diff --git a/src/shard_wiki/adapters/__init__.py b/src/shard_wiki/adapters/__init__.py
index 9635b25..915678e 100644
--- a/src/shard_wiki/adapters/__init__.py
+++ b/src/shard_wiki/adapters/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 """adapters/ — the shard adapter contract (bottom waist) and concrete adapters."""
 
+from shard_wiki.adapters.conformance import (
+    Check,
+    ConformanceError,
+    ConformanceReport,
+    assert_conformant,
+    run_conformance,
+)
 from shard_wiki.adapters.contract import CONTRACT_VERSION, ShardAdapter
 from shard_wiki.adapters.folder import FolderAdapter
 
-__all__ = ["ShardAdapter", "FolderAdapter", "CONTRACT_VERSION"]
+__all__ = [
+    "ShardAdapter",
+    "FolderAdapter",
+    "CONTRACT_VERSION",
+    "Check",
+    "ConformanceReport",
+    "ConformanceError",
+    "run_conformance",
+    "assert_conformant",
+]
diff --git a/src/shard_wiki/adapters/conformance.py b/src/shard_wiki/adapters/conformance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bf9a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shard_wiki/adapters/conformance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+"""Adapter conformance — profiles are verified, not self-asserted (TSD §A.2, blueprint §6.6).
+
+Capability-as-data (I-3) is only sound if a binding's *declared* profile matches its *observed*
+behaviour. This battery exercises a binding and reports, check by check, whether claim == reality;
+``assert_conformant`` gates registration. A lying/buggy profile fails here instead of silently
+poisoning degradation decisions downstream.
+
+This slice verifies the read path + honest absence of unclaimed verbs. Positive probes for
+claimed write/diff/merge are deferred (they mutate) to a later workplan.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from shard_wiki.adapters.contract import ShardAdapter
+from shard_wiki.model import NotSupported, Verb
+
+__all__ = ["Check", "ConformanceReport", "ConformanceError", "run_conformance", "assert_conformant"]
+
+# Optional verbs whose *absence* must be honest (calling an unclaimed one raises NotSupported).
+_HONEST_ABSENCE_VERBS = (Verb.WRITE, Verb.DIFF, Verb.NOTIFY)
+_PROBE = {
+    Verb.WRITE: lambda a: a.write("__probe__", ""),
+    Verb.DIFF: lambda a: a.diff("__probe__", "__probe2__"),
+    Verb.NOTIFY: lambda a: a.notify(),
+}
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class Check:
+    name: str
+    ok: bool
+    detail: str = ""
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class ConformanceReport:
+    adapter: str
+    checks: tuple[Check, ...]
+
+    @property
+    def ok(self) -> bool:
+        return all(c.ok for c in self.checks)
+
+    @property
+    def failures(self) -> tuple[Check, ...]:
+        return tuple(c for c in self.checks if not c.ok)
+
+    def diff(self) -> str:
+        return "; ".join(f"{c.name}: {c.detail}" for c in self.failures) or "conformant"
+
+
+class ConformanceError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, report: ConformanceReport) -> None:
+        super().__init__(f"{report.adapter} not conformant — {report.diff()}")
+        self.report = report
+
+
+def _safe(fn, name: str, ok_detail: str = "") -> Check:
+    try:
+        return fn()
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — a check must never crash the battery
+        return Check(name, False, f"unexpected error: {exc!r}")
+
+
+def run_conformance(adapter: ShardAdapter) -> ConformanceReport:
+    checks: list[Check] = []
+    profile = None
+
+    def _profile_validates() -> Check:
+        nonlocal profile
+        profile = adapter.profile()
+        profile.validate()
+        return Check("profile-validates", True)
+
+    checks.append(_safe(_profile_validates, "profile-validates"))
+    if profile is None:  # profile() or validate() failed; can't probe further meaningfully
+        return ConformanceReport(type(adapter).__name__, tuple(checks))
+
+    # READ is the capability floor.
+    checks.append(Check("supports-read", profile.supports(Verb.READ),
+                        "" if profile.supports(Verb.READ) else "READ not declared"))
+
+    # READ round-trips: a declared-readable shard must actually read its own keys.
+    def _read_round_trips() -> Check:
+        keys = list(adapter.keys())
+        if not keys:
+            return Check("read-round-trips", True, "empty shard")
+        page = adapter.read(keys[0])
+        if page.identity.shard != adapter.shard_id:
+            return Check("read-round-trips", False,
+                         f"page shard {page.identity.shard!r} != {adapter.shard_id!r}")
+        if not isinstance(page.body, str):
+            return Check("read-round-trips", False, "body is not text")
+        return Check("read-round-trips", True)
+
+    if profile.supports(Verb.READ):
+        checks.append(_safe(_read_round_trips, "read-round-trips"))
+
+    # Honest absence: an *unclaimed* optional verb must raise NotSupported when invoked.
+    for verb in _HONEST_ABSENCE_VERBS:
+        if profile.supports(verb):
+            continue  # claimed → positive probe deferred (would mutate)
+        name = f"honest-absence:{verb.value}"
+
+        def _probe(v=verb, n=name) -> Check:
+            try:
+                _PROBE[v](adapter)
+            except NotSupported:
+                return Check(n, True)
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+                return Check(n, False, f"raised {type(exc).__name__}, expected NotSupported")
+            return Check(n, False, "did not raise NotSupported though verb is unclaimed")
+
+        checks.append(_probe())
+
+    return ConformanceReport(type(adapter).__name__, tuple(checks))
+
+
+def assert_conformant(adapter: ShardAdapter) -> ConformanceReport:
+    """Run the battery; raise :class:`ConformanceError` if any check fails. Returns the report."""
+    report = run_conformance(adapter)
+    if not report.ok:
+        raise ConformanceError(report)
+    return report
diff --git a/tests/test_conformance.py b/tests/test_conformance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd5548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_conformance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""Tests for the adapter conformance suite (SHARD-WP-0007 T4)."""
+
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+import pytest
+
+from shard_wiki.adapters import (
+    ConformanceError,
+    FolderAdapter,
+    ShardAdapter,
+    assert_conformant,
+    run_conformance,
+)
+from shard_wiki.model import CapabilityProfile, Identity, Page
+from shard_wiki.provenance import ProvenanceEnvelope
+
+
+def test_folder_adapter_is_conformant(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "Home.md").write_text("# Home", encoding="utf-8")
+    report = assert_conformant(FolderAdapter("shardA", tmp_path))
+    assert report.ok
+    assert report.diff() == "conformant"
+
+
+class _LyingReadAdapter(ShardAdapter):
+    """Claims READ but read() is broken — must fail conformance."""
+
+    def __init__(self, profile: CapabilityProfile) -> None:
+        self._profile = profile
+
+    @property
+    def shard_id(self) -> str:
+        return "liar"
+
+    def profile(self) -> CapabilityProfile:
+        return self._profile
+
+    def keys(self) -> Iterable[str]:
+        return ["Home"]
+
+    def read(self, key: str) -> Page:
+        # Returns a page attributed to the WRONG shard — a lie about its own content.
+        return Page(Identity("someone-else", key), "x", ProvenanceEnvelope(source_shard="x"))
+
+
+def test_lying_read_adapter_fails_with_precise_diff(tmp_path):
+    good = FolderAdapter("shardA", tmp_path).profile()  # a valid read-only profile
+    liar = _LyingReadAdapter(good)
+    report = run_conformance(liar)
+    assert not report.ok
+    assert "read-round-trips" in report.diff()
+    with pytest.raises(ConformanceError, match="read-round-trips"):
+        assert_conformant(liar)
+
+
+class _DishonestWriteAdapter(FolderAdapter):
+    """Declares no WRITE (inherits read-only folder profile) but write() silently succeeds."""
+
+    def write(self, key: str, body: str) -> Page:  # noqa: ARG002
+        return self.read(next(iter(self.keys())))
+
+
+def test_dishonest_absence_fails(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "Home.md").write_text("x", encoding="utf-8")
+    report = run_conformance(_DishonestWriteAdapter("shardA", tmp_path))
+    assert not report.ok
+    assert "honest-absence:write" in report.diff()
diff --git a/workplans/SHARD-WP-0007-foundation-implementation.md b/workplans/SHARD-WP-0007-foundation-implementation.md
index db882f6..bb20b5b 100644
--- a/workplans/SHARD-WP-0007-foundation-implementation.md
+++ b/workplans/SHARD-WP-0007-foundation-implementation.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ git-or-none history). Imports `model/`, `provenance/`. Tests: read a temp folder
 
 ```task
 id: SHARD-WP-0007-T4
-status: todo
+status: done
 priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "12d7fb8d-3842-4142-a462-9d1e6efe58bd"
 ```