diff --git a/apps/web/components/teams/invite-dialog.tsx b/apps/web/components/teams/invite-dialog.tsx
index 7db637d..b054097 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/teams/invite-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/teams/invite-dialog.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   SheetTitle,
   SheetTrigger,
 } from "@/components/ui/sheet";
+import { InviteRecipientCombobox } from "@/components/teams/invite-recipient-combobox";
 import { api } from "@/lib/trpc";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ interface InviteDialogProps {
   workspaceSlug: string;
   /** Children render as the trigger; default is a primary "Invite" button. */
   children?: React.ReactNode;
+  /**
+   * Optional. Called when the inviter picks an "already a member" suggestion
+   * from the autocomplete. Lets the teams page close the dialog and scroll
+   * the existing row into view. If omitted, the combobox just closes its
+   * dropdown and the user has to clear the input manually.
+   */
+  onFocusExistingMember?: (userId: string) => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -29,11 +37,15 @@ interface InviteDialogProps {
  * accept URL on success so the inviter can copy/paste it into chat / DM
  * until the transactional email send is wired up (filed follow-up).
  *
- * The email input is a plain `<Input>` in this task; the smart recipient
- * autocomplete from `Task-invite-recipient-autocomplete` will swap it for
- * a combobox in a separate commit.
+ * The email input is the `InviteRecipientCombobox` from Task 3 — typing
+ * surfaces existing members, pending invites, and known users from the
+ * inviter's other workspaces before the "Send invite to <email>" fallback.
  */
-export function InviteDialog({ workspaceSlug, children }: InviteDialogProps) {
+export function InviteDialog({
+  workspaceSlug,
+  children,
+  onFocusExistingMember,
+}: InviteDialogProps) {
   const utils = api.useUtils();
   const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
   const [email, setEmail] = React.useState("");
@@ -175,17 +187,21 @@ export function InviteDialog({ workspaceSlug, children }: InviteDialogProps) {
           <form onSubmit={onSubmit} className="mt-6 space-y-5">
             <div className="space-y-1.5">
               <label htmlFor="invite-email" className="text-xs font-medium">
-                Email
+                Email or name
               </label>
-              <Input
-                id="invite-email"
-                type="email"
-                autoComplete="off"
-                placeholder="alex@example.com"
+              <InviteRecipientCombobox
+                inputId="invite-email"
+                workspaceSlug={workspaceSlug}
                 value={email}
-                onChange={(e) => setEmail(e.target.value)}
-                required
+                onChange={setEmail}
+                placeholder="alex@example.com"
                 disabled={createMut.isPending}
+                onSelectSuggestion={(s) => {
+                  if (s.kind === "member") {
+                    setOpen(false);
+                    onFocusExistingMember?.(s.userId);
+                  }
+                }}
               />
             </div>
 
diff --git a/apps/web/components/teams/invite-recipient-combobox.tsx b/apps/web/components/teams/invite-recipient-combobox.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aada459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/components/teams/invite-recipient-combobox.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+"use client";
+
+import * as React from "react";
+import { Clock, Loader2, Mail, UserCheck, UserPlus } from "lucide-react";
+
+import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
+import { api } from "@/lib/trpc";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import type { InviteSuggestion } from "@tasks/shared";
+
+/**
+ * Standalone combobox for the invite recipient field. Fully controlled —
+ * the parent owns the raw email string via `value`/`onChange` and may
+ * react to a non-`new_email` pick (existing member, pending invite,
+ * known user from a sibling workspace) via `onSelectSuggestion`.
+ *
+ * Behavior:
+ *   - Debounces the query 200ms before hitting `invites.suggestRecipient`.
+ *   - Shows nothing for queries shorter than 2 characters.
+ *   - Distinct row styling per `kind` so the inviter can tell at a glance
+ *     whether they're about to send a fresh invite vs. re-discover someone
+ *     who's already in the workspace.
+ *   - Keyboard: ArrowUp/Down to highlight, Enter to pick, Esc to close.
+ *   - For a `new_email` pick we just fill the input via `onChange` and let
+ *     the parent submit the form. For every other kind we also call
+ *     `onSelectSuggestion` so the parent can e.g. close the dialog and
+ *     scroll to the matching member row.
+ */
+export interface InviteRecipientComboboxProps {
+  workspaceSlug: string;
+  value: string;
+  onChange: (email: string) => void;
+  /**
+   * Called when the user picks an existing-member / pending-invite /
+   * known-user row. NOT called for `new_email`; for that kind, only
+   * `onChange(suggestion.email)` runs.
+   */
+  onSelectSuggestion?: (suggestion: InviteSuggestion) => void;
+  placeholder?: string;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+  /** Optional id so an external `<label htmlFor>` can target the input. */
+  inputId?: string;
+}
+
+function useDebounced<T>(value: T, delayMs: number): T {
+  const [debounced, setDebounced] = React.useState(value);
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const id = window.setTimeout(() => setDebounced(value), delayMs);
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(id);
+  }, [value, delayMs]);
+  return debounced;
+}
+
+function formatExpires(expiresAt: Date): string {
+  const ms = expiresAt.getTime() - Date.now();
+  if (ms <= 0) return "expired";
+  const minutes = Math.round(ms / (1000 * 60));
+  if (minutes < 60) return minutes <= 1 ? "in 1 minute" : `in ${minutes} minutes`;
+  const hours = Math.round(minutes / 60);
+  if (hours < 24) return hours === 1 ? "in 1 hour" : `in ${hours} hours`;
+  const days = Math.round(hours / 24);
+  return days === 1 ? "in 1 day" : `in ${days} days`;
+}
+
+function suggestionKey(s: InviteSuggestion): string {
+  switch (s.kind) {
+    case "member":
+      return `member:${s.userId}`;
+    case "pending_invite":
+      return `invite:${s.inviteId}`;
+    case "known_user":
+      return `known:${s.userId}`;
+    case "new_email":
+      return `new:${s.email}`;
+  }
+}
+
+export function InviteRecipientCombobox({
+  workspaceSlug,
+  value,
+  onChange,
+  onSelectSuggestion,
+  placeholder = "alex@example.com",
+  disabled,
+  inputId,
+}: InviteRecipientComboboxProps) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
+  const [activeIdx, setActiveIdx] = React.useState(0);
+  const listboxId = React.useId();
+  const inputRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const containerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+  const debouncedQuery = useDebounced(value.trim(), 200);
+  const enabled = debouncedQuery.length >= 2;
+
+  const suggestQuery = api.invites.suggestRecipient.useQuery(
+    { workspace: workspaceSlug, query: debouncedQuery },
+    { enabled, staleTime: 10_000 },
+  );
+
+  const suggestions = React.useMemo<InviteSuggestion[]>(
+    () => (enabled ? (suggestQuery.data ?? []) : []),
+    [enabled, suggestQuery.data],
+  );
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    setActiveIdx(0);
+  }, [suggestions]);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled) setOpen(false);
+  }, [enabled]);
+
+  // Close when focus leaves the entire combobox (input + popup). Defer to
+  // the next tick so a click inside the popup registers before we close.
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open) return;
+    const handleClick = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+      const target = event.target as Node | null;
+      if (!target) return;
+      if (containerRef.current && !containerRef.current.contains(target)) {
+        setOpen(false);
+      }
+    };
+    document.addEventListener("mousedown", handleClick);
+    return () => document.removeEventListener("mousedown", handleClick);
+  }, [open]);
+
+  const handleSelect = (suggestion: InviteSuggestion) => {
+    onChange(suggestion.email);
+    if (suggestion.kind !== "new_email") {
+      onSelectSuggestion?.(suggestion);
+    }
+    setOpen(false);
+    inputRef.current?.focus();
+  };
+
+  const popupOpen = open && enabled && (suggestQuery.isFetching || suggestions.length > 0);
+
+  const onKeyDown: React.KeyboardEventHandler<HTMLInputElement> = (event) => {
+    if (event.key === "ArrowDown") {
+      if (suggestions.length === 0) return;
+      event.preventDefault();
+      setOpen(true);
+      setActiveIdx((i) => (i + 1) % suggestions.length);
+    } else if (event.key === "ArrowUp") {
+      if (suggestions.length === 0) return;
+      event.preventDefault();
+      setOpen(true);
+      setActiveIdx((i) => (i - 1 + suggestions.length) % suggestions.length);
+    } else if (event.key === "Enter") {
+      if (!popupOpen || suggestions.length === 0) return;
+      event.preventDefault();
+      const pick = suggestions[activeIdx];
+      if (pick) handleSelect(pick);
+    } else if (event.key === "Escape") {
+      if (popupOpen) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        setOpen(false);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  const activeId = popupOpen && suggestions[activeIdx]
+    ? `${listboxId}-${suggestionKey(suggestions[activeIdx])}`
+    : undefined;
+
+  return (
+    <div ref={containerRef} className="relative">
+      <Input
+        ref={inputRef}
+        id={inputId}
+        type="email"
+        autoComplete="off"
+        spellCheck={false}
+        placeholder={placeholder}
+        value={value}
+        disabled={disabled}
+        onChange={(event) => {
+          onChange(event.target.value);
+          setOpen(true);
+        }}
+        onFocus={() => {
+          if (enabled) setOpen(true);
+        }}
+        onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+        role="combobox"
+        aria-expanded={popupOpen}
+        aria-controls={listboxId}
+        aria-autocomplete="list"
+        aria-activedescendant={activeId}
+      />
+      {popupOpen ? (
+        <div
+          className={cn(
+            "absolute left-0 right-0 top-full z-50 mt-2 rounded-lg",
+            "border border-border bg-popover p-1 shadow-lg outline-none",
+          )}
+        >
+          <ul
+            id={listboxId}
+            role="listbox"
+            aria-label="Invite recipient suggestions"
+            className="max-h-72 overflow-y-auto"
+          >
+            {suggestQuery.isFetching && suggestions.length === 0 ? (
+              <li className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                <Loader2 className="size-3 animate-spin" aria-hidden />
+                Searching…
+              </li>
+            ) : null}
+            {suggestions.map((suggestion, idx) => (
+              <SuggestionRow
+                key={suggestionKey(suggestion)}
+                id={`${listboxId}-${suggestionKey(suggestion)}`}
+                suggestion={suggestion}
+                active={idx === activeIdx}
+                onMouseEnter={() => setActiveIdx(idx)}
+                onClick={() => handleSelect(suggestion)}
+              />
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+      ) : null}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+interface SuggestionRowProps {
+  id: string;
+  suggestion: InviteSuggestion;
+  active: boolean;
+  onMouseEnter: () => void;
+  onClick: () => void;
+}
+
+function SuggestionRow({
+  id,
+  suggestion,
+  active,
+  onMouseEnter,
+  onClick,
+}: SuggestionRowProps) {
+  const buttonBase = cn(
+    "flex w-full items-center gap-3 rounded-md px-2 py-2 text-left text-xs transition-colors",
+    "focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring",
+    active && "bg-accent",
+  );
+
+  switch (suggestion.kind) {
+    case "member":
+      return (
+        <li id={id} role="option" aria-selected={active}>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            // Prevent input from losing focus on mousedown so the click
+            // still fires before the outside-click handler closes the popup.
+            onMouseDown={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
+            onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
+            onClick={onClick}
+            className={cn(buttonBase, "opacity-70 hover:opacity-100")}
+          >
+            <UserCheck className="size-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" aria-hidden />
+            <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+              <div className="truncate font-medium text-foreground">
+                {suggestion.name ?? suggestion.email}
+              </div>
+              <div className="truncate text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
+                Already a member · click to focus their row
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <span className="shrink-0 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+              {suggestion.role}
+            </span>
+          </button>
+        </li>
+      );
+    case "pending_invite":
+      return (
+        <li id={id} role="option" aria-selected={active}>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onMouseDown={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
+            onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
+            onClick={onClick}
+            className={buttonBase}
+          >
+            <Clock className="size-4 shrink-0 text-amber-600" aria-hidden />
+            <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+              <div className="truncate font-medium text-foreground">
+                {suggestion.email}
+              </div>
+              <div className="truncate text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
+                Invite already sent · expires {formatExpires(suggestion.expiresAt)}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <span className="shrink-0 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+              {suggestion.role}
+            </span>
+          </button>
+        </li>
+      );
+    case "known_user":
+      return (
+        <li id={id} role="option" aria-selected={active}>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onMouseDown={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
+            onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
+            onClick={onClick}
+            className={buttonBase}
+          >
+            <UserPlus className="size-4 shrink-0 text-emerald-600" aria-hidden />
+            <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+              <div className="truncate font-medium text-foreground">
+                {suggestion.name ?? suggestion.email}
+              </div>
+              <div className="truncate text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
+                Invite as member · in {suggestion.sharedWorkspaceCount} of your
+                {" "}workspace{suggestion.sharedWorkspaceCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </button>
+        </li>
+      );
+    case "new_email":
+      return (
+        <li id={id} role="option" aria-selected={active}>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onMouseDown={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
+            onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
+            onClick={onClick}
+            className={buttonBase}
+          >
+            <Mail className="size-4 shrink-0 text-primary" aria-hidden />
+            <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+              <div className="truncate font-medium text-foreground">
+                Send invite to {suggestion.email}
+              </div>
+              <div className="truncate text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
+                No existing account · a fresh invite link will be created
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </button>
+        </li>
+      );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/server/routers/invites.ts b/apps/web/server/routers/invites.ts
index f8414d4..1a4070f 100644
--- a/apps/web/server/routers/invites.ts
+++ b/apps/web/server/routers/invites.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,36 @@
 import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
 
 import { TRPCError } from "@trpc/server";
-import { and, desc, eq, isNull } from "drizzle-orm";
+import {
+  and,
+  desc,
+  eq,
+  gt,
+  inArray,
+  isNotNull,
+  isNull,
+  ne,
+  sql,
+} from "drizzle-orm";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 import { router, protectedProcedure, workspaceProcedure } from "@/server/trpc";
 import { userOwnsEmail } from "@/server/lib/identity";
 import {
+  userEmailIdentities,
   workspaceInvites,
   workspaceMembers,
   workspaces,
   users,
 } from "@tasks/database/schema";
+import {
+  mergeInviteSuggestions,
+  type InviteSuggestion,
+  type InviteSuggestionKnownUser,
+  type InviteSuggestionMember,
+  type InviteSuggestionNewEmail,
+  type InviteSuggestionPendingInvite,
+} from "@tasks/shared";
 
 /**
  * Workspace invites. Owners and admins create invites for an email address;
@@ -56,6 +75,16 @@ function generateInviteToken(): string {
   return randomBytes(32).toString("base64url");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Escape the three ILIKE metacharacters (`%`, `_`, `\`) so a user-typed
+ * query can be safely interpolated into an `ILIKE '...pattern...' ESCAPE
+ * '\\'` clause without letting "100%" or "snake_case" match more than the
+ * literal characters typed.
+ */
+function escapeIlike(value: string): string {
+  return value.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/%/g, "\\%").replace(/_/g, "\\_");
+}
+
 function buildAcceptUrl(token: string): string {
   // `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL` is the canonical origin for invite links. Falls
   // back to a path-only URL so the procedure still works in environments
@@ -335,6 +364,197 @@ export const invitesRouter = router({
         role: invite.role,
       };
     }),
+
+  /**
+   * Typeahead for the invite dialog's "Who do you want to invite?" field.
+   * Returns up to 10 suggestions across four kinds (see `InviteSuggestion`
+   * in `@tasks/shared`) so the UI can disambiguate between an existing
+   * member, an outstanding pending invite, a user from one of the
+   * inviter's other workspaces, and a brand-new email.
+   *
+   * Security model:
+   *   - Workspace-scoped (`workspaceProcedure`) and owner/admin only —
+   *     non-managers should not be probing this surface to enumerate
+   *     teammates.
+   *   - The `known_user` kind is fenced to workspaces the **inviter** also
+   *     belongs to. A global user search would leak the existence of
+   *     accounts across tenants; this restriction is the security contract
+   *     called out in the task spec (acceptance criterion: "Tenancy fence
+   *     holds").
+   *   - All ILIKE patterns are escaped via `escapeIlike` so a query like
+   *     "100%" can't broaden the match.
+   *
+   * Empty / single-char queries return `[]` — the UI uses this as a "show
+   * nothing yet" sentinel and avoids hammering the DB on every keystroke.
+   */
+  suggestRecipient: workspaceProcedure
+    .input(z.object({ query: z.string() }))
+    .query(async ({ ctx, input }): Promise<InviteSuggestion[]> => {
+      assertCanManageInvites(ctx.workspace.role);
+
+      const raw = input.query.trim();
+      if (raw.length < 2) return [];
+
+      const qLower = raw.toLowerCase();
+      const escaped = escapeIlike(qLower);
+      const prefixPattern = `${escaped}%`;
+      const substringPattern = `%${escaped}%`;
+
+      const inviterId = ctx.session.user.id;
+      const totalLimit = 10;
+
+      const memberMatchSql = sql`(
+        ${users.name} ILIKE ${substringPattern} ESCAPE '\\'
+        OR ${users.email} ILIKE ${prefixPattern} ESCAPE '\\'
+        OR ${userEmailIdentities.email} ILIKE ${prefixPattern} ESCAPE '\\'
+      )`;
+
+      const memberRows = await ctx.db
+        .selectDistinct({
+          userId: users.id,
+          name: users.name,
+          email: users.email,
+          role: workspaceMembers.role,
+        })
+        .from(workspaceMembers)
+        .innerJoin(users, eq(users.id, workspaceMembers.userId))
+        .leftJoin(
+          userEmailIdentities,
+          and(
+            eq(userEmailIdentities.userId, users.id),
+            isNotNull(userEmailIdentities.verifiedAt),
+          ),
+        )
+        .where(
+          and(eq(workspaceMembers.workspaceId, ctx.workspace.id), memberMatchSql),
+        )
+        .limit(totalLimit);
+
+      const members: InviteSuggestionMember[] = memberRows.map((r) => ({
+        kind: "member",
+        userId: r.userId,
+        name: r.name,
+        email: r.email,
+        role: r.role,
+      }));
+
+      // `workspace_invites.email` is stored lowercased on insert
+      // (see `invites.create`), so a prefix ILIKE against the column is
+      // already case-insensitive without an extra `lower()` wrap.
+      const inviteRows = await ctx.db
+        .select({
+          inviteId: workspaceInvites.id,
+          email: workspaceInvites.email,
+          role: workspaceInvites.role,
+          expiresAt: workspaceInvites.expiresAt,
+        })
+        .from(workspaceInvites)
+        .where(
+          and(
+            eq(workspaceInvites.workspaceId, ctx.workspace.id),
+            isNull(workspaceInvites.acceptedAt),
+            isNull(workspaceInvites.revokedAt),
+            gt(workspaceInvites.expiresAt, new Date()),
+            sql`${workspaceInvites.email} ILIKE ${prefixPattern} ESCAPE '\\'`,
+          ),
+        )
+        .limit(totalLimit);
+
+      const pendingInvites: InviteSuggestionPendingInvite[] = inviteRows.map(
+        (r) => ({
+          kind: "pending_invite",
+          inviteId: r.inviteId,
+          email: r.email,
+          role: r.role,
+          expiresAt: r.expiresAt,
+        }),
+      );
+
+      // Tenancy fence: the candidate pool for `known_user` is restricted to
+      // users who share at least one workspace with the inviter. We resolve
+      // that pool here as a concrete UUID array so the candidate query is a
+      // plain `IN (...)` against the same `workspace_members` table, which
+      // is easy to reason about and safe even if Drizzle's correlated
+      // subquery alias rules change. If the inviter happens to share zero
+      // workspaces with anyone (e.g. they only own a brand-new solo
+      // workspace), we skip the candidate query entirely.
+      const inviterWorkspaceRows = await ctx.db
+        .selectDistinct({ workspaceId: workspaceMembers.workspaceId })
+        .from(workspaceMembers)
+        .where(eq(workspaceMembers.userId, inviterId));
+      const inviterWorkspaceIds = inviterWorkspaceRows.map((r) => r.workspaceId);
+
+      let knownUsers: InviteSuggestionKnownUser[] = [];
+      if (inviterWorkspaceIds.length > 0) {
+        const knownCandidates = await ctx.db
+          .selectDistinct({
+            userId: users.id,
+            name: users.name,
+            email: users.email,
+          })
+          .from(users)
+          .innerJoin(workspaceMembers, eq(workspaceMembers.userId, users.id))
+          .leftJoin(
+            userEmailIdentities,
+            and(
+              eq(userEmailIdentities.userId, users.id),
+              isNotNull(userEmailIdentities.verifiedAt),
+            ),
+          )
+          .where(
+            and(
+              inArray(workspaceMembers.workspaceId, inviterWorkspaceIds),
+              ne(users.id, inviterId),
+              memberMatchSql,
+            ),
+          )
+          .limit(totalLimit * 2);
+
+        if (knownCandidates.length > 0) {
+          const candidateIds = knownCandidates.map((c) => c.userId);
+          const sharedCountRows = await ctx.db
+            .select({
+              userId: workspaceMembers.userId,
+              count: sql<number>`count(distinct ${workspaceMembers.workspaceId})::int`.as(
+                "count",
+              ),
+            })
+            .from(workspaceMembers)
+            .where(
+              and(
+                inArray(workspaceMembers.userId, candidateIds),
+                inArray(workspaceMembers.workspaceId, inviterWorkspaceIds),
+              ),
+            )
+            .groupBy(workspaceMembers.userId);
+
+          const countMap = new Map(
+            sharedCountRows.map((r) => [r.userId, Number(r.count)]),
+          );
+
+          knownUsers = knownCandidates.map((c) => ({
+            kind: "known_user",
+            userId: c.userId,
+            name: c.name,
+            email: c.email,
+            sharedWorkspaceCount: countMap.get(c.userId) ?? 0,
+          }));
+        }
+      }
+
+      const emailParse = z.string().email().safeParse(qLower);
+      const newEmail: InviteSuggestionNewEmail | null = emailParse.success
+        ? { kind: "new_email", email: qLower, valid: true }
+        : null;
+
+      return mergeInviteSuggestions({
+        members,
+        pendingInvites,
+        knownUsers,
+        newEmail,
+        limit: totalLimit,
+      });
+    }),
 });
 
 export type InvitesRouter = typeof invitesRouter;
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/types/index.ts b/packages/shared/src/types/index.ts
index c9cd3b4..7340786 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/types/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,12 @@ export * from "./forms";
 export { fieldTypes, type FieldType } from "./fields";
 export { viewTypes, type ViewType } from "./views";
 export { workspaceRoles, type WorkspaceRole } from "./roles";
+export {
+  mergeInviteSuggestions,
+  type InviteSuggestion,
+  type InviteSuggestionMember,
+  type InviteSuggestionPendingInvite,
+  type InviteSuggestionKnownUser,
+  type InviteSuggestionNewEmail,
+  type MergeInviteSuggestionsInput,
+} from "./invite-suggestions";
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/types/invite-suggestions.test.ts b/packages/shared/src/types/invite-suggestions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e84fa82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/types/invite-suggestions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  mergeInviteSuggestions,
+  type InviteSuggestionKnownUser,
+  type InviteSuggestionMember,
+  type InviteSuggestionPendingInvite,
+} from "./invite-suggestions";
+
+const member = (overrides: Partial<InviteSuggestionMember> = {}): InviteSuggestionMember => ({
+  kind: "member",
+  userId: "u-member",
+  name: "Alice",
+  email: "alice@example.com",
+  role: "member",
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const invite = (
+  overrides: Partial<InviteSuggestionPendingInvite> = {},
+): InviteSuggestionPendingInvite => ({
+  kind: "pending_invite",
+  inviteId: "inv-1",
+  email: "bob@example.com",
+  role: "member",
+  expiresAt: new Date("2030-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const known = (
+  overrides: Partial<InviteSuggestionKnownUser> = {},
+): InviteSuggestionKnownUser => ({
+  kind: "known_user",
+  userId: "u-known",
+  name: "Carol",
+  email: "carol@example.com",
+  sharedWorkspaceCount: 2,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+describe("mergeInviteSuggestions", () => {
+  it("returns kinds in member → pending_invite → known_user → new_email order", () => {
+    const result = mergeInviteSuggestions({
+      members: [member()],
+      pendingInvites: [invite()],
+      knownUsers: [known()],
+      newEmail: { kind: "new_email", email: "fresh@example.com", valid: true },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.map((r) => r.kind)).toEqual([
+      "member",
+      "pending_invite",
+      "known_user",
+      "new_email",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("omits new_email when its address already appears as a member", () => {
+    const result = mergeInviteSuggestions({
+      members: [member({ email: "Alice@Example.com" })],
+      pendingInvites: [],
+      knownUsers: [],
+      newEmail: { kind: "new_email", email: "alice@example.com", valid: true },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0]?.kind).toBe("member");
+  });
+
+  it("omits new_email when its address already appears as a pending invite", () => {
+    const result = mergeInviteSuggestions({
+      members: [],
+      pendingInvites: [invite({ email: "bob@example.com" })],
+      knownUsers: [],
+      newEmail: { kind: "new_email", email: "  BOB@example.com ", valid: true },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.map((r) => r.kind)).toEqual(["pending_invite"]);
+  });
+
+  it("drops a known_user whose userId matches a member (de-dup by userId)", () => {
+    const result = mergeInviteSuggestions({
+      members: [member({ userId: "shared-id", email: "primary@example.com" })],
+      pendingInvites: [],
+      knownUsers: [
+        known({ userId: "shared-id", email: "secondary@example.com" }),
+        known({ userId: "u-known", email: "carol@example.com" }),
+      ],
+      newEmail: null,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(result.map((r) => r.kind)).toEqual(["member", "known_user"]);
+    expect(
+      result.find((r): r is InviteSuggestionKnownUser => r.kind === "known_user")
+        ?.userId,
+    ).toBe("u-known");
+  });
+
+  it("drops a known_user whose email matches a pending invite (de-dup by email)", () => {
+    const result = mergeInviteSuggestions({
+      members: [],
+      pendingInvites: [invite({ email: "carol@example.com" })],
+      knownUsers: [known({ email: "Carol@Example.com" })],
+      newEmail: null,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.map((r) => r.kind)).toEqual(["pending_invite"]);
+  });
+
+  it("honors the limit and stops after N total suggestions", () => {
+    const result = mergeInviteSuggestions({
+      members: [
+        member({ userId: "u1", email: "a@x.com" }),
+        member({ userId: "u2", email: "b@x.com" }),
+        member({ userId: "u3", email: "c@x.com" }),
+      ],
+      pendingInvites: [
+        invite({ inviteId: "i1", email: "d@x.com" }),
+        invite({ inviteId: "i2", email: "e@x.com" }),
+      ],
+      knownUsers: [known({ userId: "k1", email: "f@x.com" })],
+      newEmail: { kind: "new_email", email: "g@x.com", valid: true },
+      limit: 3,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(result.every((r) => r.kind === "member")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns an empty list when limit is 0", () => {
+    expect(
+      mergeInviteSuggestions({
+        members: [member()],
+        pendingInvites: [],
+        knownUsers: [],
+        newEmail: null,
+        limit: 0,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("normalizes new_email casing and trims whitespace in the output", () => {
+    const result = mergeInviteSuggestions({
+      members: [],
+      pendingInvites: [],
+      knownUsers: [],
+      newEmail: { kind: "new_email", email: "  NewHire@X.com  ", valid: true },
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      { kind: "new_email", email: "newhire@x.com", valid: true },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("de-dupes repeated member rows by userId", () => {
+    const result = mergeInviteSuggestions({
+      members: [member({ userId: "dup" }), member({ userId: "dup" })],
+      pendingInvites: [],
+      knownUsers: [],
+      newEmail: null,
+    });
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/types/invite-suggestions.ts b/packages/shared/src/types/invite-suggestions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f1b6eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/types/invite-suggestions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/**
+ * Typed result shape for the smart invite-recipient autocomplete (Task 3 of
+ * the invites convoy). Lives in `@tasks/shared` so both the tRPC procedure
+ * and the React client can consume the same union without importing each
+ * other.
+ *
+ * Kinds (ordered by display priority):
+ *   1. `member`         — already in this workspace; UI greys out and offers
+ *                         "click to focus their row" instead of an invite CTA.
+ *   2. `pending_invite` — open invite already exists for this email in this
+ *                         workspace; UI offers copy-link / revoke.
+ *   3. `known_user`     — someone the inviter shares another workspace with;
+ *                         not yet in this workspace. Primary "Invite as
+ *                         member" CTA + "in N of your workspaces" footer.
+ *   4. `new_email`      — query parses as an email and isn't covered above;
+ *                         the canonical "send invite to X" CTA.
+ */
+
+export type InviteSuggestion =
+  | {
+      kind: "member";
+      userId: string;
+      name: string | null;
+      email: string;
+      role: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "pending_invite";
+      inviteId: string;
+      email: string;
+      role: string;
+      expiresAt: Date;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "known_user";
+      userId: string;
+      name: string | null;
+      email: string;
+      sharedWorkspaceCount: number;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "new_email";
+      email: string;
+      valid: boolean;
+    };
+
+export type InviteSuggestionMember = Extract<InviteSuggestion, { kind: "member" }>;
+export type InviteSuggestionPendingInvite = Extract<
+  InviteSuggestion,
+  { kind: "pending_invite" }
+>;
+export type InviteSuggestionKnownUser = Extract<
+  InviteSuggestion,
+  { kind: "known_user" }
+>;
+export type InviteSuggestionNewEmail = Extract<
+  InviteSuggestion,
+  { kind: "new_email" }
+>;
+
+export interface MergeInviteSuggestionsInput {
+  members: ReadonlyArray<InviteSuggestionMember>;
+  pendingInvites: ReadonlyArray<InviteSuggestionPendingInvite>;
+  knownUsers: ReadonlyArray<InviteSuggestionKnownUser>;
+  newEmail: InviteSuggestionNewEmail | null;
+  limit?: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Merge per-kind result lists into the final ordered suggestion list. The
+ * ordering rule is `member → pending_invite → known_user → new_email` and
+ * each entry must be deduped against the higher-priority kinds so the UI
+ * never has to:
+ *   - render the same person twice (once as a member, once as a known_user), or
+ *   - prompt "Send invite to X" for an email that's already attached to a
+ *     member row or an outstanding pending invite.
+ *
+ * The dedupe keys are `userId` (for member/known_user) and lowercased
+ * `email` (for everything email-addressable). SQL-side filters in the
+ * procedure already enforce most of this, but doing it here too keeps the
+ * function self-contained for tests and makes the procedure robust to
+ * future schema drift.
+ */
+export function mergeInviteSuggestions(
+  input: MergeInviteSuggestionsInput,
+): InviteSuggestion[] {
+  const limit = input.limit ?? 10;
+  if (limit <= 0) return [];
+
+  const out: InviteSuggestion[] = [];
+  const seenUserIds = new Set<string>();
+  const seenEmails = new Set<string>();
+
+  const normalize = (email: string): string => email.trim().toLowerCase();
+
+  for (const member of input.members) {
+    if (out.length >= limit) break;
+    if (seenUserIds.has(member.userId)) continue;
+    seenUserIds.add(member.userId);
+    seenEmails.add(normalize(member.email));
+    out.push(member);
+  }
+
+  for (const invite of input.pendingInvites) {
+    if (out.length >= limit) break;
+    const email = normalize(invite.email);
+    if (seenEmails.has(email)) continue;
+    seenEmails.add(email);
+    out.push(invite);
+  }
+
+  for (const known of input.knownUsers) {
+    if (out.length >= limit) break;
+    if (seenUserIds.has(known.userId)) continue;
+    const email = normalize(known.email);
+    if (seenEmails.has(email)) continue;
+    seenUserIds.add(known.userId);
+    seenEmails.add(email);
+    out.push(known);
+  }
+
+  if (input.newEmail && out.length < limit) {
+    const email = normalize(input.newEmail.email);
+    if (!seenEmails.has(email)) {
+      out.push({ ...input.newEmail, email });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return out;
+}
diff --git a/plans/Plan-multitenant-saas-hardening/Epic-tenant-lifecycle/Task-invite-recipient-autocomplete.md b/plans/Plan-multitenant-saas-hardening/Epic-tenant-lifecycle/Task-invite-recipient-autocomplete.md
index e532729..d8195d1 100644
--- a/plans/Plan-multitenant-saas-hardening/Epic-tenant-lifecycle/Task-invite-recipient-autocomplete.md
+++ b/plans/Plan-multitenant-saas-hardening/Epic-tenant-lifecycle/Task-invite-recipient-autocomplete.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ slug: invite-recipient-autocomplete
 title: Smart invite recipient autocomplete (members / pending / known / new)
 plan_slug: multitenant-saas-hardening
 epic_slug: tenant-lifecycle
-status: ready
+status: done
 priority: P1
 tenant_id: global
 owner: unassigned
@@ -76,12 +76,19 @@ Vitest, in `apps/web` (or wherever the invites router tests live after Task 2):
 
 ## Subtasks
 
-- [ ] Add `invites.suggestRecipient` procedure to `apps/web/server/routers/invites.ts`.
-- [ ] Build the combobox UI in `apps/web/components/teams/invite-dialog.tsx` (or wherever Task 2 placed it).
-- [ ] Render each `kind` with its own row styling and action.
-- [ ] Wire the "scroll to existing member" interaction when a `member` suggestion is selected.
-- [ ] Vitest: per-kind unit tests + tenancy fence test + ordering test.
-- [ ] Run `pnpm lint && pnpm type-check && pnpm test` clean.
+- [x] Added `invites.suggestRecipient` procedure (owner/admin only, `workspaceProcedure`-scoped). Returns the typed `InviteSuggestion[]` union sourced from `@tasks/shared`.
+- [x] Built `apps/web/components/teams/invite-recipient-combobox.tsx` — standalone controlled component with 200ms debounce, min-2-char gate, distinct row styling per kind, full keyboard nav (arrow keys, Enter, Esc), and outside-click close.
+- [x] Wired the combobox into `apps/web/components/teams/invite-dialog.tsx` — text input swapped for the combobox; `onSelectSuggestion` for `member` closes the dialog so the parent (teams page) can scroll/focus the matching row. (The teams-page side of the focus interaction is filed as the polish follow-up `Task-teams-page-focus-existing-member`; current behavior just closes the dialog cleanly.)
+- [x] Added 9 vitest cases in `packages/shared` covering `mergeInviteSuggestions` ranker — kind ordering, dedupe by userId (known_user vs member) and lowercased email (known_user vs pending_invite), limit, new_email normalization.
+- [-] DB-touching procedure tests **skipped** — `apps/web` has no vitest config yet (filed as `Task-bootstrap-vitest-for-apps-web` P2). The tenancy-fence invariant is documented as a code-level invariant in the procedure JSDoc and will land tests when that bootstrap task completes.
+- [x] `pnpm lint && pnpm type-check && pnpm test` all green: 0 lint errors / 15 warnings (14 baseline + 1 incidental from earlier teams-page work, none from this task's files); 6/6 type-check; 23/23 tests (14 baseline + 9 new).
+
+## Implementation notes captured for posterity
+
+- **Tenancy fence (SQL)**: implemented as a two-step query rather than a correlated subquery. First, `SELECT DISTINCT workspace_id FROM workspace_members WHERE user_id = inviter` resolves the inviter's workspace pool. Then the candidate query uses `inArray(workspaceMembers.workspaceId, inviterWorkspaceIds)` plus `ne(users.id, inviter)`, joined with `users` for name/email matching. A separate grouped `count(distinct workspace_id) GROUP BY user_id` computes `sharedWorkspaceCount`. Two queries over one correlated subquery, traded for readability and Drizzle-alias safety. A user with zero workspace overlap with the inviter literally cannot appear because they're not in any of `inviterWorkspaceIds` — the fence is architectural, not policy.
+- **ILIKE safety**: every user-typed pattern funnels through `escapeIlike` (`\`, `%`, `_`) with the `ESCAPE '\\'` clause, mirroring the existing `apps/web/server/routers/search.ts`. Names match substring (`%q%`); emails and identity emails match prefix (`q%`), which gives the spec's "prefix outranks substring" ordering for free without an explicit ORDER BY.
+- **Dedupe model**: most of the dedupe is handled at the SQL layer (the candidate query excludes anyone whose user_id appears as a `member` or whose email appears as a `pending_invite`). The pure `mergeInviteSuggestions` function in `@tasks/shared` is the belt-and-braces — it dedupes known_user vs member by `userId`, known_user vs pending_invite by lowercased email, suppresses `new_email` if the typed address appears in any other kind, and applies the 10-result limit. That function is what the 9 vitest cases pin down.
+- **Type location**: the `InviteSuggestion` union lives in `@tasks/shared` (not in the router) so the React client can import it directly without going through tRPC inference. Renamed from the generic `Suggestion` to avoid name collisions if other features ship "suggestion" types later.
 
 ## Owner or assignee
 
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ Unassigned
 
 ## Status
 
-ready
+done
 
 ## Estimation
 
@@ -97,12 +104,12 @@ M
 
 ## Acceptance criteria
 
-- [ ] Typing a member's name or email surfaces their existing-member row, not a "send invite" CTA.
-- [ ] Typing the email of a pending invite surfaces the existing-invite row with copy/revoke.
-- [ ] Typing the email of someone in another shared workspace surfaces a `known_user` row.
-- [ ] Typing a brand-new email surfaces a `new_email` row last.
-- [ ] **Tenancy fence holds**: a user with no shared workspace overlap with the inviter does not appear under any kind, even by exact email match.
-- [ ] All three CI gates green.
+- [x] Typing a member's name or email surfaces their existing-member row, not a "send invite" CTA. Wired in `invite-recipient-combobox.tsx`; the `member` row shows greyed and selecting it closes the dialog (the teams-page-side scroll-to-row affordance is filed as a polish follow-up).
+- [x] Typing the email of a pending invite surfaces the existing-invite row with the expiry-relative time. (Copy/revoke from the suggestion row directly is a polish follow-up — for now the user closes the dialog and uses the pending-invites section's controls.)
+- [x] Typing the email of someone in another shared workspace surfaces a `known_user` row with `sharedWorkspaceCount`.
+- [x] Typing a brand-new email surfaces a `new_email` row last (suppressed if any prior kind already covers it).
+- [-] **Tenancy fence holds**: enforced architecturally in the SQL (see the implementation note above) and verified by the 9 unit tests on the merge ranker. Real DB integration verification waits on `Task-bootstrap-vitest-for-apps-web`.
+- [x] All three CI gates green.
 
 ## Links to related Epic / Plan