diff --git a/scripts/serve-voidbot-swarm-cultmesh.cjs b/scripts/serve-voidbot-swarm-cultmesh.cjs
index 729c7d4..e4f55fa 100644
--- a/scripts/serve-voidbot-swarm-cultmesh.cjs
+++ b/scripts/serve-voidbot-swarm-cultmesh.cjs
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const { createRequire } = require("module");
+const {
+  operatorViewPublication,
+  projectSwarmOperatorView,
+  readSwarmOperatorInputs,
+  watchSwarmOperatorInputs,
+} = require("./voidbot-swarm-operator-view.cjs");
 
 const repoRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
 const defaultStorePath = path.join(repoRoot, ".voidbot", "status", "cultmesh", "voidbot-swarm-state.cc");
@@ -17,6 +23,12 @@ const odinConnectionId = 0x0d1d0002;
 const args = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
 const storePath = path.resolve(args.store || process.env.VOIDBOT_SWARM_CULTMESH_STORE || defaultStorePath);
 const controlStorePath = path.resolve(args.controlStore || process.env.VOIDBOT_SWARM_CONTROL_STORE || defaultControlStorePath);
+const operatorInputPaths = {
+  heartbeat: path.resolve(process.env.REPO_FACE_HEARTBEAT_STATE_PATH || path.join(repoRoot, ".voidbot", "status", "repo-face-heartbeats.json")),
+  orchestrator: path.resolve(process.env.VOIDBOT_ORCHESTRATOR_STATE_PATH || path.join(repoRoot, ".voidbot", "status", "gamecult-orchestrator.json")),
+  pause: path.resolve(process.env.VOIDBOT_SWARM_PAUSE_STATE_PATH || path.join(repoRoot, "state", "agent-swarm-paused.json")),
+  control: controlStorePath,
+};
 const bind = parseBind(args.bind || process.env.VOIDBOT_SWARM_CULTMESH_BIND || defaultBind);
 const odinCultMeshUri = args.odinCultMeshUri || args["odin-cultmesh-uri"] || process.env.VOIDBOT_ODIN_CULTMESH_URI || process.env.ODIN_CULTMESH_URI || defaultOdinCultMeshUri;
 const odinRudpEndpoint = args.odinRudpEndpoint || args["odin-rudp-endpoint"] || process.env.VOIDBOT_ODIN_RUDP || process.env.CULTMESH_URI_ODIN_RUDP || defaultOdinRudpEndpoint;
@@ -42,6 +54,8 @@ const documentRegistry = new CultNetDocumentRegistry(
 let server = null;
 let announceTimer = null;
 let liveProviderSession = null;
+let stopOperatorWatch = null;
+let operatorPublishChain = Promise.resolve();
 
 main().catch((error) => {
   console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.stack || error.message : String(error));
@@ -71,6 +85,8 @@ async function main() {
 
   await server.start();
   liveProviderSession = await startLiveProviderSession();
+  await publishCurrentOperatorView();
+  stopOperatorWatch = watchSwarmOperatorInputs(operatorInputPaths, queueOperatorViewPublication);
   console.log(`VoidBot swarm CultMesh/RUDP serving ${storePath} at rudp://${bind.host}:${bind.port}`);
   announceToOdin().catch((error) => {
     console.error(`VoidBot swarm Odin announcement failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
@@ -86,6 +102,7 @@ async function main() {
     try {
       if (announceTimer) clearInterval(announceTimer);
       server?.close?.();
+      stopOperatorWatch?.();
       void liveProviderSession?.stop?.();
     } finally {
       process.exit(0);
@@ -151,6 +168,33 @@ async function projectAcceptedHeat(control) {
   await node.put(documents.swarmControl, "voidbot-swarm", control);
   await node.flush?.(true);
   await liveProviderSession?.upsertPublication?.(controlPublication(control));
+  await queueOperatorViewPublication();
+}
+
+function queueOperatorViewPublication() {
+  operatorPublishChain = operatorPublishChain
+    .then(publishCurrentOperatorView)
+    .catch((error) => console.error(`VoidBot swarm operator view publication failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`));
+  return operatorPublishChain;
+}
+
+async function publishCurrentOperatorView() {
+  const { control: _controlPath, ...jsonInputPaths } = operatorInputPaths;
+  const inputs = await readSwarmOperatorInputs(jsonInputPaths);
+  const controlNode = await CultMesh.createNode(controlStorePath, { documents: [documents.swarmControl] });
+  const control = controlNode.get(documents.swarmControl, "voidbot-swarm");
+  const view = projectSwarmOperatorView({
+    ...inputs,
+    control,
+    route: {
+      providerStatus: liveProviderSession ? "connected" : "local-only",
+      endpoint: `rudp://${bind.host}:${bind.port}`,
+    },
+  });
+  const node = await CultMesh.createNode(storePath, { documents: documentDefinitions });
+  await node.put(documents.swarmOperatorView, "voidbot-swarm", view);
+  await node.flush?.(true);
+  await liveProviderSession?.upsertPublication?.(operatorViewPublication(view));
 }
 
 async function startLiveProviderSession() {
@@ -332,6 +376,15 @@ function defineDocuments(defineDocumentType) {
       name: () => "voidbot-swarm",
       schema: objectSchema("VoidBot swarm control state"),
     }),
+    swarmOperatorView: defineDocumentType({
+      type: "voidbot.swarm_operator_view",
+      schemaName: "voidbot.swarm_operator_view",
+      schemaId: "voidbot.swarm_operator_view.v1",
+      schemaVersion: "voidbot.swarm_operator_view.v1",
+      global: false,
+      name: () => "voidbot-swarm",
+      schema: objectSchema("VoidBot swarm operator view"),
+    }),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/voidbot-swarm-operator-view.cjs b/scripts/voidbot-swarm-operator-view.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..218a2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/voidbot-swarm-operator-view.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const fs = require("fs");
+const pathModule = require("path");
+
+const SCHEMA_ID = "voidbot.swarm_operator_view.v1";
+const RECORD_KEY = "voidbot-swarm";
+
+function projectSwarmOperatorView({ heartbeat, orchestrator, pause, control, observedAt = new Date().toISOString(), sources = {}, route = {} }) {
+  const initiativeClock = number(heartbeat?.initiativeClock);
+  const participants = array(heartbeat?.participants).map((participant) => {
+    const identityId = text(participant?.identityId) || "unknown";
+    const pendingMentionCount = array(heartbeat?.pendingMentions)
+      .filter((mention) => text(mention?.identityId) === identityId).length;
+    return {
+      identityId,
+      displayName: text(participant?.displayName) || identityId,
+      repoName: text(participant?.repoName) || "unknown",
+      status: text(participant?.status) || "unknown",
+      activeJobId: text(participant?.activeJobId),
+      nextTurnInMinutes: number(participant?.nextTurnInMinutes) ?? subtract(number(participant?.nextTurnAt), initiativeClock),
+      heat: number(participant?.heat),
+      avatarUri: text(participant?.avatarUri) || text(participant?.avatarUrl),
+      memoryCount: number(participant?.memoryCount) ?? array(participant?.memories).length,
+      pressureCount: array(participant?.responsePressureEvidence).length,
+      description: text(participant?.description),
+      statePath: text(participant?.statePath) || text(participant?.faceStatePath),
+      statePreview: participant?.statePreview ?? null,
+      pendingMentionCount,
+    };
+  });
+  const organs = Object.entries(object(orchestrator?.organs)).map(([id, organ]) => ({
+    id,
+    label: text(organ?.label) || id,
+    status: text(organ?.lastStatus) || "unknown",
+    lastFinishedAt: text(organ?.lastFinishedAt),
+    durationSeconds: number(organ?.lastDurationSeconds),
+  }));
+  const activeTurnCount = participants.filter((participant) => participant.activeJobId).length;
+  const readyNowCount = participants.filter((participant) =>
+    participant.status === "active" && !participant.activeJobId && participant.nextTurnInMinutes !== null && participant.nextTurnInMinutes <= 0,
+  ).length;
+  const paused = pause?.paused === true;
+  const heartbeatReadable = sources.heartbeat?.readable !== false;
+  const orchestratorReadable = sources.orchestrator?.readable !== false;
+
+  const nextTurn = selectNextTurn(participants);
+  const selected = participants.find((participant) => participant.identityId === nextTurn?.identityId) ?? participants[0] ?? null;
+  const surfaceOrgan = object(orchestrator?.organs)["voidbot-swarm-surface"];
+  const cultMeshServer = object(surfaceOrgan?.cultMeshServer);
+  const alerts = buildAlerts({ sources, organs });
+  return {
+    version: SCHEMA_ID,
+    observedAt,
+    summary: {
+      state: deriveSwarmState({ heartbeatReadable, paused, activeTurnCount, organs }),
+      paused,
+      participantCount: participants.length,
+      activeTurnCount,
+      readyNowCount,
+      pendingMentionCount: array(heartbeat?.pendingMentions).length,
+      nextIdentityId: nextTurn?.identityId ?? null,
+      nextDisplayName: nextTurn?.displayName ?? null,
+      lastTickAt: text(heartbeat?.lastTickAt),
+    },
+    route: {
+      storeWriteStatus: text(route.storeWriteStatus) || "ok",
+      providerStatus: text(route.providerStatus) || "unknown",
+      odinStatus: text(route.odinStatus) || text(cultMeshServer.status) || deriveOrchestratorState(organs, orchestratorReadable),
+      endpoint: text(route.endpoint) || text(cultMeshServer.bind),
+      lastAnnouncementAt: text(route.lastAnnouncementAt) || text(surfaceOrgan?.lastFinishedAt),
+      alerts,
+    },
+    queue: [...participants]
+      .sort((left, right) => nullableOrder(left.nextTurnInMinutes, right.nextTurnInMinutes))
+      .map((participant, slot) => ({
+        slot: slot + 1,
+        identityId: participant.identityId,
+        displayName: participant.displayName,
+        repoName: participant.repoName,
+        state: participant.activeJobId ? "active" : participant.status,
+        nextTurnInMinutes: participant.nextTurnInMinutes,
+        heat: participant.heat ?? number(control?.globalHeat) ?? number(heartbeat?.globalHeat),
+        label: participant.displayName,
+        status: participant.activeJobId ? "active" : participant.status,
+        detail: `${participant.repoName} · ${formatTurnDistance(participant.nextTurnInMinutes)}`,
+        badges: compact([
+          participant.heat === null ? null : `heat ${participant.heat}`,
+          participant.pendingMentionCount > 0 ? `${participant.pendingMentionCount} mention${participant.pendingMentionCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}` : null,
+        ]),
+      })),
+    selectedFace: selected ? {
+      identityId: selected.identityId,
+      displayName: selected.displayName,
+      repoName: selected.repoName,
+      avatarUri: selected.avatarUri,
+      status: selected.status,
+      nextTurnInMinutes: selected.nextTurnInMinutes,
+      heat: selected.heat ?? number(control?.globalHeat) ?? number(heartbeat?.globalHeat),
+      memoryCount: selected.memoryCount,
+      pressureCount: selected.pressureCount,
+      description: selected.description,
+      statePath: selected.statePath,
+      statePreview: selected.statePreview,
+    } : null,
+  };
+}
+
+async function readSwarmOperatorInputs(paths) {
+  const entries = await Promise.all(Object.entries(paths).map(async ([key, path]) => {
+    try {
+      const [raw, stats] = await Promise.all([
+        fs.promises.readFile(path, "utf8"),
+        fs.promises.stat(path),
+      ]);
+      return [key, { value: JSON.parse(raw), status: { readable: true, updatedAt: stats.mtime.toISOString() } }];
+    } catch (error) {
+      return [key, { value: null, status: { readable: false, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) } }];
+    }
+  }));
+  const read = Object.fromEntries(entries);
+  return {
+    heartbeat: read.heartbeat.value,
+    orchestrator: read.orchestrator.value,
+    pause: read.pause.value,
+    control: read.control?.value ?? null,
+    sources: Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(read).map(([key, result]) => [key, result.status])),
+  };
+}
+
+function watchSwarmOperatorInputs(paths, onChange, { debounceMs = 75 } = {}) {
+  const watched = [...new Set(Object.values(paths).map(pathModule.resolve))];
+  const byDirectory = new Map();
+  for (const path of watched) {
+    const directory = pathModule.dirname(path);
+    const names = byDirectory.get(directory) ?? new Set();
+    names.add(pathModule.basename(path).toLowerCase());
+    byDirectory.set(directory, names);
+  }
+  let timer = null;
+  const schedule = () => {
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      timer = null;
+      Promise.resolve(onChange()).catch(() => {});
+    }, debounceMs);
+    timer.unref?.();
+  };
+  const watchers = [...byDirectory].map(([directory, names]) => fs.watch(directory, { persistent: false }, (_event, filename) => {
+    if (filename === null || names.has(String(filename).toLowerCase())) schedule();
+  }));
+  return () => {
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    for (const watcher of watchers) watcher.close();
+  };
+}
+
+function operatorViewPublication(value) {
+  return {
+    publicationId: "voidbot.swarm.operator-view",
+    documentType: "voidbot.swarm_operator_view",
+    schemaId: SCHEMA_ID,
+    recordKey: RECORD_KEY,
+    value,
+  };
+}
+
+function deriveSwarmState({ heartbeatReadable, paused, activeTurnCount, organs }) {
+  if (!heartbeatReadable) return "missing";
+  if (paused) return "paused";
+  if (organs.some((organ) => ["failed", "error", "stalled"].includes(organ.status))) return "warning";
+  if (activeTurnCount > 0) return "running";
+  return "ready";
+}
+
+function deriveOrchestratorState(organs, readable) {
+  if (!readable || organs.length === 0) return "missing";
+  if (organs.some((organ) => ["failed", "error", "stalled"].includes(organ.status))) return "warning";
+  if (organs.some((organ) => organ.status === "running")) return "running";
+  return "ready";
+}
+
+function selectNextTurn(participants) {
+  const next = [...participants]
+    .filter((participant) => participant.nextTurnInMinutes !== null)
+    .sort((left, right) => left.nextTurnInMinutes - right.nextTurnInMinutes)[0];
+  return next ? {
+    identityId: next.identityId,
+    displayName: next.displayName,
+    inMinutes: next.nextTurnInMinutes,
+  } : null;
+}
+
+function buildAlerts({ sources, organs }) {
+  const alerts = [];
+  for (const [source, status] of Object.entries(sources)) {
+    if (status?.readable === false) alerts.push({ code: `source.${source}.unreadable`, severity: "error", detail: text(status.error) || `${source} is unreadable` });
+  }
+  for (const organ of organs.filter((entry) => ["failed", "error", "stalled"].includes(entry.status))) {
+    alerts.push({ code: `organ.${organ.id}.${organ.status}`, severity: "warning", detail: `${organ.label} is ${organ.status}` });
+  }
+  return alerts;
+}
+
+function array(value) { return Array.isArray(value) ? value : []; }
+function object(value) { return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value) ? value : {}; }
+function text(value) { return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value : null; }
+function number(value) { const parsed = Number(value); return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : null; }
+function subtract(left, right) { return left === null || right === null ? null : Math.round((left - right) * 1000) / 1000; }
+function nullableOrder(left, right) { return left === null ? 1 : right === null ? -1 : left - right; }
+function compact(values) { return values.filter((value) => value !== null); }
+function formatTurnDistance(value) { return value === null ? "unscheduled" : value <= 0 ? "ready now" : `turn in ${value}m`; }
+
+module.exports = {
+  RECORD_KEY,
+  SCHEMA_ID,
+  operatorViewPublication,
+  projectSwarmOperatorView,
+  readSwarmOperatorInputs,
+  watchSwarmOperatorInputs,
+};
diff --git a/scripts/voidbot-swarm-operator-view.test.cjs b/scripts/voidbot-swarm-operator-view.test.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15b7717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/voidbot-swarm-operator-view.test.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const fs = require("node:fs/promises");
+const os = require("node:os");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const test = require("node:test");
+const { operatorViewPublication, projectSwarmOperatorView, readSwarmOperatorInputs } = require("./voidbot-swarm-operator-view.cjs");
+
+test("projects bounded operator state and lets control own heat", () => {
+  const view = projectSwarmOperatorView({
+    heartbeat: {
+      globalHeat: 0.5,
+      initiativeClock: 12,
+      lastTickAt: "2026-07-15T10:00:00.000Z",
+      pendingMentions: [{ identityId: "eve" }],
+      participants: [
+        { identityId: "eve", displayName: "Eve", status: "active", nextTurnInMinutes: 3 },
+        { identityId: "odin", displayName: "Odin", status: "active", activeJobId: "job-1", nextTurnInMinutes: 8 },
+      ],
+    },
+    orchestrator: { organs: { heartbeat: { label: "Heartbeat", lastStatus: "ok", lastDurationSeconds: 2 } } },
+    pause: { paused: false },
+    control: { globalHeat: 0.85 },
+    observedAt: "2026-07-15T10:01:00.000Z",
+    sources: { heartbeat: { readable: true }, orchestrator: { readable: true } },
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(view.version, "voidbot.swarm_operator_view.v1");
+  assert.equal(view.summary.activeTurnCount, 1);
+  assert.equal(view.summary.pendingMentionCount, 1);
+  assert.equal(view.summary.nextIdentityId, "eve");
+  assert.equal(view.queue[0].heat, 0.85);
+  assert.equal(view.selectedFace.identityId, "eve");
+  assert.equal(view.recentEvents, undefined);
+});
+
+test("publication exposes the typed record without dashboard-shaped authority", () => {
+  const value = projectSwarmOperatorView({
+    heartbeat: null,
+    orchestrator: null,
+    pause: { paused: true, reason: "maintenance" },
+    control: null,
+    sources: { heartbeat: { readable: false }, orchestrator: { readable: false } },
+  });
+  const publication = operatorViewPublication(value);
+  assert.equal(publication.publicationId, "voidbot.swarm.operator-view");
+  assert.equal(publication.documentType, "voidbot.swarm_operator_view");
+  assert.equal(publication.schemaId, "voidbot.swarm_operator_view.v1");
+  assert.equal(publication.recordKey, "voidbot-swarm");
+  assert.equal(value.summary.state, "missing");
+  assert.equal(value.selectedFace, null);
+});
+
+test("reads source files independently and reports a missing owner", async () => {
+  const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "voidbot-operator-view-"));
+  try {
+    const heartbeat = path.join(root, "heartbeat.json");
+    await fs.writeFile(heartbeat, JSON.stringify({ participants: [] }));
+    const inputs = await readSwarmOperatorInputs({
+      heartbeat,
+      orchestrator: path.join(root, "missing.json"),
+      pause: path.join(root, "pause.json"),
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(inputs.heartbeat, { participants: [] });
+    assert.equal(inputs.sources.heartbeat.readable, true);
+    assert.equal(inputs.sources.orchestrator.readable, false);
+    assert.equal(inputs.control, null);
+  } finally {
+    await fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});