diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/adapter/README.md b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/adapter/README.md
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+# `adapter/` — surface action folders (data-driven registry)
+
+Each action is **one folder** here: `adapter/<verb>/index.ts`. `AdapterRegistryService`
+scans this directory at bootstrap, dynamic-imports each `index.ts`, and registers its
+`descriptor`. **You do not edit any shared import list, module, or barrel** — adding a
+folder is adding an action.
+
+`<verb>` is one of the `ActionVerb`s from `@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts`:
+`bump`, `update-profile`, `reply`, `fetch-inbox`, `fetch-metrics`, `tour-announce`, `home-city`.
+
+## What `adapter/<verb>/index.ts` MUST export
+
+Exactly one named const `descriptor` of type `ActionDescriptor`:
+
+```ts
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import {
+  type ActionDescriptor,
+  type SurfaceAdapterAction,
+  precheckResult,
+  gateK1ProspectBlocklist,
+} from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+const schema = z.object({
+  prospectId: z.string(),
+  body: z.string().min(1),
+});
+type Input = z.infer<typeof schema>;
+interface Output {
+  externalId: string;
+}
+
+const action: SurfaceAdapterAction<Input, Output> = {
+  action: 'reply',
+  schema,
+  async precheck(input, ctx) {
+    const blocked = await ctx.blocklist.list('prospect');
+    return precheckResult(gateK1ProspectBlocklist(input.prospectId, blocked));
+  },
+  async execute(input, ctx) {
+    // ... drive ctx.session, then:
+    const ref = await ctx.agentActions.record({
+      userId: ctx.userId,
+      orgId: ctx.orgId,
+      specialistId: 'bookings-tryst',
+      actionType: 'reply',
+      targetKind: 'prospect',
+      stakes: 'medium',
+      confidence: 0.9,
+      autoExecuted: false,
+      outcome: { external_id: 'msg_123' },
+    });
+    return { externalId: ref.id };
+  },
+};
+
+export const descriptor: ActionDescriptor = {
+  surface: 'tryst',
+  verb: 'reply',
+  action: action as SurfaceAdapterAction<unknown, unknown>,
+  autoExecutable: false,
+};
+```
+
+## Rules
+
+- `descriptor.surface` MUST equal this specialist's surface (`tryst`); mismatches are skipped.
+- `(surface, verb)` must be unique — a duplicate throws `DuplicateActionError` at boot.
+- `precheck` must be deterministic and call the K-gate functions; if it returns `!ok`,
+  the dispatcher never calls `execute` (no container spin-up).
+- `execute` writes the `agent_actions` audit row via `ctx.agentActions.record(...)`.
+- Never import `playwright` into the contract surface — drive the browser through
+  `ctx.session` (the opaque, container-managed handle).
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/adapter/adapter-registry.service.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/adapter/adapter-registry.service.ts
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+import { existsSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
+import { Injectable, Logger, type OnModuleInit } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+import {
+  type ActionDescriptor,
+  type ActionVerb,
+  ActionRegistry,
+  type SurfaceKind,
+  isActionModule,
+  isSurfaceKind,
+} from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+/**
+ * Data-driven collection point. At bootstrap it scans the sibling action
+ * directories (`adapter/<verb>/index.ts`), dynamic-`import()`s each, validates
+ * the module exports a `descriptor`, and registers it. This is the mechanism that
+ * lets the five parallel agents add actions WITHOUT editing any shared import
+ * block: a new action is a new folder, nothing else.
+ *
+ * Booting with ZERO action folders is valid — the registry is simply empty and
+ * the service stays healthy (the health endpoint reports `actions: []`). The
+ * scan never throws on an absent/empty directory.
+ *
+ * Contract a new action file MUST satisfy — `adapter/<verb>/index.ts`:
+ *
+ *   import { z } from 'zod';
+ *   import type { ActionDescriptor, SurfaceAdapterAction } from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+ *
+ *   const schema = z.object({ ... });
+ *   type Input = z.infer<typeof schema>;
+ *   interface Output { ... }
+ *
+ *   const action: SurfaceAdapterAction<Input, Output> = {
+ *     action: 'bump',
+ *     schema,
+ *     async precheck(input, ctx) { ... },
+ *     async execute(input, ctx) { ... },
+ *   };
+ *
+ *   export const descriptor: ActionDescriptor = {
+ *     surface: 'tryst',
+ *     verb: 'bump',
+ *     action: action as SurfaceAdapterAction<unknown, unknown>,
+ *     autoExecutable: false,
+ *   };
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class AdapterRegistryService implements OnModuleInit {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(AdapterRegistryService.name);
+  private readonly registry = new ActionRegistry();
+  readonly surface: SurfaceKind;
+
+  constructor(config: ConfigService) {
+    const configured = config.get<string>('SURFACE_KIND', 'tryst');
+    if (!isSurfaceKind(configured)) {
+      throw new Error(`SURFACE_KIND="${configured}" is not a known SurfaceKind`);
+    }
+    this.surface = configured;
+  }
+
+  async onModuleInit(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.discover();
+    this.logger.log(
+      `adapter registry: ${this.registry.size} action(s) for surface=${this.surface} ` +
+        `[${this.registry.keys().join(', ')}]`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  /** Resolve a registered action descriptor for this surface + verb. */
+  resolve(verb: ActionVerb): ActionDescriptor | undefined {
+    return this.registry.resolve(this.surface, verb);
+  }
+
+  /** Every registered descriptor. */
+  all(): readonly ActionDescriptor[] {
+    return this.registry.all();
+  }
+
+  /** (surface, verb) keys currently registered — surfaced on the health endpoint. */
+  registeredKeys(): readonly string[] {
+    return this.registry.keys();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Scan `adapter/<dir>/index.{js,ts}`, import each, register its `descriptor`.
+   * Resolves against the compiled `dist` layout (where `import.meta.url` points at
+   * runtime); falls back to no-op when the directory is absent.
+   */
+  private async discover(): Promise<void> {
+    const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+    if (!existsSync(here)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const subdirs = readdirSync(here, { withFileTypes: true })
+      .filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory())
+      .map((entry) => entry.name);
+
+    for (const dir of subdirs) {
+      const indexPath = this.resolveIndex(here, dir);
+      if (!indexPath) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      await this.loadDescriptor(indexPath, dir);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Find the action entrypoint inside an action subdir; null if none present. */
+  private resolveIndex(base: string, dir: string): string | null {
+    for (const candidate of ['index.js', 'index.mjs', 'index.ts']) {
+      const full = join(base, dir, candidate);
+      if (existsSync(full)) {
+        return full;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private async loadDescriptor(indexPath: string, dir: string): Promise<void> {
+    let mod: unknown;
+    try {
+      mod = (await import(pathToFileURL(indexPath).href)) as unknown;
+    } catch (err: unknown) {
+      this.logger.error(
+        `failed to import adapter action "${dir}"`,
+        err instanceof Error ? err.stack : String(err),
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!isActionModule(mod)) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        `adapter dir "${dir}" has no valid \`descriptor\` export — skipping`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    if (mod.descriptor.surface !== this.surface) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        `adapter "${dir}" declares surface=${mod.descriptor.surface} but this specialist ` +
+          `serves ${this.surface} — skipping`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    this.registry.register(mod.descriptor);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/adapter/adapter.module.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/adapter/adapter.module.ts
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+import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { AdapterRegistryService } from './adapter-registry.service.js';
+
+/**
+ * Houses the data-driven action registry. Global + exported so the dispatcher and
+ * the health endpoint can inject {@link AdapterRegistryService} without each action
+ * touching a shared providers list. Parallel agents add actions by dropping an
+ * `adapter/<verb>/index.ts` folder — they do NOT edit this module.
+ */
+@Global()
+@Module({
+  providers: [AdapterRegistryService],
+  exports: [AdapterRegistryService],
+})
+export class AdapterModule {}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/context/adapter-context.factory.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/context/adapter-context.factory.ts
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+import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import type {
+  AdapterContext,
+  AdapterLogger,
+  SurfaceSession,
+} from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+import { AgentActionsClient } from './agent-actions.client.js';
+import { BlocklistAccessorFactory } from './blocklist.accessor.js';
+import { PlatformApiClient } from './platform-api.client.js';
+
+/** Identity + live session a dispatch supplies to build its {@link AdapterContext}. */
+export interface AdapterInvocation {
+  userId: string;
+  orgId?: string;
+  /** The container-managed authenticated surface session (opaque to the contract). */
+  session: SurfaceSession;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Builds a fresh {@link AdapterContext} per dispatched action, wiring the
+ * tenant-scoped blocklist accessor, the shared platform.api client, the audit
+ * writer, and a structured logger. This is the single construction point for the
+ * context every parallel agent's action receives — agents never build it.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class AdapterContextFactory {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly platformApi: PlatformApiClient,
+    private readonly blocklistFactory: BlocklistAccessorFactory,
+    private readonly agentActions: AgentActionsClient,
+  ) {}
+
+  build(invocation: AdapterInvocation): AdapterContext {
+    const { userId, orgId, session } = invocation;
+    const logger = this.adapterLogger(userId, session.surface);
+
+    const context: AdapterContext = {
+      userId,
+      ...(orgId !== undefined ? { orgId } : {}),
+      session,
+      platformApi: this.platformApi,
+      blocklist: this.blocklistFactory.forTenant(userId, orgId),
+      agentActions: this.agentActions,
+      logger,
+    };
+    return context;
+  }
+
+  /** A contract {@link AdapterLogger} backed by NestJS's Logger, surface-tagged. */
+  private adapterLogger(userId: string, surface: string): AdapterLogger {
+    const nest = new Logger(`adapter:${surface}`);
+    const tag = (msg: string): string => `[user=${userId}] ${msg}`;
+    return {
+      log: (msg) => nest.log(tag(msg)),
+      warn: (msg) => nest.warn(tag(msg)),
+      error: (msg, trace) => nest.error(tag(msg), trace),
+      debug: (msg) => nest.debug(tag(msg)),
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/context/blocklist.accessor.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/context/blocklist.accessor.ts
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+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import type {
+  BlocklistAccessor as BlocklistAccessorContract,
+  BlocklistEntry,
+  BlocklistKind,
+} from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+import { PlatformApiClient } from './platform-api.client.js';
+
+/** Wire shape of one blocklist row as platform.api returns it (snake_case). */
+interface BlocklistEntryWire {
+  id: string;
+  user_id: string;
+  org_id: string | null;
+  kind: BlocklistKind;
+  value: string;
+  scope: 'global' | string[];
+  reason: string | null;
+  expires_at: string | null;
+  created_at: string;
+  created_by: 'user' | 'auto';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reads the tenant's safety blocklist from platform.api
+ * (`GET /safety/blocklist`, brief K §Inputs) and maps it to the contract's
+ * {@link BlocklistEntry}. A per-tenant accessor is constructed per invocation by
+ * the {@link AdapterContextFactory}; this class is the surface that does the read.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class BlocklistAccessorFactory {
+  constructor(private readonly platformApi: PlatformApiClient) {}
+
+  /** Build a {@link BlocklistAccessorContract} scoped to one tenant. */
+  forTenant(userId: string, orgId?: string): BlocklistAccessorContract {
+    const platformApi = this.platformApi;
+    return {
+      async list(kind?: BlocklistKind): Promise<readonly BlocklistEntry[]> {
+        const query: Record<string, string> = { user_id: userId };
+        if (orgId) {
+          query['org_id'] = orgId;
+        }
+        if (kind) {
+          query['kind'] = kind;
+        }
+        const rows = await platformApi.get<BlocklistEntryWire[]>('/safety/blocklist', query);
+        return rows.map(mapEntry);
+      },
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+function mapEntry(row: BlocklistEntryWire): BlocklistEntry {
+  return {
+    id: row.id,
+    userId: row.user_id,
+    orgId: row.org_id,
+    kind: row.kind,
+    value: row.value,
+    scope: row.scope === 'global' ? 'global' : (row.scope as BlocklistEntry['scope']),
+    reason: row.reason,
+    expiresAt: row.expires_at,
+    createdAt: row.created_at,
+    createdBy: row.created_by,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/context/context.module.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/context/context.module.ts
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+import { HttpModule } from '@nestjs/axios';
+import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { AdapterContextFactory } from './adapter-context.factory.js';
+import { AgentActionsClient } from './agent-actions.client.js';
+import { BlocklistAccessorFactory } from './blocklist.accessor.js';
+import { PlatformApiClient } from './platform-api.client.js';
+
+/**
+ * Wires the platform.api client + the per-invocation AdapterContext machinery
+ * (blocklist accessor, audit writer, context factory). Global so adapter actions
+ * and the dispatcher can inject {@link AdapterContextFactory} anywhere.
+ */
+@Global()
+@Module({
+  imports: [HttpModule],
+  providers: [
+    PlatformApiClient,
+    BlocklistAccessorFactory,
+    AgentActionsClient,
+    AdapterContextFactory,
+  ],
+  exports: [PlatformApiClient, AdapterContextFactory],
+})
+export class ContextModule {}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.controller.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.controller.ts
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+import { Body, Controller, HttpCode, HttpStatus, Post } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ApiBearerAuth, ApiTags } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+
+import { DispatchRequestDto, DispatchResponseDto } from './dispatch.dto.js';
+import { DispatchService } from './dispatch.service.js';
+
+/**
+ * The request-ingress front door. ai-copilot routes a resolved turn here as a
+ * single `POST /dispatch`. This is the only HTTP entrypoint into the surface
+ * action pipeline; actions are never invoked through any other route.
+ */
+@ApiTags('dispatch')
+@ApiBearerAuth()
+@Controller('dispatch')
+export class DispatchController {
+  constructor(private readonly service: DispatchService) {}
+
+  @Post()
+  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
+  async dispatch(@Body() dto: DispatchRequestDto): Promise<DispatchResponseDto> {
+    return this.service.dispatch(dto);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.dto.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.dto.ts
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+import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import {
+  IsBoolean,
+  IsDefined,
+  IsIn,
+  IsOptional,
+  IsString,
+  IsUUID,
+} from 'class-validator';
+import { ACTION_VERBS, type ActionVerb } from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+import type { GateRejection } from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+/**
+ * The single request envelope ai-copilot routes a turn into. Carries the verb to
+ * dispatch, the person/org tenancy, the opaque per-action `input` (validated by
+ * the resolved action's own zod schema inside the service — NOT by class-validator,
+ * which only guards the envelope), and an explicit per-call `approved` flag.
+ *
+ * `approved` is the operator's green-light for an approval-required action
+ * (`descriptor.autoExecutable === false`). It is meaningless for auto-executable
+ * actions. The dispatcher NEVER auto-executes an approval-required action without
+ * it; presence here is the only channel through which approval enters dispatch.
+ */
+export class DispatchRequestDto {
+  @ApiProperty({
+    enum: ACTION_VERBS,
+    description: 'Surface verb to dispatch; must be a known ActionVerb.',
+  })
+  @IsIn(ACTION_VERBS as readonly string[])
+  verb!: ActionVerb;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ format: 'uuid', description: 'Person tenant (agent_actions.user_id).' })
+  @IsUUID()
+  userId!: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    format: 'uuid',
+    required: false,
+    description: 'Optional Org overlay (agent_actions.org_id).',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsUUID()
+  orgId?: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    description:
+      'Action-specific payload. Opaque to the envelope; validated against the ' +
+      "resolved action's zod input schema by the dispatcher.",
+  })
+  @IsDefined()
+  input!: unknown;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    required: false,
+    default: false,
+    description:
+      'Operator approval for this dispatch. For an approval-required ' +
+      '(autoExecutable=false) action it is mandatory: absent/false => the action is ' +
+      'declined without execution. For an auto-executable action it is not required to ' +
+      'run, but when present it still records the run as operator-driven rather than ' +
+      'autonomous (response.autoExecuted=false).',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsBoolean()
+  approved?: boolean;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    required: false,
+    description: 'Optional correlation id echoed back on the response for tracing.',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  correlationId?: string;
+}
+
+/** Discriminated outcome of a dispatch. Exactly one shape per `status`. */
+export type DispatchStatus = 'executed' | 'rejected' | 'approval_required';
+
+export class DispatchResponseDto {
+  @ApiProperty({ enum: ['executed', 'rejected', 'approval_required'] })
+  status!: DispatchStatus;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ description: 'The dispatched verb.' })
+  verb!: ActionVerb;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ description: 'Whether the action ran autonomously (no per-call approval).' })
+  autoExecuted!: boolean;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    required: false,
+    description: 'Action result, present only when status === "executed".',
+  })
+  result?: unknown;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    required: false,
+    isArray: true,
+    description:
+      'Deterministic K-gate rejections, present only when status === "rejected". ' +
+      'Execution was short-circuited; no agent_actions row was written.',
+  })
+  rejections?: GateRejection[];
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    required: false,
+    description: 'Correlation id echoed from the request, if supplied.',
+  })
+  correlationId?: string;
+}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.module.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.module.ts
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+++ b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { DispatchController } from './dispatch.controller.js';
+import { DispatchService } from './dispatch.service.js';
+import {
+  ContainerSurfaceSessionProvider,
+  SurfaceSessionProvider,
+} from './surface-session.provider.js';
+
+/**
+ * Wires the single dispatch front door. Depends on the @Global AdapterModule
+ * (registry) and ContextModule (AdapterContextFactory) — those are injected, not
+ * re-imported. Binds {@link SurfaceSessionProvider} to its default container
+ * implementation; the surface-adapter-container runtime overrides this token when
+ * it lands.
+ */
+@Module({
+  controllers: [DispatchController],
+  providers: [
+    DispatchService,
+    { provide: SurfaceSessionProvider, useClass: ContainerSurfaceSessionProvider },
+  ],
+})
+export class DispatchModule {}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.service.spec.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.service.spec.ts
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+import { BadRequestException, NotFoundException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  type ActionDescriptor,
+  type AdapterContext,
+  type PrecheckResult,
+  type SurfaceAdapterAction,
+  type SurfaceSession,
+  ActionRegistry,
+  precheckResult,
+} from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+import type { AdapterContextFactory } from '../context/adapter-context.factory.js';
+import type { AdapterRegistryService } from '../adapter/adapter-registry.service.js';
+
+import { DispatchService } from './dispatch.service.js';
+import type { DispatchRequestDto } from './dispatch.dto.js';
+import type { SurfaceSessionProvider } from './surface-session.provider.js';
+
+/**
+ * Unit-tests the canonical dispatch pipeline against a MOCK descriptor registered
+ * in a stand-in registry. Intentionally independent of the real bump/reply/etc.
+ * action folders (built in parallel) — proves routing, schema gating, precheck
+ * short-circuit, and the approval gate purely from the contract.
+ */
+
+const SURFACE = 'tryst' as const;
+const USER_ID = '11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111';
+
+const mockSchema = z.object({ prospectId: z.string().uuid(), body: z.string().min(1) });
+type MockInput = z.infer<typeof mockSchema>;
+interface MockOutput {
+  externalId: string;
+}
+
+const session: SurfaceSession = { surface: SURFACE, authenticated: true };
+
+/**
+ * A registry stand-in backed by the REAL {@link ActionRegistry} (exported by the
+ * contract): we `register` the mock descriptor and delegate `resolve` through the
+ * real data structure, proving compatibility with its actual (surface, verb)
+ * keying — only `surface` (a field, not a method) is supplied directly.
+ */
+function registryWith(descriptor: ActionDescriptor): AdapterRegistryService {
+  const real = new ActionRegistry();
+  real.register(descriptor);
+  return {
+    surface: SURFACE,
+    resolve: (verb: ActionDescriptor['verb']) => real.resolve(SURFACE, verb),
+    all: () => real.all(),
+    registeredKeys: () => real.keys(),
+  } as unknown as AdapterRegistryService;
+}
+
+/** A context factory stand-in that returns a minimal AdapterContext. */
+function contextFactoryStub(): AdapterContextFactory {
+  return {
+    build: (): AdapterContext =>
+      ({
+        userId: USER_ID,
+        session,
+        platformApi: {} as AdapterContext['platformApi'],
+        blocklist: {} as AdapterContext['blocklist'],
+        agentActions: {} as AdapterContext['agentActions'],
+        logger: { log: () => {}, warn: () => {}, error: () => {}, debug: () => {} },
+      }) satisfies AdapterContext,
+  } as unknown as AdapterContextFactory;
+}
+
+function sessionProviderStub(): {
+  provider: SurfaceSessionProvider;
+  acquire: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+} {
+  const acquire = vi.fn(async () => session);
+  return { provider: { acquire } as unknown as SurfaceSessionProvider, acquire };
+}
+
+interface BuiltAction {
+  descriptor: ActionDescriptor;
+  precheck: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+  execute: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+}
+
+function buildAction(opts: {
+  verb: ActionDescriptor['verb'];
+  autoExecutable?: boolean;
+  precheckResult?: PrecheckResult;
+}): BuiltAction {
+  const precheck = vi.fn(async () => opts.precheckResult ?? precheckResult([]));
+  const execute = vi.fn(async (): Promise<MockOutput> => ({ externalId: 'ext_123' }));
+  const action: SurfaceAdapterAction<MockInput, MockOutput> = {
+    action: opts.verb,
+    schema: mockSchema,
+    precheck,
+    execute,
+  };
+  const descriptor: ActionDescriptor = {
+    surface: SURFACE,
+    verb: opts.verb,
+    action: action as SurfaceAdapterAction<unknown, unknown>,
+    ...(opts.autoExecutable !== undefined ? { autoExecutable: opts.autoExecutable } : {}),
+  };
+  return { descriptor, precheck, execute };
+}
+
+function makeService(action: BuiltAction): {
+  service: DispatchService;
+  acquire: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+} {
+  const { provider, acquire } = sessionProviderStub();
+  const service = new DispatchService(
+    registryWith(action.descriptor),
+    contextFactoryStub(),
+    provider,
+  );
+  return { service, acquire };
+}
+
+const validInput = {
+  prospectId: '22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222',
+  body: 'hi there',
+};
+
+function req(overrides: Partial<DispatchRequestDto>): DispatchRequestDto {
+  return {
+    verb: 'reply',
+    userId: USER_ID,
+    input: validInput,
+    ...overrides,
+  } as DispatchRequestDto;
+}
+
+describe('DispatchService', () => {
+  let action: BuiltAction;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    action = buildAction({ verb: 'reply', autoExecutable: true });
+  });
+
+  it('routes a valid verb to the registered action and executes it', async () => {
+    const { service } = makeService(action);
+
+    const res = await service.dispatch(req({ verb: 'reply' }));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe('executed');
+    expect(res.verb).toBe('reply');
+    expect(res.autoExecuted).toBe(true);
+    expect(res.result).toEqual({ externalId: 'ext_123' });
+    expect(action.precheck).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(action.execute).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it('throws NotFound when no action is registered for the verb', async () => {
+    const { service } = makeService(action);
+
+    await expect(service.dispatch(req({ verb: 'bump' }))).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+      NotFoundException,
+    );
+    expect(action.execute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('rejects schema-invalid input BEFORE precheck (no precheck, no execute)', async () => {
+    const { service, acquire } = makeService(action);
+
+    await expect(
+      service.dispatch(req({ input: { prospectId: 'not-a-uuid', body: '' } })),
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(BadRequestException);
+
+    expect(acquire).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(action.precheck).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(action.execute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('short-circuits execution when precheck rejects, surfacing the gates', async () => {
+    action = buildAction({
+      verb: 'reply',
+      autoExecutable: true,
+      precheckResult: precheckResult([
+        { gate: 'K1', reason: 'prospect is blocklisted' },
+      ]),
+    });
+    const { service } = makeService(action);
+
+    const res = await service.dispatch(req({ verb: 'reply' }));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe('rejected');
+    expect(res.rejections).toEqual([{ gate: 'K1', reason: 'prospect is blocklisted' }]);
+    expect(action.precheck).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(action.execute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT execute an approval-required action without the approval flag', async () => {
+    action = buildAction({ verb: 'reply', autoExecutable: false });
+    const { service, acquire } = makeService(action);
+
+    const res = await service.dispatch(req({ verb: 'reply' })); // approved omitted
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe('approval_required');
+    expect(res.autoExecuted).toBe(false);
+    // Approval gate fires before any session/precheck/execute cost.
+    expect(acquire).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(action.precheck).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(action.execute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('executes an approval-required action WHEN approved, marking it not auto-executed', async () => {
+    action = buildAction({ verb: 'reply', autoExecutable: false });
+    const { service } = makeService(action);
+
+    const res = await service.dispatch(req({ verb: 'reply', approved: true }));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe('executed');
+    expect(res.autoExecuted).toBe(false);
+    expect(action.precheck).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(action.execute).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it('treats a descriptor with no autoExecutable flag as approval-required', async () => {
+    action = buildAction({ verb: 'reply' }); // autoExecutable omitted => default false
+    const { service } = makeService(action);
+
+    const res = await service.dispatch(req({ verb: 'reply' }));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe('approval_required');
+    expect(action.execute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.service.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1324219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/dispatch.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import {
+  BadRequestException,
+  Injectable,
+  Logger,
+  NotFoundException,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import type { ActionDescriptor } from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+import { AdapterContextFactory } from '../context/adapter-context.factory.js';
+import { AdapterRegistryService } from '../adapter/adapter-registry.service.js';
+
+import type { DispatchRequestDto, DispatchResponseDto } from './dispatch.dto.js';
+import { SurfaceSessionProvider } from './surface-session.provider.js';
+
+/**
+ * The ONE dispatcher. Every turn ai-copilot routes into this specialist passes
+ * through {@link DispatchService.dispatch}; no adapter action invents its own
+ * invocation path. The canonical pipeline, in order:
+ *
+ *   1. resolve(verb) against the data-driven {@link AdapterRegistryService}.
+ *   2. parse `input` through the action's own zod `schema` (boundary validation).
+ *   3. acquire a live {@link SurfaceSession} for the tenant and build a fresh
+ *      {@link AdapterContext} via {@link AdapterContextFactory}.
+ *   4. run `precheck` — if NOT ok, surface the K-gate rejections and STOP. No
+ *      session-backed work, no `agent_actions` row.
+ *   5. enforce the approval gate: if `descriptor.autoExecutable === false` and the
+ *      request did not carry `approved === true`, STOP with `approval_required`.
+ *   6. `execute`. The action writes its own `agent_actions` audit row; the
+ *      dispatcher NEVER double-writes the audit spine.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class DispatchService {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(DispatchService.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly registry: AdapterRegistryService,
+    private readonly contextFactory: AdapterContextFactory,
+    private readonly sessionProvider: SurfaceSessionProvider,
+  ) {}
+
+  async dispatch(req: DispatchRequestDto): Promise<DispatchResponseDto> {
+    const descriptor = this.registry.resolve(req.verb);
+    if (descriptor === undefined) {
+      throw new NotFoundException(
+        `no action registered for surface=${this.registry.surface} verb=${req.verb}`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    const input = this.validateInput(descriptor, req.input);
+
+    // Approval gate is evaluated BEFORE we spin up a session: an approval-required
+    // action with no approval must cost nothing (no container, no platform.api).
+    const autoExecutable = descriptor.autoExecutable === true;
+    const approved = req.approved === true;
+    if (!autoExecutable && !approved) {
+      this.logger.log(
+        `dispatch declined (approval_required): verb=${req.verb} user=${req.userId}`,
+      );
+      return this.response('approval_required', req, { autoExecuted: false });
+    }
+
+    const session = await this.sessionProvider.acquire({
+      userId: req.userId,
+      ...(req.orgId !== undefined ? { orgId: req.orgId } : {}),
+    });
+    const ctx = this.contextFactory.build({
+      userId: req.userId,
+      ...(req.orgId !== undefined ? { orgId: req.orgId } : {}),
+      session,
+    });
+
+    const precheck = await descriptor.action.precheck(input, ctx);
+    if (!precheck.ok) {
+      this.logger.log(
+        `dispatch rejected by precheck: verb=${req.verb} user=${req.userId} ` +
+          `gates=[${precheck.rejections.map((r) => r.gate).join(', ')}]`,
+      );
+      return this.response('rejected', req, {
+        autoExecuted: false,
+        rejections: precheck.rejections,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const result = await descriptor.action.execute(input, ctx);
+    this.logger.log(
+      `dispatch executed: verb=${req.verb} user=${req.userId} ` +
+        `autoExecuted=${autoExecutable && !approved}`,
+    );
+    // `autoExecuted` mirrors the audit semantics: the action ran without a per-call
+    // approval. An approval-required action that ran did so BECAUSE it was approved,
+    // so it is not auto-executed.
+    return this.response('executed', req, {
+      autoExecuted: autoExecutable && !approved,
+      result,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** Parse `input` through the resolved action's zod schema. */
+  private validateInput(descriptor: ActionDescriptor, input: unknown): unknown {
+    const parsed = descriptor.action.schema.safeParse(input);
+    if (!parsed.success) {
+      throw new BadRequestException({
+        message: `input failed validation for verb=${descriptor.verb}`,
+        issues: parsed.error.issues,
+      });
+    }
+    return parsed.data;
+  }
+
+  private response(
+    status: DispatchResponseDto['status'],
+    req: DispatchRequestDto,
+    extra: Pick<DispatchResponseDto, 'autoExecuted'> &
+      Partial<Pick<DispatchResponseDto, 'result' | 'rejections'>>,
+  ): DispatchResponseDto {
+    return {
+      status,
+      verb: req.verb,
+      autoExecuted: extra.autoExecuted,
+      ...(extra.result !== undefined ? { result: extra.result } : {}),
+      ...(extra.rejections !== undefined ? { rejections: extra.rejections } : {}),
+      ...(req.correlationId !== undefined ? { correlationId: req.correlationId } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/surface-session.provider.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/surface-session.provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e721e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/ai-core/src/dispatch/surface-session.provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { Injectable, Logger, ServiceUnavailableException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+import type { SurfaceSession } from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+import { isSurfaceKind } from '@cocottetech/surface-adapter-contracts';
+
+/** Tenancy a session is acquired for. */
+export interface SessionAcquisition {
+  userId: string;
+  orgId?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The dispatcher's seam for obtaining a live, authenticated {@link SurfaceSession}
+ * for a tenant before building the {@link AdapterContext}. The session itself is
+ * container-managed (browser context + Tor circuit + captcha solver per
+ * `_engineering-surface-adapter-container.md` Layers 1–5) and is OPAQUE to this
+ * contract.
+ *
+ * This is an abstract DI token — exactly like {@link PlatformApiClient} is an
+ * abstraction over axios. The dispatcher depends on this seam (DIP); the concrete
+ * container-runtime binding is owned by the surface-adapter-container work, not by
+ * the dispatch module. The default binding ({@link ContainerSurfaceSessionProvider})
+ * fails explicitly until that runtime is wired — it never fabricates a session.
+ */
+export abstract class SurfaceSessionProvider {
+  /**
+   * Acquire (or reuse) a live session for the tenant. Implementations MUST return a
+   * session whose `authenticated === true`, or throw — the dispatcher will not run
+   * an action against a dead session.
+   */
+  abstract acquire(acquisition: SessionAcquisition): Promise<SurfaceSession>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Default binding. The container/Tor/captcha runtime that mints real sessions is
+ * NOT part of the dispatch module — it is contributed by the surface-adapter-
+ * container work. Until that runtime is bound (by overriding this provider in the
+ * container module), acquisition fails explicitly per the Blocker Protocol rather
+ * than returning a fabricated or degraded session.
+ *
+ * The provider validates the configured surface eagerly so a misconfiguration
+ * surfaces at boot, not at first dispatch.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class ContainerSurfaceSessionProvider extends SurfaceSessionProvider {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(ContainerSurfaceSessionProvider.name);
+  private readonly surface: string;
+
+  constructor(config: ConfigService) {
+    super();
+    const configured = config.get<string>('SURFACE_KIND', 'tryst');
+    if (!isSurfaceKind(configured)) {
+      throw new Error(`SURFACE_KIND="${configured}" is not a known SurfaceKind`);
+    }
+    this.surface = configured;
+  }
+
+  async acquire(acquisition: SessionAcquisition): Promise<SurfaceSession> {
+    this.logger.error(
+      `no surface-session runtime is bound for surface=${this.surface}; cannot acquire ` +
+        `a session for user=${acquisition.userId}. Bind a SurfaceSessionProvider from the ` +
+        'surface-adapter-container runtime.',
+    );
+    throw new ServiceUnavailableException(
+      `surface session runtime unavailable for surface=${this.surface}`,
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/src/index.ts b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/src/index.ts
index a54be85..370807f 100644
--- a/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/src/index.ts
+++ b/@platform/codebase/@features/bookings-tryst/src/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,54 @@ export {
   type VerifyOptions,
   type TrystSessionResult,
 } from './adapter/tryst-session.js';
+export {
+  applyProfileEdit,
+  applyTourAnnounce,
+  composeTourPhrasing,
+  asTrystProfileSession,
+  TrystSurfaceWriteError,
+  TRYST_PROFILE_EDIT_PATH,
+  TRYST_TOUR_ANNOUNCE_PATH,
+  type TrystProfileEdit,
+  type TrystRates,
+  type TrystTourLeg,
+  type TrystProfileDriver,
+  type TrystProfileSession,
+} from './surface/profile.js';
+export {
+  fetchInboxThreads,
+  parseInboxThreads,
+  asTrystInboxSession,
+  TrystInboxReadError,
+  TRYST_INBOX_PATH,
+  type RawInboxRow,
+  type TrystInboxThread,
+  type TrystInboxReader,
+  type TrystInboxSession,
+} from './surface/inbox.js';
+export {
+  parseTrystAnalytics,
+  fetchTrystTier,
+  fetchTrystMetrics,
+  tierHasAnalytics,
+  planTextToTier,
+  asTrystMetricsSession,
+  TrystMetricsReadError,
+  TRYST_SUBSCRIPTION_PATH,
+  TRYST_ANALYTICS_PATH,
+  type TrystTier,
+  type TrystMetricKind,
+  type TrystMetricRow,
+  type TrystAnalyticsRaw,
+  type TrystMetricsReader,
+  type TrystMetricsSession,
+} from './surface/metrics.js';
+export {
+  bumpTrystAvailability,
+  asTrystBumpSession,
+  TrystBumpError,
+  TRYST_BUMP_PATH,
+  type TrystBumpDriver,
+  type TrystBumpSession,
+  type TrystBumpResult,
+} from './surface/bump.js';