diff --git a/apps/gittensory-ui/src/components/site/app-panels/config-generator-yaml-preview.test.tsx b/apps/gittensory-ui/src/components/site/app-panels/config-generator-yaml-preview.test.tsx
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+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { ConfigGeneratorYamlPreview } from "@/components/site/app-panels/config-generator-yaml-preview";
+import type { GeneratorFormState } from "@/lib/config-generator-yaml";
+
+describe("ConfigGeneratorYamlPreview", () => {
+  it("renders the serialized YAML, the filename label, and a copy button for a populated form state", () => {
+    const state: GeneratorFormState = {
+      gate: { aiReview: { combine: "consensus", provider: "anthropic" } },
+    };
+    render(<ConfigGeneratorYamlPreview formState={state} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Preview")).toBeTruthy();
+    // The filename appears both in the descriptive copy and the CodeBlock's own filename label.
+    expect(screen.getAllByText(".gittensory.yml").length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/combine: consensus/)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/provider: anthropic/)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Copy code" })).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("still renders a valid (header-only) preview for an empty form state", () => {
+    render(<ConfigGeneratorYamlPreview formState={{}} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/generated by the config generator/)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/aiReview/)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/gittensory-ui/src/components/site/app-panels/config-generator-yaml-preview.tsx b/apps/gittensory-ui/src/components/site/app-panels/config-generator-yaml-preview.tsx
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+import { CodeBlock } from "@/components/site/primitives";
+import { formStateToYaml, type GeneratorFormState } from "@/lib/config-generator-yaml";
+
+/**
+ * Read-only `.gittensory.yml` preview for the config generator (#2210, part of #1683): renders the
+ * current GeneratorFormState as text via CodeBlock (built-in copy-to-clipboard) so the output is
+ * explicit and reviewable before a self-hoster saves or copies it. Purely presentational — field-group
+ * panels own collecting the form state.
+ */
+export function ConfigGeneratorYamlPreview({ formState }: { formState: GeneratorFormState }) {
+  return (
+    <section className="rounded-token border-hairline bg-card p-5">
+      <h2 className="font-display text-token-lg font-semibold">Preview</h2>
+      <p className="mt-1 text-token-xs text-muted-foreground">
+        The exact <code className="font-mono">.gittensory.yml</code> this configuration would
+        produce. Nothing is saved until you copy it into your repo.
+      </p>
+      <div className="mt-4">
+        <CodeBlock code={formStateToYaml(formState)} filename=".gittensory.yml" />
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/gittensory-ui/src/lib/config-generator-yaml.test.ts b/apps/gittensory-ui/src/lib/config-generator-yaml.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { formStateToYaml, type GeneratorFormState } from "@/lib/config-generator-yaml";
+
+const HEADER = "# .gittensory.yml — generated by the config generator";
+
+describe("formStateToYaml", () => {
+  it("serializes a full gate.aiReview config with every field set", () => {
+    const state: GeneratorFormState = {
+      gate: {
+        aiReview: {
+          combine: "consensus",
+          provider: "anthropic",
+          model: "claude-3-5-sonnet-latest",
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(formStateToYaml(state)).toBe(
+      [
+        HEADER,
+        "gate:",
+        "  aiReview:",
+        "    combine: consensus",
+        "    provider: anthropic",
+        "    model: claude-3-5-sonnet-latest",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("omits unset keys for a partial config (only provider set)", () => {
+    const state: GeneratorFormState = { gate: { aiReview: { provider: "openai" } } };
+    expect(formStateToYaml(state)).toBe(
+      [HEADER, "gate:", "  aiReview:", "    provider: openai"].join("\n"),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("omits unset keys for a partial config (only combine and model set)", () => {
+    const state: GeneratorFormState = { gate: { aiReview: { combine: "single", model: "gpt-5" } } };
+    expect(formStateToYaml(state)).toBe(
+      [HEADER, "gate:", "  aiReview:", "    combine: single", "    model: gpt-5"].join("\n"),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("emits only the header for a fully empty state", () => {
+    expect(formStateToYaml({})).toBe(HEADER);
+  });
+
+  it("emits only the header when gate is present but aiReview is unset", () => {
+    expect(formStateToYaml({ gate: {} })).toBe(HEADER);
+  });
+
+  it("treats null fields the same as unset (omitted, not emitted as `null`)", () => {
+    const state: GeneratorFormState = {
+      gate: { aiReview: { combine: null, provider: null, model: null } },
+    };
+    expect(formStateToYaml(state)).toBe(HEADER);
+  });
+
+  it("treats an empty-string model as unset rather than emitting a blank value", () => {
+    const state: GeneratorFormState = { gate: { aiReview: { provider: "anthropic", model: "" } } };
+    expect(formStateToYaml(state)).toBe(
+      [HEADER, "gate:", "  aiReview:", "    provider: anthropic"].join("\n"),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("quotes a model value containing YAML-special characters", () => {
+    const state: GeneratorFormState = { gate: { aiReview: { model: "claude: sonnet" } } };
+    expect(formStateToYaml(state)).toBe(
+      [HEADER, "gate:", "  aiReview:", `    model: ${JSON.stringify("claude: sonnet")}`].join("\n"),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("quotes a model value with leading/trailing whitespace", () => {
+    const state: GeneratorFormState = { gate: { aiReview: { model: " claude " } } };
+    expect(formStateToYaml(state)).toBe(
+      [HEADER, "gate:", "  aiReview:", `    model: ${JSON.stringify(" claude ")}`].join("\n"),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/gittensory-ui/src/lib/config-generator-yaml.ts b/apps/gittensory-ui/src/lib/config-generator-yaml.ts
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+// Config-generator YAML preview serializer (#2210, part of #1683). Pure form-state -> `.gittensory.yml`
+// text builder — the reviewable-output half of the config generator; field-group panels (#2208 and
+// siblings) own collecting GeneratorFormState, this module only turns it into text. Key names and
+// nesting match the real manifest schema (packages/gittensory-engine/src/focus-manifest.ts's
+// gateConfigToJson `gate.aiReview` shape, the same shape documented in this repo's own root
+// .gittensory.yml under the commented-out `aiReview:` example) — no parallel schema. Every field is
+// optional so a fresh/partial form never produces invalid output; unset keys are omitted entirely.
+
+export type AiCombineStrategy = "single" | "consensus" | "synthesis";
+export type AiProvider = "anthropic" | "openai";
+
+export type GeneratorGateAiReviewState = {
+  combine?: AiCombineStrategy | null;
+  provider?: AiProvider | null;
+  model?: string | null;
+};
+
+export type GeneratorFormState = {
+  gate?: {
+    aiReview?: GeneratorGateAiReviewState;
+  };
+};
+
+const YAML_HEADER = "# .gittensory.yml — generated by the config generator";
+
+/** Plain-scalar YAML value needs quoting when it would otherwise be ambiguous (a YAML special
+ *  character, leading/trailing whitespace, or the empty string). Model names are free text, so this
+ *  is a real correctness need, not defensive-for-its-own-sake. */
+function yamlScalar(value: string): string {
+  const needsQuote = value === "" || value.trim() !== value || /[:#[\]{}&*!|>'"%@`,]/.test(value);
+  return needsQuote ? JSON.stringify(value) : value;
+}
+
+function yamlLine(indent: number, key: string, value: string): string {
+  return `${"  ".repeat(indent)}${key}: ${yamlScalar(value)}`;
+}
+
+/** Serializes the `gate.aiReview` slice of GeneratorFormState into `.gittensory.yml` text, omitting
+ *  every unset field/block so the preview is always valid YAML (including the empty-state case). */
+export function formStateToYaml(state: GeneratorFormState): string {
+  const aiReview = state.gate?.aiReview;
+  const aiReviewLines: string[] = [];
+  if (aiReview?.combine) aiReviewLines.push(yamlLine(2, "combine", aiReview.combine));
+  if (aiReview?.provider) aiReviewLines.push(yamlLine(2, "provider", aiReview.provider));
+  if (aiReview?.model) aiReviewLines.push(yamlLine(2, "model", aiReview.model));
+
+  const lines = [YAML_HEADER];
+  if (aiReviewLines.length > 0) {
+    lines.push("gate:", "  aiReview:", ...aiReviewLines);
+  }
+  return lines.join("\n");
+}