diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88fb836..1c156ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ Flynn includes a built-in web control dashboard served by the WebSocket gateway.
 
 | Page | Description |
 |------|-------------|
-| **Dashboard** | System health cards, channel status, usage stats. Auto-refreshes every 10s |
+| **Dashboard** | System health cards, channel status, usage stats, assistant-health quick actions, and daily briefing preview/test-send. Auto-refreshes every 10s |
 | **Chat** | Session selector, streaming tool events, markdown rendering with syntax highlighting |
 | **Sessions** | Browse all sessions, view message history, delete sessions |
 | **Usage** | Token usage summary cards, per-session breakdown table, auto-refresh |
diff --git a/docs/plans/state.json b/docs/plans/state.json
index 33b8151..f58c2d4 100644
--- a/docs/plans/state.json
+++ b/docs/plans/state.json
@@ -5480,6 +5480,19 @@
         "docs/plans/state.json"
       ],
       "test_status": "pnpm typecheck passing"
+    },
+    "dashboard-morning-brief-preview-test-send": {
+      "status": "completed",
+      "date": "2026-02-18",
+      "updated": "2026-02-18",
+      "summary": "Extended Dashboard Assistant Health with a Morning Brief Preview panel (prompt/schedule/tier/output metadata) and a one-click Test Briefing action that triggers the configured daily briefing via cron.trigger through gateway tools.invoke, including inline save/trigger status feedback.",
+      "files_modified": [
+        "src/gateway/ui/pages/dashboard.js",
+        "src/gateway/ui/style.css",
+        "README.md",
+        "docs/plans/state.json"
+      ],
+      "test_status": "pnpm typecheck passing"
     }
   },
   "overall_progress": {
diff --git a/src/gateway/ui/pages/dashboard.js b/src/gateway/ui/pages/dashboard.js
index 1eda2e8..0b7c0f7 100644
--- a/src/gateway/ui/pages/dashboard.js
+++ b/src/gateway/ui/pages/dashboard.js
@@ -453,6 +453,39 @@ async function applyAssistantPatch(patches, statusEl) {
   }
 }
 
+async function triggerDailyBriefingTest(jobName, statusEl) {
+  if (!_dashboardClient) {return;}
+  if (statusEl) {
+    statusEl.textContent = 'Triggering test briefing...';
+    statusEl.className = 'text-sm text-muted';
+  }
+  try {
+    const result = await _dashboardClient.call('tools.invoke', {
+      tool: 'cron.trigger',
+      args: { name: jobName },
+    });
+
+    if (result?.success) {
+      const output = typeof result.output === 'string' ? result.output : 'Triggered.';
+      if (statusEl) {
+        statusEl.textContent = output;
+        statusEl.className = 'text-sm text-success';
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (statusEl) {
+      statusEl.textContent = result?.error ?? 'Failed to trigger briefing.';
+      statusEl.className = 'text-sm text-error';
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (statusEl) {
+      statusEl.textContent = `Trigger error: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`;
+      statusEl.className = 'text-sm text-error';
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function updateAssistantHealth(configData) {
   const el = document.getElementById('ops-assistant-health');
   if (!el) {return;}
@@ -468,6 +501,17 @@ function updateAssistantHealth(configData) {
   const memoryProactive = Boolean(memory.proactive_extract?.enabled);
   const proactiveThreshold = Number(memory.proactive_extract?.min_tool_calls ?? 1);
   const ttsEnabled = Boolean(tts.enabled);
+  const briefing = automation.daily_briefing ?? {};
+  const briefingName = briefing.name ?? 'daily-briefing';
+  const briefingSchedule = briefing.schedule ?? '0 8 * * *';
+  const briefingPrompt = briefing.prompt ?? '';
+  const briefingOutput = briefing.output ?? null;
+  const briefingModelTier = briefing.model_tier ?? 'default';
+  const briefingTimezone = briefing.timezone ?? 'system';
+  const briefingOutputLabel = briefingOutput?.channel && briefingOutput?.peer
+    ? `${briefingOutput.channel}/${briefingOutput.peer}`
+    : 'not configured';
+  const briefingReady = dailyBriefing && Boolean(briefingOutput?.channel && briefingOutput?.peer);
 
   const chip = (label, value) => `
     <div class="assistant-chip">
@@ -505,6 +549,23 @@ function updateAssistantHealth(configData) {
         ${ttsEnabled ? 'Disable TTS' : 'Enable TTS'}
       </button>
     </div>
+    <div class="assistant-preview">
+      <div class="assistant-preview-header">
+        <div class="assistant-preview-title">Morning Brief Preview</div>
+        <button class="btn btn-secondary assistant-action-btn" data-action="test-daily-briefing" ${briefingReady ? '' : 'disabled'}>
+          Send Test Briefing
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div class="assistant-preview-meta text-sm text-muted">
+        <span>name: <code>${escapeHtml(briefingName)}</code></span>
+        <span>schedule: <code>${escapeHtml(briefingSchedule)}</code></span>
+        <span>timezone: <code>${escapeHtml(briefingTimezone)}</code></span>
+        <span>tier: <code>${escapeHtml(briefingModelTier)}</code></span>
+        <span>output: <code>${escapeHtml(briefingOutputLabel)}</code></span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="assistant-preview-body"><code>${escapeHtml(briefingPrompt || 'No daily briefing prompt configured.')}</code></div>
+      ${briefingReady ? '' : '<div class="text-sm text-muted">Enable daily briefing and set output channel/peer to test-send.</div>'}
+    </div>
     <div id="ops-assistant-status" class="text-sm text-muted"></div>
   `;
 
@@ -524,6 +585,9 @@ function updateAssistantHealth(configData) {
         patches = { 'memory.proactive_extract.enabled': !memoryProactive };
       } else if (action === 'toggle-tts') {
         patches = { 'tts.enabled': !ttsEnabled };
+      } else if (action === 'test-daily-briefing') {
+        await triggerDailyBriefingTest(briefingName, statusEl);
+        return;
       }
       if (!patches) {return;}
       await applyAssistantPatch(patches, statusEl);
diff --git a/src/gateway/ui/style.css b/src/gateway/ui/style.css
index 4d9fa97..78364e5 100644
--- a/src/gateway/ui/style.css
+++ b/src/gateway/ui/style.css
@@ -1571,6 +1571,47 @@ tr:hover td {
   color: var(--text-primary);
 }
 
+.assistant-preview {
+  margin-top: 12px;
+  padding: 12px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius);
+  background-color: var(--bg-secondary);
+}
+
+.assistant-preview-header {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+
+.assistant-preview-title {
+  font-size: var(--font-size-sm);
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+}
+
+.assistant-preview-meta {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 10px;
+  margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+
+.assistant-preview-body {
+  max-height: 180px;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border-light);
+  border-radius: var(--radius);
+  padding: 10px;
+  background-color: var(--bg-tertiary);
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  word-break: break-word;
+  font-size: var(--font-size-sm);
+}
+
 /* ── Responsive: Mobile ─────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 @media (max-width: 768px) {