diff --git a/server/src/chat/transport/matrix/bot/messages.rs b/server/src/chat/transport/matrix/bot/messages.rs
index 481a891a..dff4703d 100644
--- a/server/src/chat/transport/matrix/bot/messages.rs
+++ b/server/src/chat/transport/matrix/bot/messages.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ pub(super) async fn on_room_message(
     // endpoint.  Only a small set of gateway-local commands are handled here.
     if ctx.is_gateway() {
         // Commands that are meaningful on the gateway itself (no project state needed).
-        const GATEWAY_LOCAL_COMMANDS: &[&str] = &["help", "ambient", "reset", "switch"];
+        const GATEWAY_LOCAL_COMMANDS: &[&str] =
+            &["help", "ambient", "reset", "switch", "all_status"];
 
         let stripped = crate::chat::util::strip_bot_mention(
             &user_message,
@@ -229,6 +230,26 @@ pub(super) async fn on_room_message(
             }
             return;
         }
+
+        // `all_status` — aggregate pipeline status across all projects (gateway-only).
+        if cmd == "all_status" {
+            let project_urls = ctx.gateway_project_urls.clone();
+            let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+            let statuses =
+                crate::gateway::fetch_all_project_pipeline_statuses(&project_urls, &client).await;
+            let response = crate::gateway::format_aggregate_status_compact(&statuses);
+            let html = markdown_to_html(&response);
+            if let Ok(msg_id) = ctx
+                .transport
+                .send_message(&room_id_str, &response, &html)
+                .await
+                && let Ok(event_id) = msg_id.parse()
+            {
+                ctx.bot_sent_event_ids.lock().await.insert(event_id);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Gateway-local commands and freeform text fall through to normal handling below.
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/gateway.rs b/server/src/gateway.rs
index 26c95df4..05c65e23 100644
--- a/server/src/gateway.rs
+++ b/server/src/gateway.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ const GATEWAY_TOOLS: &[&str] = &[
     "gateway_status",
     "gateway_health",
     "init_project",
+    "aggregate_pipeline_status",
 ];
 
 /// Main MCP POST handler for the gateway. Intercepts gateway-specific tools and
@@ -439,6 +440,14 @@ fn gateway_tool_definitions() -> Vec<Value> {
                 "required": ["path"]
             }
         }),
+        json!({
+            "name": "aggregate_pipeline_status",
+            "description": "Fetch pipeline status from ALL registered projects in parallel and return an aggregated report. For each project: stage counts (backlog/current/qa/merge/done) and a list of blocked or failing items with triage detail. Unreachable projects are included with an error state rather than failing the whole call.",
+            "inputSchema": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {}
+            }
+        }),
     ]
 }
 
@@ -518,6 +527,7 @@ async fn handle_gateway_tool(
         "gateway_status" => handle_gateway_status(state, id).await,
         "gateway_health" => handle_gateway_health(state, id).await,
         "init_project" => handle_init_project(params, state, id).await,
+        "aggregate_pipeline_status" => handle_aggregate_pipeline_status(state, id).await,
         _ => JsonRpcResponse::error(id, -32601, format!("Unknown gateway tool: {tool_name}")),
     }
 }
@@ -659,6 +669,257 @@ async fn handle_gateway_health(state: &GatewayState, id: Option<Value>) -> JsonR
     )
 }
 
+// ── Aggregate pipeline status ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Fetch `get_pipeline_status` from every registered project URL in parallel.
+///
+/// Returns a `BTreeMap` of project name → per-project status JSON. Each value
+/// is either `{"counts": {...}, "blocked": [...]}` on success or
+/// `{"error": "..."}` when the project container is unreachable or returns an
+/// unexpected response.  A single flaky project never causes the whole call to
+/// fail.
+pub async fn fetch_all_project_pipeline_statuses(
+    project_urls: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    client: &Client,
+) -> BTreeMap<String, Value> {
+    use futures::future::join_all;
+
+    let futures: Vec<_> = project_urls
+        .iter()
+        .map(|(name, url)| {
+            let name = name.clone();
+            let url = url.clone();
+            let client = client.clone();
+            async move {
+                let result = fetch_one_project_pipeline_status(&url, &client).await;
+                (name, result)
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    join_all(futures).await.into_iter().collect()
+}
+
+/// Fetch and aggregate pipeline status for a single project URL.
+async fn fetch_one_project_pipeline_status(url: &str, client: &Client) -> Value {
+    let mcp_url = format!("{}/mcp", url.trim_end_matches('/'));
+    let rpc_body = json!({
+        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+        "id": 1,
+        "method": "tools/call",
+        "params": {
+            "name": "get_pipeline_status",
+            "arguments": {}
+        }
+    });
+
+    match client.post(&mcp_url).json(&rpc_body).send().await {
+        Ok(resp) => match resp.json::<Value>().await {
+            Ok(upstream) => {
+                if let Some(text) = upstream
+                    .get("result")
+                    .and_then(|r| r.get("content"))
+                    .and_then(|c| c.get(0))
+                    .and_then(|c| c.get("text"))
+                    .and_then(|t| t.as_str())
+                {
+                    match serde_json::from_str::<Value>(text) {
+                        Ok(pipeline) => aggregate_pipeline_counts(&pipeline),
+                        Err(_) => json!({ "error": "invalid pipeline JSON" }),
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    json!({ "error": "unexpected response shape" })
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => json!({ "error": format!("invalid response: {e}") }),
+        },
+        Err(e) => json!({ "error": format!("unreachable: {e}") }),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Parse a `get_pipeline_status` JSON payload and produce aggregated counts
+/// plus a list of blocked/failing items.
+fn aggregate_pipeline_counts(pipeline: &Value) -> Value {
+    let active = pipeline
+        .get("active")
+        .and_then(|a| a.as_array())
+        .cloned()
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let backlog_count = pipeline
+        .get("backlog_count")
+        .and_then(|n| n.as_u64())
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+
+    let mut current = 0u64;
+    let mut qa = 0u64;
+    let mut merge = 0u64;
+    let mut done = 0u64;
+    let mut blocked: Vec<Value> = Vec::new();
+
+    for item in &active {
+        let stage = item
+            .get("stage")
+            .and_then(|s| s.as_str())
+            .unwrap_or("unknown");
+        match stage {
+            "current" => current += 1,
+            "qa" => qa += 1,
+            "merge" => merge += 1,
+            "done" => done += 1,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+
+        let is_blocked = item
+            .get("blocked")
+            .and_then(|b| b.as_bool())
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        let merge_failure = item.get("merge_failure");
+        let has_merge_failure = merge_failure
+            .map(|f| !f.is_null() && f != "")
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+
+        if is_blocked || has_merge_failure {
+            let story_id = item
+                .get("story_id")
+                .and_then(|s| s.as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("?")
+                .to_string();
+            let story_name = item
+                .get("name")
+                .and_then(|s| s.as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("")
+                .to_string();
+            let reason = if has_merge_failure {
+                format!(
+                    "merge failure: {}",
+                    merge_failure.and_then(|f| f.as_str()).unwrap_or("unknown")
+                )
+            } else {
+                let rc = item
+                    .get("retry_count")
+                    .and_then(|n| n.as_u64())
+                    .unwrap_or(0);
+                format!("blocked after {rc} retries")
+            };
+            blocked.push(json!({
+                "story_id": story_id,
+                "name": story_name,
+                "stage": stage,
+                "reason": reason,
+            }));
+        }
+    }
+
+    json!({
+        "counts": {
+            "backlog": backlog_count,
+            "current": current,
+            "qa": qa,
+            "merge": merge,
+            "done": done,
+        },
+        "blocked": blocked,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Format an aggregated status map as a compact, one-line-per-project string
+/// suitable for Matrix/Slack messages.
+///
+/// Healthy projects: `🟢 **name** — B:5 C:2 Q:1 M:0 D:12`
+/// Blocked items appended on the same line: `| blocked: 42 [story]`
+/// Unreachable projects: `🔴 **name** — UNREACHABLE`
+pub fn format_aggregate_status_compact(statuses: &BTreeMap<String, Value>) -> String {
+    let mut lines: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    for (name, status) in statuses {
+        if let Some(err) = status.get("error").and_then(|e| e.as_str()) {
+            lines.push(format!("\u{1F534} **{name}** — UNREACHABLE: {err}"));
+        } else {
+            let counts = status.get("counts");
+            let b = counts
+                .and_then(|c| c.get("backlog"))
+                .and_then(|n| n.as_u64())
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+            let c = counts
+                .and_then(|c| c.get("current"))
+                .and_then(|n| n.as_u64())
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+            let q = counts
+                .and_then(|c| c.get("qa"))
+                .and_then(|n| n.as_u64())
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+            let m = counts
+                .and_then(|c| c.get("merge"))
+                .and_then(|n| n.as_u64())
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+            let d = counts
+                .and_then(|c| c.get("done"))
+                .and_then(|n| n.as_u64())
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+
+            let blocked_arr = status
+                .get("blocked")
+                .and_then(|a| a.as_array())
+                .cloned()
+                .unwrap_or_default();
+
+            let indicator = if blocked_arr.is_empty() {
+                "\u{1F7E2}" // 🟢
+            } else {
+                "\u{1F7E0}" // 🟠
+            };
+
+            let mut line = format!("{indicator} **{name}** — B:{b} C:{c} Q:{q} M:{m} D:{d}");
+
+            if !blocked_arr.is_empty() {
+                let ids: Vec<String> = blocked_arr
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter_map(|item| item.get("story_id").and_then(|s| s.as_str()))
+                    .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                    .collect();
+                line.push_str(&format!(" | blocked: {}", ids.join(", ")));
+            }
+
+            lines.push(line);
+        }
+    }
+    if lines.is_empty() {
+        return "No projects registered.".to_string();
+    }
+    format!("**All Projects**\n\n{}", lines.join("\n\n"))
+}
+
+/// MCP tool handler for `aggregate_pipeline_status`.
+async fn handle_aggregate_pipeline_status(
+    state: &GatewayState,
+    id: Option<Value>,
+) -> JsonRpcResponse {
+    let project_urls: BTreeMap<String, String> = state
+        .projects
+        .read()
+        .await
+        .iter()
+        .map(|(name, entry)| (name.clone(), entry.url.clone()))
+        .collect();
+
+    let statuses = fetch_all_project_pipeline_statuses(&project_urls, &state.client).await;
+    let active = state.active_project.read().await.clone();
+
+    JsonRpcResponse::success(
+        id,
+        json!({
+            "content": [{
+                "type": "text",
+                "text": format!(
+                    "Aggregate pipeline status (active: '{active}'):\n{}",
+                    serde_json::to_string_pretty(&statuses).unwrap_or_default()
+                )
+            }],
+            "projects": statuses,
+            "active": active,
+        }),
+    )
+}
+
 /// Initialise a new huskies project at the given filesystem path.
 ///
 /// Performs the same scaffolding as `huskies init <path>`: creates `.huskies/`,
@@ -1473,12 +1734,14 @@ fn toml_string(s: &str) -> String {
     format!("\"{}\"", s.replace('\\', "\\\\").replace('"', "\\\""))
 }
 
-/// `GET /api/gateway/pipeline` — fetch pipeline status from all registered projects.
+/// `GET /api/gateway/pipeline` — fetch pipeline status from all registered projects in parallel.
 ///
-/// Returns `{ "active": "<project>", "projects": { "<name>": { "active": [...], "backlog": [...], "backlog_count": N } | { "error": "..." } } }`.
+/// Returns `{ "active": "<project>", "projects": { "<name>": { "counts": {...}, "blocked": [...] } | { "error": "..." } } }`.
+/// Requests to each project container are issued concurrently — wall-clock latency is
+/// bounded by the slowest responding project, not the sum of all response times.
 #[handler]
 pub async fn gateway_all_pipeline_handler(state: Data<&Arc<GatewayState>>) -> Response {
-    let project_entries: Vec<(String, String)> = state
+    let project_urls: BTreeMap<String, String> = state
         .projects
         .read()
         .await
@@ -1486,44 +1749,7 @@ pub async fn gateway_all_pipeline_handler(state: Data<&Arc<GatewayState>>) -> Re
         .map(|(n, e)| (n.clone(), e.url.clone()))
         .collect();
 
-    let mut results: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
-
-    for (name, url) in &project_entries {
-        let mcp_url = format!("{}/mcp", url.trim_end_matches('/'));
-        let rpc_body = json!({
-            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-            "id": 1,
-            "method": "tools/call",
-            "params": {
-                "name": "get_pipeline_status",
-                "arguments": {}
-            }
-        });
-
-        let status = match state.client.post(&mcp_url).json(&rpc_body).send().await {
-            Ok(resp) => match resp.json::<Value>().await {
-                Ok(upstream) => {
-                    // The tool result is a JSON string embedded in content[0].text.
-                    if let Some(text) = upstream
-                        .get("result")
-                        .and_then(|r| r.get("content"))
-                        .and_then(|c| c.get(0))
-                        .and_then(|c| c.get("text"))
-                        .and_then(|t| t.as_str())
-                    {
-                        serde_json::from_str(text)
-                            .unwrap_or_else(|_| json!({ "error": "invalid pipeline json" }))
-                    } else {
-                        json!({ "error": "unexpected response shape" })
-                    }
-                }
-                Err(e) => json!({ "error": format!("invalid response: {e}") }),
-            },
-            Err(e) => json!({ "error": format!("unreachable: {e}") }),
-        };
-
-        results.insert(name.clone(), status);
-    }
+    let results = fetch_all_project_pipeline_statuses(&project_urls, &state.client).await;
 
     let active = state.active_project.read().await.clone();
     let body = json!({ "active": active, "projects": results });
@@ -2701,4 +2927,213 @@ enabled = false
             "init_project should be in gateway tool definitions"
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn gateway_tool_definitions_includes_aggregate_pipeline_status() {
+        let defs = gateway_tool_definitions();
+        let names: Vec<&str> = defs
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|d| d.get("name").and_then(|n| n.as_str()))
+            .collect();
+        assert!(
+            names.contains(&"aggregate_pipeline_status"),
+            "aggregate_pipeline_status should be in gateway tool definitions"
+        );
+    }
+
+    // ── aggregate_pipeline_counts unit tests ─────────────────────────────────
+
+    #[test]
+    fn aggregate_pipeline_counts_empty_pipeline() {
+        let pipeline = json!({ "active": [], "backlog": [], "backlog_count": 0 });
+        let result = aggregate_pipeline_counts(&pipeline);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["backlog"], 0);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["current"], 0);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["qa"], 0);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["merge"], 0);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["done"], 0);
+        assert_eq!(result["blocked"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn aggregate_pipeline_counts_stage_counts_correct() {
+        let pipeline = json!({
+            "active": [
+                { "story_id": "1_story_a", "name": "A", "stage": "current" },
+                { "story_id": "2_story_b", "name": "B", "stage": "current" },
+                { "story_id": "3_story_c", "name": "C", "stage": "qa" },
+                { "story_id": "4_story_d", "name": "D", "stage": "done" },
+            ],
+            "backlog": [{ "story_id": "5_story_e", "name": "E" }, { "story_id": "6_story_f", "name": "F" }],
+            "backlog_count": 2
+        });
+        let result = aggregate_pipeline_counts(&pipeline);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["backlog"], 2);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["current"], 2);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["qa"], 1);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["merge"], 0);
+        assert_eq!(result["counts"]["done"], 1);
+        assert_eq!(result["blocked"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn aggregate_pipeline_counts_blocked_items_captured() {
+        let pipeline = json!({
+            "active": [
+                { "story_id": "10_story_blocked", "name": "Blocked", "stage": "current", "blocked": true, "retry_count": 3 },
+                { "story_id": "20_story_ok", "name": "OK", "stage": "qa" },
+            ],
+            "backlog": [],
+            "backlog_count": 0
+        });
+        let result = aggregate_pipeline_counts(&pipeline);
+        let blocked = result["blocked"].as_array().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(blocked.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(blocked[0]["story_id"], "10_story_blocked");
+        assert_eq!(blocked[0]["stage"], "current");
+        assert!(
+            blocked[0]["reason"]
+                .as_str()
+                .unwrap()
+                .contains("blocked after 3 retries"),
+            "reason: {}",
+            blocked[0]["reason"]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn format_aggregate_status_compact_healthy_project() {
+        let mut statuses = BTreeMap::new();
+        statuses.insert(
+            "huskies".to_string(),
+            json!({
+                "counts": { "backlog": 5, "current": 2, "qa": 1, "merge": 0, "done": 12 },
+                "blocked": []
+            }),
+        );
+        let output = format_aggregate_status_compact(&statuses);
+        assert!(output.contains("huskies"), "output: {output}");
+        assert!(output.contains("B:5"), "output: {output}");
+        assert!(output.contains("C:2"), "output: {output}");
+        assert!(output.contains("Q:1"), "output: {output}");
+        assert!(output.contains("D:12"), "output: {output}");
+        assert!(!output.contains("blocked:"), "output: {output}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn format_aggregate_status_compact_unreachable_project() {
+        let mut statuses = BTreeMap::new();
+        statuses.insert(
+            "broken".to_string(),
+            json!({ "error": "connection refused" }),
+        );
+        let output = format_aggregate_status_compact(&statuses);
+        assert!(output.contains("broken"), "output: {output}");
+        assert!(output.contains("UNREACHABLE"), "output: {output}");
+        assert!(output.contains("connection refused"), "output: {output}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn format_aggregate_status_compact_blocked_items_shown() {
+        let mut statuses = BTreeMap::new();
+        statuses.insert(
+            "myproj".to_string(),
+            json!({
+                "counts": { "backlog": 0, "current": 1, "qa": 0, "merge": 0, "done": 0 },
+                "blocked": [{ "story_id": "42_story_x", "name": "X", "stage": "current", "reason": "blocked after 3 retries" }]
+            }),
+        );
+        let output = format_aggregate_status_compact(&statuses);
+        assert!(output.contains("blocked:"), "output: {output}");
+        assert!(output.contains("42_story_x"), "output: {output}");
+    }
+
+    /// Integration test: two mock projects (one healthy, one unreachable).
+    /// Asserts that `fetch_all_project_pipeline_statuses` reports both correctly.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn aggregate_pipeline_status_integration_healthy_and_unreachable() {
+        use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+
+        // Start a mock project MCP server that returns a get_pipeline_status response.
+        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+        let mock_port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+        let healthy_url = format!("http://127.0.0.1:{mock_port}");
+
+        // The mock responds to exactly 1 connection then stops.
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            if let Ok((mut stream, _)) = listener.accept().await {
+                let mut buf = vec![0u8; 4096];
+                let _ = stream.read(&mut buf).await;
+                // Return a pipeline status with items at multiple stages and one blocked item.
+                let pipeline_json = serde_json::to_string(&json!({
+                    "active": [
+                        { "story_id": "1_story_a", "name": "A", "stage": "current" },
+                        { "story_id": "2_story_b", "name": "B", "stage": "qa" },
+                        { "story_id": "3_story_c", "name": "C", "stage": "current", "blocked": true, "retry_count": 5 },
+                    ],
+                    "backlog": [{ "story_id": "4_story_d", "name": "D" }],
+                    "backlog_count": 1
+                })).unwrap();
+                let body = serde_json::to_vec(&json!({
+                    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+                    "id": 1,
+                    "result": {
+                        "content": [{ "type": "text", "text": pipeline_json }]
+                    }
+                }))
+                .unwrap();
+                let header = format!(
+                    "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n",
+                    body.len()
+                );
+                let _ = stream.write_all(header.as_bytes()).await;
+                let _ = stream.write_all(&body).await;
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Give the mock a moment to bind.
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+
+        // Second "project" points to an unreachable port.
+        let unreachable_url = "http://127.0.0.1:1".to_string(); // port 1 is not bindable
+
+        let mut project_urls = BTreeMap::new();
+        project_urls.insert("healthy-project".to_string(), healthy_url);
+        project_urls.insert("broken-project".to_string(), unreachable_url);
+
+        let client = Client::new();
+        let statuses = fetch_all_project_pipeline_statuses(&project_urls, &client).await;
+
+        // Both projects should be present in the result.
+        assert!(
+            statuses.contains_key("healthy-project"),
+            "healthy-project must be in response"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            statuses.contains_key("broken-project"),
+            "broken-project must be in response"
+        );
+
+        // Healthy project should have correct counts.
+        let healthy = &statuses["healthy-project"];
+        assert!(
+            healthy.get("error").is_none(),
+            "healthy project should not have error: {healthy}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(healthy["counts"]["backlog"], 1);
+        assert_eq!(healthy["counts"]["current"], 2);
+        assert_eq!(healthy["counts"]["qa"], 1);
+
+        // Healthy project should report the blocked item.
+        let blocked = healthy["blocked"].as_array().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(blocked.len(), 1, "expected 1 blocked item: {blocked:?}");
+        assert_eq!(blocked[0]["story_id"], "3_story_c");
+
+        // Unreachable project should have an error field.
+        let broken = &statuses["broken-project"];
+        assert!(
+            broken.get("error").is_some(),
+            "unreachable project must have error field: {broken}"
+        );
+    }
 }