  We define F-topological recursion (F-TR) as a non-symmetric version of
topological recursion, which associates a vector potential to some initial
data. We describe the symmetries of the initial data for F-TR and show that, at
the level of the vector potential, they include the F-Givental (non-linear)
symmetries studied by Arsie, Buryak, Lorenzoni, and Rossi within the framework
of F-manifolds. Additionally, we propose a spectral curve formulation of
F-topological recursion. This allows us to extend the correspondence between
semisimple cohomological field theories (CohFTs) and topological recursion, as
established by Dunin-Barkowski, Orantin, Shadrin, and Spitz, to the F-world. In
the absence of a full reconstruction theorem \`a la Teleman for F-CohFTs, this
demonstrates that F-TR holds for the ancestor vector potential of a given
F-CohFT if and only if it holds for some F-CohFT in its F-Givental orbit. We
turn this into a useful statement by showing that the correlation functions of
F-topological field theories (F-CohFTs of cohomological degree 0) are governed
by F-TR. We apply these results to the extended 2-spin F-CohFT. Furthermore, we
exhibit a large set of linear symmetries of F-CohFTs, which do not commute with
the F-Givental action.
