diff --git a/unshell-leaves/src/remote_shell/mod.rs b/unshell-leaves/src/remote_shell/mod.rs
index 0eeb2d8..1936d7e 100644
--- a/unshell-leaves/src/remote_shell/mod.rs
+++ b/unshell-leaves/src/remote_shell/mod.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@ pub mod endpoint;
 #[cfg(feature = "leaf_tui")]
 pub mod tui;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "leaf_endpoint")]
+pub use endpoint::Open;
 #[cfg(feature = "leaf_endpoint")]
 pub use endpoint::RemoteShellEndpoint;
 #[cfg(feature = "leaf_tui")]
 pub use tui::RemoteShellTui;
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "leaf_endpoint"))]
+/// Compile-time procedure symbol kept available even when the endpoint runtime is
+/// not built, so the leaf declaration still validates its declared inventory.
+pub struct Open;
+
 /// Open-request payload for the remote shell leaf.
 ///
 /// The shell currently needs no structured arguments, but a named payload type is
diff --git a/unshell-macros/src/leaf_decl.rs b/unshell-macros/src/leaf_decl.rs
index 9b97af7..818c7c4 100644
--- a/unshell-macros/src/leaf_decl.rs
+++ b/unshell-macros/src/leaf_decl.rs
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ pub(crate) fn expand_leaf_declaration(input: LeafDeclarationInput) -> Result<Tok
         .iter()
         .map(|procedure| LitStr::new(&normalize_suffix(&procedure.to_string()), procedure.span()))
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let procedure_type_checks = input.procedures.iter();
 
     let endpoint_impl = input
         .endpoint_struct
@@ -225,6 +226,10 @@ pub(crate) fn expand_leaf_declaration(input: LeafDeclarationInput) -> Result<Tok
             }
         }
 
+        const _: fn() = || {
+            #(let _ = ::core::marker::PhantomData::<#procedure_type_checks>;)*
+        };
+
         #endpoint_impl
         #tui_impl
     })