diff --git a/src/app/actions/intake.ts b/src/app/actions/intake.ts
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+"use server";
+
+import { requireSession } from "@/lib/auth/session";
+import { getAdminPb } from "@/lib/pb/admin";
+import { canReadClient } from "@/lib/auth/access";
+import { nextStep, type InterviewStep } from "@/lib/intake/interview";
+import type { Turn } from "@/lib/intake/turn";
+import type { ProjectRecord } from "@/lib/pb/types";
+
+/**
+ * Advance the interview.
+ *
+ * Available to a client manager for their own client's projects — this is a
+ * client-facing intake. The owner creates cards directly and has no use for it.
+ *
+ * A Server Action is a public endpoint: the project check below is what stops
+ * one client interviewing against another's project and learning its name and
+ * its areas of work.
+ */
+export async function intakeStepAction(input: {
+  projectId: string;
+  turns: Turn[];
+  finishNow: boolean;
+}): Promise<InterviewStep> {
+  const session = await requireSession();
+
+  const pb = await getAdminPb();
+  const project = await pb
+    .collection("projects")
+    .getOne<ProjectRecord>(input.projectId)
+    .catch(() => null);
+
+  // Same answer for "does not exist" and "not yours".
+  if (!project || !canReadClient(session, project.client)) {
+    return { kind: "unavailable", message: "Project not found." };
+  }
+
+  return nextStep(input);
+}
diff --git a/src/components/intake/brief-preview.tsx b/src/components/intake/brief-preview.tsx
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+import type { Brief } from "@/lib/intake/brief";
+import type { SizeBand } from "@/lib/intake/size";
+import type { Turn } from "@/lib/intake/turn";
+
+/**
+ * Stub. Replaced by Phase 4b when the brief-preview UI lands.
+ *
+ * The wizard imports this so Task 6 can build standalone; Plan 4b replaces
+ * this file with the real preview that submits the brief to Plan 4b's
+ * server action.
+ */
+export function BriefPreview(_: {
+  brief: Brief & { sizeBand: SizeBand };
+  turns: Turn[];
+  projectId: string;
+  clientSlug: string;
+  projectSlug: string;
+}): null {
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/intake/intake-wizard.tsx b/src/components/intake/intake-wizard.tsx
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+"use client";
+
+import { useState, useTransition } from "react";
+import { Sparkles, ArrowRight } from "lucide-react";
+
+import { intakeStepAction } from "@/app/actions/intake";
+import { BriefPreview } from "@/components/intake/brief-preview";
+import { MAX_QUESTIONS, type Turn } from "@/lib/intake/turn";
+import type { InterviewStep } from "@/lib/intake/interview";
+
+export function IntakeWizard({
+  projectId,
+  clientSlug,
+  projectSlug,
+  onFallback,
+}: {
+  projectId: string;
+  clientSlug: string;
+  projectSlug: string;
+  /** Shown when the assistant is unavailable — the plain request box. */
+  onFallback: () => void;
+}) {
+  const [turns, setTurns] = useState<Turn[]>([]);
+  const [question, setQuestion] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [answer, setAnswer] = useState("");
+  const [step, setStep] = useState<InterviewStep | null>(null);
+  const [pending, startTransition] = useTransition();
+
+  function advance(nextTurns: Turn[], finishNow: boolean) {
+    startTransition(async () => {
+      const result = await intakeStepAction({ projectId, turns: nextTurns, finishNow });
+      setStep(result);
+
+      if (result.kind === "question") {
+        setQuestion(result.question ?? null);
+        setAnswer("");
+      }
+      if (result.kind === "unavailable") onFallback();
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (step?.kind === "brief" && step.brief) {
+    return (
+      <BriefPreview
+        brief={step.brief}
+        turns={turns}
+        projectId={projectId}
+        clientSlug={clientSlug}
+        projectSlug={projectSlug}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!question) {
+    return (
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        disabled={pending}
+        onClick={() => advance([], false)}
+        className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg bg-brand px-3 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-brand-fg hover:bg-brand-hover disabled:opacity-50"
+      >
+        <Sparkles size={14} strokeWidth={2} />
+        {pending ? "Starting…" : "Request a feature"}
+      </button>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <section className="space-y-3 rounded-[var(--radius-tile)] border border-border-subtle bg-surface p-4">
+      <div className="flex items-baseline gap-2">
+        <span className="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-wide text-text-muted">
+          Question {turns.length + 1} of at most {MAX_QUESTIONS}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
+      <p className="text-sm font-medium text-text-primary">{question}</p>
+
+      <textarea
+        autoFocus
+        rows={3}
+        value={answer}
+        onChange={(event) => setAnswer(event.target.value)}
+        placeholder="In your own words"
+        className="w-full rounded-lg border border-border-subtle bg-panel p-3 text-sm text-text-primary outline-none focus:border-brand"
+      />
+
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          disabled={pending || !answer.trim()}
+          onClick={() => {
+            const next = [...turns, { question, answer: answer.trim() }];
+            setTurns(next);
+            advance(next, false);
+          }}
+          className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg bg-brand px-3 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-brand-fg hover:bg-brand-hover disabled:opacity-50"
+        >
+          <ArrowRight size={14} strokeWidth={2} />
+          {pending ? "…" : "Next"}
+        </button>
+
+        {/* Always available. Someone who said what they need in the first
+            answer should not be interrogated through all seven. */}
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          disabled={pending || (turns.length === 0 && !answer.trim())}
+          onClick={() => {
+            const next = answer.trim()
+              ? [...turns, { question, answer: answer.trim() }]
+              : turns;
+            setTurns(next);
+            advance(next, true);
+          }}
+          className="text-xs text-text-muted hover:text-text-secondary disabled:opacity-50"
+        >
+          That's enough — write it up
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+}