diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp.ts
index 2e46a1944..837a7517b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp.ts
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export const csharpProvider = defineLanguage({
   interpretTypeBinding: interpretCsharpTypeBinding,
   bindingScopeFor: csharpBindingScopeFor,
   importOwningScope: csharpImportOwningScope,
-  mergeBindings: csharpMergeBindings,
+  mergeBindings: (_scope, bindings) => csharpMergeBindings(bindings),
   receiverBinding: csharpReceiverBinding,
   arityCompatibility: csharpArityCompatibility,
   resolveImportTarget: resolveCsharpImportTarget,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/import-target.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/import-target.ts
index 5079b23e2..8183bd2a4 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/import-target.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/import-target.ts
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ import type { ParsedImport, WorkspaceIndex } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 
 export interface CsharpResolveContext {
   readonly fromFile: string;
-  readonly allFilePaths: Set<string>;
+  readonly allFilePaths: ReadonlySet<string>;
 }
 
 export function resolveCsharpImportTarget(
   parsedImport: ParsedImport,
   workspaceIndex: WorkspaceIndex,
 ): string | null {
+  // WorkspaceIndex is `unknown` in the shared contract (Ring 1
+  // placeholder). The scope-resolution orchestrator hands us a
+  // CsharpResolveContext-shaped object; narrow structurally rather
+  // than via a cast chain so unexpected shapes return null cleanly.
   const ctx = workspaceIndex as CsharpResolveContext | undefined;
   if (
     ctx === undefined ||
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/merge-bindings.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/merge-bindings.ts
index 671970424..dcd1a6f68 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/merge-bindings.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/merge-bindings.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * earlier binding.
  */
 
-import type { BindingRef, Scope } from 'gitnexus-shared';
+import type { BindingRef } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 
 const TIER_LOCAL = 0;
 const TIER_IMPORT = 1;
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ function tierOf(b: BindingRef): number {
   }
 }
 
-export function csharpMergeBindings(
-  _scope: Scope,
-  bindings: readonly BindingRef[],
-): readonly BindingRef[] {
+export function csharpMergeBindings(bindings: readonly BindingRef[]): readonly BindingRef[] {
   if (bindings.length === 0) return bindings;
 
   let bestTier = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/scope-resolver.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/scope-resolver.ts
index af9553a4c..5fc4f9c63 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/scope-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/scope-resolver.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * canonical shape.
  */
 
-import type { ParsedFile, Scope, WorkspaceIndex } from 'gitnexus-shared';
+import type { ParsedFile } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import { SupportedLanguages } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import { buildMro, defaultLinearize } from '../../scope-resolution/passes/mro.js';
 import { populateClassOwnedMembers } from '../../scope-resolution/scope/walkers.js';
@@ -27,24 +27,19 @@ const csharpScopeResolver: ScopeResolver = {
   importEdgeReason: 'csharp-scope: using',
 
   resolveImportTarget: (targetRaw, fromFile, allFilePaths) => {
-    // CsharpResolveContext expects a mutable Set; the orchestrator
-    // hands us a ReadonlySet — safe to widen since the resolver only
-    // reads.
-    const ws: CsharpResolveContext = {
-      fromFile,
-      allFilePaths: allFilePaths as Set<string>,
-    };
+    const ws: CsharpResolveContext = { fromFile, allFilePaths };
+    // `WorkspaceIndex` is an opaque `unknown` placeholder in the
+    // shared contract, so `ws` passes structurally without a cast.
     return resolveCsharpImportTarget(
       { kind: 'namespace', localName: '_', importedName: '_', targetRaw },
-      ws as unknown as WorkspaceIndex,
+      ws,
     );
   },
 
-  // C# shadowing: local > using > using static.
-  mergeBindings: (existing, incoming, scopeId) => {
-    const fakeScope = { id: scopeId } as unknown as Scope;
-    return [...csharpMergeBindings(fakeScope, [...existing, ...incoming])];
-  },
+  // C# shadowing: local > using > using static. The per-scope id is
+  // unused by the C# implementation (shadowing is computed purely
+  // from the binding tier), so we don't need to synthesize a Scope.
+  mergeBindings: (existing, incoming) => [...csharpMergeBindings([...existing, ...incoming])],
 
   // Adapter: csharpArityCompatibility uses (def, callsite); the
   // contract is (callsite, def).
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-hooks.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-hooks.test.ts
index 92075895c..5e37e04d2 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-hooks.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-hooks.test.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ describe('csharpImportOwningScope', () => {
 });
 
 describe('csharpMergeBindings — shadowing precedence', () => {
-  const scope = fakeScope('Function');
   const def = (nodeId: string): SymbolDefinition =>
     ({ nodeId, filePath: 't.cs', type: 'Function' }) as SymbolDefinition;
   const binding = (origin: BindingRef['origin'], nodeId: string): BindingRef =>
@@ -94,43 +93,43 @@ describe('csharpMergeBindings — shadowing precedence', () => {
   it('local declaration shadows `using` import', () => {
     const local = binding('local', 'L');
     const imp = binding('import', 'I');
-    expect(csharpMergeBindings(scope, [imp, local])).toEqual([local]);
+    expect(csharpMergeBindings([imp, local])).toEqual([local]);
   });
 
   it('explicit `using` shadows `using static` (wildcard)', () => {
     const imp = binding('import', 'I');
     const wc = binding('wildcard', 'W');
-    expect(csharpMergeBindings(scope, [wc, imp])).toEqual([imp]);
+    expect(csharpMergeBindings([wc, imp])).toEqual([imp]);
   });
 
   it('local shadows both `using` and `using static`', () => {
     const local = binding('local', 'L');
     const imp = binding('import', 'I');
     const wc = binding('wildcard', 'W');
-    expect(csharpMergeBindings(scope, [wc, imp, local])).toEqual([local]);
+    expect(csharpMergeBindings([wc, imp, local])).toEqual([local]);
   });
 
   it('keeps overload siblings at the same tier', () => {
     const a = binding('local', 'A');
     const b = binding('local', 'B');
-    expect(csharpMergeBindings(scope, [a, b])).toEqual([a, b]);
+    expect(csharpMergeBindings([a, b])).toEqual([a, b]);
   });
 
   it('dedupes same-nodeId bindings', () => {
     const a = binding('local', 'A');
     const a2 = binding('local', 'A');
-    expect(csharpMergeBindings(scope, [a, a2])).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(csharpMergeBindings([a, a2])).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
   it('namespace and reexport tie with explicit import (same tier)', () => {
     const ns = binding('namespace', 'N');
     const re = binding('reexport', 'R');
     const imp = binding('import', 'I');
-    expect(csharpMergeBindings(scope, [ns, re, imp])).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(csharpMergeBindings([ns, re, imp])).toHaveLength(3);
   });
 
   it('empty in → empty out', () => {
-    expect(csharpMergeBindings(scope, [])).toEqual([]);
+    expect(csharpMergeBindings([])).toEqual([]);
   });
 });