diff --git a/.changeset/fn-7512-planner-bounded-recovery.md b/.changeset/fn-7512-planner-bounded-recovery.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76586f23d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fn-7512-planner-bounded-recovery.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": minor
+---
+
+summary: Planner oversight can autonomously inject guidance, retry stuck/failed steps, and request fixes within bounded limits.
+category: feature
+dev: Adds pure `decidePlannerRecovery` + recovery types (core) and `PlannerRecoveryController` with injected guidance/retry/targeted-fix handlers (engine), consuming the FN-7511 observation. Acts only at effective level `autonomous`, caps attempts per (task, stage) via `PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS`, skips user-paused tasks, and excludes merge/PR/destructive actions (deferred to FN-7513) and comprehensive human-control safeguards (FN-7514).
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 058667e914..2ca84a8ca2 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -1378,6 +1378,68 @@ call happens here, and it emits no run-audit events or dashboard UI. Steering/re
 gates, human-control safeguards, and dashboard/UI/run-audit surfaces are deferred to FN-7512 through
 FN-7520; this module is the seam those subtasks read observations from.
 
+### Planner overseer bounded autonomous recovery (FN-7512)
+
+/*
+FNXC:PlannerOversight 2026-07-04-12:00:
+FN-7512 builds the bounded autonomous-recovery layer on top of FN-7511's observation seam. When the
+task's effective planner oversight level resolves to `"autonomous"`, the planner overseer may take ONE
+of three bounded corrective actions on the task's currently watched stage:
+  - **inject_guidance** — post a planner-authored steering comment into the active agent lane.
+  - **retry_step** — re-enqueue a stuck/failed step via the existing store retry/re-enqueue path.
+  - **request_targeted_fix** — post a steering comment tagged as a targeted-fix request, referencing
+    the observation's specific error source link.
+At every other effective level (`"off"`/`"observe"`/`"steer"`) the decision is always `"none"` — this
+layer is completely inert unless oversight is `"autonomous"`.
+*/
+
+`packages/core/src/planner-recovery.ts` declares the shared, engine-free recovery vocabulary:
+`PlannerRecoveryActionKind` (`inject_guidance | retry_step | request_targeted_fix | none`),
+`PlannerRecoveryObservation` (a structural mirror of FN-7511's `OverseerStageObservation` so the engine
+can pass one straight through with no adapter), `PlannerRecoveryAttemptState`, `PlannerRecoveryDecision`,
+and the pure, never-throw `decidePlannerRecovery(input)`. Decision rules, in order:
+
+1. No observation, or `oversightLevel !== "autonomous"` → `"none"`.
+2. The per-`(taskId, watchedStage)` attempt count has reached `PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS` (default
+   `3`, mirroring `MAX_RECOVERY_RETRIES` in `recovery-policy.ts`) → `"none"`, `exhausted: true` — the
+   layer stops autonomously and the task is left for escalation (FN-7514+ owns the human-control story).
+3. `merger` / `pull-request` stages → `"none"` with a deferral reason: these require confirmation and
+   are owned by FN-7513's confirmation-gated layer, never dispatched from here.
+4. `reviewer` stage → `"inject_guidance"`.
+5. `executor` / `workflow-gate` stage with `signal === "failed"` → `"request_targeted_fix"` when a
+   source link carries a specific fixable error (`failed-check` / `merge-error`), else `"retry_step"`.
+6. Any other `executor` / `workflow-gate` signal (stuck/blocked/progressing/awaiting-human) →
+   `"inject_guidance"`.
+
+`packages/engine/src/planner-recovery-controller.ts`'s `PlannerRecoveryController` is the dispatcher,
+mirroring the `AutoRecoveryDispatcher` + `StuckTaskDetector` handler-injection conventions: it holds an
+in-memory per-`(taskId, watchedStage)` attempt registry, calls `decidePlannerRecovery`, and — only when
+an action other than `"none"` is chosen — dispatches through injected `PlannerRecoveryHandlers`
+(`injectGuidance` / `retryStep` / `requestTargetedFix`, all optional and async), incrementing the
+attempt count only on a successful dispatch. `tick(task, ctx)` is a no-op (returns `null`) when
+`task.userPaused === true` or when there is no active observation, and never throws — any handler or
+snapshot-provider error degrades to a no-op.
+
+`ProjectEngine` wires one concrete `PlannerRecoveryController` alongside its `PlannerOverseerMonitor`,
+reusing ONLY existing mechanisms — no new session/tool/merge channel:
+
+- `injectGuidance` / `requestTargetedFix` → `store.addSteeringComment(taskId, text, "agent")` (the same
+  channel the executor's real-time injection listener already watches).
+- `retryStep` → `store.moveTask(taskId, "todo", { preserveProgress: true, moveSource: "engine" })` — the
+  same in-progress→todo retry/re-enqueue path auto-recovery and self-healing already use.
+
+`controller.tick(task)` is called from the SAME bounded 45s poll FN-7511 uses for `observeTask`, guarded
+so it only runs when the resolved effective level is `"autonomous"` (every other level already
+`continue`s before reaching the tick). Attempt state for a task is cleared (`controller.clear(taskId)`)
+whenever the task leaves the in-flight `in-progress`/`in-review` set, alongside the FN-7511 observation
+ring buffer.
+
+**Explicit scope boundaries (owned by later subtasks, not this layer):** merge/PR actions and
+destructive/external-service side effects (FN-7513, confirmation-gated); comprehensive human-pause /
+`autoMerge:false` / human-review terminal safeguards beyond the bare `userPaused` skip (FN-7514); a
+persisted intervention timeline (FN-7519); run-audit/activity events (FN-7520); and any dashboard UI
+(FN-7515+).
+
 ---
 
 ## 11) Multi-Project Architecture
diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/planner-recovery.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/planner-recovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11dc2c5061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/planner-recovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  decidePlannerRecovery,
+  PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+  type PlannerRecoveryObservation,
+} from "../planner-recovery.js";
+
+function observation(overrides: Partial<PlannerRecoveryObservation> = {}): PlannerRecoveryObservation {
+  return {
+    taskId: "FN-1",
+    stage: "executor",
+    signal: "progressing",
+    oversightLevel: "autonomous",
+    sources: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("decidePlannerRecovery", () => {
+  it("returns none when there is no observation (no watched stage)", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: null });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("none");
+    expect(decision.exhausted).toBe(false);
+    expect(decision.watchedStage).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns none for every non-autonomous effective level", () => {
+    for (const level of ["off", "observe", "steer"] as const) {
+      const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: observation({ oversightLevel: level, signal: "failed" }) });
+      expect(decision.action, `level=${level}`).toBe("none");
+      expect(decision.exhausted).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("yields retry_step for a failed executor stage with no specific error source", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: observation({ stage: "executor", signal: "failed", sources: [] }) });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("retry_step");
+    expect(decision.attemptCount).toBe(0);
+    expect(decision.attemptLimit).toBe(PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+  });
+
+  it("yields retry_step for a failed workflow-gate stage with no specific error source", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: observation({ stage: "workflow-gate", signal: "failed" }) });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("retry_step");
+  });
+
+  it("yields request_targeted_fix for a failed executor stage carrying a specific error source link", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({
+      snapshot: observation({
+        stage: "executor",
+        signal: "failed",
+        sources: [{ kind: "failed-check", ref: "check-1", url: "https://example.test/check-1" }],
+      }),
+      attemptState: { attemptCount: 1 },
+    });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("request_targeted_fix");
+    expect(decision.attemptCount).toBe(1);
+    expect(decision.attemptLimit).toBe(PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+  });
+
+  it("yields inject_guidance for a reviewer stage", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: observation({ stage: "reviewer", signal: "progressing" }) });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("inject_guidance");
+  });
+
+  it("yields inject_guidance for a stuck-but-not-failed stage", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: observation({ stage: "executor", signal: "stuck" }) });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("inject_guidance");
+  });
+
+  it("defers merger and pull-request stages to none with a deferral reason", () => {
+    for (const stage of ["merger", "pull-request"] as const) {
+      const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: observation({ stage, signal: "failed" }) });
+      expect(decision.action, `stage=${stage}`).toBe("none");
+      expect(decision.reason.toLowerCase()).toContain("deferred");
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("returns none + exhausted true exactly at the attempt limit", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({
+      snapshot: observation({ stage: "executor", signal: "failed" }),
+      attemptState: { attemptCount: PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS },
+    });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("none");
+    expect(decision.exhausted).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("still allows action one attempt below the limit", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({
+      snapshot: observation({ stage: "executor", signal: "failed" }),
+      attemptState: { attemptCount: PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS - 1 },
+    });
+    expect(decision.action).not.toBe("none");
+    expect(decision.exhausted).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("never throws on missing/partial snapshot fields", () => {
+    expect(() => decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: undefined })).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => decidePlannerRecovery({} as never)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() =>
+      decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: { taskId: "FN-1" } as unknown as PlannerRecoveryObservation }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({ snapshot: { taskId: "FN-1" } as unknown as PlannerRecoveryObservation });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("none");
+  });
+
+  it("respects a custom attemptLimit override", () => {
+    const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({
+      snapshot: observation({ stage: "executor", signal: "failed" }),
+      attemptState: { attemptCount: 1, attemptLimit: 1 },
+    });
+    expect(decision.action).toBe("none");
+    expect(decision.exhausted).toBe(true);
+    expect(decision.attemptLimit).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index b0b2d24b84..ba5dd4a099 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -430,6 +430,18 @@ export {
   applyWorkflowSettingsOverlay,
   type WorkflowSettingsOverlayInput,
 } from "./effective-settings-overlay.js";
+export {
+  decidePlannerRecovery,
+  PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+  type PlannerRecoveryActionKind,
+  type PlannerRecoveryWatchedStage,
+  type PlannerRecoveryObservationSignal,
+  type PlannerRecoverySourceLink,
+  type PlannerRecoveryObservation,
+  type PlannerRecoveryAttemptState,
+  type PlannerRecoveryDecision,
+  type DecidePlannerRecoveryInput,
+} from "./planner-recovery.js";
 
 // ── Engine wiring (set by @fusion/engine at module load) ────────────
 export {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/planner-recovery.ts b/packages/core/src/planner-recovery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7081bf7800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/planner-recovery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+/**
+ * FNXC:PlannerOversight 2026-07-04-12:00:
+ * FN-7512 requirement: when the effective planner oversight level is
+ * `"autonomous"`, the planner overseer may take BOUNDED autonomous
+ * corrective action on the task's currently watched stage — inject steering
+ * guidance into the active agent lane, retry a stuck/failed step, or request
+ * a targeted fix for a detected error. Every action is capped by a
+ * per-(task, watched-stage) attempt limit (`PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS`)
+ * so recovery can never loop forever; once the budget is exhausted the
+ * decision degrades to `"none"` with `exhausted: true` and the task is left
+ * for human/other escalation. Merge/PR and destructive actions are
+ * explicitly OUT of scope here (deferred to FN-7513's confirmation-gated
+ * layer), and comprehensive human-control safeguards beyond a bare
+ * `userPaused` skip are FN-7514's responsibility. This module is pure,
+ * never-throws, and has NO engine imports — the engine-side dispatch lives
+ * in `@fusion/engine`'s `PlannerRecoveryController`.
+ *
+ * Delivered-shape note: FN-7511 shipped its observation model in
+ * `packages/engine/src/planner-overseer.ts` (`OverseerStageObservation` /
+ * `OverseerWatchedStage` / `OverseerSourceLink`) rather than the
+ * `PlannerObservationSnapshot` shape anticipated at spec time, and it has no
+ * `getSnapshot`/`isActive`/`watchedStage === "none"` API — instead
+ * `PlannerOverseerMonitor.observeTask()` returns one observation (or `null`
+ * when there is nothing to watch). This module's `PlannerRecoveryObservation`
+ * input type mirrors the delivered `OverseerStageObservation` field names
+ * structurally (`stage`, `signal`, `oversightLevel`, `sources`) so the engine
+ * controller can pass an `OverseerStageObservation` straight through without
+ * an adapter; "no watched stage" is represented by passing `snapshot: null`.
+ */
+
+import type { PlannerOversightLevel } from "./types.js";
+
+/** The bounded corrective actions autonomous planner recovery may take. */
+export type PlannerRecoveryActionKind = "inject_guidance" | "retry_step" | "request_targeted_fix" | "none";
+
+/** Mirrors the delivered `OverseerWatchedStage` union (FN-7511). */
+export type PlannerRecoveryWatchedStage = "executor" | "reviewer" | "merger" | "pull-request" | "workflow-gate";
+
+/** Mirrors the delivered `OverseerObservationSignal` union (FN-7511). */
+export type PlannerRecoveryObservationSignal = "progressing" | "stuck" | "failed" | "blocked" | "awaiting-human" | "complete";
+
+/** Mirrors the delivered `OverseerSourceLink` shape (FN-7511) structurally. */
+export interface PlannerRecoverySourceLink {
+  kind: string;
+  ref: string;
+  url?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The minimal observation shape `decidePlannerRecovery` reads. Structurally
+ * compatible with the engine's `OverseerStageObservation` (FN-7511) so the
+ * engine controller can pass one straight through. `null` means "no watched
+ * stage currently active for this task" (equivalent to the spec's
+ * `watchedStage === "none"` / `isActive: false`).
+ */
+export interface PlannerRecoveryObservation {
+  taskId: string;
+  stage: PlannerRecoveryWatchedStage;
+  signal: PlannerRecoveryObservationSignal;
+  oversightLevel: PlannerOversightLevel | string;
+  sources?: PlannerRecoverySourceLink[];
+}
+
+/** Per-`(taskId, watchedStage)` bounded attempt counter the caller persists/tracks. */
+export interface PlannerRecoveryAttemptState {
+  attemptCount: number;
+  attemptLimit?: number;
+}
+
+/** Result of `decidePlannerRecovery` — pure, deterministic, never throws. */
+export interface PlannerRecoveryDecision {
+  action: PlannerRecoveryActionKind;
+  reason: string;
+  attemptCount: number;
+  attemptLimit: number;
+  exhausted: boolean;
+  watchedStage: PlannerRecoveryWatchedStage | null;
+  sourceLinks: PlannerRecoverySourceLink[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maximum bounded recovery attempts per `(taskId, watchedStage)` before
+ * autonomous action stops and the task is left for escalation. Mirrors the
+ * bound style of `MAX_RECOVERY_RETRIES` in `recovery-policy.ts`.
+ */
+export const PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
+
+/** Source-link kinds treated as carrying a specific, fixable error (vs. a bare stuck/blocked signal). */
+const ERROR_SOURCE_KINDS = new Set(["failed-check", "merge-error"]);
+
+export interface DecidePlannerRecoveryInput {
+  /** The current observation for the task's watched stage, or `null` when nothing is currently watched. */
+  snapshot: PlannerRecoveryObservation | null | undefined;
+  /** Current attempt state for this `(taskId, watchedStage)`; omit for a fresh stage. */
+  attemptState?: PlannerRecoveryAttemptState;
+}
+
+/**
+ * FNXC:PlannerOversight 2026-07-04-12:00:
+ * Pure, never-throw decision function for bounded autonomous planner
+ * recovery. Rules:
+ *  1. No observation, or `oversightLevel !== "autonomous"` → `"none"`
+ *     (nothing to do / oversight level does not permit autonomous action).
+ *  2. Attempt budget for the `(taskId, watchedStage)` already spent
+ *     (`attemptCount >= attemptLimit`) → `"none"`, `exhausted: true` (stop
+ *     autonomously; leave the task for escalation).
+ *  3. `merger` / `pull-request` stages → `"none"` with a deferral reason —
+ *     these require confirmation and are owned by FN-7513, never dispatched
+ *     from this bounded layer.
+ *  4. `reviewer` stage → `"inject_guidance"`.
+ *  5. `executor` / `workflow-gate` stage with `signal === "failed"` →
+ *     `"request_targeted_fix"` when a source link carries a specific
+ *     fixable error (`failed-check` / `merge-error`), else `"retry_step"`.
+ *  6. Any other `executor` / `workflow-gate` signal (stuck/blocked/
+ *     progressing/awaiting-human) → `"inject_guidance"`.
+ */
+export function decidePlannerRecovery(input: DecidePlannerRecoveryInput): PlannerRecoveryDecision {
+  const attemptCount = input?.attemptState?.attemptCount ?? 0;
+  const attemptLimit = input?.attemptState?.attemptLimit ?? PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS;
+
+  try {
+    const snapshot = input?.snapshot ?? null;
+    const watchedStage = snapshot?.stage ?? null;
+    const sourceLinks = snapshot?.sources ?? [];
+
+    if (!snapshot) {
+      return {
+        action: "none",
+        reason: "No watched stage is currently active for this task",
+        attemptCount,
+        attemptLimit,
+        exhausted: false,
+        watchedStage,
+        sourceLinks,
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (snapshot.oversightLevel !== "autonomous") {
+      return {
+        action: "none",
+        reason: `Effective planner oversight level "${String(snapshot.oversightLevel)}" does not permit autonomous recovery`,
+        attemptCount,
+        attemptLimit,
+        exhausted: false,
+        watchedStage,
+        sourceLinks,
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (attemptCount >= attemptLimit) {
+      return {
+        action: "none",
+        reason: `Bounded recovery attempt budget (${attemptLimit}) exhausted for stage "${watchedStage}"`,
+        attemptCount,
+        attemptLimit,
+        exhausted: true,
+        watchedStage,
+        sourceLinks,
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (snapshot.stage === "merger" || snapshot.stage === "pull-request") {
+      return {
+        action: "none",
+        reason: `Stage "${snapshot.stage}" requires confirmation-gated recovery (deferred to FN-7513)`,
+        attemptCount,
+        attemptLimit,
+        exhausted: false,
+        watchedStage,
+        sourceLinks,
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (snapshot.stage === "reviewer") {
+      return {
+        action: "inject_guidance",
+        reason: "Reviewer stage — injecting steering guidance",
+        attemptCount,
+        attemptLimit,
+        exhausted: false,
+        watchedStage,
+        sourceLinks,
+      };
+    }
+
+    // executor / workflow-gate beyond this point.
+    if (snapshot.signal === "failed") {
+      const hasErrorSource = sourceLinks.some((link) => ERROR_SOURCE_KINDS.has(link.kind));
+      return {
+        action: hasErrorSource ? "request_targeted_fix" : "retry_step",
+        reason: hasErrorSource
+          ? "Failed stage with a specific error source — requesting a targeted fix"
+          : "Failed stage with no specific error source — retrying the step",
+        attemptCount,
+        attemptLimit,
+        exhausted: false,
+        watchedStage,
+        sourceLinks,
+      };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      action: "inject_guidance",
+      reason: `Stage "${snapshot.stage}" signal "${snapshot.signal}" — injecting steering guidance`,
+      attemptCount,
+      attemptLimit,
+      exhausted: false,
+      watchedStage,
+      sourceLinks,
+    };
+  } catch {
+    return {
+      action: "none",
+      reason: "decidePlannerRecovery: malformed input — degraded to no-op",
+      attemptCount,
+      attemptLimit,
+      exhausted: false,
+      watchedStage: null,
+      sourceLinks: [],
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/planner-recovery-controller.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/planner-recovery-controller.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1ce0ea415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/planner-recovery-controller.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS } from "@fusion/core";
+import type { Task } from "@fusion/core";
+import { PlannerRecoveryController, type PlannerRecoveryHandlers } from "../planner-recovery-controller.js";
+import type { OverseerStageObservation, OverseerWatchedStage } from "../planner-overseer.js";
+
+function task(overrides: Partial<Task> = {}): Task {
+  return {
+    id: "FN-1",
+    title: "t",
+    description: "",
+    column: "in-progress",
+    ...overrides,
+  } as Task;
+}
+
+function observation(overrides: Partial<OverseerStageObservation> = {}): OverseerStageObservation {
+  return {
+    taskId: "FN-1",
+    stage: "executor" as OverseerWatchedStage,
+    signal: "failed",
+    oversightLevel: "autonomous",
+    observedAt: Date.now(),
+    reason: "test",
+    sources: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function makeController(
+  obs: OverseerStageObservation | null,
+  handlers: PlannerRecoveryHandlers = {},
+): PlannerRecoveryController {
+  return new PlannerRecoveryController({
+    snapshotProvider: { getSnapshot: () => obs },
+    handlers,
+  });
+}
+
+describe("PlannerRecoveryController.tick", () => {
+  it("dispatches retryStep for a failed executor stage with no error source and increments the attempt count", async () => {
+    const retryStep = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const controller = makeController(observation(), { retryStep });
+
+    const decision = await controller.tick(task());
+    expect(decision?.action).toBe("retry_step");
+    expect(retryStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(controller.getAttemptCount("FN-1", "executor")).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("dispatches injectGuidance for a reviewer-stage decision", async () => {
+    const injectGuidance = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const controller = makeController(observation({ stage: "reviewer", signal: "progressing" }), { injectGuidance });
+
+    const decision = await controller.tick(task());
+    expect(decision?.action).toBe("inject_guidance");
+    expect(injectGuidance).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("dispatches requestTargetedFix when the failed observation carries an error source link", async () => {
+    const requestTargetedFix = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const controller = makeController(
+      observation({ sources: [{ kind: "failed-check", ref: "chk-1" }] }),
+      { requestTargetedFix },
+    );
+
+    const decision = await controller.tick(task());
+    expect(decision?.action).toBe("request_targeted_fix");
+    expect(requestTargetedFix).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("stops dispatching once the per-stage attempt budget is exhausted", async () => {
+    const retryStep = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const controller = makeController(observation(), { retryStep });
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS; i++) {
+      await controller.tick(task());
+    }
+    expect(retryStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+
+    const exhaustedDecision = await controller.tick(task());
+    expect(exhaustedDecision?.action).toBe("none");
+    expect(exhaustedDecision?.exhausted).toBe(true);
+    expect(retryStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+  });
+
+  it("is inert when effectiveLevel/oversightLevel is off/observe/steer", async () => {
+    for (const level of ["off", "observe", "steer"] as const) {
+      const retryStep = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      const injectGuidance = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+      const controller = makeController(observation({ oversightLevel: level }), { retryStep, injectGuidance });
+      const decision = await controller.tick(task());
+      expect(decision?.action, `level=${level}`).toBe("none");
+      expect(retryStep).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(injectGuidance).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("is skipped entirely when task.userPaused is true", async () => {
+    const retryStep = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const controller = makeController(observation(), { retryStep });
+    const decision = await controller.tick(task({ userPaused: true }));
+    expect(decision).toBeNull();
+    expect(retryStep).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("exposes only the three bounded handlers — no merge/PR/destructive action is invocable", () => {
+    const handlers: PlannerRecoveryHandlers = {};
+    const allowed = new Set(["injectGuidance", "retryStep", "requestTargetedFix"]);
+    // Structural assertion: the handlers interface accepts exactly these three optional members.
+    const keys = Object.keys({ injectGuidance: undefined, retryStep: undefined, requestTargetedFix: undefined } satisfies Required<PlannerRecoveryHandlers>);
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      expect(allowed.has(key)).toBe(true);
+    }
+    void handlers;
+  });
+
+  it("clear(taskId) resets attempt state for that task", async () => {
+    const retryStep = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const controller = makeController(observation(), { retryStep });
+    await controller.tick(task());
+    expect(controller.getAttemptCount("FN-1", "executor")).toBe(1);
+    controller.clear("FN-1");
+    expect(controller.getAttemptCount("FN-1", "executor")).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("never throws when a handler rejects", async () => {
+    const retryStep = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("boom"));
+    const controller = makeController(observation(), { retryStep });
+    await expect(controller.tick(task())).resolves.not.toThrow();
+    // Attempt count should not increment on a failed dispatch.
+    expect(controller.getAttemptCount("FN-1", "executor")).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("never throws when the snapshot is absent, and returns null", async () => {
+    const controller = makeController(null, {});
+    await expect(controller.tick(task())).resolves.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("never throws when the snapshot provider itself throws", async () => {
+    const controller = new PlannerRecoveryController({
+      snapshotProvider: {
+        getSnapshot: () => {
+          throw new Error("provider exploded");
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    await expect(controller.tick(task())).resolves.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("adapts a getObservations()-style source (PlannerOverseerMonitor shape) via its latest observation", async () => {
+    const retryStep = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const controller = new PlannerRecoveryController({
+      snapshotProvider: {
+        getObservations: () => [observation({ signal: "progressing" }), observation({ signal: "failed" })],
+      },
+      handlers: { retryStep },
+    });
+    const decision = await controller.tick(task());
+    expect(decision?.action).toBe("retry_step");
+    expect(retryStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/index.ts b/packages/engine/src/index.ts
index 2ed20e1c55..03f60a9e31 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/index.ts
@@ -647,6 +647,26 @@ export {
   type OverseerLogStore,
   type PlannerOverseerMonitorOptions,
 } from "./planner-overseer.js";
+export {
+  PlannerRecoveryController,
+  type PlannerRecoveryContext,
+  type PlannerRecoveryHandlers,
+  type PlannerRecoverySnapshotProvider,
+  type PlannerRecoveryObservationSource,
+  type PlannerRecoveryControllerOptions,
+} from "./planner-recovery-controller.js";
+export {
+  decidePlannerRecovery,
+  PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+  type PlannerRecoveryActionKind,
+  type PlannerRecoveryWatchedStage,
+  type PlannerRecoveryObservationSignal,
+  type PlannerRecoverySourceLink,
+  type PlannerRecoveryObservation,
+  type PlannerRecoveryAttemptState,
+  type PlannerRecoveryDecision,
+  type DecidePlannerRecoveryInput,
+} from "@fusion/core";
 export {
   SECRET_MUTATION_TYPES,
   SECRET_AUDIT_PLAINTEXT_FORBIDDEN_KEYS,
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/planner-recovery-controller.ts b/packages/engine/src/planner-recovery-controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d491d3b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/engine/src/planner-recovery-controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+/**
+ * FNXC:PlannerOversight 2026-07-04-12:00:
+ * FN-7512 engine-side dispatcher for bounded autonomous planner recovery.
+ * Consumes the FN-7511 `PlannerOverseerMonitor` observation (or an injected
+ * snapshot provider), calls the pure `decidePlannerRecovery` from
+ * `@fusion/core`, and — ONLY when the observation's effective oversight
+ * level is `"autonomous"` — dispatches the chosen bounded action (inject
+ * guidance / retry the step / request a targeted fix) through injected
+ * `PlannerRecoveryHandlers`. Mirrors the `AutoRecoveryDispatcher` +
+ * `StuckTaskDetector` conventions: a per-`(taskId, watchedStage)` in-memory
+ * attempt registry, degrade-to-no-op on any error, never throw.
+ *
+ * Minimum guards owned by this task (FN-7514 owns the comprehensive
+ * human-control safeguards): `tick()` is a no-op when `task.userPaused` is
+ * true, and no handler here ever performs a merge/PR or destructive/
+ * external-service action — those are excluded by construction (only
+ * `injectGuidance` / `retryStep` / `requestTargetedFix` exist) and are owned
+ * by FN-7513's confirmation-gated layer.
+ */
+
+import type { PlannerRecoveryDecision, PlannerRecoveryObservation, Task } from "@fusion/core";
+import { decidePlannerRecovery, PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS } from "@fusion/core";
+import { createLogger, type Logger } from "./logger.js";
+import type { OverseerStageObservation } from "./planner-overseer.js";
+
+/** Minimal shared context threaded through to handlers (e.g. a run-id or clock). */
+export interface PlannerRecoveryContext {
+  now?: () => number;
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Side-effecting handlers a caller wires up using ONLY existing mechanisms
+ * (steering-comment API for guidance/targeted-fix, store retry/re-enqueue
+ * for step retry). All optional and all async; a missing handler simply
+ * means that action is not dispatched (degrades to no-op, never throws).
+ */
+export interface PlannerRecoveryHandlers {
+  injectGuidance?: (task: Task, decision: PlannerRecoveryDecision, ctx: PlannerRecoveryContext) => Promise<void>;
+  retryStep?: (task: Task, decision: PlannerRecoveryDecision, ctx: PlannerRecoveryContext) => Promise<void>;
+  requestTargetedFix?: (task: Task, decision: PlannerRecoveryDecision, ctx: PlannerRecoveryContext) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+/** Minimal seam for fetching the current watched-stage observation for a task. */
+export interface PlannerRecoverySnapshotProvider {
+  getSnapshot(taskId: string): OverseerStageObservation | null | undefined | Promise<OverseerStageObservation | null | undefined>;
+}
+
+/** The delivered `PlannerOverseerMonitor` shape this controller can also accept directly (FN-7511). */
+export interface PlannerRecoveryObservationSource {
+  getObservations(taskId: string): OverseerStageObservation[];
+}
+
+export interface PlannerRecoveryControllerOptions {
+  /** Either a `{ getSnapshot(taskId) }` provider, or a `PlannerOverseerMonitor`-shaped source (adapted via its latest recorded observation). */
+  snapshotProvider: PlannerRecoverySnapshotProvider | PlannerRecoveryObservationSource;
+  handlers?: PlannerRecoveryHandlers;
+  logger?: Logger;
+}
+
+const controllerLog = createLogger("planner-recovery-controller");
+
+function isSnapshotProvider(value: unknown): value is PlannerRecoverySnapshotProvider {
+  return typeof (value as PlannerRecoverySnapshotProvider)?.getSnapshot === "function";
+}
+
+function normalizeProvider(
+  provider: PlannerRecoverySnapshotProvider | PlannerRecoveryObservationSource,
+): PlannerRecoverySnapshotProvider {
+  if (isSnapshotProvider(provider)) {
+    return provider;
+  }
+  const source = provider as PlannerRecoveryObservationSource;
+  return {
+    getSnapshot: (taskId: string) => {
+      const observations = source.getObservations(taskId);
+      return observations.length > 0 ? observations[observations.length - 1] : null;
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * FNXC:PlannerOversight 2026-07-04-12:00:
+ * Bounded autonomous-recovery dispatcher. Holds a per-`(taskId,
+ * watchedStage)` attempt registry (in-memory; not persisted — the wider
+ * intervention timeline is FN-7519's responsibility) and increments it only
+ * when an action is actually dispatched. Once a stage's attempt count
+ * reaches `PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS`, `decidePlannerRecovery` returns
+ * `exhausted: true` and `tick()` takes no further action for that stage.
+ */
+export class PlannerRecoveryController {
+  private readonly snapshotProvider: PlannerRecoverySnapshotProvider;
+  private readonly handlers: PlannerRecoveryHandlers;
+  private readonly logger: Logger;
+  private readonly attempts = new Map<string, number>();
+
+  constructor(options: PlannerRecoveryControllerOptions) {
+    this.snapshotProvider = normalizeProvider(options.snapshotProvider);
+    this.handlers = options.handlers ?? {};
+    this.logger = options.logger ?? controllerLog;
+  }
+
+  private attemptKey(taskId: string, stage: string): string {
+    return `${taskId}::${stage}`;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Evaluate and, when warranted, dispatch one bounded recovery action for
+   * `task`'s currently watched stage. Never throws — any handler/registry
+   * error degrades to a no-op. Returns the computed decision (even when no
+   * action was dispatched) for logging/testing, or `null` when the task is
+   * user-paused, has no active observation, or the snapshot lookup failed.
+   */
+  async tick(task: Task, ctx: PlannerRecoveryContext = {}): Promise<PlannerRecoveryDecision | null> {
+    try {
+      if (!task || task.userPaused === true) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      const snapshot = await this.getSnapshotSafe(task.id);
+      if (!snapshot) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      const key = this.attemptKey(task.id, snapshot.stage);
+      const attemptCount = this.attempts.get(key) ?? 0;
+
+      const decision = decidePlannerRecovery({
+        snapshot: snapshot as unknown as PlannerRecoveryObservation,
+        attemptState: { attemptCount, attemptLimit: PLANNER_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS },
+      });
+
+      if (decision.action === "none") {
+        return decision;
+      }
+
+      const dispatched = await this.dispatch(decision, task, ctx);
+      if (dispatched) {
+        this.attempts.set(key, attemptCount + 1);
+      }
+      return decision;
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.warn(`tick failed for ${task?.id ?? "?"}: ${(err as Error)?.message ?? String(err)}`);
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async dispatch(decision: PlannerRecoveryDecision, task: Task, ctx: PlannerRecoveryContext): Promise<boolean> {
+    try {
+      if (decision.action === "inject_guidance") {
+        if (!this.handlers.injectGuidance) return false;
+        await this.handlers.injectGuidance(task, decision, ctx);
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (decision.action === "retry_step") {
+        if (!this.handlers.retryStep) return false;
+        await this.handlers.retryStep(task, decision, ctx);
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (decision.action === "request_targeted_fix") {
+        if (!this.handlers.requestTargetedFix) return false;
+        await this.handlers.requestTargetedFix(task, decision, ctx);
+        return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.warn(`handler for action="${decision.action}" failed on ${task.id}: ${(err as Error)?.message ?? String(err)}`);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async getSnapshotSafe(taskId: string): Promise<OverseerStageObservation | null> {
+    try {
+      const result = await this.snapshotProvider.getSnapshot(taskId);
+      return result ?? null;
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Reset all attempt state for `taskId` (every watched stage) — call on terminal task transitions. */
+  clear(taskId: string): void {
+    const prefix = `${taskId}::`;
+    for (const key of [...this.attempts.keys()]) {
+      if (key.startsWith(prefix)) {
+        this.attempts.delete(key);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Test/inspection seam: current attempt count for a `(taskId, watchedStage)` pair. */
+  getAttemptCount(taskId: string, stage: string): number {
+    return this.attempts.get(this.attemptKey(taskId, stage)) ?? 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/project-engine.ts b/packages/engine/src/project-engine.ts
index 6967c4ae87..8b54bae7e7 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/project-engine.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/project-engine.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type { WorktreePool } from "./worktree-pool.js";
 import type { ProjectRuntimeConfig } from "./project-runtime.js";
 import { PrMonitor } from "./pr-monitor.js";
 import { PlannerOverseerMonitor } from "./planner-overseer.js";
+import { PlannerRecoveryController, type PlannerRecoveryHandlers } from "./planner-recovery-controller.js";
 import type { PrNodeGithubOps } from "./pr-nodes.js";
 import { PrReconciler, type PrReconcileGithubOps } from "./pr-reconcile.js";
 import { PrCommentHandler } from "./pr-comment-handler.js";
@@ -335,6 +336,18 @@ export class ProjectEngine {
   private plannerOverseerPollTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
   /** Conservative poll cadence for the records-only planner-overseer monitor (45s). */
   private static readonly PLANNER_OVERSEER_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 45 * 1000;
+  /**
+   * FNXC:PlannerOversight 2026-07-04-12:00:
+   * FN-7512 bounded autonomous-recovery dispatcher. Consumes the FN-7511
+   * `plannerOverseer`'s recorded observations and, ONLY when the task's
+   * effective planner oversight level resolves to `"autonomous"`, dispatches
+   * one bounded action per poll tick (inject guidance / retry the step /
+   * request a targeted fix) through handlers wired to the existing
+   * steering-comment API and store retry/re-enqueue path. Never merge/PR or
+   * destructive actions (FN-7513 owns those); comprehensive human-control
+   * safeguards beyond the userPaused skip are FN-7514's responsibility.
+   */
+  private plannerRecoveryController?: PlannerRecoveryController;
   private prReconciler?: PrReconciler;
   private prCommentHandler?: PrCommentHandler;
   private notifier?: NtfyNotifier;
@@ -593,6 +606,14 @@ export class ProjectEngine {
     // FN-7511: Initialize the records-only planner-overseer monitor and start
     // its bounded, gated poll over in-flight tasks.
     this.plannerOverseer = new PlannerOverseerMonitor({ store });
+    // FN-7512: bounded autonomous-recovery dispatcher, wired to the existing
+    // steering-comment API + store retry/re-enqueue path only — no new
+    // session/tool/merge channel. Ticked from the same poll as the FN-7511
+    // observer, guarded to the "autonomous" effective level there.
+    this.plannerRecoveryController = new PlannerRecoveryController({
+      snapshotProvider: this.plannerOverseer,
+      handlers: this.buildPlannerRecoveryHandlers(store),
+    });
     this.startPlannerOverseerPoll(store);
 
     // 2. Initialize PrMonitor + PrCommentHandler
@@ -1000,6 +1021,41 @@ export class ProjectEngine {
     return this.plannerOverseer;
   }
 
+  /** Get the bounded PlannerRecoveryController (if initialized). See FN-7512. */
+  getPlannerRecoveryController(): PlannerRecoveryController | undefined {
+    return this.plannerRecoveryController;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * FNXC:PlannerOversight 2026-07-04-12:00:
+   * Concrete FN-7512 handler wiring — ONLY reuses existing mechanisms:
+   * `injectGuidance`/`requestTargetedFix` post a planner-authored steering
+   * comment via `store.addSteeringComment` (the same channel the executor's
+   * real-time injection listener already watches); `retryStep` calls the
+   * store's existing in-progress→todo retry/re-enqueue path
+   * (`moveTask(id, "todo", { preserveProgress: true })`), preserving
+   * progress exactly like the auto-recovery/self-healing retry handlers do.
+   * No new session/tool/merge channel is introduced.
+   */
+  private buildPlannerRecoveryHandlers(store: TaskStore): PlannerRecoveryHandlers {
+    return {
+      injectGuidance: async (task, decision) => {
+        const text = `[planner-oversight] ${decision.reason}`;
+        await store.addSteeringComment(task.id, text, "agent");
+      },
+      retryStep: async (task) => {
+        await store.moveTask(task.id, "todo", { preserveProgress: true, moveSource: "engine" } as Parameters<TaskStore["moveTask"]>[2]);
+      },
+      requestTargetedFix: async (task, decision) => {
+        const sourceRef = decision.sourceLinks[0]?.ref;
+        const text = sourceRef
+          ? `[planner-oversight] targeted-fix requested: ${decision.reason} (source: ${sourceRef})`
+          : `[planner-oversight] targeted-fix requested: ${decision.reason}`;
+        await store.addSteeringComment(task.id, text, "agent");
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
   /** Get the CronRunner (if initialized). */
   getCronRunner(): CronRunner | undefined {
     return this.cronRunner;
@@ -1847,6 +1903,15 @@ export class ProjectEngine {
             continue;
           }
           await overseer.observeTask(task, level);
+
+          // FN-7512: one guarded, autonomous-only bounded recovery tick at the
+          // same passive seam FN-7511 uses for observation. Inert for every
+          // other effective level ("off"/"observe"/"steer" already `continue`d
+          // above); `PlannerRecoveryController.tick` itself skips userPaused
+          // tasks and never throws.
+          if (level === "autonomous" && this.plannerRecoveryController) {
+            await this.plannerRecoveryController.tick(task);
+          }
         } catch {
           // Best-effort per-task — never let one task's failure block the poll.
         }
@@ -1857,6 +1922,7 @@ export class ProjectEngine {
       for (const taskId of overseer.getObservedTaskIds()) {
         if (!inFlightIds.has(taskId)) {
           overseer.clear(taskId);
+          this.plannerRecoveryController?.clear(taskId);
         }
       }
     } catch {