diff --git a/COMMANDS.md b/COMMANDS.md
index 68585a9..cbbd5b4 100644
--- a/COMMANDS.md
+++ b/COMMANDS.md
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ fable-agent plinius godmode "improve explanation quality"
 ### `factory`
 
 - `factory check`
+- `factory capabilities`
+  - `--file <path>`
 - `factory gate <task>`
   - `--repo <path>`
   - `--diagnostic-only`
diff --git a/factory-capabilities.yaml b/factory-capabilities.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c60601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/factory-capabilities.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+services:
+  deploy-webhook:
+    url: http://77.42.112.29:8098/health
+    provides: [deploy]
+    required: true
+  git-proxy:
+    url: http://77.42.112.29:8099/factory-status
+    provides: [factory-status, discovery]
+    required: true
diff --git a/src/fable5/factory-capabilities.test.ts b/src/fable5/factory-capabilities.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..691893c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fable5/factory-capabilities.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { formatCapabilityReport, parseFactoryCapabilities, probeFactoryCapabilities } from "./factory-capabilities.js";
+
+const yaml = `services:
+  deploy-webhook:
+    url: http://77.42.112.29:8098/health
+    provides: [deploy]
+    required: true
+  git-proxy:
+    url: http://77.42.112.29:8099/factory-status
+    provides: [factory-status, discovery]
+    required: true
+`;
+
+describe("factory capabilities", () => {
+  it("parses the capability registry", () => {
+    const services = parseFactoryCapabilities(yaml);
+    expect(services).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(services[0]).toMatchObject({ name: "deploy-webhook", required: true, provides: ["deploy"] });
+  });
+
+  it("fails required capabilities that return 404", async () => {
+    const services = parseFactoryCapabilities(yaml);
+    const report = await probeFactoryCapabilities(services, async (url) => ({ ok: !url.includes("8099"), status: url.includes("8099") ? 404 : 200 }));
+
+    expect(report.requiredOk).toBe(false);
+    expect(report.available).toContain("deploy");
+    expect(report.missing).toContain("factory-status");
+    expect(formatCapabilityReport(report)).toContain("FAIL git-proxy provides factory-status, discovery: HTTP 404");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/fable5/factory-capabilities.ts b/src/fable5/factory-capabilities.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eee1e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fable5/factory-capabilities.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import * as fs from "node:fs";
+
+export interface FactoryCapabilityService {
+  name: string;
+  url: string;
+  provides: string[];
+  required: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface CapabilityProbeResult extends FactoryCapabilityService {
+  ok: boolean;
+  status?: number;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+export interface CapabilityReport {
+  results: CapabilityProbeResult[];
+  available: string[];
+  missing: string[];
+  requiredOk: boolean;
+}
+
+type FetchLike = (url: string) => Promise<{ ok: boolean; status: number }>;
+
+export function parseFactoryCapabilities(text: string): FactoryCapabilityService[] {
+  const services: FactoryCapabilityService[] = [];
+  let current: Partial<FactoryCapabilityService> | null = null;
+
+  for (const raw of text.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    const line = raw.trim();
+    if (!line || line === "services:" || line.startsWith("#")) continue;
+    const service = raw.match(/^  ([A-Za-z0-9_-]+):\s*$/);
+    if (service) {
+      if (current?.name) services.push(normalizeService(current));
+      current = { name: service[1] };
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!current) continue;
+    const prop = line.match(/^(url|provides|required):\s*(.*)$/);
+    if (!prop) continue;
+    const [, key, value] = prop;
+    if (key === "url") current.url = value;
+    if (key === "required") current.required = value === "true";
+    if (key === "provides") current.provides = value.replace(/^\[/, "").replace(/\]$/, "").split(",").map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+  }
+  if (current?.name) services.push(normalizeService(current));
+  return services;
+}
+
+export function loadFactoryCapabilities(file: string): FactoryCapabilityService[] {
+  return parseFactoryCapabilities(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf-8"));
+}
+
+export async function probeFactoryCapabilities(services: FactoryCapabilityService[], fetcher: FetchLike = fetch): Promise<CapabilityReport> {
+  const results = await Promise.all(services.map(async (svc): Promise<CapabilityProbeResult> => {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetcher(svc.url);
+      return { ...svc, ok: res.ok, status: res.status, error: res.ok ? undefined : `HTTP ${res.status}` };
+    } catch (error) {
+      return { ...svc, ok: false, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) };
+    }
+  }));
+  const available = [...new Set(results.filter((r) => r.ok).flatMap((r) => r.provides))];
+  const missing = [...new Set(results.filter((r) => !r.ok).flatMap((r) => r.provides))];
+  return { results, available, missing, requiredOk: results.every((r) => !r.required || r.ok) };
+}
+
+export function formatCapabilityReport(report: CapabilityReport): string {
+  return [
+    "",
+    "  Factory Capabilities",
+    "  ─────────────────────────────",
+    ...report.results.map((r) => `  ${r.ok ? "OK  " : "FAIL"} ${r.name} provides ${r.provides.join(", ")}${r.ok ? "" : `: ${r.error ?? `HTTP ${r.status ?? "unknown"}`}`}`),
+    "",
+    `  available: ${report.available.join(", ") || "none"}`,
+    `  missing:   ${report.missing.join(", ") || "none"}`,
+    "",
+  ].join("\n");
+}
+
+function normalizeService(svc: Partial<FactoryCapabilityService>): FactoryCapabilityService {
+  return {
+    name: svc.name ?? "unknown",
+    url: svc.url ?? "",
+    provides: svc.provides ?? [],
+    required: svc.required ?? false,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/fable5/index.ts b/src/fable5/index.ts
index 1ae9077..0a3828b 100644
--- a/src/fable5/index.ts
+++ b/src/fable5/index.ts
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ export type { ToolPolicy, EffectiveToolPolicy } from "./orchestrator-policy.js";
 
 export { appendZteReceipt, createZteReceipt, createZteSpec } from "./zte-protocol.js";
 export type { ZteReceipt, ZteSpec, ZteSpecOptions } from "./zte-protocol.js";
+
+export { formatCapabilityReport, loadFactoryCapabilities, parseFactoryCapabilities, probeFactoryCapabilities } from "./factory-capabilities.js";
+export type { CapabilityProbeResult, CapabilityReport, FactoryCapabilityService } from "./factory-capabilities.js";
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ae02f7b..ad53c40 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1440,6 +1440,18 @@ factory
     await printFactoryCheck();
   });
 
+factory
+  .command("capabilities")
+  .description("Probe the factory capability registry")
+  .option("--file <path>", "Capability registry path", "factory-capabilities.yaml")
+  .action(async (opts: { file?: string }) => {
+    const { formatCapabilityReport, loadFactoryCapabilities, probeFactoryCapabilities } = await import("./fable5/factory-capabilities.js");
+    const services = loadFactoryCapabilities(path.resolve(opts.file ?? "factory-capabilities.yaml"));
+    const report = await probeFactoryCapabilities(services);
+    console.log(formatCapabilityReport(report));
+    if (!report.requiredOk) process.exit(1);
+  });
+
 factory
   .command("gate <task>")
   .description("Run factory check plus local ZTE/repo verification gate")