bd88061889f210fc11a3c0b7ff581216b74014d2
diff --git a/src/c13_database.test.ts b/src/c13_database.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..73398f1a5fe5fed954ae5d4131b38f76425343a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c13_database.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Sibling test for c13_database.ts (Layer 2, SQLite). End-to-end
+// coverage is the live admin flow + git-native-proof e2e. This file
+// pins the type/exports contract — the real shape of Verdict,
+// SxDocumentDbRow, projects rows — so a reviewer sees what callers
+// can depend on.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import {
+  saveRun,
+  upsertProject,
+  getProject,
+  listActiveProjects,
+  saveDocument,
+  loadDocument,
+  listDocuments,
+  deleteDocument,
+} from "./c13_database.ts";
+
+describe("c13_database — public surface", () => {
+  test("CRUD functions for projects are exported", () => {
+    expect(typeof upsertProject).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof getProject).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof listActiveProjects).toBe("function");
+  });
+
+  test("CRUD functions for sxdoc documents are exported", () => {
+    expect(typeof saveDocument).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof loadDocument).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof listDocuments).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof deleteDocument).toBe("function");
+  });
+
+  test("saveRun is exported for the judge pipeline", () => {
+    expect(typeof saveRun).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c13_database — listActiveProjects runtime smoke", () => {
+  test("returns an array (possibly empty)", () => {
+    const rows = listActiveProjects();
+    expect(Array.isArray(rows)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c14_client_bundle.test.ts b/src/c14_client_bundle.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5158c263dbf41aadb68ef186ea10ff54d5f8031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c14_client_bundle.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Sibling test for c14_client_bundle.ts (Layer 2, calls Bun.build).
+// The bundler is exercised by e2e/admin-block-editor.spec.ts which
+// asserts /admin/assets/blockeditor.js returns 200 + ETag + 304-on-
+// re-request. This sibling pins the contract.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import {
+  bundleAdminClient,
+  adminClientEntrypoint,
+  _resetAdminClientCache,
+} from "./c14_client_bundle.ts";
+
+describe("c14_client_bundle — export shape", () => {
+  test("bundleAdminClient is an async function", () => {
+    expect(typeof bundleAdminClient).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("adminClientEntrypoint() returns a non-empty string path", () => {
+    expect(typeof adminClientEntrypoint).toBe("function");
+    const path = adminClientEntrypoint();
+    expect(typeof path).toBe("string");
+    expect(path.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+  test("_resetAdminClientCache is a function (test-only cache hook)", () => {
+    expect(typeof _resetAdminClientCache).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c14_forgejo.test.ts b/src/c14_forgejo.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d220ca697a26869de74acfd1ca329e161a805119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c14_forgejo.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Sibling test for c14_forgejo.ts (Layer 2, HTTP adapter to Forgejo).
+// The functions here make real Forgejo API calls; integration coverage
+// lives at the live /agents/register flow. This sibling pins the
+// contract surface so a reviewer sees what the module exports.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { FORGEJO_URL, isConfigured, adminApiHeaders } from "./c14_forgejo.ts";
+
+describe("c14_forgejo — export shape", () => {
+  test("FORGEJO_URL is a non-empty string", () => {
+    expect(typeof FORGEJO_URL).toBe("string");
+    expect(FORGEJO_URL.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+  test("isConfigured is a function returning boolean", () => {
+    expect(typeof isConfigured).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof isConfigured()).toBe("boolean");
+  });
+  test("adminApiHeaders is a function", () => {
+    expect(typeof adminApiHeaders).toBe("function");
+    const h = adminApiHeaders();
+    expect(typeof h).toBe("object");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c14_git.test.ts b/src/c14_git.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..286431d4eb3a0fc15407fc6734a3f863f1c3fbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c14_git.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Sibling test for c14_git.ts (Layer 2, git binary I/O). End-to-end
+// coverage in e2e/git-native-proof.spec.ts which writes a commit
+// through the CMS and verifies the bare repo HEAD advanced. This
+// sibling pins the export contract.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import {
+  GIT_DIR,
+  resolveRef,
+  getFileBlobSha,
+  readBlob,
+  readBlobAtRef,
+  lsTree,
+  commitFile,
+} from "./c14_git.ts";
+
+describe("c14_git — export shape", () => {
+  test("GIT_DIR is a non-empty path string", () => {
+    expect(typeof GIT_DIR).toBe("string");
+    expect(GIT_DIR.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+  test("read-side helpers are exported as async functions", () => {
+    expect(typeof resolveRef).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof getFileBlobSha).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof readBlob).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof readBlobAtRef).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof lsTree).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("write-side commitFile helper is exported as an async function", () => {
+    expect(typeof commitFile).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c14_github.test.ts b/src/c14_github.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d39dbd6417fc086c72db6066d3cc4c0ab7db086e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c14_github.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Sibling test for c14_github.ts (Layer 2, HTTP adapter). The
+// functions in this file all make network calls; covering them
+// end-to-end belongs in integration tests that hit GitHub. This
+// sibling pins that the public contract (export list + their type)
+// hasn't drifted, and exercises pure-ish helpers where they exist.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { isConfigured, authorizeUrl } from "./c14_github.ts";
+
+describe("c14_github — export shape", () => {
+  test("isConfigured is a function returning boolean", () => {
+    expect(typeof isConfigured).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof isConfigured()).toBe("boolean");
+  });
+  test("authorizeUrl is a function", () => {
+    expect(typeof authorizeUrl).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c14_github — authorizeUrl shape", () => {
+  test("returns a github.com/login/oauth/authorize URL with the supplied state + redirect_uri", () => {
+    const url = authorizeUrl("nonce-abc", "https://example.test/cb");
+    expect(url).toContain("github.com/login/oauth/authorize");
+    expect(url).toContain("state=nonce-abc");
+    expect(url).toContain("redirect_uri=");
+    expect(url).toMatch(/redirect_uri=https?%3A%2F%2Fexample\.test%2Fcb/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c14_request_parse.test.ts b/src/c14_request_parse.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9ada69fb185d68b6d48746fdb65bfad724aeec2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c14_request_parse.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { parseUrl, parseJson } from "./c14_request_parse.ts";
+
+describe("c14_request_parse — parseUrl", () => {
+  test("returns { ok: true, value } for a well-formed absolute URL", () => {
+    const r = parseUrl("https://tdd.md/sama/v2/verify?repo=x/y");
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (r.ok) {
+      expect(r.value.hostname).toBe("tdd.md");
+      expect(r.value.pathname).toBe("/sama/v2/verify");
+      expect(r.value.searchParams.get("repo")).toBe("x/y");
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("returns { ok: false, error } for an invalid URL", () => {
+    const r = parseUrl("not a url");
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!r.ok) expect(typeof r.error).toBe("string");
+  });
+
+  test("never throws", () => {
+    expect(() => parseUrl("")).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => parseUrl("///")).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c14_request_parse — parseJson", () => {
+  test("parses a valid JSON object", () => {
+    const r = parseJson<{ a: number }>(`{"a": 1}`);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (r.ok) expect(r.value.a).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test("parses a valid JSON array", () => {
+    const r = parseJson<number[]>(`[1, 2, 3]`);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (r.ok) expect(r.value).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+  });
+
+  test("returns { ok: false, error } for invalid JSON", () => {
+    const r = parseJson(`{not json`);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!r.ok) expect(typeof r.error).toBe("string");
+  });
+
+  test("returns { ok: false } for empty input", () => {
+    const r = parseJson("");
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("never throws", () => {
+    expect(() => parseJson("bogus")).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c14_request_parse.ts b/src/c14_request_parse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a8be56766df71fa2b1b3a9d423b592599a4345f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c14_request_parse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// c14 — adapter: boundary parsers for external-input strings. Under
+// SAMA v2 §4.4 ("external input is parsed only in Layer 2") the
+// `new URL()` and `JSON.parse()` constructors must not appear in
+// Layer 1 or Layer 3 source. This file owns both: handlers in Layer
+// 3 (`c21_handlers_*`) call these helpers instead of constructing
+// URL / parsing JSON inline.
+//
+// Each helper returns a discriminated `{ ok: true, value } | { ok:
+// false, error }` instead of throwing — callers decide whether the
+// failure path returns 400, falls back, or surfaces. This also
+// makes the helpers trivially testable (no try/catch around the
+// call site needed in tests).
+
+export type ParseResult<T> =
+  | { ok: true; value: T }
+  | { ok: false; error: string };
+
+export const parseUrl = (text: string): ParseResult<URL> => {
+  try {
+    return { ok: true, value: new URL(text) };
+  } catch (e) {
+    return { ok: false, error: (e as Error).message };
+  }
+};
+
+export const parseJson = <T = unknown>(text: string): ParseResult<T> => {
+  try {
+    return { ok: true, value: JSON.parse(text) as T };
+  } catch (e) {
+    return { ok: false, error: (e as Error).message };
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/c21_handlers_auth.ts b/src/c21_handlers_auth.ts
index 307c49ecec5c70b5bfa2d0b50e35eff1abc77d07..85cd3e68240bc4c6bd21e4025182f3a5cd465a5d 100644
--- a/src/c21_handlers_auth.ts
+++ b/src/c21_handlers_auth.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import * as github from "./c14_github.ts";
 import * as forgejo from "./c14_forgejo.ts";
+import { parseUrl } from "./c14_request_parse.ts";
 import {
   SESSION_TTL_SEC,
   parseCookies,
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ export const startGithubOauth = (req?: Request): Response => {
   // honours after a successful sign-in. Used by /edit and /admin
   // links so the user lands back where they came from.
   if (req) {
-    const to = new URL(req.url).searchParams.get("to");
+    const urlR = parseUrl(req.url);
+    const to = urlR.ok ? urlR.value.searchParams.get("to") : null;
     if (to && isSafeReturnTo(to)) {
       headers.append(
         "Set-Cookie",
@@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ When you push, the judge replays your commits and posts the verdict at [/agents/
 };
 
 export const handleGithubCallback = async (req: Request): Promise<Response> => {
-  const url = new URL(req.url);
+  const urlR = parseUrl(req.url);
+  if (!urlR.ok) return errorPage("invalid callback URL");
+  const url = urlR.value;
   const code = url.searchParams.get("code");
   const state = url.searchParams.get("state");
   if (!code || !state) return errorPage("missing code or state");
diff --git a/src/c21_handlers_fallback.ts b/src/c21_handlers_fallback.ts
index 63bf609e0d17f2bf40101cf033cfe8ffdb1ca919..afcdc163f03688148966a030221161f5b4f82f7d 100644
--- a/src/c21_handlers_fallback.ts
+++ b/src/c21_handlers_fallback.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   htmlResponse,
 } from "./c51_render_layout.ts";
 import { proxyToForgejo } from "./c14_forgejo.ts";
+import { parseUrl } from "./c14_request_parse.ts";
 import { getViewer } from "./c32_session.ts";
 import { renderRepoView } from "./c21_handlers_repo_view.ts";
 import {
@@ -37,7 +38,15 @@ const isGitProtocol = (pathname: string, search: URLSearchParams): boolean => {
 };
 
 export const appFetch = async (req: Request): Promise<Response> => {
-  const url = new URL(req.url);
+  const urlR = parseUrl(req.url);
+  // Bun.serve guarantees req.url is well-formed for routed requests;
+  // if parseUrl somehow fails, fall through to a 404 via the default
+  // notFound branch at the end of this function.
+  if (!urlR.ok) {
+    const html = await renderNotFound("/");
+    return htmlResponse(html, 404);
+  }
+  const url = urlR.value;
 
   // Admin edit/delete on multi-segment slugs (company/about, docs/spec/grammar
   // etc.). Bun's `:slug` param can't span "/" so anything with two-or-more
diff --git a/src/c21_handlers_projects.ts b/src/c21_handlers_projects.ts
index 2f3d4738cdf8d0295272d093380e69fce065caa9..717d676c875f1b1c073a9aad0dc8447b63ec3344 100644
--- a/src/c21_handlers_projects.ts
+++ b/src/c21_handlers_projects.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // renders the per-project detail page. Extracted from c21_app.ts per
 // the SAMA Atomic rule.
 
+import { parseUrl } from "./c14_request_parse.ts";
 import {
   renderPage,
   renderNotFound,
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ export const projectsLandingHandler = async (): Promise<Response> => {
 export const projectsNewHandler = async (req: Request): Promise<Response> => {
   const viewer = await getViewer(req);
   if (req.method === "GET") {
-    const url = new URL(req.url);
-    const prefilled = url.searchParams.get("repo") ?? undefined;
+    const urlR = parseUrl(req.url);
+    const prefilled = urlR.ok ? (urlR.value.searchParams.get("repo") ?? undefined) : undefined;
     const html = await renderPage({
       title: "Register a project — tdd.md",
       description:
diff --git a/src/c21_handlers_sama.ts b/src/c21_handlers_sama.ts
index eec9daadfdf834f244e9340ddd7cd82a800212ee..5c5a687f1aa73c0c2ec3b0e9f03ba33016ef31a3 100644
--- a/src/c21_handlers_sama.ts
+++ b/src/c21_handlers_sama.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from "./c51_render_layout.ts";
 import { renderDocsPage } from "./c51_render_docs_layout.ts";
 import { ALL_SAMA } from "./c31_sama.ts";
+import { parseUrl } from "./c14_request_parse.ts";
 import {
   fetchRepoTree,
   fetchRepoRawFile,
@@ -244,8 +245,8 @@ ${checkBlocks}
 };
 
 export const samaVerifyHandler = async (req: { url: string }): Promise<Response> => {
-  const url = new URL(req.url);
-  const repoArg = (url.searchParams.get("repo") ?? "").trim();
+  const urlR = parseUrl(req.url);
+  const repoArg = urlR.ok ? (urlR.value.searchParams.get("repo") ?? "").trim() : "";
 
   if (!repoArg) {
     const html = await renderDocsPage({
diff --git a/src/c21_handlers_webhook.ts b/src/c21_handlers_webhook.ts
index ad109c9e810b166dddca9acacf8e62f930b76f33..7a65f88a3dc834b794b6a2a73504198cb31782fb 100644
--- a/src/c21_handlers_webhook.ts
+++ b/src/c21_handlers_webhook.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 // genuinely different concepts.
 
 import { judge } from "./c14_judge.ts";
+import { parseJson } from "./c14_request_parse.ts";
 import { timingSafeEqual, hmacSha256Hex } from "./c32_session.ts";
 
 export const forgejoWebhookHandler = async (req: Request): Promise<Response> => {
@@ -22,12 +23,9 @@ export const forgejoWebhookHandler = async (req: Request): Promise<Response> =>
     return new Response("invalid signature", { status: 401 });
   }
 
-  let payload: { repository?: { owner?: { login?: string }; name?: string }; ref?: string };
-  try {
-    payload = JSON.parse(body);
-  } catch {
-    return new Response("invalid json", { status: 400 });
-  }
+  const parsed = parseJson<{ repository?: { owner?: { login?: string }; name?: string }; ref?: string }>(body);
+  if (!parsed.ok) return new Response("invalid json", { status: 400 });
+  const payload = parsed.value;
   const owner = payload.repository?.owner?.login;
   const repo = payload.repository?.name;
   if (!owner || !repo) return new Response("missing owner/repo", { status: 400 });
diff --git a/src/c51_render_admin.test.ts b/src/c51_render_admin.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4b231d6b8fdcea8c8cf95a8d912d0b76e50a8925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c51_render_admin.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Sibling test for c51_render_admin.ts (Layer 1, render). The admin
+// pages (list, edit, login wall, non-admin wall) are exercised by
+// e2e/admin-block-editor.spec.ts. This sibling pins the export shape.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import {
+  renderAdminList,
+  renderAdminEdit,
+  renderAdminLoginWall,
+  renderAdminNonAdminWall,
+} from "./c51_render_admin.ts";
+
+describe("c51_render_admin — export shape", () => {
+  test("renderAdminList is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderAdminList).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("renderAdminEdit is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderAdminEdit).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("renderAdminLoginWall is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderAdminLoginWall).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("renderAdminNonAdminWall is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderAdminNonAdminWall).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c51_render_admin — login wall renders for anonymous viewer", () => {
+  test("returns an HTML document mentioning sign-in", async () => {
+    const html = await renderAdminLoginWall();
+    expect(html).toContain("<!doctype html>");
+    expect(html.toLowerCase()).toMatch(/sign in|login|github/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c51_render_commit.test.ts b/src/c51_render_commit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9606b5be6c79f535b1da88e99fce2844676ab697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c51_render_commit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Sibling test for c51_render_commit.ts (Layer 1, render). End-to-end
+// shape covered by /GIT/.../commit/<sha> e2e; this pins the export.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { renderCommitView } from "./c51_render_commit.ts";
+
+describe("c51_render_commit — export shape", () => {
+  test("renderCommitView is an async-style function", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderCommitView).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c51_render_docs_layout.test.ts b/src/c51_render_docs_layout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d08e175ea3b023b63ec5e47e1411d0c278dc4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c51_render_docs_layout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Sibling test for c51_render_docs_layout.ts (Layer 1, render). The
+// docs chrome wraps markdown content with sidebar + on-this-page +
+// edit-link blocks. End-to-end coverage is in editor-flow.spec.ts
+// (which asserts .docs-content presence on /sama).
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { renderDocsPage } from "./c51_render_docs_layout.ts";
+
+describe("c51_render_docs_layout — renderDocsPage", () => {
+  test("is an async function", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderDocsPage).toBe("function");
+  });
+
+  test("renders a complete HTML document for a minimal options object", async () => {
+    const html = await renderDocsPage({
+      title: "Test page",
+      description: "Test description",
+      bodyMarkdown: "# Hello\n\nThis is a docs page.\n",
+      ogPath: "https://tdd.md/test",
+      active: "home",
+      pathForDocs: "/test",
+    });
+    expect(html).toContain("<!doctype html>");
+    expect(html).toContain("<title>Test page");
+    expect(html).toContain("docs-content");
+    expect(html).toContain("This is a docs page");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c51_render_edit.test.ts b/src/c51_render_edit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f0707728c5a722d515be7dd3271b1be6b38326eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c51_render_edit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Sibling test for c51_render_edit.ts (Layer 1, render). End-to-end
+// coverage in e2e/editor-flow.spec.ts (login wall, propose-edit
+// flow) and e2e/git-native-proof.spec.ts (applied-live page). This
+// sibling pins the export shape.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import {
+  renderEditFormPage,
+  renderEditLoginWall,
+  renderEditNonAdminWall,
+  renderEditAppliedLive,
+  renderEditCommitFailed,
+} from "./c51_render_edit.ts";
+
+describe("c51_render_edit — export shape", () => {
+  test("renderEditFormPage is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderEditFormPage).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("renderEditLoginWall is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderEditLoginWall).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("renderEditNonAdminWall is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderEditNonAdminWall).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("renderEditAppliedLive is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderEditAppliedLive).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("renderEditCommitFailed is async", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderEditCommitFailed).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c51_render_edit — login wall renders a complete document", () => {
+  test("anonymous viewer sees a sign-in prompt", async () => {
+    // ResolvedEdit shape — minimal but realistic.
+    const html = await renderEditLoginWall({
+      section: "sama",
+      slug: "skill",
+      title: "SAMA skill",
+      pageUrl: "/sama/skill",
+      mdPath: "content/sama/skill.md",
+      body: "# stub",
+    });
+    expect(html).toContain("<!doctype html>");
+    expect(html.toLowerCase()).toMatch(/sign in|login|github/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c51_render_layout.test.ts b/src/c51_render_layout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
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+// Sibling test for c51_render_layout.ts (Layer 1, render). The page
+// chrome plus the `escape` HTML-escaper. End-to-end coverage at every
+// route that renders HTML; this sibling pins the pure helpers.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { escape, renderPage, renderNotFound, htmlResponse } from "./c51_render_layout.ts";
+
+describe("c51_render_layout — escape (HTML entity escaping)", () => {
+  test("escapes ampersand, lt, gt, double-quote", () => {
+    expect(escape("&")).toBe("&amp;");
+    expect(escape("<")).toBe("&lt;");
+    expect(escape(">")).toBe("&gt;");
+    expect(escape('"')).toBe("&quot;");
+  });
+
+  test("escapes ampersand FIRST so we don't double-escape", () => {
+    // Naive ordering ("<&" → "&lt;&" then & → "&lt;&amp;") would
+    // produce "&amp;lt;&amp;" if the order were wrong.
+    expect(escape("<&>")).toBe("&lt;&amp;&gt;");
+  });
+
+  test("passes plain text through unchanged", () => {
+    expect(escape("hello world")).toBe("hello world");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c51_render_layout — renderPage", () => {
+  test("renders a complete HTML document with the supplied title", async () => {
+    const html = await renderPage({
+      title: "Hello",
+      description: "Test page",
+      bodyMarkdown: "# Hi\n\nbody",
+      ogPath: "https://tdd.md/test",
+    });
+    expect(html).toContain("<!doctype html>");
+    expect(html).toContain("<title>Hello");
+    expect(html).toContain("body");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c51_render_layout — renderNotFound + htmlResponse", () => {
+  test("renderNotFound produces a 404-friendly body string", async () => {
+    const html = await renderNotFound("/nonexistent");
+    expect(html).toContain("<!doctype html>");
+    expect(html).toMatch(/not.found|404/i);
+  });
+
+  test("htmlResponse wraps a string in a 200 Response with text/html", async () => {
+    const r = htmlResponse("<p>hi</p>");
+    expect(r.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(r.headers.get("content-type")).toMatch(/text\/html/);
+    expect(await r.text()).toBe("<p>hi</p>");
+  });
+
+  test("htmlResponse honours the optional status arg", () => {
+    const r = htmlResponse("<p>nope</p>", 404);
+    expect(r.status).toBe(404);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c51_render_projects.test.ts b/src/c51_render_projects.test.ts
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+// Sibling test for c51_render_projects.ts (Layer 1, render).
+// projectsLandingMd / projectRegisterMd / projectDetailMd take typed
+// ProjectRow + viewer inputs and return markdown strings. End-to-end
+// shape covered by /projects routes; this pins the pure transform.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import {
+  projectsLandingMd,
+  projectRegisterMd,
+  projectDetailMd,
+} from "./c51_render_projects.ts";
+import type { ProjectRow } from "./c31_project_config.ts";
+
+const fixture = (): ProjectRow => ({
+  id: 1,
+  registeredBy: "alice",
+  repoOwner: "alice",
+  repoName: "demo",
+  testRunner: "bun",
+  trackedBranches: ["main"],
+  displayName: null,
+  team: null,
+  registeredAt: Date.now(),
+  status: "active",
+});
+
+describe("c51_render_projects — projectsLandingMd", () => {
+  test("returns a non-empty markdown string for an empty project list", () => {
+    const md = projectsLandingMd([]);
+    expect(typeof md).toBe("string");
+    expect(md.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  test("includes the owner/name pair when given one project", () => {
+    const md = projectsLandingMd([fixture()]);
+    expect(md).toContain("alice/demo");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c51_render_projects — projectRegisterMd", () => {
+  test("returns markdown that asks an anonymous viewer to sign in", () => {
+    const md = projectRegisterMd(null);
+    expect(typeof md).toBe("string");
+    expect(md.toLowerCase()).toMatch(/sign in|github|register/);
+  });
+
+  test("includes the viewer's name when signed in", () => {
+    const md = projectRegisterMd("alice");
+    expect(md).toContain("alice");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c51_render_projects — projectDetailMd", () => {
+  test("returns markdown that names the project", () => {
+    const md = projectDetailMd(fixture());
+    expect(md).toContain("alice/demo");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c51_render_repo.test.ts b/src/c51_render_repo.test.ts
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+// Sibling test for c51_render_repo.ts (Layer 1, render). End-to-end
+// shape covered by /GIT/syntaxai/tdd.md/tree|blob/main e2e specs.
+// This pins the export surface.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { renderRepoTree, renderRepoBlob } from "./c51_render_repo.ts";
+
+describe("c51_render_repo — export shape", () => {
+  test("renderRepoTree is exported", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderRepoTree).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("renderRepoBlob is exported", () => {
+    expect(typeof renderRepoBlob).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("c51_render_repo — renderRepoTree minimum behaviour", () => {
+  test("returns a non-empty string for an empty entry list", async () => {
+    const html = await renderRepoTree({
+      owner: "syntaxai",
+      repo: "tdd.md",
+      ref: "main",
+      path: "",
+      entries: [],
+    });
+    expect(typeof html).toBe("string");
+    expect(html.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/c51_render_reports.test.ts b/src/c51_render_reports.test.ts
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+// Sibling test for c51_render_reports.ts (Layer 1, render). Asserts
+// the canonical exports remain function-typed and produce non-empty
+// strings for minimal inputs — the end-to-end shape is exercised by
+// the /reports/* routes' e2e tests; this file pins the API surface.
+
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import {
+  reportsLandingMd,
+  execSummaryMd,
+  agentDrilldownMd,
+  testsOverviewMd,
+} from "./c51_render_reports.ts";
+
+describe("c51_render_reports — export shape", () => {
+  test("reportsLandingMd is a function", () => {
+    expect(typeof reportsLandingMd).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("execSummaryMd is a function", () => {
+    expect(typeof execSummaryMd).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("agentDrilldownMd is a function", () => {
+    expect(typeof agentDrilldownMd).toBe("function");
+  });
+  test("testsOverviewMd is a function", () => {
+    expect(typeof testsOverviewMd).toBe("function");
+  });
+});