diff --git a/core/build.rs b/core/build.rs
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+// build.rs for UniFFI codegen (optional, no-op if uniffi-bindgen not present)
+fn main() {
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=uniffi/cryptec.udl");
+    // Optionally, invoke uniffi-bindgen here for local dev builds
+}