferred from conversations, so every value is escaped and the block says
  * it never carries instructions. Empty fields are left out, and with nothing to say the block
  * is omitted. A run whose replies other people read (a shared messaging channel, or another
- * owner's agent over an agent connection) gets only the basics: the summary and facts stay
- * with the user.
+ * owner's agent over an agent connection) gets only the basics: the summary, facts, goals and
+ * habits stay with the user.
  */
 export function formatUserContext(
   user: UserContext,
-  options: { basicsOnly?: boolean } = {},
+  options: {
+    basicsOnly?: boolean;
+    /** The main bot's own runs: the user's active goals and habits. */
+    coach?: Pick<CoachSummary, "goals" | "habits">;
+  } = {},
 ): string | undefined {
   const field = (label: string, value: string | null | undefined, max?: number) => {
     const text = userText(value, max);
@@ -82,6 +108,7 @@ export function formatUserContext(
     field("Communication style", user.communicationStyle),
     options.basicsOnly ? undefined : field("Summary", user.summary, USER_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS),
     ...(facts.length > 0 ? ["Facts:", ...facts] : []),
+    ...(options.coach && !options.basicsOnly ? coachLines(options.coach) : []),
   ].filter((line): line is string => Boolean(line));
   if (lines.length === 0) return undefined;
   return [
@@ -92,6 +119,30 @@ export function formatUserContext(
   ].join("\n");
 }
 
+function listed<T>(label: string, items: readonly T[], line: (item: T) => string): string[] {
+  if (items.length === 0) return [];
+  const shown = items.slice(0, COACH_PROMPT_ITEM_LIMIT).map(line);
+  const more = items.length - shown.length;
+  return [`${label}:`, ...shown, ...(more > 0 ? [`- and ${more} more`] : [])];
+}
+
+/** Active goals and habits with ids, so coach tools can name them exactly. */
+function coachLines(coach: Pick<CoachSummary, "goals" | "habits">): string[] {
+  return [
+    ...listed(
+      "Active goals",
+      coach.goals,
+      (goal) =>
+        `- ${userText(goal.title)}${goal.targetDate ? `, due ${goal.targetDate}` : ""} (id: ${goal.id})`,
+    ),
+    ...listed("Habits", coach.habits, (habit) => {
+      const period = habit.cadence === "weekly" ? "this week" : "today";
+      const done = habit.doneToday ? `done ${period}` : `not done ${period}`;
+      return `- ${userText(habit.title)}: ${habit.cadence}, ${done}, streak ${habit.streak} (id: ${habit.id})`;
+    }),
+  ];
+}
+
 /**
  * Background a run_subagent helper shares with the bot that started it: who it works for,
  * the present moment, and the user block.
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/executor-tools.test.ts b/packages/adapters/src/executor-tools.test.ts
index bc2d541..8f5572e 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/executor-tools.test.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/executor-tools.test.ts
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ describe("builtin tools per bot", () => {
   it("lists main-only tools for the main bot alone", () => {
     expect([...MAIN_ONLY_BUILTIN_TOOLS].sort()).toEqual([
       "delegate_task",
+      "log_check_in",
       "notify_user",
+      "update_goal",
+      "update_habit",
       "update_user_profile",
+      "write_daily_brief",
     ]);
     const specialist = builtinToolNamesForBot({ kind: "specialist", chatLinked: false });
     const main = builtinToolNamesForBot({ kind: "main", chatLinked: false });
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/executor-tools.ts b/packages/adapters/src/executor-tools.ts
index 671ad46..2ec6979 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/executor-tools.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/executor-tools.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ConnectorTool } from "@rakazo/adapter-kit";
 import { agentConnectionTools, builtinAgentTools } from "./builtin-tools.js";
 import { selectCloudAgentTools } from "./cloud-agent-tools-select.js";
+import { COACH_TOOL_NAMES } from "./coach-tools.js";
 import { selectMemoryTools } from "./memory-tools.js";
 import { filterImageReturningComputerTools } from "./model-vision.js";
 import {
@@ -21,6 +22,14 @@ export const MAIN_ONLY_BUILTIN_TOOLS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set<string>([
   "delegate_task",
   "notify_user",
   "update_user_profile",
+  ...COACH_TOOL_NAMES,
+]);
+
+/** Tools that write what the user's bots know about the user, so only the user may drive them. */
+const USER_MODEL_TOOLS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set<string>([
+  "update_user_profile",
+  "notify_user",
+  ...COACH_TOOL_NAMES,
 ]);
 
 const BUILTIN_TOOL_NAMES = [...builtinAgentTools, ...agentConnectionTools].map((tool) => tool.name);
@@ -106,19 +115,10 @@ export function selectBuiltinToolsForRun(options: {
     Boolean(options.cloudAgentEnabled),
   ).filter(
     (tool) =>
-      !(
-        options.foreignAgentRun &&
-        (tool.name === "update_user_profile" || tool.name === "notify_user")
-      ) &&
+      !(options.foreignAgentRun && USER_MODEL_TOOLS.has(tool.name)) &&
       (!options.messagingChannelRun ||
-        (![
-          "remember",
-          "save_memory",
-          "recall_memory",
-          "forget_memory",
-          "update_user_profile",
-          "notify_user",
-        ].includes(tool.name) &&
+        (!["remember", "save_memory", "recall_memory", "forget_memory"].includes(tool.name) &&
+          !USER_MODEL_TOOLS.has(tool.name) &&
           !tool.name.startsWith("scratchpad_"))),
   );
   return filterBuiltinToolsForBot(
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/executor.ts b/packages/adapters/src/executor.ts
index 994507a..49c9446 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/executor.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/executor.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ import {
   InvalidSpaceNameError,
   isTooManyDatabaseConnections,
   listSpaceUserBotIds,
+  loadCoachSummary,
   loadRunHistoryMessages,
   loadUserContext,
   type McpServer,
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ import { type CloudAgentConnection, cloudAgentsEnabled } from "./cloud-agent-fac
 import { executeCloudAgentTool } from "./cloud-agent-service.js";
 import { validCloudAgentArgs } from "./cloud-agent-tools.js";
 import { selectCloudAgentTools } from "./cloud-agent-tools-select.js";
+import { executeCoachTool, isCoachToolName } from "./coach-tools.js";
 import {
   collectLogIds,
   mergeConnectedPlugins,
@@ -2581,6 +2583,11 @@ export function createRunExecutor(deps: ExecutorDeps) {
               ),
             );
           }
+          if (isCoachToolName(name)) {
+            return finish(
+              await executeCoachTool(deps.prisma, { userId: run.userId, bot }, name, args),
+            );
+          }
           if (name === "web_search") {
             return finish(await webSearchFromTool(web, context, args));
           }
@@ -3697,8 +3704,13 @@ export function createRunExecutor(deps: ExecutorDeps) {
             : undefined;
         const timeInstruction = formatCurrentTimeInstruction(userContext.timeZone);
         // Replies to another owner's agent, like a shared channel, only get the basics.
+        const basicsOnly = messagingChannelRun || foreignAgentRun;
         const userInstruction = formatUserContext(userContext, {
-          basicsOnly: messagingChannelRun || foreignAgentRun,
+          basicsOnly,
+          coach:
+            bot.kind === "main" && !basicsOnly
+              ? await loadCoachSummary(deps.prisma, run.userId)
+              : undefined,
         });
         const userBlock = userInstruction ? redactSecrets(userInstruction, runSecrets) : undefined;
 
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/index.ts b/packages/adapters/src/index.ts
index 7312219..bbeaf86 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export * from "./cloud-agent-service.js";
 export * from "./cloud-agent-tools.js";
 export * from "./cloud-agent-tools-select.js";
 export * from "./coach-rhythm.js";
+export * from "./coach-tools.js";
 export * from "./composio-catalog-cache.js";
 export * from "./composio-connector.js";
 export * from "./composio-emulator.js";
diff --git a/packages/adapters/src/scripted-runtime.ts b/packages/adapters/src/scripted-runtime.ts
index b75121f..02db91e 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/src/scripted-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/src/scripted-runtime.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type {
 } from "@rakazo/adapter-kit";
 import { USER_FACT_CATEGORIES } from "@rakazo/contracts";
 import { abortableDelay, DELEGATED_TASK_WAKE_CUE, inferHandoffTargetName } from "@rakazo/core";
+import { COACH_ROUTINES } from "./coach-rhythm.js";
 
 const running = new Map<string, AbortController>();
 
@@ -15,6 +16,56 @@ const LEARN_ABOUT_ME = new RegExp(
   "i",
 );
 
+/** "set a goal: …", "track a habit: …", "done today: <habit>" and "write today's brief: …". */
+const COACH_COMMANDS: Array<{
+  pattern: RegExp;
+  reply: string;
+  call: (value: string) => { name: string; args: Record<string, unknown> };
+}> = [
+  {
+    pattern: /^set a goal:\s*([\s\S]+)$/i,
+    reply: "goal noted.",
+    call: (title) => ({ name: "update_goal", args: { title } }),
+  },
+  {
+    pattern: /^track a habit:\s*([\s\S]+)$/i,
+    reply: "habit noted.",
+    call: (title) => ({ name: "update_habit", args: { title } }),
+  },
+  {
+    pattern: /^done today:\s*([\s\S]+)$/i,
+    reply: "checked off.",
+    call: (habit) => ({ name: "log_check_in", args: { habit, done: true } }),
+  },
+  {
+    pattern: /^write today's brief:\s*([\s\S]+)$/i,
+    reply: "today's brief is ready.",
+    call: (text) => ({ name: "write_daily_brief", args: { text } }),
+  },
+];
+
+/** The morning check-in writes a fixed brief so tests can follow it to the Today page. */
+export const SCRIPTED_MORNING_BRIEF = "One thing at a time today.";
+
+function inferCoachScript(prompt: string): NonNullable<AgentRunRequest["script"]> | undefined {
+  if (prompt.startsWith(COACH_ROUTINES.morning.prompt)) {
+    return [
+      {
+        assistant: "good morning. today's brief is ready.",
+        toolCalls: [{ name: "write_daily_brief", args: { text: SCRIPTED_MORNING_BRIEF } }],
+        complete: true,
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+  for (const command of COACH_COMMANDS) {
+    const value = command.pattern.exec(prompt.trim())?.[1]?.trim();
+    if (value) {
+      return [{ assistant: command.reply, toolCalls: [command.call(value)], complete: true }];
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 export class ScriptedAgentRuntime implements AgentRuntime {
   describe() {
     return {
@@ -207,6 +258,8 @@ export function inferScript(
       },
     ];
   }
+  const coach = inferCoachScript(prompt);
+  if (coach) return coach;
   if (lower.includes("delegate to the bot named")) {
     const name = namedBot(prompt) ?? "Researcher";
     const brief =
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/rpc.ts b/packages/contracts/src/rpc.ts
index 249f518..d9fdae9 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/rpc.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@ import { eventIterator, oc } from "@orpc/contract";
 import * as z from "zod";
 import { AiConsentQuerySchema, AiConsentStatusSchema } from "./ai-consent.js";
 import { ATTACHMENT_MAX_BASE64_LENGTH, ATTACHMENT_MAX_COUNT } from "./attachments.js";
+import {
+  CheckInSchema,
+  CoachRhythmSchema,
+  CoachTodaySchema,
+  CreateGoalInput,
+  CreateHabitInput,
+  GoalSchema,
+  HabitSchema,
+  ListCheckInsInput,
+  ListGoalsInput,
+  ListHabitsInput,
+  LogCheckInInput,
+  UpdateGoalInput,
+  UpdateHabitInput,
+} from "./coach.js";
 import {
   ActionApprovalRuleSchema,
   ActionAutoReviewSettingsSchema,
@@ -196,6 +211,30 @@ export const appContract = {
     update: oc.input(UpdateUserProfileInput).output(UserProfileStateSchema),
     forget: oc.input(ForgetUserFactsInput).output(UserProfileStateSchema),
   },
+  /** The user's goals, habits, check-ins and check-in times; owner-only, across spaces. */
+  coach: {
+    today: oc.output(CoachTodaySchema),
+    goals: {
+      list: oc.input(ListGoalsInput).output(z.array(GoalSchema)),
+      create: oc.input(CreateGoalInput).output(GoalSchema),
+      update: oc.input(UpdateGoalInput).output(GoalSchema),
+      remove: oc.input(z.object({ goalId: Id })).output(z.object({ ok: z.literal(true) })),
+    },
+    habits: {
+      list: oc.input(ListHabitsInput).output(z.array(HabitSchema)),
+      create: oc.input(CreateHabitInput).output(HabitSchema),
+      update: oc.input(UpdateHabitInput).output(HabitSchema),
+      remove: oc.input(z.object({ habitId: Id })).output(z.object({ ok: z.literal(true) })),
+    },
+    checkIns: {
+      log: oc.input(LogCheckInInput).output(CheckInSchema),
+      list: oc.input(ListCheckInsInput).output(z.array(CheckInSchema)),
+    },
+    rhythm: {
+      get: oc.output(CoachRhythmSchema),
+      set: oc.input(CoachRhythmSchema).output(CoachRhythmSchema),
+    },
+  },
   spaces: {
     list: oc.output(SpaceNavigationSchema),
     create: oc
diff --git a/packages/core/src/coach.test.ts b/packages/core/src/coach.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f8f816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/coach.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  addDays,
+  habitDoneInPeriod,
+  habitStreak,
+  localDateIn,
+  weekdayOf,
+  weekStartOf,
+} from "./coach.js";
+
+const dates = (...values: string[]) => new Set(values);
+
+describe("calendar dates", () => {
+  it("reads the date in the user's time zone, not the server's", () => {
+    const instant = new Date("2026-10-03T23:30:00Z");
+    expect(localDateIn("UTC", instant)).toBe("2026-10-03");
+    expect(localDateIn("Europe/Vienna", instant)).toBe("2026-10-04");
+    expect(localDateIn("America/Los_Angeles", instant)).toBe("2026-10-03");
+    expect(localDateIn("Pacific/Kiritimati", new Date("2026-10-03T10:30:00Z"))).toBe("2026-10-04");
+  });
+
+  it("moves across months, years and daylight saving changes by whole days", () => {
+    expect(addDays("2026-10-31", 1)).toBe("2026-11-01");
+    expect(addDays("2027-01-01", -1)).toBe("2026-12-31");
+    expect(addDays("2026-03-28", 2)).toBe("2026-03-30");
+    expect(weekdayOf("2026-10-03")).toBe(6);
+    expect(weekStartOf("2026-10-03")).toBe("2026-09-28");
+    expect(weekStartOf("2026-10-04")).toBe("2026-09-28");
+    expect(weekStartOf("2026-10-05")).toBe("2026-10-05");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("habit streaks", () => {
+  const saturday = "2026-10-03";
+
+  it("counts consecutive days and keeps today open until it is done", () => {
+    const done = dates("2026-09-30", "2026-10-01", "2026-10-02");
+    expect(habitStreak("daily", done, saturday)).toBe(3);
+    expect(habitStreak("daily", new Set([...done, saturday]), saturday)).toBe(4);
+    expect(habitStreak("daily", dates("2026-09-30", "2026-10-01"), saturday)).toBe(0);
+    expect(habitStreak("daily", dates(), saturday)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("skips weekends for weekday habits", () => {
+    const monday = "2026-10-05";
+    const done = dates("2026-10-01", "2026-10-02");
+    expect(habitStreak("weekdays", done, saturday)).toBe(2);
+    expect(habitStreak("weekdays", done, monday)).toBe(2);
+    expect(habitStreak("weekdays", new Set([...done, monday]), monday)).toBe(3);
+    expect(habitStreak("weekdays", dates("2026-10-01"), monday)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("counts weeks with at least one done day for weekly habits", () => {
+    const done = dates("2026-09-15", "2026-09-26", "2026-09-29");
+    expect(habitStreak("weekly", done, saturday)).toBe(3);
+    expect(habitStreak("weekly", dates("2026-09-15", "2026-09-26"), saturday)).toBe(2);
+    expect(habitStreak("weekly", dates("2026-09-15"), saturday)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("reads a weekly habit as done for the rest of the week", () => {
+    expect(habitDoneInPeriod("weekly", dates("2026-09-29"), saturday)).toBe(true);
+    expect(habitDoneInPeriod("weekly", dates("2026-09-27"), saturday)).toBe(false);
+    expect(habitDoneInPeriod("daily", dates("2026-10-02"), saturday)).toBe(false);
+    expect(habitDoneInPeriod("daily", dates(saturday), saturday)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/db/src/coach.postgres.test.ts b/packages/db/src/coach.postgres.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4bb7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/src/coach.postgres.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { COACH_ACTIVE_GOAL_LIMIT, COACH_ACTIVE_HABIT_LIMIT } from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { bootstrapUserSpace } from "./bootstrap-user.js";
+import type { PrismaClient } from "./client.js";
+import { createDb } from "./client.js";
+import {
+  CoachNotFoundError,
+  createGoal,
+  createHabit,
+  InvalidCoachInputError,
+  listCheckIns,
+  listGoals,
+  listHabits,
+  loadCoachSummary,
+  loadCoachToday,
+  logCheckIn,
+  removeGoal,
+  removeHabit,
+  updateGoal,
+  updateHabit,
+  upsertDailyBrief,
+} from "./coach.js";
+
+const databaseUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+const describePostgres =
+  process.env.VERIFY_DATABASE && databaseUrl ? describe.sequential : describe.skip;
+
+const signupEnv = { signupsEnabled: "true", signupAllowlist: "" };
+/** Saturday 2026-10-03, 23:30 UTC: already Sunday in Vienna. */
+const NOW = new Date("2026-10-03T23:30:00Z");
+
+describePostgres("coach repository (PostgreSQL)", () => {
+  let prisma: PrismaClient;
+  let close: () => Promise<void>;
+  const userIds: string[] = [];
+
+  async function newUser(timeZone: string | null = "Europe/Vienna") {
+    const id = `co${randomUUID().replaceAll("-", "")}`;
+    userIds.push(id);
+    await prisma.user.create({ data: { id, name: "Ada", email: `${id}@rakazo.test` } });
+    const { spaceId } = await bootstrapUserSpace(prisma, { id }, signupEnv, {
+      claimDeploymentOwner: false,
+    });
+    if (timeZone) await prisma.userProfile.create({ data: { userId: id, timeZone } });
+    return { userId: id, spaceId };
+  }
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    const db = createDb(databaseUrl!);
+    prisma = db.prisma;
+    close = async () => {
+      await db.prisma.$disconnect();
+      await db.pool.end();
+    };
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (!prisma) return;
+    const memberships = await prisma.member.findMany({
+      where: { userId: { in: userIds } },
+      select: { organizationId: true },
+    });
+    await prisma.organization.deleteMany({
+      where: { id: { in: memberships.map((member) => member.organizationId) } },
+    });
+    await prisma.user.deleteMany({ where: { id: { in: userIds } } });
+    await close();
+  });
+
+  it("creates, completes, reopens and removes goals, scoped to their owner", async () => {
+    const { userId, spaceId } = await newUser();
+    const other = await newUser();
+    const goal = await createGoal(prisma, userId, {
+      title: "  Ship the beta  ",
+      detail: "Invite ten testers",
+      targetDate: "2026-11-01",
+      spaceId,
+      source: "onboarding",
+    });
+    expect(goal).toMatchObject({
+      title: "Ship the beta",
+      detail: "Invite ten testers",
+      status: "active",
+      targetDate: "2026-11-01",
+      spaceId,
+      source: "onboarding",
+      createdByBotId: null,
+      completedAt: null,
+    });
+
+    const done = await updateGoal(prisma, userId, goal.id, { status: "done" });
+    expect(done.status).toBe("done");
+    expect(done.completedAt).not.toBeNull();
+    const reopened = await updateGoal(prisma, userId, goal.id, {
+      status: "active",
+      targetDate: null,
+    });
+    expect(reopened).toMatchObject({ status: "active", completedAt: null, targetDate: null });
+
+    await expect(updateGoal(prisma, other.userId, goal.id, { title: "Mine" })).rejects.toThrow(
+      CoachNotFoundError,
+    );
+    await expect(removeGoal(prisma, other.userId, goal.id)).rejects.toThrow(CoachNotFoundError);
+    await expect(
+      createGoal(prisma, other.userId, { title: "Theirs", spaceId, source: "user" }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Space not found");
+    expect(await listGoals(prisma, other.userId)).toEqual([]);
+    expect((await listGoals(prisma, userId, { status: "active" })).map((g) => g.id)).toEqual([
+      goal.id,
+    ]);
+
+    await removeGoal(prisma, userId, goal.id);
+    expect(await listGoals(prisma, userId)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("validates titles, dates and the active limits", async () => {
+    const { userId } = await newUser();
+    await expect(createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "   ", source: "user" })).rejects.toThrow(
+      InvalidCoachInputError,
+    );
+    await expect(
+      createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "x".repeat(201), source: "user" }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("longer than 200");
+    await expect(
+      createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "Bad date", targetDate: "2026-02-30", source: "user" }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("YYYY-MM-DD");
+
+    await prisma.userGoal.createMany({
+      data: Array.from({ length: COACH_ACTIVE_GOAL_LIMIT }, (_, index) => ({
+        userId,
+        title: `Goal ${index}`,
+        source: "user",
+      })),
+    });
+    await expect(createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "One more", source: "user" })).rejects.toThrow(
+      `at most ${COACH_ACTIVE_GOAL_LIMIT} active goals`,
+    );
+    const [first] = await listGoals(prisma, userId);
+    await updateGoal(prisma, userId, first!.id, { status: "dropped" });
+    await createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "One more", source: "user" });
+    await expect(updateGoal(prisma, userId, first!.id, { status: "active" })).rejects.toThrow(
+      "active goals",
+    );
+
+    await prisma.habit.createMany({
+      data: Array.from({ length: COACH_ACTIVE_HABIT_LIMIT }, (_, index) => ({
+        userId,
+        title: `Habit ${index}`,
+        source: "user",
+      })),
+    });
+    await expect(
+      createHabit(prisma, userId, { title: "One more", source: "user" }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(`at most ${COACH_ACTIVE_HABIT_LIMIT} active habits`);
+  });
+
+  it("links habits to goals, pauses them and keeps their history", async () => {
+    const { userId } = await newUser();
+    const other = await newUser();
+    const goal = await createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "Run a 10k", source: "chat" });
+    const habit = await createHabit(prisma, userId, {
+      title: "Run",
+      cadence: "weekdays",
+      goalId: goal.id,
+      source: "chat",
+      createdByBotId: "bot-1",
+    });
+    expect(habit).toMatchObject({ cadence: "weekdays", goalId: goal.id, active: true });
+    await expect(
+      createHabit(prisma, other.userId, { title: "Steal", goalId: goal.id, source: "user" }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(CoachNotFoundError);
+
+    const paused = await updateHabit(prisma, userId, habit.id, { active: false, title: "Jog" });
+    expect(paused).toMatchObject({ active: false, title: "Jog" });
+    expect(await listHabits(prisma, userId)).toEqual([]);
+    expect((await listHabits(prisma, userId, { includeInactive: true })).length).toBe(1);
+
+    // Removing the goal keeps the habit, unlinked.
+    await removeGoal(prisma, userId, goal.id);
+    expect((await listHabits(prisma, userId, { includeInactive: true }))[0]?.goalId).toBeNull();
+    await expect(removeHabit(prisma, other.userId, habit.id)).rejects.toThrow(CoachNotFoundError);
+    await removeHabit(prisma, userId, habit.id);
+    expect(await listHabits(prisma, userId, { includeInactive: true })).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps one check-in per habit, goal and day, dated in the user's time zone", async () => {
+    const { userId } = await newUser("Europe/Vienna");
+    const other = await newUser();
+    const habit = await createHabit(prisma, userId, { title: "Stretch", source: "user" });
+    const goal = await createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "Learn Spanish", source: "user" });
+
+    const first = await logCheckIn(
+      prisma,
+      userId,
+      { kind: "habit", habitId: habit.id, done: true },
+      NOW,
+    );
+    // 23:30 UTC on Saturday is Sunday in Vienna.
+    expect(first).toMatchObject({ kind: "habit", date: "2026-10-04", done: true, note: "" });
+    const again = await logCheckIn(
+      prisma,
+      userId,
+      { kind: "habit", habitId: habit.id, note: "10 minutes", createdByBotId: "bot-1" },
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(again).toMatchObject({ id: first.id, done: true, note: "10 minutes" });
+    // Who created the row stays as it was.
+    expect(again.createdByBotId).toBeNull();
+
+    const daily = await logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "daily", mood: 4 }, NOW);
+    const dailyAgain = await logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "daily", energy: 2 }, NOW);
+    expect(dailyAgain).toMatchObject({ id: daily.id, mood: 4, energy: 2 });
+    const goalCheckIn = await logCheckIn(
+      prisma,
+      userId,
+      { kind: "goal", goalId: goal.id, note: "Finished unit 3", date: "2026-10-02" },
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(goalCheckIn.date).toBe("2026-10-02");
+
+    await expect(
+      logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "daily", date: "2026-10-05" }, NOW),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("future");
+    await expect(
+      logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "daily", date: "2025-01-01" }, NOW),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("go back at most");
+    await expect(logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "daily", mood: 6 }, NOW)).rejects.toThrow(
+      "1 to 5",
+    );
+    await expect(
+      logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "habit", goalId: goal.id }, NOW),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(InvalidCoachInputError);
+    await expect(
+      logCheckIn(prisma, other.userId, { kind: "habit", habitId: habit.id, done: true }, NOW),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(CoachNotFoundError);
+
+    expect((await listCheckIns(prisma, userId)).map((row) => row.kind).sort()).toEqual([
+      "daily",
+      "goal",
+      "habit",
+    ]);
+    expect(await listCheckIns(prisma, userId, { from: "2026-10-03" })).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(await listCheckIns(prisma, userId, { goalId: goal.id })).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(await listCheckIns(prisma, other.userId)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("reports today's brief, goals, habits with streaks and the daily check-in", async () => {
+    const { userId } = await newUser("Europe/Vienna");
+    const daily = await createHabit(prisma, userId, { title: "Walk", source: "user" });
+    const weekly = await createHabit(prisma, userId, {
+      title: "Long run",
+      cadence: "weekly",
+      source: "user",
+    });
+    const later = await createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "Later", source: "user" });
+    const soon = await createGoal(prisma, userId, {
+      title: "Soon",
+      targetDate: "2026-10-10",
+      source: "user",
+    });
+    await createGoal(prisma, userId, { title: "Old", source: "user" }).then((goal) =>
+      updateGoal(prisma, userId, goal.id, { status: "done" }),
+    );
+    for (const date of ["2026-10-01", "2026-10-02", "2026-10-03"]) {
+      await logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "habit", habitId: daily.id, date, done: true }, NOW);
+    }
+    await logCheckIn(
+      prisma,
+      userId,
+      { kind: "habit", habitId: weekly.id, date: "2026-09-30", done: true },
+      NOW,
+    );
+
+    let today = await loadCoachToday(prisma, userId, NOW);
+    expect(today).toMatchObject({ date: "2026-10-04", timeZone: "Europe/Vienna", brief: null });
+    expect(today.checkIn).toBeNull();
+    expect(today.goals.map((goal) => goal.id)).toEqual([soon.id, later.id]);
+    expect(
+      today.habits.map(({ title, doneToday, streak }) => ({ title, doneToday, streak })),
+    ).toEqual([
+      { title: "Walk", doneToday: false, streak: 3 },
+      { title: "Long run", doneToday: true, streak: 1 },
+    ]);
+
+    const brief = await upsertDailyBrief(
+      prisma,
+      userId,
+      { text: "Rest day. Plan the week.", botId: "bot-1" },
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(brief).toMatchObject({ date: "2026-10-04", botId: "bot-1" });
+    const rewritten = await upsertDailyBrief(prisma, userId, { text: "Rest day." }, NOW);
+    expect(rewritten).toMatchObject({ id: brief.id, text: "Rest day.", botId: null });
+    await expect(
+      upsertDailyBrief(prisma, userId, { text: "Far ahead", date: "2026-10-20" }, NOW),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("today or tomorrow");
+    await expect(upsertDailyBrief(prisma, userId, { text: "  " }, NOW)).rejects.toThrow("empty");
+
+    await logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "habit", habitId: daily.id, done: true }, NOW);
+    await logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "daily", mood: 5 }, NOW);
+    // Unchecking a weekly habit clears it for the whole week.
+    await logCheckIn(prisma, userId, { kind: "habit", habitId: weekly.id, done: false }, NOW);
+    today = await loadCoachToday(prisma, userId, NOW);
+    expect(today.brief?.text).toBe("Rest day.");
+    expect(today.checkIn).toMatchObject({ kind: "daily", mood: 5 });
+    expect(today.habits.map(({ doneToday, streak }) => ({ doneToday, streak }))).toEqual([
+      { doneToday: true, streak: 4 },
+      { doneToday: false, streak: 0 },
+    ]);
+
+    const summary = await loadCoachSummary(prisma, userId, NOW);
+    expect(summary).toMatchObject({ date: "2026-10-04", timeZone: "Europe/Vienna" });
+    expect(summary.habits).toEqual(today.habits);
+    expect(summary.goals).toEqual(today.goals);
+  });
+
+  it("uses UTC dates when the user has no time zone", async () => {
+    const { userId } = await newUser(null);
+    expect(await loadCoachToday(prisma, userId, NOW)).toMatchObject({
+      date: "2026-10-03",
+      timeZone: "UTC",
+      goals: [],
+      habits: [],
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/testkit/src/authorization.test.ts b/packages/testkit/src/authorization.test.ts
index cd4f117..d866402 100644
--- a/packages/testkit/src/authorization.test.ts
+++ b/packages/testkit/src/authorization.test.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ describeWithDatabase("API authorization and resource isolation", () => {
       ["profile/get"],
       ["profile/update", { timeZone: "UTC" }],
       ["profile/forget", { all: true }],
+      ["coach/today"],
+      ["coach/goals/list", {}],
+      ["coach/goals/create", { title: "Nope" }],
+      ["coach/goals/update", { goalId: "missing-goal", title: "Nope" }],
+      ["coach/goals/remove", { goalId: "missing-goal" }],
+      ["coach/habits/list", {}],
+      ["coach/habits/create", { title: "Nope" }],
+      ["coach/habits/update", { habitId: "missing-habit", title: "Nope" }],
+      ["coach/habits/remove", { habitId: "missing-habit" }],
+      ["coach/checkIns/log", { kind: "daily", mood: 3 }],
+      ["coach/checkIns/list", {}],
+      ["coach/rhythm/get"],
+      ["coach/rhythm/set", { morning: null, evening: null, weekly: null }],
       ["deployment/get"],
       ["deployment/update", { signupsEnabled: true }],
       ["updater/status"],
diff --git a/packages/testkit/src/cli/harness.ts b/packages/testkit/src/cli/harness.ts
index 38487bc..3d4ca0a 100644
--- a/packages/testkit/src/cli/harness.ts
+++ b/packages/testkit/src/cli/harness.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ async function main() {
         "packages/db/src/main-agent.postgres.test.ts",
         "packages/db/src/user-profile.postgres.test.ts",
         "packages/db/src/notification-settings.postgres.test.ts",
+        "packages/testkit/src/coach.postgres.test.ts",
+        "packages/db/src/coach.postgres.test.ts",
         "packages/db/src/messaging.postgres.test.ts",
         "packages/memory/src/commit.postgres.test.ts",
         "packages/adapters/src/wakeup.postgres.test.ts",
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ async function main() {
         "packages/adapters/src/builtin-memory-provider.postgres.test.ts",
         "packages/adapters/src/profile-consolidation.postgres.test.ts",
         "packages/adapters/src/notify-user.postgres.test.ts",
+        "packages/adapters/src/coach-rhythm.postgres.test.ts",
       ];
       // Each app reconciles all durable work in its database, including intentionally
       // unfinished fixture runs. Clone the pristine migrated schema so one suite
diff --git a/packages/testkit/src/coach.postgres.test.ts b/packages/testkit/src/coach.postgres.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f86a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/testkit/src/coach.postgres.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { COACH_ROUTINES, ComposioEmulator, SCRIPTED_MORNING_BRIEF } from "@rakazo/adapters";
+import type {
+  CheckIn,
+  CoachRhythm,
+  CoachToday,
+  Goal,
+  Habit,
+  Routine,
+  SpaceNavigation,
+} from "@rakazo/contracts";
+import { ensureMainBot, ensureMainConversation } from "@rakazo/db";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { createApp } from "../../../apps/api/src/app.ts";
+import { sessionCookieHeader } from "./index.js";
+
+type App = { request: (input: string, init?: RequestInit) => Response | Promise<Response> };
+type AppHandles = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createApp>>;
+
+process.env.WAKEUP_DRIVER = "memory";
+process.env.SANDBOX_PROVIDER = "fake";
+process.env.AGENT_RUNTIME = "scripted";
+
+const hasDb = process.env.VERIFY_DATABASE === "1" && Boolean(process.env.DATABASE_URL);
+const describeWithDatabase = hasDb ? describe : describe.skip;
+
+describeWithDatabase("coach through the API and the main bot", () => {
+  let handles: AppHandles;
+  let app: App;
+  const stamp = `${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
+  const dataDir = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "rakazo-coach-"));
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const { createApp } = await import("../../../apps/api/src/app.ts");
+    handles = await createApp({
+      databaseUrl: process.env.DATABASE_URL!,
+      dataDir,
+      sandboxProvider: "fake",
+      agentRuntime: "scripted",
+      wakeupDriver: "memory",
+      signupsEnabled: "true",
+      composio: new ComposioEmulator(),
+    });
+    app = handles.app;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await handles?.stop();
+    rmSync(dataDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  async function waitForRun(runId: string) {
+    const start = Date.now();
+    while (Date.now() - start < 20_000) {
+      const run = await handles.prisma.run.findUnique({
+        where: { id: runId },
+        select: { id: true, status: true, error: true, threadId: true },
+      });
+      if (run && ["completed", "failed", "cancelled"].includes(run.status)) {
+        expect(run, run.error ?? "").toMatchObject({ status: "completed" });
+        return run;
+      }
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+    }
+    throw new Error(`run ${runId} did not finish`);
+  }
+
+  async function sendAndWait(cookie: string, botId: string, text: string) {
+    const { runId } = await rpc<{ runId: string }>(app, cookie, "threads/send", { botId, text });
+    return waitForRun(runId);
+  }
+
+  async function toolOutcome(runId: string) {
+    const event = await handles.prisma.event.findFirstOrThrow({
+      where: { runId, type: "agent.tool.completed" },
+      select: { payload: true },
+    });
+    return event.payload as { name: string; outcome: string; error?: string };
+  }
+
+  it("keeps each user's goals, habits and check-ins to that user", async () => {
+    const ada = await signup(app, `coach-ada-${stamp}@rakazo.test`, "Ada");
+    const bob = await signup(app, `coach-bob-${stamp}@rakazo.test`, "Bob");
+    const bobSpaces = await rpc<SpaceNavigation>(app, bob, "spaces/list");
+
+    const goal = await rpc<Goal>(app, ada, "coach/goals/create", {
+      title: "Ship the beta",
+      targetDate: "2026-12-01",
+    });
+    expect(goal).toMatchObject({ title: "Ship the beta", status: "active", source: "user" });
+    const habit = await rpc<Habit>(app, ada, "coach/habits/create", {
+      title: "Write 300 words",
+      goalId: goal.id,
+    });
+    expect(habit).toMatchObject({ cadence: "daily", goalId: goal.id, source: "user" });
+    const checkIn = await rpc<CheckIn>(app, ada, "coach/checkIns/log", {
+      kind: "habit",
+      habitId: habit.id,
+      done: true,
+    });
+    await rpc<CheckIn>(app, ada, "coach/checkIns/log", {
+      kind: "goal",
+      goalId: goal.id,
+      note: "Draft done",
+    });
+    await rpc<CheckIn>(app, ada, "coach/checkIns/log", { kind: "daily", mood: 4, energy: 3 });
+
+    const today = await rpc<CoachToday>(app, ada, "coach/today");
+    expect(today).toMatchObject({ date: checkIn.date, timeZone: "UTC", brief: null });
+    expect(today.goals.map((g) => g.id)).toEqual([goal.id]);
+    expect(today.habits).toMatchObject([{ id: habit.id, doneToday: true, streak: 1 }]);
+    expect(today.checkIn).toMatchObject({ mood: 4, energy: 3 });
+    expect(await rpc<CheckIn[]>(app, ada, "coach/checkIns/list", { goalId: goal.id })).toHaveLength(
+      1,
+    );
+
+    // Bob sees none of it and cannot touch it; Ada's ids read as missing to him.
+    expect(await rpc<Goal[]>(app, bob, "coach/goals/list", {})).toEqual([]);
+    expect(await rpc<Habit[]>(app, bob, "coach/habits/list", {})).toEqual([]);
+    expect(await rpc<CheckIn[]>(app, bob, "coach/checkIns/list", { habitId: habit.id })).toEqual(
+      [],
+    );
+    expect((await rpc<CoachToday>(app, bob, "coach/today")).habits).toEqual([]);
+    for (const [procedure, input] of [
+      ["coach/goals/update", { goalId: goal.id, status: "dropped" }],
+      ["coach/goals/remove", { goalId: goal.id }],
+      ["coach/habits/update", { habitId: habit.id, active: false }],
+      ["coach/habits/remove", { habitId: habit.id }],
+      ["coach/checkIns/log", { kind: "habit", habitId: habit.id, done: false }],
+      ["coach/checkIns/log", { kind: "goal", goalId: goal.id, note: "Mine now" }],
+      ["coach/habits/create", { title: "Borrowed", goalId: goal.id }],
+    ] as const) {
+      expect((await raw(app, bob, procedure, input)).status, procedure).toBe(404);
+    }
+    // Ada cannot file a goal under Bob's space.
+    expect(
+      (
+        await raw(app, ada, "coach/goals/create", {
+          title: "Elsewhere",
+          spaceId: bobSpaces.spaces[0]!.id,
+        })
+      ).status,
+    ).toBe(400);
+    expect((await raw(app, ada, "coach/goals/create", { title: "  " })).status).toBe(400);
+    expect((await raw(app, ada, "coach/checkIns/log", { kind: "habit" })).status).toBe(400);
+    expect(
+      (await raw(app, ada, "coach/checkIns/log", { kind: "daily", date: "2999-01-01" })).status,
+    ).toBe(400);
+    expect((await rpc<Habit[]>(app, ada, "coach/habits/list", {})).map((h) => h.active)).toEqual([
+      true,
+    ]);
+
+    const closed = await rpc<Goal>(app, ada, "coach/goals/update", {
+      goalId: goal.id,
+      status: "done",
+    });
+    expect(closed.completedAt).not.toBeNull();
+    expect((await rpc<CoachToday>(app, ada, "coach/today")).goals).toEqual([]);
+    await rpc(app, ada, "coach/habits/remove", { habitId: habit.id });
+    await rpc(app, ada, "coach/goals/remove", { goalId: goal.id });
+    expect(await rpc<Goal[]>(app, ada, "coach/goals/list", {})).toEqual([]);
+    expect(await rpc<CheckIn[]>(app, ada, "coach/checkIns/list", { kind: "habit" })).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("lets the main bot coach through its tools, and only the main bot", async () => {
+    const cookie = await signup(app, `coach-tools-${stamp}@rakazo.test`, "Coach Tools");
+    const me = await rpc<{ userId: string }>(app, cookie, "me");
+    const main = await ensureMainBot(handles.prisma, me.userId);
+    const specialist = await rpc<{ id: string }>(app, cookie, "bots/create", {
+      name: "Researcher",
+      title: "",
+      description: "",
+      instructions: "",
+      notifyOnFinish: true,
+    });
+
+    await sendAndWait(cookie, main.id, "set a goal: Run a 10k");
+    await sendAndWait(cookie, main.id, "track a habit: Walk");
+    await sendAndWait(cookie, main.id, "done today: walk");
+    const briefRun = await sendAndWait(cookie, main.id, "write today's brief: Rest, then plan.");
+    expect(await toolOutcome(briefRun.id)).toMatchObject({
+      name: "write_daily_brief",
+      outcome: "succeeded",
+    });
+
+    const today = await rpc<CoachToday>(app, cookie, "coach/today");
+    expect(today.goals).toMatchObject([
+      { title: "Run a 10k", source: "chat", createdByBotId: main.id },
+    ]);
+    expect(today.habits).toMatchObject([
+      { title: "Walk", source: "chat", doneToday: true, streak: 1 },
+    ]);
+    expect(today.brief).toMatchObject({ text: "Rest, then plan.", botId: main.id });
+    const [walked] = await rpc<CheckIn[]>(app, cookie, "coach/checkIns/list", {});
+    expect(walked).toMatchObject({ kind: "habit", done: true, createdByBotId: main.id });
+
+    const refused = await sendAndWait(cookie, specialist.id, "set a goal: Sneak in");
+    expect(await toolOutcome(refused.id)).toMatchObject({
+      name: "update_goal",
+      outcome: "error",
+      error: expect.stringContaining("not available in this run"),
+    });
+    expect(await rpc<Goal[]>(app, cookie, "coach/goals/list", {})).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("schedules check-ins as main-bot routines, and the morning one writes today's brief", async () => {
+    const cookie = await signup(app, `coach-rhythm-${stamp}@rakazo.test`, "Coach Rhythm");
+    const me = await rpc<{ userId: string }>(app, cookie, "me");
+    expect(await rpc<CoachRhythm>(app, cookie, "coach/rhythm/get")).toEqual({
+      morning: null,
+      evening: null,
+      weekly: null,
+    });
+    const rhythm = { morning: "07:00", evening: null, weekly: { day: 0, time: "18:00" } };
+    expect(await rpc<CoachRhythm>(app, cookie, "coach/rhythm/set", rhythm)).toEqual(rhythm);
+    expect(await rpc<CoachRhythm>(app, cookie, "coach/rhythm/get")).toEqual(rhythm);
+    expect((await raw(app, cookie, "coach/rhythm/set", { ...rhythm, morning: "7am" })).status).toBe(
+      400,
+    );
+
+    const conversation = await ensureMainConversation(handles.prisma, me.userId);
+    const routines = await rpc<Routine[]>(app, cookie, "routines/list", {
+      botId: conversation.leadBotId,
+    });
+    expect(routines.map((routine) => routine.name).sort()).toEqual(
+      [COACH_ROUTINES.morning.name, COACH_ROUTINES.weekly.name].sort(),
+    );
+
+    const morning = await handles.prisma.routine.findFirstOrThrow({
+      where: { botId: conversation.leadBotId, coachKey: "morning" },
+    });
+    const dueAt = new Date(Date.now() - 1_000);
+    await handles.prisma.routine.update({ where: { id: morning.id }, data: { nextRunAt: dueAt } });
+    await handles.executor.wakeRoutine(morning.id, dueAt.toISOString());
+    const run = await handles.prisma.run.findFirstOrThrow({
+      where: { routineId: morning.id, trigger: "routine" },
+    });
+    expect((await waitForRun(run.id)).threadId).toBe(conversation.threadId);
+    expect((await rpc<CoachToday>(app, cookie, "coach/today")).brief).toMatchObject({
+      text: SCRIPTED_MORNING_BRIEF,
+      botId: conversation.leadBotId,
+    });
+    // The routine re-armed for the next morning.
+    const rearmed = await handles.prisma.routine.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { id: morning.id } });
+    expect(rearmed.active).toBe(true);
+    expect(rearmed.nextRunAt!.getTime()).toBeGreaterThan(Date.now());
+  });
+});
+
+async function signup(app: App, email: string, name: string) {
+  const response = await app.request("/api/auth/sign-up/email", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json", origin: "http://127.0.0.1:5173" },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ email, password: "password12", name }),
+  });
+  if (response.status >= 400) {
+    throw new Error(`signup failed ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
+  }
+  return sessionCookieHeader(response);
+}
+
+async function raw(app: App, cookie: string, procedure: string, body: unknown = {}) {
+  return app.request(`/rpc/${procedure}`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      "content-type": "application/json",
+      cookie,
+      origin: "http://127.0.0.1:5173",
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ json: body }),
+  });
+}
+
+async function rpc<T>(app: App, cookie: string, procedure: string, body: unknown = {}) {
+  const response = await raw(app, cookie, procedure, body);
+  const text = await response.text();
+  const payload = JSON.parse(text) as { json?: T; error?: { message?: string } };
+  if (response.status >= 400 || payload.error) {
+    throw new Error(`${procedure} ${response.status}: ${payload.error?.message ?? text}`);
+  }
+  return payload.json as T;
+}