diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_sma.json b/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_sma.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbdc8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_sma.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"format_version":1,"blueprint":{"name":"sma_signal","nodes":[{"primitive":{"type":"SMA","name":"fast","bound":[{"pos":0,"name":"length","kind":"I64","value":{"I64":2}}]}},{"primitive":{"type":"SMA","name":"slow","bound":[{"pos":0,"name":"length","kind":"I64","value":{"I64":4}}]}},{"primitive":{"type":"Sub"}},{"primitive":{"type":"Bias","name":"bias","bound":[{"pos":0,"name":"scale","kind":"F64","value":{"F64":0.5}}]}}],"edges":[{"from":0,"to":2,"slot":0,"from_field":0},{"from":1,"to":2,"slot":1,"from_field":0},{"from":2,"to":3,"slot":0,"from_field":0}],"input_roles":[{"name":"price","targets":[{"node":0,"slot":0},{"node":1,"slot":0}],"source":"F64"}],"output":[{"node":3,"field":0,"name":"bias"}]}}
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diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_sma_open.json b/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_sma_open.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52ec036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/examples/r_sma_open.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"format_version":1,"blueprint":{"name":"sma_signal","nodes":[{"primitive":{"type":"SMA","name":"fast"}},{"primitive":{"type":"SMA","name":"slow"}},{"primitive":{"type":"Sub"}},{"primitive":{"type":"Bias","name":"bias","bound":[{"pos":0,"name":"scale","kind":"F64","value":{"F64":0.5}}]}}],"edges":[{"from":0,"to":2,"slot":0,"from_field":0},{"from":1,"to":2,"slot":1,"from_field":0},{"from":2,"to":3,"slot":0,"from_field":0}],"input_roles":[{"name":"price","targets":[{"node":0,"slot":0},{"node":1,"slot":0}],"source":"F64"}],"output":[{"node":3,"field":0,"name":"bias"}]}}
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diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
index 210909c..c291a89 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -6416,6 +6416,37 @@ mod tests {
         std::fs::write("tests/fixtures/sma_signal_open.json", json).expect("write fixture");
     }
 
+    /// Regenerates the shipped r-sma demo examples (crates/aura-cli/examples/) from
+    /// the current builder. Ignored by default; run with `--ignored` after a signal
+    /// change so the byte-fidelity proof stays green. (#159 copy+prove.)
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "regenerates the committed r-sma example blueprints"]
+    fn emit_r_sma_examples() {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all("examples").expect("create examples dir");
+        let closed = blueprint_to_json(&sma_signal(Some(2), Some(4))).expect("serializes");
+        std::fs::write("examples/r_sma.json", closed).expect("write closed example");
+        let open = blueprint_to_json(&sma_signal(None, None)).expect("serializes");
+        std::fs::write("examples/r_sma_open.json", open).expect("write open example");
+    }
+
+    /// The shipped examples under crates/aura-cli/examples/ ARE the builder's
+    /// serialization — the load-bearing proof the demo copy is identical to the
+    /// original, captured while the builder is alive (#159 copy+prove). Cut 1b's
+    /// builder deletion + synth-site swap rest on this.
+    #[test]
+    fn shipped_r_sma_examples_are_byte_identical_to_the_builder() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            include_str!("../examples/r_sma.json"),
+            blueprint_to_json(&sma_signal(Some(2), Some(4))).expect("serializes"),
+            "closed example drifted from sma_signal(2,4) — re-run emit_r_sma_examples --ignored",
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            include_str!("../examples/r_sma_open.json"),
+            blueprint_to_json(&sma_signal(None, None)).expect("serializes"),
+            "open example drifted from sma_signal(None,None) — re-run emit_r_sma_examples --ignored",
+        );
+    }
+
     /// The cycle-1 keystone (C1): a signal serialized → loaded back through the
     /// public `blueprint_from_json` path runs bit-identically to its Rust-built
     /// twin — same metrics, same traces, same topology_hash.
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs b/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
index ed0904d..002f87a 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
@@ -5460,3 +5460,27 @@ fn mc_dissolved_seed_changes_the_bootstrap_draw_not_the_pooled_series() {
         "a different --seed must move the resampled E[R] mean: {v42} vs {v7}"
     );
 }
+
+/// `aura run` on the shipped closed example reproduces the built-in r-sma grade
+/// (#159): the example is the proven data successor to `--harness r-sma`. Survives
+/// the Cut-1b builder deletion (depends only on the example + generic run path).
+#[test]
+fn shipped_r_sma_example_reproduces_the_builtin_grade() {
+    let out = std::process::Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_aura"))
+        .args(["run", "examples/r_sma.json"])
+        .output()
+        .expect("spawn aura run example");
+    assert_eq!(
+        out.status.code(),
+        Some(0),
+        "exit: {:?} stderr={}",
+        out.status,
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
+    );
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8(out.stdout).expect("utf-8");
+    // the same metrics r_sma_single_run_output_golden pins for --harness r-sma
+    assert!(stdout.contains("\"expectancy_r\":1.2710005136982836"), "{stdout}");
+    assert!(stdout.contains("\"sqn\":3.141496526818299"), "{stdout}");
+    assert!(stdout.contains("\"total_pips\":0.34185000000002036"), "{stdout}");
+    assert!(stdout.contains("\"n_trades\":3"), "{stdout}");
+}
diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs b/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
index 69b2211..d9aa9ca 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/tests/graph_construct.rs
@@ -407,6 +407,13 @@ fn fixture(name: &str) -> String {
     format!("{}/tests/fixtures/{name}", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
 }
 
+/// The absolute path of a demo blueprint shipped in the public examples/
+/// gallery (#159 copy+prove) — distinct from `fixture()`, which reads the
+/// internal tests/fixtures/ copies the emitter builds from.
+fn example(name: &str) -> String {
+    format!("{}/examples/{name}", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+}
+
 /// The id extracted from a `registered blueprint {id} ({path})` line.
 /// Prefix-tolerant across the #194 convention change (the display form dropped
 /// the glued `content:` prefix): the id is bare either way.
@@ -688,3 +695,39 @@ fn graph_params_accepts_an_op_script_matching_its_envelope() {
     assert_eq!(op_code, Some(0), "params on op-script exits 0: {op_out} {op_err}");
     assert_eq!(op_out, env_out, "op-script and envelope agree on the raw axis namespace");
 }
+
+/// Property (#159): the shipped closed example (`examples/r_sma.json`) is
+/// genuinely closed, not merely byte-identical to the builder — `graph
+/// introspect --params` on it reports zero unbound params. The Cut-1
+/// byte-fidelity proof (`shipped_r_sma_examples_are_byte_identical_to_the_builder`,
+/// main.rs) only pins the example's bytes to the builder's serialization; it says
+/// nothing about whether that serialization is actually closed. This pins the
+/// "closed" claim the demo makes to its audience.
+#[test]
+fn shipped_r_sma_example_is_genuinely_closed() {
+    let dir = temp_cwd("example-closed-params");
+    let (stdout, stderr, code) =
+        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &example("r_sma.json")]);
+    assert_eq!(code, Some(0), "stdout: {stdout} stderr: {stderr}");
+    assert_eq!(stdout, "", "the closed example must leave zero params unbound");
+}
+
+/// Property (#159): the shipped open example (`examples/r_sma_open.json`) is a
+/// usable sweep-axis template from its public gallery location, not just a
+/// byte-identical artifact — `graph introspect --params` lists exactly the two
+/// unbound SMA lengths, in lowering order, matching the raw axis namespace the
+/// internal `sma_signal_open.json` fixture prints (#196). The byte-fidelity
+/// proof only checks the example's bytes match the builder; this checks the
+/// shipped copy is actually introspectable/bindable from where a consumer runs
+/// it.
+#[test]
+fn shipped_r_sma_open_example_lists_its_axis_namespace() {
+    let dir = temp_cwd("example-open-params");
+    let (stdout, stderr, code) =
+        run_in(&dir, &["graph", "introspect", "--params", &example("r_sma_open.json")]);
+    assert_eq!(code, Some(0), "stdout: {stdout} stderr: {stderr}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        stdout, "fast.length:I64\nslow.length:I64\n",
+        "the raw open params, in order, from the public gallery copy"
+    );
+}