diff --git a/app/(shell)/focus/page.tsx b/app/(shell)/focus/page.tsx
index 3af3704a..1982e7b0 100644
--- a/app/(shell)/focus/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(shell)/focus/page.tsx
@@ -370,14 +370,30 @@ export default async function FocusPage({ searchParams }: { searchParams: Search
       .eq("tenant_id", profile.tenant_id)
       .not("status", "in", '("approved","dismissed")')
       .order("created_at", { ascending: false })
-      .limit(5);
+      .limit(20);
 
     if (localItems && localItems.length > 0) {
       notProvisioned = false;
       dataUpdatedAt = (localItems[0]?.created_at as string | undefined) ?? dataUpdatedAt;
-      actions = localItems
-        .map((row) => recoveryItemToFocusAction(row, verticalId))
-        .filter((action): action is import("@/lib/pulse/remote-client").RecoveryOpportunity => Boolean(action));
+      // A9: brief-prioritization — surface the highest-VALUE opportunities first (the
+      // Mautic segmentation pattern) instead of just the most-recently-created. Rank by
+      // the opportunity's estimated value weighted by confidence, recency as the
+      // tiebreaker, then take the top 5. Real data only — no fabricated figure.
+      const scored = localItems
+        .map((row) => {
+          const action = recoveryItemToFocusAction(row, verticalId);
+          if (!action) return null;
+          const confidence = ((row as { confidence_score?: number | null }).confidence_score ?? 50) / 100;
+          const createdAt = String((row as { created_at?: string }).created_at ?? "");
+          return { action, score: (action.estimatedValueCents ?? 0) * confidence, createdAt };
+        })
+        .filter(
+          (x): x is { action: import("@/lib/pulse/remote-client").RecoveryOpportunity; score: number; createdAt: string } =>
+            x !== null
+        )
+        .sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score || b.createdAt.localeCompare(a.createdAt))
+        .slice(0, 5);
+      actions = scored.map((x) => x.action);
       totalRecoverableCents = actions.reduce((sum, a) => sum + (a.estimatedValueCents ?? 0), 0);
     } else {
       const { data: opps } = await supabase