diff --git a/examples/host-test/README.md b/examples/host-test/README.md
index 0357b585b..55f0fac4e 100644
--- a/examples/host-test/README.md
+++ b/examples/host-test/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 A probing plugin. Install it into a Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor home, drive
 one agent session, and read back exactly what that host sent to every plugin
 hook and MCP call — the raw envelope, the framework request context each
-handler saw, and (once the framework resolves it) the conversation lineage.
+handler saw, and the conversation lineage the runtime resolved for it.
 It is the acceptance vehicle for `request.lineage` and the evidence source for
 `docs/audits/*-host-lineage-matrix.md`.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bounded summary into the durable state kernel (`src/state.ts`,
 | --- | --- |
 | `event.native` | The complete host payload, byte for byte, with secret-looking values replaced by `[redacted]`. |
 | `event.canonical` | The framework's canonical identity (`event`, `idempotencyKey`, `observedAt`, `provenance`). |
-| `request` | `(await agent())` as the route saw it: `invocation`, `host`, `session`, `actor`, `workspace`, `capabilities`, provider keys, whether state and notices were mounted, and `lineage` when the runtime supplies it. |
+| `request` | `(await agent())` as the route saw it: `invocation`, `host`, `session`, `actor`, `workspace`, `capabilities`, `lineage`, provider keys, and whether state and notices were mounted. `lineage` is always present: `available` with the resolved tree position, or `unavailable` with the runtime's per-host reason. |
 | `ids` | Every identity-shaped native field (`conversation_id`, `generation_id`, `session_id`, `subagent_id`, `tool_call_id`, `agent_id`, `turn_id`, `user_email`, …) lifted out for filtering. |
 | `process` | `pid`, `ppid`, `cwd`, `execPath`, entry file, uptime — of the process that ran the route. |
 | `runtime` | `shared-runtime` when the hook reached the warm MCP-hosted runtime, `standalone-hook` when it fell back to the hook process, `mcp-server`, or `cli`. |
diff --git a/examples/host-test/src/capture.ts b/examples/host-test/src/capture.ts
index 93bc5c77e..9ef820e69 100644
--- a/examples/host-test/src/capture.ts
+++ b/examples/host-test/src/capture.ts
@@ -135,25 +135,27 @@ const detectRuntime = (context: AgentRequestContext, argv: readonly string[]): C
   }
 };
 
-/** The framework request context as the route observed it, minus non-data members. */
-export const snapshotRequest = (context: AgentRequestContext): JsonObject => {
-  const lineage = (context as AgentRequestContext & { readonly lineage?: unknown }).lineage;
-  return {
-    actor: asJson(context.actor),
-    capabilities: asJson(context.capabilities),
-    hasNotices: context.notices !== undefined,
-    hasState: context.state !== undefined,
-    host: asJson(context.host),
-    invocation: asJson(context.invocation),
-    ...(lineage === undefined ? {} : { lineage: asJson(lineage) }),
-    providers: {
-      keys: Object.keys(context.providers).sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right)),
-      processLifetime: asJson(context.providers.processLifetime),
-    },
-    session: asJson(context.session),
-    workspace: asJson(context.workspace),
-  };
-};
+/**
+ * The framework request context as the route observed it, minus non-data
+ * members. `lineage` is a first-class `Observed` member of the context, so it
+ * is recorded on every line: `available` with the resolved tree position, or
+ * `unavailable` with the runtime's per-host reason.
+ */
+export const snapshotRequest = (context: AgentRequestContext): JsonObject => ({
+  actor: asJson(context.actor),
+  capabilities: asJson(context.capabilities),
+  hasNotices: context.notices !== undefined,
+  hasState: context.state !== undefined,
+  host: asJson(context.host),
+  invocation: asJson(context.invocation),
+  lineage: asJson(context.lineage),
+  providers: {
+    keys: Object.keys(context.providers).sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right)),
+    processLifetime: asJson(context.providers.processLifetime),
+  },
+  session: asJson(context.session),
+  workspace: asJson(context.workspace),
+});
 
 export interface CaptureInput {
   readonly event?: AgentEventRouteProps;
diff --git a/examples/host-test/src/dump.ts b/examples/host-test/src/dump.ts
index cc5abb705..4086a02f3 100644
--- a/examples/host-test/src/dump.ts
+++ b/examples/host-test/src/dump.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import {
   agent,
+  type AgentLineage,
   type AgentStateHandle,
   type JsonObject,
   type JsonValue,
+  type Observed,
 } from '@agent-bundle/runtime';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
@@ -155,9 +157,11 @@ export const renderDumpMarkdown = (result: DumpResult): string => {
 /** One cell: `depth N · <conversation> ← <parent> (resolution)` or the typed unavailable reason. */
 export const renderLineage = (lineage: JsonValue | undefined): string => {
   if (lineage === undefined || lineage === null || typeof lineage !== 'object' || Array.isArray(lineage)) return 'not recorded';
-  const observed = lineage as { readonly state?: string; readonly reason?: string; readonly value?: JsonValue };
-  if (observed.state !== 'available') return `unavailable · ${observed.reason ?? 'unknown'}`;
-  const value = (observed.value ?? {}) as { readonly conversation?: string; readonly depth?: number; readonly parent?: string; readonly resolution?: string; readonly root?: string };
-  const parent = value.parent === undefined ? '' : ` ← ${value.parent}`;
-  return `depth ${String(value.depth ?? '?')} · ${value.conversation ?? '?'}${parent} (${value.resolution ?? '?'})`;
+  // The serialized `Observed<AgentLineage>` the capture wrote from `request.lineage`.
+  const observed = lineage as unknown as Observed<AgentLineage> | { readonly state?: undefined };
+  if (observed.state !== 'available') {
+    return `unavailable · ${observed.state === 'unavailable' ? observed.reason : 'unknown'}`;
+  }
+  const { conversation, depth, parent, resolution } = observed.value;
+  return `depth ${String(depth)} · ${conversation}${parent === undefined ? '' : ` ← ${parent}`} (${resolution})`;
 };
diff --git a/examples/host-test/tests/route-unit/routes.test.ts b/examples/host-test/tests/route-unit/routes.test.ts
index 01d3a26ac..b80116c80 100644
--- a/examples/host-test/tests/route-unit/routes.test.ts
+++ b/examples/host-test/tests/route-unit/routes.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, it } from '@rstest/core';
-import { available } from '@agent-bundle/runtime';
+import { available, type AgentLineage } from '@agent-bundle/runtime';
 import {
   createGeneratedRuntimeState,
   type GeneratedRuntimeState,
@@ -45,12 +45,19 @@ const eventInput = (
   native,
 });
 
-const render = async (route: string, input: unknown, sessionId = 'root-session', host = 'claude') => {
+const render = async (
+  route: string,
+  input: unknown,
+  sessionId = 'root-session',
+  host = 'claude',
+  lineage?: AgentLineage,
+) => {
   const bindings = await runtimeState.requestBindings();
   try {
     return await renderRoute(route, {
       context: {
         host: available({ name: host }, 'native'),
+        ...(lineage === undefined ? {} : { lineage: available(lineage, 'native') }),
         noticeLedger: bindings.noticeLedger,
         session: available({ sessionId }, 'native'),
         state: bindings.state,
@@ -124,6 +131,9 @@ it('records the complete native envelope, the request context, and env names for
       hasState: true,
       host: { state: 'available', value: { name: 'claude' } },
       invocation: { kind: 'event' },
+      // `request.lineage` is recorded on every line; the route-unit context
+      // mounts none, so the runtime's unavailable reason is the evidence.
+      lineage: { state: 'unavailable' },
       session: { state: 'available', value: { sessionId: 'root-session' } },
     },
   });
@@ -132,6 +142,36 @@ it('records the complete native envelope, the request context, and env names for
   expect(JSON.stringify(record)).not.toContain(logDir.replace('captures.ndjson', 'value-should-not-appear'));
 });
 
+it('records the mounted request.lineage verbatim and renders it in the dump table', async () => {
+  const lineage: AgentLineage = {
+    conversation: 'agent-1',
+    depth: 1,
+    parent: 'root-session',
+    resolution: 'registry',
+    root: 'root-session',
+    subagent: { id: 'agent-1' },
+  };
+  await render('event:tool/before', eventInput('tool/before', {
+    agent_id: 'agent-1',
+    cwd: '/repo',
+    hook_event_name: 'PreToolUse',
+    session_id: 'root-session',
+    tool_input: { command: 'pwd' },
+    tool_name: 'Bash',
+    tool_use_id: 'toolu_02',
+  }), 'root-session', 'claude', lineage);
+
+  const [record] = await readLogLines();
+  expect(record).toMatchObject({ request: { lineage: { source: 'native', state: 'available', value: lineage } } });
+
+  const dumped = await render('tool:host-test/dump', { conversation: 'agent-1' });
+  expect(dumped.document.value).toMatchObject({
+    matched: 1,
+    records: [expect.objectContaining({ lineage: { source: 'native', state: 'available', value: lineage } })],
+  });
+  expectDocument(dumped).toContainMarkdown('depth 1 · agent-1 ← root-session (registry)');
+});
+
 it('redacts secret-looking native values but keeps ids intact', async () => {
   await render('event:tool/before', eventInput('tool/before', {
     cwd: '/repo',
diff --git a/examples/mcp-app/README.md b/examples/mcp-app/README.md
index f72811d96..11404f0b2 100644
--- a/examples/mcp-app/README.md
+++ b/examples/mcp-app/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pnpm exec agent-bundle mcp run --server status --target portable
 ```
 
 The command resolves the generated entry from the portable target's MCP
-manifest, building a temporary artifact first; pass `--artifact dist` to
+manifest, building a temporary artifact first; pass `--artifact artifact` to
 reuse the `pnpm build` output instead. Closing stdin exits 0 and Ctrl-C
 exits 130, and per-server state persists under
 `.agent-bundle/mcp-run/portable/status`.
diff --git a/examples/mcp-app/evals/graders/status-result.ts b/examples/mcp-app/evals/graders/status-result.ts
index 3922eb3a7..ec34e7a89 100644
--- a/examples/mcp-app/evals/graders/status-result.ts
+++ b/examples/mcp-app/evals/graders/status-result.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 
+import type { EvalGraderFunction } from 'agent-bundle/eval';
+
 import { isHealthyCompilerFixture } from '../../src/compiler-status-contract.ts';
 
-export default async ({ fixturePath }: { readonly fixturePath: string }) => {
+const grade: EvalGraderFunction = async ({ fixturePath }) => {
   const result = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(fixturePath, 'result.json'), 'utf8')) as unknown;
   return isHealthyCompilerFixture(result)
-    ? { detail: 'The compiler service is healthy.', outcome: 'pass' as const }
-    : { detail: 'The compiler service did not report a healthy status.', outcome: 'fail' as const };
+    ? { detail: 'The compiler service is healthy.', outcome: 'pass' }
+    : { detail: 'The compiler service did not report a healthy status.', outcome: 'fail' };
 };
+
+export default grade;
diff --git a/examples/skills-starter/README.md b/examples/skills-starter/README.md
index 6b6232fac..0b7f38110 100644
--- a/examples/skills-starter/README.md
+++ b/examples/skills-starter/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ pnpm dev
 
 Use `pnpm check` when you want validation and a build without starting the
 Workbench; run the deterministic eval command separately when you need the
-release-readiness verdict. Generated output is written to `dist/`; its root
-contract is `dist/agent-bundle.manifest.json`. The `.agent-bundle/` directory
+release-readiness verdict. Generated output is written to `artifact/`; its root
+contract is `artifact/agent-bundle.manifest.json`. The `.agent-bundle/` directory
 contains development state and is not source material.
diff --git a/examples/skills-starter/evals/graders/operations-result.ts b/examples/skills-starter/evals/graders/operations-result.ts
index 1717a4e31..faff9546b 100644
--- a/examples/skills-starter/evals/graders/operations-result.ts
+++ b/examples/skills-starter/evals/graders/operations-result.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 
-export default async ({ fixturePath }: { readonly fixturePath: string }) => {
-  const result = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(fixturePath, 'result.json'), 'utf8')) as {
-    readonly evidence?: unknown;
-    readonly outcome?: string;
-    readonly rollbackOrStopCondition?: string;
-  };
+import type { EvalGraderFunction } from 'agent-bundle/eval';
+
+interface OperationsResult {
+  readonly evidence?: unknown;
+  readonly outcome?: string;
+  readonly rollbackOrStopCondition?: string;
+}
+
+const grade: EvalGraderFunction = async ({ fixturePath }) => {
+  const result = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(fixturePath, 'result.json'), 'utf8')) as OperationsResult;
   const complete = result.outcome === 'ready'
     && Array.isArray(result.evidence)
     && result.evidence.length >= 2
     && typeof result.rollbackOrStopCondition === 'string'
     && result.rollbackOrStopCondition.length > 0;
   return complete
-    ? { detail: 'The operational handoff includes evidence and a rollback or stop condition.', outcome: 'pass' as const }
-    : { detail: 'The operational handoff is missing evidence or a rollback or stop condition.', outcome: 'fail' as const };
+    ? { detail: 'The operational handoff includes evidence and a rollback or stop condition.', outcome: 'pass' }
+    : { detail: 'The operational handoff is missing evidence or a rollback or stop condition.', outcome: 'fail' };
 };
+
+export default grade;
diff --git a/examples/skills-starter/evals/graders/release-result.ts b/examples/skills-starter/evals/graders/release-result.ts
index af48da399..b02f67ac1 100644
--- a/examples/skills-starter/evals/graders/release-result.ts
+++ b/examples/skills-starter/evals/graders/release-result.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 
-export default async ({ fixturePath }: { readonly fixturePath: string }) => {
-  const result = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(fixturePath, 'result.json'), 'utf8')) as {
-    readonly blockers?: unknown;
-    readonly verdict?: string;
-  };
+import type { EvalGraderFunction } from 'agent-bundle/eval';
+
+interface ReleaseResult {
+  readonly blockers?: unknown;
+  readonly verdict?: string;
+}
+
+const grade: EvalGraderFunction = async ({ fixturePath }) => {
+  const result = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(fixturePath, 'result.json'), 'utf8')) as ReleaseResult;
   return result.verdict === 'ready' && Array.isArray(result.blockers) && result.blockers.length === 0
-    ? { detail: 'The release artifact is ready with no blockers.', outcome: 'pass' as const }
-    : { detail: 'The release artifact is not ready or has unresolved blockers.', outcome: 'fail' as const };
+    ? { detail: 'The release artifact is ready with no blockers.', outcome: 'pass' }
+    : { detail: 'The release artifact is not ready or has unresolved blockers.', outcome: 'fail' };
 };
+
+export default grade;