diff --git a/packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.ts b/packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.ts
index 77b5c718fb..d9f33252d7 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.ts
@@ -1373,6 +1373,12 @@ const STDIO_TOOL_DESCRIPTORS = [
     category: "maintainer",
     description: "Return per-gate-type false-positive precision for a repo's recorded gate blocks — blocked / blocked-then-merged counts and false-positive rates with low-sample guards. Optionally bounded by windowDays. Maintainer-authenticated; measurement only.",
   },
+  {
+    name: "loopover_get_automation_state",
+    category: "agent",
+    description:
+      "Return a repo's DERIVED agent automation state — the effective mode, permissionReadiness, acting action classes, and pending-action count computed over the raw settings row — same as `loopover-mcp maintain automation-state` and the read-side counterpart to the pause/resume/set-level write tools. Maintainer-authenticated; read-only.",
+  },
   {
     name: "loopover_plan_repo_issues",
     category: "maintainer",
@@ -2772,6 +2778,24 @@ registerStdioTool(
   },
   );
 
+// #7752: read-side counterpart to the pause/resume/set-level write tools above. Proxies the same
+// GET {repoBase}/automation-state the `maintain automation-state` CLI already calls (loopover-mcp.ts),
+// exposing the DERIVED mode/permissionReadiness/acting-classes/pending view the raw settings row omits.
+registerStdioTool(
+  "loopover_get_automation_state",
+  {
+    description: stdioToolDescription("loopover_get_automation_state"),
+    inputSchema: ownerRepoShape,
+  },
+  async ({ owner, repo }: any) => {
+    const payload = await apiGet(`${toolRepoBase(owner, repo)}/automation-state`);
+    return toolResult(
+      `Agent automation state for ${owner}/${repo}: mode ${payload.mode ?? "unknown"}, ${(payload.actingActionClasses ?? []).length} acting class(es), ${payload.pendingActionCount ?? 0} pending.`,
+      payload,
+    );
+  },
+);
+
 registerStdioTool(
   "loopover_plan_repo_issues",
   {
diff --git a/test/unit/mcp-cli-maintain-tools.test.ts b/test/unit/mcp-cli-maintain-tools.test.ts
index 58ff8a7ced..edf86a7333 100644
--- a/test/unit/mcp-cli-maintain-tools.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/mcp-cli-maintain-tools.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async function connect() {
   const apiUrl = await startFixtureServer({
     onApiRequest: (request) => {
       const url = request.url ?? "";
-      if (/pending-actions|settings|gate-precision|outcome-calibration/.test(url)) capturedRequests.push({ url, method: request.method ?? "GET" });
+      if (/pending-actions|settings|gate-precision|outcome-calibration|automation-state/.test(url)) capturedRequests.push({ url, method: request.method ?? "GET" });
     },
   });
   transport = new StdioClientTransport({
@@ -60,16 +60,17 @@ const MAINTAIN_TOOLS = [
   { name: "loopover_set_action_autonomy", args: { ...REPO, action: "merge", level: "auto" }, contains: "autonomy" },
   { name: "loopover_get_gate_precision", args: REPO, contains: "falsePositiveRate" },
   { name: "loopover_get_outcome_calibration", args: REPO, contains: "positiveRate" },
+  { name: "loopover_get_automation_state", args: REPO, contains: "permissionReadiness" },
 ] as const;
 
 describe("loopover-mcp maintain stdio proxies (#6152)", () => {
-  it("registers all 6 maintain tools in the stdio server tool list", async () => {
+  it("registers all 7 maintain tools in the stdio server tool list", async () => {
     await connect();
     const names = (await client!.listTools()).tools.map((tool) => tool.name);
     for (const tool of MAINTAIN_TOOLS) expect(names).toContain(tool.name);
   });
 
-  it("lists all 6 maintain tools via `loopover-mcp tools --json` with non-empty descriptions", async () => {
+  it("lists all 7 maintain tools via `loopover-mcp tools --json` with non-empty descriptions", async () => {
     await connect();
     const payload = JSON.parse(run(["tools", "--json"])) as { tools: Array<{ name: string; description: string; category?: string }> };
     for (const tool of MAINTAIN_TOOLS) {
diff --git a/test/unit/mcp-tool-rename-aliases.test.ts b/test/unit/mcp-tool-rename-aliases.test.ts
index 773a45a5e8..fc729f8d34 100644
--- a/test/unit/mcp-tool-rename-aliases.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/mcp-tool-rename-aliases.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 // (#7801 registered the loopover_get_live_gate_thresholds remote+stdio tool, taking the count from 84 to 85.)
 // (#7802 registered the loopover_get_pr_maintainer_packet remote+stdio tool, taking the count from 85 to 86.)
 // (#7800 registered the loopover_get_gate_config_effective remote+stdio tool, taking the count from 86 to 87.)
+// (#7752 registered the loopover_get_automation_state stdio tool -- the remote tool already existed (#6742) --
+//  taking the count from 87 to 88.)
 import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js";
 import { StdioClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/stdio.js";
 import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -75,14 +77,14 @@ describe("MCP legacy alias retirement (#4777) — discovery invariants", () => {
   });
   afterEach(disconnect);
 
-  it("lists exactly 87 loopover_ tools and zero gittensory_-prefixed aliases", async () => {
+  it("lists exactly 88 loopover_ tools and zero gittensory_-prefixed aliases", async () => {
     const { tools } = await client.listTools();
     const names = tools.map((t) => t.name);
     const primary = names.filter((n) => n.startsWith("loopover_"));
     const legacy = names.filter((n) => n.startsWith("gittensory_"));
-    expect(primary.length).toBe(87);
+    expect(primary.length).toBe(88);
     expect(legacy.length).toBe(0);
-    expect(names.length).toBe(87);
+    expect(names.length).toBe(88);
   });
 
   it("no loopover_ tool's description carries a stale deprecation notice", async () => {
@@ -94,14 +96,14 @@ describe("MCP legacy alias retirement (#4777) — discovery invariants", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("`loopover-mcp tools --json` reports the same 87-tool count the live server registers", async () => {
+  it("`loopover-mcp tools --json` reports the same 88-tool count the live server registers", async () => {
     const { tools } = await client.listTools();
     const payload = JSON.parse(run(["tools", "--json"])) as {
       count: number;
       tools: Array<{ name: string }>;
     };
     expect(payload.count).toBe(tools.length);
-    expect(payload.count).toBe(87);
+    expect(payload.count).toBe(88);
     expect([...payload.tools.map((t) => t.name)].sort()).toEqual(
       [...tools.map((t) => t.name)].sort(),
     );