diff --git a/src/MrGameEng.Simulation/AI/Suitability.cs b/src/MrGameEng.Simulation/AI/Suitability.cs
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+namespace MrGameEng.AI;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Suitability curves: how well an environmental value matches a preferred optimum. Unlike
+/// <see cref="ResponseCurve"/> (monotonic shaping over <c>[0,1]</c>), these are bell shapes around an
+/// optimum on an arbitrary scale — the building block for "this organism likes ~18°C, tolerates ±12°".
+/// Pure and GPU-free.
+/// </summary>
+public static class Suitability
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gaussian bell in <c>[0, 1]</c>: 1 when <paramref name="value"/> equals <paramref name="optimum"/>,
+    /// falling off as it departs, reaching <c>e^-0.5 ≈ 0.607</c> one <paramref name="tolerance"/> away.
+    /// A non-positive <paramref name="tolerance"/> degenerates to an exact match (1 at the optimum, else 0).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static float Gaussian(float value, float optimum, float tolerance)
+    {
+        if (tolerance <= 0f)
+        {
+            return value == optimum ? 1f : 0f;
+        }
+
+        var z = (value - optimum) / tolerance;
+        return MathF.Exp(-0.5f * z * z);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/MrGameEng.Simulation.Tests/AI/SuitabilityTests.cs b/tests/MrGameEng.Simulation.Tests/AI/SuitabilityTests.cs
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+using MrGameEng.AI;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace MrGameEng.AI.Tests;
+
+public class SuitabilityTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Gaussian_PeaksAtOptimum()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(1f, Suitability.Gaussian(18f, optimum: 18f, tolerance: 5f), 5);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Gaussian_IsSymmetricAroundOptimum()
+    {
+        var below = Suitability.Gaussian(13f, optimum: 18f, tolerance: 5f);
+        var above = Suitability.Gaussian(23f, optimum: 18f, tolerance: 5f);
+        Assert.Equal(below, above, 5);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Gaussian_AtOneToleranceAway_IsAboutPoint607()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(MathF.Exp(-0.5f), Suitability.Gaussian(23f, 18f, 5f), 5);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Gaussian_FallsOffWithDistance()
+    {
+        var near = Suitability.Gaussian(20f, 18f, 5f);
+        var far = Suitability.Gaussian(30f, 18f, 5f);
+        Assert.True(far < near && far > 0f);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Gaussian_StaysWithinUnitRange()
+    {
+        for (var v = -50f; v <= 50f; v += 1f)
+        {
+            Assert.InRange(Suitability.Gaussian(v, 0f, 7f), 0f, 1f);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Gaussian_NonPositiveTolerance_IsExactMatch()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(1f, Suitability.Gaussian(5f, 5f, 0f));
+        Assert.Equal(0f, Suitability.Gaussian(6f, 5f, 0f));
+    }
+}