diff --git a/services/bstein-dev-home/backend-deployment.yaml b/services/bstein-dev-home/backend-deployment.yaml
index ecf478c..26c99e1 100644
--- a/services/bstein-dev-home/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/bstein-dev-home/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ spec:
           {{ with secret "kv/data/atlas/shared/chat-ai-keys-runtime" }}
           export CHAT_KEY_MATRIX="{{ .Data.data.matrix }}"
           export CHAT_KEY_HOMEPAGE="{{ .Data.data.homepage }}"
+          export AI_ATLASBOT_TOKEN="{{ .Data.data.homepage }}"
           {{ end }}
           {{ with secret "kv/data/atlas/shared/portal-e2e-client" }}
           export PORTAL_E2E_CLIENT_ID="{{ .Data.data.client_id }}"
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ spec:
               value: qwen2.5-coder:7b-instruct-q4_0
             - name: AI_CHAT_TIMEOUT_SEC
               value: "480"
+            - name: AI_ATLASBOT_ENDPOINT
+              value: http://atlasbot.comms.svc.cluster.local:8090/v1/answer
+            - name: AI_ATLASBOT_TIMEOUT_SEC
+              value: "5"
             - name: AI_NODE_NAME
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
diff --git a/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml b/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
index d195e89..c0596b6 100644
--- a/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: atlasbot
       annotations:
-        checksum/atlasbot-configmap: manual-atlasbot-24
+        checksum/atlasbot-configmap: manual-atlasbot-25
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "comms"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-turn-secret: "kv/data/atlas/comms/turn-shared-secret"
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ spec:
               value: "480"
             - name: ATLASBOT_THINKING_INTERVAL_SEC
               value: "120"
+            - name: ATLASBOT_HTTP_PORT
+              value: "8090"
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: 8090
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
diff --git a/services/comms/atlasbot-service.yaml b/services/comms/atlasbot-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8b3570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/comms/atlasbot-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: atlasbot
+  namespace: comms
+  labels:
+    app: atlasbot
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: atlasbot
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 8090
+      targetPort: 8090
+  type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/services/comms/kustomization.yaml b/services/comms/kustomization.yaml
index 37f681d..410f2a6 100644
--- a/services/comms/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/kustomization.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ resources:
   - guest-register-deployment.yaml
   - guest-register-service.yaml
   - atlasbot-deployment.yaml
+  - atlasbot-service.yaml
   - wellknown.yaml
   - atlasbot-rbac.yaml
   - mas-secrets-ensure-rbac.yaml
diff --git a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
index 987df7a..deb8e62 100644
--- a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
+++ b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import re
 import ssl
 import threading
 import time
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 from typing import Any
 from urllib import error, parse, request
 
@@ -1089,6 +1090,62 @@ def _normalize_reply(value: Any) -> str:
     return text
 
 
+# Internal HTTP endpoint for cluster answers (website uses this).
+class _AtlasbotHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    server_version = "AtlasbotHTTP/1.0"
+
+    def _write_json(self, status: int, payload: dict[str, Any]):
+        body = json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8")
+        self.send_response(status)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(body)
+
+    def _authorized(self) -> bool:
+        if not ATLASBOT_INTERNAL_TOKEN:
+            return True
+        token = self.headers.get("X-Internal-Token", "")
+        return token == ATLASBOT_INTERNAL_TOKEN
+
+    def do_GET(self):  # noqa: N802
+        if self.path == "/health":
+            self._write_json(200, {"status": "ok"})
+            return
+        self._write_json(404, {"error": "not_found"})
+
+    def do_POST(self):  # noqa: N802
+        if self.path != "/v1/answer":
+            self._write_json(404, {"error": "not_found"})
+            return
+        if not self._authorized():
+            self._write_json(401, {"error": "unauthorized"})
+            return
+        try:
+            length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", "0"))
+        except ValueError:
+            length = 0
+        raw = self.rfile.read(length) if length > 0 else b""
+        try:
+            payload = json.loads(raw.decode("utf-8")) if raw else {}
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            self._write_json(400, {"error": "invalid_json"})
+            return
+        prompt = str(payload.get("prompt") or payload.get("question") or "").strip()
+        if not prompt:
+            self._write_json(400, {"error": "missing_prompt"})
+            return
+        inventory = node_inventory_live()
+        answer = structured_answer(prompt, inventory=inventory, metrics_summary="")
+        self._write_json(200, {"answer": answer})
+
+
+def _start_http_server():
+    server = HTTPServer(("0.0.0.0", ATLASBOT_HTTP_PORT), _AtlasbotHandler)
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+
+
 # Conversation state.
 history = collections.defaultdict(list)  # (room_id, sender|None) -> list[str] (short transcript)
 
@@ -1326,6 +1383,7 @@ def login_with_retry():
 
 def main():
     load_kb()
+    _start_http_server()
     token = login_with_retry()
     try:
         room_id = resolve_alias(token, ROOM_ALIAS)