diff --git a/client/project.godot b/client/project.godot
index 90529a0b8..20704144c 100644
--- a/client/project.godot
+++ b/client/project.godot
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ HudGroups="*res://scripts/autoloads/hud_groups.gd"
 MetaStack="*res://ui/meta/meta_stack.gd"
 ImplantRegistry="*res://ui/implant/implant_registry.gd"
 HardwareDetector="*res://ui/hardware_detector.gd"
+AtlasAgentBridge="*res://scripts/autoloads/atlas_agent_bridge.gd"
 
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diff --git a/client/scripts/autoloads/atlas_agent_bridge.gd b/client/scripts/autoloads/atlas_agent_bridge.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a087d9485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/scripts/autoloads/atlas_agent_bridge.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+extends Node
+
+## AtlasAgentBridge (T-971, D-226 item 4) — the ONE stable, always-reachable
+## handle onto the live AtlasApp instance, so an in-process agent driver (a
+## `-s` SceneTree script, a gdUnit suite, the T-1157 capture harness) has a
+## fixed autoload address to start from instead of walking the scene tree
+## itself.
+##
+## Deliberately a DUMB holder, per CLAUDE.md's autoload parse-order rule: an
+## autoload script compiles before global `class_name` scripts are
+## registered, so referencing a `class_name` type (AtlasApp, AtlasAgent
+## Interface) at this file's top level or in _ready() would fail to
+## resolve. This file therefore declares its field UNTYPED (`var
+## current_app = null`) and does nothing else — every actual observe()/act()
+## call is a STATIC method on AtlasAgentInterface
+## (res://ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_agent_interface.gd), loaded via
+## `load()` inline at call time by whatever script needs it (the same
+## deferred-load pattern game_state.gd/sim_bridge.gd already use for their
+## own class_name-typed fields). This autoload carries no logic of its own
+## to keep that boundary clean — "dumb holder delegating to a static class",
+## per the ruling.
+##
+## `current_app` is set by AtlasApp.on_install() (the same lifecycle point
+## ImplantApp guarantees runs once, before any HudGroups open event) and
+## cleared by nothing — an installed app instance lives for the process
+## lifetime, matching every other ImplantApp subclass's own singleton-per-
+## process posture (HudGroups.register() itself assumes one instance per
+## app_path).
+var current_app = null  # AtlasApp, set by atlas_app.gd's on_install()
diff --git a/client/tests/atlas_agent_driver.gd b/client/tests/atlas_agent_driver.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..386bbf71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/atlas_agent_driver.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+## Reference in-process Atlas agent driver (T-971, D-226 item 4) — the
+## SANCTIONED way to drive the Atlas headlessly via AtlasAgentInterface,
+## replacing the five hand-rolled scratch eyeball drivers the T-1183/T-1157
+## harness rounds produced ad hoc. Every real navigation call below goes
+## through AtlasAgentInterface.act()/observe() — this file does not touch
+## `_gui_input`, does not synthesize pixel events, and does not reach into
+## any screen's private fields.
+##
+## Folds in two of the T-1157 harness-techniques inventory patterns
+## (pql ticket show T-1157):
+##   1. InputSwallower — a root-level Node, added first, low process_priority,
+##      whose _input()/_unhandled_input() both call
+##      get_viewport().set_input_as_handled() unconditionally. Neutralizes
+##      real desktop input reaching this `-s` SceneTree driver's window
+##      (X11/XWayland can deliver pointer events to an unfocused window under
+##      the cursor on a shared desktop) — this driver runs real production
+##      code via method calls, but the WINDOW still exists and can still
+##      receive stray input, so the guard applies here too.
+##   4. Full-run-restart-on-anomaly (documented, not code-enforced — see
+##      _run() header note below): any assertion failure here should discard
+##      the whole run rather than retrying mid-sequence, matching the
+##      inventory's "partial retries silently corrupt the state the
+##      comparison depends on" finding. This driver's own job list is short
+##      and idempotent per invocation (fresh process each run), so the
+##      discipline is "don't loop-retry a failed step in place" rather than a
+##      literal restart mechanism.
+##
+## Technique 5 (fixed-center revisit) is what `jump_to_center` (this file's
+## own `_run_job("jump_to_center", ...)` dispatch) exists to exercise —
+## AtlasAgentInterface's production seam for it, not reimplemented here.
+##
+## Usage (JSON job list on stdin path, matching visual_capture.gd's own
+## `-- --flag value` CLI convention):
+##   godot --rendering-driver opengl3 --path client \
+##     -s res://tests/atlas_agent_driver.gd -- \
+##     --jobs res://tests/fixtures/atlas_agent_smoke_jobs.json \
+##     --output /abs/path/observe_log.json
+##
+## Each job is {"intent": "...", "params": {...}}; "observe" is a
+## pseudo-intent this driver special-cases to call
+## AtlasAgentInterface.observe() instead of act() (observe takes no params).
+## The full sequence of act()/observe() results is written to --output as a
+## JSON array — the smoke test (test_atlas_agent_driver_smoke.gd) reads this
+## back to assert the reference driver actually completes a real session.
+extends SceneTree
+
+var _jobs_path: String = ""
+var _output_path: String = ""
+var _results: Array = []
+
+
+func _init():
+	_run.call_deferred()
+
+
+func _run() -> void:
+	_parse_args()
+
+	if _jobs_path.is_empty():
+		push_error("atlas_agent_driver: --jobs PATH is required")
+		quit(1)
+		return
+	if _output_path.is_empty():
+		push_error("atlas_agent_driver: --output PATH is required")
+		quit(1)
+		return
+
+	var jobs: Array = _load_jobs(_jobs_path)
+	if jobs.is_empty():
+		push_error("atlas_agent_driver: no jobs loaded from %s" % _jobs_path)
+		quit(1)
+		return
+
+	var main_scene = load("res://scenes/main.tscn")
+	var main_node = main_scene.instantiate()
+
+	# Technique 1 (T-1157 inventory) — InputSwallower, added FIRST so its low
+	# process_priority still runs before anything that might otherwise react
+	# to stray desktop input reaching this unfocused/off-screen window.
+	var swallower := _InputSwallower.new()
+	swallower.process_priority = -1000
+	root.add_child(swallower)
+
+	root.add_child(main_node)
+
+	# Settle frames — camera smoothing, fog uniform init, UI layout (same
+	# rationale as visual_capture.gd's own settle-frame pass).
+	for i in range(10):
+		await process_frame
+
+	var atlas_agent_interface := load("res://ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_agent_interface.gd")
+	var atlas_agent_bridge: Node = root.get_node("/root/AtlasAgentBridge")
+
+	for job: Dictionary in jobs:
+		var intent: String = str(job.get("intent", ""))
+		var params: Dictionary = job.get("params", {})
+		var result: Dictionary
+		if intent == "observe":
+			result = atlas_agent_interface.observe(atlas_agent_bridge.current_app)
+		else:
+			result = atlas_agent_interface.act(atlas_agent_bridge.current_app, intent, params)
+			# Settle-until-ready (T-1157 inventory item 2's underlying discipline,
+			# applied generically here rather than per-navigation-intent): a few
+			# frames after every mutating call so the resulting screen/viewer
+			# state (panel rebuilds, queue_redraw()) has actually applied before
+			# the NEXT job's observe() reads it.
+			for i in range(4):
+				await process_frame
+		_results.append({"intent": intent, "params": params, "result": result})
+
+	_write_output(_output_path, _results)
+	quit()
+
+
+func _parse_args() -> void:
+	var args := OS.get_cmdline_user_args()
+	var i := 0
+	while i < args.size():
+		match args[i]:
+			"--jobs":
+				i += 1
+				if i < args.size():
+					_jobs_path = args[i]
+			"--output":
+				i += 1
+				if i < args.size():
+					_output_path = args[i]
+		i += 1
+
+
+static func _load_jobs(path: String) -> Array:
+	var abs_path: String = path
+	if path.begins_with("res://"):
+		abs_path = ProjectSettings.globalize_path(path)
+	var f := FileAccess.open(abs_path, FileAccess.READ)
+	if f == null:
+		return []
+	var text := f.get_as_text()
+	f.close()
+	var parsed: Variant = JSON.parse_string(text)
+	return parsed if parsed is Array else []
+
+
+static func _write_output(path: String, results: Array) -> void:
+	var f := FileAccess.open(path, FileAccess.WRITE)
+	if f == null:
+		push_error("atlas_agent_driver: cannot open output path %s" % path)
+		return
+	f.store_string(JSON.stringify(results, "  "))
+	f.close()
+
+
+## T-1157 inventory item 1 — see this file's own header doc for the full
+## rationale. A tiny inner class rather than a separate file: this pattern
+## has exactly one consumer (this driver) today: promote to a shared
+## `client/tests/` helper the moment a second `-s` driver needs it.
+class _InputSwallower:
+	extends Node
+
+	func _input(_event: InputEvent) -> void:
+		get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
+
+	func _unhandled_input(_event: InputEvent) -> void:
+		get_viewport().set_input_as_handled()
diff --git a/client/tests/fixtures/atlas_agent_smoke_jobs.json b/client/tests/fixtures/atlas_agent_smoke_jobs.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c735e86ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/fixtures/atlas_agent_smoke_jobs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+  {"intent": "open_atlas", "params": {}},
+  {"intent": "observe", "params": {}},
+  {"intent": "close_atlas", "params": {}},
+  {"intent": "observe", "params": {}}
+]
diff --git a/client/tests/test_atlas_agent_driver.gd b/client/tests/test_atlas_agent_driver.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caca7b9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/test_atlas_agent_driver.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+## T-971 smoke test for atlas_agent_driver.gd — the reference `-s` SceneTree
+## driver for AtlasAgentInterface. A gdUnit suite cannot boot a SECOND full
+## Godot process (the driver's real usage mode: `godot -s
+## res://tests/atlas_agent_driver.gd -- --jobs ... --output ...`) without
+## spawning a nested engine instance, which is slow/fragile and inconsistent
+## with how this project already runs its OTHER `-s` drivers
+## (visual_capture.gd/atlas_shots.json — manual `make` targets, never inside
+## the gdUnit suite tests/run-godot invokes). The feasible headless smoke
+## here is the driver's own PURE helper logic: job-file loading and
+## result-array writing, both `static func`s with no SceneTree dependency —
+## exercising the exact code path a real run's job-list parsing and
+## output-writing go through, without booting a second engine.
+class_name TestAtlasAgentDriver
+extends GdUnitTestSuite
+
+const DriverScript := preload("res://tests/atlas_agent_driver.gd")
+
+var _tmp_dir: String = ""
+
+
+func before_test() -> void:
+	_tmp_dir = "user://test_atlas_agent_driver/%d/" % Time.get_ticks_usec()
+	DirAccess.make_dir_recursive_absolute(_tmp_dir)
+
+
+func after_test() -> void:
+	var d := DirAccess.open(_tmp_dir)
+	if d == null:
+		return
+	for f: String in d.get_files():
+		d.remove(f)
+	DirAccess.remove_absolute(_tmp_dir.rstrip("/"))
+
+
+func test_load_jobs_reads_the_shipped_smoke_fixture() -> void:
+	var jobs: Array = DriverScript._load_jobs(
+		"res://tests/fixtures/atlas_agent_smoke_jobs.json"
+	)
+	assert_int(jobs.size()).is_equal(4)
+	assert_str((jobs[0] as Dictionary).get("intent", "")).is_equal("open_atlas")
+	assert_str((jobs[1] as Dictionary).get("intent", "")).is_equal("observe")
+
+
+func test_load_jobs_returns_empty_array_for_a_missing_file() -> void:
+	var jobs: Array = DriverScript._load_jobs("res://tests/fixtures/does_not_exist.json")
+	assert_int(jobs.size()).is_equal(0)
+
+
+func test_write_output_round_trips_through_json() -> void:
+	var out_path: String = _tmp_dir + "results.json"
+	var results: Array = [
+		{"intent": "observe", "params": {}, "result": {"screen": "reach"}},
+		{"intent": "select_system", "params": {"system_id": "GJ1"}, "result": {"ok": true}},
+	]
+
+	DriverScript._write_output(out_path, results)
+
+	var f := FileAccess.open(out_path, FileAccess.READ)
+	assert_object(f).is_not_null()
+	var parsed: Variant = JSON.parse_string(f.get_as_text())
+	f.close()
+	assert_that(parsed).is_equal(results)
+
+
+## The InputSwallower inner class (T-1157 inventory item 1) — a plain Node
+## subclass with no SceneTree/window dependency for its OWN logic
+## (set_input_as_handled() requires a live viewport to call meaningfully, but
+## the class must at least instantiate and expose the two input hooks by
+## name — this is the structural smoke check; the swallowing BEHAVIOR itself
+## is exercised implicitly every time atlas_agent_driver.gd actually runs,
+## per its own header doc).
+func test_input_swallower_inner_class_instantiates_and_has_both_input_hooks() -> void:
+	# A nested `class X: extends Y` inside a script is exposed as a
+	# script-level constant on the OUTER GDScript resource — reachable via
+	# plain dot access on the preloaded DriverScript, same as any other
+	# nested-class reference in this codebase's own suites (e.g.
+	# GdUnitObjectAssertImplTest.gd's MyNode/MyExtendedNode pattern), just
+	# via a loaded resource instead of a same-file bare identifier.
+	var instance: Node = DriverScript._InputSwallower.new()
+	assert_bool(instance.has_method("_input")).is_true()
+	assert_bool(instance.has_method("_unhandled_input")).is_true()
+	instance.free()
diff --git a/client/tests/test_atlas_agent_interface.gd b/client/tests/test_atlas_agent_interface.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22d56a163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/test_atlas_agent_interface.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+## T-971 tests: AtlasAgentInterface — the observe/act named-intent channel.
+## Every act() test asserts the intent reaches the SAME production state
+## mutation the real click handler performs (spy at the handler seam: read
+## the resulting screen/viewer state back, exactly as a real click's caller
+## would observe it), never a synthesized _gui_input event. test_mode
+## (SimBridge default outside SR_LIVE=1) means request_step_canvas() is a
+## silent no-op — these tests exercise client-side state only, no live
+## server needed, matching test_step_canvas_viewer.gd's own precedent.
+class_name TestAtlasAgentInterface
+extends GdUnitTestSuite
+
+const AtlasAgentInterfaceScript := preload("res://ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_agent_interface.gd")
+const StepCanvasTransport := preload("res://ui/implant/apps/atlas/step_canvas/step_canvas_transport.gd")
+
+## AtlasApp._ready() unconditionally reloads the real app.tres manifest
+## (`manifest = load("res://ui/implant/apps/atlas/app.tres")`), overwriting
+## anything set before add_child() — so, unlike the generic ImplantApp
+## lifecycle tests (which use a bare, manifest-injectable ImplantApp), a real
+## AtlasApp instance ALWAYS registers under the production app_path. Tests
+## drive HudGroups with THIS path, not a synthetic test-only one.
+const TEST_APP_PATH := "implant/map"
+
+const FIXTURE_SYSTEM := {
+	"system_id": "GJ1",
+	"proper_name": "Gliese J1",
+	"hop_distance": 0,
+	"orbit_bodies": [
+		{
+			"body_id": "GJ1b", "proper_name": "Barrenholt", "body_type": "planet",
+			"orbit_index": 0, "terrain_reference": "GJ1b_heightmap",
+		},
+		{
+			"body_id": "GJ1c", "proper_name": "Cindral", "body_type": "planet",
+			"orbit_index": 1, "terrain_reference": null,
+		},
+	],
+	"stations": [],
+}
+
+
+## Returns an AtlasApp instance (untyped — matches _make_app()'s own
+## precedent in test_implant_app_lifecycle.gd, which keeps the return
+## untyped there too for the same class_name parse-order reason). No manifest
+## injection needed (unlike the generic ImplantApp lifecycle tests) —
+## AtlasApp._ready() always loads the real production manifest itself.
+func _make_app():
+	var AppClass := load("res://ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_app.gd")
+	var app = AppClass.new()
+	add_child(app)  # fires _ready() -> on_install()
+	return app
+
+
+func after_test() -> void:
+	HudGroups._active_app = ""
+	HudGroups._active_mode = HudGroups.Mode.GAMEPLAY
+	HudGroups._groups.erase(TEST_APP_PATH)
+	HudGroups._groups.erase("implant/map")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# observe()
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+func test_observe_reports_current_screen_id() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.observe(app)
+	assert_str(result.get("screen", "")).is_equal("reach")
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_observe_returns_error_for_null_app() -> void:
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.observe(null)
+	assert_bool(result.has("error")).is_true()
+
+
+func test_observe_affordance_tree_includes_overlay_bar_buttons_on_regional() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	app.nav.push("regional", {"body": {"body_id": "GJ1b"}, "system": FIXTURE_SYSTEM})
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.observe(app)
+	var affordances: Array = result.get("affordances", [])
+	assert_int(affordances.size()).is_greater(0)
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_observe_is_side_effect_free() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	var before: String = app.current_screen_id()
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.observe(app)
+	assert_str(app.current_screen_id()).is_equal(before)
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# act() — reach screen intents
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+func test_select_system_reaches_reach_screen_selection_state() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	app.get_screen("reach").set_systems([FIXTURE_SYSTEM], {"GJ1": FIXTURE_SYSTEM})
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "select_system", {"system_id": "GJ1"})
+
+	assert_bool(result.get("ok", false)).is_true()
+	assert_bool(app.get_screen("reach").has_selection()).is_true()
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_open_system_reaches_atlas_app_nav_push() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	app.get_screen("reach").set_systems([FIXTURE_SYSTEM], {"GJ1": FIXTURE_SYSTEM})
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "open_system", {"system_id": "GJ1"})
+
+	assert_bool(result.get("ok", false)).is_true()
+	assert_str(app.current_screen_id()).is_equal("system")
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# act() — system screen intents
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+func _enter_orbital(app) -> void:
+	app.get_screen("system").set_systems([FIXTURE_SYSTEM])
+	app.nav.push("system", {"mode": "orbital", "system": FIXTURE_SYSTEM})
+
+
+func test_select_body_reaches_system_screen_body_panel_state() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_orbital(app)
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "select_body", {"body_id": "GJ1c"})
+
+	assert_bool(result.get("ok", false)).is_true()
+	assert_bool(app.get_screen("system").has_body_panel_open()).is_true()
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_open_body_reaches_atlas_app_nav_push_to_regional() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_orbital(app)
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "open_body", {"body_id": "GJ1b"})
+
+	assert_bool(result.get("ok", false)).is_true()
+	assert_str(app.current_screen_id()).is_equal("regional")
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_open_body_is_a_no_op_for_unrecognized_id() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_orbital(app)
+
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "open_body", {"body_id": "does_not_exist"})
+
+	assert_str(app.current_screen_id()).is_equal("system")
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# act() — regional/step-canvas intents
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+func _enter_regional(app) -> void:
+	app.nav.push("regional", {"body": {"body_id": "GJ1b", "body_radius_km": 6371.0}, "system": FIXTURE_SYSTEM})
+
+
+func test_scroll_rung_reaches_step_canvas_viewer_rung_transport() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_regional(app)
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "scroll_rung", {"direction": 1})
+
+	assert_bool(result.get("ok", false)).is_true()
+	assert_str(result.get("rung", "")).is_equal(StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_REGION)
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_reset_view_reaches_step_canvas_viewer_reset() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_regional(app)
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "scroll_rung", {"direction": 1})
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "scroll_rung", {"direction": 1})
+
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "reset_view", {})
+
+	var viewer: Variant = app.get_screen("regional").get_viewer()
+	assert_str(viewer.get_held_rung()).is_equal(StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_GLOBAL)
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_set_overlay_reaches_step_canvas_viewer_overlay_state() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_regional(app)
+
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(
+		app, "set_overlay", {"overlay_id": "gen_dw_temp", "visible": true}
+	)
+
+	var viewer: Variant = app.get_screen("regional").get_viewer()
+	assert_bool(viewer.is_overlay_visible("gen_dw_temp")).is_true()
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_back_reaches_nav_pop() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_orbital(app)
+
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "back", {})
+
+	assert_str(app.current_screen_id()).is_equal("reach")
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# jump_to_center — key-discipline test (T-971 highest-value intent)
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+## The core guarantee this intent exists for: jumping to a center and
+## scrolling to the SAME center must produce the SAME request key (same
+## body/rung/center/extent) — jump_to() must go through the identical
+## _fire_request()/_request_extent() path, never a parallel one. Verified via
+## the request object's own held state (StepCanvasRequest's private _center/
+## _rung fields aren't public, so this compares the PUBLIC echo surface:
+## held_rung + world_center, which is exactly what a cache-key comparison
+## downstream would use).
+func test_jump_to_center_produces_the_same_request_key_as_an_equivalent_scroll() -> void:
+	var app_a = _make_app()
+	app_a._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_regional(app_a)
+	var viewer_a: Variant = app_a.get_screen("regional").get_viewer()
+	viewer_a._scroll_rung(1, Vector2(400.0, 300.0))
+	var scrolled_center: Vector2 = viewer_a.get_world_center()
+	var scrolled_rung: String = viewer_a.get_held_rung()
+	app_a.queue_free()
+
+	var app_b = _make_app()
+	app_b._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_regional(app_b)
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(
+		app_b,
+		"jump_to_center",
+		{"world_center": [scrolled_center.x, scrolled_center.y], "rung": scrolled_rung}
+	)
+
+	assert_bool(result.get("ok", false)).is_true()
+	var viewer_b: Variant = app_b.get_screen("regional").get_viewer()
+	assert_str(viewer_b.get_held_rung()).is_equal(scrolled_rung)
+	assert_that(viewer_b.get_world_center()).is_equal(scrolled_center)
+	app_b.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_jump_to_center_requires_world_center_param() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_regional(app)
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "jump_to_center", {})
+
+	assert_bool(result.get("ok", false)).is_false()
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_jump_to_center_keeps_current_rung_when_rung_param_omitted() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+	_enter_regional(app)
+	var viewer: Variant = app.get_screen("regional").get_viewer()
+	viewer._scroll_rung(1, Vector2(400.0, 300.0))  # now at Region
+
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "jump_to_center", {"world_center": [1000.0, 2000.0]})
+
+	assert_str(viewer.get_held_rung()).is_equal(StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_REGION)
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# open_atlas / close_atlas
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+func test_open_atlas_reaches_hud_groups_open_app() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	# AtlasApp._ready() already registers itself under "implant/map" via
+	# HudGroups.register() (see ImplantApp._ready()) — no manual registration
+	# needed here, unlike a bare ImplantApp fixture.
+
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "open_atlas", {})
+
+	assert_bool(HudGroups.is_app_active("implant/map")).is_true()
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+func test_close_atlas_reaches_hud_groups_close_app() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	HudGroups.open_app("implant/map")
+
+	AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "close_atlas", {})
+
+	assert_bool(HudGroups.is_app_active("implant/map")).is_false()
+	app.queue_free()
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Unknown intent
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+func test_unknown_intent_returns_ok_false_with_error() -> void:
+	var app = _make_app()
+	app._internal_app_changed(TEST_APP_PATH, HudGroups.Mode.FULLSCREEN)
+
+	var result: Dictionary = AtlasAgentInterfaceScript.act(app, "not_a_real_intent", {})
+
+	assert_bool(result.get("ok", true)).is_false()
+	assert_bool(result.has("error")).is_true()
+	app.queue_free()
diff --git a/client/tests/test_step_canvas_viewer.gd b/client/tests/test_step_canvas_viewer.gd
index 6d06d6b5f..4b94338b9 100644
--- a/client/tests/test_step_canvas_viewer.gd
+++ b/client/tests/test_step_canvas_viewer.gd
@@ -706,3 +706,116 @@ func test_global_canvas_scale_never_drops_below_native_on_a_narrow_viewport() ->
 		"the effective pixels-per-gridunit ratio must floor at 1 (native),"
 		+ " never a sub-1x downscale, even on a viewport this narrow"
 	).is_equal_approx(1.0, 0.001)
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# T-971 (AtlasAgentInterface): jump_to() — the fixed-center revisit seam —
+# and get_current_canvas_summary().
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+## jump_to() must set the SAME held rung/world_center a cursor-anchored
+## scroll to that same spot would land on — this is the "same cache key"
+## guarantee AtlasAgentInterface's jump_to_center intent depends on
+## (verified end-to-end, through act(), in test_atlas_agent_interface.gd;
+## this is the narrower unit-level check directly against the viewer).
+func test_jump_to_sets_held_rung_and_world_center() -> void:
+	var v: StepCanvasViewer = auto_free(StepCanvasViewer.new())
+	add_child(v)
+	v.enter({"body_id": "GJ380c", "body_radius_km": 6238.4}, {})
+
+	v.jump_to(Vector2(500.0, -250.0), StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_QUARTER)
+
+	assert_str(v.get_held_rung()).is_equal(StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_QUARTER)
+	assert_that(v.get_world_center()).is_equal(Vector2(500.0, -250.0))
+
+
+## Omitting `rung` keeps whatever rung is currently held — the "revisit
+## within the same rung" common case shouldn't require repeating it.
+func test_jump_to_keeps_current_rung_when_omitted() -> void:
+	var v: StepCanvasViewer = auto_free(StepCanvasViewer.new())
+	add_child(v)
+	v.enter({"body_id": "GJ380c", "body_radius_km": 6238.4}, {})
+	v._scroll_rung(1, Vector2(400.0, 300.0))  # Region
+
+	v.jump_to(Vector2(10.0, 20.0))
+
+	assert_str(v.get_held_rung()).is_equal(StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_REGION)
+
+
+## Jumping to Global always forces world_center to ZERO — Global has no
+## panned-center concept (mirrors _scroll_rung()'s own Global-rung handling).
+func test_jump_to_global_forces_world_center_to_zero() -> void:
+	var v: StepCanvasViewer = auto_free(StepCanvasViewer.new())
+	add_child(v)
+	v.enter({"body_id": "GJ380c", "body_radius_km": 6238.4}, {})
+	v._scroll_rung(1, Vector2(400.0, 300.0))  # Region
+
+	v.jump_to(Vector2(777.0, 888.0), StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_GLOBAL)
+
+	assert_that(v.get_world_center()).is_equal(Vector2.ZERO)
+
+
+func test_jump_to_unrecognized_rung_is_a_no_op() -> void:
+	var v: StepCanvasViewer = auto_free(StepCanvasViewer.new())
+	add_child(v)
+	v.enter({"body_id": "GJ380c", "body_radius_km": 6238.4}, {})
+	var rung_before: String = v.get_held_rung()
+	var center_before: Vector2 = v.get_world_center()
+
+	v.jump_to(Vector2(1.0, 2.0), "NotARealRung")
+
+	assert_str(v.get_held_rung()).is_equal(rung_before)
+	assert_that(v.get_world_center()).is_equal(center_before)
+
+
+func test_get_current_canvas_summary_before_any_canvas_arrives() -> void:
+	var v: StepCanvasViewer = auto_free(StepCanvasViewer.new())
+	add_child(v)
+	v.enter({"body_id": "GJ380c", "body_radius_km": 6238.4}, {})
+
+	var summary: Dictionary = v.get_current_canvas_summary()
+
+	assert_bool(summary.get("has_canvas", true)).is_false()
+	assert_str(summary.get("rung", "")).is_equal(StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_GLOBAL)
+
+
+## The T-1157-inventory-relevant correctness check: course/cliff/settlement
+## counts must match a fixture canvas exactly, including the per-class
+## course histogram and settlement id dedup (mirrors
+## StepCanvasAnnotationLayer._draw_settlements()'s own dedup discipline —
+## covering the same cell id twice must not double-count).
+func test_get_current_canvas_summary_counts_match_a_fixture_canvas() -> void:
+	var v: StepCanvasViewer = auto_free(StepCanvasViewer.new())
+	add_child(v)
+	v.enter({"body_id": "GJ380c", "body_radius_km": 6238.4}, {})
+	v._scroll_rung(1, Vector2(400.0, 300.0))  # Region
+
+	var canvas: Dictionary = _synthetic_canvas(4, 4)
+	canvas["courses"] = [
+		{"class": 0, "points": [[0.0, 0.0], [1.0, 1.0]]},
+		{"class": 0, "points": [[2.0, 2.0], [3.0, 3.0]]},
+		{"class": 2, "points": [[4.0, 4.0], [5.0, 5.0]]},
+	]
+	canvas["cliffs"] = [{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}]
+	# 4x4 grid; ids 5 and 5 (repeat, same settlement footprint) dedup to one,
+	# id 9 is a second distinct settlement, 0 is "no settlement" and ignored.
+	canvas["settlement_id"] = [
+		0, 5, 5, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		9, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+	]
+	v._on_canvas_ready(canvas)
+
+	var summary: Dictionary = v.get_current_canvas_summary()
+
+	assert_bool(summary.get("has_canvas", false)).is_true()
+	assert_int(summary.get("canvas_width", 0)).is_equal(4)
+	assert_int(summary.get("canvas_height", 0)).is_equal(4)
+	assert_int(summary.get("course_count", 0)).is_equal(3)
+	assert_int(summary.get("cliff_count", 0)).is_equal(2)
+	assert_int(summary.get("settlement_count", 0)).is_equal(2)
+	var by_class: Dictionary = summary.get("course_count_by_class", {})
+	assert_int(int(by_class.get(0, 0))).is_equal(2)
+	assert_int(int(by_class.get(2, 0))).is_equal(1)
diff --git a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_agent_interface.gd b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_agent_interface.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24f3f2f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_agent_interface.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+class_name AtlasAgentInterface
+extends RefCounted
+
+## Atlas agent control channel (T-971, D-226 item 4) — observe/act named-
+## intent navigation over the REAL Atlas UI. Turns the five hand-rolled
+## T-1183 eyeball-review scratch drivers into one production, testable
+## contract: `observe()` returns a JSON-safe Dictionary of (a) the current
+## data state and (b) a walkable UI affordance tree; `act(intent, params)`
+## dispatches to a named semantic intent, each backed by the EXACT method a
+## real click/keypress calls in production — never a synthesized
+## `_gui_input`/pixel event. Every method here is `static` (no instance
+## state) taking an `AtlasApp` reference explicitly — see
+## atlas_agent_bridge.gd's own doc for why the stable entry point is a dumb
+## autoload holding that reference rather than this class itself being an
+## autoload (the CLAUDE.md autoload parse-order rule: this file has a
+## `class_name`, so an autoload referencing it directly at top level/`_ready()`
+## would fail to resolve before this script is registered).
+##
+## **Reconciled against the current stepped-rung API (T-971 Phase 1, this
+## ticket's own confirmed re-scope) — NOT the original D-226 list, which was
+## written against the retired continuous-zoom AtlasWindowViewer:**
+##
+## - **`select_city`/`open_regional` DROPPED.** Post-D-255, settlements are
+##   `settlement_id` cell values inside a fetched step-canvas array
+##   (StepCanvasAnnotationLayer._draw_settlements()), not a separate
+##   clickable list — there is no server- or client-side "select settlement
+##   X" affordance to wire this intent to today. Faking one (e.g. picking the
+##   nearest cell to a guessed screen position) would be worse than omitting
+##   it: it would exercise a code path no real click can reach. A
+##   settlement-hit-test intent is a new ticket, filed only once a real
+##   consumer needs it — not speculatively here.
+## - **`open_atlas`/`close_atlas` cover opening the app itself** — D-226's
+##   original list implicitly assumed the Atlas was already open; an
+##   in-process driver needs to open it too (HudGroups.open_app/close_app).
+## - **`jump_to_center` is NEW** — the T-1183 eyeball-driver "fixed-center
+##   revisit" pattern (record a prior run's actual derived world center,
+##   re-request it literally rather than repeating a cursor gesture that
+##   would re-derive a merely-similar one) made a first-class intent, backed
+##   by the new StepCanvasViewer.jump_to() production seam. This is the
+##   highest-value intent in the set for T-1157's future capture harness.
+## - **`get_layer_data_summary`'s actual post-D-255 shape** is
+##   StepCanvasViewer.get_current_canvas_summary()'s own return —
+##   rung/world_center/held_extent/canvas dimensions/course/cliff/settlement
+##   counts. D-226's original "attractor/river/basin counts" phrasing is
+##   itself stale (attractors don't exist post-D-255; "basin" was never a
+##   step-canvas field) — courses/cliffs/settlements are what the wire
+##   actually carries.
+##
+## **TRANSPORT SCOPE (this ticket): in-process consumers only.** Every real
+## consumer today — gdUnit suites, a `-s` SceneTree headless driver, the
+## T-1157 capture harness — calls these static methods directly, in the same
+## process as the running AtlasApp. There is no network/stdio listener here;
+## D-226's original "terminal/curl" framing is deferred to a follow-up ticket
+## when a genuinely remote consumer exists. This keeps the surface small and
+## delivers the QA value (turning eyeball review into a scripted sweep)
+## immediately. See client/tests/atlas_agent_driver.gd for the sanctioned
+## reference `-s` driver this ticket ships alongside the interface itself.
+##
+## **observe() is side-effect-free** — no request firing, no state mutation,
+## purely reads already-held view/screen state (mirrors get_layer_data_summary's
+## own "without rendering" requirement one level up: observing never triggers
+## a fetch).
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# observe()
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+## Full observation snapshot: current screen id + its own data state, the
+## walkable affordance tree (every reachable toggle/button under the current
+## screen), and — when "regional" is current — the step-canvas layer data
+## summary. `app` is the live AtlasApp (typically
+## AtlasAgentBridge.current_app, loaded by the caller via `load()` per the
+## autoload parse-order rule).
+static func observe(app: Node) -> Dictionary:
+	if app == null:
+		return {"error": "no AtlasApp instance available"}
+	var screen_id: String = app.current_screen_id()
+	return {
+		"screen": screen_id,
+		"data": _observe_data_state(app, screen_id),
+		"affordances": _walk_affordances(app),
+	}
+
+
+## The "current data state shown" half of observe() — per-screen, since each
+## screen's own state shape differs (D-226's own split: "current data state
+## shown" vs "the affordance tree" are two distinct halves of one observe()
+## call, not folded together).
+static func _observe_data_state(app: Node, screen_id: String) -> Dictionary:
+	match screen_id:
+		"reach":
+			return {"has_selection": app.get_screen("reach").has_selection()}
+		"system":
+			var system_screen: Node = app.get_screen("system")
+			return {
+				"in_orbital": system_screen.is_in_orbital(),
+				"current_system": system_screen.current_system(),
+				"has_body_panel_open": system_screen.has_body_panel_open(),
+				"has_station_panel_open": system_screen.has_station_panel_open(),
+			}
+		"regional":
+			var viewer: Variant = _get_viewer(app)
+			if viewer == null:
+				return {}
+			return viewer.get_current_canvas_summary()
+		_:
+			return {}  # gdlint:ignore = max-returns
+
+
+## Generic Control-tree walk (D-226's own requirement: "so economics/saves
+## plug in later" — never a per-screen hand-written affordance list). Walks
+## the CURRENT screen's own Control subtree (not the whole app — an
+## inactive screen's controls aren't real affordances right now) collecting
+## every Button/toggle-capable node: id (node name), label (text), state
+## (pressed/disabled), locked (disabled). Buttons with no distinguishing text
+## still get an entry (id falls back to the node's own scene path) so the
+## tree is never silently incomplete.
+static func _walk_affordances(app: Node) -> Array:
+	var screen: Node = app.get_screen(app.current_screen_id())
+	if screen == null:
+		return []
+	var out: Array = []
+	_walk_affordances_recursive(screen, out)
+	return out
+
+
+static func _walk_affordances_recursive(node: Node, out: Array) -> void:
+	if node is Button:
+		var b: Button = node
+		out.append({
+			"id": String(b.name),
+			"label": b.text,
+			"pressed": b.button_pressed,
+			"locked": b.disabled,
+		})
+	for child in node.get_children():
+		_walk_affordances_recursive(child, out)
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# act()
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+## Dispatch a named semantic intent. `params` is a JSON-safe Dictionary;
+## returns a JSON-safe Dictionary result (at minimum {"ok": bool}, plus
+## intent-specific fields). Unknown intents return {"ok": false,
+## "error": "..."} rather than pushing an error/crashing — this channel is
+## meant to be driven by a fallible external caller (a curl-style JSON body,
+## a test fixture), and a malformed intent name is exactly the kind of input
+## it must handle gracefully.
+static func act(app: Node, intent: String, params: Dictionary = {}) -> Dictionary:
+	if app == null and intent != "open_atlas":
+		return {"ok": false, "error": "no AtlasApp instance available"}
+	match intent:
+		"open_atlas":
+			HudGroups.open_app("implant/map")
+			return {"ok": true}
+		"close_atlas":
+			HudGroups.close_app()
+			return {"ok": true}
+		"select_system":
+			app.get_screen("reach").select_system_by_id(str(params.get("system_id", "")))
+			return {"ok": true}
+		"open_system":
+			app.get_screen("reach").open_system_by_id(str(params.get("system_id", "")))
+			return {"ok": true}
+		"select_body":
+			app.get_screen("system").select_body_by_id(str(params.get("body_id", "")))
+			return {"ok": true}
+		"open_body":
+			app.get_screen("system").open_body_by_id(str(params.get("body_id", "")))
+			return {"ok": true}
+		"scroll_rung":
+			return _act_scroll_rung(app, params)
+		"jump_to_center":
+			return _act_jump_to_center(app, params)
+		"reset_view":
+			var viewer: Variant = _get_viewer(app)
+			if viewer == null:
+				return {"ok": false, "error": "regional screen not active"}
+			viewer._reset_to_global()
+			return {"ok": true}
+		"set_overlay":
+			var overlay_viewer: Variant = _get_viewer(app)
+			if overlay_viewer == null:
+				return {"ok": false, "error": "regional screen not active"}
+			overlay_viewer.set_overlay_visible(
+				str(params.get("overlay_id", "")), bool(params.get("visible", true))
+			)
+			return {"ok": true}
+		"back":
+			app.nav.pop()
+			return {"ok": true}
+		_:
+			return {"ok": false, "error": "unknown intent '%s'" % intent}  # gdlint:ignore = max-returns
+
+
+## `scroll_rung` — direction is required; cursor_local defaults to a
+## reasonable canvas-center guess (Vector2(400, 300), matching this cluster's
+## own gdUnit test fixtures' convention, see test_step_canvas_viewer.gd) since
+## an agent driver has no real cursor position to anchor on.
+static func _act_scroll_rung(app: Node, params: Dictionary) -> Dictionary:
+	var viewer: Variant = _get_viewer(app)
+	if viewer == null:
+		return {"ok": false, "error": "regional screen not active"}
+	var direction: int = int(params.get("direction", 1))
+	var cursor_raw: Variant = params.get("cursor_local")
+	var cursor_local: Vector2 = (
+		Vector2(cursor_raw[0], cursor_raw[1])
+		if cursor_raw is Array and (cursor_raw as Array).size() >= 2
+		else Vector2(400.0, 300.0)
+	)
+	viewer._scroll_rung(direction, cursor_local)
+	return {"ok": true, "rung": viewer.get_held_rung()}
+
+
+## `jump_to_center` — the fixed-center revisit intent (T-1183 pattern, made
+## first-class). `world_center` is required (`[x, y]` world metres);
+## `rung` is optional (keeps the currently-held rung when omitted, matching
+## StepCanvasViewer.jump_to()'s own default). Goes through jump_to(), which
+## itself falls through to the SAME _fire_request()/_request_extent() path
+## every other navigation intent uses — no parallel request-building code
+## exists in this file.
+static func _act_jump_to_center(app: Node, params: Dictionary) -> Dictionary:
+	var viewer: Variant = _get_viewer(app)
+	if viewer == null:
+		return {"ok": false, "error": "regional screen not active"}
+	var center_raw: Variant = params.get("world_center")
+	if not (center_raw is Array and (center_raw as Array).size() >= 2):
+		return {"ok": false, "error": "jump_to_center requires world_center: [x, y]"}
+	var world_center := Vector2(float(center_raw[0]), float(center_raw[1]))
+	var rung: String = str(params.get("rung", ""))
+	viewer.jump_to(world_center, rung)
+	return {"ok": true, "rung": viewer.get_held_rung(), "world_center": [world_center.x, world_center.y]}
+
+
+## Shared "regional" screen -> StepCanvasViewer accessor — returns null if
+## "regional" isn't the registered screen (defensive; every intent that needs
+## the viewer checks this rather than assuming the screen tree shape).
+static func _get_viewer(app: Node) -> Variant:
+	var regional_screen: Node = app.get_screen("regional")
+	if regional_screen == null:
+		return null
+	return regional_screen.get_viewer()
diff --git a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_app.gd b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_app.gd
index 72abab2a3..8942f2f98 100644
--- a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_app.gd
+++ b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/atlas_app.gd
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 
 
 func on_install() -> void:
+	# T-971: publish this instance to the dumb AtlasAgentBridge autoload holder
+	# so AtlasAgentInterface (a static class, loaded on demand by whatever
+	# in-process driver calls it) has a stable address to start from — see
+	# atlas_agent_bridge.gd's own doc for why this is a plain field set, not a
+	# class_name-typed autoload reference.
+	AtlasAgentBridge.current_app = self
 	_load_system_data()
 	# T-949: the star map now arrives over the bridge, possibly after this app
 	# is already installed (or before the handshake completes at all) — refresh
diff --git a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/reach_screen.gd b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/reach_screen.gd
index d8b5487cf..08ec27f4c 100644
--- a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/reach_screen.gd
+++ b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/reach_screen.gd
@@ -474,16 +474,36 @@ func _gui_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
 
 func _handle_reach_click(pos: Vector2) -> void:
 	var sid := _find_nearest_reach_system(pos)
-	_reach_selected = sid
-	_rebuild_reach_info_panel()
-	_dirty = true
+	select_system_by_id(sid)
 
 
 func _handle_reach_double_click(pos: Vector2) -> void:
 	var sid := _find_nearest_reach_system(pos)
-	if not sid.is_empty():
-		_reach_selected = sid
-		system_selected.emit(sid)
+	open_system_by_id(sid)
+
+
+## T-971 (AtlasAgentInterface `select_system` intent) — the SAME state
+## mutation _handle_reach_click() performs (single-click equivalent: sets the
+## selection + rebuilds the info panel, does not navigate), reachable by id
+## directly rather than a screen position. An empty/unknown id clears the
+## selection (mirrors what a click on empty space already does via
+## `_find_nearest_reach_system`'s own "" fallback).
+func select_system_by_id(system_id: String) -> void:
+	_reach_selected = system_id
+	_rebuild_reach_info_panel()
+	_dirty = true
+
+
+## T-971 (AtlasAgentInterface `open_system` intent) — the SAME state mutation
+## _handle_reach_double_click() performs (double-click/Enter equivalent:
+## selects AND emits system_selected, which AtlasApp._on_system_selected()
+## turns into a nav.push("system", ...)). A no-op for an unrecognized id,
+## matching the double-click handler's own empty-id guard.
+func open_system_by_id(system_id: String) -> void:
+	if system_id.is_empty():
+		return
+	_reach_selected = system_id
+	system_selected.emit(system_id)
 
 
 func _update_reach_hover(pos: Vector2) -> void:
diff --git a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/regional_screen.gd b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/regional_screen.gd
index 2d5b3cbc7..6d49e7b3e 100644
--- a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/regional_screen.gd
+++ b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/regional_screen.gd
@@ -47,5 +47,15 @@ func leave() -> void:
 	pass
 
 
+## T-971 test/agent seam: exposes the owned StepCanvasViewer so
+## AtlasAgentInterface can drive rung-transport intents (scroll_rung,
+## jump_to, set_overlay, get_current_canvas_summary) without this screen
+## having to grow a forwarding method per viewer capability — matches the
+## get_request()/get_disk_cache() accessor-chain precedent StepCanvasViewer
+## itself already established for the same reason.
+func get_viewer() -> Variant:
+	return _viewer
+
+
 func _on_viewer_back() -> void:
 	back_requested.emit()
diff --git a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/system_screen.gd b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/system_screen.gd
index 1652f332f..f069800c3 100644
--- a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/system_screen.gd
+++ b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/screens/system_screen.gd
@@ -377,27 +377,14 @@ func _gui_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
 
 func _handle_orbital_double_click(pos: Vector2) -> void:
 	var bid: String = _find_nearest_body(pos)
-	if not bid.is_empty():
-		for b: Dictionary in _orbital_bodies:
-			if str(b.get("body_id", "")) == bid:
-				body_selected.emit(b)
-				return
+	open_body_by_id(bid)
 
 
 func _handle_orbital_click(pos: Vector2) -> void:
 	var bid: String = _find_nearest_body(pos)
 	if not bid.is_empty():
-		for b: Dictionary in _orbital_bodies:
-			if str(b.get("body_id", "")) == bid:
-				_selected_body = b
-				_selected_station = {}
-				if _station_panel:
-					_station_panel.visible = false
-				_rebuild_body_panel()
-				if _body_panel:
-					_body_panel.visible = true
-				_dirty = true
-				return
+		select_body_by_id(bid)
+		return
 
 	var sid: String = _find_nearest_station(pos)
 	if not sid.is_empty():
@@ -416,6 +403,39 @@ func _handle_orbital_click(pos: Vector2) -> void:
 	_dirty = true
 
 
+## T-971 (AtlasAgentInterface `select_body` intent) — the SAME state
+## mutation the body branch of _handle_orbital_click() performs (opens the
+## body info panel, does not navigate), reachable by id directly. A no-op for
+## an unrecognized id (mirrors the click handler's own "no match under the
+## cursor" fall-through to _close_detail_panels(), except an agent-driven
+## select never had a "click landed on empty space" case to fall through to —
+## an unrecognized id is a caller error, not a deselect gesture, so it is
+## simply ignored here rather than clearing an unrelated selection).
+func select_body_by_id(body_id: String) -> void:
+	for b: Dictionary in _orbital_bodies:
+		if str(b.get("body_id", "")) == body_id:
+			_selected_body = b
+			_selected_station = {}
+			if _station_panel:
+				_station_panel.visible = false
+			_rebuild_body_panel()
+			if _body_panel:
+				_body_panel.visible = true
+			_dirty = true
+			return
+
+
+## T-971 (AtlasAgentInterface `open_body` intent) — the SAME state mutation
+## _handle_orbital_double_click() performs (double-click equivalent: emits
+## body_selected, which AtlasApp._on_body_selected() turns into
+## nav.push("regional", ...)). A no-op for an unrecognized id.
+func open_body_by_id(body_id: String) -> void:
+	for b: Dictionary in _orbital_bodies:
+		if str(b.get("body_id", "")) == body_id:
+			body_selected.emit(b)
+			return
+
+
 func _close_detail_panels() -> void:
 	_selected_body = {}
 	_selected_station = {}
diff --git a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/step_canvas/step_canvas_viewer.gd b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/step_canvas/step_canvas_viewer.gd
index 43a1aa512..b20154c5f 100644
--- a/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/step_canvas/step_canvas_viewer.gd
+++ b/client/ui/implant/apps/atlas/step_canvas/step_canvas_viewer.gd
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ var _canvas_scale: float = 1.0
 # ── Overlay visibility ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 var _overlay_visibility: Dictionary = {}
 
+## The last-adopted (Ready-response OR cache-hit) canvas Dictionary — held
+## here (not read from `_terrain_layer._canvas_ref`, which stays private to
+## that node) so get_current_canvas_summary() has its own reference. Set in
+## _on_canvas_ready() alongside the terrain/annotation layer handoff, same
+## single adoption point every other per-canvas field on this class uses.
+var _current_canvas_data: Variant = null  # decoded EncodedStepCanvas Dictionary, or null pre-arrival
+
 # ── Child nodes ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 var _canvas: Node2D = null
 var _terrain_layer: StepCanvasTerrainLayer = null
@@ -209,6 +216,7 @@ func enter(body: Dictionary, system: Dictionary) -> void:
 	_view_offset = Vector2.ZERO
 	_request.reset()
 	_annotation_layer.clear_frame()
+	_current_canvas_data = null
 	_fire_request()
 	_refresh_screen_header()
 	if _legend_panel:
@@ -274,6 +282,73 @@ func get_overlay_defs() -> Array:
 	return OVERLAY_DEFS
 
 
+## T-971 (D-226 item 4, `get_layer_data_summary`) — a public, allocation-light
+## read of the currently-held canvas's shape, with NO rendering/PNG-decode
+## triggered (every field read here comes straight off the raw decoded
+## EncodedStepCanvas dict — step_canvas_protocol.gd's own shape — before
+## StepCanvasTerrainLayer ever touches Image.load_png_from_buffer()). A
+## proper public accessor, not a reach into `_terrain_layer._canvas_ref`
+## (which stays private to that node) — see `_current_canvas_data`'s own doc
+## for why the viewer holds its own reference instead.
+##
+## D-226's original "attractor/river/basin counts" phrasing is itself stale
+## post-D-255: attractors don't exist on this wire, and "basin" was never a
+## step-canvas field — the real countable features are courses (rivers,
+## `class`-tagged), cliffs, and settlements (dedup'd exactly like
+## StepCanvasAnnotationLayer._draw_settlements() dedups them, so the count
+## always matches what's actually drawn). Called potentially once per step in
+## a sweep loop (T-1157), so this is a single linear walk of already-small
+## sparse lists — no per-cell work beyond the settlement dedup scan
+## `_draw_settlements()` already pays for anyway.
+func get_current_canvas_summary() -> Dictionary:
+	if not _current_canvas_data is Dictionary:
+		return {
+			"has_canvas": false,
+			"rung": _held_rung,
+			"world_center": [_world_center.x, _world_center.y],
+			"held_extent": [_held_extent.x, _held_extent.y],
+		}
+	var d: Dictionary = _current_canvas_data
+	var courses: Array = d.get("courses", [])
+	var course_count_by_class: Dictionary = {}
+	for course_raw: Variant in courses:
+		if not course_raw is Dictionary:
+			continue
+		var cls: int = int((course_raw as Dictionary).get("class", -1))
+		course_count_by_class[cls] = int(course_count_by_class.get(cls, 0)) + 1
+	return {
+		"has_canvas": true,
+		"rung": _held_rung,
+		"world_center": [_world_center.x, _world_center.y],
+		"held_extent": [_held_extent.x, _held_extent.y],
+		"canvas_width": int(d.get("width", 0)),
+		"canvas_height": int(d.get("height", 0)),
+		"course_count": courses.size(),
+		"course_count_by_class": course_count_by_class,
+		"cliff_count": (d.get("cliffs", []) as Array).size(),
+		"settlement_count": _count_distinct_settlements(d),
+	}
+
+
+## Mirrors StepCanvasAnnotationLayer._draw_settlements()'s own dedup
+## discipline exactly (distinct non-zero ids only) so this count always
+## matches what the player actually sees drawn — never a raw non-zero CELL
+## count, which would overcount every settlement whose footprint covers more
+## than one gridunit.
+static func _count_distinct_settlements(canvas: Dictionary) -> int:
+	var settlement_id: Variant = canvas.get("settlement_id")
+	if not (settlement_id is Array or settlement_id is PackedByteArray):
+		return 0
+	var seen: Dictionary = {}
+	var ids: Array = settlement_id
+	for i in range(ids.size()):
+		var sid: int = int(ids[i])
+		if sid == 0:
+			continue
+		seen[sid] = true
+	return seen.size()
+
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Request lifecycle
 # =============================================================================
@@ -324,6 +399,7 @@ func _on_canvas_ready(canvas: Dictionary) -> void:
 	_held_extent = _request.get_held_extent()
 	if _held_rung == StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_GLOBAL:
 		_global_body_extent = _held_extent
+	_current_canvas_data = canvas
 	_rebuild_terrain_texture(canvas)
 	_annotation_layer.set_frame(canvas, _world_center, _held_rung, _held_extent)
 	_recompute_canvas_transform()
@@ -451,6 +527,49 @@ func _is_global_view_drifted() -> bool:
 	return _world_center != Vector2.ZERO or _view_offset != _centered_view_offset()
 
 
+## Fixed-center revisit (T-971, D-226 item 4 — the AtlasAgentInterface
+## `jump_to_center` intent; also the T-1183 eyeball-driver "record a prior
+## run's actual derived centers and re-request them literally" pattern, made
+## a first-class production seam rather than five hand-rolled scratch
+## drivers). Directly sets rung + center — no cursor-anchored derivation,
+## since a caller here is handing us the ALREADY-DERIVED world point to land
+## on (the whole reason this exists: a comparison run must hit run 1's exact
+## cache key, not repeat a gesture that re-derives a merely-similar one).
+##
+## Constraint honored (Jeroen's ruling): this selects center+rung ONLY, then
+## falls through to the SAME tail every other navigation uses —
+## `_fire_request()` (which reads extent from `_request_extent()`, the same
+## T-1189 body-cap/viewport-fit math every other request goes through),
+## `_refresh_screen_header()`, `queue_redraw()`. No parallel request-building
+## code exists here; a `jump_to` request is indistinguishable, cache-key-wise,
+## from a `_scroll_rung`/`enter` request that happened to land on the same
+## rung/center.
+##
+## `rung` defaults to the empty string, meaning "keep the currently held
+## rung" — a caller jumping within the same rung (the common revisit case)
+## need not repeat it. An unrecognized rung name is rejected (push_warning,
+## no-op) rather than silently coerced to Global — same defensive posture
+## StepCanvasTransport.index_for_rung() already documents for its own
+## out-of-range read.
+func jump_to(world_center: Vector2, rung: String = "") -> void:
+	var target_rung: String = rung if not rung.is_empty() else _held_rung
+	var target_index: int = StepCanvasTransport.index_for_rung(target_rung)
+	if target_index < 0:
+		push_warning("StepCanvasViewer: jump_to unrecognized rung '%s'" % rung)
+		return
+	_rung_index = target_index
+	_held_rung = target_rung
+	_world_center = world_center if _held_rung != StepCanvasTransport.RUNG_GLOBAL else Vector2.ZERO
+	_view_offset = Vector2.ZERO
+	_fire_request()
+	_refresh_screen_header()
+	queue_redraw()
+
+
+func get_world_center() -> Vector2:
+	return _world_center
+
+
 ## The letterbox-centered `_view_offset` for the CURRENTLY held canvas
 ## footprint/scale — the "no pan drift" baseline _is_global_view_drifted()
 ## compares against, what a hard reset restores, and what
diff --git a/client/ui/implant/implant_app.gd b/client/ui/implant/implant_app.gd
index dbe737dbe..dfd6a1758 100644
--- a/client/ui/implant/implant_app.gd
+++ b/client/ui/implant/implant_app.gd
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ func current_screen_id() -> String:
 	return _current_screen_id
 
 
+## T-971 (AtlasAgentInterface, D-226 item 4): a generic, read-only screen
+## lookup by id — the same `_screens` dict register_screen() already
+## maintains, exposed so an agent-control channel can reach a specific
+## screen instance (StepCanvasViewer via RegionalScreen.get_viewer(), etc.)
+## without every ImplantApp subclass growing its own bespoke getters. Returns
+## null for an unregistered id, matching Dictionary.get()'s own default.
+func get_screen(screen_id: String) -> Variant:
+	return _screens.get(screen_id, null)
+
+
 func _on_screen_changed(new_id: String) -> void:
 	if _current_screen_id != new_id:
 		var old: Control = _screens.get(_current_screen_id, null)