diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 5445989..4db40ee 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -181,6 +181,34 @@ bridge_reconnecting, health_check_failed, health_check_recovered,
 bridge_stopped
 
 
+MCP INTEGRATION
+---------------
+
+OpsBridge exposes its capabilities as a FastMCP server so Claude Code agents
+can call bridge_up(), bridge_status(), catalog_list_targets(), etc. as
+first-class MCP tools — no Bash required, structured JSON in/out.
+
+Available tools:  bridge_up, bridge_down, bridge_restart, bridge_status,
+                  bridge_logs, catalog_list_targets, catalog_show_target,
+                  catalog_list_domains, catalog_validate, catalog_show_bridge
+
+Available resources:  bridge://status, catalog://domains, catalog://targets
+
+Project-scope (auto, inside ops-bridge/):
+  Already configured in .mcp.json. Claude Code sessions inside this repo
+  see the tools automatically.
+
+User-scope (machine-global, any repo):
+  python scripts/register_mcp.py
+
+Human operator skill:
+  /bridge-status  —  natural-language tunnel health summary
+  (skill file: ~/.claude/plugins/ops-bridge/bridge-status.md)
+
+Run the server directly (for debugging):
+  uv run python src/bridge/mcp_server/server.py
+
+
 DEVELOPMENT
 -----------
 
diff --git a/tests/test_coverage_completeness.py b/tests/test_coverage_completeness.py
index fd52927..91e66a9 100644
--- a/tests/test_coverage_completeness.py
+++ b/tests/test_coverage_completeness.py
@@ -134,6 +134,78 @@ async def test_mcp_tools_in_registry():
         )
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# T12 — Self-validation: sentinel fixture proves the gap-checker catches gaps
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_meta_test_catches_missing_mode_gap():
+    """Self-validation: the coverage checker must detect a missing-mode gap.
+
+    Injects a synthetic _test_sentinel capability requiring both cli and mcp.
+    Creates mock items with *only* a cli test for it (deliberately omitting mcp).
+    Asserts that collect_capability_coverage reports the mcp gap — proving the
+    meta-test mechanism is functional, not a silent no-op.
+
+    This test validates Goal #4 from BRIDGE-WP-0003:
+        "The gap-detection mechanism is itself tested: a synthetic missing-mode
+        fixture asserts the meta-test catches it."
+    """
+    from bridge.capabilities import Capability
+
+    sentinel = Capability(
+        name="_test_sentinel",
+        description="Synthetic capability for meta-test self-validation",
+        required_access_modes=frozenset({"cli", "mcp"}),
+    )
+    patched_caps = CAPABILITIES + [sentinel]
+
+    # Minimal mock: an iterable of items that respond to iter_markers()
+    class _Mark:
+        def __init__(self, arg: str):
+            self.args = (arg,)
+
+    class _MockItem:
+        def __init__(self, capability: str, mode: str):
+            self._cap = capability
+            self._mode = mode
+
+        def iter_markers(self, name: str):
+            if name == "capability":
+                return [_Mark(self._cap)]
+            if name == "access_mode":
+                return [_Mark(self._mode)]
+            return []
+
+    # Only supply a cli test for the sentinel — the mcp test is intentionally absent
+    mock_items = [_MockItem("_test_sentinel", "cli")]
+
+    covered = collect_capability_coverage(mock_items)
+
+    # The cli mode should be registered
+    assert ("_test_sentinel", "cli") in covered, (
+        "collect_capability_coverage failed to record the cli mock item"
+    )
+    # The mcp mode must NOT be covered — this is the gap we want to catch
+    assert ("_test_sentinel", "mcp") not in covered, (
+        "collect_capability_coverage incorrectly registered an mcp test that was not provided"
+    )
+
+    # Run the same gap-detection logic used by test_all_required_modes_have_tests
+    gaps = [
+        (cap.name, mode)
+        for cap in patched_caps
+        for mode in cap.required_access_modes
+        if (cap.name, mode) not in covered
+    ]
+
+    assert ("_test_sentinel", "mcp") in gaps, (
+        "Gap checker failed to detect the missing mcp mode for _test_sentinel. "
+        "The meta-test mechanism is broken."
+    )
+    # Sanity: cli mode should NOT appear as a gap (it was covered)
+    assert ("_test_sentinel", "cli") not in gaps
+
+
 def test_no_orphan_capability_marks(capability_coverage):
     """Every (capability, mode) pair in the test suite must exist in the registry.