frontend/dashboard.css

@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
 .plan-today-available { display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between; gap:12px; margin:10px 0; font-weight:700; }
 .plan-today-available span { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:6px; }
 .plan-today-available input, .plan-today-estimate { box-sizing:border-box; min-height:44px; width:108px; }
+.plan-today-build { min-height:44px; width:100%; font-weight:700; }
+.plan-today-build-status { min-height:1.4em; margin-top:6px; color:#bfdbfe; }
 .plan-today-estimate-wrap { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:6px; margin-top:8px; }
 .plan-today-error { min-height:1.4em; color:#fca5a5; }
 .discard-recap-replan { min-height:44px; margin-bottom:8px; }

frontend/dashboard.js

@@ -1394,6 +1394,11 @@
       formatPlanMinutes(state.planned_minutes) + ' · ' + capacityText +
       (state.unestimated_count ? ' · ' + state.unestimated_count + ' unestimated' : '');
     qs('#plan-today-available').value = state.capacity_minutes || '';
+    const build = state.build;
+    qs('#plan-today-build-status').textContent = build ?
+      ('Built ' + build.selected.length + ' ready ' + (build.selected.length === 1 ? 'item' : 'items') +
+        (build.skipped.length ? ' · Skipped ' + build.skipped.length + ' blocked or unverified' : '') +
+        (build.needs_estimate.length ? ' · ' + build.needs_estimate.length + ' need estimates' : '')) : '';
     qs('#plan-today-list').innerHTML = state.ids.length ? state.ids.map((id, index) =>
       planTodayItemMarkup(planToday.item(id), true, index)
     ).join('') : '<p class="muted">No work selected yet.</p>';
@@ -1485,6 +1490,32 @@
     },
   });
 
+  async function buildTodayPlan() {
+    const button = qs('#build-today-plan');
+    const state = planToday.snapshot();
+    const candidates = state.ids.map(id => planToday.item(id)).concat(planToday.candidates());
+    button.disabled = true;
+    qs('#plan-today-build-status').textContent = 'Checking readiness and fitting your highest-ranked work…';
+    const checks = await Promise.all(candidates.map(async item => {
+      const id = todayWork.identity(item);
+      if (item.kind !== 'issue') return [id, { status:'ready' }];
+      try {
+        const detail = await inspectTodayDependencies(item);
+        if (!detail.available) return [id, { status:'unverified' }];
+        if (detail.dependencies.length) return [id, {
+          status:'blocked', reason:detail.dependencies.length + ' open ' +
+            (detail.dependencies.length === 1 ? 'dependency' : 'dependencies'),
+        }];
+        return [id, { status:'ready' }];
+      } catch (_error) {
+        return [id, { status:'unverified' }];
+      }
+    }));
+    planToday.buildRecommendation(Object.fromEntries(checks));
+    button.disabled = false;
+    renderPlanToday();
+  }
+
   function canPreviewPlanItem(item) {
     if (!item || !offlineWorkMode) return Boolean(item);
     const login = planningOwnerLogin || confirmedOwnerLogin ||
@@ -5357,6 +5388,7 @@
     qs('#plan-today-error').textContent = '';
     renderPlanToday();
   });
+  qs('#build-today-plan').addEventListener('click', () => buildTodayPlan());
   function commitPlanToday(start, button) {
     const result = planToday.commit({ start, confirmOverCapacity: button.dataset.confirmOverCapacity === 'true' });
     if (result === 'saved') {

frontend/index.html

@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@
     <label class="plan-today-available" for="plan-today-available">Available today
       <span><input id="plan-today-available" type="number" inputmode="numeric" min="15" max="1440" step="15" placeholder="Minutes" /> min</span>
     </label>
+    <button class="plan-today-build" id="build-today-plan" type="button">Build my Today</button>
+    <div class="small plan-today-build-status" id="plan-today-build-status" role="status" aria-live="polite"></div>
     <div class="small plan-today-error" id="plan-today-error" role="alert"></div>
     <button class="discard-recap-replan" id="discard-recap-replan" type="button" hidden>Discard recap feedback</button>
     <section aria-labelledby="today-plan-heading">

frontend/plan-today.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function createPlanToday({ identity, save, start, limit = 5 }) {
   let recommendations = {};
   let recommendationAware = false;
   let capacityAware = false;
+  let buildState = null;
 
   function cleanItems(items) {
     const unique = new Map();
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ function createPlanToday({ identity, save, start, limit = 5 }) {
     }
     recommendations = {};
     recommendationAware = actualMinutes !== null;
+    buildState = null;
     for (const [id, minutes] of Object.entries(actualMinutes || {})) {
       if (draftIds.includes(id) && Number.isInteger(minutes) && minutes >= 5 && minutes <= 1440 &&
           estimates[id] !== minutes) recommendations[id] = minutes;
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ function createPlanToday({ identity, save, start, limit = 5 }) {
     recommendations = {};
     recommendationAware = false;
     capacityAware = false;
+    buildState = null;
   }
 
   function cancel() {
@@ -104,6 +107,40 @@ function createPlanToday({ identity, save, start, limit = 5 }) {
     return true;
   }
 
+  function buildRecommendation(readiness = {}) {
+    if (!openState) return null;
+    const selected = [];
+    const reasons = {};
+    const skipped = [];
+    const needsEstimate = [];
+    let used = 0;
+    for (const [id, item] of itemsById) {
+      if (selected.length >= limit) break;
+      const check = readiness[id] || { status:'unverified' };
+      if (check.status !== 'ready') {
+        skipped.push({
+          id,
+          status:check.status === 'blocked' ? 'blocked' : 'unverified',
+          reason:check.reason || (check.status === 'blocked' ? 'Blocked' : 'Could not verify readiness'),
+        });
+        continue;
+      }
+      const minutes = estimates[id];
+      if (!Number.isInteger(minutes)) {
+        needsEstimate.push(id);
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (capacityMinutes !== null && used + minutes > capacityMinutes) continue;
+      selected.push(id);
+      reasons[id] = item.reason || item.attention_reason || 'Ranked My Work';
+      used += minutes;
+    }
+    draftIds = selected;
+    capacityAware = true;
+    buildState = { selected:[...selected], reasons, skipped, needs_estimate:needsEstimate };
+    return buildState;
+  }
+
   function commit({ start: startAfterSave = false, confirmOverCapacity = false } = {}) {
     if (!openState) return 'closed';
     const ids = [...draftIds];
@@ -138,6 +175,7 @@ function createPlanToday({ identity, save, start, limit = 5 }) {
       remaining_minutes: remainingMinutes,
       unestimated_count: draftIds.length - Object.keys(selectedEstimates).length,
       over_capacity: remainingMinutes !== null && remainingMinutes < 0,
+      ...(buildState ? { build:buildState } : {}),
     };
   }
 
@@ -149,7 +187,7 @@ function createPlanToday({ identity, save, start, limit = 5 }) {
     return [...itemsById.entries()].filter(([id]) => !draftIds.includes(id)).map(([, value]) => value);
   }
 
-  return { open, toggle, move, cancel, setCapacity, setEstimate, applyRecommendation, commit, snapshot, item, candidates };
+  return { open, toggle, move, cancel, setCapacity, setEstimate, applyRecommendation, buildRecommendation, commit, snapshot, item, candidates };
 }
 
 if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) module.exports = createPlanToday;

tests/test_plan_today.py

@@ -164,6 +164,49 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{before,ignored,applied,after,result,saved}
     }
 
 
+def test_plan_today_builds_ranked_ready_capacity_fit_without_saving():
+    script = f"""
+const createPlanToday = require({json.dumps(str(PLAN_TODAY))});
+const item = (number, reason) => ({{kind:'issue', repository:'stackchain/dashboard', number, title:'Issue ' + number, reason}});
+const saved = [];
++const planner = createPlanToday({{
+  identity: value => 'issue:stackchain/dashboard:' + value.number + ':',
+  save: plan => saved.push(plan),
+}});
+const id = n => 'issue:stackchain/dashboard:' + n + ':';
+planner.open([], [item(1, 'Due today'), item(2, 'Unread update'), item(3, 'Assigned to you'), item(4, 'Needs your review')], {{
+  capacity_minutes:90, estimates:{{[id(1)]:60,[id(2)]:45,[id(3)]:30,[id(4)]:20}}
+}});
+const build = planner.buildRecommendation({{
+  [id(1)]:{{status:'ready'}},
+  [id(2)]:{{status:'blocked', reason:'Waiting on API'}},
+  [id(3)]:{{status:'ready'}},
+  [id(4)]:{{status:'unverified'}},
+}});
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{build, snapshot:planner.snapshot(), saved}}));
+""".replace("+const", "const")
+    result = run_node(script)
+    assert result["build"] == {
+        "selected": ["issue:stackchain/dashboard:1:", "issue:stackchain/dashboard:3:"],
+        "reasons": {
+            "issue:stackchain/dashboard:1:": "Due today",
+            "issue:stackchain/dashboard:3:": "Assigned to you",
+        },
+        "skipped": [
+            {"id": "issue:stackchain/dashboard:2:", "status": "blocked", "reason": "Waiting on API"},
+            {"id": "issue:stackchain/dashboard:4:", "status": "unverified", "reason": "Could not verify readiness"},
+        ],
+        "needs_estimate": [],
+    }
+    assert result["snapshot"]["ids"] == [
+        "issue:stackchain/dashboard:1:", "issue:stackchain/dashboard:3:"
+    ]
+    assert result["snapshot"]["planned_minutes"] == 90
+    assert result["snapshot"]["remaining_minutes"] == 0
+    assert result["snapshot"]["build"] == result["build"]
+    assert result["saved"] == []
+
+
 def test_plan_today_preview_preserves_draft_scroll_and_adds_item_once_on_return():
     script = f"""
 const createPlanToday = require({json.dumps(str(PLAN_TODAY))});
@@ -278,6 +321,8 @@ async def test_mobile_dashboard_wires_focused_plan_today_sheet():
     assert 'id="plan-today-sheet" role="dialog"' in html
     assert 'id="plan-today-capacity"' in html
     assert 'id="plan-today-available"' in html
+    assert 'id="build-today-plan"' in html
+    assert 'id="plan-today-build-status" role="status" aria-live="polite"' in html
     assert 'inputmode="numeric" min="15" max="1440"' in html
     assert 'data-plan-estimate="' in html
     assert 'aria-label="Estimate for ' in html