diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs b/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
index 05a7090..0f66f24 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
@@ -462,6 +462,47 @@ fn graph_register_is_idempotent() {
     assert_eq!(registered_id(&out1), registered_id(&out2), "same id twice");
 }
 
+/// C29 register seam end-to-end (#316): a doc-less root composite refuses at
+/// `aura graph register` naming the composite and the rule (exit 1, C14); a
+/// doc-less named nested composite refuses naming the nested name; the
+/// described shipped example registers. The gate lives at the store write
+/// every register path shares — this pins its verb surface.
+#[test]
+fn register_refuses_undescribed_composites_end_to_end() {
+    let dir = temp_cwd("register-doc-gate");
+    // doc-less root: the shipped example minus its doc member
+    let text = std::fs::read_to_string(example("r_sma.json")).expect("read example");
+    let mut v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&text).expect("example parses");
+    v["blueprint"].as_object_mut().expect("blueprint object").remove("doc");
+    let docless = dir.join("docless.json");
+    std::fs::write(&docless, serde_json::to_string(&v).unwrap()).expect("write fixture");
+    let (out, err, code) = run_in(&dir, &["graph", "register", docless.to_str().unwrap()]);
+    assert_eq!(code, Some(1), "doc-less root refuses: {out} {err}");
+    assert!(
+        err.contains("composite `sma_signal` carries no doc"),
+        "stderr names the composite and the rule: {err}"
+    );
+    assert!(err.contains("C29"), "stderr cites the contract: {err}");
+    // doc-less named nested composite inside a described root
+    v["blueprint"]["doc"] = serde_json::Value::String("a described root".into());
+    v["blueprint"]["nodes"]
+        .as_array_mut()
+        .expect("nodes array")
+        .push(serde_json::json!({"composite": {"name": "inner", "nodes": []}}));
+    let nested = dir.join("nested.json");
+    std::fs::write(&nested, serde_json::to_string(&v).unwrap()).expect("write fixture");
+    let (out, err, code) = run_in(&dir, &["graph", "register", nested.to_str().unwrap()]);
+    assert_eq!(code, Some(1), "doc-less nested refuses: {out} {err}");
+    assert!(
+        err.contains("composite `inner` carries no doc"),
+        "stderr names the nested composite: {err}"
+    );
+    // the described shipped example registers
+    let (out, err, code) = run_in(&dir, &["graph", "register", &example("r_sma.json")]);
+    assert_eq!(code, Some(0), "described example registers: {out} {err}");
+    assert!(out.starts_with("registered blueprint "), "prints the register line: {out}");
+}
+
 /// Property (#196, the campaign-axis namespace): `--params <FILE>` prints the
 /// RAW composite param space — one `{name}:{kind:?}` line per open param, in
 /// lowering order, WITHOUT the harness-wrap prefix `aura sweep --list-axes`