diff --git a/.codecarto/findings/vision-capture/INTERVIEW.md b/.codecarto/findings/vision-capture/INTERVIEW.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9110c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codecarto/findings/vision-capture/INTERVIEW.md
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+---
+name: guided-vision-interview
+description: Conduct a structured product discovery interview to extract a rich vision brief from the user before the synthesis pipeline's vision-capture phase.
+---
+
+# Guided Vision Interview
+
+Your job is to conduct a conversational product discovery interview that draws out the user's product idea and writes it into `inputs/vision.md` as a rich brief. The synthesis pipeline's vision-capture phase will then structure this brief into a testable vision document.
+
+## Interview structure
+
+Ask questions in this order. Do not dump all questions at once — ask one or two at a time, wait for the answer, then probe deeper based on what the user said. Skip questions the user has already answered unprompted.
+
+### 1. Audience and problem (2-3 questions)
+- Who specifically is this for? (Not "everyone" — get them to name a concrete persona or team)
+- What problem does this solve for them? What are they doing today, and why is it painful?
+- Why are existing solutions insufficient? What's the gap?
+
+### 2. Desired outcomes (2-3 questions)
+- What should the user be able to do that they can't today?
+- What does success look like? How would they know it worked?
+- What's the most important outcome — the one thing that must work?
+
+### 3. Scope and non-goals (2-3 questions)
+- What's explicitly in scope for this version?
+- What are you deliberately NOT building? What's a non-goal?
+- Is there anything you're tempted to include but know you should defer?
+
+### 4. Constraints (2-3 questions)
+- Any hard technical constraints? (language, platform, integration, performance)
+- Any operational constraints? (self-hosted, cloud, offline, privacy, latency)
+- Any timeline or team-size constraints?
+
+### 5. Success measures and acceptance (1-2 questions)
+- How would you measure success? What metric or observation would tell you it's working?
+- Can you describe one specific scenario where someone uses this and has a good experience?
+
+## Writing the brief
+
+After the interview, synthesize the user's answers into `inputs/vision.md`. Use this structure:
+
+```markdown
+# Vision brief
+
+## Audience
+- Who: [specific persona]
+- Current approach: [what they do today]
+- Pain: [why it's painful]
+
+## Problem
+[2-3 sentences describing the core problem]
+
+## Desired outcomes
+- [outcome 1]
+- [outcome 2]
+- [outcome 3, if any]
+
+## Scope
+- In scope: [list]
+- Non-goals: [list]
+
+## Constraints
+- [constraint 1]
+- [constraint 2, if any]
+
+## Success measures
+- [measure 1]
+- [acceptance scenario, if provided]
+
+## Assumptions and open decisions
+- [anything the user was unsure about — mark as assumption or needs-decision]
+```
+
+## Rules
+
+- Do not invent product decisions the user didn't make. If something is unclear, ask. If they're unsure, record it as an assumption.
+- Keep the interview conversational — not a form. Follow up on vague answers with a specific probe.
+- If the user gives a very detailed answer up front, skip the questions they already covered and go deeper on the gaps.
+- Do not select library entries or discuss implementation in this interview. That comes later in the synthesis pipeline.
+- After writing the brief, tell the user they can now run `/codecarto-init synthesis` followed by `/codecarto-next` to start the synthesis pipeline.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1b7f20..dc28588 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ Beyond the slash commands, the Pi extension layers on:
 |---|---|
 | `/codecarto-init [variant]` | Copy `.codecarto/` into the current repository, select pipeline variant |
 | `/codecarto-open` | Activate an existing `.codecarto/` workspace in a new Pi session without resetting durable state |
+| `/codecarto-vision` | Run a guided product discovery interview to produce `inputs/vision.md` for the synthesis pipeline |
 | `/codecarto-switch-pipeline <variant>` | Switch the active pipeline in-place without losing findings or progress |
 | `/codecarto-status` | Current phase, progress, open questions |
 | `/codecarto-next [--auto [--strict]] [--llm-steer \| --no-llm-steer]` | Spawn the next eligible phase as a sub-agent. After the sub-agent finishes, auto-validates and auto-completes the phase so `status.yaml` advances without manual steps. `--auto` walks the full pipeline end-to-end (same validate + complete + advance loop, repeated); `--strict` flips the `PASS WITH GAPS` rule from "advance" to "pause". |
diff --git a/extensions/codecarto/index.ts b/extensions/codecarto/index.ts
index 48603c8..bacd84b 100644
--- a/extensions/codecarto/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/codecarto/index.ts
@@ -250,6 +250,40 @@ export default function codeCartographerExtension(pi: ExtensionAPI) {
 		},
 	});
 
+	pi.registerCommand("codecarto-vision", {
+		description: "Run a guided product discovery interview to produce inputs/vision.md for the synthesis pipeline",
+		handler: async (_args, ctx) => {
+			const interviewPath = join(ctx.cwd, ".codecarto", "findings", "vision-capture", "INTERVIEW.md");
+			if (!(await pathExists(interviewPath))) {
+				ctx.ui.notify("Vision interview skill not found. Run /codecarto-init synthesis first.", "warning");
+				return;
+			}
+
+			const interviewSkill = await readFile(interviewPath, "utf8");
+			const inputsDir = join(ctx.cwd, ".codecarto", "inputs");
+			const visionPath = join(inputsDir, "vision.md");
+			const visionExists = await pathExists(visionPath);
+
+			const prompt = [
+				"Read the interview skill below and conduct a guided product discovery interview with the user.",
+				"",
+				interviewSkill,
+				"",
+				`The vision brief should be written to .codecarto/inputs/vision.md${visionExists ? " (it already exists — review and improve it based on the interview)" : " (it does not exist yet — create it)"}.`,
+				"After the interview, write the synthesized brief and tell the user to run /codecarto-init synthesis followed by /codecarto-next to start the pipeline.",
+			].join("\n");
+
+			if (ctx.isIdle()) {
+				pi.sendUserMessage(prompt);
+			} else {
+				pi.sendUserMessage(prompt, { deliverAs: "followUp" });
+			}
+
+			lastFeedbackLines = ["Vision interview started — answer the questions in chat."];
+			ctx.ui.notify("Vision interview queued — answer the questions in the chat.", "info");
+		},
+	});
+
 	pi.registerCommand("codecarto-init", {
 		description: "Initialize .codecarto/ in the current repository",
 		getArgumentCompletions: (prefix) => {
diff --git a/mcp-server/server.ts b/mcp-server/server.ts
index 6fc67be..c3d8021 100644
--- a/mcp-server/server.ts
+++ b/mcp-server/server.ts
@@ -657,6 +657,37 @@ export async function handleLibraryInit(args: { library_path: string; name?: str
 	});
 }
 
+export async function handleVision(args: { cwd: string; raw_text: string }) {
+	const cwd = await validateCwd(args.cwd);
+	const workspaceDir = join(cwd, ".codecarto");
+	const interviewPath = join(workspaceDir, "findings", "vision-capture", "INTERVIEW.md");
+	const visionPath = join(workspaceDir, "inputs", "vision.md");
+
+	if (!(await pathExists(interviewPath))) {
+		throw new McpError(ErrorCode.InvalidRequest, "Vision interview skill not found. Run codecarto_init with the synthesis pipeline first.");
+	}
+
+	const interviewSkill = await readFile(interviewPath, "utf8");
+	const prompt = [
+		"Read the interview skill below and use it to structure the user's raw product text into a vision brief.",
+		"",
+		interviewSkill,
+		"",
+		"The user's raw product text is:",
+		"",
+		args.raw_text,
+		"",
+		`Write the synthesized brief to ${visionPath}.`,
+	].join("\n");
+
+	return textResult(prompt, {
+		cwd,
+		visionPath,
+		interviewPath,
+		note: "Feed this prompt to your agent. The agent will write the structured vision brief to inputs/vision.md.",
+	});
+}
+
 export async function handleConfig(args: { cwd?: string }) {
 	const config = args.cwd
 		? await loadCodecartoConfig(join(args.cwd, ".codecarto"))
@@ -870,6 +901,19 @@ const TOOLS = [
 			},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		name: "codecarto_vision",
+		description:
+			"Generate a structured vision brief from raw product text using the guided interview skill. Returns a prompt the host should feed to its agent to write inputs/vision.md. Requires a synthesis workspace (run codecarto_init with the synthesis pipeline first).",
+		inputSchema: {
+			type: "object",
+			properties: {
+				cwd: { type: "string", description: "Absolute path to the target repository with a .codecarto/ synthesis workspace." },
+				raw_text: { type: "string", description: "The user's raw product text — audience, problem, desired outcomes, constraints, non-goals." },
+			},
+			required: ["cwd", "raw_text"],
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		name: "codecarto_library_init",
 		description:
@@ -911,6 +955,7 @@ const HANDLERS: Record<string, (args: any) => Promise<unknown>> = {
 	codecarto_library_reindex: handleLibraryReindex,
 	codecarto_library_init: handleLibraryInit,
 	codecarto_config: handleConfig,
+	codecarto_vision: handleVision,
 };
 
 // ---------- server bootstrap ----------
diff --git a/tests/default-pipeline.test.mjs b/tests/default-pipeline.test.mjs
index 3fefb5f..7cbd246 100644
--- a/tests/default-pipeline.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/default-pipeline.test.mjs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ test("every PIPELINE_ALIASES target resolves to a real file", async () => {
 
 test("Pi extension registers a command for every CodeCartographer operation", async () => {
 	// The set of operations the framework exposes; both wrappers must surface them.
-	const expected = ["init", "open", "switch-pipeline", "status", "next", "phase", "validate", "complete", "skill", "publish", "library-init", "config", "usage", "dashboard"];
+	const expected = ["init", "open", "vision", "switch-pipeline", "status", "next", "phase", "validate", "complete", "skill", "publish", "library-init", "config", "usage", "dashboard"];
 	const indexSrc = await readFile(join(REPO_ROOT, "extensions", "codecarto", "index.ts"), "utf8");
 	const missing = expected.filter((op) => !indexSrc.includes(`pi.registerCommand("codecarto-${op}"`));
 	assert.deepEqual(