diff --git a/core/src/engine/mod.rs b/core/src/engine/mod.rs
index e30605b..aec048c 100644
--- a/core/src/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/engine/mod.rs
@@ -71,3 +71,7 @@ pub use sync::{
     sync_context, HostSyncAdapter, RawCoverage, RawFileRef, RealCostAccumulator, RebuildOutcome,
     SourcePipelineFailure, HOST_SYNC_STATE_NAMESPACE,
 };
+// The audit type, under the seam path OpenHuman already names
+// (`memory::tinycortex::SyncAuditEntry` embeds it in an RPC response type).
+// The type itself is core-owned (#18 §B1a); only the address is preserved.
+pub use crate::sync::audit::SyncAuditEntry;
diff --git a/core/src/engine/sync.rs b/core/src/engine/sync.rs
index 442521a..ebe6a3f 100644
--- a/core/src/engine/sync.rs
+++ b/core/src/engine/sync.rs
@@ -695,6 +695,34 @@ impl SyncStateStore for HostSyncAdapter {
     }
 }
 
+/// Core's state seam, on the engine adapter.
+///
+/// `SyncState` is core-owned now (#18 §B1a) and its `load`/`save` take
+/// core's `SyncStateStore`; OpenHuman pairs that type with this adapter in
+/// its integration tests. Same KV calls as the engine-trait impl below —
+/// one storage, two trait names during the transition.
+#[async_trait]
+impl crate::sync::composio::providers::sync_state::SyncStateStore for HostSyncAdapter {
+    async fn get(&self, namespace: &str, key: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Option<serde_json::Value>> {
+        self.memory
+            .kv_get(Some(namespace), key)
+            .await
+            .map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)
+    }
+
+    async fn set(
+        &self,
+        namespace: &str,
+        key: &str,
+        value: &serde_json::Value,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        self.memory
+            .kv_set(Some(namespace), key, value)
+            .await
+            .map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)
+    }
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl SyncEventSink for HostSyncAdapter {
     async fn emit(&self, event: SyncEvent) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
diff --git a/core/src/lib.rs b/core/src/lib.rs
index 8649b55..885e8df 100644
--- a/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ pub mod diff;
 pub mod embedding_adapter;
 pub mod embedding_host;
 pub mod engine;
+/// The engine module under its pre-#18 name.
+///
+/// OpenHuman's shim re-exports `tinymemory_core::tinycortex` wholesale
+/// (`memory/mod.rs`), and 25 call sites reach through that path. The rename to
+/// `engine` (#18 §C1) would otherwise make the next pin bump a coordinated
+/// two-repo edit for zero behavioural gain. An alias, not a module: one item
+/// to delete once downstream says `engine`.
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub use engine as tinycortex;
 pub mod events;
 pub mod global;
 pub mod ingest_pipeline;
diff --git a/core/src/sync/composio/providers/sync_state.rs b/core/src/sync/composio/providers/sync_state.rs
index 45459b2..2275185 100644
--- a/core/src/sync/composio/providers/sync_state.rs
+++ b/core/src/sync/composio/providers/sync_state.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,24 @@ impl SyncState {
     }
 }
 
+/// First non-empty string at any of `paths` (dot-separated) in `item`.
+///
+/// Removed in the §B1a move as dead within this workspace; restored because
+/// OpenHuman's raw-coverage integration tests import and exercise it through
+/// the pin — "dead here" was measured with too small a grep.
+pub fn extract_item_id(item: &serde_json::Value, paths: &[&str]) -> Option<String> {
+    paths.iter().find_map(|path| {
+        let value = path
+            .split('.')
+            .try_fold(item, |current, segment| current.get(segment))?;
+        value
+            .as_str()
+            .map(str::trim)
+            .filter(|value| !value.is_empty())
+            .map(str::to_owned)
+    })
+}
+
 fn today() -> String {
     Utc::now().format("%Y-%m-%d").to_string()
 }