diff --git a/src/brainy.ts b/src/brainy.ts
index 5a600402..d5f2fd84 100644
--- a/src/brainy.ts
+++ b/src/brainy.ts
@@ -17549,10 +17549,50 @@ export class Brainy<T = any> implements BrainyInterface<T> {
         } else {
           await p.rebuild()
         }
+      } else if (
+        report.invariants.some((i) => !i.holds && i.heal === 'repair') &&
+        typeof (provider as { repair?: () => Promise<unknown> }).repair === 'function'
+      ) {
+        // INCREMENTAL HEAL ROUTING (ADR-008 D4): a failing verdict whose heal
+        // is 'repair' routes to the provider's own repair() — O(missing),
+        // re-posting exactly what its ledger names, never a store-sized
+        // rebuild. The return shape is the provider's own; the RE-READ of the
+        // report is what decides success (the acceptance meta-pin's law: run
+        // the named heal once, re-read, nothing may still fail the same way).
+        const failingRepairs = report.invariants
+          .filter((i) => !i.holds && i.heal === 'repair')
+          .map((i) => i.name)
+        prodLog.warn(
+          `[Brainy] repairIndex(): provider '${report.provider}' asks for an incremental ` +
+            `repair (${failingRepairs.join(', ')}) — running its own repair().`
+        )
+        await (provider as { repair: () => Promise<unknown> }).repair()
+        let cleared = false
+        let after: ProviderInvariantReport | null = null
+        try {
+          after = await p.validateInvariants()
+          cleared = !after.invariants.some(
+            (i) => !i.holds && i.heal === 'repair' && failingRepairs.includes(i.name)
+          )
+        } catch {
+          // The post-heal re-read failing is itself reportable, never a crash.
+        }
+        record(`provider:${report.provider}`, {
+          checked: true,
+          healed: cleared ? failingRepairs.length : 0,
+          detail: cleared
+            ? `incremental repair cleared: ${failingRepairs.join(', ')}`
+            : `repair() ran but the re-read still fails (${
+                after
+                  ? after.invariants.filter((i) => !i.holds).map((i) => `${i.name}→${i.heal}`).join(', ')
+                  : 're-read threw'
+              }) — escalate to repairIndex({ rebuild: ['${familyName}'] })`,
+          reason: cleared ? undefined : 'repair did not converge'
+        })
       } else {
         record(`provider:${report.provider}`, {
           checked: true, healed: 0,
-          detail: `unhealthy without a rebuild verdict (failing: ${report.invariants.filter((i) => !i.holds).map((i) => `${i.name}→${i.heal}`).join(', ')})`
+          detail: `unhealthy without a routable verdict (failing: ${report.invariants.filter((i) => !i.holds).map((i) => `${i.name}→${i.heal}`).join(', ')})`
         })
       }
     }
diff --git a/tests/integration/repair-report.test.ts b/tests/integration/repair-report.test.ts
index 273eee2e..28e0ad99 100644
--- a/tests/integration/repair-report.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/repair-report.test.ts
@@ -68,4 +68,46 @@ describe('repairIndex per-family receipt', () => {
     expect(orphans!.healed, 'the ghost was pruned and receipted').toBeGreaterThan(0)
     expect(report.healedTotal).toBeGreaterThan(0)
   }, 120000)
+
+
+  it("a heal:'repair' verdict routes to the provider's own repair(), and the re-read decides", async () => {
+    // A fake provider report: one failing invariant asking for the INCREMENTAL
+    // heal. repairIndex must call repair() (never rebuild()) and count the heal
+    // only when the post-repair re-read clears the same verdict.
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'brainy-repair-route-'))
+    const brain: any = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: dir }, requireSubtype: false, silent: true })
+    await brain.init()
+    brains.push(brain)
+    let repairCalls = 0
+    let rebuildCalls = 0
+    let healed = false
+    const failing = {
+      provider: 'vector', healthy: false, serving: true,
+      invariants: [{ name: 'node-coverage', holds: false, detail: 'short 3', heal: 'repair' as const }],
+      checkedAt: 1, durationMs: 1
+    }
+    const clean = {
+      provider: 'vector', healthy: true, serving: true,
+      invariants: [{ name: 'node-coverage', holds: true, detail: 'ok', heal: 'none' as const }],
+      checkedAt: 2, durationMs: 1
+    }
+    ;(brain.index as any).validateInvariants = async () => (healed ? clean : failing)
+    ;(brain.index as any).repair = async () => { repairCalls++; healed = true; return { repaired: 3 } }
+    const origRebuild = (brain.index as any).rebuild
+    ;(brain.index as any).rebuild = async () => { rebuildCalls++ }
+    try {
+      const report = await brain.repairIndex()
+      const row = report.families.find((f: any) => f.family === 'provider:vector')
+      expect(row, 'the provider family is in the receipt').toBeDefined()
+      expect(repairCalls, 'repair() ran exactly once').toBe(1)
+      expect(rebuildCalls, "a heal:'repair' verdict never runs rebuild()").toBe(0)
+      expect(row!.healed, 'the cleared verdict counts as healed').toBe(1)
+      expect(String(row!.detail)).toMatch(/incremental repair cleared: node-coverage/)
+    } finally {
+      delete (brain.index as any).validateInvariants
+      delete (brain.index as any).repair
+      ;(brain.index as any).rebuild = origRebuild
+    }
+  })
+
 })