diff --git a/tests/test_spine.py b/tests/test_spine.py
index c3b4dc9d..ae4e8b10 100644
--- a/tests/test_spine.py
+++ b/tests/test_spine.py
@@ -926,14 +926,30 @@ class TestClosureNoCompetingAuthority:
         """dependency_tracker's graph describes ~/.config/opencode/scripts
         (the harness), NOT Rune modules. The name collisions with src/rune
         are coincidental. This test pins the separation so the harness map
-        can never silently become a second Rune structural authority."""
+        can never silently become a second Rune structural authority.
+
+        CI-safe: asserts the CLASSIFICATION (resolution root is the harness
+        dir; the map is not derived from Spine), never harness filesystem
+        state — the CI runner has no ~/.config/opencode."""
+        import inspect
         from rune import dependency_tracker as dt
         assert "opencode" in dt.SCRIPTS_DIR, "tracker scope moved — re-classify"
-        # every graph basename resolves (or would resolve) in the harness dir
-        for fname in list(dt.DEPENDENCY_GRAPH)[:5]:
-            assert not (spine.SRC_DIR / fname).is_file() or \
-                (Path(dt.SCRIPTS_DIR) / fname).is_file(), \
-                f"{fname}: ambiguous scope — graph entry exists in src/rune " \
-                "but not harness; re-classify against Spine"
+        # resolution root is the harness dir, by construction: propagate()
+        # checks os.path.exists against SCRIPTS_DIR, not src/rune
+        prop_src = inspect.getsource(dt.propagate)
+        assert "SCRIPTS_DIR" in prop_src and "os.path.join(SCRIPTS_DIR" in prop_src
+        # the map is a locally-owned table, NOT derived from the Spine store
+        # (check IMPORTS, not prose — the module docstring legitimately
+        # mentions Spine when documenting its scope classification)
+        import ast as _ast
+        tree = _ast.parse(inspect.getsource(dt))
+        imported = set()
+        for node in _ast.walk(tree):
+            if isinstance(node, _ast.Import):
+                imported.update(a.name for a in node.names)
+            elif isinstance(node, _ast.ImportFrom) and node.module:
+                imported.add(node.module)
+        assert not any("spine" in m for m in imported), \
+            f"tracker now imports Spine — re-classify as a consumer: {imported}"
         # and Spine remains the authority for Rune structure
-        assert spine.ROOT.name == "issue161-harness" or (spine.SRC_DIR / "spine.py").is_file()
+        assert (spine.SRC_DIR / "spine.py").is_file()