diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/graph.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/graph.rs
index 280e877..7a42fe8 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/graph.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/graph.rs
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ enum ParamNames<'a> {
 }
 
 /// A CLI-local, *borrowed* render notion unifying a composite **input role** and a
-/// blueprint **source** for the shared graph core (#48): both are an external entry
-/// drawn as a marker node wired into its interior `targets`. The composite builds
-/// these from `Role` (name = role name), the blueprint from `SourceSpec` (name =
-/// `source:{kind}`) — no engine change, the list is assembled CLI-side and borrows
+/// blueprint **bound source role** for the shared graph core (#48): both are an
+/// external entry drawn as a marker node wired into its interior `targets`. Both
+/// views build these from `Role` (name = role name); the blueprint root filters to
+/// bound roles (`source.is_some()`), the only remaining root-vs-interior
+/// distinction (C3) — no engine change, the list is assembled CLI-side and borrows
 /// the engine's `Target` slices.
 struct Entry<'a> {
     name: String,
@@ -60,22 +61,18 @@ pub enum Color {
 /// defines each distinct composite type once. Flat layout only (no subgraphs).
 pub fn render_blueprint(bp: &Composite, color: Color) -> String {
     // the main graph is the shared graph core (`render_graph`) over the root
-    // composite's top-level (nodes, edges): leaves enriched exactly as `where:`
-    // interior leaves are (param names folded in, a `<field> →` prefix for any input
-    // fed by a multi-output producer — the headline: macd's `histogram` driving
-    // Exposure), composites opaque. The deltas vs a composite definition: param names
-    // come from the builder (no alias overlay at the root); the entries are the
-    // root's source-bound roles, not interior roles; there is no output record
-    // (terminals are sinks) and no title.
+    // composite's top-level (nodes, edges), rendered exactly as a `where:` interior:
+    // leaves enriched (param names, a `<field> →` prefix for a multi-output producer
+    // — macd's `histogram` driving Exposure — and, now threaded at the root too,
+    // fan-in slot stubs), composites opaque, entries named by their role. The only
+    // deltas vs a composite definition: param names come from the builder (no alias
+    // overlay at the root); entries are filtered to bound source roles (C3); there
+    // is no output record (terminals are sinks) and no title.
     let entries: Vec<Entry> = bp
         .input_roles()
         .iter()
-        .filter_map(|role| {
-            role.source.map(|kind| Entry {
-                name: format!("source:{kind:?}"),
-                targets: &role.targets,
-            })
-        })
+        .filter(|role| role.source.is_some())
+        .map(|role| Entry { name: role.name.clone(), targets: &role.targets })
         .collect();
     let main = render_graph(
         bp.nodes(),
@@ -83,7 +80,7 @@ pub fn render_blueprint(bp: &Composite, color: Color) -> String {
         &entries,
         &[], // no output bindings: a blueprint's terminals are sinks
         ParamNames::Factory,
-        None, // no fan-in stub context at the root (deterministic no-op, #48)
+        bp, // the root IS the fan-in stub context (it carries roles + edges)
         None, // no title
         color,
     );
@@ -105,8 +102,9 @@ pub fn render_blueprint(bp: &Composite, color: Color) -> String {
 /// `OutField` re-export gets the `name := ` binding prefix folded on (empty list →
 /// no binding, the blueprint case); every [`Entry`] is drawn as a marker wired to its
 /// interior targets. A `title` (the composite's typed signature) is prefixed when
-/// `Some`. The two render-borders that differ — param-name source and fan-in stub
-/// availability — are passed as `param_names` / `stub_ctx`.
+/// `Some`. The render-border that differs — the param-name source — is passed as
+/// `param_names`; `stub_ctx` is the borrowed composite (root or interior) both
+/// views thread for fan-in slot resolution.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn render_graph(
     nodes: &[BlueprintNode],
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ fn render_graph(
     entries: &[Entry],
     output: &[OutField],
     param_names: ParamNames,
-    stub_ctx: Option<&Composite>,
+    stub_ctx: &Composite,
     title: Option<&str>,
     color: Color,
 ) -> String {
@@ -240,10 +238,10 @@ fn signature(c: &Composite) -> String {
 ///    composite path keeps using the alias overlay filtered to this node (so `where:`
 ///    stays byte-identical — only aliased slots, never factory defaults); the
 ///    blueprint-root path uses the factory's declared names.
-/// 3. The leaf's input-slot stubs (`#Sf`, …) when it is a multi-input fan-in **and** a
-///    composite context is available (`stub_ctx = Some`). At the blueprint root no
-///    such context is threaded, so a top-level fan-in renders without stubs (a
-///    deterministic no-op, #48) rather than duplicating the signature machinery.
+/// 3. The leaf's input-slot stubs (`#Sf`, …) when it is a multi-input fan-in. The
+///    `stub_ctx` is the borrowed composite (root or interior) the wired slots
+///    resolve against; both views thread it, so a top-level fan-in stubs exactly as
+///    an interior one does — one shared path, no root carve-out (#49).
 ///
 /// Params and stubs are `; `-separated inside the `(...)` when both present; the
 /// field prefix always sits outside the parens. The bare label results when none of
@@ -255,7 +253,7 @@ fn leaf_label(
     index: usize,
     factory: &PrimitiveBuilder,
     param_names: &ParamNames,
-    stub_ctx: Option<&Composite>,
+    stub_ctx: &Composite,
 ) -> String {
     let params: Vec<&str> = match param_names {
         ParamNames::Aliases(aliases) => {
@@ -280,9 +278,10 @@ fn leaf_label(
         }
     }
     slots.sort_unstable();
-    let stubs: Vec<String> = match stub_ctx {
-        Some(c) if slots.len() > 1 => fan_in_identifiers(c, index, &slots),
-        _ => Vec::new(),
+    let stubs: Vec<String> = if slots.len() > 1 {
+        fan_in_identifiers(stub_ctx, index, &slots)
+    } else {
+        Vec::new()
     };
 
     let inner: String = match (params.is_empty(), stubs.is_empty()) {
@@ -457,7 +456,7 @@ fn render_definition(c: &Composite, color: Color) -> String {
         &entries,
         c.output(),
         ParamNames::Aliases(c.params()),
-        Some(c),
+        c,
         Some(&title),
         color,
     )
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
index e4f3ee2..c855f0e 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -411,10 +411,11 @@ mod tests {
         let out = graph::render_blueprint(&sample_blueprint(), graph::Color::Plain);
         // the composite is a single opaque main-graph node, not an expanded cluster
         assert!(out.contains("[sma_cross]"), "missing opaque composite node:\n{out}");
-        // top-level leaves render enriched (param names folded in, #48), exactly as
-        // the `where:` interior leaves are — `Exposure` folds its `scale` param;
-        // paramless leaves (SimBroker, Recorder) stay bare.
-        for needle in ["[Exposure(scale)]", "[SimBroker]", "[Recorder]"] {
+        // top-level leaves render enriched exactly as the `where:` interior leaves:
+        // `Exposure` folds its `scale` param; a paramless SINGLE-input leaf
+        // (`Recorder`) stays bare, but a paramless MULTI-input fan-in (`SimBroker`)
+        // now shows its slot stubs (#49).
+        for needle in ["[Exposure(scale)]", "[SimBroker(#E,#price)]", "[Recorder]"] {
             assert!(out.contains(needle), "missing {needle}:\n{out}");
         }
         // a definitions section is present
@@ -494,6 +495,9 @@ mod tests {
         let out = graph::render_blueprint(&bp, graph::Color::Plain);
         assert_eq!(out.matches("[dup]").count(), 2, "two opaque uses expected:\n{out}");
         assert_eq!(out.matches("dup(").count(), 1, "body defined once:\n{out}");
+        // the bound root role named "src" carries its name into the entry marker
+        // (general non-"price" role-name passthrough, not just the sample's price).
+        assert!(out.contains("[src]"), "root role name renders as the entry marker: {out}");
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -528,19 +532,19 @@ mod tests {
         // ascii-dag's Sugiyama layout is deterministic (no RNG); these are the
         // exact bytes `aura graph` emits — main graph (composites opaque) + the
         // `where:` definitions section. Re-capture via `aura graph` if intended.
-        let expected = r#"        [source:F64]
-          ┌───└─────┐
-          ↓         │
-     [sma_cross]    │
-          │         │
-          ↓         └──┐
-  [Exposure(scale)]    │
-       ┌──┘─────────┐  │
-       ↓            ↓──┘
-  [Recorder]   [SimBroker]
-              ┌─────┘
-              ↓
-         [Recorder]
+        let expected = r#"                [price]
+                ┌──└──────┐
+                ↓         │
+           [sma_cross]    │
+                │         │
+                ↓         └──┐
+        [Exposure(scale)]    │
+       ┌────────┘─────────┐  │
+       ↓                  ↓──┘
+  [Recorder]   [SimBroker(#E,#price)]
+                   ┌──────┘
+                   ↓
+              [Recorder]
 
 
 
@@ -628,6 +632,9 @@ sma_cross(fast:i64, slow:i64) -> (cross):
         assert!(out.contains("[macd := Sub(#Ef,#Es)]"), "macd line Sub bound as output `macd`: {out}");
         assert!(out.contains("[signal := EMA(signal)]"), "signal EMA bound as output `signal` (name/param pun is intended): {out}");
         assert!(out.contains("[histogram := Sub(#S,#Es)]"), "histogram Sub bound as output `histogram`: {out}");
+        // the root SimBroker is a top-level multi-input fan-in: its two slots now
+        // render as #… stubs, mirroring the where: interior (#49).
+        assert!(out.contains("[SimBroker(#E,#price)]"), "root SimBroker shows its two slot stubs: {out}");
         // output re-exports are folded onto their producers — no standalone stubs.
         // `[macd]` is NOT a valid negative here: it still appears as the opaque
         // composite node in the MAIN graph. Discriminate on signal/histogram.