diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/graph.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/graph.rs
index 456d04a..2475e0a 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/graph.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/graph.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! views. `render_blueprint` shows the authored structure — a flat main graph
 //! wiring the harness with each composite as a single opaque node, plus a
 //! `where:` section that defines each distinct composite type once (its interior
-//! with `[in:k]`/`[out]` port markers). `render_compilat` shows the flat
+//! with `[<name>]` input/output port markers). `render_compilat` shows the flat
 //! post-inline graph (boundaries dissolved, C23). Rendering reads structure +
 //! node `label()`s only — never `eval`.
 //!
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ fn leaf_label(c: &Composite, index: usize, factory: &LeafFactory) -> String {
 
 /// Render one composite's interior as a flat graph: interior leaves as
 /// `[type(param…; #slot…)]` (aliased param names + ordered input-slot stubs folded
-/// in via `leaf_label`), nested composites as opaque `[name]`, an `[in:<name>]`
+/// in via `leaf_label`), nested composites as opaque `[name]`, an `[<name>]`
 /// entry marker per input role (wired to its interior targets), and an `[<name>]`
 /// node per re-exported output field (wired from its producer). The title line is
 /// the composite's typed `signature` (`name(p:kind, …) -> (out, …)`); params live
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ fn render_definition(c: &Composite) -> String {
     }
     for role in c.input_roles() {
         let in_id = labels.len();
-        labels.push(format!("in:{}", role.name));
+        labels.push(role.name.clone());
         for t in &role.targets {
             edges.push((in_id, t.node));
         }
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
index 133a896..278d735 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ mod tests {
         let out = graph::render_blueprint(&sample_blueprint());
         // the sma_cross body is defined exactly once, with its interior + ports
         assert_eq!(out.matches("sma_cross(").count(), 1, "definition not rendered once:\n{out}");
-        for needle in ["[SMA]", "[Sub(#A,#B)]", "[in:price]", "[cross]"] {
+        for needle in ["[SMA]", "[Sub(#A,#B)]", "[price]", "[cross]"] {
             assert!(out.contains(needle), "missing {needle} in definition:\n{out}");
         }
     }
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ mod tests {
 where:
 
 sma_cross() -> (cross):
-   [in:price]
+     [price]
     ┌───└───┐
     ↓       ↓
   [SMA]   [SMA]
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ sma_cross() -> (cross):
         assert!(out.contains("[EMA(slow)]"), "slow EMA folds its param: {out}");
         assert!(out.contains("[EMA(signal)]"), "signal EMA folds its param: {out}");
         assert!(out.contains("[Sub(#A,#B)]"), "Sub shows its two ordered inputs: {out}");
-        assert!(out.contains("[in:price]"), "named MACD input role: {out}");
+        assert!(out.contains("[price]"), "named MACD input role: {out}");
         assert!(!out.contains("[param:"), "param marker nodes removed: {out}");
         assert!(!out.contains("[out:"), "output prefix dropped: {out}");
     }