diff --git a/internal/catalog/search_provider.go b/internal/catalog/search_provider.go
index fd8b7d3b..65625cad 100644
--- a/internal/catalog/search_provider.go
+++ b/internal/catalog/search_provider.go
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ type CatalogSearchQueryVectorizer interface {
 	EmbedSearchQuery(ctx context.Context, query string) ([]float32, error)
 }
 
+// CatalogSemanticModelProvider reports the embedding model currently locked for
+// this installation. Task 4 injects the recommendations engine as this provider
+// so catalog vector-coverage checks can be scoped to the active model.
+type CatalogSemanticModelProvider interface {
+	ActiveEmbeddingModel(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
+}
+
 type CatalogSearchCandidateRetriever interface {
 	CandidateIDs(ctx context.Context, vector []float32, itemTypes []string, limit int) ([]string, error)
 }
diff --git a/internal/recommendations/engine.go b/internal/recommendations/engine.go
index 2ad2063b..d2e138a0 100644
--- a/internal/recommendations/engine.go
+++ b/internal/recommendations/engine.go
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ func NewEngine(
 	}
 }
 
+// ActiveEmbeddingModel returns the embedding model currently locked for this
+// installation, or "" when no lock is established.
+func (e *Engine) ActiveEmbeddingModel(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	lock, err := e.repo.GetEmbeddingLock(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if lock == nil {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	return lock.Model, nil
+}
+
 func (e *Engine) watchedItemIDSet(ctx context.Context, userID int, profileID string) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
 	return e.signalReader().WatchedItemIDSet(ctx, userID, profileID)
 }
diff --git a/internal/recommendations/engine_test.go b/internal/recommendations/engine_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79bf376b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/recommendations/engine_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package recommendations
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+
+	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/catalog"
+)
+
+// Compile-time assertions that *Engine satisfies both catalog provider
+// interfaces it will be injected as. CatalogSearchQueryVectorizer is the
+// existing query-embedding hook; CatalogSemanticModelProvider is added in this
+// task and wired in Task 4.
+var (
+	_ catalog.CatalogSearchQueryVectorizer = (*Engine)(nil)
+	_ catalog.CatalogSemanticModelProvider = (*Engine)(nil)
+)
+
+// newEngineTestPool mirrors internal/catalog/display_query_filter_test.go: it
+// skips when SILO_TEST_DATABASE_URL is unset and verifies the base schema is
+// present before returning a usable pool.
+func newEngineTestPool(t *testing.T) *pgxpool.Pool {
+	t.Helper()
+	dsn := os.Getenv("SILO_TEST_DATABASE_URL")
+	if dsn == "" {
+		t.Skip("SILO_TEST_DATABASE_URL is not set")
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	pool, err := pgxpool.New(ctx, dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("connect test database: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(pool.Close)
+	var tableName *string
+	if err := pool.QueryRow(ctx, `SELECT to_regclass('public.server_settings')::text`).Scan(&tableName); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("check server_settings table: %v", err)
+	}
+	if tableName == nil || *tableName == "" {
+		t.Skip("test database has not applied base schema")
+	}
+	return pool
+}
+
+// snapshotEmbeddingLock captures the current embedding lock row (if any) and
+// registers cleanup that restores the original state, so these tests do not
+// leave behind or clobber a real lock.
+func snapshotEmbeddingLock(t *testing.T, pool *pgxpool.Pool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	var original *string
+	err := pool.QueryRow(ctx,
+		`SELECT value FROM server_settings WHERE key = $1`,
+		embeddingLockSettingKey,
+	).Scan(&original)
+	if err != nil {
+		original = nil
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		cctx := context.Background()
+		if original == nil {
+			_, _ = pool.Exec(cctx, `DELETE FROM server_settings WHERE key = $1`, embeddingLockSettingKey)
+			return
+		}
+		_, _ = pool.Exec(cctx, `
+			INSERT INTO server_settings (key, value) VALUES ($1, $2)
+			ON CONFLICT (key) DO UPDATE SET value = EXCLUDED.value
+		`, embeddingLockSettingKey, *original)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestEngineActiveEmbeddingModelNoLock(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := newEngineTestPool(t)
+	snapshotEmbeddingLock(t, pool)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	if _, err := pool.Exec(ctx, `DELETE FROM server_settings WHERE key = $1`, embeddingLockSettingKey); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("clear embedding lock: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	e := &Engine{repo: NewRepo(pool)}
+	model, err := e.ActiveEmbeddingModel(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ActiveEmbeddingModel returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if model != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("ActiveEmbeddingModel = %q, want empty string when no lock", model)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEngineActiveEmbeddingModelWithLock(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := newEngineTestPool(t)
+	snapshotEmbeddingLock(t, pool)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	repo := NewRepo(pool)
+	if err := repo.SetEmbeddingLock(ctx, EmbeddingLock{
+		BaseURL:          "http://x",
+		Model:            "test-model-x",
+		SourceDimensions: CanonicalEmbeddingDimensions,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetEmbeddingLock: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	e := &Engine{repo: repo}
+	model, err := e.ActiveEmbeddingModel(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ActiveEmbeddingModel returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if model != "test-model-x" {
+		t.Fatalf("ActiveEmbeddingModel = %q, want %q", model, "test-model-x")
+	}
+}