diff --git a/apps/editor/lib/bootstrap.ts b/apps/editor/lib/bootstrap.ts
index ef48a8ec..589aa616 100644
--- a/apps/editor/lib/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/apps/editor/lib/bootstrap.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { loadPlugin } from '@pascal-app/core'
+import { loadPlugin, nodeRegistry } from '@pascal-app/core'
 import { builtinPlugin } from '@pascal-app/nodes'
 
 // Idempotency guard: HMR can reload this module, but `registerNode` throws on
@@ -6,10 +6,34 @@ import { builtinPlugin } from '@pascal-app/nodes'
 // hard reload but survives within a session.
 let loaded = false
 
+function isDev(): boolean {
+  const env = (globalThis as { process?: { env?: Record<string, string | undefined> } }).process
+    ?.env
+  return env?.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
+}
+
 export function loadBuiltinNodes(): void {
   if (loaded) return
   loaded = true
   void loadPlugin(builtinPlugin)
+
+  if (isDev()) {
+    const kinds = Array.from(nodeRegistry.entries(), ([k]) => k)
+    if (typeof console !== 'undefined') {
+      // Visible in the browser dev console — the verification anchor for
+      // "which path is running this kind?" Empty array = every kind is on
+      // the legacy path. Kind in the array = registry path is live for it.
+      console.info(
+        `[pascal:registry] loaded ${builtinPlugin.id} v${builtinPlugin.apiVersion} (${kinds.length} kinds: ${kinds.join(', ') || '∅'})`,
+      )
+    }
+    // Expose the registry on window for ad-hoc dev inspection. In prod the
+    // registry is reachable through @pascal-app/core's exports only.
+    if (typeof globalThis !== 'undefined') {
+      ;(globalThis as { __pascalNodeRegistry?: typeof nodeRegistry }).__pascalNodeRegistry =
+        nodeRegistry
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 // Run as a side effect on first import so any consumer of this module gets a