diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/captures.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/captures.ts
index 834214aae..82a39a6d9 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/captures.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/captures.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type { Capture, CaptureMatch } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import { findNodeAtRange, nodeToCapture, syntheticCapture } from '../../utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import { splitUsingDirective } from './import-decomposer.js';
 import { computeCsharpArityMetadata } from './arity-metadata.js';
+import { synthesizeCsharpReceiverBinding } from './receiver-binding.js';
 import { getCsharpParser, getCsharpScopeQuery } from './query.js';
 import { recordCacheHit, recordCacheMiss } from './cache-stats.js';
 
@@ -90,6 +91,24 @@ export function emitCsharpScopeCaptures(
       continue;
     }
 
+    // Synthesize `this` / `base` receiver type-bindings on every
+    // instance method-like. Tree-sitter can't cleanly express "the
+    // implicit receiver of a non-static member of a class/struct/
+    // record/interface" via a static `.scm` pattern, so we walk up
+    // the AST in code. Mirrors Python's `self`/`cls` synthesis on
+    // `@scope.function` matches.
+    if (grouped['@scope.function'] !== undefined) {
+      out.push(grouped);
+      const anchor = grouped['@scope.function']!;
+      const fnNode = findFunctionNode(tree.rootNode, anchor.range);
+      if (fnNode !== null) {
+        for (const synth of synthesizeCsharpReceiverBinding(fnNode)) {
+          out.push(synth);
+        }
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
     // Synthesize arity metadata on function-like declarations so the
     // registry can narrow overloads (C# relies heavily on this). Mirrors
     // Python's captures.ts pattern — one anchor per match, so we find
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/interpret.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/interpret.ts
index 4f8182aa1..34f4702c5 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/interpret.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/interpret.ts
@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ export function interpretCsharpTypeBinding(captures: CaptureMatch): ParsedTypeBi
   // receiver-typed resolution treats these identically.
   const rawType = stripQualifier(stripGeneric(stripNullable(typeCap.text.trim())));
 
-  // Anchor captures distinguish the source of the binding.
+  // Anchor captures distinguish the source of the binding. Order
+  // matters: more-specific anchors take precedence.
   let source: TypeRef['source'] = 'parameter-annotation';
-  if (captures['@type-binding.constructor'] !== undefined) source = 'constructor-inferred';
+  if (captures['@type-binding.self'] !== undefined) source = 'self';
+  else if (captures['@type-binding.constructor'] !== undefined) source = 'constructor-inferred';
   else if (captures['@type-binding.annotation'] !== undefined) source = 'annotation';
   else if (captures['@type-binding.alias'] !== undefined) source = 'assignment-inferred';
   else if (captures['@type-binding.return'] !== undefined) source = 'return-annotation';
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/query.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/query.ts
index 32278f92e..39501e702 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/query.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/query.ts
@@ -207,11 +207,25 @@ const CSHARP_SCOPE_QUERY = `
   function: (identifier) @reference.name) @reference.call.free
 
 ;; References — member calls: \`obj.Method()\`
+;; \`(_)\` matches only named nodes in tree-sitter queries. \`this\` and
+;; \`base\` are anonymous tokens in tree-sitter-c-sharp (unlike Python's
+;; \`self\` which is a regular identifier), so they need explicit
+;; patterns to emit a receiver capture.
 (invocation_expression
   function: (member_access_expression
     expression: (_) @reference.receiver
     name: (identifier) @reference.name)) @reference.call.member
 
+(invocation_expression
+  function: (member_access_expression
+    expression: "this" @reference.receiver
+    name: (identifier) @reference.name)) @reference.call.member
+
+(invocation_expression
+  function: (member_access_expression
+    expression: "base" @reference.receiver
+    name: (identifier) @reference.name)) @reference.call.member
+
 ;; References — null-conditional member calls: \`obj?.Method()\`
 ;; conditional_access_expression wraps a receiver followed by a
 ;; member_binding_expression. Capture the receiver explicitly so
@@ -243,6 +257,16 @@ const CSHARP_SCOPE_QUERY = `
   left: (member_access_expression
     expression: (_) @reference.receiver
     name: (identifier) @reference.name)) @reference.write.member
+
+(assignment_expression
+  left: (member_access_expression
+    expression: "this" @reference.receiver
+    name: (identifier) @reference.name)) @reference.write.member
+
+(assignment_expression
+  left: (member_access_expression
+    expression: "base" @reference.receiver
+    name: (identifier) @reference.name)) @reference.write.member
 `;
 
 let _parser: Parser | null = null;
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/receiver-binding.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/receiver-binding.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cd69b99a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/receiver-binding.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/**
+ * Synthesize `@type-binding.self` captures for C# instance methods —
+ * one for `this` (always on non-static methods inside a type
+ * declaration) and optionally one for `base` (only on class methods
+ * when the enclosing class has an explicit base in its `base_list`).
+ *
+ * Mirrors `languages/python/receiver-binding.ts` in structure. The
+ * tree-sitter-c-sharp grammar doesn't give us a clean `.scm` pattern
+ * for "this-receiver on every instance method inside an enclosing
+ * type" because the binding isn't a parameter — it's an implicit
+ * receiver. Synthesis in code is the same approach Python uses for
+ * `self` / `cls`.
+ */
+
+import type { Capture, CaptureMatch } from 'gitnexus-shared';
+import { nodeToCapture, syntheticCapture, type SyntaxNode } from '../../utils/ast-helpers.js';
+
+const TYPE_DECL_NODE_TYPES = new Set([
+  'class_declaration',
+  'struct_declaration',
+  'record_declaration',
+  'interface_declaration',
+]);
+
+const FUNCTION_NODE_TYPES = new Set([
+  'method_declaration',
+  'constructor_declaration',
+  'destructor_declaration',
+  'operator_declaration',
+  'conversion_operator_declaration',
+  'local_function_statement',
+]);
+
+/** Walk up to the enclosing type declaration, stopping at any other
+ *  function-like node (nested local functions shouldn't leak `this`
+ *  from an outer class to an inner closure). */
+function findEnclosingTypeDeclaration(node: SyntaxNode): SyntaxNode | null {
+  let cur: SyntaxNode | null = node.parent;
+  while (cur !== null) {
+    if (TYPE_DECL_NODE_TYPES.has(cur.type)) return cur;
+    // A local function nested inside another method still sees `this`
+    // from the enclosing class — don't break on function-like nodes.
+    cur = cur.parent;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function typeName(typeNode: SyntaxNode): string | null {
+  return typeNode.childForFieldName('name')?.text ?? null;
+}
+
+/** First entry in the type's `base_list`, read as raw text. C# allows
+ *  generic and qualified bases (`Foo<T>`, `N.M.Base`); we keep the raw
+ *  form so downstream interpret layer can strip generics/qualifiers
+ *  the same way as other type-binding captures. Returns null when the
+ *  type has no base (or an empty base_list). */
+function firstBaseText(typeNode: SyntaxNode): string | null {
+  for (let i = 0; i < typeNode.namedChildCount; i++) {
+    const child = typeNode.namedChild(i);
+    if (child === null || child.type !== 'base_list') continue;
+    const firstBase = child.namedChild(0);
+    if (firstBase === null) return null;
+    return firstBase.text;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function isStaticMethod(fnNode: SyntaxNode): boolean {
+  // A `static` modifier appears as a named `modifier` child whose text
+  // is exactly "static". collectModifierTexts in field-extractors
+  // handles this, but duplicating the tiny scan here keeps the
+  // receiver-binding module dependency-free.
+  for (let i = 0; i < fnNode.namedChildCount; i++) {
+    const child = fnNode.namedChild(i);
+    if (child !== null && child.type === 'modifier' && child.text.trim() === 'static') return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build zero, one, or two `@type-binding.self` matches for `fnNode`:
+ *
+ *  - Returns `null` if the function is free (no enclosing type),
+ *    static, or the enclosing type has no resolvable name.
+ *  - Returns one match (`this`) for non-static methods inside a
+ *    class/struct/record/interface.
+ *  - Returns two matches (`this` + `base`) only when the function
+ *    lives in a `class_declaration` (or `record_declaration`) that has
+ *    at least one base entry. Structs cannot inherit classes;
+ *    interfaces cannot call `base.X`.
+ *
+ *  The caller is responsible for guaranteeing
+ *  `FUNCTION_NODE_TYPES.has(fnNode.type)`.
+ */
+export function synthesizeCsharpReceiverBinding(fnNode: SyntaxNode): CaptureMatch[] {
+  if (!FUNCTION_NODE_TYPES.has(fnNode.type)) return [];
+  if (isStaticMethod(fnNode)) return [];
+
+  const enclosingType = findEnclosingTypeDeclaration(fnNode);
+  if (enclosingType === null) return [];
+
+  const enclosingName = typeName(enclosingType);
+  if (enclosingName === null) return [];
+
+  // Anchor the synthesized captures to a node clearly *inside* the
+  // function's scope (not at the method's start position, which maps
+  // to the enclosing class scope via positionIndex). The method's
+  // `body` field is the block statement — its range is guaranteed to
+  // be inside the function scope. If the method has no body (interface
+  // declaration, `abstract`), skip — there's no function scope to
+  // attach the binding to.
+  const anchorNode = fnNode.childForFieldName('body');
+  if (anchorNode === null) return [];
+
+  const out: CaptureMatch[] = [];
+  out.push(buildReceiverMatch(anchorNode, 'this', enclosingName));
+
+  // `base` applies only to class / record methods with an explicit
+  // base class. `struct` can't inherit a class; `interface` can't
+  // call `base.X`. The first entry of `base_list` is the base class
+  // (interfaces follow); we can't statically distinguish the two here,
+  // but `base.X` only compiles when the first entry IS a class, so we
+  // trust the source — if the user wrote `base.X` in a class with
+  // interface-only bases, their code wouldn't compile anyway.
+  if (enclosingType.type === 'class_declaration' || enclosingType.type === 'record_declaration') {
+    const baseText = firstBaseText(enclosingType);
+    if (baseText !== null) {
+      out.push(buildReceiverMatch(anchorNode, 'base', baseText));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+function buildReceiverMatch(anchorNode: SyntaxNode, name: string, typeText: string): CaptureMatch {
+  const m: Record<string, Capture> = {
+    '@type-binding.self': nodeToCapture('@type-binding.self', anchorNode),
+    '@type-binding.name': syntheticCapture('@type-binding.name', anchorNode, name),
+    '@type-binding.type': syntheticCapture('@type-binding.type', anchorNode, typeText),
+  };
+  return m;
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-captures.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-captures.test.ts
index 6dca1f6fb..598d48089 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-captures.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-captures.test.ts
@@ -266,6 +266,96 @@ describe('emitCsharpScopeCaptures — arity metadata synthesis', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('emitCsharpScopeCaptures — receiver-binding synthesis (`this` / `base`)', () => {
+  it('emits `this` for an instance method inside a class', () => {
+    const m = findMatch('class User { public void M() { } }', (t) =>
+      t.includes('@type-binding.self'),
+    );
+    expect(m).toBeDefined();
+    expect(m!['@type-binding.name'].text).toBe('this');
+    expect(m!['@type-binding.type'].text).toBe('User');
+  });
+
+  it('emits both `this` and `base` when the class has a base class', () => {
+    const matches = emitCsharpScopeCaptures(
+      'class User : BaseModel { public void M() { base.Save(); } }',
+      'test.cs',
+    );
+    const receiverMatches = matches.filter((m) => '@type-binding.self' in m);
+    const names = receiverMatches.map((m) => m['@type-binding.name'].text).sort();
+    expect(names).toEqual(['base', 'this']);
+    const baseMatch = receiverMatches.find((m) => m['@type-binding.name'].text === 'base');
+    expect(baseMatch!['@type-binding.type'].text).toBe('BaseModel');
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit `this` or `base` for static methods', () => {
+    const matches = emitCsharpScopeCaptures('class User { public static void M() { } }', 'test.cs');
+    const receiverMatches = matches.filter((m) => '@type-binding.self' in m);
+    expect(receiverMatches).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit `base` for structs (they cannot inherit classes)', () => {
+    const matches = emitCsharpScopeCaptures('struct Point { public void M() { } }', 'test.cs');
+    const names = matches
+      .filter((m) => '@type-binding.self' in m)
+      .map((m) => m['@type-binding.name'].text);
+    expect(names).toEqual(['this']);
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit `base` for interface methods', () => {
+    const matches = emitCsharpScopeCaptures('interface IFoo { void M() { } }', 'test.cs');
+    const names = matches
+      .filter((m) => '@type-binding.self' in m)
+      .map((m) => m['@type-binding.name'].text);
+    expect(names).toEqual(['this']);
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit receiver bindings for free local functions (no enclosing type)', () => {
+    // Local functions inside a method still have `this` from the
+    // enclosing class — that's a normal method + local combination.
+    // Test the pure free case: a local function at namespace level is
+    // not legal C#, so we exercise the adjacent "top-level statement"
+    // variant: a method inside a class works fine, but the local
+    // function *inside* that method also sees `this` from the class.
+    // This test confirms synthesis doesn't produce duplicate bindings.
+    const matches = emitCsharpScopeCaptures(
+      'class User { public void M() { void Local() { } } }',
+      'test.cs',
+    );
+    const thisMatches = matches.filter(
+      (m) => '@type-binding.self' in m && m['@type-binding.name'].text === 'this',
+    );
+    // Expect two: one for M() and one for Local() — both see `this`
+    // from the enclosing User class.
+    expect(thisMatches).toHaveLength(2);
+    for (const tm of thisMatches) {
+      expect(tm['@type-binding.type'].text).toBe('User');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('emits `this` on constructors with the enclosing class name', () => {
+    const matches = emitCsharpScopeCaptures('class User { public User() { } }', 'test.cs');
+    const thisMatch = matches.find(
+      (m) => '@type-binding.self' in m && m['@type-binding.name'].text === 'this',
+    );
+    expect(thisMatch).toBeDefined();
+    expect(thisMatch!['@type-binding.type'].text).toBe('User');
+  });
+
+  it('emits `this` with innermost type for nested class methods', () => {
+    const matches = emitCsharpScopeCaptures(
+      'class Outer { class Inner { public void M() { } } }',
+      'test.cs',
+    );
+    const thisMatches = matches.filter(
+      (m) => '@type-binding.self' in m && m['@type-binding.name'].text === 'this',
+    );
+    // M is the only instance method; its `this` binds to Inner.
+    expect(thisMatches).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(thisMatches[0]['@type-binding.type'].text).toBe('Inner');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('emitCsharpScopeCaptures — references', () => {
   it('captures free call invocations', () => {
     const m = findMatch('class A { void M() { Foo(); } }', (t) =>