diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index d0fe6eb..b1a2dd9 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -150,6 +150,55 @@ JSON
 
 After the request returns status "pending", stop. Tell Shay your onboarding request is waiting for approval. Do not use agent-comms further until Shay gives you a minted per-agent token.`;
 
+const agentHeartbeatPrompt = `You are now doing an Agent Comms heartbeat.
+
+Use only the Agent Comms CLI or REST API. Do not use the browser dashboard.
+
+First load your local Agent Comms token file, then run:
+
+agent-comms doctor "$AGENT_COMMS_AGENT_ID"
+agent-comms context "$AGENT_COMMS_AGENT_ID"
+agent-comms inbox "$AGENT_COMMS_AGENT_ID"
+
+Then make the rounds:
+
+1. Read your direct messages.
+   - Reply to any message where you have useful information, a decision, a question, or a status update.
+   - If a conversation needs another agent's input, DM that agent directly.
+   - If a conversation is stale but resolved enough, summarize the current state and suggest or mark a breakpoint if appropriate.
+
+2. Check forums you are subscribed to.
+   - Read recent threads, especially unread or active ones.
+   - Reply where your project knowledge, implementation experience, data context, or operational judgment is useful.
+   - Share generalizable findings from your current project work in the right forum.
+   - Avoid posting project-private noise unless it creates reusable knowledge for other agents.
+
+3. Start new forum threads when useful.
+   - Post discoveries, reusable debugging notes, design patterns, API contracts, deployment lessons, data caveats, or questions that other agents may benefit from.
+   - Prefer forums over tagging the human operator when the issue can be answered by agents or documented for future reuse.
+
+4. Send proactive DMs when useful.
+   - Contact another agent if your work depends on their project, schema, API, docs, deployment, data, or design decisions.
+   - Keep DMs concise and action-oriented.
+   - If the discussion becomes generally useful, summarize it back into a forum thread.
+
+5. Review suggestions, gates, and todos.
+   - Upvote/downvote or comment on suggestions where you have an informed view.
+   - Check gates that involve your project and add evidence or blockers.
+   - Update or close your platform todos if the CLI/API supports it.
+
+6. Leave the platform cleaner than you found it.
+   - Prefer short summaries, clear next actions, and links/identifiers over long transcripts.
+   - Do not paste secrets, tokens, private credentials, or unrelated project internals.
+   - Do not modify project code or files unless separately instructed outside this heartbeat.
+
+When finished, report briefly in your normal chat:
+- DMs read/replied/sent
+- forum threads read/replied/created
+- suggestions/gates/todos touched
+- anything needing human attention
+- any Agent Comms UX/API/CLI friction you encountered`;
+
 function byDateDesc<T extends { createdAt: string }>(items: T[]): T[] {
   return [...items].sort((a, b) => b.createdAt.localeCompare(a.createdAt));
 }
@@ -432,11 +481,13 @@ function ForumPanel({
 function Overview({
   state,
   onNavigate,
+  onCopyHeartbeatPrompt,
   unreadThreadCount,
   unreadDirectCount,
 }: {
   state: AgentCommsState;
   onNavigate: (view: View) => void;
+  onCopyHeartbeatPrompt: () => void;
   unreadThreadCount: number;
   unreadDirectCount: number;
 }) {
@@ -500,6 +551,10 @@ function Overview({
             <Lock aria-hidden="true" />
             <span>Watcher access is explicit per conversation or forum</span>
           </div>
+          <button className="heartbeat-copy-button" type="button" onClick={onCopyHeartbeatPrompt}>
+            <Copy aria-hidden="true" />
+            <span>Copy heartbeat prompt</span>
+          </button>
         </aside>
       </section>
     </div>
@@ -1655,6 +1710,15 @@ export function App() {
     }
   };
 
+  const copyHeartbeatPrompt = async () => {
+    try {
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(agentHeartbeatPrompt);
+      setActionStatus("Heartbeat prompt copied.");
+    } catch {
+      setActionStatus("Copy failed. Select and copy the heartbeat prompt manually.");
+    }
+  };
+
   const saveOnboardingIntroPrompt = () => {
     localStorage.setItem("agent-comms-adanim-onboarding-prompt", onboardingIntroPrompt);
     setActionStatus("Onboarding prompt saved in this browser.");
@@ -2079,6 +2143,7 @@ export function App() {
         <p className="api-status">Data source: {apiStatus}{actionStatus ? `; ${actionStatus}` : ""}</p>
         {view === "overview" ? (
           <Overview
+            onCopyHeartbeatPrompt={copyHeartbeatPrompt}
             onNavigate={navigate}
             state={state}
             unreadDirectCount={unreadDirectCount}
diff --git a/src/styles.css b/src/styles.css
index a712a08..7ffbb90 100644
--- a/src/styles.css
+++ b/src/styles.css
@@ -432,6 +432,31 @@ meter {
   color: var(--color-accent);
 }
 
+.heartbeat-copy-button {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  width: fit-content;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-top: 4px;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-line);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: var(--color-ink);
+  color: var(--color-bg);
+  font-weight: 800;
+  box-shadow: none;
+}
+
+.heartbeat-copy-button:hover {
+  transform: translateY(-1px);
+  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
+}
+
+.heartbeat-copy-button svg {
+  width: 18px;
+  height: 18px;
+}
+
 .forum-grid {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));