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+import { describe, it, expectTypeOf } from "vitest";
+import type { ProductionUseCase } from "@/conformance/production-use-case";
+import type { Instrumented, Captured } from "@/conformance/brands";
+
+describe("ProductionUseCase<I, O, M>", () => {
+  it("requires Instrumented + Captured for any use case", () => {
+    type Manifest = {
+      mutates: false;
+      audits: readonly [];
+      publishes: readonly [];
+      consumes: readonly [];
+    };
+    type Slot = ProductionUseCase<{ x: number }, { y: string }, Manifest>;
+    type Wrapped = Instrumented<(input: { x: number }) => Promise<{ y: string }>> &
+      Captured<(input: { x: number }) => Promise<{ y: string }>>;
+
+    expectTypeOf<Wrapped>().toMatchTypeOf<Slot>();
+  });
+
+  it("a plain factory is NOT assignable to the slot", () => {
+    type Manifest = {
+      mutates: false;
+      audits: readonly [];
+      publishes: readonly [];
+      consumes: readonly [];
+    };
+    type Slot = ProductionUseCase<{ x: number }, { y: string }, Manifest>;
+    const factory = async (input: { x: number }) => ({ y: String(input.x) });
+
+    // @ts-expect-error — factory has no __instrumented / __captured brand
+    const bad: Slot = factory;
+    void bad;
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core-shared/src/conformance/production-use-case.ts b/packages/core-shared/src/conformance/production-use-case.ts
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+import type { UseCaseManifest } from "./define-feature";
+import type { Instrumented, Captured } from "./brands";
+
+/**
+ * Type-level binding slot for production use cases. Derived from the manifest
+ * entry: every binding must be Instrumented + Captured; mutating use cases
+ * that declare audits additionally must be Audited. The Audited brand lives
+ * in `@repo/core-audit` because the wrap helper that attaches it depends on
+ * `IAuditLog` — feature packages import the merged slot type implicitly
+ * by typing their bindings as `ProductionUseCase<I, O, AuthManifest["useCases"]["signIn"]>`.
+ *
+ * The Audited requirement is encoded conditionally so this type stays usable
+ * without depending on core-audit. When `mutates: true` AND `audits` is
+ * non-empty, the slot demands a marker type with a `__audited` flag; the
+ * concrete `Audited<F>` from core-audit satisfies it.
+ */
+export type ProductionUseCase<I, O, M extends UseCaseManifest> =
+  & Instrumented<(input: I) => Promise<O>>
+  & Captured<(input: I) => Promise<O>>
+  & (M["mutates"] extends true
+      ? M["audits"]["length"] extends 0
+        ? unknown
+        : { readonly __audited: true }
+      : unknown);