diff --git a/edgemind/plan_cert.py b/edgemind/plan_cert.py
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+"""PlanCert and PlanProof utilities.
+
+Provides small, verifiable plan certificate schema and a lightweight verifier
+that performs basic syntactic and semantic checks using the existing safety
+predicate evaluator. This is intentionally tiny and suitable for edge use.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from .safety import evaluate_predicate, UnsafeExpression
+
+
+class PlanCert(BaseModel):
+    plan_id: str
+    planner_version: Optional[str] = None
+    preconditions: List[str] = []
+    postconditions: List[str] = []
+    invariants: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    worst_case_energy: Optional[float] = None
+    max_actuator_exposure: Optional[float] = None
+    environment_hash: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class PlanProof(BaseModel):
+    plan_id: str
+    accepted: bool
+    score: float
+    reasons: List[str] = []
+    counterexample: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+
+
+def verify_plan(cert: PlanCert, initial_state: Dict[str, Any], energy_budget: Optional[float] = None) -> PlanProof:
+    """Verify a PlanCert against an initial state and optional energy budget.
+
+    Checks performed:
+    - All preconditions evaluate to True on the provided initial_state.
+    - All invariants evaluate to True on the provided initial_state.
+    - If energy_budget provided and cert.worst_case_energy is set, ensure it's <= budget.
+
+    Returns a PlanProof with accepted flag and reasons. This is a compact,
+    deterministic verifier; probabilistic adversarial sampling is outside its
+    scope.
+    """
+    reasons: List[str] = []
+    score = 1.0
+
+    # Check preconditions
+    for i, p in enumerate(cert.preconditions):
+        try:
+            ok = evaluate_predicate(p, initial_state)
+        except UnsafeExpression as e:
+            reasons.append(f"precondition[{i}] unsafe: {e}")
+            ok = False
+        if not ok:
+            reasons.append(f"precondition[{i}] failed: {p}")
+            score -= 0.4
+
+    # Check invariants
+    for name, inv in cert.invariants.items():
+        try:
+            ok = evaluate_predicate(inv, initial_state)
+        except UnsafeExpression as e:
+            reasons.append(f"invariant[{name}] unsafe: {e}")
+            ok = False
+        if not ok:
+            reasons.append(f"invariant[{name}] failed: {inv}")
+            score -= 0.3
+
+    # Energy budget check
+    if energy_budget is not None and cert.worst_case_energy is not None:
+        try:
+            if cert.worst_case_energy > energy_budget:
+                reasons.append(f"worst_case_energy {cert.worst_case_energy} > budget {energy_budget}")
+                score -= 0.5
+        except Exception:
+            reasons.append("invalid energy comparison")
+            score -= 0.5
+
+    accepted = score > 0.0 and len([r for r in reasons if r.startswith("precondition") or r.startswith("invariant")]) == 0
+
+    # If rejected, include a minimal counterexample: the parts of state that caused failures
+    counterexample = None
+    if not accepted:
+        counterexample = {k: initial_state.get(k) for k in sorted(initial_state.keys())[:10]}
+
+    # Clamp score
+    if score < 0:
+        score = 0.0
+    if score > 1.0:
+        score = 1.0
+
+    return PlanProof(plan_id=cert.plan_id, accepted=accepted, score=score, reasons=reasons, counterexample=counterexample)
diff --git a/tests/test_plan_cert.py b/tests/test_plan_cert.py
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+from edgemind.plan_cert import PlanCert, verify_plan
+
+
+def test_verify_plan_pass():
+    cert = PlanCert(
+        plan_id="p1",
+        preconditions=["battery >= 20", "distance_to_goal <= 5"],
+        invariants={"safe_speed": "speed <= 1.5"},
+        worst_case_energy=5.0,
+    )
+
+    state = {"battery": 50, "distance_to_goal": 3, "speed": 1.0}
+    proof = verify_plan(cert, state, energy_budget=10.0)
+    assert proof.accepted is True
+    assert proof.score > 0.5
+    assert proof.reasons == []
+
+
+def test_verify_plan_fail_precondition_and_energy():
+    cert = PlanCert(
+        plan_id="p2",
+        preconditions=["battery >= 80"],
+        invariants={"safe_speed": "speed <= 1.0"},
+        worst_case_energy=20.0,
+    )
+    state = {"battery": 40, "speed": 1.2}
+    proof = verify_plan(cert, state, energy_budget=10.0)
+    assert proof.accepted is False
+    # Expect at least two reasons: precondition failed and energy exceeded
+    assert any("precondition" in r or "invariant" in r or "worst_case_energy" in r for r in proof.reasons)