diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractor.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractor.ts
index e19000826..9a60e48f0 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractor.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractor.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 import type { SyntaxNode } from './utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../config/supported-languages.js';
-import type { 
-  FieldExtractorContext, 
-  ExtractedFields
+import type {
+  FieldExtractorContext,
+  ExtractedFields,
+  FieldVisibility,
 } from './field-types.js';
 
 /**
@@ -56,5 +57,5 @@ export abstract class BaseFieldExtractor implements FieldExtractor {
     return typeName;
   }
   
-  protected abstract extractVisibility(node: SyntaxNode): string;
+  protected abstract extractVisibility(node: SyntaxNode): FieldVisibility;
 }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/c-cpp.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/c-cpp.ts
index 34d6862f2..7ecf64828 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/c-cpp.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/c-cpp.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import type { FieldExtractionConfig } from '../generic.js';
 import { hasKeyword } from './helpers.js';
 import { extractSimpleTypeName } from '../../type-extractors/shared.js';
 import type { SyntaxNode } from '../../utils/ast-helpers.js';
+import type { FieldVisibility } from '../../field-types.js';
 
 /**
  * Detect C++ access specifier (public:/private:/protected:) by walking
  * backwards from the field node through siblings.
  */
-function cppAccessSpecifier(node: SyntaxNode): string | undefined {
+function cppAccessSpecifier(node: SyntaxNode): FieldVisibility | undefined {
   let sibling = node.previousNamedSibling;
   while (sibling) {
     if (sibling.type === 'access_specifier') {
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/csharp.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/csharp.ts
index 9238a51ec..90ccd861d 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/csharp.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/csharp.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../../config/supported-languages.js';
 import type { FieldExtractionConfig } from '../generic.js';
 import { findVisibility, hasKeyword, hasModifier } from './helpers.js';
 import { extractSimpleTypeName } from '../../type-extractors/shared.js';
+import type { FieldVisibility } from '../../field-types.js';
 
-const CSHARP_VIS = new Set(['public', 'private', 'protected', 'internal']);
+const CSHARP_VIS = new Set<FieldVisibility>(['public', 'private', 'protected', 'internal']);
 
 /**
  * C# field extraction config.
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/helpers.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/helpers.ts
index 27490b4bd..63fe9b905 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/helpers.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/helpers.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import type { SyntaxNode } from '../../utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import { extractSimpleTypeName } from '../../type-extractors/shared.js';
+import type { FieldVisibility } from '../../field-types.js';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Modifier scanning
@@ -48,14 +49,15 @@ export function hasModifier(node: SyntaxNode, modifierType: string, keyword: str
  */
 export function findVisibility(
   node: SyntaxNode,
-  keywords: ReadonlySet<string>,
-  defaultVis: string,
+  keywords: ReadonlySet<FieldVisibility>,
+  defaultVis: FieldVisibility,
   modifierNodeType?: string,
-): string {
+): FieldVisibility {
   // Direct keyword children
   for (let i = 0; i < node.childCount; i++) {
     const child = node.child(i);
-    if (child && keywords.has(child.text.trim())) return child.text.trim();
+    const text = child?.text.trim() as FieldVisibility | undefined;
+    if (text && (keywords as ReadonlySet<string>).has(text)) return text;
   }
   // Modifier wrapper
   if (modifierNodeType) {
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ export function findVisibility(
       if (child && child.type === modifierNodeType) {
         for (let j = 0; j < child.childCount; j++) {
           const mod = child.child(j);
-          if (mod && keywords.has(mod.text.trim())) return mod.text.trim();
+          const modText = mod?.text.trim() as FieldVisibility | undefined;
+          if (modText && (keywords as ReadonlySet<string>).has(modText)) return modText;
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/jvm.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/jvm.ts
index 7b05ff7a0..e72bd245c 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/jvm.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/jvm.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../../config/supported-languages.js';
 import type { FieldExtractionConfig } from '../generic.js';
 import { findVisibility, hasKeyword, hasModifier, typeFromField } from './helpers.js';
 import { extractSimpleTypeName } from '../../type-extractors/shared.js';
+import type { FieldVisibility } from '../../field-types.js';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Java
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const JAVA_VIS = new Set(['public', 'private', 'protected']);
+const JAVA_VIS = new Set<FieldVisibility>(['public', 'private', 'protected']);
 
 export const javaConfig: FieldExtractionConfig = {
   language: SupportedLanguages.Java,
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ export const javaConfig: FieldExtractionConfig = {
 // Kotlin
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const KOTLIN_VIS = new Set(['public', 'private', 'protected', 'internal']);
+const KOTLIN_VIS = new Set<FieldVisibility>(['public', 'private', 'protected', 'internal']);
 
 export const kotlinConfig: FieldExtractionConfig = {
   language: SupportedLanguages.Kotlin,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/php.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/php.ts
index 49437ec51..d6054209f 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/php.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/php.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../../config/supported-languages.js';
 import type { FieldExtractionConfig } from '../generic.js';
 import { findVisibility, hasKeyword } from './helpers.js';
 import { extractSimpleTypeName } from '../../type-extractors/shared.js';
+import type { FieldVisibility } from '../../field-types.js';
 
-const PHP_VIS = new Set(['public', 'private', 'protected']);
+const PHP_VIS = new Set<FieldVisibility>(['public', 'private', 'protected']);
 
 /**
  * PHP field extraction config.
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/python.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/python.ts
index 4eae9559c..aea0f94eb 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/python.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/python.ts
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ export const pythonConfig: FieldExtractionConfig = {
   },
 
   isStatic(_node) {
-    // Class-level variables in Python are effectively static;
-    // instance variables (self.x) live in __init__ and are not extracted here.
+    // Reports syntactic static keyword — Python class variables don't use explicit static keyword.
+    // Instance variables (self.x) live in __init__ and are not extracted here.
     return false;
   },
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/ruby.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/ruby.ts
index b28781e92..17cfac62f 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/ruby.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/ruby.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,33 @@
 
 import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../../config/supported-languages.js';
 import type { FieldExtractionConfig } from '../generic.js';
+import type { SyntaxNode } from '../../utils/ast-helpers.js';
+
+/**
+ * Collect all field names declared by an `attr_accessor`, `attr_reader`, or
+ * `attr_writer` call node.  A single call may list multiple symbols:
+ *   attr_accessor :foo, :bar, :baz
+ */
+function extractAttrNames(node: SyntaxNode): string[] {
+  const method = node.childForFieldName('method');
+  if (!method) return [];
+  const methodName = method.text;
+  if (methodName !== 'attr_accessor' && methodName !== 'attr_reader'
+    && methodName !== 'attr_writer') {
+    return [];
+  }
+  const args = node.childForFieldName('arguments');
+  if (!args) return [];
+  const names: string[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < args.namedChildCount; i++) {
+    const arg = args.namedChild(i);
+    if (!arg) continue;
+    // simple_symbol text is :name — strip the leading colon
+    const text = arg.text;
+    names.push(text.startsWith(':') ? text.slice(1) : text);
+  }
+  return names;
+}
 
 /**
  * Ruby field extraction config.
@@ -25,22 +52,13 @@ export const rubyConfig: FieldExtractionConfig = {
   defaultVisibility: 'public',
 
   extractName(node) {
-    // call node: method = attr_accessor / attr_reader / attr_writer
-    const method = node.childForFieldName('method');
-    if (!method) return undefined;
-    const methodName = method.text;
-    if (methodName !== 'attr_accessor' && methodName !== 'attr_reader'
-      && methodName !== 'attr_writer') {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-    // arguments: argument_list > simple_symbol (:name)
-    const args = node.childForFieldName('arguments');
-    if (!args) return undefined;
-    const firstArg = args.firstNamedChild;
-    if (!firstArg) return undefined;
-    // simple_symbol text is :name — strip the colon
-    const text = firstArg.text;
-    return text.startsWith(':') ? text.slice(1) : text;
+    // Returns the first symbol name for interface compatibility.
+    // Use extractNames to obtain all names from a single attr_* call.
+    return extractAttrNames(node)[0];
+  },
+
+  extractNames(node) {
+    return extractAttrNames(node);
   },
 
   extractType(_node) {
@@ -48,7 +66,7 @@ export const rubyConfig: FieldExtractionConfig = {
     return undefined;
   },
 
-  extractVisibility(node) {
+  extractVisibility(_node) {
     // attr_accessor/attr_writer fields are effectively public
     // attr_reader fields are read-only from outside but still public
     return 'public';
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/swift.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/swift.ts
index 05af283ab..e353f0406 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/swift.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/swift.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../../config/supported-languages.js';
 import type { FieldExtractionConfig } from '../generic.js';
 import { hasKeyword, findVisibility } from './helpers.js';
 import { extractSimpleTypeName } from '../../type-extractors/shared.js';
+import type { FieldVisibility } from '../../field-types.js';
 
-const SWIFT_VIS = new Set(['public', 'private', 'fileprivate', 'internal', 'open']);
+const SWIFT_VIS = new Set<FieldVisibility>(['public', 'private', 'fileprivate', 'internal', 'open']);
 
 /**
  * Swift field extraction config.
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/typescript-javascript.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/typescript-javascript.ts
index af012c1c1..67ad53f6a 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/typescript-javascript.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/configs/typescript-javascript.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../../config/supported-languages.js';
 import type { FieldExtractionConfig } from '../generic.js';
 import { hasKeyword, findVisibility, typeFromAnnotation } from './helpers.js';
+import type { FieldVisibility } from '../../field-types.js';
 
-const VISIBILITY_KEYWORDS = new Set(['public', 'private', 'protected']);
+const VISIBILITY_KEYWORDS = new Set<FieldVisibility>(['public', 'private', 'protected']);
 
 const shared: Omit<FieldExtractionConfig, 'language'> = {
   typeDeclarationNodes: [
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ const shared: Omit<FieldExtractionConfig, 'language'> = {
     for (let i = 0; i < node.namedChildCount; i++) {
       const child = node.namedChild(i);
       if (child && child.type === 'accessibility_modifier') {
-        const t = child.text.trim();
+        const t = child.text.trim() as FieldVisibility;
         if (VISIBILITY_KEYWORDS.has(t)) return t;
       }
     }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/generic.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/generic.ts
index 9ae32dce4..baf850b33 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/generic.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/generic.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type { SyntaxNode } from '../utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../config/supported-languages.js';
 import { BaseFieldExtractor } from '../field-extractor.js';
 import type { FieldExtractor } from '../field-extractor.js';
-import type { FieldExtractorContext, ExtractedFields, FieldInfo } from '../field-types.js';
+import type { FieldExtractorContext, ExtractedFields, FieldInfo, FieldVisibility } from '../field-types.js';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Config interface
@@ -27,13 +27,23 @@ export interface FieldExtractionConfig {
   /** AST node type(s) for the class body container (e.g., 'class_body', 'declaration_list') */
   bodyNodeTypes: string[];
   /** Default visibility when no modifier is present */
-  defaultVisibility: string;
-  /** Extract field name from a field declaration node */
+  defaultVisibility: FieldVisibility;
+  /**
+   * Extract field name from a field declaration node.
+   * Use this for nodes that declare exactly one field.
+   */
   extractName: (node: SyntaxNode) => string | undefined;
+  /**
+   * Extract multiple field names from a single declaration node.
+   * Optional override for languages where one AST node can declare
+   * several fields (e.g. Ruby `attr_accessor :foo, :bar`).
+   * When present, the factory uses this instead of `extractName`.
+   */
+  extractNames?: (node: SyntaxNode) => string[];
   /** Extract type annotation from a field declaration node */
   extractType: (node: SyntaxNode) => string | undefined;
   /** Extract visibility from a field declaration node */
-  extractVisibility: (node: SyntaxNode) => string;
+  extractVisibility: (node: SyntaxNode) => FieldVisibility;
   /** Check if a field is static */
   isStatic: (node: SyntaxNode) => boolean;
   /** Check if a field is readonly/final/const */
@@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ export function createFieldExtractor(config: FieldExtractionConfig): FieldExtrac
       return typeDeclarationSet.has(node.type);
     }
 
-    protected extractVisibility(node: SyntaxNode): string {
+    protected extractVisibility(node: SyntaxNode): FieldVisibility {
       return config.extractVisibility(node);
     }
 
@@ -117,8 +127,17 @@ export function createFieldExtractor(config: FieldExtractionConfig): FieldExtrac
         if (!child) continue;
 
         if (fieldNodeSet.has(child.type)) {
-          const field = this.extractSingleField(child, context);
-          if (field) out.push(field);
+          if (config.extractNames) {
+            // Multi-name path: one node may declare several fields (e.g. Ruby attr_accessor)
+            const names = config.extractNames(child);
+            for (const name of names) {
+              const field = this.buildField(child, name, context);
+              if (field) out.push(field);
+            }
+          } else {
+            const field = this.extractSingleField(child, context);
+            if (field) out.push(field);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -129,6 +148,15 @@ export function createFieldExtractor(config: FieldExtractionConfig): FieldExtrac
     ): FieldInfo | null {
       const name = config.extractName(node);
       if (!name) return null;
+      return this.buildField(node, name, context);
+    }
+
+    private buildField(
+      node: SyntaxNode,
+      name: string,
+      context: FieldExtractorContext,
+    ): FieldInfo | null {
+      if (!name) return null;
 
       let type: string | null = config.extractType(node) ?? null;
       if (type) {
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/typescript.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/typescript.ts
index 6282fecf7..4ab518284 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/typescript.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/typescript.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@
 import type { SyntaxNode } from '../utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../config/supported-languages.js';
 import { BaseFieldExtractor } from '../field-extractor.js';
-import type { FieldExtractorContext, ExtractedFields, FieldInfo } from '../field-types.js';
+import type { FieldExtractorContext, ExtractedFields, FieldInfo, FieldVisibility } from '../field-types.js';
 
 /**
- * TypeScript field extractor for class and interface declarations.
- * 
- * Handles:
- * - Class fields with visibility modifiers (public/private/protected)
- * - Interface properties with optional markers (?:)
- * - Static and readonly modifiers
- * - Complex generic types
- * - Property signatures in interface bodies
+ * Hand-written TypeScript field extractor.
+ *
+ * This exists alongside the config-based extractor in configs/typescript-javascript.ts
+ * (used for JavaScript) because TypeScript has unique requirements:
+ * 1. type_alias_declaration with object type literals (e.g., type Config = { key: string })
+ * 2. Optional property detection appending '| undefined' to types
+ * 3. Nested type discovery within class/interface bodies
+ *
+ * The config-based extractor cannot express these TS-specific capabilities.
+ * JavaScript uses the config-based version since it lacks type syntax.
  */
 export class TypeScriptFieldExtractor extends BaseFieldExtractor {
   language = SupportedLanguages.TypeScript;
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ export class TypeScriptFieldExtractor extends BaseFieldExtractor {
   /**
    * Visibility modifiers in TypeScript
    */
-  private static readonly VISIBILITY_MODIFIERS = new Set([
+  private static readonly VISIBILITY_MODIFIERS = new Set<FieldVisibility>([
     'public',
     'private',
     'protected',
@@ -56,12 +58,12 @@ export class TypeScriptFieldExtractor extends BaseFieldExtractor {
   /**
    * Extract visibility modifier from a field node
    */
-  protected extractVisibility(node: SyntaxNode): string {
+  protected extractVisibility(node: SyntaxNode): FieldVisibility {
     // Check for accessibility_modifier named child (tree-sitter typescript)
     for (let i = 0; i < node.namedChildCount; i++) {
       const child = node.namedChild(i);
       if (child && child.type === 'accessibility_modifier') {
-        const text = child.text.trim();
+        const text = child.text.trim() as FieldVisibility;
         if (TypeScriptFieldExtractor.VISIBILITY_MODIFIERS.has(text)) {
           return text;
         }
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ export class TypeScriptFieldExtractor extends BaseFieldExtractor {
     for (let i = 0; i < node.childCount; i++) {
       const child = node.child(i);
       if (child && !child.isNamed) {
-        const text = child.text.trim();
+        const text = child.text.trim() as FieldVisibility;
         if (TypeScriptFieldExtractor.VISIBILITY_MODIFIERS.has(text)) {
           return text;
         }
@@ -84,8 +86,9 @@ export class TypeScriptFieldExtractor extends BaseFieldExtractor {
     if (modifiers) {
       for (let i = 0; i < modifiers.childCount; i++) {
         const modifier = modifiers.child(i);
-        if (modifier && TypeScriptFieldExtractor.VISIBILITY_MODIFIERS.has(modifier.text)) {
-          return modifier.text;
+        const modText = modifier?.text.trim() as FieldVisibility | undefined;
+        if (modText && TypeScriptFieldExtractor.VISIBILITY_MODIFIERS.has(modText)) {
+          return modText;
         }
       }
     }
@@ -164,65 +167,19 @@ export class TypeScriptFieldExtractor extends BaseFieldExtractor {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Extract the full type text, handling complex generic types
+   * Extract the full type text, handling complex generic types.
+   *
+   * type_annotation nodes wrap the literal ': SomeType' — only that branch
+   * needs special handling to unwrap the inner child and skip the colon.
+   * All other node kinds are already the type text itself, so normalizeType
+   * is applied directly.
    */
   private extractFullType(typeNode: SyntaxNode | null): string | null {
     if (!typeNode) return null;
-
-    // For type_annotation, get the inner type (skip the ':')
     if (typeNode.type === 'type_annotation') {
       const innerType = typeNode.firstNamedChild;
-      if (innerType) {
-        return this.normalizeType(innerType.text);
-      }
+      return innerType ? this.normalizeType(innerType.text) : null;
     }
-
-    // Handle predefined_type (string, number, boolean, etc.)
-    if (typeNode.type === 'predefined_type') {
-      return typeNode.text;
-    }
-
-    // Handle type_identifier (custom types)
-    if (typeNode.type === 'type_identifier') {
-      return typeNode.text;
-    }
-
-    // Handle generic_type (Array<User>, Map<string, User>, etc.)
-    if (typeNode.type === 'generic_type') {
-      return this.normalizeType(typeNode.text);
-    }
-
-    // Handle array_type (User[])
-    if (typeNode.type === 'array_type') {
-      return this.normalizeType(typeNode.text);
-    }
-
-    // Handle union_type (User | null)
-    if (typeNode.type === 'union_type') {
-      return this.normalizeType(typeNode.text);
-    }
-
-    // Handle intersection_type (A & B)
-    if (typeNode.type === 'intersection_type') {
-      return this.normalizeType(typeNode.text);
-    }
-
-    // Handle object_type ({ name: string; age: number })
-    if (typeNode.type === 'object_type') {
-      return this.normalizeType(typeNode.text);
-    }
-
-    // Handle literal types
-    if (typeNode.type === 'literal_type') {
-      return this.normalizeType(typeNode.text);
-    }
-
-    // Handle nullable_type (string | null shorthand)
-    if (typeNode.type === 'nullable_type') {
-      return this.normalizeType(typeNode.text);
-    }
-
-    // Fallback: use the full text and normalize
     return this.normalizeType(typeNode.text);
   }
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-types.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-types.ts
index 6c5fe84e4..29e7adda5 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-types.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/field-types.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ import type { TypeEnvironment } from './type-env.js';
 import type { SymbolTable } from './symbol-table.js';
 import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../config/supported-languages.js';
 
+/**
+ * Visibility levels used across all supported languages.
+ * - public / private / protected: universal modifiers
+ * - internal: C#, Kotlin (assembly/module scope)
+ * - package: Java (package-private, no keyword)
+ * - fileprivate: Swift (file scope)
+ * - open: Swift (subclassable across modules)
+ */
+export type FieldVisibility =
+  | 'public'
+  | 'private'
+  | 'protected'
+  | 'internal'
+  | 'package'
+  | 'fileprivate'
+  | 'open';
+
 /**
  * Represents a field or property within a class/struct/interface
  */
@@ -12,8 +29,8 @@ export interface FieldInfo {
   name: string;
   /** Resolved type (may be primitive, FQN, or generic) */
   type: string | null;
-  /** Visibility: public, private, protected, internal */
-  visibility: string;
+  /** Visibility modifier */
+  visibility: FieldVisibility;
   /** Is this a static member? */
   isStatic: boolean;
   /** Is this readonly/const? */
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
index f4664ff76..c9f5eb12d 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { SymbolTable } from './symbol-table.js';
 import { ASTCache } from './ast-cache.js';
 import { getLanguageFromFilename } from './utils/language-detection.js';
 import { yieldToEventLoop } from './utils/event-loop.js';
-import { getDefinitionNodeFromCaptures, findEnclosingClassId, extractMethodSignature, getLabelFromCaptures, CLASS_CONTAINER_TYPES } from './utils/ast-helpers.js';
+import { getDefinitionNodeFromCaptures, findEnclosingClassId, extractMethodSignature, getLabelFromCaptures, CLASS_CONTAINER_TYPES, type SyntaxNode } from './utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import { detectFrameworkFromAST } from './framework-detection.js';
 import { buildTypeEnv } from './type-env.js';
 import type { FieldInfo, FieldExtractorContext } from './field-types.js';
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ const NOOP_SYMBOL_TABLE_SEQ: any = {
 };
 
 function seqGetFieldInfo(
-  classNode: any,
+  classNode: SyntaxNode,
   provider: LanguageProvider,
   context: FieldExtractorContext,
 ): Map<string, FieldInfo> | undefined {
   if (!provider.fieldExtractor) return undefined;
-  const cacheKey = classNode.startIndex as number;
+  const cacheKey = classNode.startIndex;
   let cached = seqFieldInfoCache.get(cacheKey);
   if (cached) return cached;
   const extracted = provider.fieldExtractor.extract(classNode, context);
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
index 002247ebf..252713652 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   extractMethodSignature,
   findDescendant,
   extractStringContent,
+  type SyntaxNode,
 } from '../utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import {
   countCallArguments,
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ const fieldInfoCache = new Map<number, Map<string, FieldInfo>>();
  * Walk up from a definition node to find the nearest enclosing class/struct/interface
  * AST node. Returns the SyntaxNode itself (not an ID) for passing to FieldExtractor.
  */
-function findEnclosingClassNode(node: any): any | null {
+function findEnclosingClassNode(node: SyntaxNode): SyntaxNode | null {
   let current = node.parent;
   while (current) {
     if (CLASS_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(current.type)) {
@@ -337,13 +338,13 @@ const NOOP_SYMBOL_TABLE: any = {
  * or the class yielded no fields.
  */
 function getFieldInfo(
-  classNode: any,
+  classNode: SyntaxNode,
   provider: LanguageProvider,
   context: FieldExtractorContext,
 ): Map<string, FieldInfo> | undefined {
   if (!provider.fieldExtractor) return undefined;
 
-  const cacheKey = classNode.startIndex as number;
+  const cacheKey = classNode.startIndex;
   let cached = fieldInfoCache.get(cacheKey);
   if (cached) return cached;