diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index b8244f3..cf85d94 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -321,24 +321,21 @@ Each app (`web-next`, `web-tanstack`, `cms`) imports both binders per feature an
 
 ```typescript
 // apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.ts
+// Slim default template — no optional packages scaffolded yet.
+// After running e.g. `pnpm turbo gen core-package events`, the full
+// IEventBus type can be plugged via the generic args
+// `BindProductionContext<IEventBus, ...>` and the bus/queue construction
+// (resolveEventsAndJobsProduction) wires back in per the printed next-steps.
 import type { BindProductionContext, BindContext } from "@repo/core-shared/di";
-import type { IEventBus } from "@repo/core-events";
-import type { IRealtimeBroadcaster, IRealtimeHandlerRegistry } from "@repo/core-realtime";
 
-export async function bindAllProduction(deps: BindAllDeps): Promise<void> {
+export async function bindAllProduction(): Promise<void> {
   const { tracer, logger } = resolveInstrumentation();
-  const { bus, queue } = await resolveEventsAndJobsProduction();
   const resolvedConfig = await config;
-  const { realtime, realtimeRegistry } = deps;
 
-  const ctx: BindProductionContext<IEventBus, IRealtimeBroadcaster, IRealtimeHandlerRegistry> = {
+  const ctx: BindProductionContext = {
     config: resolvedConfig,
     tracer,
     logger,
-    bus,
-    queue,
-    realtime,
-    realtimeRegistry,
   };
 
   bindProductionAuth(ctx);
@@ -348,10 +345,8 @@ export async function bindAllProduction(deps: BindAllDeps): Promise<void> {
   bindProductionMedia(ctx);
 }
 
-export async function bindAllDevSeed(deps: BindAllDeps): Promise<void> {
+export async function bindAllDevSeed(): Promise<void> {
   const { tracer, logger } = resolveInstrumentation();
-  const { bus, queue } = resolveEventsAndJobsDevSeed();
-  const { realtime, realtimeRegistry } = deps;
 
   const ctx: BindContext<IEventBus, IRealtimeBroadcaster, IRealtimeHandlerRegistry> = {
     tracer, logger, bus, queue, realtime, realtimeRegistry,
diff --git a/docs/scaffolding/core-package-generator.md b/docs/scaffolding/core-package-generator.md
index a4ebd57..115bcea 100644
--- a/docs/scaffolding/core-package-generator.md
+++ b/docs/scaffolding/core-package-generator.md
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ The generator emits the package files, updates consuming-app config (e.g. `apps/
 | `trpc` | tRPC server setup | Phase 5 |
 | `ui` | Design-system package | Phase 6 |
 
-(Until Phases 3-6 land, the generator will list an empty choices array and reject any selection.)
-
 ## Verifying an existing project
 
 If your project already has a core-* package and you want to verify the generator's template hasn't drifted from the shipped source, use the byte-identical reconstruction snapshot:
diff --git a/packages/core-shared/src/di/bind-protocols.test.ts b/packages/core-shared/src/di/bind-protocols.test.ts
index 2d2bbec..90a5783 100644
--- a/packages/core-shared/src/di/bind-protocols.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-shared/src/di/bind-protocols.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ import type {
   RealtimeRegistryProtocol,
 } from "./bind-protocols";
 
+// Protocol-shape tests. These verify each protocol type EXPORTS the
+// expected method names. Full assignability of `IEventBus` /
+// `IRealtimeBroadcaster` / `IRealtimeHandlerRegistry` to their respective
+// protocols is verified at the optional-package level — when those packages
+// are scaffolded back via `pnpm turbo gen core-package <name>`, the
+// `extends`-link in their interface declarations forces a typecheck
+// failure if the protocol surface ever drifts.
+
 describe("EventBusProtocol", () => {
   it("requires publish(event, payload) and subscribe(event, consumer, handler)", () => {
     type Bus = EventBusProtocol;
diff --git a/packages/marketing-pages/src/di/bind-dev-seed.ts b/packages/marketing-pages/src/di/bind-dev-seed.ts
index 5fb97bb..a563570 100644
--- a/packages/marketing-pages/src/di/bind-dev-seed.ts
+++ b/packages/marketing-pages/src/di/bind-dev-seed.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ export async function bindDevSeedMarketingPages(ctx: BindContext): Promise<void>
 
   // <gen:event-handlers>
   // onAuthUserSignedUpHandler subscription — generated, edit the handler file (not this block) for behavior.
-  // queue is optional: guard so the handler is only bound when core-jobs is wired (Phase 3+).
+  // bus is optional: when @repo/core-events is not scaffolded, ctx.bus is undefined and the handler is not bound.
+  // queue (IJobQueue) is in core-shared and always provided; the inner if (queue) below is belt-and-suspenders.
   if (queue) {
     const wrappedAuthUserSignedUp = withSpan(
       tracer,
diff --git a/packages/marketing-pages/src/di/bind-production.ts b/packages/marketing-pages/src/di/bind-production.ts
index 4447753..de21601 100644
--- a/packages/marketing-pages/src/di/bind-production.ts
+++ b/packages/marketing-pages/src/di/bind-production.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ export function bindProductionMarketingPages(ctx: BindProductionContext): void {
 
   // <gen:event-handlers>
   // onAuthUserSignedUpHandler subscription — generated, edit the handler file (not this block) for behavior.
-  // queue is optional: guard so the handler is only bound when core-jobs is wired (Phase 3+).
+  // bus is optional: when @repo/core-events is not scaffolded, ctx.bus is undefined and the handler is not bound.
+  // queue (IJobQueue) is in core-shared and always provided; the inner if (queue) below is belt-and-suspenders.
   if (queue) {
     const wrappedAuthUserSignedUp = withSpan(
       tracer,
diff --git a/turbo/generators/config.test.ts b/turbo/generators/config.test.ts
index 45a0e3e..025b026 100644
--- a/turbo/generators/config.test.ts
+++ b/turbo/generators/config.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ describe("core-package generator", () => {
     expect(prompts[0]!.name).toBe("name");
     expect(prompts[0]!.choices).toContain("realtime");
     expect(prompts[0]!.choices).toContain("events");
+    expect(prompts[0]!.choices).toContain("trpc");
+    expect(prompts[0]!.choices).toContain("ui");
   });
 });