diff --git a/packages/contracts/package.json b/packages/contracts/package.json
index ba8e58e..927e33d 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/package.json
+++ b/packages/contracts/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aestheticfunction/dspack-emit": "0.3.1"
+    "@aestheticfunction/dspack-emit": "0.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@astryxdesign/cli": "0.1.4",
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/build.ts b/packages/contracts/src/build.ts
index 038ea54..cc37f39 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/build.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/build.ts
@@ -94,22 +94,28 @@ for (const version of ["0.9.1", "1.0"] as A2uiVersion[]) {
 // owner-authored upstream extension (intents beyond destructive-action);
 // the catalog emission and gates run today.
 const shadcnDoc = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(root, "shadcn-ui.dspack.json"), "utf8")) as DspackDoc;
-const shadcnExample = (shadcnDoc as any).examples?.[0];
-if (!shadcnExample?.surface) {
+const shadcnExamples = ((shadcnDoc as any).examples ?? []) as Array<{ id: string; surface: unknown }>;
+if (shadcnExamples.length === 0 || !shadcnExamples[0]?.surface) {
   console.error("shadcn contract has no worked example surface; A3 would be vacuous");
   process.exit(1);
 }
+// EVERY worked example must emit (P1.E): the example set is the contract's
+// own definition of "expressible", and a nominally-mapped component whose
+// sub-family refuses only surfaces when its example is actually emitted.
+// examples[0] additionally feeds the A3 instance gate below.
 let shadcnSurfaceMessages: unknown = { messages: [] };
-try {
-  const emitted = emitSurface(shadcnExample.surface as DspackSurface, shadcnDoc, { profile: shadcnProfile });
-  shadcnSurfaceMessages = { messages: emitted.messages };
-  for (const w of emitted.warnings) console.log(`  [shadcn surface warn] ${w.code}: ${w.message}`);
-} catch (err) {
-  if (err instanceof EmitSurfaceError) {
-    console.error(`shadcn surface emission failed: ${err.message}`);
-    process.exit(4);
+for (const [i, example] of shadcnExamples.entries()) {
+  try {
+    const emitted = emitSurface(example.surface as DspackSurface, shadcnDoc, { profile: shadcnProfile });
+    if (i === 0) shadcnSurfaceMessages = { messages: emitted.messages };
+    for (const w of emitted.warnings) console.log(`  [shadcn surface warn] ${example.id} ${w.code}: ${w.message}`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof EmitSurfaceError) {
+      console.error(`shadcn surface emission failed (${example.id}): ${err.message}`);
+      process.exit(4);
+    }
+    throw err;
   }
-  throw err;
 }
 for (const version of ["0.9.1", "1.0"] as A2uiVersion[]) {
   const { catalog, validation, report } = transform(shadcnDoc, version, shadcnSurfaceMessages, shadcnProfile);
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 960b8e4..a04e311 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ importers:
   packages/contracts:
     dependencies:
       '@aestheticfunction/dspack-emit':
-        specifier: 0.3.1
-        version: 0.3.1
+        specifier: 0.3.2
+        version: 0.3.2
     devDependencies:
       '@astryxdesign/cli':
         specifier: 0.1.4
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ packages:
   '@aestheticfunction/dspack-emit@0.3.1':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-0vCFP5rvWGoIPvnBlB3puXkhoJhEyq/FQHrfj3JfPwf37WfASZb5ZOK3tPzB8ZhZTFkxvhjrvHeEYgRDOGm04w==}
 
+  '@aestheticfunction/dspack-emit@0.3.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-jkygjjByRJWeUbfGygcz7fkYQ7mTx9lRswCwE/zWNj/ChOiBhjvoEEQGOvrFbOw/J0m4o2REvKQKIhXV55ytdA==}
+
   '@aestheticfunction/dspack-gen@0.1.2':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-u64Khv8+/HsIDwC5ciyW2gTNFmgrRH+CjQFbFBlj1s1veZQAifwE/gQXN23QmcdPKdEwDVMJuIhEYXirfV82Mg==}
     engines: {node: '>=20.0.0'}
@@ -2176,6 +2179,11 @@ snapshots:
       ajv: 8.20.0
       ajv-formats: 3.0.1(ajv@8.20.0)
 
+  '@aestheticfunction/dspack-emit@0.3.2':
+    dependencies:
+      ajv: 8.20.0
+      ajv-formats: 3.0.1(ajv@8.20.0)
+
   '@aestheticfunction/dspack-gen@0.1.2(zod@4.4.3)':
     dependencies:
       '@aestheticfunction/dspack-emit': 0.3.1