diff --git a/src/db/repositories.ts b/src/db/repositories.ts
index 5393df9f21..c2dd6b9082 100644
--- a/src/db/repositories.ts
+++ b/src/db/repositories.ts
@@ -3348,14 +3348,19 @@ export async function createPendingAgentActionIfAbsent(
   return { action: toAgentPendingActionRecord(existing), created: false };
 }
 
+function pendingAgentActionConditions(options: { repoFullName?: string; status?: AgentPendingActionStatus } = {}): SQL[] {
+  const conditions = [];
+  if (options.repoFullName) conditions.push(eq(agentPendingActions.repoFullName, options.repoFullName));
+  if (options.status) conditions.push(eq(agentPendingActions.status, options.status));
+  return conditions;
+}
+
 export async function listPendingAgentActions(
   env: Env,
   options: { repoFullName?: string; status?: AgentPendingActionStatus; limit?: number } = {},
 ): Promise<AgentPendingActionRecord[]> {
   const limit = clampInteger(options.limit ?? 200, 1, 2000);
-  const conditions = [];
-  if (options.repoFullName) conditions.push(eq(agentPendingActions.repoFullName, options.repoFullName));
-  if (options.status) conditions.push(eq(agentPendingActions.status, options.status));
+  const conditions = pendingAgentActionConditions(options);
   const rows = await getDb(env.DB)
     .select()
     .from(agentPendingActions)
@@ -3365,6 +3370,18 @@ export async function listPendingAgentActions(
   return rows.map(toAgentPendingActionRecord);
 }
 
+export async function countPendingAgentActions(
+  env: Env,
+  options: { repoFullName?: string; status?: AgentPendingActionStatus } = {},
+): Promise<number> {
+  const conditions = pendingAgentActionConditions(options);
+  const [row] = await getDb(env.DB)
+    .select({ count: sql<number>`count(*)` })
+    .from(agentPendingActions)
+    .where(conditions.length === 0 ? undefined : and(...conditions));
+  return Number(row?.count ?? 0);
+}
+
 export async function getPendingAgentAction(env: Env, id: string): Promise<AgentPendingActionRecord | null> {
   const [row] = await getDb(env.DB).select().from(agentPendingActions).where(eq(agentPendingActions.id, id)).limit(1);
   return row ? toAgentPendingActionRecord(row) : null;
diff --git a/src/mcp/server.ts b/src/mcp/server.ts
index 5c46243ebc..4d30535057 100644
--- a/src/mcp/server.ts
+++ b/src/mcp/server.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { authenticatePrivateToken, extractBearerToken, type AuthIdentity } from
 import { canLoginAccessRepo, canWatchRepo, loadControlPanelAccessScope, loadControlPanelRoleSummary, type ControlPanelAccessScope } from "../services/control-panel-roles";
 import {
   countOpenIssues,
+  countPendingAgentActions,
   countOpenPullRequests,
   createPendingAgentActionIfAbsent,
   getBounty,
@@ -2050,10 +2051,10 @@ export class GittensoryMcp {
   private async getAutomationState(input: { owner: string; repo: string }): Promise<ToolPayload> {
     const fullName = `${input.owner}/${input.repo}`;
     await this.requireRepoAccess(fullName);
-    const [repo, settings, pending] = await Promise.all([
+    const [repo, settings, pendingActionCount] = await Promise.all([
       getRepository(this.env, fullName),
       getRepositorySettings(this.env, fullName),
-      listPendingAgentActions(this.env, { repoFullName: fullName, status: "pending" }),
+      countPendingAgentActions(this.env, { repoFullName: fullName, status: "pending" }),
     ]);
     const autonomy = settings.autonomy;
     const actingActionClasses = AGENT_ACTION_CLASSES.filter((actionClass) => isActingAutonomyLevel(resolveAutonomy(autonomy, actionClass)));
@@ -2061,7 +2062,7 @@ export class GittensoryMcp {
     const mode = resolveAgentActionMode({ globalPaused: isGlobalAgentPause(this.env), agentPaused: settings.agentPaused, agentDryRun: settings.agentDryRun });
     const permissionReadiness = resolveAgentPermissionReadiness({ autonomy, installationPermissions: installation?.permissions ?? null });
     return {
-      summary: `Agent automation for ${fullName}: mode=${mode}, ${actingActionClasses.length} acting class(es), ${pending.length} pending approval(s).`,
+      summary: `Agent automation for ${fullName}: mode=${mode}, ${actingActionClasses.length} acting class(es), ${pendingActionCount} pending approval(s).`,
       data: {
         repoFullName: fullName,
         configured: actingActionClasses.length > 0,
@@ -2072,7 +2073,7 @@ export class GittensoryMcp {
         mode,
         permissionReadiness,
         actingActionClasses,
-        pendingActionCount: pending.length,
+        pendingActionCount,
       },
     };
   }
diff --git a/test/unit/agent-approval-queue.test.ts b/test/unit/agent-approval-queue.test.ts
index e988f53e92..01e2bef1ad 100644
--- a/test/unit/agent-approval-queue.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/agent-approval-queue.test.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ import { ensurePullRequestLabel } from "../../src/github/labels";
 import { actionParams, executeAgentMaintenanceActions, pendingActionToPlanned, type AgentActionExecutionContext } from "../../src/services/agent-action-executor";
 import { decidePendingAgentAction } from "../../src/services/agent-approval-queue";
 import {
+  countPendingAgentActions,
   createPendingAgentActionIfAbsent,
   getPendingAgentAction,
   listNotificationDeliveriesForRecipient,
   listPendingAgentActions,
+  setPendingAgentActionStatus,
   upsertInstallation,
   upsertPullRequestFromGitHub,
   upsertRepositorySettings,
@@ -190,4 +192,39 @@ describe("agent approval queue (#779)", () => {
     expect(pendingActionToPlanned({ actionClass: "merge", params: { mergeMethod: "squash" } })).toMatchObject({ actionClass: "merge", requiresApproval: false, reason: "maintainer-approved", mergeMethod: "squash" });
     expect(pendingActionToPlanned({ actionClass: "label", params: { label: "L" }, reason: "explicit" }).reason).toBe("explicit");
   });
+
+  it("countPendingAgentActions respects both the repo filter and the status filter", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv({});
+    // owner/repo: 3 pending rows (PRs 1-3) + 1 that we decide as rejected (PR 4).
+    for (let pullNumber = 1; pullNumber <= 4; pullNumber += 1) {
+      await createPendingAgentActionIfAbsent(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo", pullNumber, installationId: 5, actionClass: "merge", autonomyLevel: "auto_with_approval", params: {}, reason: "x" });
+    }
+    const { action: rejected } = await createPendingAgentActionIfAbsent(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo", pullNumber: 5, installationId: 5, actionClass: "merge", autonomyLevel: "auto_with_approval", params: {}, reason: "x" });
+    await setPendingAgentActionStatus(env, rejected.id, { status: "rejected", decidedBy: "owner" });
+    // other/repo: 2 pending rows (PRs 1-2) — must be excluded by the repo filter.
+    for (let pullNumber = 1; pullNumber <= 2; pullNumber += 1) {
+      await createPendingAgentActionIfAbsent(env, { repoFullName: "other/repo", pullNumber, installationId: 5, actionClass: "merge", autonomyLevel: "auto_with_approval", params: {}, reason: "x" });
+    }
+
+    // No filter: counts every row across both repos and all statuses (4 + 1 rejected + 2 = 7).
+    expect(await countPendingAgentActions(env, {})).toBe(7);
+    // Repo filter only: every owner/repo row regardless of status (4 pending + 1 rejected).
+    expect(await countPendingAgentActions(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo" })).toBe(5);
+    // Status filter only: every pending row across both repos (4 + 2).
+    expect(await countPendingAgentActions(env, { status: "pending" })).toBe(6);
+    // Both filters: only owner/repo's pending rows, excluding the rejected one and other/repo.
+    expect(await countPendingAgentActions(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo", status: "pending" })).toBe(4);
+    // Sanity: a repo with no rows counts zero.
+    expect(await countPendingAgentActions(env, { repoFullName: "nobody/repo", status: "pending" })).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("countPendingAgentActions counts the full set beyond the 200-row list page size", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv({});
+    for (let pullNumber = 1; pullNumber <= 201; pullNumber += 1) {
+      await createPendingAgentActionIfAbsent(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo", pullNumber, installationId: 5, actionClass: "merge", autonomyLevel: "auto_with_approval", params: {}, reason: "x" });
+    }
+    // listPendingAgentActions caps at 200 by default; the count query is not page-limited.
+    expect(await listPendingAgentActions(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo", status: "pending" })).toHaveLength(200);
+    expect(await countPendingAgentActions(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo", status: "pending" })).toBe(201);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/mcp-automation-state.test.ts b/test/unit/mcp-automation-state.test.ts
index e039e342c4..341de48311 100644
--- a/test/unit/mcp-automation-state.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/mcp-automation-state.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,22 @@ describe("MCP gittensory_get_automation_state (#784)", () => {
     expect(JSON.stringify(data)).not.toMatch(/wallet|hotkey|reward|payout|trust score/i);
   });
 
+  it("reports the total pending-approval count beyond the list page size", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv();
+    await upsertRepositoryFromGitHub(env, { name: "repo", full_name: "owner/repo", private: false, owner: { login: "owner" } }, 5);
+    await upsertRepositorySettings(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo", autonomy: { merge: "auto_with_approval" } });
+    for (let pullNumber = 1; pullNumber <= 201; pullNumber += 1) {
+      await createPendingAgentActionIfAbsent(env, { repoFullName: "owner/repo", pullNumber, installationId: 5, actionClass: "merge", autonomyLevel: "auto_with_approval", params: {}, reason: "x" });
+    }
+
+    const client = await connect(env);
+    const result = await client.callTool({ name: "gittensory_get_automation_state", arguments: { owner: "owner", repo: "repo" } });
+
+    expect(result.isError).toBeFalsy();
+    const data = result.structuredContent as State;
+    expect(data.pendingActionCount).toBe(201);
+  });
+
   it("reports unconfigured + not_required readiness for an unknown / un-onboarded repo (no repo record)", async () => {
     const env = createTestEnv();
     // no repo seeded → getRepository returns null (exercises the no-installation path) + default settings.