diff --git a/.github/workflows/nexus-mcp-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/nexus-mcp-ci.yml
index 205d2d3..6aadeba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nexus-mcp-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nexus-mcp-ci.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -e .
-        pip install pytest pytest-cov black ruff
+        pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio black ruff
     
     - name: Lint with ruff
       working-directory: nexus-mcp
diff --git a/nexus-mcp/conftest.py b/nexus-mcp/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb5ebe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nexus-mcp/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+Root conftest.py — adds lib/ to sys.path so legacy identity tests can import
+adapters directly (e.g. `from ad_adapter import ...`) without package prefix.
+"""
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Allow bare imports like `from ad_adapter import ...` used by identity_tests/
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent / "lib"))
diff --git a/nexus-mcp/pyproject.toml b/nexus-mcp/pyproject.toml
index dd53a79..81c8b18 100644
--- a/nexus-mcp/pyproject.toml
+++ b/nexus-mcp/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,18 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.scripts]
 nexus-mcp = "main:main"
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pytest>=8.0.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=5.0.0",
+    "pytest-asyncio>=0.24.0",
+]
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-dir]
 "" = "src"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+asyncio_mode = "auto"
diff --git a/nexus-mcp/src/nexus_mcp.egg-info/SOURCES.txt b/nexus-mcp/src/nexus_mcp.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
index 9cda837..2ec2f54 100644
--- a/nexus-mcp/src/nexus_mcp.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+++ b/nexus-mcp/src/nexus_mcp.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ src/nexus_mcp.egg-info/top_level.txt
 src/shards/__init__.py
 src/shards/assets.py
 src/shards/audit.py
+src/shards/audit_minimal.py
 src/shards/identity.py
 src/shards/itsm.py
 src/shards/logistics.py