diff --git a/src/app/(app)/collection-confirm/page.tsx b/src/app/(app)/collection-confirm/page.tsx
index 7654511..bb9371b 100644
--- a/src/app/(app)/collection-confirm/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/collection-confirm/page.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Bot, Loader2, Search, Truck, UserRound } from "lucide-react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { AiChecksToggle } from "@/components/collection-confirm/ai-checks-toggle";
 import { ConfirmInvoiceDialog } from "@/components/collection-confirm/confirm-invoice-dialog";
 import { ConfirmStockDialog } from "@/components/collection-confirm/confirm-stock-dialog";
 import { InvoiceViewer } from "@/components/collection-confirm/invoice-viewer";
@@ -802,7 +803,7 @@ export default function CollectionConfirmPage() {
             Review collected order items, edit costs, and confirm for invoicing.
           </p>
         </div>
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-end gap-2">
           <span
             title={displayName}
             aria-label={`Signed in as ${displayName}`}
@@ -811,6 +812,7 @@ export default function CollectionConfirmPage() {
             <UserRound className="h-3 w-3" />
             <span className="font-mono">{displayName || "—"}</span>
           </span>
+          <AiChecksToggle getHeaders={authedJsonHeaders} />
           <Button
             variant="outline"
             size="sm"
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled/route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db2b671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled/route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, vi } from "vitest";
+import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+
+const getAiSettings = vi.fn();
+const updateAiSettings = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/server/ai-settings-service", () => ({
+  getAiSettings: (...a: unknown[]) => getAiSettings(...a),
+  updateAiSettings: (...a: unknown[]) => updateAiSettings(...a),
+}));
+
+const getBrowserSessionUser = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/server/browser-session", () => ({
+  getBrowserSessionUser: (...a: unknown[]) => getBrowserSessionUser(...a),
+}));
+
+import { GET, PUT } from "./route";
+
+const URL = "http://localhost/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled";
+const headers = { authorization: "Bearer tok", "content-type": "application/json" };
+const summary = { started_at: "a", finished_at: "b", files_read: 2, cards_checked: 1, errors: [] };
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  getBrowserSessionUser.mockResolvedValue({ id: "u1", user_type: null, name: "Sam" });
+  getAiSettings.mockResolvedValue({
+    api_key: "",
+    collection_ai_enabled: false,
+    collection_ai_last_run_at: "2026-10-19 10:10:17Z",
+    collection_ai_last_run_summary: summary,
+  });
+});
+
+describe("GET /api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled", () => {
+  it("401s without a valid session", async () => {
+    getBrowserSessionUser.mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("Not authenticated."), { status: 401 }));
+    const res = await GET(new NextRequest(URL, { headers }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+    expect(getAiSettings).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("returns only the switch and the last run, never other settings", async () => {
+    const res = await GET(new NextRequest(URL, { headers }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(await res.json()).toEqual({
+      enabled: false,
+      last_run_at: "2026-10-19 10:10:17Z",
+      last_run_summary: summary,
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("PUT /api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled", () => {
+  const put = (body: unknown) =>
+    PUT(new NextRequest(URL, { method: "PUT", headers, body: JSON.stringify(body) }));
+
+  it("401s without a valid session", async () => {
+    getBrowserSessionUser.mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("Not authenticated."), { status: 401 }));
+    expect((await put({ enabled: true })).status).toBe(401);
+    expect(updateAiSettings).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([[{}], [{ enabled: "yes" }], [{ enabled: 1 }]])("400s for %j", async (body) => {
+    expect((await put(body)).status).toBe(400);
+    expect(updateAiSettings).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("only ever patches collection_ai_enabled", async () => {
+    updateAiSettings.mockResolvedValue({
+      collection_ai_enabled: true,
+      collection_ai_last_run_at: "",
+      collection_ai_last_run_summary: null,
+    });
+    const res = await put({ enabled: true, model_id: "evil", api_key: "x" });
+    expect(updateAiSettings).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ collection_ai_enabled: true });
+    expect(await res.json()).toEqual({ enabled: true, last_run_at: "", last_run_summary: null });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled/route.ts b/src/app/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b5deb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { getBrowserSessionUser } from "@/lib/server/browser-session";
+import {
+  getAiSettings,
+  updateAiSettings,
+  type AiSettings,
+} from "@/lib/server/ai-settings-service";
+
+/**
+ * GET / PUT /api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled
+ *
+ * The "AI checks on/off" switch on the Collection Confirm header — a
+ * shortcut to Settings → AI → Collection checks, so the operator doesn't
+ * have to leave the page to start or stop the 5-minute tick.
+ *
+ * Deliberately narrow: GET returns only the switch and the last run, PUT
+ * accepts only `{ enabled: boolean }`. Nothing else in `ai_settings`
+ * (key, model, prompts) can be read or written through here.
+ *
+ * Auth: browser session (PB token forwarded in `Authorization`).
+ */
+export const runtime = "nodejs";
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+function view(s: Pick<AiSettings, "collection_ai_enabled" | "collection_ai_last_run_at" | "collection_ai_last_run_summary">) {
+  return {
+    enabled: s.collection_ai_enabled,
+    last_run_at: s.collection_ai_last_run_at,
+    last_run_summary: s.collection_ai_last_run_summary,
+  };
+}
+
+function fail(err: unknown, fallback: string) {
+  const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : fallback;
+  const status = (err as Error & { status?: number }).status || 500;
+  return NextResponse.json({ error: message }, { status });
+}
+
+export async function GET(req: NextRequest) {
+  try {
+    await getBrowserSessionUser(req);
+    return NextResponse.json(view(await getAiSettings()));
+  } catch (err) {
+    return fail(err, "Failed to load the AI checks switch");
+  }
+}
+
+export async function PUT(req: NextRequest) {
+  try {
+    await getBrowserSessionUser(req);
+    const body = (await req.json().catch(() => ({}))) as { enabled?: unknown };
+    if (typeof body.enabled !== "boolean") {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: "enabled must be true or false" }, { status: 400 });
+    }
+    const updated = await updateAiSettings({ collection_ai_enabled: body.enabled });
+    return NextResponse.json(view(updated));
+  } catch (err) {
+    return fail(err, "Failed to change the AI checks switch");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/collection-confirm/ai-checks-toggle.test.tsx b/src/components/collection-confirm/ai-checks-toggle.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..283d03a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/collection-confirm/ai-checks-toggle.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { AiChecksToggle } from "./ai-checks-toggle";
+
+const headers = () => ({ "content-type": "application/json", Authorization: "Bearer tok" });
+const fetchMock = vi.fn();
+
+function reply(body: unknown, ok = true) {
+  return Promise.resolve({ ok, status: ok ? 200 : 500, json: () => Promise.resolve(body) });
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  fetchMock.mockReset();
+  vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+});
+afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllGlobals());
+
+describe("AiChecksToggle", () => {
+  it("shows the switch off when the AI checks are off", async () => {
+    fetchMock.mockReturnValueOnce(reply({ enabled: false, last_run_at: "", last_run_summary: null }));
+    render(<AiChecksToggle getHeaders={headers} />);
+    const sw = await screen.findByRole("switch", { name: /ai checks/i });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(sw).not.toBeChecked());
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("ai-checks-status")).toHaveTextContent("Off");
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: /ai settings/i })).toHaveAttribute("href", "/settings/ai");
+  });
+
+  it("turns the AI checks on with a PUT and shows On", async () => {
+    fetchMock
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(reply({ enabled: false, last_run_at: "", last_run_summary: null }))
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(reply({ enabled: true, last_run_at: "", last_run_summary: null }));
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(<AiChecksToggle getHeaders={headers} />);
+    const sw = await screen.findByRole("switch", { name: /ai checks/i });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(sw).not.toBeChecked());
+    await user.click(sw);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(sw).toBeChecked());
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      "/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled",
+      expect.objectContaining({ method: "PUT", body: JSON.stringify({ enabled: true }) }),
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("ai-checks-status")).toHaveTextContent("On");
+  });
+
+  it("flips back and says so when the save fails", async () => {
+    fetchMock
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(reply({ enabled: false, last_run_at: "", last_run_summary: null }))
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(reply({ error: "nope" }, false));
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(<AiChecksToggle getHeaders={headers} />);
+    const sw = await screen.findByRole("switch", { name: /ai checks/i });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(sw).not.toBeChecked());
+    await user.click(sw);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("ai-checks-status")).toHaveTextContent(/couldn't save/i));
+    expect(sw).not.toBeChecked();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/collection-confirm/ai-checks-toggle.tsx b/src/components/collection-confirm/ai-checks-toggle.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..666d559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/collection-confirm/ai-checks-toggle.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import Link from "next/link";
+import { Bot, Settings } from "lucide-react";
+
+import { Switch } from "@/components/ui/switch";
+import type { CollectionAiRunSummary } from "@/lib/types";
+
+interface AiChecksToggleProps {
+  /** Same auth headers the page uses for its other /api/v1 calls. */
+  getHeaders: () => Record<string, string>;
+}
+
+interface SwitchState {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  last_run_at: string;
+  last_run_summary: CollectionAiRunSummary | null;
+}
+
+const URL = "/api/v1/collection-confirm/ai/enabled";
+
+function lastRunLabel(s: SwitchState | null): string {
+  const summary = s?.last_run_summary;
+  if (!summary?.finished_at) return "Not run yet";
+  const when = new Date(summary.finished_at);
+  const time = Number.isNaN(when.getTime())
+    ? summary.finished_at
+    : when.toLocaleString("en-ZA", { day: "numeric", month: "short", hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit" });
+  return `Last run ${time} · read ${summary.files_read} file${summary.files_read === 1 ? "" : "s"}, checked ${summary.cards_checked} card${summary.cards_checked === 1 ? "" : "s"}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * "AI checks" on/off switch for the Collection Confirm header — the same
+ * setting as Settings → AI → Collection checks. When it's off the n8n
+ * tick still calls in every 5 minutes but WFDASH answers "disabled" and
+ * reads nothing, which is easy to miss from this page.
+ */
+export function AiChecksToggle({ getHeaders }: AiChecksToggleProps) {
+  const [state, setState] = useState<SwitchState | null>(null);
+  const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState("");
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false;
+    fetch(URL, { headers: getHeaders() })
+      .then((r) => (r.ok ? r.json() : Promise.reject(new Error(`HTTP ${r.status}`))))
+      .then((data: SwitchState) => {
+        if (!cancelled) setState(data);
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        if (!cancelled) setError("Couldn't load");
+      });
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
+  }, [getHeaders]);
+
+  const change = async (enabled: boolean) => {
+    if (saving || !state) return;
+    const before = state;
+    setSaving(true);
+    setError("");
+    setState({ ...state, enabled });
+    try {
+      const r = await fetch(URL, {
+        method: "PUT",
+        headers: getHeaders(),
+        body: JSON.stringify({ enabled }),
+      });
+      if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${r.status}`);
+      setState((await r.json()) as SwitchState);
+    } catch {
+      setState(before);
+      setError("Couldn't save");
+    } finally {
+      setSaving(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const on = state?.enabled ?? false;
+  const status = error || (state ? (on ? "On" : "Off") : "…");
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={`inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md border px-2.5 py-1 text-xs ${
+        on ? "border-ai/40 bg-ai/10" : "bg-muted/30"
+      }`}
+      title={on ? lastRunLabel(state) : "The 5-minute AI check is off. Turn it on to have the AI read driver photos."}
+    >
+      <Bot className={`h-3.5 w-3.5 ${on ? "text-ai" : "text-muted-foreground"}`} aria-hidden />
+      <label htmlFor="ai-checks-switch" className="font-medium">
+        AI checks
+      </label>
+      <Switch
+        id="ai-checks-switch"
+        size="sm"
+        aria-label="AI checks"
+        checked={on}
+        disabled={!state || saving}
+        onCheckedChange={(checked) => void change(checked)}
+        className="data-checked:bg-ai"
+      />
+      <span
+        data-testid="ai-checks-status"
+        className={error ? "text-destructive" : on ? "font-medium text-ai" : "text-muted-foreground"}
+      >
+        {status}
+      </span>
+      <Link
+        href="/settings/ai"
+        aria-label="AI settings"
+        className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+      >
+        <Settings className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden />
+      </Link>
+    </div>
+  );
+}