diff --git a/core/recovery.c b/core/recovery.c
index 0cffdab..08f778c 100644
--- a/core/recovery.c
+++ b/core/recovery.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "eos_bootctl.h"
+#include "eos_recovery.h"
 #include "eos_image.h"
 #include "eos_hal.h"
 #include "eos_crypto_boot.h"
@@ -280,12 +281,9 @@ static int recovery_handle_write(eos_slot_t slot, uint32_t offset, uint16_t len)
     if (len > sizeof(buf))
         return recovery_send_nack();
 
-    /* offset/len come straight from the wire; without this check a
-     * recovery client can write past the slot boundary into the other
-     * slot, boot-control blocks, or the boot log. eos_recovery_write_in_range()
-     * is the single definition of that rule: it is what the unit tests
-     * exercise, and it also rejects an unmapped slot (base == 0) and a
-     * base + offset that wraps the address space. */
+    /* offset/len come straight from the wire. The helper rejects a
+     * zero slot base, wrap of base+offset, and writes that run past
+     * the slot into boot-control, the other slot, or the boot log. */
     if (eos_recovery_write_in_range(base, slot_size, offset, len) != EOS_OK)
         return recovery_send_nack();
 
diff --git a/include/eos_recovery.h b/include/eos_recovery.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33d7011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/eos_recovery.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+// Copyright (c) 2026 EoS Project
+// ISO/IEC 25000 | ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2023
+
+/**
+ * @file eos_recovery.h
+ * @brief UART recovery mode entry and write-range checks
+ */
+
+#ifndef EOS_RECOVERY_H
+#define EOS_RECOVERY_H
+
+#include "eos_bootctl.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief Return EOS_OK if a recovery write of @p len bytes at @p offset
+ *        stays inside the slot at @p base.
+ *
+ * Rejects a zero base or slot size, a zero length, a write that runs
+ * past the slot, and wrap of @c base + offset.
+ */
+int eos_recovery_write_in_range(uint32_t base, uint32_t slot_size,
+                                uint32_t offset, uint16_t len);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Enter the UART recovery command loop. Does not return on success.
+ */
+int eos_recovery_enter(eos_bootctl_t *bctl);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif /* EOS_RECOVERY_H */
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_recovery.c b/tests/unit/test_recovery.c
index 00cda17..8082314 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_recovery.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test_recovery.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "eos_bootctl.h"
+#include "eos_recovery.h"
 #include "eos_hal.h"
 #include "eos_crypto_boot.h"
 #include <setjmp.h>
@@ -192,8 +193,6 @@ static void script_append(const uint8_t *bytes, size_t len)
     script_len += len;
 }
 
-extern int eos_recovery_enter(eos_bootctl_t *bctl);
-
 /* ---- Test harness ---- */
 
 static int tests_run = 0;
@@ -228,6 +227,32 @@ static void setup(void)
     eos_hal_init(&sim_ops);
 }
 
+TEST(test_write_in_range_rejects_zero_base)
+{
+    ASSERT(eos_recovery_write_in_range(0, 0x1000, 0, 16) == EOS_ERR_INVALID);
+}
+
+TEST(test_write_in_range_rejects_zero_len)
+{
+    ASSERT(eos_recovery_write_in_range(0x4000, 0x1000, 0, 0) == EOS_ERR_INVALID);
+}
+
+TEST(test_write_in_range_rejects_past_slot)
+{
+    ASSERT(eos_recovery_write_in_range(0x4000, 0x1000, 0x1000, 16) == EOS_ERR_INVALID);
+}
+
+TEST(test_write_in_range_rejects_base_offset_wrap)
+{
+    ASSERT(eos_recovery_write_in_range(0xFFFFFFF0u, 0x1000, 0x20, 16) == EOS_ERR_INVALID);
+}
+
+TEST(test_write_in_range_accepts_in_slot)
+{
+    ASSERT(eos_recovery_write_in_range(0x4000, 0x1000, 0, 16) == EOS_OK);
+    ASSERT(eos_recovery_write_in_range(0x4000, 0x1000, 0x1000 - 16, 16) == EOS_OK);
+}
+
 /* Authenticate, then drive an out-of-bounds WRITE (offset+len past the end
  * of slot A) followed by a well-formed in-bounds WRITE. Before the fix,
  * recovery_handle_write() never validated `offset` against the slot size,
@@ -290,6 +315,11 @@ TEST(test_write_rejects_offset_past_slot_end)
 int main(void)
 {
     printf("=== test_recovery ===\n");
+    run_test_write_in_range_rejects_zero_base();
+    run_test_write_in_range_rejects_zero_len();
+    run_test_write_in_range_rejects_past_slot();
+    run_test_write_in_range_rejects_base_offset_wrap();
+    run_test_write_in_range_accepts_in_slot();
     run_test_write_rejects_offset_past_slot_end();
     printf("%d/%d tests passed\n", tests_passed, tests_run);
     return (tests_passed == tests_run) ? 0 : 1;