diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5837236..3b7d1d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ from `@tangle-network/agent-knowledge`.
   scoring, and conflict-safe promotion.
   Use it when running agents in loops against a real KB rather than only
   exposing phase hooks.
+- `evaluateKnowledgeBaseReadiness()` checks one KB root without running an
+  improvement loop: it rebuilds the index, validates/lints it, scores KB
+  quality, and evaluates configured readiness specs.
 - RAG answer evaluation follows the common open-source shape used by Ragas,
   DeepEval, TruLens, and RAGChecker: context quality, answer relevance,
   support/faithfulness, citations, abstention, and failure diagnosis.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 808007d..fa6255e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tangle-network/agent-knowledge",
-  "version": "1.10.0",
+  "version": "1.11.0",
   "description": "Source-grounded, eval-gated knowledge growth primitives for agents.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/tangle-network/agent-knowledge#readme",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 0618d7b..6e451ea 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export * from './proposals'
 export * from './propose-from-finding'
 export * from './rag-eval'
 export * from './rag-improvement-loop'
+export * from './readiness-check'
 export * from './release'
 export * from './research-driving-driver'
 export * from './research-loop'
diff --git a/src/readiness-check.ts b/src/readiness-check.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cd8537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/readiness-check.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import type {
+  BuildEvalKnowledgeBundleOptions,
+  EvalKnowledgeBundleBuildResult,
+  KnowledgeReadinessSpec,
+} from './eval-readiness'
+import { buildKnowledgeIndex } from './indexer'
+import {
+  type KnowledgeBaseQualityOptions,
+  type KnowledgeBaseQualityReport,
+  scoreKnowledgeBaseIndex,
+} from './rag-eval'
+import { readinessFor } from './readiness-helpers'
+import type { KnowledgeIndex } from './types'
+import {
+  type ValidateKnowledgeOptions,
+  type ValidateKnowledgeResult,
+  validateKnowledgeIndex,
+} from './validate'
+
+export interface EvaluateKnowledgeBaseReadinessOptions {
+  root: string
+  goal: string
+  readinessSpecs?: readonly KnowledgeReadinessSpec[]
+  readinessTaskId?: string
+  readiness?: Omit<BuildEvalKnowledgeBundleOptions, 'taskId' | 'index' | 'specs'>
+  strict?: ValidateKnowledgeOptions['strict']
+  kbQuality?: KnowledgeBaseQualityOptions
+}
+
+export interface KnowledgeBaseReadinessEvaluation {
+  ready: boolean
+  summary: string
+  index: KnowledgeIndex
+  validation: ValidateKnowledgeResult
+  readiness?: EvalKnowledgeBundleBuildResult
+  kbQuality: KnowledgeBaseQualityReport
+  dimensions: {
+    validation: number
+    kb_quality: number
+    blocking_readiness: number
+  }
+}
+
+export async function evaluateKnowledgeBaseReadiness(
+  options: EvaluateKnowledgeBaseReadinessOptions,
+): Promise<KnowledgeBaseReadinessEvaluation> {
+  const index = await buildKnowledgeIndex(options.root)
+  const validation = validateKnowledgeIndex(index, { strict: options.strict })
+  const readiness = readinessFor(
+    {
+      ...options,
+      readinessSpecs: options.readinessSpecs ? [...options.readinessSpecs] : undefined,
+    },
+    index,
+  )
+  const kbQuality = scoreKnowledgeBaseIndex(index, {
+    strict: options.strict,
+    ...options.kbQuality,
+  })
+  const blockingMissing = readiness?.report.blockingMissingRequirements.length ?? 0
+  const blockingTotal =
+    options.readinessSpecs?.filter((spec) => spec.importance === 'blocking').length ?? 0
+  const blockingReadiness =
+    blockingTotal === 0 ? 1 : Math.max(0, blockingTotal - blockingMissing) / blockingTotal
+  const ready = validation.ok && kbQuality.ok && blockingMissing === 0
+  const failures = [
+    validation.ok ? undefined : `${validation.findings.length} validation finding(s)`,
+    kbQuality.ok ? undefined : `${kbQuality.findings.length} KB quality finding(s)`,
+    blockingMissing === 0
+      ? undefined
+      : `${blockingMissing}/${blockingTotal} blocking readiness requirement(s) missing`,
+  ].filter((failure): failure is string => Boolean(failure))
+
+  return {
+    ready,
+    summary: ready ? 'knowledge base passed readiness checks' : failures.join('; '),
+    index,
+    validation,
+    readiness,
+    kbQuality,
+    dimensions: {
+      validation: validation.ok ? 1 : 0,
+      kb_quality: kbQuality.ok ? 1 : 0,
+      blocking_readiness: blockingReadiness,
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/kb-improvement.test.ts b/tests/kb-improvement.test.ts
index f381531..d26f27a 100644
--- a/tests/kb-improvement.test.ts
+++ b/tests/kb-improvement.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   buildEvalKnowledgeBundle,
   buildKnowledgeIndex,
   defineReadinessSpec,
+  evaluateKnowledgeBaseReadiness,
   hashKnowledgeBase,
   improveKnowledgeBase,
   initKnowledgeBase,
@@ -62,6 +63,51 @@ function refundProposal(sourceId: string, extra = ''): string {
 }
 
 describe('improveKnowledgeBase', () => {
+  it('evaluates root-level KB readiness without running an improvement loop', async () => {
+    await withKb(async (root) => {
+      const empty = await evaluateKnowledgeBaseReadiness({
+        root,
+        goal: 'Build billing support refund-policy knowledge',
+        readinessSpecs: [refundSpec],
+        strict: true,
+      })
+
+      expect(empty.ready).toBe(false)
+      expect(empty.dimensions.blocking_readiness).toBe(0)
+      expect(empty.summary).toContain('blocking readiness requirement')
+
+      const source = refundSource()
+      const improved = await improveKnowledgeBase({
+        root,
+        goal: 'Build billing support refund-policy knowledge',
+        runId: 'readiness-evaluator',
+        readinessSpecs: [refundSpec],
+        strict: true,
+        step: () => ({
+          done: true,
+          sourceTexts: [{ uri: source.uri, text: source.text, title: source.title }],
+          proposalText: refundProposal(source.id),
+        }),
+      })
+      expect(improved.promoted).toBe(true)
+
+      const ready = await evaluateKnowledgeBaseReadiness({
+        root,
+        goal: 'Build billing support refund-policy knowledge',
+        readinessSpecs: [refundSpec],
+        strict: true,
+      })
+
+      expect(ready.ready).toBe(true)
+      expect(ready.summary).toBe('knowledge base passed readiness checks')
+      expect(ready.dimensions).toMatchObject({
+        validation: 1,
+        kb_quality: 1,
+        blocking_readiness: 1,
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   it('promotes a candidate KB after readiness separates weak from strong', async () => {
     await withKb(async (root) => {
       const emptyIndex = await buildKnowledgeIndex(root)