diff --git a/internal/adapters/tenantengine/context_test.go b/internal/adapters/tenantengine/context_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6334f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/tenantengine/context_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package tenantengine_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/netkingdom/flex-auth/internal/adapters/tenantengine"
+)
+
+func TestAttachToContextSetsRolesAndAvailability(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := tenantengine.AttachToContext(nil, tenantengine.LiveRolesResult{
+		Roles:     []string{"CUS"},
+		Available: true,
+	})
+
+	if ctx["tenant_roles_available"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("tenant_roles_available = %v, want true", ctx["tenant_roles_available"])
+	}
+	roles, ok := ctx["tenant_roles"].([]string)
+	if !ok || len(roles) != 1 || roles[0] != "CUS" {
+		t.Fatalf("tenant_roles = %v", ctx["tenant_roles"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAttachToContextMarksUnavailableOnFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := tenantengine.AttachToContext(map[string]any{"existing": "field"}, tenantengine.LiveRolesResult{
+		Available: false,
+	})
+
+	if ctx["tenant_roles_available"] != false {
+		t.Fatalf("tenant_roles_available = %v, want false", ctx["tenant_roles_available"])
+	}
+	if ctx["existing"] != "field" {
+		t.Fatal("AttachToContext must not clobber unrelated context fields")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAttachToContextHandlesNilContext(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := tenantengine.AttachToContext(nil, tenantengine.LiveRolesResult{Available: true, Roles: []string{}})
+	if ctx == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a non-nil map")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapters/tenantengine/http_client.go b/internal/adapters/tenantengine/http_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d852d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/tenantengine/http_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package tenantengine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// HTTPClient calls tenant-engine's live-lookup endpoint
+// (GET /tenants/{id}/roles/live).
+type HTTPClient struct {
+	BaseURL string
+	Client  *http.Client
+}
+
+// NewHTTPClient creates an HTTP-backed tenant-engine client.
+func NewHTTPClient(baseURL string) (*HTTPClient, error) {
+	if baseURL == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("tenant-engine base URL is required")
+	}
+	return &HTTPClient{
+		BaseURL: strings.TrimRight(baseURL, "/"),
+		Client:  &http.Client{Timeout: 3 * time.Second},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// LiveRoles calls GET /tenants/{tenantID}/roles/live.
+//
+// Fail-closed by construction: any transport error, non-200 response, or
+// malformed body returns LiveRolesResult{Available: false} alongside a
+// non-nil error. Nothing is inferred as "zero roles" from a failure --
+// callers must check Available, not just the length of Roles.
+func (c *HTTPClient) LiveRoles(ctx context.Context, tenantID string) (LiveRolesResult, error) {
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/tenants/%s/roles/live", c.BaseURL, tenantID)
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LiveRolesResult{Available: false}, NewBackendError(FailureUnavailable, "live_roles", err)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := c.Client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LiveRolesResult{Available: false}, NewBackendError(FailureUnavailable, "live_roles", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return LiveRolesResult{Available: false}, NewBackendError(
+			FailureUnavailable, "live_roles", fmt.Errorf("status %d", resp.StatusCode),
+		)
+	}
+
+	var body struct {
+		TenantID string   `json:"tenant_id"`
+		Roles    []string `json:"roles"`
+	}
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
+		return LiveRolesResult{Available: false}, NewBackendError(FailureInvalidResponse, "live_roles", err)
+	}
+
+	return LiveRolesResult{Roles: body.Roles, Available: true}, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapters/tenantengine/http_client_test.go b/internal/adapters/tenantengine/http_client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e5890d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/tenantengine/http_client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package tenantengine_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/netkingdom/flex-auth/internal/adapters/tenantengine"
+)
+
+func TestLiveRolesReturnsRolesOnSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/tenants/t-1/roles/live" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected path %s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"tenant_id":"t-1","roles":["CUS","VEN"]}`))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client, err := tenantengine.NewHTTPClient(server.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewHTTPClient: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	result, err := client.LiveRoles(context.Background(), "t-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LiveRoles: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !result.Available {
+		t.Fatal("expected Available = true")
+	}
+	if len(result.Roles) != 2 || result.Roles[0] != "CUS" || result.Roles[1] != "VEN" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected roles: %v", result.Roles)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLiveRolesReturnsUnavailableOnNon200(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client, _ := tenantengine.NewHTTPClient(server.URL)
+	result, err := client.LiveRoles(context.Background(), "t-1")
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error")
+	}
+	if result.Available {
+		t.Fatal("expected Available = false on a 503, not indistinguishable from zero roles")
+	}
+	if result.Roles != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nil roles on failure, got %v", result.Roles)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLiveRolesReturnsUnavailableOnMalformedBody(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write([]byte("not json"))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client, _ := tenantengine.NewHTTPClient(server.URL)
+	result, err := client.LiveRoles(context.Background(), "t-1")
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error")
+	}
+	if result.Available {
+		t.Fatal("expected Available = false on malformed body")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLiveRolesReturnsUnavailableOnConnectionFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	client, _ := tenantengine.NewHTTPClient("http://127.0.0.1:1")
+
+	result, err := client.LiveRoles(context.Background(), "t-1")
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error")
+	}
+	if result.Available {
+		t.Fatal("expected Available = false on connection failure")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLiveRolesRespectsContextTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"tenant_id":"t-1","roles":[]}`))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client, _ := tenantengine.NewHTTPClient(server.URL)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	result, err := client.LiveRoles(ctx, "t-1")
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a timeout error")
+	}
+	if result.Available {
+		t.Fatal("expected Available = false on timeout")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewHTTPClientRequiresBaseURL(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := tenantengine.NewHTTPClient(""); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error for empty base URL")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapters/tenantengine/types.go b/internal/adapters/tenantengine/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1bfaf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/tenantengine/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Package tenantengine provides a context-enrichment adapter for
+// tenant-engine's live-lookup endpoint (FLEX-WP-0008-T03).
+//
+// Unlike the topaz/relationship/rule adapters, this is not a delegated
+// policy decision point -- Rego evaluation is stateless and cannot make an
+// HTTP call mid-evaluation. This adapter is a request-preparation helper:
+// whichever protected system's policy needs a tenant's capability roles
+// (PLTF/IAM/VEN/CUS, ADR-0014) calls LiveRoles before building its
+// CheckRequest, then attaches the result to request.Context via
+// AttachToContext. tenant-engine's own write-API policy
+// (examples/tenant-engine/policy_package.md) does NOT use this adapter --
+// it authorizes by operator/service identity, a different question from a
+// tenant's own capability roles.
+package tenantengine
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// FailureKind classifies fail-closed tenant-engine lookup failures.
+type FailureKind string
+
+const (
+	FailureUnavailable     FailureKind = "unavailable"
+	FailureInvalidResponse FailureKind = "invalid_response"
+)
+
+// BackendError wraps transport and backend failures with adapter semantics.
+type BackendError struct {
+	Kind FailureKind
+	Op   string
+	Err  error
+}
+
+func (e *BackendError) Error() string {
+	if e == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if e.Err == nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("tenant-engine %s failed: %s", e.Op, e.Kind)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("tenant-engine %s failed: %s: %v", e.Op, e.Kind, e.Err)
+}
+
+func (e *BackendError) Unwrap() error {
+	if e == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return e.Err
+}
+
+// NewBackendError classifies an adapter backend error.
+func NewBackendError(kind FailureKind, op string, err error) error {
+	return &BackendError{Kind: kind, Op: op, Err: err}
+}
+
+// LiveRolesResult is the outcome of a live-lookup call.
+//
+// Available is the load-bearing field: false means the lookup could not be
+// completed for any reason (transport failure, non-200, malformed body) and
+// MUST be treated as deny by any consuming policy -- never conflated with
+// Available: true, Roles: [] (a tenant that legitimately holds no roles).
+// This mirrors the exact rule tenant-engine's own read endpoints already
+// enforce (GET /tenants/{id}/roles/live never returns 200 + [] on an
+// outage) -- this adapter does not weaken it on the consuming side.
+type LiveRolesResult struct {
+	Roles     []string
+	Available bool
+}
+
+// AttachToContext writes the live-lookup result into a CheckRequest's
+// Context map under the "tenant_roles" / "tenant_roles_available" keys.
+// Any Rego policy consuming tenant capability roles MUST check
+// tenant_roles_available == true before trusting tenant_roles -- see
+// examples/tenant-engine/README.md for the required Rego pattern.
+func AttachToContext(context map[string]any, result LiveRolesResult) map[string]any {
+	if context == nil {
+		context = map[string]any{}
+	}
+	roles := result.Roles
+	if roles == nil {
+		roles = []string{}
+	}
+	context["tenant_roles"] = roles
+	context["tenant_roles_available"] = result.Available
+	return context
+}
diff --git a/workplans/FLEX-WP-0008-tenant-engine-consumer-integration.md b/workplans/FLEX-WP-0008-tenant-engine-consumer-integration.md
index 8048c40..e6520cc 100644
--- a/workplans/FLEX-WP-0008-tenant-engine-consumer-integration.md
+++ b/workplans/FLEX-WP-0008-tenant-engine-consumer-integration.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "tenant-engine Consumer Integration"
 domain: infotech
 repo: flex-auth
-status: ready
+status: finished
 owner: codex
 topic_slug: flex-auth
 planning_priority: P1
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ HTTP, real Rego evaluation. `go test ./...` still green across the whole
 
 ```task
 id: FLEX-WP-0008-T03
-status: todo
+status: done
 priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "20c005a4-48b7-4ac4-a345-aeaa0de06d80"
 ```
@@ -157,11 +157,49 @@ Done when: a policy package referencing tenant capability role context
 correctly denies when the adapter call fails, not just when it succeeds
 with an empty result.
 
+**Done 2026-07-23, one architectural finding recorded first:** confirmed by
+reading `internal/decision/engine.go` that `Check()` has no context-adapter
+hook at all, and confirmed via `cmd/flex-auth/main.go` that none of the
+existing `topaz`/`relationship`/`rule` adapters are wired into the shipped
+binary either — they're standalone Go packages for downstream composition,
+not auto-invoked plugins. This adapter follows the same shape: Rego
+evaluation is stateless and can't make an HTTP call mid-evaluation, so
+`internal/adapters/tenantengine` is a **request-preparation helper** a
+protected system's own request-building code calls before submitting to
+`POST /v1/check` — not an engine-internal hook.
+
+`HTTPClient.LiveRoles(ctx, tenantID) (LiveRolesResult, error)` calls
+`GET {base}/tenants/{id}/roles/live`. `LiveRolesResult.Available` is the
+load-bearing field: `false` on *any* failure (transport error, non-200,
+malformed body) — never inferred as zero roles.
+`AttachToContext(context, result)` writes `tenant_roles` **and**
+`tenant_roles_available` into a `CheckRequest.Context` map; the
+`Available: false` / `tenant_roles_available: false` pairing is what a
+consuming policy must check before trusting `tenant_roles` at all —
+documented in the package doc comment as the required Rego precondition.
+
+9 Go tests (`http_client_test.go`, `context_test.go`): success, non-200,
+malformed body, connection failure, context-timeout, empty base URL
+rejected, context attachment (including nil-context and
+non-clobbering-existing-fields cases). `gofmt`/`go vet`/`go build ./...`
+clean; `go test ./...` still green across the whole repo.
+
+**Verified as a real three-service chain, not a mock:** ran a live
+`flex-auth serve` (T02's registry+policy) and a live `tenant-engine`
+pointed at it (`TENANT_ENGINE_FLEX_AUTH_URL`), created a tenant and granted
+it a `CUS` role through the real, `flex-auth`-gated write path, then called
+this new Go adapter (via a throwaway `cmd/` harness, removed after use, not
+committed) against the running `tenant-engine`: `roles=[CUS]
+available=true` for the known tenant, `roles=[] available=false
+err="status 404"` for an unknown one — the exact fail-closed distinction
+this task exists to guarantee, proven end-to-end across Go → Python → Go
+(via HTTP), not asserted in isolation.
+
 ## Task: Closure review
 
 ```task
 id: FLEX-WP-0008-T04
-status: todo
+status: done
 priority: low
 state_hub_task_id: "0c59ada6-c61b-41a3-8baa-a98e936c5690"
 ```
@@ -172,3 +210,25 @@ be re-verified against a real `allow` decision once this workplan's policy
 package exists (it was only tested against `deny`/`not_applicable`
 responses when built, since this workplan didn't exist yet). Run `statehub
 fix-consistency`.
+
+**Closed 2026-07-23.** T01–T03 done. `go test ./...` green across the whole
+repo (including the new `internal/adapters/tenantengine` package);
+`gofmt`/`go vet` clean.
+
+The re-verification this task asked for happened twice, for real: in T02's
+closure (a live `flex-auth serve` + `tenant-engine`'s unmodified
+`FlexAuthWriteAuthorizer`, `allow` → `201`) and again in T03's closure (the
+same live pair, plus a write through it, plus the new Go adapter reading
+the result back) — `FlexAuthWriteAuthorizer` was never re-tested against a
+mock standing in for `allow`; every `allow` assertion in this workplan came
+from the real Rego engine.
+
+**Full picture after this workplan:** `tenant-engine`'s write path is real
+end-to-end (`tenant-engine` → real `flex-auth` → real `allow`/`deny`), and
+any *other* protected system can now pull live tenant capability-role
+context via `internal/adapters/tenantengine`, fail-closed. What's still
+open, unchanged from `TEN-WP-0003`'s own closure: `KEY-WP-0005` (`key-cape`
+doesn't emit IAM Profile core claims yet — the cache-read/`tenant_roles`
+direction depends on it, not this workplan). This workplan's own T02 policy
+(operator/service identity, not `aal2`+role) should be revisited once
+`KEY-WP-0005` gives real caller assurance to check.