diff --git a/blogex/.gitignore b/blogex/.gitignore
index c19f686..49a0bc5 100644
--- a/blogex/.gitignore
+++ b/blogex/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /_build/
 /deps/
 /doc/
+/cover/
 *.ez
 *.beam
 .elixir_ls/
diff --git a/blogex/Makefile b/blogex/Makefile
index 3667b13..618feeb 100644
--- a/blogex/Makefile
+++ b/blogex/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 MISE_BIN ?= mise
 MISE_EXEC = $(MISE_BIN) exec --
 
-.PHONY: check precommit deps compile test format verify
+.PHONY: check precommit deps compile test test.coverage coverage format verify
 
 # Cheap static gate for this library (no database, no coverage). Runs from the
 # root `make check`, which loops app then blogex.
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ compile:
 test: deps
 	$(MISE_EXEC) mix test
 
+# Run the suite once with coverage exported, so the coverage floor check (and,
+# later, CRAP) reads the export instead of running the suite a second time.
+# Stale exports are removed first: the floor must never report an older run.
+test.coverage: deps
+	rm -f cover/*.coverdata
+	$(MISE_EXEC) mix test --cover --export-coverage default
+
+# Enforce the coverage floor (mix.exs -> test_coverage) from that export. No
+# test run. `mix test.coverage` exits 0 when it finds no export at all, so the
+# guard below is load-bearing: a floor check that did not run must not pass.
+coverage:
+	@test -f cover/default.coverdata || { echo "coverage: no exported coverage - run 'make test.coverage' first" >&2; exit 1; }
+	$(MISE_EXEC) mix test.coverage
+
 # Format code
 format:
 	$(MISE_EXEC) mix format
@@ -42,11 +56,18 @@ format:
 # and to VERIFY_SENSORS — that variable is the single source of truth for what
 # this target reports as wired.
 #   - coverage   (yak: coverage floors + framework-glue exclusions policy)
+#                  WIRED below (test.coverage + coverage).
 #   - crap       (yak: CRAP scores with ex_crap (both apps))
 #   - mutation   (yak: mutation testing with muex — a sensor, not a gate)
-VERIFY_SENSORS :=
+#
+# The suite runs FIRST: it is what produces the coverage export that the
+# sensors below read. (Sampling and reporting are separate steps because
+# `mix test --cover --export-coverage` exports instead of printing a summary,
+# and reporting through `mix test.coverage` keeps it to one suite run.) Sensors
+# still run cheapest-first among themselves.
+VERIFY_SENSORS := coverage
 
 verify:
-	@echo "==> verify(blogex): sensors [$(if $(VERIFY_SENSORS),$(VERIFY_SENSORS),none wired yet)]"
-	@for sensor in $(VERIFY_SENSORS); do $(MAKE) $$sensor || exit 1; done
-	@$(MAKE) test
+	@echo "==> verify(blogex): suite (coverage exported), then sensors [$(VERIFY_SENSORS)]"
+	@$(MAKE) test.coverage
+	@for sensor in $(VERIFY_SENSORS); do echo "==> verify(blogex): sensor $$sensor"; $(MAKE) $$sensor || exit 1; done
diff --git a/blogex/mix.exs b/blogex/mix.exs
index c6e03a5..4796317 100644
--- a/blogex/mix.exs
+++ b/blogex/mix.exs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ defmodule Blogex.MixProject do
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
       aliases: aliases(),
       deps: deps(),
+      test_coverage: test_coverage(),
       docs: docs(),
       package: package(),
       description: "A multi-blog engine powered by NimblePublisher for Phoenix apps"
@@ -49,6 +50,30 @@ defmodule Blogex.MixProject do
     ]
   end
 
+  # The coverage floor the Lens pass enforces (`make verify` -> `make coverage`
+  # in blogex/). Rule: the threshold is a FLOOR. Raise it as behavior-test yaks
+  # land; never lower it. A drop means the change (or an exclusion) is wrong.
+  #
+  # Measured 2026-10-26, with the test scaffolding below excluded: 74.53% — the
+  # same via `mix test --cover` and via `mix test --cover --export-coverage
+  # default` + `mix test.coverage`. Floor is the integer below that.
+  #
+  # Excluded: the test scaffolding (Blogex.Test.*) only. Fixtures measure the
+  # tests, not the library. Everything in lib/blogex counts, and today's gaps
+  # are real: Blogex (the delegating facade), Blogex.Components and
+  # Blogex.Layout are at 0% because the router tests only exercise the JSON
+  # responses — moving this floor up is the behavior-test work.
+  defp test_coverage do
+    [
+      summary: [threshold: 74],
+      ignore_modules: [
+        Blogex.Test.FakeBlog,
+        Blogex.Test.PostBuilder,
+        Blogex.Test.Setup
+      ]
+    ]
+  end
+
   defp docs do
     [
       main: "readme",