diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eeeb8c80..7f525a71 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@libar-dev/architect",
-  "version": "1.0.0-pre.6",
+  "version": "1.0.0-pre.7",
   "description": "Context engineering platform: extract patterns from TypeScript and Gherkin into a queryable state with living docs, architecture graphs, and FSM-enforced workflows.",
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@
     "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"tests/**/*.ts\" \"*.{json,md,yml}\"",
     "format:check": "prettier --check \"src/**/*.ts\" \"tests/**/*.ts\" \"*.{json,md,yml}\"",
     "preversion": "pnpm test && pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint && pnpm format:check",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm build && pnpm test && pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint",
+    "verify:exports": "node scripts/verify-exports.mjs",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm verify:exports && pnpm test && pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint",
     "postversion": "git push && git push --tags",
     "release:pre": "npm version prerelease --preid=pre",
     "release:patch": "npm version patch",
diff --git a/scripts/verify-exports.mjs b/scripts/verify-exports.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a995de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/verify-exports.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Verify that all declared package.json exports resolve to existing files in dist/.
+ *
+ * Runs as part of prepublishOnly to prevent publishing packages with missing
+ * entry points — the exact issue that caused incomplete dist/ in pre.5.
+ *
+ * Exit code 0: all exports verified.
+ * Exit code 1: one or more exports missing.
+ */
+
+import { readFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve, dirname } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const rootDir = resolve(__dirname, '..');
+
+const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(rootDir, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
+const exports = pkg.exports;
+
+if (!exports || typeof exports !== 'object') {
+  console.error('No exports field found in package.json');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Verify that a resolved path stays inside the project root.
+ * Prevents crafted export values (absolute paths, ../ traversal) from
+ * probing arbitrary filesystem locations.
+ */
+function assertInsideRoot(absolutePath, label) {
+  if (!absolutePath.startsWith(rootDir + '/') && absolutePath !== rootDir) {
+    console.error(`  SECURITY  ${label} resolves outside project root: ${absolutePath}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+let missing = 0;
+let verified = 0;
+
+for (const [entryPoint, mapping] of Object.entries(exports)) {
+  // Skip non-object entries (e.g., "./package.json": "./package.json")
+  if (typeof mapping === 'string') {
+    const absolutePath = resolve(rootDir, mapping);
+    assertInsideRoot(absolutePath, entryPoint);
+    if (!existsSync(absolutePath)) {
+      console.error(`  MISSING  ${entryPoint} → ${mapping}`);
+      missing++;
+    } else {
+      verified++;
+    }
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  // Check both types and import paths
+  for (const [condition, filePath] of Object.entries(mapping)) {
+    if (typeof filePath !== 'string') {
+      console.warn(`  SKIPPED  ${entryPoint} [${condition}] — nested conditional mapping (not verified)`);
+      continue;
+    }
+    const absolutePath = resolve(rootDir, filePath);
+    assertInsideRoot(absolutePath, `${entryPoint} [${condition}]`);
+    if (!existsSync(absolutePath)) {
+      console.error(`  MISSING  ${entryPoint} [${condition}] → ${filePath}`);
+      missing++;
+    } else {
+      verified++;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Also verify bin entries (supports both string and object forms)
+if (pkg.bin) {
+  const binEntries =
+    typeof pkg.bin === 'string'
+      ? [[pkg.name?.split('/').pop() ?? '(default)', pkg.bin]]
+      : Object.entries(pkg.bin);
+
+  for (const [cmd, filePath] of binEntries) {
+    const absolutePath = resolve(rootDir, filePath);
+    assertInsideRoot(absolutePath, `bin.${cmd}`);
+    if (!existsSync(absolutePath)) {
+      console.error(`  MISSING  bin.${cmd} → ${filePath}`);
+      missing++;
+    } else {
+      verified++;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if (missing > 0) {
+  console.error(`\nExport verification failed: ${missing} missing, ${verified} verified.`);
+  console.error('Run "pnpm clean && pnpm build" to fix.');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log(`Exports verified: ${verified} paths exist.`);
diff --git a/src/renderable/generate.ts b/src/renderable/generate.ts
index 7b9e3f0d..4e0d4a14 100644
--- a/src/renderable/generate.ts
+++ b/src/renderable/generate.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,111 @@ function resolveCodec(type: DocumentType, options?: CodecOptions): DocumentCodec
 // Generation Functions
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
+/**
+ * Decode a document type to RenderableDocument without rendering to markdown.
+ *
+ * This is the Live Documentation API entry point: it invokes the codec's decode()
+ * step and returns the structured RenderableDocument, skipping the markdown render
+ * step entirely. Interactive consumers (Studio desktop, MCP clients) use this to
+ * receive typed document blocks for native rendering.
+ *
+ * @param type - Document type to decode
+ * @param dataset - PatternGraph with pattern data
+ * @param options - Optional codec-specific options (e.g., patternName for design-review)
+ * @param contextEnrichment - Optional runtime context (projectMetadata, tagExampleOverrides)
+ * @returns Result containing RenderableDocument on success, or GenerationError on failure
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * const result = decodeDocumentSafe("architecture", patternGraph);
+ * if (Result.isOk(result)) {
+ *   // result.value is RenderableDocument — structured JSON, not markdown
+ *   const doc = result.value;
+ *   console.log(doc.title, doc.sections.length);
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+export function decodeDocumentSafe(
+  type: DocumentType,
+  dataset: PatternGraph,
+  options?: CodecOptions,
+  contextEnrichment?: CodecContextEnrichment
+): Result<RenderableDocument, GenerationError> {
+  const codec = resolveCodec(type, options);
+  if (codec === undefined) {
+    return Result.err({
+      documentType: type,
+      message: `No codec registered for document type: "${type}". Available types: ${CodecRegistry.getRegisteredTypes().join(', ')}`,
+      phase: 'decode',
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (contextEnrichment) {
+    setCodecContextEnrichment(contextEnrichment);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const doc = codec.decode(dataset) as RenderableDocument;
+    return Result.ok(doc);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return Result.err({
+      documentType: type,
+      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+      cause: err instanceof Error ? err : undefined,
+      phase: 'decode',
+    });
+  } finally {
+    if (contextEnrichment) {
+      clearCodecContextEnrichment();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decode a document type to RenderableDocument without rendering to markdown.
+ *
+ * Throwing variant of `decodeDocumentSafe()`. Use when you prefer exceptions
+ * over Result-based error handling.
+ *
+ * @param type - Document type to decode
+ * @param dataset - PatternGraph with pattern data
+ * @param options - Optional codec-specific options
+ * @param contextEnrichment - Optional runtime context
+ * @returns RenderableDocument — the structured intermediate format
+ * @throws Error if the codec is not registered or decode fails
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * const doc = decodeDocument("architecture", patternGraph);
+ * // doc.sections contains heading, mermaid, table, paragraph blocks
+ * ```
+ */
+export function decodeDocument(
+  type: DocumentType,
+  dataset: PatternGraph,
+  options?: CodecOptions,
+  contextEnrichment?: CodecContextEnrichment
+): RenderableDocument {
+  const codec = resolveCodec(type, options);
+  if (codec === undefined) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `No codec registered for document type: "${type}". Available types: ${CodecRegistry.getRegisteredTypes().join(', ')}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (contextEnrichment) {
+    setCodecContextEnrichment(contextEnrichment);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return codec.decode(dataset) as RenderableDocument;
+  } finally {
+    if (contextEnrichment) {
+      clearCodecContextEnrichment();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Generate a single document type with Result-based error handling.
  *
@@ -416,7 +521,7 @@ export function generateDocumentSafe(
   if (codec === undefined) {
     return Result.err({
       documentType: type,
-      message: `No codec registered for document type: ${type}`,
+      message: `No codec registered for document type: "${type}". Available types: ${CodecRegistry.getRegisteredTypes().join(', ')}`,
       phase: 'decode',
     });
   }
@@ -497,7 +602,9 @@ export function generateDocument(
 
   const codec = resolveCodec(type, options);
   if (codec === undefined) {
-    throw new Error(`No codec registered for document type: ${type}`);
+    throw new Error(
+      `No codec registered for document type: "${type}". Available types: ${CodecRegistry.getRegisteredTypes().join(', ')}`
+    );
   }
 
   // Set context enrichment before decode (cleared in finally)
diff --git a/src/renderable/index.ts b/src/renderable/index.ts
index 6976c097..3edf109b 100644
--- a/src/renderable/index.ts
+++ b/src/renderable/index.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ export {
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
 export {
+  decodeDocument,
+  decodeDocumentSafe,
   generateDocument,
   generateDocuments,
   generateAllDocuments,
@@ -113,7 +115,9 @@ export {
   isValidDocumentType,
   getDocumentTypeInfo,
   DOCUMENT_TYPES,
+  type CodecOptions,
   type DocumentType,
+  type GenerationError,
 } from './generate.js';
 
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════