diff --git a/internal/web/static/index.html b/internal/web/static/index.html
index 3f511f4..83b394f 100644
--- a/internal/web/static/index.html
+++ b/internal/web/static/index.html
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 <script>
 const view = document.getElementById('view');
 let countdownTimer = null;
+let renderedState = null;     // which runtime_state the DOM currently shows
 
 function post(path, body) {
   return fetch(path, {
@@ -70,9 +71,36 @@ function evidenceBlock(ev) {
   </div>`;
 }
 
+function updatePlanningCoach(coach) {
+  const statusEl = document.getElementById('coachStatus');
+  if (!statusEl) return;
+  if (!coach || coach.status === 'idle') { statusEl.textContent = ''; return; }
+  if (coach.status === 'pending') { statusEl.textContent = 'Sharpening…'; return; }
+  if (coach.status === 'error') { statusEl.textContent = coach.error || 'coach unavailable'; return; }
+  if (coach.status === 'ready' && coach.proposal) {
+    statusEl.textContent = 'AI suggestion applied — edit freely.';
+    // Pre-fill once per ready proposal so later manual edits are not clobbered
+    // by subsequent SSE ticks (idempotent via the dataset stamp below).
+    const stamp = JSON.stringify(coach.proposal);
+    if (statusEl.dataset.applied === stamp) return;
+    statusEl.dataset.applied = stamp;
+    const na = document.getElementById('na'), sc = document.getElementById('sc'),
+          mins = document.getElementById('mins'), start = document.getElementById('start');
+    if (na && !na.value.trim()) na.value = coach.proposal.next_action || '';
+    if (sc && !sc.value.trim()) sc.value = coach.proposal.success_condition || '';
+    if (mins && coach.proposal.timebox_secs) mins.value = Math.round(coach.proposal.timebox_secs / 60);
+    if (start) start.disabled = !(na.value.trim() && sc.value.trim() && +mins.value > 0);
+  }
+}
+
 function render(state) {
-  if (countdownTimer) { clearInterval(countdownTimer); countdownTimer = null; }
   const rs = state.runtime_state;
+  if (rs === 'planning' && renderedState === 'planning') {
+    updatePlanningCoach(state.coach);   // partial update only
+    return;
+  }
+  if (countdownTimer) { clearInterval(countdownTimer); countdownTimer = null; }
+  renderedState = rs;
   if (rs === 'locked') {
     view.innerHTML = `<span class="pill">Locked</span>
       <p class="meta">No active commitment.</p>
@@ -80,6 +108,10 @@ function render(state) {
     document.getElementById('plan').onclick = () => post('/planning');
   } else if (rs === 'planning') {
     view.innerHTML = `<span class="pill">Planning</span>
+      <label>Rough intent</label>
+      <input id="intent" placeholder="e.g. work on the quarterly report">
+      <button id="sharpen" type="button">Sharpen</button>
+      <div id="coachStatus" class="meta"></div>
       <label>Next action</label><input id="na" placeholder="What exactly will you do?">
       <label>Success condition</label><input id="sc" placeholder="How do you know it's done?">
       <label>Minutes</label><input id="mins" type="number" min="1" value="25">
@@ -93,6 +125,11 @@ function render(state) {
       success_condition: sc.value.trim(),
       timebox_secs: Math.round(+mins.value * 60),
     });
+    document.getElementById('sharpen').onclick = () => {
+      const intent = document.getElementById('intent').value.trim();
+      if (intent) post('/coach', { intent });
+    };
+    updatePlanningCoach(state.coach);
   } else if (rs === 'active') {
     const c = state.commitment || {};
     view.innerHTML = `<span class="pill">Active</span>