diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6986dab4d..43d2712ead 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "check:changesets": "node scripts/check-changeset-format.mjs",
     "check:quarantine-ledger": "node scripts/check-quarantine-ledger.mjs",
     "check:mock-completeness": "node scripts/check-mock-completeness.mjs",
-    "test:gate": "node scripts/check-no-nohup.mjs && node scripts/check-no-cwd-relative-dashboard-test-reads.mjs && node scripts/check-no-kill-4040.mjs && node scripts/check-no-getdatabase.mjs && node scripts/check-capacity-pool-id.mjs && node scripts/check-no-node-only-core-imports-in-dashboard.mjs && node scripts/check-pi-versions-pinned.mjs && node scripts/check-no-test-timeout-appeasement.mjs && node scripts/check-changeset-format.mjs && node scripts/check-mock-completeness.mjs && sh -c 'pnpm --filter @fusion/engine test:core & engine_pid=$!; pnpm --filter @fusion/core test:pg-gate & pg_pid=$!; status=0; wait $engine_pid || status=1; wait $pg_pid || status=1; exit $status' && pnpm --filter @runfusion/fusion test:ci-shape",
+    "test:gate": "node scripts/check-no-nohup.mjs && node scripts/check-no-cwd-relative-dashboard-test-reads.mjs && node scripts/check-no-kill-4040.mjs && node scripts/check-no-getdatabase.mjs && node scripts/check-capacity-pool-id.mjs && node scripts/check-no-node-only-core-imports-in-dashboard.mjs && node scripts/check-pi-versions-pinned.mjs && node scripts/check-no-test-timeout-appeasement.mjs && node scripts/check-changeset-format.mjs && node scripts/check-mock-completeness.mjs && sh -c 'pnpm --filter @fusion/engine test:core & engine_pid=$!; pnpm --filter @fusion/core test:pg-gate & pg_pid=$!; pnpm --filter @fusion/core test:unit-gate & unit_pid=$!; status=0; wait $engine_pid || status=1; wait $pg_pid || status=1; wait $unit_pid || status=1; exit $status' && pnpm --filter @runfusion/fusion test:ci-shape",
     "smoke:boot": "node scripts/boot-smoke.mjs",
     "local": "node scripts/start-local.mjs",
     "dev": "node scripts/dev-with-memory.mjs",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index aeebbb1a5f..3b049e3eeb 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "test": "vitest run --silent=passed-only --reporter=dot",
     "test:embedded-postgres": "vitest run src/__tests__/postgres/embedded-lifecycle.test.ts --silent=passed-only --reporter=dot",
-    "test:pg-gate": "vitest run --config vitest.pg.config.ts src/__tests__/postgres/handoff-to-review-atomicity.pg.test.ts src/__tests__/postgres/task-lifecycle-e2e.pg.test.ts --silent=passed-only --reporter=dot"
+    "test:pg-gate": "vitest run --config vitest.pg.config.ts src/__tests__/postgres/handoff-to-review-atomicity.pg.test.ts src/__tests__/postgres/task-lifecycle-e2e.pg.test.ts --silent=passed-only --reporter=dot",
+    "test:unit-gate": "vitest run src/__tests__/task-merge.test.ts src/__tests__/legacy-adoption.test.ts --silent=passed-only --reporter=dot"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent": "0.82.1",