diff --git a/src/app/api/insights/generate/route.ts b/src/app/api/insights/generate/route.ts
index b979a59d7..17b8a9765 100644
--- a/src/app/api/insights/generate/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/insights/generate/route.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ import {
 import {
   extractFeatures,
   FeaturesPayloadTooLargeError,
+  BRIEFING_FEATURE_WINDOW_DAYS,
 } from "@/lib/insights/features";
 import { applyInsightsExcludeFilter } from "@/lib/insights/exclude-filter";
+import {
+  buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext,
+  buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt,
+} from "@/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing";
 import { compactSections } from "@/lib/ai/prompts/compact-sections";
 import {
   detectGlp1Plateau,
@@ -475,14 +480,18 @@ export const POST = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
     "resting_hr",
   ];
   let payloadHardDowngraded = false;
+  // v1.18.11 P1 — bound the briefing's bulk feature read to a recent window
+  // (all-time extremes are sourced separately, see features.ts). The downgrade
+  // ladder below stays as the safety net for the rare oversize payload.
+  const featureWindow = { sinceDays: BRIEFING_FEATURE_WINDOW_DAYS };
   try {
-    features = await extractFeatures(userId, includeRaw);
+    features = await extractFeatures(userId, includeRaw, featureWindow);
   } catch (err) {
     if (err instanceof FeaturesPayloadTooLargeError) {
       payloadDowngraded = true;
       payloadOversizeBytes = err.sizeBytes;
       try {
-        features = await extractFeatures(userId, false);
+        features = await extractFeatures(userId, false, featureWindow);
       } catch (retryErr) {
         if (retryErr instanceof FeaturesPayloadTooLargeError) {
           // Aggregated shape ALSO crossed the ceiling. Drop optional
@@ -492,7 +501,11 @@ export const POST = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
           payloadHardDowngraded = true;
           payloadOversizeBytes = retryErr.sizeBytes;
           try {
-            const aggregated = await extractFeatures(userId, false);
+            const aggregated = await extractFeatures(
+              userId,
+              false,
+              featureWindow,
+            );
             features = applyInsightsExcludeFilter(
               aggregated,
               MAX_DOWNGRADE_TOKENS,
@@ -592,6 +605,19 @@ export const POST = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
     userPrompt += buildDerivedBriefingPrompt(derivedBriefing, locale);
   }
 
+  // v1.18.11 P5 — fold illness-episode + cycle state into the briefing so a
+  // mid-illness or mid-cycle user gets context-aware prose. Reuses the same
+  // server-authoritative builders the Coach assembles; both are module-gated
+  // and short-circuit to null (zero token cost) for users without them.
+  const illnessCycleCtx = await buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext(
+    userId,
+    dbUser?.gender ?? null,
+    await resolveUserTimezone(userId),
+  );
+  if (illnessCycleCtx) {
+    userPrompt += buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt(illnessCycleCtx, locale);
+  }
+
   // v1.12.7 (B5) — inject the curated SOURCES block for the metric sections
   // this briefing actually carries, so a normative claim can cite a real
   // `referenceId` the schema + UI footnote already support. Returns the plain
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-reroll.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-reroll.test.ts
index 1357a76d2..94e45fa29 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-reroll.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-briefing-reroll.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/features", () => ({
     sizeBytes = 0;
   },
   extractFeatures: (...a: unknown[]) => extractFeatures(...a),
+  BRIEFING_FEATURE_WINDOW_DAYS: 400,
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing", () => ({
+  buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+  buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(""),
 }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/glp1-plateau", () => ({
   detectGlp1Plateau: vi.fn(async () => null),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts
index 114a50316..318b5b665 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-generate-force.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/features", () => ({
     sizeBytes = 0;
   },
   extractFeatures: (...a: unknown[]) => extractFeatures(...a),
+  BRIEFING_FEATURE_WINDOW_DAYS: 400,
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing", () => ({
+  buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+  buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(""),
 }));
 // The post-gate prompt assembly reads GLP-1 + about-me context from the
 // DB; stub both so the changed-hash path stays DB-free in this test.
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-json-retry.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-json-retry.test.ts
index aae976aa0..664094870 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-json-retry.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/comprehensive-json-retry.test.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/insights/features", () => ({
     sizeBytes = 0;
   },
   extractFeatures: (...a: unknown[]) => extractFeatures(...a),
+  BRIEFING_FEATURE_WINDOW_DAYS: 400,
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing", () => ({
+  buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+  buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(""),
 }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/insights/glp1-plateau", () => ({
   detectGlp1Plateau: vi.fn(async () => null),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/illness-cycle-briefing.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/illness-cycle-briefing.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f5b66a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/illness-cycle-briefing.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+const buildIllnessSnapshotBlock = vi.fn();
+const buildCycleSnapshotBlock = vi.fn();
+const isCycleAvailableForUser = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/illness-snapshot", () => ({
+  buildIllnessSnapshotBlock: (...a: unknown[]) =>
+    buildIllnessSnapshotBlock(...a),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/ai/coach/cycle-snapshot", () => ({
+  buildCycleSnapshotBlock: (...a: unknown[]) => buildCycleSnapshotBlock(...a),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/cycle/gate", () => ({
+  isCycleAvailableForUser: (...a: unknown[]) => isCycleAvailableForUser(...a),
+}));
+
+import {
+  buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext,
+  buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt,
+} from "@/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing";
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  isCycleAvailableForUser.mockResolvedValue(false);
+  buildIllnessSnapshotBlock.mockResolvedValue(null);
+  buildCycleSnapshotBlock.mockResolvedValue(null);
+});
+
+describe("buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext", () => {
+  it("returns null when neither module surfaces anything", async () => {
+    const ctx = await buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext("u1", null, "UTC");
+    expect(ctx).toBeNull();
+    // Cycle disabled → cycle builder never queried.
+    expect(buildCycleSnapshotBlock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("skips the cycle builder when the module is off but keeps illness", async () => {
+    buildIllnessSnapshotBlock.mockResolvedValue({
+      restMode: true,
+      active: [
+        { label: "Flu", type: "ACUTE", lifecycle: "ACTIVE", onsetAt: "x" },
+      ],
+      recentResolved: [],
+    });
+    const ctx = await buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext("u1", null, "UTC");
+    expect(ctx).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(ctx?.illness?.restMode).toBe(true);
+    expect(ctx?.cycle).toBeNull();
+    expect(buildCycleSnapshotBlock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("queries the cycle builder when the module is on", async () => {
+    isCycleAvailableForUser.mockResolvedValue(true);
+    buildCycleSnapshotBlock.mockResolvedValue({
+      phase: "LUTEAL",
+      dayOfCycle: 22,
+      goal: "GENERAL",
+      cyclesObserved: 3,
+      nextEvent: null,
+      phaseInsight: null,
+    });
+    const ctx = await buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext("u1", "FEMALE", "UTC");
+    expect(ctx?.cycle?.phase).toBe("LUTEAL");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt", () => {
+  it("emits a Rest Mode line for an active illness", () => {
+    const out = buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt(
+      {
+        illness: {
+          restMode: true,
+          active: [
+            { label: "Flu", type: "ACUTE", lifecycle: "ACTIVE", onsetAt: "x" },
+          ],
+          recentResolved: [],
+        },
+        cycle: null,
+      },
+      "en",
+    );
+    expect(out).toContain("Rest Mode");
+    expect(out).toContain("Flu");
+    expect(out).toContain("SYSTEM CONTEXT");
+  });
+
+  it("emits a cycle day/phase line", () => {
+    const out = buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt(
+      {
+        illness: null,
+        cycle: {
+          phase: "FOLLICULAR",
+          dayOfCycle: 5,
+          goal: "GENERAL",
+          cyclesObserved: 2,
+          nextEvent: null,
+          phaseInsight: null,
+        },
+      },
+      "en",
+    );
+    expect(out).toContain("day 5");
+    expect(out).toContain("FOLLICULAR");
+    expect(out).toContain("never causal");
+  });
+
+  it("returns the empty string when there is nothing to say", () => {
+    const out = buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt(
+      {
+        illness: { restMode: false, active: [], recentResolved: [] },
+        cycle: null,
+      },
+      "en",
+    );
+    expect(out).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("localises to German", () => {
+    const out = buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt(
+      {
+        illness: null,
+        cycle: {
+          phase: "LUTEAL",
+          dayOfCycle: 20,
+          goal: "GENERAL",
+          cyclesObserved: 4,
+          nextEvent: null,
+          phaseInsight: null,
+        },
+      },
+      "de",
+    );
+    expect(out).toContain("Zyklus");
+    expect(out).toContain("Tag 20");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate.ts b/src/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate.ts
index 278c45e7e..a83582f25 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/comprehensive-generate.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import {
   extractFeatures,
   FeaturesPayloadTooLargeError,
+  BRIEFING_FEATURE_WINDOW_DAYS,
   type SignalOfDay,
 } from "@/lib/insights/features";
 import {
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ import {
   buildBriefingGroundingCorrection,
 } from "@/lib/ai/briefing-grounding";
 import { applyInsightsExcludeFilter } from "@/lib/insights/exclude-filter";
+import {
+  buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext,
+  buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt,
+} from "@/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing";
 import { compactSections } from "@/lib/ai/prompts/compact-sections";
 import {
   detectGlp1Plateau,
@@ -687,6 +692,8 @@ export async function generateComprehensiveInsight(
       // (see the hash construction below), so it must be readable BEFORE
       // the gate — the comparison snapshot itself is only built after.
       dashboardWidgetsJson: true,
+      // v1.18.11 P5 — gender feeds the cycle context block (phase contrast).
+      gender: true,
     },
   });
 
@@ -721,17 +728,25 @@ export async function generateComprehensiveInsight(
   }
 
   const includeRaw = dbUser?.insightsPrivacyMode === "raw";
+  // v1.18.11 P1 — bound the briefing's bulk feature read to a recent window
+  // (all-time extremes are sourced separately, see features.ts). The downgrade
+  // ladder below stays as the safety net for the rare oversize payload.
+  const featureWindow = { sinceDays: BRIEFING_FEATURE_WINDOW_DAYS };
   let features: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof extractFeatures>>;
   try {
-    features = await extractFeatures(userId, includeRaw);
+    features = await extractFeatures(userId, includeRaw, featureWindow);
   } catch (err) {
     if (err instanceof FeaturesPayloadTooLargeError) {
       try {
-        features = await extractFeatures(userId, false);
+        features = await extractFeatures(userId, false, featureWindow);
       } catch (retryErr) {
         if (retryErr instanceof FeaturesPayloadTooLargeError) {
           try {
-            const aggregated = await extractFeatures(userId, false);
+            const aggregated = await extractFeatures(
+              userId,
+              false,
+              featureWindow,
+            );
             features = applyInsightsExcludeFilter(
               aggregated,
               MAX_DOWNGRADE_TOKENS,
@@ -818,6 +833,16 @@ export async function generateComprehensiveInsight(
   if (aboutMe) {
     userPrompt += buildAboutMeInsightBlock(aboutMe, locale);
   }
+  // v1.18.11 P5 — illness + cycle context (same builders as the on-demand
+  // route + the Coach). Module-gated; null for users without either module.
+  const illnessCycleCtx = await buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext(
+    userId,
+    dbUser?.gender ?? null,
+    await resolveUserTimezone(userId),
+  );
+  if (illnessCycleCtx) {
+    userPrompt += buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt(illnessCycleCtx, locale);
+  }
   const systemPrompt = buildSystemPromptWithReferences(
     locale,
     referenceMetrics,
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/features.ts b/src/lib/insights/features.ts
index 590844869..6b60d622e 100644
--- a/src/lib/insights/features.ts
+++ b/src/lib/insights/features.ts
@@ -283,6 +283,69 @@ export interface RawFeatures extends AggregatedFeatures {
  */
 export const FEATURES_MAX_BYTES = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+/**
+ * v1.18.11 P1 — default bounded read window for the comprehensive briefing.
+ *
+ * The briefing's prose only ever cites 7 / 30 / 90-day windows plus all-time
+ * extremes; the unbounded `measurement.findMany` it used to run materialised
+ * the entire history (tens to hundreds of thousands of rows for multi-year
+ * Withings / Apple imports) into JS on every generation, only to trim the
+ * payload after the fact through the 5 MB downgrade ladder. 400 days captures
+ * full history for the overwhelming majority of accounts while keeping the
+ * seasonal-BP contrast (winter vs summer, needs >180 d) intact; the genuinely
+ * long-horizon all-time min/max/avg figures are sourced separately from a
+ * single grouped aggregation over the whole history (see
+ * `readAllTimeExtremes`), so bounding the bulk read does not silently relabel a
+ * 400-day extreme as "all-time". Mirrors the Coach's 90-day bound
+ * (`coach/snapshot.ts`), just wider because the briefing narrates longer trends.
+ */
+export const BRIEFING_FEATURE_WINDOW_DAYS = 400;
+
+/** All-time aggregate (full history) for one measurement type. */
+interface AllTimeExtremes {
+  mean: number | null;
+  min: number | null;
+  max: number | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v1.18.11 P1 — full-history min / max / mean per measurement type via ONE
+ * grouped SQL aggregation, with NO row materialisation in JS. Used to fill the
+ * `allTime*` feature fields honestly when the bulk feature read is bounded to a
+ * recent window: the windowed `summarize()` covers trends + recent windows, and
+ * this covers the long-horizon extremes the prompt labels "allTime".
+ *
+ * Only the four types that expose `allTime*` fields are aggregated (weight,
+ * systolic, diastolic, pulse). Returns a map keyed by `MeasurementType`; a type
+ * with no rows is simply absent.
+ */
+async function readAllTimeExtremes(
+  userId: string,
+  types: readonly MeasurementType[],
+): Promise<Map<MeasurementType, AllTimeExtremes>> {
+  const rows = await prisma.measurement.groupBy({
+    by: ["type"],
+    where: { userId, deletedAt: null, type: { in: [...types] } },
+    _avg: { value: true },
+    _min: { value: true },
+    _max: { value: true },
+  });
+  const out = new Map<MeasurementType, AllTimeExtremes>();
+  for (const r of rows) {
+    out.set(r.type, {
+      mean: r._avg.value ?? null,
+      min: r._min.value ?? null,
+      max: r._max.value ?? null,
+    });
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+/** Round an all-time mean to 1 decimal, matching the windowed `summarize` mean. */
+function roundMean(v: number | null): number | null {
+  return v === null ? null : Math.round(v * 10) / 10;
+}
+
 export class FeaturesPayloadTooLargeError extends Error {
   readonly code = "FEATURES_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE";
   readonly sizeBytes: number;
@@ -620,6 +683,21 @@ export async function extractFeatures(
     orderBy: { measuredAt: "asc" },
   });
 
+  // v1.18.11 P1 — when the bulk read is bounded to a recent window, the
+  // windowed `summarize()` no longer covers the full history, so the `allTime*`
+  // fields would silently become "last `sinceDays` days" extremes. Source the
+  // genuine full-history min / max / mean from one grouped aggregation (no row
+  // materialisation) so the labels stay honest. Unbounded reads (sinceCutoff
+  // null) already see the whole history and skip the extra query.
+  const allTimeExtremes = sinceCutoff
+    ? await readAllTimeExtremes(userId, [
+        "WEIGHT",
+        "BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS",
+        "BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA",
+        "PULSE",
+      ])
+    : null;
+
   const byType = (type: string) => measurements.filter((m) => m.type === type);
 
   const bpTargets = getBpTargets(user?.dateOfBirth ?? null);
@@ -686,9 +764,23 @@ export async function extractFeatures(
       avg7: summary.avg7,
       avg30: summary.avg30,
       avg90: avgInWindow(weightData, now, 90),
-      allTimeAvg: summary.count > 0 ? summary.mean : null,
-      allTimeMin: summary.count > 0 ? summary.min : null,
-      allTimeMax: summary.count > 0 ? summary.max : null,
+      // v1.18.11 P1 — full-history extremes from the grouped aggregation when
+      // the bulk read is windowed; the in-window summary otherwise.
+      allTimeAvg: allTimeExtremes
+        ? roundMean(allTimeExtremes.get("WEIGHT")?.mean ?? null)
+        : summary.count > 0
+          ? summary.mean
+          : null,
+      allTimeMin: allTimeExtremes
+        ? (allTimeExtremes.get("WEIGHT")?.min ?? null)
+        : summary.count > 0
+          ? summary.min
+          : null,
+      allTimeMax: allTimeExtremes
+        ? (allTimeExtremes.get("WEIGHT")?.max ?? null)
+        : summary.count > 0
+          ? summary.max
+          : null,
       slope30: summary.slope30?.slope ?? null,
       outlierCount: summary.anomalyCount,
       bmi,
@@ -733,12 +825,37 @@ export async function extractFeatures(
       avgDia30: diaSummary?.avg30 ?? null,
       avgSys90: sysData.length > 0 ? avgInWindow(sysData, now, 90) : null,
       avgDia90: diaData.length > 0 ? avgInWindow(diaData, now, 90) : null,
-      allTimeAvgSys: sysSummary?.count ? sysSummary.mean : null,
-      allTimeAvgDia: diaSummary?.count ? diaSummary.mean : null,
-      allTimeMinSys: sysSummary?.count ? sysSummary.min : null,
-      allTimeMaxSys: sysSummary?.count ? sysSummary.max : null,
-      allTimeMinDia: diaSummary?.count ? diaSummary.min : null,
-      allTimeMaxDia: diaSummary?.count ? diaSummary.max : null,
+      // v1.18.11 P1 — full-history extremes when the bulk read is windowed.
+      allTimeAvgSys: allTimeExtremes
+        ? roundMean(allTimeExtremes.get("BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS")?.mean ?? null)
+        : sysSummary?.count
+          ? sysSummary.mean
+          : null,
+      allTimeAvgDia: allTimeExtremes
+        ? roundMean(allTimeExtremes.get("BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA")?.mean ?? null)
+        : diaSummary?.count
+          ? diaSummary.mean
+          : null,
+      allTimeMinSys: allTimeExtremes
+        ? (allTimeExtremes.get("BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS")?.min ?? null)
+        : sysSummary?.count
+          ? sysSummary.min
+          : null,
+      allTimeMaxSys: allTimeExtremes
+        ? (allTimeExtremes.get("BLOOD_PRESSURE_SYS")?.max ?? null)
+        : sysSummary?.count
+          ? sysSummary.max
+          : null,
+      allTimeMinDia: allTimeExtremes
+        ? (allTimeExtremes.get("BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA")?.min ?? null)
+        : diaSummary?.count
+          ? diaSummary.min
+          : null,
+      allTimeMaxDia: allTimeExtremes
+        ? (allTimeExtremes.get("BLOOD_PRESSURE_DIA")?.max ?? null)
+        : diaSummary?.count
+          ? diaSummary.max
+          : null,
       slopeSys30: sysSummary?.slope30?.slope ?? null,
       slopeDia30: diaSummary?.slope30?.slope ?? null,
       sdSys30: (() => {
@@ -779,9 +896,22 @@ export async function extractFeatures(
       avg7: summary.avg7,
       avg30: summary.avg30,
       avg90: avgInWindow(pulseData, now, 90),
-      allTimeAvg: summary.count > 0 ? summary.mean : null,
-      allTimeMin: summary.count > 0 ? summary.min : null,
-      allTimeMax: summary.count > 0 ? summary.max : null,
+      // v1.18.11 P1 — full-history extremes when the bulk read is windowed.
+      allTimeAvg: allTimeExtremes
+        ? roundMean(allTimeExtremes.get("PULSE")?.mean ?? null)
+        : summary.count > 0
+          ? summary.mean
+          : null,
+      allTimeMin: allTimeExtremes
+        ? (allTimeExtremes.get("PULSE")?.min ?? null)
+        : summary.count > 0
+          ? summary.min
+          : null,
+      allTimeMax: allTimeExtremes
+        ? (allTimeExtremes.get("PULSE")?.max ?? null)
+        : summary.count > 0
+          ? summary.max
+          : null,
       slope30: summary.slope30?.slope ?? null,
       anomalyCount: summary.anomalyCount,
       coverage: computeCoverage(pulseData, now),
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing.ts b/src/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7fd7974d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/insights/illness-cycle-briefing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/**
+ * v1.18.11 P5 — illness + cycle context for the daily briefing.
+ *
+ * The briefing used to narrate as if nothing were going on even when the user
+ * is mid-illness-episode or mid-cycle, because — unlike the Coach — it never
+ * pulled those states into its prompt. This module reuses the SAME server-
+ * authoritative builders the Coach snapshot assembles (`buildIllnessSnapshotBlock`,
+ * `buildCycleSnapshotBlock`) and folds the result into the insight-generator
+ * prompt as a SYSTEM CONTEXT block — the same append mechanism the GLP-1 plateau
+ * and derived-signal detectors use.
+ *
+ * Both blocks are module-gated: the illness builder short-circuits to null for a
+ * non-illness / opted-out account, and the cycle block is additionally gated on
+ * the fully-resolved cycle module. A user with neither pays zero token cost and
+ * the briefing prompt is byte-for-byte unchanged. CONTEXT only — labels +
+ * lifecycle + dates + phase; no decrypted notes, no fabricated numbers.
+ *
+ * Server-only.
+ */
+import {
+  buildIllnessSnapshotBlock,
+  type CoachIllnessBlock,
+} from "@/lib/ai/coach/illness-snapshot";
+import {
+  buildCycleSnapshotBlock,
+  type CycleSnapshotBlock,
+} from "@/lib/ai/coach/cycle-snapshot";
+import { isCycleAvailableForUser } from "@/lib/cycle/gate";
+import type { Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
+
+export interface BriefingIllnessCycleContext {
+  illness: CoachIllnessBlock | null;
+  cycle: CycleSnapshotBlock | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Assemble the illness + cycle context for the briefing, or `null` when neither
+ * module surfaces anything. Reuses the Coach builders verbatim so the briefing
+ * never disagrees with the Coach about the user's current state.
+ */
+export async function buildBriefingIllnessCycleContext(
+  userId: string,
+  gender: string | null | undefined,
+  timezone: string | null | undefined,
+  now: Date = new Date(),
+): Promise<BriefingIllnessCycleContext | null> {
+  const cycleEnabled = await isCycleAvailableForUser(userId);
+  const [illness, cycle] = await Promise.all([
+    // Module-gated internally — short-circuits to null for a non-illness account.
+    buildIllnessSnapshotBlock(userId, now),
+    cycleEnabled
+      ? buildCycleSnapshotBlock(userId, gender, now, timezone)
+      : Promise.resolve(null),
+  ]);
+
+  if (!illness && !cycle) return null;
+  return { illness, cycle };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the SYSTEM CONTEXT block appended to the briefing user prompt. Mirrors
+ * the derived-briefing / GLP-1 plateau append mechanism. DE + EN bodies; other
+ * locales fall through to EN (the same chain the message bundles use).
+ *
+ * Returns the empty string when there is nothing to say, so the caller can
+ * append unconditionally.
+ */
+export function buildBriefingIllnessCyclePrompt(
+  ctx: BriefingIllnessCycleContext,
+  locale: Locale,
+): string {
+  const de = locale === "de";
+  const lines: string[] = [];
+
+  if (ctx.illness) {
+    if (ctx.illness.restMode && ctx.illness.active.length > 0) {
+      const labels = ctx.illness.active
+        .map((e) => `${e.label} (${e.type}, ${e.lifecycle})`)
+        .join("; ");
+      lines.push(
+        de
+          ? `- Aktive Erkrankung(en) gerade: ${labels}. Der Nutzer ist im Rest Mode — lies abweichende Vitalwerte oder eine niedrige Erholung als krankheitsbedingt, nicht alarmierend, und dränge NICHT auf häufigeres Messen.`
+          : `- Active illness episode(s) right now: ${labels}. The user is in Rest Mode — read off-band vitals or low recovery as illness-explained rather than alarming, and do NOT push a "measure more often" cadence.`,
+      );
+    } else if (ctx.illness.recentResolved.length > 0) {
+      lines.push(
+        de
+          ? `- Keine aktive Erkrankung; zuletzt aufgelöst: ${ctx.illness.recentResolved[0].label}.`
+          : `- No active illness; most recently resolved: ${ctx.illness.recentResolved[0].label}.`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (ctx.cycle) {
+    const c = ctx.cycle;
+    if (c.phase && c.dayOfCycle !== null) {
+      lines.push(
+        de
+          ? `- Zyklus: Tag ${c.dayOfCycle}, ${c.phase}-Phase. Beschreibend, nie als Ursache; keine Verhütungs- oder "sichere Tage"-Aussagen.`
+          : `- Cycle: day ${c.dayOfCycle}, ${c.phase} phase. Descriptive only, never causal; no contraception / "safe day" claims.`,
+      );
+    }
+    if (c.phaseInsight) {
+      lines.push(
+        de
+          ? `- ${c.phaseInsight.interpretation}`
+          : `- ${c.phaseInsight.interpretation}`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (lines.length === 0) return "";
+
+  const body = lines.join("\n");
+  return de
+    ? `
+
+SYSTEM CONTEXT — GESUNDHEITSZUSTAND (KRANKHEIT / ZYKLUS)
+
+Die App hat folgenden aktuellen Kontext aus den eigenen Daten des Nutzers ermittelt (beschreibend, keine Diagnose):
+${body}
+
+Berücksichtige diesen Kontext im dailyBriefing-Ton; erfinde KEINE Zahlen und stelle KEINE medizinische Ursache her.`
+    : `
+
+SYSTEM CONTEXT — HEALTH STATE (ILLNESS / CYCLE)
+
+The app derived this current context from the user's own data (descriptive, not a diagnosis):
+${body}
+
+Factor this context into the dailyBriefing tone; do NOT invent numbers and do NOT attribute a medical cause.`;
+}