diff --git a/crates/aura-core/src/scalar.rs b/crates/aura-core/src/scalar.rs
index 21412a2..5767167 100644
--- a/crates/aura-core/src/scalar.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-core/src/scalar.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(Scalar::from(Timestamp(9)), Scalar::Ts(Timestamp(9)));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn bare_literal_infers_kind_through_into_scalar() {
+        // Authoring layers that lower raw literals via `impl Into<Scalar>` rely on
+        // a bare (unsuffixed) integer literal inferring as `i64` and a bare float
+        // literal as `f64` — because `i64`/`f64`/`bool` are the only `From` impls,
+        // each literal class resolves to exactly one of them. Adding a second
+        // integer `From` impl (e.g. `From<i32>`) would make `lower(2)` ambiguous
+        // and break this, loudly, here rather than silently at the call site.
+        fn lower(v: impl Into<Scalar>) -> Scalar {
+            v.into()
+        }
+        assert_eq!(lower(2), Scalar::I64(2));
+        assert_eq!(lower(0.5), Scalar::F64(0.5));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn timestamp_orders_and_defaults() {
         assert!(Timestamp(1) < Timestamp(2));