diff --git a/mqlaunch/commands/recommendations/recommendations-doctor.sh b/mqlaunch/commands/recommendations/recommendations-doctor.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Health check for the recommendations consumer. Read-only — opens nothing.
+# Non-zero exit on any hard problem.
+#   recommendations-doctor.sh
+set -euo pipefail
+
+LIB="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../lib/recommendations" && pwd)"
+source "$LIB/errors.sh"
+source "$LIB/resolve.sh"
+source "$LIB/parse.sh"
+source "$LIB/doctor.sh"
+
+run_recommendations_doctor
diff --git a/mqlaunch/commands/recommendations/recommendations-list.sh b/mqlaunch/commands/recommendations/recommendations-list.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# List recommended command patterns (default-visible, by rank). Read-only.
+#   recommendations-list.sh
+set -euo pipefail
+
+LIB="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../lib/recommendations" && pwd)"
+source "$LIB/errors.sh"
+source "$LIB/resolve.sh"
+source "$LIB/parse.sh"
+source "$LIB/render.sh"
+
+path="$(assert_recommended_json)" || exit 1
+
+if [[ "$(rec_visible_count "$path")" -eq 0 ]]; then
+  render_empty_recommendations_state "$path"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+render_recommendations_list "$path"
diff --git a/mqlaunch/commands/recommendations/recommendations-show.sh b/mqlaunch/commands/recommendations/recommendations-show.sh
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+++ b/mqlaunch/commands/recommendations/recommendations-show.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Show full detail for one recommended pattern. Read-only — renders the command
+# template for show/copy; never executes it.
+#   recommendations-show.sh <pattern_id>
+set -euo pipefail
+
+LIB="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../lib/recommendations" && pwd)"
+source "$LIB/errors.sh"
+source "$LIB/resolve.sh"
+source "$LIB/parse.sh"
+source "$LIB/render.sh"
+
+if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+  rec_error "usage: recommendations-show.sh <pattern_id>"
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+path="$(assert_recommended_json)" || exit 1
+
+if ! rec_pattern_exists "$path" "$1"; then
+  rec_error "pattern_id not present in recommended.json: $1"
+  rec_info "list valid ids with: recommendations-list.sh"
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+render_recommendation_detail "$path" "$1"
diff --git a/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/doctor.sh b/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/doctor.sh
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+++ b/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/doctor.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Health check for the recommendations consumer. Read-only — opens/executes
+# nothing, never writes. Non-zero exit on any hard problem (missing/unreadable/
+# invalid/wrong-schema source). Depends on: errors.sh, resolve.sh, parse.sh.
+
+run_recommendations_doctor() {
+  local path
+  if ! path="$(assert_recommended_json)"; then
+    return 1   # assert_* already emitted the precise reason
+  fi
+  rec_ok "recommended.json found: $path"
+  rec_ok "schema: $(jq -r '.schema' "$path")  (generated_at: $(jq -r '.generated_at // "?"' "$path"))"
+  rec_ok "allowed actions: $(rec_allowed_actions "$path")"
+
+  local total visible hidden
+  total="$(rec_total_count "$path")"
+  visible="$(rec_visible_count "$path")"
+  hidden=$(( total - visible ))
+  rec_ok "$total patterns total"
+  rec_ok "$visible visible (risk: $(rec_default_visible_risk "$path"))"
+  if [[ "$hidden" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    rec_warn "$hidden hidden (non-default risk, e.g. mutating) — opt-in only"
+  fi
+  if [[ "$visible" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    rec_warn "no visible recommendations — list will show the empty state"
+  fi
+  return 0
+}
diff --git a/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/errors.sh b/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/errors.sh
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+++ b/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/errors.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# recommendations consumer — consistent messaging to stderr. Read-only.
+# Mirrors lib/mqobsidian/errors.sh so the two consumers feel the same.
+
+rec_error() { printf '\033[0;31m[recommend][error]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
+rec_warn()  { printf '\033[0;33m[recommend][warn]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
+rec_info()  { printf '\033[0;37m[recommend]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
+rec_ok()    { printf '\033[0;32m[recommend][ok]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
diff --git a/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/parse.sh b/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/parse.sh
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+++ b/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/parse.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Read-only accessors over recommended.json. All queries go through jq — we do
+# NOT re-implement ranking or scoring here; the producer already baked rank,
+# score, signals, and ordered slices into the file. We only read them.
+#
+# Visibility honors the file's own contract: only patterns whose risk_class is
+# in .default_visible_risk are listed by default (mutating patterns are hidden,
+# exactly as the producer intends). Depends on: errors.sh.
+
+# Echo default-visible pattern ids, ordered by the producer's rank.
+rec_visible_ids() {
+  local path="$1"
+  jq -r '
+    .default_visible_risk as $vr
+    | [ .patterns[] | select(.risk_class as $r | $vr | index($r)) ]
+    | sort_by(.rank)
+    | .[].id
+  ' "$path"
+}
+
+# Count of default-visible patterns.
+rec_visible_count() {
+  local path="$1"
+  jq '[ .default_visible_risk as $vr | .patterns[] | select(.risk_class as $r | $vr | index($r)) ] | length' "$path"
+}
+
+# Total pattern count (including hidden / non-default risk).
+rec_total_count() { jq '.patterns | length' "$1"; }
+
+# True if a pattern_id exists in the file at all (visible or not).
+rec_pattern_exists() {
+  local path="$1" id="$2"
+  jq -e --arg id "$id" 'any(.patterns[]; .id == $id)' "$path" >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# Echo a single scalar field for a pattern (empty if absent).
+rec_field() {
+  local path="$1" id="$2" field="$3"
+  jq -r --arg id "$id" --arg f "$field" '
+    .patterns[] | select(.id == $id) | .[$f] // empty
+  ' "$path"
+}
+
+# Echo the contract's allowed actions, comma-joined (e.g. "show, copy").
+rec_allowed_actions() { jq -r '.allowed_actions | join(", ")' "$1"; }
+
+# Echo the contract's default-visible risk classes, comma-joined.
+rec_default_visible_risk() { jq -r '.default_visible_risk | join(", ")' "$1"; }
diff --git a/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/render.sh b/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/render.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Presentation for the recommendations consumer. Read-only — renders to stdout,
+# opens/executes nothing. Depends on: errors.sh, parse.sh.
+
+# Compact, rank-ordered list of default-visible patterns.
+render_recommendations_list() {
+  local path="$1"
+  printf 'Recommended command patterns — %s, by rank (read-only)\n' "$(rec_default_visible_risk "$path")"
+  printf -- '-------------------------------------------------------------\n'
+  jq -r '
+    .default_visible_risk as $vr
+    | [ .patterns[] | select(.risk_class as $r | $vr | index($r)) ]
+    | sort_by(.rank)
+    | .[]
+    | "  #\(.rank)  \(.id)  ·  score \(.score)\n       \(.name)\n       use when: \(.use_when)"
+  ' "$path"
+
+  local total visible hidden
+  total="$(rec_total_count "$path")"
+  visible="$(rec_visible_count "$path")"
+  hidden=$(( total - visible ))
+  printf -- '-------------------------------------------------------------\n'
+  printf '%s of %s shown' "$visible" "$total"
+  if [[ "$hidden" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    printf ' · %s hidden (non-default risk, e.g. mutating)' "$hidden"
+  fi
+  printf '\n'
+  printf 'detail: recommendations-show.sh <pattern_id>   (actions: %s)\n' "$(rec_allowed_actions "$path")"
+}
+
+# Full detail for one pattern. Renders the command_template for show/copy only —
+# it is never executed by this consumer.
+render_recommendation_detail() {
+  local path="$1" id="$2"
+  jq -r --arg id "$id" '
+    .patterns[] | select(.id == $id) |
+    "Pattern:    \(.id)",
+    "Name:       \(.name)",
+    "Risk:       \(.risk_class)        Scope: \(.repo_scope)",
+    "Rank/score: #\(.rank)  ·  \(.score)        Tags: \(.task_tags | join(", "))",
+    "",
+    .description,
+    "",
+    "Use when:   \(.use_when)",
+    "Avoid when: \(.avoid_when)",
+    (if .preconditions then "Preconditions: \(.preconditions)" else empty end),
+    (if .recovery then "Recovery:   \(.recovery)" else empty end),
+    "",
+    "Command template (show / copy only — not executed by mqlaunch):",
+    "  \(.command_template)",
+    "",
+    "Signals: frequency=\(.signals.frequency)  success=\(.signals.success // "n/a")  reuse=\(.signals.reuse)  prior_n=\(.signals.prior_n)"
+  ' "$path"
+}
+
+# Deliberate empty state — distinguishes "no recommendations yet" from "broken".
+render_empty_recommendations_state() {
+  local path="$1"
+  printf 'No recommended patterns are currently visible.\n'
+  printf 'The file resolved and parsed cleanly — there just is nothing to show.\n'
+  printf '  source: %s\n' "$path"
+  printf '  next:   add observations + run build_views.py in the vault to populate it.\n'
+}
diff --git a/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/resolve.sh b/mqlaunch/lib/recommendations/resolve.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Single source of truth for locating the producer's recommended.json. Read-only.
+#
+# The recommendations file is PRODUCED by mqobsidian (build_views.py) and only
+# CONSUMED here. We do not generate, rank, or rewrite it. To avoid path sprawl
+# we reuse the vault resolver (lib/mqobsidian/resolve.sh) and append the one
+# stable relative path the producer writes to.
+#
+# Override order:
+#   1. $MQ_RECOMMENDED_JSON   — explicit absolute path wins
+#   2. $MQ_OBSIDIAN_DIR/<rel> — resolved via the shared vault resolver
+#   3. clear error            — never guess
+#
+# Depends on: errors.sh (rec_*), lib/mqobsidian/{errors,resolve}.sh.
+
+_REC_LIB="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=../mqobsidian/errors.sh
+source "$_REC_LIB/../mqobsidian/errors.sh"
+# shellcheck source=../mqobsidian/resolve.sh
+source "$_REC_LIB/../mqobsidian/resolve.sh"   # provides resolve_mqobsidian_dir
+
+# The single stable output path build_views.py writes to, relative to vault root.
+REC_RELATIVE_PATH="memory/commands/mqlaunch/recommended.json"
+REC_SCHEMA="command-recommendations.v1"
+
+resolve_recommended_json_path() {
+  if [[ -n "${MQ_RECOMMENDED_JSON:-}" ]]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "$MQ_RECOMMENDED_JSON"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  local dir
+  dir="$(resolve_mqobsidian_dir)"
+  printf '%s\n' "$dir/$REC_RELATIVE_PATH"
+}
+
+# Validate source presence, readability, JSON validity, and schema. Echoes the
+# resolved path on success; non-zero with a precise error on any failure.
+assert_recommended_json() {
+  if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    rec_error "jq is required to read recommended.json but was not found on PATH"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  local path
+  path="$(resolve_recommended_json_path)"
+  if [[ ! -f "$path" ]]; then
+    rec_error "recommended.json not found: $path"
+    rec_info "set MQ_RECOMMENDED_JSON, or MQ_OBSIDIAN_DIR, or run build_views.py in the vault"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if [[ ! -r "$path" ]]; then
+    rec_error "recommended.json is not readable: $path"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if ! jq -e . "$path" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    rec_error "recommended.json is not valid JSON: $path"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  local schema
+  schema="$(jq -r '.schema // empty' "$path")"
+  if [[ "$schema" != "$REC_SCHEMA" ]]; then
+    rec_error "unexpected schema: ${schema:-<missing>} (expected $REC_SCHEMA): $path"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  printf '%s\n' "$path"
+}