diff --git a/lib/apl/conformance.conf b/lib/apl/conformance.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23ec56e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/apl/conformance.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# APL conformance config — sourced by lib/guest/conformance.sh.
+
+LANG_NAME=apl
+MODE=counters
+COUNTERS_PASS=apl-test-pass
+COUNTERS_FAIL=apl-test-fail
+TIMEOUT_PER_SUITE=300
+
+PRELOADS=(
+  spec/stdlib.sx
+  lib/r7rs.sx
+  lib/apl/runtime.sx
+  lib/apl/tokenizer.sx
+  lib/apl/parser.sx
+  lib/apl/transpile.sx
+  lib/apl/test-harness.sx
+)
+
+SUITES=(
+  "structural:lib/apl/tests/structural.sx"
+  "operators:lib/apl/tests/operators.sx"
+  "dfn:lib/apl/tests/dfn.sx"
+  "tradfn:lib/apl/tests/tradfn.sx"
+  "valence:lib/apl/tests/valence.sx"
+  "programs:lib/apl/tests/programs.sx"
+  "system:lib/apl/tests/system.sx"
+  "idioms:lib/apl/tests/idioms.sx"
+  "eval-ops:lib/apl/tests/eval-ops.sx"
+  "pipeline:lib/apl/tests/pipeline.sx"
+)
+
+emit_scoreboard_json() {
+  local n=${#GC_NAMES[@]} i sep
+  printf '{\n'
+  printf '  "suites": {\n'
+  for ((i=0; i<n; i++)); do
+    sep=","; [ $i -eq $((n-1)) ] && sep=""
+    printf '    "%s": {"pass": %d, "fail": %d}%s\n' \
+      "${GC_NAMES[$i]}" "${GC_PASS[$i]}" "${GC_FAIL[$i]}" "$sep"
+  done
+  printf '  },\n'
+  printf '  "total_pass": %d,\n' "$GC_TOTAL_PASS"
+  printf '  "total_fail": %d,\n' "$GC_TOTAL_FAIL"
+  printf '  "total": %d\n' "$GC_TOTAL"
+  printf '}\n'
+}
+
+emit_scoreboard_md() {
+  local n=${#GC_NAMES[@]} i
+  printf '# APL Conformance Scoreboard\n\n'
+  printf '_Generated by `lib/apl/conformance.sh`_\n\n'
+  printf '| Suite | Pass | Fail | Total |\n'
+  printf '|-------|-----:|-----:|------:|\n'
+  for ((i=0; i<n; i++)); do
+    printf '| %s | %d | %d | %d |\n' \
+      "${GC_NAMES[$i]}" "${GC_PASS[$i]}" "${GC_FAIL[$i]}" "${GC_TOTAL_S[$i]}"
+  done
+  printf '| **Total** | **%d** | **%d** | **%d** |\n' "$GC_TOTAL_PASS" "$GC_TOTAL_FAIL" "$GC_TOTAL"
+  printf '\n'
+  printf '## Notes\n\n'
+  printf '%s\n' '- Suites use the standard `apl-test name got expected` framework loaded against `lib/apl/runtime.sx` + `lib/apl/transpile.sx`.'
+  printf '%s\n' '- `lib/apl/tests/parse.sx` and `lib/apl/tests/scalar.sx` use their own self-contained frameworks and are excluded from this scoreboard.'
+}
diff --git a/lib/apl/conformance.sh b/lib/apl/conformance.sh
index 830251e5..d54bf4ae 100755
--- a/lib/apl/conformance.sh
+++ b/lib/apl/conformance.sh
@@ -1,116 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# lib/apl/conformance.sh — run APL test suites, emit scoreboard.json + scoreboard.md.
-
-set -uo pipefail
-cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-
-SX_SERVER="${SX_SERVER:-/root/rose-ash/hosts/ocaml/_build/default/bin/sx_server.exe}"
-if [ ! -x "$SX_SERVER" ]; then
-  SX_SERVER="hosts/ocaml/_build/default/bin/sx_server.exe"
-fi
-if [ ! -x "$SX_SERVER" ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: sx_server.exe not found." >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-SUITES=(structural operators dfn tradfn valence programs system idioms eval-ops pipeline)
-
-OUT_JSON="lib/apl/scoreboard.json"
-OUT_MD="lib/apl/scoreboard.md"
-
-run_suite() {
-  local suite=$1
-  local file="lib/apl/tests/${suite}.sx"
-  local TMP
-  TMP=$(mktemp)
-  cat > "$TMP" << EPOCHS
-(epoch 1)
-(load "spec/stdlib.sx")
-(load "lib/r7rs.sx")
-(load "lib/apl/runtime.sx")
-(load "lib/apl/tokenizer.sx")
-(load "lib/apl/parser.sx")
-(load "lib/apl/transpile.sx")
-(epoch 2)
-(eval "(define apl-test-pass 0)")
-(eval "(define apl-test-fail 0)")
-(eval "(define apl-test (fn (name got expected) (if (= got expected) (set! apl-test-pass (+ apl-test-pass 1)) (set! apl-test-fail (+ apl-test-fail 1)))))")
-(epoch 3)
-(load "${file}")
-(epoch 4)
-(eval "(list apl-test-pass apl-test-fail)")
-EPOCHS
-
-  local OUTPUT
-  OUTPUT=$(timeout 300 "$SX_SERVER" < "$TMP" 2>/dev/null)
-  rm -f "$TMP"
-
-  local LINE
-  LINE=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | awk '/^\(ok-len 4 / {getline; print; exit}')
-  if [ -z "$LINE" ]; then
-    LINE=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -E '^\(ok 4 \([0-9]+ [0-9]+\)\)' | tail -1 \
-            | sed -E 's/^\(ok 4 //; s/\)$//')
-  fi
-
-  local P F
-  P=$(echo "$LINE" | sed -E 's/^\(([0-9]+) ([0-9]+)\).*/\1/')
-  F=$(echo "$LINE" | sed -E 's/^\(([0-9]+) ([0-9]+)\).*/\2/')
-  P=${P:-0}
-  F=${F:-0}
-  echo "${P} ${F}"
-}
-
-declare -A SUITE_PASS
-declare -A SUITE_FAIL
-TOTAL_PASS=0
-TOTAL_FAIL=0
-
-echo "Running APL conformance suite..." >&2
-for s in "${SUITES[@]}"; do
-  read -r p f < <(run_suite "$s")
-  SUITE_PASS[$s]=$p
-  SUITE_FAIL[$s]=$f
-  TOTAL_PASS=$((TOTAL_PASS + p))
-  TOTAL_FAIL=$((TOTAL_FAIL + f))
-  printf "  %-12s %d/%d\n" "$s" "$p" "$((p+f))" >&2
-done
-
-# scoreboard.json
-{
-  printf '{\n'
-  printf '  "suites": {\n'
-  first=1
-  for s in "${SUITES[@]}"; do
-    if [ $first -eq 0 ]; then printf ',\n'; fi
-    printf '    "%s": {"pass": %d, "fail": %d}' "$s" "${SUITE_PASS[$s]}" "${SUITE_FAIL[$s]}"
-    first=0
-  done
-  printf '\n  },\n'
-  printf '  "total_pass": %d,\n' "$TOTAL_PASS"
-  printf '  "total_fail": %d,\n' "$TOTAL_FAIL"
-  printf '  "total": %d\n' "$((TOTAL_PASS + TOTAL_FAIL))"
-  printf '}\n'
-} > "$OUT_JSON"
-
-# scoreboard.md
-{
-  printf '# APL Conformance Scoreboard\n\n'
-  printf '_Generated by `lib/apl/conformance.sh`_\n\n'
-  printf '| Suite | Pass | Fail | Total |\n'
-  printf '|-------|-----:|-----:|------:|\n'
-  for s in "${SUITES[@]}"; do
-    p=${SUITE_PASS[$s]}
-    f=${SUITE_FAIL[$s]}
-    printf '| %s | %d | %d | %d |\n' "$s" "$p" "$f" "$((p+f))"
-  done
-  printf '| **Total** | **%d** | **%d** | **%d** |\n' "$TOTAL_PASS" "$TOTAL_FAIL" "$((TOTAL_PASS + TOTAL_FAIL))"
-  printf '\n'
-  printf '## Notes\n\n'
-  printf '%s\n' '- Suites use the standard `apl-test name got expected` framework loaded against `lib/apl/runtime.sx` + `lib/apl/transpile.sx`.'
-  printf '%s\n' '- `lib/apl/tests/parse.sx` and `lib/apl/tests/scalar.sx` use their own self-contained frameworks and are excluded from this scoreboard.'
-} > "$OUT_MD"
-
-echo "Wrote $OUT_JSON and $OUT_MD" >&2
-echo "Total: $TOTAL_PASS pass, $TOTAL_FAIL fail" >&2
-
-[ "$TOTAL_FAIL" -eq 0 ]
+# lib/apl/conformance.sh — APL conformance via the shared guest driver.
+# Config lives in lib/apl/conformance.conf (MODE=counters). Override the binary
+# with SX_SERVER=path/to/sx_server.exe bash lib/apl/conformance.sh
+exec bash "$(dirname "$0")/../guest/conformance.sh" "$(dirname "$0")/conformance.conf" "$@"
diff --git a/lib/apl/scoreboard.json b/lib/apl/scoreboard.json
index 74c585d1..6c240937 100644
--- a/lib/apl/scoreboard.json
+++ b/lib/apl/scoreboard.json
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
     "system": {"pass": 13, "fail": 0},
     "idioms": {"pass": 64, "fail": 0},
     "eval-ops": {"pass": 14, "fail": 0},
-    "pipeline": {"pass": 40, "fail": 0}
+    "pipeline": {"pass": 152, "fail": 0}
   },
-  "total_pass": 450,
+  "total_pass": 562,
   "total_fail": 0,
-  "total": 450
+  "total": 562
 }
diff --git a/lib/apl/scoreboard.md b/lib/apl/scoreboard.md
index 31af7af5..8eb87867 100644
--- a/lib/apl/scoreboard.md
+++ b/lib/apl/scoreboard.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ _Generated by `lib/apl/conformance.sh`_
 | system | 13 | 0 | 13 |
 | idioms | 64 | 0 | 64 |
 | eval-ops | 14 | 0 | 14 |
-| pipeline | 40 | 0 | 40 |
-| **Total** | **450** | **0** | **450** |
+| pipeline | 152 | 0 | 152 |
+| **Total** | **562** | **0** | **562** |
 
 ## Notes
 
diff --git a/lib/apl/test-harness.sx b/lib/apl/test-harness.sx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61876415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/apl/test-harness.sx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; lib/apl/test-harness.sx — counters + assertion fn for the shared conformance
+; driver (lib/guest/conformance.sh, MODE=counters). Loaded as a PRELOAD so each
+; suite starts from a fresh 0/0; suites call (apl-test name got expected).
+
+(define apl-test-pass 0)
+(define apl-test-fail 0)
+
+(define
+  apl-test
+  (fn
+    (name got expected)
+    (if
+      (= got expected)
+      (set! apl-test-pass (+ apl-test-pass 1))
+      (set! apl-test-fail (+ apl-test-fail 1)))))