diff --git a/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py b/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
index 31b6d2bd07e..6592a42a9a8 100644
--- a/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
@@ -6139,6 +6139,65 @@ def test_session_most_recent_handles_db_unavailable(monkeypatch):
     assert resp["result"]["session_id"] is None
 
 
+# ── verification.status ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_verification_status_returns_recorded_evidence(tmp_path):
+    home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
+    home.mkdir()
+    token = set_hermes_home_override(home)
+    project = tmp_path / "project"
+    project.mkdir()
+    (project / "package.json").write_text(
+        json.dumps({"scripts": {"test": "vitest"}}),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    (project / "pnpm-lock.yaml").write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
+    try:
+        from agent.verification_evidence import record_terminal_result
+
+        record_terminal_result(
+            command="pnpm run test",
+            cwd=project,
+            session_id="sid",
+            exit_code=0,
+            output="green",
+        )
+
+        resp = server.handle_request(
+            {
+                "id": "1",
+                "method": "verification.status",
+                "params": {"cwd": str(project), "session_id": "sid"},
+            }
+        )
+    finally:
+        reset_hermes_home_override(token)
+
+    verification = resp["result"]["verification"]
+    assert verification["status"] == "passed"
+    assert verification["evidence"]["canonical_command"] == "pnpm run test"
+    assert verification["evidence"]["scope"] == "full"
+
+
+def test_verification_status_outside_workspace_is_not_applicable(tmp_path):
+    home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
+    home.mkdir()
+    token = set_hermes_home_override(home)
+    try:
+        resp = server.handle_request(
+            {
+                "id": "1",
+                "method": "verification.status",
+                "params": {"cwd": str(tmp_path), "session_id": "sid"},
+            }
+        )
+    finally:
+        reset_hermes_home_override(token)
+
+    assert resp["result"]["verification"]["status"] == "not_applicable"
+
+
 # ── browser.manage ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 
diff --git a/tui_gateway/server.py b/tui_gateway/server.py
index b6afc03d4eb..b328efa8d6c 100644
--- a/tui_gateway/server.py
+++ b/tui_gateway/server.py
@@ -4663,6 +4663,30 @@ def _(rid, params: dict) -> dict:
         return _ok(rid, {"facts": None})
 
 
+@method("verification.status")
+def _(rid, params: dict) -> dict:
+    """Best known coding verification evidence for a cwd/session.
+
+    Read-only consumer of the core ledger. It never runs checks and never
+    upgrades targeted evidence into a repository-wide guarantee.
+    """
+    try:
+        from agent.verification_evidence import verification_status
+
+        return _ok(
+            rid,
+            {
+                "verification": verification_status(
+                    session_id=params.get("session_id") or params.get("session_key"),
+                    cwd=params.get("cwd"),
+                )
+            },
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("verification.status failed")
+        return _ok(rid, {"verification": {"status": "unknown", "evidence": None}})
+
+
 @method("session.resume")
 def _(rid, params: dict) -> dict:
     target = params.get("session_id", "")