diff --git a/tests/test_orphan_sweep.py b/tests/test_orphan_sweep.py
index f6a5c39..76d98ca 100644
--- a/tests/test_orphan_sweep.py
+++ b/tests/test_orphan_sweep.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ guard makes that sweep reproducible: it locks the current set of unreferenced pu
 definitions, so a newly stranded function fails the build instead of accumulating
 silently, and deleting a known orphan requires deleting its entry here.
 
-The sweep is intentionally conservative. It only considers module-level public
-definitions, and it honours the dynamic-wiring exceptions the skill calls out:
-framework route registration, string-based entrypoint references, and use from
-`tests/` or `tools/`.
+The sweep is intentionally conservative. It considers module-level public
+definitions and public methods on public classes, and honours the dynamic-wiring
+exceptions the skill calls out: framework route registration, string-based
+entrypoint references, and use from `tests/` or `tools/`.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -36,6 +36,62 @@ KNOWN_ORPHANS: dict[str, str] = {
         "Uncertain - follow-up: confirm whether the benchmarking entrypoint is still "
         "intended before removing."
     ),
+    "DocumentService.is_document_type_referenced": (
+        "Read helper currently bypassed by callers in favor of direct delete guards. "
+        "Retained for now to preserve service API stability during cleanup."
+    ),
+    "DocumentService.is_tag_referenced": (
+        "Read helper currently bypassed by callers in favor of direct delete guards. "
+        "Retained for now to preserve service API stability during cleanup."
+    ),
+    "DocumentService.read_document": (
+        "Public CRUD read method currently unused by runtime routes, but retained as "
+        "part of the service API shape for downstream call sites."
+    ),
+    "DocumentService.read_document_type": (
+        "Public CRUD read method currently unused by runtime routes, but retained as "
+        "part of the service API shape for downstream call sites."
+    ),
+    "DocumentService.read_tag": (
+        "Public CRUD read method currently unused by runtime routes, but retained as "
+        "part of the service API shape for downstream call sites."
+    ),
+    "JSONBCompat.load_dialect_impl": (
+        "SQLAlchemy type hook is invoked by ORM internals via subclass protocol rather "
+        "than direct in-repo references; keep this implementation method."
+    ),
+    "JobService.delete_job": (
+        "Legacy delete method retained as a compatibility shim while guarded deletion "
+        "flows migrate fully to delete_job_with_guardrails."
+    ),
+    "JobService.update_job": (
+        "Legacy update method retained for compatibility while route and workflow "
+        "callers continue converging on narrower state-transition APIs."
+    ),
+    "PeopleService.is_person_role_referenced": (
+        "Reference-check helper currently not called by route workflows, but kept with "
+        "the service surface while role-management cleanup remains in progress."
+    ),
+    "PeopleService.read_person": (
+        "Public CRUD read method currently unused by runtime routes, but retained as "
+        "part of the service API shape for downstream call sites."
+    ),
+    "PeopleService.read_person_role": (
+        "Public CRUD read method currently unused by runtime routes, but retained as "
+        "part of the service API shape for downstream call sites."
+    ),
+    "Settings.normalize_provider_models": (
+        "Pydantic model-level validator is executed by framework hooks using decorator "
+        "registration and therefore has no direct symbolic call site."
+    ),
+    "Settings.validate_provider_models_input": (
+        "Pydantic field validator is executed by framework hooks using decorator "
+        "registration and therefore has no direct symbolic call site."
+    ),
+    "SourceService.read_job_source_for_job": (
+        "Public read helper currently unused by runtime flows, but retained as part of "
+        "the SourceService API pending endpoint consolidation."
+    ),
     "dispose_all_engines": (
         "Engine lifecycle helper in db/engine.py. Uncertain - follow-up: operational "
         "teardown utility with no runtime or test caller."
@@ -61,7 +117,7 @@ def _is_registered_with_framework(node: ast.FunctionDef | ast.AsyncFunctionDef |
 
 
 def _public_definitions() -> dict[str, str]:
-    """Public module-level definitions, mapped to `path:line`."""
+    """Public definitions mapped to `path:line` (module-level + class methods)."""
     definitions: dict[str, str] = {}
     for path in _source_files():
         tree = ast.parse(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
@@ -71,6 +127,15 @@ def _public_definitions() -> dict[str, str]:
             if node.name.startswith("_") or _is_registered_with_framework(node):
                 continue
             definitions[node.name] = f"{path.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT).as_posix()}:{node.lineno}"
+            if isinstance(node, ast.ClassDef):
+                for method in node.body:
+                    if not isinstance(method, ast.FunctionDef | ast.AsyncFunctionDef):
+                        continue
+                    if method.name.startswith("_"):
+                        continue
+                    definitions[f"{node.name}.{method.name}"] = (
+                        f"{path.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT).as_posix()}:{method.lineno}"
+                    )
     return definitions
 
 
@@ -107,14 +172,19 @@ def _orphans() -> dict[str, str]:
         for name, location in definitions.items()
         # A definition is referenced if its name is used directly, or appears inside a
         # string such as "transcription.__main__:create_cli_app".
-        if name not in names and name not in literal_blob
+        if (
+            name not in names
+            and name not in literal_blob
+            and name.split(".")[-1] not in names
+            and name.split(".")[-1] not in literal_blob
+        )
     }
 
 
 def test_public_definitions_are_discovered():
     """Guard the guard: the sweep is meaningless if nothing is scanned."""
     definitions = _public_definitions()
-    assert len(definitions) >= 260
+    assert len(definitions) >= 420
     assert "create_app" in definitions