diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 34ead38..ed703a8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "opensatcom"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Open-source Python toolkit for satellite communications engineering"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ sensitivity = ["SALib>=1.4"]
 notebooks = ["jupyterlab>=4.0", "ipywidgets>=8.0"]
 docs = ["mkdocs>=1.6", "mkdocs-material>=9.5", "mkdocstrings[python]>=0.27"]
 
+[project.entry-points."sysml2kit.engines"]
+opensatcom-link = "opensatcom.interop:run_link"
+
 [project.scripts]
 opensatcom = "opensatcom.cli:main"
 
diff --git a/src/opensatcom/interop.py b/src/opensatcom/interop.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2156cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/opensatcom/interop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+"""sysml2kit verification engine: one snapshot link budget per call.
+
+``run_link(payload)`` is registered under the ``sysml2kit.engines``
+entry-point group as ``opensatcom-link``, so a SysML v2 analysis case
+carrying a ``verificationBinding`` that names this engine evaluates a
+link budget and checks requirements against the returned metrics.
+
+The payload is a ProjectConfig-shaped mapping (the same sections
+``load_config`` reads from YAML) plus a ``snapshot`` section:
+
+- ``elev_deg`` (required): link elevation angle,
+- ``az_deg`` (default 0.0),
+- ``range_m`` (default: slant range from terminal altitudes and elevation),
+- ``rain_rate_mm_per_hr`` (default: clear sky).
+
+The snapshot's ``margin_db`` is returned as ``link_margin_db`` to match
+the metric key phased-array-systems emits, so one requirement can be
+verified by either engine. Non-scalar outputs are dropped: the sysml2kit
+engine contract is a flat mapping of scalars.
+"""
+
+from dataclasses import asdict
+from typing import Any
+
+
+def run_link(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Evaluate one snapshot link budget from a config payload."""
+    from opensatcom.cli.builders import build_link_inputs_from_config
+    from opensatcom.core.models import PropagationConditions
+    from opensatcom.geometry.slant import slant_range_m
+    from opensatcom.io.config_loader import ProjectConfig
+    from opensatcom.link.engine import DefaultLinkEngine
+
+    payload = dict(payload)
+    snapshot = dict(payload.pop("snapshot", None) or {})
+    if "elev_deg" not in snapshot:
+        raise ValueError("payload must carry snapshot.elev_deg")
+    elev_deg = float(snapshot["elev_deg"])
+
+    cfg = ProjectConfig.model_validate(payload)
+    inputs = build_link_inputs_from_config(cfg)
+
+    range_m = snapshot.get("range_m")
+    if range_m is None:
+        range_m = slant_range_m(inputs.rx_terminal.alt_m, inputs.tx_terminal.alt_m, elev_deg)
+
+    rain = snapshot.get("rain_rate_mm_per_hr")
+    cond = PropagationConditions(rain_rate_mm_per_hr=float(rain) if rain is not None else None)
+    out = DefaultLinkEngine().evaluate_snapshot(
+        elev_deg=elev_deg,
+        az_deg=float(snapshot.get("az_deg", 0.0)),
+        range_m=float(range_m),
+        inputs=inputs,
+        cond=cond,
+    )
+
+    result = asdict(out)
+    result["link_margin_db"] = result.pop("margin_db")
+    result["elev_deg"] = elev_deg
+    result["range_m"] = float(range_m)
+    return {
+        key: value
+        for key, value in result.items()
+        if value is None or isinstance(value, (int, float, str, bool))
+    }
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_interop.py b/tests/unit/test_interop.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fee4e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_interop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""The sysml2kit engine surface: run_link over a config payload."""
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+
+from opensatcom.interop import run_link
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def payload():
+    with open("examples/example_config.yaml") as fh:
+        config = yaml.safe_load(fh)
+    config["snapshot"] = {"elev_deg": 40.0}
+    return config
+
+
+def test_run_link_returns_flat_scalars(payload):
+    metrics = run_link(payload)
+    assert isinstance(metrics["link_margin_db"], float)
+    assert "margin_db" not in metrics
+    for value in metrics.values():
+        assert value is None or isinstance(value, (int, float, str, bool))
+
+
+def test_run_link_requires_elevation(payload):
+    del payload["snapshot"]
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="elev_deg"):
+        run_link(payload)
+
+
+def test_run_link_rain_moves_margin(payload):
+    payload["propagation"]["components"].append({"type": "rain"})
+    clear = run_link(payload)["link_margin_db"]
+    payload["snapshot"]["rain_rate_mm_per_hr"] = 20.0
+    rainy = run_link(payload)["link_margin_db"]
+    assert rainy < clear
+
+
+def test_engine_entry_point_registered():
+    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
+
+    eps = {ep.name: ep.value for ep in entry_points(group="sysml2kit.engines")}
+    assert eps["opensatcom-link"] == "opensatcom.interop:run_link"