diff --git a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/js-planner.ts b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/js-planner.ts
index cc29c6b81..48a7c9d12 100644
--- a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/js-planner.ts
+++ b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/js-planner.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ export class JavaScriptPlanner {
       { name: 'llmUserMessage', kind: 'string', readonly: true },
       { name: 'llmConversationHistory', kind: 'object', readonly: true },
       { name: 'query', kind: 'object', readonly: true },
+      { name: 'query.self', kind: 'function', readonly: true },
+      { name: 'query.snapshot', kind: 'function', readonly: true },
       { name: 'bot', kind: 'object', readonly: true },
       { name: 'mineflayer', kind: 'object', readonly: true },
       { name: 'mem', kind: 'object', readonly: false },
diff --git a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/query-dsl.test.ts b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/query-dsl.test.ts
index df425d6bd..233a098f5 100644
--- a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/query-dsl.test.ts
+++ b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/query-dsl.test.ts
@@ -73,4 +73,29 @@ describe('query DSL', () => {
     const pickaxes = query.craftable().whereIncludes('pickaxe').uniq().list()
     expect(pickaxes).toEqual(['wooden_pickaxe', 'stone_pickaxe'])
   })
+
+  it('supports inventory helper methods for count/has/summary', () => {
+    const query = createQueryRuntime(createMineflayerStub())
+    expect(query.inventory().count('bread')).toBe(5)
+    expect(query.inventory().has('bread', 5)).toBe(true)
+    expect(query.inventory().has('bread', 6)).toBe(false)
+    expect(query.inventory().summary()).toEqual([
+      { name: 'cobblestone', count: 16 },
+      { name: 'bread', count: 5 },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('returns self and snapshot views for one-shot state reads', () => {
+    const query = createQueryRuntime(createMineflayerStub())
+    const self = query.self()
+    expect(self.pos).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 64, z: 0 })
+    expect(self.heldItem).toBeNull()
+
+    const snap = query.snapshot(12)
+    expect(snap.inventory.counts).toEqual({
+      bread: 5,
+      cobblestone: 16,
+    })
+    expect(snap.nearby.ores.map(b => b.name)).toEqual(['coal_ore', 'coal_ore', 'ancient_debris'])
+  })
 })
diff --git a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/query-dsl.ts b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/query-dsl.ts
index 03a4a765c..33ab8a8a2 100644
--- a/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/query-dsl.ts
+++ b/services/minecraft/src/cognitive/conscious/query-dsl.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@ interface InventoryRecord {
   displayName?: string
 }
 
+interface InventorySummaryRecord {
+  name: string
+  count: number
+}
+
+interface SelfQueryRecord {
+  pos: { x: number, y: number, z: number }
+  health: number
+  food: number
+  heldItem: string | null
+  gameMode: string
+  isRaining: boolean
+  timeOfDay: number | null
+}
+
 type NamePredicate = (value: string) => boolean
 
 class NameQueryChain {
@@ -199,6 +214,28 @@ class InventoryQueryChain {
     }, {} as Record<string, number>)
   }
 
+  public count(name: string): number {
+    const needle = name.toLowerCase()
+    return this.list()
+      .filter(item => item.name.toLowerCase() === needle)
+      .reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.count, 0)
+  }
+
+  public has(name: string, atLeast = 1): boolean {
+    return this.count(name) >= Math.max(1, Math.floor(atLeast))
+  }
+
+  public summary(): InventorySummaryRecord[] {
+    const counts = this.countByName()
+    return Object.entries(counts)
+      .map(([name, count]) => ({ name, count }))
+      .sort((a, b) => {
+        if (b.count !== a.count)
+          return b.count - a.count
+        return a.name.localeCompare(b.name)
+      })
+  }
+
   public list(): InventoryRecord[] {
     return this.mineflayer.bot.inventory
       .items()
@@ -296,8 +333,41 @@ function clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number {
   return Math.min(max, Math.max(min, value))
 }
 
+function toSelfRecord(mineflayer: Mineflayer): SelfQueryRecord {
+  return {
+    pos: toPos(mineflayer.bot.entity.position),
+    health: mineflayer.bot.health,
+    food: mineflayer.bot.food,
+    heldItem: mineflayer.bot.heldItem?.name ?? null,
+    gameMode: mineflayer.bot.game?.gameMode ?? 'unknown',
+    isRaining: Boolean(mineflayer.bot.isRaining),
+    timeOfDay: typeof mineflayer.bot.time?.timeOfDay === 'number' ? mineflayer.bot.time.timeOfDay : null,
+  }
+}
+
 export function createQueryRuntime(mineflayer: Mineflayer) {
   return {
+    self: () => toSelfRecord(mineflayer),
+    snapshot: (range = 16) => {
+      const normalizedRange = clamp(Math.floor(range), 1, 64)
+      const inventory = new InventoryQueryChain(mineflayer)
+      return {
+        self: toSelfRecord(mineflayer),
+        inventory: {
+          counts: inventory.countByName(),
+          summary: inventory.summary(),
+          emptySlots: typeof mineflayer.bot.inventory.emptySlotCount === 'function'
+            ? mineflayer.bot.inventory.emptySlotCount()
+            : Math.max(0, 36 - mineflayer.bot.inventory.items().length),
+          totalStacks: mineflayer.bot.inventory.items().length,
+        },
+        nearby: {
+          blocks: new BlockQueryChain(mineflayer).within(normalizedRange).limit(20).list(),
+          entities: new EntityQueryChain(mineflayer).within(normalizedRange).limit(20).list(),
+          ores: new BlockQueryChain(mineflayer).within(normalizedRange).isOre().limit(20).list(),
+        },
+      }
+    },
     blocks: () => new BlockQueryChain(mineflayer),
     blockAt: ({ x, y, z }: { x: number, y: number, z: number }) => {
       const block = mineflayer.bot.blockAt(new Vec3(Math.floor(x), Math.floor(y), Math.floor(z)))