diff --git a/src/paid-keyword-optimizer/guidance-opportunity-mapper.js b/src/paid-keyword-optimizer/guidance-opportunity-mapper.js
index 91030c1aaf..1df368006d 100644
--- a/src/paid-keyword-optimizer/guidance-opportunity-mapper.js
+++ b/src/paid-keyword-optimizer/guidance-opportunity-mapper.js
@@ -88,13 +88,17 @@ export function mapToKeywordOptimizerOpportunity(siteId, audit, message) {
     portfolioMetrics = {},
   } = guidanceBody;
   /**
-   * Page-level context fields emitted by mystique (additive, both optional).
+   * Page-level context fields emitted by mystique (additive, all optional).
    *
    * Distinct from per-cluster
    * `gapAnalysis.{keywordToPageGap,adToPageGap}.relevantExtractedTopics`,
    * which are LLM-filtered subsets of `pageTopics` filtered for cluster-
    * specific intent relevance. `pageTopics` here is the full page-level set.
    *
+   * `pageRecommendation` is the strategist's reconciled, play-aware page-level
+   * recommendation (inferredPlay, primary + rankedActions with lever/alternatives);
+   * `null` when mystique skips/fails the strategist pass or emits an older payload.
+   *
    * Use `??` (nullish coalescing) instead of ES destructure defaults so that
    * a future regression emitting `pageTopics: null` (instead of omitting the
    * key) still results in an empty array on the consumer side. ES destructure
@@ -102,6 +106,7 @@ export function mapToKeywordOptimizerOpportunity(siteId, audit, message) {
    */
   const resolvedPageHeading = guidanceBody.resolvedPageHeading ?? null;
   const pageTopics = guidanceBody.pageTopics ?? [];
+  const pageRecommendation = guidanceBody.pageRecommendation ?? null;
   const { langfuseTraceId, langfuseTraceUrl } = guidanceBody?.observability || {};
 
   const hasConflictingHeadlineRecommendations = clusterResults.filter(
@@ -149,6 +154,7 @@ export function mapToKeywordOptimizerOpportunity(siteId, audit, message) {
       totalMisalignedSpend,
       resolvedPageHeading,
       pageTopics,
+      pageRecommendation,
     },
     status: 'NEW',
     tags: [
diff --git a/test/audits/paid-keyword-optimizer/opportunity-mapper.test.js b/test/audits/paid-keyword-optimizer/opportunity-mapper.test.js
index 50ea9f7fa0..73967c91d1 100644
--- a/test/audits/paid-keyword-optimizer/opportunity-mapper.test.js
+++ b/test/audits/paid-keyword-optimizer/opportunity-mapper.test.js
@@ -670,6 +670,44 @@ describe('Paid Keyword Optimizer opportunity mapper (cluster format)', () => {
       expect(result.data.pageTopics).to.be.an('array').that.is.empty;
     });
 
+    it('passes pageRecommendation through to opportunity.data', () => {
+      const pageRecommendation = {
+        inferredPlay: 'Branded navigational defense',
+        playConfidence: 'high',
+        primary: {
+          lever: 'on_page',
+          actionType: 'modify_heading',
+          title: 'Broaden the H1 for branded visitors',
+          detail: 'Surface the core IAM promise alongside AI.',
+          affectedClusters: ['okta'],
+          alternatives: [],
+        },
+        rankedActions: [],
+        reasoning: 'Reconciled across all branded clusters.',
+      };
+      const audit = createMockAudit();
+      const message = createClusterMessage({ extraBody: { pageRecommendation } });
+
+      const result = mapToKeywordOptimizerOpportunity(TEST_SITE_ID, audit, message);
+
+      expect(result.data.pageRecommendation).to.deep.equal(pageRecommendation);
+    });
+
+    it('defaults pageRecommendation to null when absent (old mystique) or explicitly null', () => {
+      const audit = createMockAudit();
+      // Absent: no extraBody at all.
+      const absent = mapToKeywordOptimizerOpportunity(TEST_SITE_ID, audit, createClusterMessage());
+      expect(absent.data.pageRecommendation).to.be.null;
+
+      // Explicitly null (strategist skipped/failed): collapses to null, not undefined.
+      const explicitNull = mapToKeywordOptimizerOpportunity(
+        TEST_SITE_ID,
+        audit,
+        createClusterMessage({ extraBody: { pageRecommendation: null } }),
+      );
+      expect(explicitNull.data.pageRecommendation).to.be.null;
+    });
+
     it('collapses explicit null pageTopics to [] (future regression guard)', () => {
       const audit = createMockAudit();
       const message = createClusterMessage({