diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5c245b..0467faf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -628,6 +628,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.10.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4eba85ea1d0a966a983acd07deee566e67395d2d96b6fb39e62b5a833f1eb0b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.17.1"
@@ -753,6 +759,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "include_dir"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "923d117408f1e49d914f1a379a309cffe4f18c05cf4e3d12e613a15fc81bd0dd"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "include_dir_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "include_dir_macros"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7cab85a7ed0bd5f0e76d93846e0147172bed2e2d3f859bcc33a8d9699cad1a75"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.14.0"
@@ -873,6 +899,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mt-protocol"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/nitra/mt?branch=claude%2Fmt-protocol-crate#498b7e24c7e2f72af94f47e26008527d97cbdc71"
+dependencies = [
+ "include_dir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mt-protocol-check"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "mt-protocol",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "napi"
 version = "3.11.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 73ab80a..7e5a78b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
   "crates/mt-core",
   "crates/mt-cli",
   "crates/mt-napi",
+  "crates/mt-protocol-check",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
 
diff --git a/crates/mt-protocol-check/Cargo.toml b/crates/mt-protocol-check/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f307feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/mt-protocol-check/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "mt-protocol-check"
+description = "Smoke-тест wiring: підтверджує, що git-залежність mt-protocol (nitra/mt) резолвиться, компілюється і контент docs/ доступний"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+# TODO: перевести на main/тег після мерджу nitra/mt#62
+mt-protocol = { git = "https://github.com/nitra/mt", branch = "claude/mt-protocol-crate" }
diff --git a/crates/mt-protocol-check/src/lib.rs b/crates/mt-protocol-check/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..139fe54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/mt-protocol-check/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//! Порожній крейт-заглушка: єдине призначення — smoke-тест нижче, що
+//! доводить резолвинг git-залежності `mt-protocol` (`nitra/mt`).
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn mt_protocol_git_dependency_resolves_and_docs_are_reachable() {
+        let content = mt_protocol::get("index.md")
+            .expect("mt-protocol::get(\"index.md\") має повернути вміст із вшитого docs/ корпусу");
+        assert!(!content.is_empty(), "index.md не має бути порожнім");
+    }
+}