diff --git a/contracts/steering-artifact-receipt.schema.json b/contracts/steering-artifact-receipt.schema.json
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index 0000000..72247c5
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+++ b/contracts/steering-artifact-receipt.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "urn:srcos:agent-machine:schema:steering-artifact-receipt:v0.1.0",
+  "title": "SteeringArtifactReceipt",
+  "description": "Receipt for resolved local steering model and SAE artifacts. Each artifact record requires source repo, exact file path, resolved revision, and SHA-256 digest.",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "required": ["specVersion", "id", "kind", "sourcesetId", "status", "generatedAt", "artifactRecords", "receiptSafety"],
+  "properties": {
+    "specVersion": { "type": "string", "const": "0.1.0" },
+    "id": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^urn:srcos:agent-machine:steering-artifact-receipt:[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.-]*$" },
+    "kind": { "type": "string", "const": "SteeringArtifactReceipt" },
+    "sourcesetId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.-]*$" },
+    "status": { "type": "string", "enum": ["pending", "complete", "failed"] },
+    "generatedAt": { "type": "string" },
+    "activationIssue": { "type": "string" },
+    "artifactRecords": { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/artifactRecord" }, "uniqueItems": true },
+    "missing": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "uniqueItems": true },
+    "storageReceiptRefs": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "uniqueItems": true },
+    "policyRefs": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "uniqueItems": true },
+    "agentRegistryGrantRefs": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "uniqueItems": true },
+    "receiptSafety": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["includeRawArtifacts", "includeAuthMaterial"],
+      "properties": {
+        "includeRawArtifacts": { "type": "boolean", "const": false },
+        "includeAuthMaterial": { "type": "boolean", "const": false }
+      }
+    },
+    "notes": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
+  },
+  "$defs": {
+    "artifactRecord": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["role", "source", "storage", "digest"],
+      "properties": {
+        "role": { "type": "string", "enum": ["model-config", "model-weight", "tokenizer", "sae-artifact", "sae-config", "other"] },
+        "source": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "required": ["type", "repo", "filePath", "resolvedRevision"],
+          "properties": {
+            "type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["huggingface", "local", "other"] },
+            "repo": { "type": "string" },
+            "filePath": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 },
+            "resolvedRevision": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 },
+            "url": { "type": "string" }
+          }
+        },
+        "storage": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "required": ["localPath", "sizeBytes"],
+          "properties": {
+            "localPath": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 },
+            "sizeBytes": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
+            "storageReceiptRef": { "type": ["string", "null"] }
+          }
+        },
+        "digest": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "required": ["algorithm", "sha256", "verified"],
+          "properties": {
+            "algorithm": { "type": "string", "const": "sha256" },
+            "sha256": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$" },
+            "verified": { "type": "boolean" }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 65d6a53..d5f298e 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Agent Machine is a bootstrap runtime-control substrate for SourceOS agent worklo
 | [Local SAE steering inference readiness](inference-local-steering.md) | Inspection record for Neuronpedia-compatible local steering readiness and current gaps. |
 | [Local /steer endpoint contract](local-steer-endpoint.md) | Noetica-compatible local steering endpoint contract and stub behavior. |
 | [Steering sourceset registry](steering-sourcesets.md) | Registered model/SAE sourceset records for local steering work. |
+| [Steering artifact receipts](steering-artifact-receipts.md) | Artifact-resolution receipt contract for model and SAE files. |
 | [GPT-2 Small steering activation path](steering-activation-path.md) | Fail-closed real-path entrypoint and remaining blockers for controlled activation. |
 
 ## Architecture
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ Important contract families:
 | `AgentPod` | Schedulable local or Kubernetes workload envelope. |
 | `InferenceProvider` | Backend-neutral inference provider declaration. |
 | `SteeringSourceset` | Model/SAE artifact registry record for local steering work. |
+| `SteeringArtifactReceipt` | Model/SAE artifact-resolution receipt for local steering work. |
 | `CacheTier` | Model/cache/scratch/evidence storage tier declaration. |
 | `StorageReceipt` | Secret-free storage/cache/evidence proof. |
 | `DeploymentReceipt` | Proof that an artifact was derived from a typed source by a generator. |
diff --git a/docs/steering-activation-path.md b/docs/steering-activation-path.md
index e80b81d..4564f43 100644
--- a/docs/steering-activation-path.md
+++ b/docs/steering-activation-path.md
@@ -42,12 +42,38 @@ agent-machine steer serve-stub --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8080 --status not_configu
 
 It must not return `status: "applied"` until a real forward pass and feature injection succeed.
 
+## Artifact receipt gate
+
+Before any local smoke can be accepted, Agent Machine must emit a complete `SteeringArtifactReceipt` for `gpt2-small.res-jb`.
+
+The receipt must include, for every model, tokenizer, and SAE file used by the runtime:
+
+- source repository
+- exact file path
+- resolved revision, commit SHA, or immutable tag
+- local path
+- file size in bytes
+- SHA-256 digest
+- digest verification status
+
+The receipt contract is defined in:
+
+```text
+contracts/steering-artifact-receipt.schema.json
+```
+
+and documented in:
+
+```text
+docs/steering-artifact-receipts.md
+```
+
 ## Remaining blockers before #34 can close
 
 - optional ML dependencies installed from `requirements-steering.txt`
 - verified GPT-2 Small model artifacts
 - verified SAE artifacts for SAELens release `gpt2-small-res-jb`, SAE id `blocks.6.hook_resid_pre`
-- digest locks for model and SAE artifacts
+- artifact receipt with exact repo, file path, resolved revision, and SHA-256 digest for each model/SAE file
 - storage receipt for the resolved artifact locations
 - policy admission and agent-registry grant records
 - real activation injection implementation
diff --git a/docs/steering-artifact-receipts.md b/docs/steering-artifact-receipts.md
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+++ b/docs/steering-artifact-receipts.md
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Steering Artifact Receipts
+
+Status: contract scaffold for Issue #34.
+
+This document defines the artifact receipt shape required before Agent Machine may claim that a local steering run used specific GPT-2 Small model and SAE artifacts.
+
+## Purpose
+
+A local steering smoke record is not sufficient unless the artifact chain is auditable. The receipt must prove which exact model and SAE files were resolved and verified.
+
+A complete `SteeringArtifactReceipt` must include, for each resolved file:
+
+- source repository
+- exact file path inside that source
+- resolved revision, commit SHA, or immutable tag
+- local path where the file was used
+- file size in bytes
+- SHA-256 digest
+- whether the digest was verified
+
+The receipt must not include raw model data, raw SAE tensors, credentials, or tokens.
+
+## Schema and examples
+
+Schema:
+
+```text
+contracts/steering-artifact-receipt.schema.json
+```
+
+Pending fixture:
+
+```text
+examples/steering-artifact-receipts/gpt2-small-res-jb.pending.steering-artifact-receipt.json
+```
+
+The pending fixture deliberately contains no artifact records. It exists to validate the receipt envelope and to record the missing fields before artifact resolution.
+
+## Complete receipt requirement
+
+A complete receipt for `gpt2-small.res-jb` must include artifact records for all model, tokenizer, and SAE files used by the runtime. Each artifact record must contain this minimum shape:
+
+```json
+{
+  "role": "model-weight",
+  "source": {
+    "type": "huggingface",
+    "repo": "openai-community/gpt2",
+    "filePath": "model.safetensors",
+    "resolvedRevision": "<commit-sha-or-immutable-tag>",
+    "url": "https://huggingface.co/openai-community/gpt2/blob/<revision>/model.safetensors"
+  },
+  "storage": {
+    "localPath": "/var/lib/agent-machine/models/.../model.safetensors",
+    "sizeBytes": 0,
+    "storageReceiptRef": "urn:srcos:agent-machine:storage-receipt:..."
+  },
+  "digest": {
+    "algorithm": "sha256",
+    "sha256": "<64 lowercase hex characters>",
+    "verified": true
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Boundary
+
+This contract does not download artifacts and does not close Issue #34. It defines the audit requirement that the real artifact resolver must satisfy before `status: applied` can be accepted.
diff --git a/examples/steering-artifact-receipts/gpt2-small-res-jb.pending.steering-artifact-receipt.json b/examples/steering-artifact-receipts/gpt2-small-res-jb.pending.steering-artifact-receipt.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fccc396
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+++ b/examples/steering-artifact-receipts/gpt2-small-res-jb.pending.steering-artifact-receipt.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "specVersion": "0.1.0",
+  "id": "urn:srcos:agent-machine:steering-artifact-receipt:gpt2-small.res-jb.pending",
+  "kind": "SteeringArtifactReceipt",
+  "sourcesetId": "gpt2-small.res-jb",
+  "status": "pending",
+  "generatedAt": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+  "activationIssue": "https://github.com/SourceOS-Linux/agent-machine/issues/34",
+  "artifactRecords": [],
+  "missing": [
+    "resolved model file paths",
+    "resolved model revisions",
+    "model sha256 digests",
+    "resolved SAE file paths",
+    "resolved SAE revisions",
+    "SAE sha256 digests",
+    "storage receipts"
+  ],
+  "storageReceiptRefs": [],
+  "policyRefs": [],
+  "agentRegistryGrantRefs": [],
+  "receiptSafety": {
+    "includeRawArtifacts": false,
+    "includeAuthMaterial": false
+  },
+  "notes": [
+    "This pending fixture validates the receipt envelope before artifacts are resolved.",
+    "A complete receipt must include one artifact record per resolved model, tokenizer, and SAE file.",
+    "Each complete artifact record must include repo, exact filePath, resolvedRevision, localPath, sizeBytes, and SHA-256 digest."
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src/agent_machine/contracts.py b/src/agent_machine/contracts.py
index f33bea3..df74039 100644
--- a/src/agent_machine/contracts.py
+++ b/src/agent_machine/contracts.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def schema_by_kind(root: Path | None = None) -> dict[str, Path]:
         "PolicyAdmission": base / "policy-admission.schema.json",
         "ReleaseEvidenceBundle": base / "release-evidence-bundle.schema.json",
         "SignedReleaseBundleEnvelope": base / "signed-release-bundle-envelope.schema.json",
+        "SteeringArtifactReceipt": base / "steering-artifact-receipt.schema.json",
         "SteeringSourceset": base / "steering-sourceset.schema.json",
         "StorageReceipt": base / "storage-receipt.schema.json",
     }