diff --git a/.env.development b/.env.development
index 9b95deea9..1bac82b17 100644
--- a/.env.development
+++ b/.env.development
@@ -178,6 +178,19 @@ MANA_LLM_URL=https://llm.mana.how
 MANA_LLM_API_KEY=
 MANA_LLM_DEFAULT_MODEL=gemma3:4b
 
+# mana-research — unified research orchestration (port 3068). Fronts
+# search + extract + sync/async research agents behind one API. mana-ai
+# calls the service-to-service /api/v1/internal/research/async path
+# for cross-tick Deep Research Max jobs.
+MANA_RESEARCH_URL=http://localhost:3068
+
+# mana-ai deep-research opt-in. When true AND a mission's objective
+# matches DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER (see services/mana-ai/src/cron/tick.ts),
+# mana-ai submits a gemini-deep-research-max task (~$3–7 / 1500 credits
+# per run) and polls across ticks instead of the shallow RSS path.
+# Keep this off in dev unless you're actively testing the feature.
+MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED=false
+
 # mana-crawler — Go service. Default binary port is 3023 (local dev);
 # the macmini docker-compose overrides to 3014 internally. Used by the
 # Kontext URL import endpoint (POST /api/v1/context/import-url) to
diff --git a/docker-compose.macmini.yml b/docker-compose.macmini.yml
index 6cf2e7a25..a9976d014 100644
--- a/docker-compose.macmini.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.macmini.yml
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ services:
         condition: service_started
       mana-api:
         condition: service_healthy
+      mana-research:
+        condition: service_started
     environment:
       TZ: Europe/Berlin
       NODE_ENV: production
@@ -325,6 +327,8 @@ services:
       SYNC_DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-mana123}@postgres:5432/mana_sync
       MANA_LLM_URL: http://mana-llm:3020
       MANA_API_URL: http://mana-api:3060
+      MANA_RESEARCH_URL: http://mana-research:3068
+      MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED: ${MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED:-false}
       MANA_SERVICE_KEY: ${MANA_SERVICE_KEY}
       TICK_INTERVAL_MS: ${MANA_AI_TICK_INTERVAL_MS:-60000}
       TICK_ENABLED: ${MANA_AI_TICK_ENABLED:-true}
@@ -1666,6 +1670,11 @@ services:
       MANA_CRAWLER_URL: http://mana-crawler:3014
       MANA_LLM_DEFAULT_MODEL: ${MANA_LLM_DEFAULT_MODEL:-gemma3:4b}
       MANA_SERVICE_KEY: ${MANA_SERVICE_KEY}
+      # OpenAI — picture module gpt-image-2 path. Optional: without it,
+      # /api/v1/picture/generate falls through to Replicate/local Flux.
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: ${OPENAI_API_KEY:-}
+      # Replicate — fallback for Flux-schnell image generation
+      REPLICATE_API_TOKEN: ${REPLICATE_API_TOKEN:-}
       APP_ID: mana-api
       # Database (used by modules that have server-side state — research,
       # presi share-links, traces guides). Same Postgres + schema split
diff --git a/docs/reports/gemini-deep-research.md b/docs/reports/gemini-deep-research.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5f6e87ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reports/gemini-deep-research.md
@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+# Gemini 3.1 Pro Deep Research & Deep Research Max
+
+**Datum:** 2026-04-22
+**Anlass:** Googles Launch am 2026-04-21 — zwei autonome Research-Agenten auf Basis von Gemini 3.1 Pro, verfügbar als Public Preview über die Gemini API.
+**Status:** Schritt 1 + 2 geliefert. Schritt 3 (MCP-Server) geplant, nicht implementiert.
+
+## TL;DR
+
+Google hat zwei neue Research-Agenten veröffentlicht, die bei uns direkt in die Provider-Landschaft von `mana-research` passen und die Phase-3b-Lücke (`openai-deep-research` als einziger async Agent) auf natürliche Weise ergänzen. Besonderheit: **beide Agenten sprechen Model Context Protocol (MCP)**, wodurch sie potenziell an *unsere* Daten andocken könnten — was in Kombination mit dem existierenden AI-Mission-Key-Grant-System (RSA-wrapped MDK, audit-logged) ein strategisch interessanter Vektor ist.
+
+Schritt 1 (async Provider) und Schritt 2 (`mana-ai` Cross-Tick-Pre-Research) sind geliefert und hinter einem Opt-in-Flag (`MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED=true`) aktivierbar. Schritt 3 (MCP-Server für unsere verschlüsselten Kontextdaten) ist spezifiziert, aber Security-Review erforderlich vor Rollout.
+
+## 1. Die Modelle im Detail
+
+### 1.1 Varianten und Positionierung
+
+| | **Deep Research** | **Deep Research Max** |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Model-ID** | `deep-research-preview-04-2026` | `deep-research-max-preview-04-2026` |
+| **Zielbild** | Interaktiv, niedrige Latenz, eingebettet in User-Surfaces | Asynchron, nächtliche Cron-Jobs, maximale Tiefe |
+| **Typ. Laufzeit** | Minutenbereich (eingebaut in Chat-UIs) | Bis zu 60 min (typ. ~20 min) |
+| **Typ. Volumen** | ~80 Suchen, ~250k Input-Tokens, ~60k Output | ~160 Suchen, ~900k Input-Tokens, ~80k Output |
+| **Preis (geschätzt)** | $1.00–3.00 pro Task | $3.00–7.00 pro Task |
+| **DeepSearchQA** | — | 93.3 % (von 66.1 % im Dez 2025) |
+| **Humanity's Last Exam** | — | 54.6 % (von 46.4 %) |
+
+Beide laufen ausschließlich **async** (`background=true` ist Pflicht, `store=true` erforderlich). Es gibt keinen synchronen Request-Response-Modus wie bei `gemini-grounding`.
+
+### 1.2 API-Shape — submit
+
+```
+POST https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions
+x-goog-api-key: <GOOGLE_GENAI_API_KEY>
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "agent": "deep-research-preview-04-2026",
+  "input": "query",
+  "background": true,
+  "store": true,
+  "agent_config": {
+    "type": "deep-research",
+    "thinking_summaries": "auto",       // Live-Gedanken streamen
+    "visualization": "auto",            // Charts/Infographics inline
+    "collaborative_planning": false
+  },
+  "tools": [
+    { "type": "google_search" },
+    { "type": "url_context" },
+    { "type": "code_execution" },
+    { "type": "file_search" },
+    {
+      "type": "mcp_server",
+      "name": "mana-kontext",
+      "url": "https://mcp.mana.how/...",
+      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer …" },
+      "allowed_tools": ["search_notes", "search_journal"]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+
+→ 200
+{
+  "id": "v1_Chd...",
+  "status": "in_progress",
+  "role": "agent",
+  "created": "...",
+  "agent": "deep-research-preview-04-2026"
+}
+```
+
+### 1.3 API-Shape — poll (completed)
+
+Die tatsächlich beobachtete Response-Shape (Smoke-Test am 2026-04-22) weicht von der OpenAI-Responses-API deutlich ab. Wir hatten initial OpenAI-Style (`output: [{type:'message', content:[...]}]`) erwartet — die echte Shape sieht so aus:
+
+```
+GET https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions/{id}
+
+→ 200
+{
+  "id": "v1_Chd...",
+  "status": "completed",
+  "outputs": [                                  // Plural! Flaches Array.
+    { "type": "thought",
+      "signature": "...",
+      "summary": [                              // Thought-Summaries als Liste
+        { "type": "text", "text": "..." }
+      ]
+    },
+    {},                                         // Gelegentlich leer → ignorieren
+    { "type": "text",
+      "text": "# Hono and Bun...",
+      "annotations": [
+        { "type": "url_citation",
+          "url": "https://...",
+          "start_index": 268,
+          "end_index": 283
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    { "type": "image",
+      "mime_type": "image/png",
+      "data": "<base64>"                         // Charts/Infographics
+    },
+    { "type": "text", "text": "**Sources:** ..." }
+  ],
+  "usage": {
+    "total_tokens": 145268,
+    "total_input_tokens": 93025,
+    "total_output_tokens": 7770,
+    "total_cached_tokens": 16384,                // Prompt-Cache
+    "total_tool_use_tokens": 28371,
+    "total_thought_tokens": 16102,
+    "input_tokens_by_modality": [...],
+    "output_tokens_by_modality": [...]
+  },
+  "role": "agent",
+  "object": "interaction",
+  "agent": "deep-research-preview-04-2026"
+}
+```
+
+Wichtig für den Parser:
+- **`outputs` (nicht `output`)** ist ein flaches Array mit `type: 'thought' | 'text' | 'image' | null`
+- `text` items haben `annotations[]` mit `type: 'url_citation'`, `url`, `start_index`/`end_index` — **kein `title`-Feld**, wir ziehen den Hostname aus der URL
+- `image` items tragen base64-codierte Bilder (PNG) als `data` mit `mime_type`
+- `thought` items sind die live-gestreamten Reasoning-Summaries — wenn wir nur den finalen Report brauchen, skip
+- `usage` nutzt `total_input_tokens` / `total_output_tokens` (nicht `input_tokens` / `output_tokens`)
+
+### 1.4 Was die Agenten können
+
+- **Autonom planen** und iterativ nachsuchen, bis sie eine Antwort haben
+- **Google Search + URL Context + Code Execution + File Search** parallel oder einzeln; Web-Zugriff lässt sich auch komplett deaktivieren (Pure-MCP-Mode)
+- **MCP-Server** als Brücke zu proprietären Datenquellen — Enterprise-Partner sind FactSet, S&P Global, PitchBook
+- **Native Visualisierung**: Charts und Infographics inline als HTML oder Nano-Banana
+- **Thought-Summaries** als Live-Stream — brauchbar für "Agent denkt gerade…"-UIs
+- **Keine** Structured Outputs, **keine** custom Function-Calls (dafür gibt es MCP)
+
+## 2. Einordnung in unsere Landschaft
+
+### 2.1 `mana-research` (port 3068)
+
+Phase 3a liefert vier **synchrone** Agents (`perplexity-sonar`, `gemini-grounding`, `openai-responses`, `claude-web-search`). Phase 3b war ursprünglich nur für `openai-deep-research` (1000 credits) vorgesehen; mit Schritt 1 kommen die beiden Gemini-Async-Provider dazu und verdoppeln die Abdeckung des Max-Tiers.
+
+### 2.2 `mana-ai` (port 3067)
+
+v0.6 hatte den RSS-basierten `NewsResearchClient` und den **Pre-Planning-Research-Step** geshipped. Mit Schritt 2 (v0.7) kommt daneben ein zweiter Pfad: wenn eine Mission explizit nach deep research fragt und der Service die entsprechende ENV-Flag gesetzt hat, wird statt RSS eine async Gemini Deep Research Max Task submittet und über Ticks hinweg gepollt.
+
+## 3. Integrationsplan — Status
+
+| Schritt | Status | Datum | Details |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 — Gemini als async Provider in mana-research | ✅ Geliefert | 2026-04-22 | §3.1 |
+| 2 — Cross-Tick Deep-Research in mana-ai | ✅ Geliefert | 2026-04-22 | §3.2 |
+| 3 — MCP-Server für unsere Daten | ⏳ Spezifiziert | — | §3.3 |
+
+### 3.1 Schritt 1 — `gemini-deep-research[-max]` als async Provider — ✅ GELIEFERT
+
+Zwei neue Provider-IDs neben `openai-deep-research` in `mana-research`:
+
+**Geänderte/neue Dateien:**
+- `packages/shared-research/src/ids.ts` — `AGENT_PROVIDER_IDS` erweitert um `gemini-deep-research` + `gemini-deep-research-max`
+- `services/mana-research/src/providers/agent/gemini-deep-research.ts` — neuer Provider, submit/poll-Split tier-parametrisiert (`standard`/`max`). Parser nutzt die echte Response-Shape aus §1.3.
+- `services/mana-research/src/routes/research.ts` — `/async` POST + `/async/:id` GET dispatchen via `dispatchAsync(providerId, config)`. Default: `openai-deep-research` (backward compatible).
+- `services/mana-research/src/routes/internal-research.ts` — **neu** — service-to-service Pendant unter `/api/v1/internal/research/async`, gated durch `X-Service-Key` + `X-User-Id` Header für Credit-Accounting.
+- `src/lib/pricing.ts` — 300 / 1500 credits (Standard / Max)
+- `src/executor/env-map.ts` + `src/router/auto-route.ts` — beide neue IDs auf `googleGenai`, explizit **nicht** in `AGENT_DEFAULT_ORDER` (sync-Auto-Route überspringt sie; nur `/async` erreichbar)
+- `src/routes/providers.ts` — Health-keyMap ergänzt
+- `src/index.ts` — internal route gemountet unter `/api/v1/internal/research/*`
+- `services/mana-research/API_KEYS.md` + `CLAUDE.md` — dokumentiert
+
+**Use (user-facing):**
+```
+POST /api/v1/research/async
+{ "query": "…", "provider": "gemini-deep-research-max" }
+→ { taskId, status: "queued", providerId, costCredits: 1500 }
+
+GET /api/v1/research/async/:taskId
+```
+
+**Use (service-to-service):**
+```
+POST /api/v1/internal/research/async
+X-Service-Key: <MANA_SERVICE_KEY>
+X-User-Id: <userId>
+{ "query": "…", "provider": "gemini-deep-research-max" }
+```
+
+**Verifiziert** mit echtem `GOOGLE_GENAI_API_KEY` am 2026-04-22: submit + poll über Googles Preview-API → HTTP 200 in beiden Richtungen, completed Response korrekt geparst.
+
+### 3.2 Schritt 2 — `mana-ai` v0.7 Cross-Tick Deep Research — ✅ GELIEFERT
+
+**Problem:** Max-Tasks laufen bis 60 min. Der mana-ai Tick-Loop läuft alle 60 s. Wir brauchen Cross-Tick-State, um genau einen pending Research-Job pro Mission zu tracken und über mehrere Ticks zu pollen, ohne neu zu submitten.
+
+**Geänderte/neue Dateien:**
+- `services/mana-ai/src/clients/mana-research.ts` — **neu** — HTTP-Client für die internen Async-Endpoints. Graceful-null bei Fehler, damit eine kaputte mana-research den Tick nicht crasht.
+- `services/mana-ai/src/db/migrate.ts` — neue Tabelle `mana_ai.mission_research_jobs (user_id, mission_id, task_id, provider_id, submitted_at, last_polled_at)` mit PK `(user_id, mission_id)`. Ein Row = es läuft ein Job.
+- `services/mana-ai/src/db/research-jobs.ts` — **neu** — `get/insert/touch/delete`. Nach `completed`/`failed`: DELETE.
+- `services/mana-ai/src/cron/tick.ts`:
+  - neuer `handleDeepResearch(m, sql, config)` mit State-Machine:
+    - Wenn pending Job existiert → poll
+      - `queued`/`running` → `'pending'` (skip tick)
+      - `failed`/`cancelled` → delete, fall through zu shallow
+      - `completed` → delete + return ResolvedInput
+    - Kein Job aber `DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER` + `config.deepResearchEnabled` → submit + insert → `'pending'`
+  - `planOneMission` Rückgabetyp auf Discriminated Union erweitert: `{outcome:'planned'|'skipped'|'failed'}` statt `T | null`, damit skipped-wegen-pending-research nicht als parse-failure gezählt wird
+  - Shallow RSS-Pfad läuft nur noch, wenn deep weder ein Ergebnis geliefert hat, noch pending ist
+- `services/mana-ai/src/config.ts` — `manaResearchUrl` + `deepResearchEnabled` (`MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED`)
+- `services/mana-ai/src/metrics.ts` — vier neue Counter: `mana_ai_research_jobs_submitted_total{provider}`, `_completed_total{provider}`, `_failed_total{provider}`, `_pending_skips_total`
+- `services/mana-ai/package.json` — `@mana/shared-research` als workspace-dep + `type-check` script
+- `docker-compose.macmini.yml` — mana-ai bekommt `MANA_RESEARCH_URL`, `MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED` (default `false`), `depends_on: mana-research`
+
+**Opt-in-Trigger (streng enger als shallow):**
+```
+DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER = /\b(deep research|tiefe recherche|umfassende recherche|hintergrundrecherche|deep dive)\b/i
+```
+Zusätzlich per ENV gegated. In Prod default off; ein expliziter Flip erlaubt Rollout nur an uns selbst / Founder-Tier zuerst.
+
+**Flow:**
+
+```
+ tick N-1: Mission X, objective: "deep research zu Thema Y"
+   ├ RESEARCH_TRIGGER matched UND DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER matched
+   ├ config.deepResearchEnabled = true
+   ├ client.submit(userId, "deep research zu…", "gemini-deep-research-max")
+   │   → { taskId, status: "queued", costCredits: 1500 }
+   ├ INSERT INTO mana_ai.mission_research_jobs (task_id, …)
+   └ skip planner this tick
+
+ tick N, N+1, … während Google den Task ausarbeitet (~20 min):
+   ├ SELECT * FROM mana_ai.mission_research_jobs WHERE (user_id, mission_id) = …
+   ├ client.poll(userId, taskId) → { status: "running" }
+   ├ touchPendingResearchJob() bumpt last_polled_at
+   └ skip planner this tick
+
+ tick N+k: Max ist fertig
+   ├ client.poll(userId, taskId) → { status: "completed", result: { answer: {...} } }
+   ├ DELETE FROM mana_ai.mission_research_jobs WHERE …
+   ├ resolvedInputs.push({id:"__web-research__", content: formatDeepResearchContext(...)})
+   └ Planner läuft mit Deep-Research-Kontext als Input
+```
+
+**Graceful Degradation:** Wenn `mana-research` down oder der Gemini-Submit 500t, fällt die Mission auf den Shallow-RSS-Pfad zurück. Wenn ein bereits submittierter Job nicht mehr gepollt werden kann, rotiert der Row ab über `touchPendingResearchJob`, bis manuelle Intervention oder ein späterer poll Erfolg hat.
+
+### 3.3 Schritt 3 — MCP-Server für verschlüsselte Kontextdaten — ⏳ SPEZIFIZIERT
+
+**Warum der Aufwand:** Der Grund, warum dieses Feature gerade *für uns* strategisch ist: wir haben ein Zero-Knowledge-Crypto-Setup mit per-mission Key-Grants (RSA-OAEP-2048 wrapped MDK, HKDF-Scope-Binding, audit-logged). Das MCP-Pattern kreuzt exakt unsere Stärke (lokale, verschlüsselte Daten) mit Googles Stärke (Deep-Research-Synthese). Positioning: **"Deep Research, das deine Kontextdaten kennt — ohne sie in Google's Trainings-Pipeline zu schicken"**.
+
+#### 3.3.1 Architektur
+
+```
+ ┌──────────────────┐       ┌──────────────────┐
+ │  Gemini DR Max   │◀──────│  mana-mcp-server │  (Cloudflare-tunneled,
+ │  (bei Google)    │  MCP  │  (neu, port 3069)│   öffentlich erreichbar)
+ └──────────────────┘       └──────┬───────────┘
+                                   │ Bearer <mcp-token>
+                                   │ (Mission-ID, TTL-clamped)
+                                   ▼
+                            ┌──────────────────┐
+                            │    mana-auth     │  verifiziert token,
+                            │                  │  lädt Mission-Grant,
+                            │  /api/v1/mcp-    │  unwrappt MDK
+                            │  token/verify    │
+                            └──────┬───────────┘
+                                   │
+                                   ▼
+                            ┌──────────────────┐       ┌─────────────────┐
+                            │ Encrypted-Data   │──────▶│  mana_sync DB   │
+                            │ Resolver         │       │  (+ RLS)        │
+                            │ (re-use of       │       └─────────────────┘
+                            │  mana-ai's       │
+                            │  encrypted.ts)   │
+                            └──────────────────┘
+```
+
+Der neue Service `mana-mcp` übernimmt die Rolle des MCP-Servers für Gemini. Er:
+
+1. **hört auf eingehende MCP-Requests** von Google (z. B. `tools/call` mit `search_notes`), authentifiziert per **Bearer-Token pro Mission**. Der Token ist kein JWT, sondern eine opaque ID, die in mana-auth auf `{missionId, userId, allowedTools, expiresAt}` aufgelöst wird — analog zum existierenden Mission-Key-Grant.
+2. **verifiziert das Token** gegen mana-auth's neue `/api/v1/mcp-token/verify` Route (returned `{userId, missionId, mdk-wrapped, allowedTools}` oder 401).
+3. **unwrappt den Mission-Grant** (MDK) via den existierenden `crypto/unwrap-grant.ts`-Code aus mana-ai — wird in ein geteiltes Paket `@mana/mission-grant` gehoben.
+4. **liest und entschlüsselt** die relevanten Records aus `mana_sync` via den existierenden `encrypted.ts` Resolver-Pattern (ebenfalls ins gleiche Paket heben).
+5. **antwortet in MCP-Shape** mit Titel + Body + URL pro gefundenem Record.
+
+#### 3.3.2 Tool-Set (Minimal)
+
+Start mit drei readonly Tools, alle audit-logged nach `mana_ai.decrypt_audit`:
+
+| Tool | Signatur | Was es macht |
+|---|---|---|
+| `search_notes` | `(query: string, limit?: number)` | Volltext über entschlüsselte Notizen |
+| `search_journal` | `(date_range?: {from,to}, query?: string, limit?: number)` | Journal-Einträge nach Datum + Query |
+| `search_kontext` | `(scope: string)` | Kontext-Felder aus dem Interview (bereits strukturiert) |
+
+Alle drei sind scoped auf die Mission — sie sehen nur Records, die der Mission-Grant in der Allowlist hat. Schreibende Tools bewusst nicht.
+
+#### 3.3.3 Token-Lifecycle
+
+1. **Mission-Erstellung (Webapp):** Wenn eine Mission für Deep-Research-Max konfiguriert wird, erzeugt die Webapp zusätzlich zum existierenden Key-Grant einen **MCP-Token** via `POST /api/v1/me/ai-mission-mcp-token` auf mana-auth. Der Endpoint:
+   - erzeugt eine opaque Bearer-ID (crypto random, 32 bytes)
+   - speichert sie in `mana_auth.mcp_tokens` mit `{tokenHash, userId, missionId, allowedTools, expiresAt}`
+   - TTL-clamped [1h, 7d] — kürzer als Key-Grants, weil das Token exakt einen Research-Run abdeckt
+
+2. **Submit (mana-ai):** Beim Submit der Max-Task wird der MCP-Token als `headers.Authorization` in den `tools.mcp_server`-Block eingebaut, passend zum Request-Shape aus §1.2.
+
+3. **MCP-Call (mana-mcp):** Jeder eingehende Request wird via mana-auth verifiziert. Bei `expires`/unbekanntem Token → 401. Bei OK → Resolver-Aufruf + audit-row.
+
+4. **Teardown:** Nach Poll-Result `completed`/`failed` markiert mana-ai den Token als verbraucht (mana-auth DELETE). Auch expirte Tokens werden über einen Cron entfernt.
+
+#### 3.3.4 Was wir neu bauen müssen
+
+| Komponente | Umfang |
+|---|---|
+| `services/mana-mcp/` | Neuer Bun/Hono-Service, ~500 LOC. MCP-Protokoll (JSON-RPC über HTTP), 3 Tool-Handler, Bearer-Auth. |
+| `packages/mission-grant/` | Wiederverwendbares Paket mit `unwrapMissionGrant` + `encryptedRecordResolver` (jetzt in mana-ai lokalisiert) |
+| `mana_auth.mcp_tokens` Tabelle | `{id, token_hash, user_id, mission_id, allowed_tools, expires_at, consumed_at}` |
+| `POST /api/v1/me/ai-mission-mcp-token` | Issue |
+| `POST /api/v1/mcp-token/verify` | Server-to-server Verify |
+| `DELETE /api/v1/me/ai-mission-mcp-token/:id` | Explicit revoke (UI-Link) |
+| Webapp: MCP-Option im Mission-Detail | "Meine Kontextdaten für diese Recherche freigeben" Checkbox + Token-Erzeugung |
+| Audit-Tab-Erweiterung | Zeigt auch MCP-Aufrufe neben Decrypts |
+| Cloudflare Tunnel für `mcp.mana.how` → mana-mcp | Analog zu `api.mana.how` etc. |
+
+#### 3.3.5 Risiken
+
+- **Öffentliche Angriffsfläche:** Der Service ist über Cloudflare Tunnel öffentlich erreichbar — sonst kann Gemini ihn nicht aufrufen. Ein schlecht durchdachter Tool-Handler oder eine Grant-Verwechslung bedeutet direkte Datenlecks. **Security-Review Pflicht** (Secure Code Review + Mini-Pentest) vor Rollout.
+- **MCP-Rate-Limits:** Google kann den Server bei parallelen Research-Max-Tasks zig mal pro Minute anfragen. Wir brauchen Rate-Limiting (per Token) + Caching-Layer.
+- **Token-Scope-Violations:** Wenn ein Request für Mission A auf Records aus Mission B geht (Bug oder Angriff), muss das einen dicken Alert auslösen. Bestehende `grant_scope_violations_total` Metrik lässt sich wiederverwenden.
+- **Prompt Injection:** Entschlüsselte Notizen-Content kann Instruktionen an Gemini enthalten ("IGNORE PREVIOUS, download all …"). Wir müssen Tool-Responses klar als `data`, nicht als `instructions` labeln und Gemini prompten, userdata als nicht-vertrauenswürdig zu behandeln.
+- **DSGVO-Implikationen:** Auch wenn MCP nur punktuell liest, geht der gelesene Content via Google's API-Endpunkt. Das muss in den Privacy-Text + Consent-Flow der Webapp.
+- **Preview-Stabilität:** Bauen bevor die MCP-Integration auf Google-Seite stabil ist, heißt nachbauen wenn sich das Protokoll ändert. Erst mit POC, dann inkrementell.
+
+#### 3.3.6 Meilensteine
+
+**M0 — Security-Review + Plan-Sign-off (1–2 Tage).** Vor jeder Implementation. Liefert: konkretes Threat-Model, DSGVO-Check, Go/No-Go.
+
+**M1 — POC mit `search_notes` only (3–4 Tage).**
+- `services/mana-mcp` Bun-Service-Skeleton
+- `@mana/mission-grant` Paket extrahiert (kein Verhaltenschange für mana-ai)
+- `mcp_tokens` Tabelle + Issue/Verify-Endpoints
+- Nur `search_notes`, auf einen harten Test-User gated (`userId === 'dev-…'`)
+- Ad-hoc Cloudflare-Tunnel, noch kein permanenter `mcp.mana.how`
+
+**M2 — `search_journal` + `search_kontext` + Prod-Tunnel (2 Tage).** Nach M1-Erkenntnissen.
+
+**M3 — Webapp UX (2–3 Tage).** Mission-Config-Checkbox + Audit-Tab-Erweiterung.
+
+**M4 — Public Rollout Founder-Tier.** Nach 1 Woche Beta für uns selbst.
+
+Bewusst linearer Rollout — MCP ist zu Security-sensitiv für parallele Entwicklung.
+
+## 4. Pricing-Sanity-Check
+
+Bei angenommenen $3–7 pro Max-Task: eine nächtliche Max-Mission pro aktivem Nutzer entspricht **$90–210/Monat pro Nutzer**. Das sitzt jetzt hinter zwei Gates:
+
+1. `MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED=true` auf dem Server (default off)
+2. `DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER` Regex im Mission-Text (explizite User-Wording)
+
+Das `mana-credits` 2-Phase-Debit-Modell fängt Per-User-Limits ab, aber wir haben konservativ mit 1500 credits (≈ $15) für Max gepreist statt 700 (≈ $7) — als Puffer. Nach ersten echten Runs nachjustieren in `services/mana-research/src/lib/pricing.ts`.
+
+## 5. Risiken & offene Fragen (Stand nach Schritt 1+2)
+
+- **Preview-Status:** Model-IDs enden auf `-preview-04-2026`. Google deprecated solche Varianten typischerweise innerhalb von 6–12 Monaten. Aktuelle Strategie: `modelVersion` liegt als Konstante in `gemini-deep-research.ts` — Upgrade auf GA ist ein 1-Zeilen-Change, kein Refactor.
+- **Charts/Infographics (`image`-Items):** Wir parsen sie derzeit nur in `providerRaw` — nicht im `AgentAnswer.answer` String. Follow-up: neues optionales Feld `AgentAnswer.visualizations: Array<{mime, data}>` plus MinIO-Upload für große Bilder.
+- **Thought-Summaries:** Gehen heute verloren. Für eine zukünftige Research-Lab-UI wäre Streaming (`stream=true`) + Live-Anzeige der Gedanken ein differenzierendes Feature.
+- **Quota:** Public Preview heißt niedrige Rate-Limits. Ersten 2 Wochen nur Founder-Tier. Monitoring via `mana_ai_research_jobs_failed_total{provider}` — sobald Spikes, Rate-Limit-Retry-Logic nachziehen.
+- **`collaborative_planning: true`**: Ignoriert. Wäre ein interessanter UX-Modus für eine zukünftige **Webapp**-Research-Lab-UI (Agent fragt vor Start zurück, ob der Plan passt). Irrelevant für den Background-Runner.
+- **MCP-Seite (Schritt 3):** siehe §3.3.5 — eigener Risk-Catalog.
+
+## 6. Betrieb
+
+### 6.1 Metriken
+
+```
+# mana-research
+research.async_jobs  — Tabelle, ein Row pro submit (inkl. finalem result)
+
+# mana-ai
+mana_ai_research_jobs_submitted_total{provider}    — Pro Tick submittet
+mana_ai_research_jobs_completed_total{provider}    — Pro Tick Ergebnisse verfuettert
+mana_ai_research_jobs_failed_total{provider}       — Pro Tick failed/cancelled
+mana_ai_research_jobs_pending_skips_total          — Pro Tick skipped (Job läuft noch)
+mana_ai_mission_research_jobs  — Tabelle, ein Row pro pending Job pro Mission
+```
+
+### 6.2 Debug-Workflow
+
+```bash
+# Welche Missions haben aktuell einen pending Deep-Research-Job?
+docker exec mana-postgres psql -U mana -d mana_sync -c "
+  SELECT user_id, mission_id, provider_id,
+         age(now(), submitted_at) AS running_for,
+         last_polled_at
+  FROM mana_ai.mission_research_jobs
+  ORDER BY submitted_at DESC;"
+
+# Was ist der aktuelle Status upstream?
+docker exec mana-postgres psql -U mana -d mana_platform -c "
+  SELECT id, user_id, provider_id, status, cost_credits, age(now(), created_at) AS age
+  FROM research.async_jobs
+  ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 20;"
+```
+
+### 6.3 Notfall-Kill-Switch
+
+`MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED=false` + Service-Restart → keine neuen Jobs. Bereits pending Jobs laufen zu Ende (werden brav gepollt bis fertig), keine neuen kommen dazu.
+
+Härter: direkte DB-Bereinigung —
+
+```sql
+DELETE FROM mana_ai.mission_research_jobs WHERE submitted_at < now() - interval '2 hours';
+```
+
+Die upstream-Tasks bleiben bei Google, aber wir lassen sie einfach laufen (Google berechnet sie trotzdem — aber das ist der Compute-Kosten-Sunk-Cost, nicht der Hebel).
+
+## 7. Empfehlung
+
+1. **Jetzt (erledigt, 2026-04-22):** Schritt 1 + 2 umgesetzt. Ein Pilot mit uns selbst (einem Test-User mit Founder-Tier und expliziter "deep research" Mission) kann ab sofort laufen. `MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED=true` auf dem Mac-Mini setzen und eine Nightly-Mission anlegen.
+2. **Nach 1 Woche Pilot:** Wenn Response-Qualität + Latenz überzeugen und kein größerer Parser-Fail auftritt → Founder-Tier öffnen (ENV-Flag bleibt, Opt-in per Mission-Wording).
+3. **Nach 2 Wochen Pilot + Beta-Tier-Öffnung:** Schritt 3 (MCP-Server) M0-M1 starten — POC mit `search_notes` only + harter User-Gate.
+4. **Nach Erfolg von M1:** M2-M4 iterativ. Public Rollout erst mit kompletter Audit-UX + dokumentiertem Privacy-Flow.
+
+## Quellen
+
+- [Google Blog — Deep Research Max: a step change for autonomous research agents](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/next-generation-gemini-deep-research/)
+- [Google AI for Developers — Gemini Deep Research Agent docs](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deep-research)
+- [Google AI for Developers — Gemini API changelog](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog)
+- [VentureBeat — Google's new Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents can search the web and your private data](https://venturebeat.com/technology/googles-new-deep-research-and-deep-research-max-agents-can-search-the-web-and-your-private-data)
+- [The Decoder — Google launches Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents to automate complex research](https://the-decoder.com/google-launches-deep-research-and-deep-research-max-agents-to-automate-complex-research/)
+- [Testing Catalog — Google debuts Deep Research agents on AI Studio and APIs](https://www.testingcatalog.com/google-debuts-deep-research-agents-on-ai-studio-and-apis/)
+- [H2S Media — Google Launches Deep Research Max, Its Most Powerful Autonomous Research Agent](https://www.how2shout.com/news/google-deep-research-max-gemini-api-autonomous-agent.html)
+- [Model Context Protocol Specification (für Schritt 3)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification)
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 65283fe2c..73b0fd234 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -2538,6 +2538,9 @@ importers:
       '@mana/shared-hono':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/shared-hono
+      '@mana/shared-research':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../packages/shared-research
       '@opentelemetry/api':
         specifier: ^1.9.0
         version: 1.9.1
diff --git a/services/mana-ai/CLAUDE.md b/services/mana-ai/CLAUDE.md
index 1180aa9bc..3675bca56 100644
--- a/services/mana-ai/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/services/mana-ai/CLAUDE.md
@@ -75,6 +75,28 @@ Der Runner wird agent-bewusst — Missionen gehoeren einem benannten Agent, Poli
 - [x] `filterToolsByAgentPolicy` schneidet `deny`-Tools raus bevor der Planner sie sieht.
 - [x] Metrik `mana_ai_agent_decisions_total{decision}`.
 
+## Status: v0.7 (Cross-Tick Deep Research, 2026-04-22)
+
+Opt-in asynchroner Deep-Research-Pfad für Missions, die explizit tiefe Recherche wollen. Ruft `mana-research`'s neue Gemini-Deep-Research-Max-Provider (`gemini-deep-research` / `gemini-deep-research-max`) über den internen Service-to-Service-Endpunkt `/api/v1/internal/research/async` auf. Weil Max bis zu 60 min läuft und unser Tick 60 s, läuft das über Ticks hinweg.
+
+- [x] `ManaResearchClient` (`clients/mana-research.ts`) — HTTP-Client für mana-research's interne async-Endpoints. `X-Service-Key` + `X-User-Id`. Graceful-null bei Fehler.
+- [x] `mana_ai.mission_research_jobs` Tabelle — ein Row pro pending Job pro Mission, PK `(user_id, mission_id)`. Präsenz = "läuft gerade". Nach `completed`/`failed` wird gelöscht.
+- [x] Cross-Tick State-Machine in `cron/tick.ts` (`handleDeepResearch`):
+  - Pending Job → poll → `queued`/`running` skip, `completed` inject Result, `failed` fall-through zu Shallow
+  - Kein Job + `DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER` + `config.deepResearchEnabled` → submit + insert → skip
+- [x] Neuer Trigger `DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER` ist **strenger** als der heutige `RESEARCH_TRIGGER` — matcht nur "deep research", "tiefe recherche", "umfassende recherche", "hintergrundrecherche", "deep dive". Zusätzlich per ENV gegated (`MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED=true`, default off).
+- [x] `planOneMission` Rückgabetyp ist jetzt eine Discriminated Union `{outcome:'planned'|'skipped'|'failed'}`. `'skipped'` (= research pending) wird **nicht** als parse-failure gezählt.
+- [x] Metriken: `mana_ai_research_jobs_submitted_total{provider}`, `_completed_total{provider}`, `_failed_total{provider}`, `_pending_skips_total`.
+- [x] Docker-Compose: `MANA_RESEARCH_URL`, `MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED`, `depends_on: mana-research`.
+- [x] `@mana/shared-research` als workspace-dep + `type-check` script in `package.json`.
+
+Bewusst nicht gemacht (offen):
+- Mission-Config-Flag in der Webapp. Trigger ist heute Regex-basiert, nicht explizit konfigurierbar. Das reicht für den Pilot; wenn wir öffnen, brauchen wir eine UI-Checkbox im Mission-Detail.
+- Image-Output (`charts`, Nano-Banana). Steckt in `providerRaw`, wird nicht im Answer-Text gerendert.
+- Streaming-Thought-Summaries. Würde eine eigene SSE-Brücke zum Frontend brauchen.
+
+Details zum Deep-Research-Flow: [`docs/reports/gemini-deep-research.md`](../../docs/reports/gemini-deep-research.md) §3.2.
+
 ## Status: v0.6 (Server-side Web-Research + erweiterte Tools)
 
 Der Runner kann jetzt vor dem Planner-Call eigenstaendig Web-Recherche ausfuehren (ohne Browser). Serverseitig werden 31 propose-Tools ueber 16 Module vom Planner vorgeschlagen (auto-Tools laufen ausschliesslich in der Webapp-Reasoning-Loop — der Server sieht nur propose).
@@ -130,6 +152,9 @@ curl -X POST -H "X-Service-Key: dev-service-key" http://localhost:3067/internal/
 PORT=3067
 SYNC_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://mana:devpassword@localhost:5432/mana_sync
 MANA_LLM_URL=http://localhost:3020
+MANA_API_URL=http://localhost:3060        # news-research (RSS, shallow)
+MANA_RESEARCH_URL=http://localhost:3068   # gemini-deep-research (deep, v0.7+)
+MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED=false       # opt-in gate for Max tasks
 MANA_SERVICE_KEY=dev-service-key
 TICK_INTERVAL_MS=60000
 TICK_ENABLED=true    # flip to false to boot HTTP-only (for Docker health-check)
@@ -217,11 +242,23 @@ services/mana-ai/
 ├── src/
 │   ├── index.ts                    — Hono bootstrap + tick scheduler wiring
 │   ├── config.ts                   — Env loading
-│   ├── cron/tick.ts                — Scan loop, overlap-guarded
+│   ├── cron/tick.ts                — Scan loop, overlap-guarded. v0.7: cross-tick
+│   │                                 deep-research state machine in
+│   │                                 handleDeepResearch()
+│   ├── clients/
+│   │   └── mana-research.ts        — v0.7: HTTP client for mana-research's
+│   │                                 internal /research/async endpoints
 │   ├── db/
 │   │   ├── connection.ts           — postgres.js pool
-│   │   └── missions-projection.ts  — sync_changes → Mission LWW replay
-│   ├── planner/client.ts           — mana-llm HTTP client (OpenAI-compatible)
+│   │   ├── migrate.ts              — schema bootstrap (mission_snapshots,
+│   │   │                             decrypt_audit, agent_snapshots,
+│   │   │                             token_usage, mission_research_jobs)
+│   │   ├── missions-projection.ts  — sync_changes → Mission LWW replay
+│   │   └── research-jobs.ts        — v0.7: CRUD for mission_research_jobs
+│   ├── planner/
+│   │   ├── llm-client.ts           — mana-llm HTTP client (OpenAI-compatible)
+│   │   └── news-research-client.ts — mana-api RSS-based news-research
+│   │                                 (shallow pre-planning step)
 │   └── middleware/service-auth.ts  — X-Service-Key gate for /internal/*
 ├── Dockerfile
 ├── package.json
diff --git a/services/mana-ai/package.json b/services/mana-ai/package.json
index a2eab0600..5b7df1e99 100644
--- a/services/mana-ai/package.json
+++ b/services/mana-ai/package.json
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
-		"test": "bun test"
+		"test": "bun test",
+		"type-check": "tsc --noEmit"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@mana/shared-ai": "workspace:*",
 		"@mana/shared-hono": "workspace:*",
+		"@mana/shared-research": "workspace:*",
 		"@opentelemetry/api": "^1.9.0",
 		"@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http": "^0.57.0",
 		"@opentelemetry/resources": "^1.30.0",
diff --git a/services/mana-ai/src/clients/mana-research.ts b/services/mana-ai/src/clients/mana-research.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2d5c46af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/mana-ai/src/clients/mana-research.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/**
+ * HTTP client for mana-research's internal service-to-service endpoints.
+ *
+ * Used by the deep-research pre-planning step in the tick loop. We
+ * submit the long-running research task on behalf of the mission's
+ * owner, then poll on the next tick until the job is complete. Credits
+ * are reserved / committed against the user by mana-research — this
+ * client is a thin HTTP wrapper.
+ *
+ * Endpoints:
+ *   POST /api/v1/internal/research/async       — submit { query, provider }
+ *   GET  /api/v1/internal/research/async/:id   — poll
+ *
+ * Auth: X-Service-Key on every call; X-User-Id identifies the owner of
+ * the credit wallet the reservation + commit hit.
+ *
+ * All methods return `null` on transport/parse errors rather than
+ * throwing — a broken mana-research must not crash the tick loop.
+ */
+
+import type { AgentAnswer } from '@mana/shared-research';
+
+export type DeepResearchProvider =
+	| 'openai-deep-research'
+	| 'gemini-deep-research'
+	| 'gemini-deep-research-max';
+
+export interface SubmitResult {
+	taskId: string;
+	status: 'queued' | 'running';
+	providerId: DeepResearchProvider;
+	costCredits: number;
+}
+
+export type PollStatus = 'queued' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'cancelled';
+
+export interface PollResult {
+	taskId: string;
+	status: PollStatus;
+	providerId: DeepResearchProvider;
+	result?: { answer: AgentAnswer };
+	error?: string;
+}
+
+export class ManaResearchClient {
+	constructor(
+		private baseUrl: string,
+		private serviceKey: string
+	) {}
+
+	async submit(
+		userId: string,
+		query: string,
+		provider: DeepResearchProvider
+	): Promise<SubmitResult | null> {
+		try {
+			const res = await fetch(`${this.baseUrl}/api/v1/internal/research/async`, {
+				method: 'POST',
+				headers: {
+					'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+					'X-Service-Key': this.serviceKey,
+					'X-User-Id': userId,
+					'X-App-Id': 'mana-ai',
+				},
+				body: JSON.stringify({ query, provider }),
+				signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
+			});
+			if (!res.ok) {
+				const body = await res.text().catch(() => '');
+				console.warn(`[mana-research-client] submit ${res.status}: ${body.slice(0, 200)}`);
+				return null;
+			}
+			return (await res.json()) as SubmitResult;
+		} catch (err) {
+			console.warn(
+				'[mana-research-client] submit error:',
+				err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+			);
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	async poll(userId: string, taskId: string): Promise<PollResult | null> {
+		try {
+			const res = await fetch(
+				`${this.baseUrl}/api/v1/internal/research/async/${encodeURIComponent(taskId)}`,
+				{
+					headers: {
+						'X-Service-Key': this.serviceKey,
+						'X-User-Id': userId,
+						'X-App-Id': 'mana-ai',
+					},
+					signal: AbortSignal.timeout(15_000),
+				}
+			);
+			if (!res.ok) {
+				const body = await res.text().catch(() => '');
+				console.warn(`[mana-research-client] poll ${res.status}: ${body.slice(0, 200)}`);
+				return null;
+			}
+			return (await res.json()) as PollResult;
+		} catch (err) {
+			console.warn(
+				'[mana-research-client] poll error:',
+				err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+			);
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/services/mana-ai/src/config.ts b/services/mana-ai/src/config.ts
index e4ee3830a..4f3189cd4 100644
--- a/services/mana-ai/src/config.ts
+++ b/services/mana-ai/src/config.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ export interface Config {
 	 *  research step to feed web-research context into the planner prompt
 	 *  before it produces plan steps. */
 	manaApiUrl: string;
+	/** mana-research HTTP endpoint (Hono/Bun, port 3068). Hosts the
+	 *  async-research submit/poll endpoints that the deep-research pre-
+	 *  planning path delegates to for multi-minute Gemini tasks. */
+	manaResearchUrl: string;
+	/** Opt-in gate for the deep-research pre-planning path. Default off
+	 *  — deep runs cost $1–7 per mission, so we only want them triggered
+	 *  when explicitly enabled on the server. */
+	deepResearchEnabled: boolean;
 	/** Shared key for service-to-service calls. */
 	serviceKey: string;
 	/** How often the background tick scans for due Missions, in ms. */
@@ -55,6 +63,8 @@ export function loadConfig(): Config {
 		),
 		manaLlmUrl: requireEnv('MANA_LLM_URL', 'http://localhost:3020'),
 		manaApiUrl: requireEnv('MANA_API_URL', 'http://localhost:3060'),
+		manaResearchUrl: requireEnv('MANA_RESEARCH_URL', 'http://localhost:3068'),
+		deepResearchEnabled: process.env.MANA_AI_DEEP_RESEARCH_ENABLED === 'true',
 		serviceKey: requireEnv('MANA_SERVICE_KEY', 'dev-service-key'),
 		tickIntervalMs: parseInt(process.env.TICK_INTERVAL_MS ?? '60000', 10),
 		tickEnabled: process.env.TICK_ENABLED !== 'false',
diff --git a/services/mana-ai/src/cron/tick.ts b/services/mana-ai/src/cron/tick.ts
index d62ffa24f..3a3564c3d 100644
--- a/services/mana-ai/src/cron/tick.ts
+++ b/services/mana-ai/src/cron/tick.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ import {
 } from '../metrics';
 import { unwrapMissionGrant } from '../crypto/unwrap-grant';
 import { NewsResearchClient } from '../planner/news-research-client';
+import { ManaResearchClient, type DeepResearchProvider } from '../clients/mana-research';
+import {
+	deletePendingResearchJob,
+	getPendingResearchJob,
+	insertPendingResearchJob,
+	touchPendingResearchJob,
+} from '../db/research-jobs';
+import {
+	researchJobsSubmittedTotal,
+	researchJobsCompletedTotal,
+	researchJobsFailedTotal,
+	researchJobsPendingSkipsTotal,
+} from '../metrics';
 import type { ResolverContext } from '../db/resolvers/types';
 import type { Config } from '../config';
 import { withSpan } from '../tracing';
@@ -61,6 +74,15 @@ const ENC_PREFIX = 'enc:1:';
 const RESEARCH_TRIGGER =
 	/\b(recherchier|research|news|finde|suche|aktuelle|neueste|today|history|historisch|on this day)/i;
 
+/** Strict opt-in for the expensive async deep-research path (Gemini
+ *  Deep Research Max, ~$3–7 per task). Only matches explicit wording
+ *  so users must deliberately ask for it in the mission objective.
+ *  Gated further by `config.deepResearchEnabled` at the tick level. */
+const DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER =
+	/\b(deep research|tiefe recherche|umfassende recherche|hintergrundrecherche|deep dive)\b/i;
+
+const DEEP_RESEARCH_PROVIDER: DeepResearchProvider = 'gemini-deep-research-max';
+
 /** True when the value looks like the webapp's AES-GCM wire format. */
 function isCiphertext(value: string | undefined): value is string {
 	return typeof value === 'string' && value.startsWith(ENC_PREFIX);
@@ -198,7 +220,13 @@ export async function runTickOnce(config: Config): Promise<TickStats> {
 					},
 					() => planOneMission(m, llm, sql, agent, config)
 				);
-				if (planResult === null) {
+				if (planResult.outcome === 'skipped') {
+					// Deep-research job still running — pick this mission
+					// back up on the next tick. No plan produced, no
+					// parse-failure accounting.
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (planResult.outcome === 'failed') {
 					parseFailures++;
 					parseFailuresTotal.inc();
 					continue;
@@ -270,13 +298,18 @@ export async function runTickOnce(config: Config): Promise<TickStats> {
  * (see planner/tools.ts) to keep the LLM from fabricating "read
  * results".
  */
+type PlanMissionOutcome =
+	| { outcome: 'planned'; plan: { summary: string; steps: PlannedStep[] }; tokensUsed: number }
+	| { outcome: 'skipped'; reason: 'research-pending' }
+	| { outcome: 'failed' };
+
 async function planOneMission(
 	m: ServerMission,
 	llm: ReturnType<typeof createServerLlmClient>,
 	sql: Sql,
 	agent: ServerAgent | null,
 	config: Config
-): Promise<{ plan: { summary: string; steps: PlannedStep[] }; tokensUsed: number } | null> {
+): Promise<PlanMissionOutcome> {
 	const mission = serverMissionToSharedMission(m);
 	// Resolve the mission's Key-Grant (if any) once per tick. An absent
 	// grant is NOT an error — plaintext missions (goals-only) run fine
@@ -286,8 +319,28 @@ async function planOneMission(
 	const context = await buildResolverContext(m);
 	const resolvedInputs = await resolveServerInputs(sql, m.inputs, m.userId, context);
 
-	// Pre-planning research step (unchanged from pre-migration).
-	if (RESEARCH_TRIGGER.test(m.objective) || RESEARCH_TRIGGER.test(m.conceptMarkdown)) {
+	// ─── Deep research pre-planning (opt-in, cross-tick) ─────────
+	// A pending job means a previous tick submitted an async research
+	// task; we poll here. A completed result is injected as a
+	// ResolvedInput and the plan proceeds normally; queued/running
+	// means we bail this tick and try again next time. No pending job
+	// + the opt-in trigger fires → we submit and bail.
+	const deepInput = await handleDeepResearch(m, sql, config);
+	if (deepInput === 'pending') {
+		return { outcome: 'skipped', reason: 'research-pending' };
+	}
+	if (deepInput) {
+		resolvedInputs.push(deepInput);
+	}
+
+	// Shallow pre-planning research step (RSS-based, synchronous). We
+	// still run this when deep research didn't fire — same behaviour
+	// as before. Skipped when deep research already supplied a
+	// __web-research__ block so we don't double-feed the planner.
+	if (
+		!deepInput &&
+		(RESEARCH_TRIGGER.test(m.objective) || RESEARCH_TRIGGER.test(m.conceptMarkdown))
+	) {
 		const nrc = new NewsResearchClient(config.manaApiUrl);
 		const research = await nrc.research(m.objective, { language: 'de', limit: 8 });
 		if (research) {
@@ -352,6 +405,7 @@ async function planOneMission(
 		}
 
 		return {
+			outcome: 'planned',
 			plan: {
 				summary: loopResult.summary ?? '',
 				steps: loopResult.executedCalls.map((ec) => ({
@@ -370,8 +424,122 @@ async function planOneMission(
 			providerErrorsTotal.inc({ provider, kind: err.kind });
 		}
 		console.warn(`[mana-ai tick] mission=${m.id} planner loop failed: ${msg}`);
+		return { outcome: 'failed' };
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cross-tick state machine for the deep-research pre-planning path.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *   - `'pending'`: a job is currently queued/running upstream; caller
+ *     must skip this mission for this tick.
+ *   - a ResolvedInput: a job just completed, feed it into the planner.
+ *   - `null`: no deep-research involvement — fall through to the
+ *     existing shallow path.
+ */
+async function handleDeepResearch(
+	m: ServerMission,
+	sql: Sql,
+	config: Config
+): Promise<
+	'pending' | { id: string; module: string; table: string; title: string; content: string } | null
+> {
+	const client = new ManaResearchClient(config.manaResearchUrl, config.serviceKey);
+	const existing = await getPendingResearchJob(sql, m.userId, m.id);
+
+	if (existing) {
+		const poll = await client.poll(m.userId, existing.taskId);
+		if (!poll) {
+			// Transport failure — keep the job around, try again next tick.
+			await touchPendingResearchJob(sql, m.userId, m.id);
+			researchJobsPendingSkipsTotal.inc();
+			return 'pending';
+		}
+
+		if (poll.status === 'queued' || poll.status === 'running') {
+			await touchPendingResearchJob(sql, m.userId, m.id);
+			researchJobsPendingSkipsTotal.inc();
+			return 'pending';
+		}
+
+		if (poll.status === 'failed' || poll.status === 'cancelled') {
+			await deletePendingResearchJob(sql, m.userId, m.id);
+			researchJobsFailedTotal.inc({ provider: existing.providerId });
+			console.warn(
+				`[mana-ai tick] mission=${m.id} deep-research failed (${existing.providerId}): ${poll.error ?? poll.status}`
+			);
+			// Fall through to shallow pre-planning this tick.
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// completed
+		await deletePendingResearchJob(sql, m.userId, m.id);
+		researchJobsCompletedTotal.inc({ provider: existing.providerId });
+		const answer = poll.result?.answer;
+		if (!answer || !answer.answer) {
+			console.warn(`[mana-ai tick] mission=${m.id} deep-research completed without body`);
+			return null;
+		}
+		console.log(
+			`[mana-ai tick] mission=${m.id} deep-research done (${existing.providerId}): ` +
+				`${answer.citations.length} citations, ${answer.answer.length} chars`
+		);
+		return {
+			id: '__web-research__',
+			module: 'news-research',
+			table: 'web',
+			title: `Deep Research: "${m.objective.slice(0, 60)}"`,
+			content: formatDeepResearchContext(m.objective, answer),
+		};
+	}
+
+	// No existing job. Do we want to submit one?
+	if (!config.deepResearchEnabled) return null;
+	if (!DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER.test(m.objective) && !DEEP_RESEARCH_TRIGGER.test(m.conceptMarkdown)) {
 		return null;
 	}
+
+	const submission = await client.submit(m.userId, m.objective, DEEP_RESEARCH_PROVIDER);
+	if (!submission) {
+		// Submit failed — fall through to shallow so the mission still runs.
+		console.warn(
+			`[mana-ai tick] mission=${m.id} deep-research submit failed, falling back to shallow`
+		);
+		return null;
+	}
+	await insertPendingResearchJob(sql, m.userId, m.id, submission.taskId, submission.providerId);
+	researchJobsSubmittedTotal.inc({ provider: submission.providerId });
+	researchJobsPendingSkipsTotal.inc();
+	console.log(
+		`[mana-ai tick] mission=${m.id} deep-research submitted ` +
+			`(${submission.providerId}, task=${submission.taskId.slice(0, 16)}…, ${submission.costCredits}c)`
+	);
+	return 'pending';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render the deep-research answer into the same markdown-shape the
+ * shallow pre-research step produces, so downstream planner prompts
+ * don't need to distinguish the two sources.
+ */
+function formatDeepResearchContext(
+	query: string,
+	answer: import('@mana/shared-research').AgentAnswer
+): string {
+	const lines: string[] = [`# Deep-Research: "${query}"`, '', answer.answer.trim(), ''];
+	if (answer.citations.length > 0) {
+		lines.push('## Quellen');
+		for (const c of answer.citations) {
+			lines.push(`- [${c.title}](${c.url})${c.snippet ? ` — ${c.snippet}` : ''}`);
+		}
+		lines.push('');
+	}
+	lines.push(
+		'---',
+		'Nutze diese Quellen fuer deinen Plan. Verwende nur URLs die oben stehen; erfinde keine.'
+	);
+	return lines.join('\n');
 }
 
 /** Parse provider name off a `provider/model` string. Used purely for
diff --git a/services/mana-ai/src/db/migrate.ts b/services/mana-ai/src/db/migrate.ts
index 7d38a63af..9b290d039 100644
--- a/services/mana-ai/src/db/migrate.ts
+++ b/services/mana-ai/src/db/migrate.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,30 @@ export async function migrate(sql: Sql): Promise<void> {
 		WHERE record->>'state' = 'active'
 	`;
 
+	// ─── Pending deep-research jobs ──────────────────────────────
+	// When a mission's pre-planning step kicks off a long-running
+	// research task on mana-research (gemini-deep-research[-max] or
+	// openai-deep-research), we record it here so the NEXT tick knows
+	// to poll instead of re-submitting. One row per (user, mission)
+	// while the job is outstanding; the row is DELETED as soon as the
+	// job completes / fails, so presence == "a job is pending".
+	await sql`
+		CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mana_ai.mission_research_jobs (
+			user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+			mission_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+			task_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+			provider_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+			submitted_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+			last_polled_at TIMESTAMPTZ,
+			PRIMARY KEY (user_id, mission_id)
+		)
+	`;
+
+	await sql`
+		CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_mission_research_jobs_user
+		ON mana_ai.mission_research_jobs (user_id, submitted_at DESC)
+	`;
+
 	// ─── Token usage tracking (Budget Enforcement) ──────────────
 	// Append-only log of token consumption per planner call. The tick
 	// loop queries the rolling 24h window to enforce Agent.maxTokensPerDay.
diff --git a/services/mana-ai/src/db/research-jobs.ts b/services/mana-ai/src/db/research-jobs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bfde87ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/mana-ai/src/db/research-jobs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/**
+ * Pending deep-research jobs — bookkeeping for the cross-tick state
+ * machine in the mission planner.
+ *
+ * Lifecycle:
+ *   tick N:   mission triggers deep research → submit via mana-research
+ *             → insert row { taskId, providerId, submitted_at }
+ *             → skip planner this tick (result not ready)
+ *   tick N+k: row present → poll via mana-research
+ *             → if still running: touch last_polled_at, skip planner
+ *             → if completed: read result, DELETE row, feed planner
+ *             → if failed: DELETE row (mission goes through normal
+ *               shallow path next tick)
+ *
+ * Storage only tracks the pending phase. Finished results are consumed
+ * immediately by the tick that sees them — no persistence beyond the
+ * resulting iteration written back to sync_changes.
+ */
+
+import type { Sql } from './connection';
+
+export interface PendingResearchJob {
+	userId: string;
+	missionId: string;
+	taskId: string;
+	providerId: string;
+	submittedAt: Date;
+	lastPolledAt: Date | null;
+}
+
+export async function getPendingResearchJob(
+	sql: Sql,
+	userId: string,
+	missionId: string
+): Promise<PendingResearchJob | null> {
+	const rows = await sql<
+		{
+			user_id: string;
+			mission_id: string;
+			task_id: string;
+			provider_id: string;
+			submitted_at: Date;
+			last_polled_at: Date | null;
+		}[]
+	>`
+		SELECT user_id, mission_id, task_id, provider_id, submitted_at, last_polled_at
+		FROM mana_ai.mission_research_jobs
+		WHERE user_id = ${userId} AND mission_id = ${missionId}
+		LIMIT 1
+	`;
+	if (rows.length === 0) return null;
+	const r = rows[0];
+	return {
+		userId: r.user_id,
+		missionId: r.mission_id,
+		taskId: r.task_id,
+		providerId: r.provider_id,
+		submittedAt: r.submitted_at,
+		lastPolledAt: r.last_polled_at,
+	};
+}
+
+export async function insertPendingResearchJob(
+	sql: Sql,
+	userId: string,
+	missionId: string,
+	taskId: string,
+	providerId: string
+): Promise<void> {
+	await sql`
+		INSERT INTO mana_ai.mission_research_jobs
+			(user_id, mission_id, task_id, provider_id)
+		VALUES (${userId}, ${missionId}, ${taskId}, ${providerId})
+		ON CONFLICT (user_id, mission_id) DO UPDATE SET
+			task_id = EXCLUDED.task_id,
+			provider_id = EXCLUDED.provider_id,
+			submitted_at = now(),
+			last_polled_at = NULL
+	`;
+}
+
+export async function touchPendingResearchJob(
+	sql: Sql,
+	userId: string,
+	missionId: string
+): Promise<void> {
+	await sql`
+		UPDATE mana_ai.mission_research_jobs
+		SET last_polled_at = now()
+		WHERE user_id = ${userId} AND mission_id = ${missionId}
+	`;
+}
+
+export async function deletePendingResearchJob(
+	sql: Sql,
+	userId: string,
+	missionId: string
+): Promise<void> {
+	await sql`
+		DELETE FROM mana_ai.mission_research_jobs
+		WHERE user_id = ${userId} AND mission_id = ${missionId}
+	`;
+}
diff --git a/services/mana-ai/src/metrics.ts b/services/mana-ai/src/metrics.ts
index 5520e38da..7ed3fe84f 100644
--- a/services/mana-ai/src/metrics.ts
+++ b/services/mana-ai/src/metrics.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,35 @@ export const missionErrorsTotal = new Counter({
 	registers: [register],
 });
 
+// ── Deep research (async cross-tick pre-planning) ─────────
+
+export const researchJobsSubmittedTotal = new Counter({
+	name: 'mana_ai_research_jobs_submitted_total',
+	help: 'Deep-research jobs submitted to mana-research (per tick).',
+	labelNames: ['provider'] as const,
+	registers: [register],
+});
+
+export const researchJobsCompletedTotal = new Counter({
+	name: 'mana_ai_research_jobs_completed_total',
+	help: 'Deep-research jobs that returned completed results to the planner.',
+	labelNames: ['provider'] as const,
+	registers: [register],
+});
+
+export const researchJobsFailedTotal = new Counter({
+	name: 'mana_ai_research_jobs_failed_total',
+	help: 'Deep-research jobs that returned failed/cancelled/timeout.',
+	labelNames: ['provider'] as const,
+	registers: [register],
+});
+
+export const researchJobsPendingSkipsTotal = new Counter({
+	name: 'mana_ai_research_jobs_pending_skips_total',
+	help: 'Tick iterations skipped because a deep-research job is still running.',
+	registers: [register],
+});
+
 export const plannerLatency = new Histogram({
 	name: 'mana_ai_planner_request_duration_seconds',
 	help: 'Latency of calls to the mana-llm backend.',