diff --git a/hive-jobq/src/guard.rs b/hive-jobq/src/guard.rs
index ddd29bf3..f3018856 100644
--- a/hive-jobq/src/guard.rs
+++ b/hive-jobq/src/guard.rs
@@ -18,18 +18,25 @@
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
-use crate::ResourceName;
+use std::hash::Hash;
+
 use crate::resources::ResourceTable;
 
 /// A [`ResourceTable`] shared between the scheduler and the live guards that
 /// release back into it on drop. Cheap to clone — an `Rc` refcount bump.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
-pub struct SharedResources(Rc<RefCell<ResourceTable>>);
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct SharedResources<R>(Rc<RefCell<ResourceTable<R>>>);
 
-impl SharedResources {
+impl<R: Clone + Eq + Hash> Default for SharedResources<R> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new(ResourceTable::new())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<R: Clone + Eq + Hash> SharedResources<R> {
     /// Wrap an existing table so guards can release into it.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn new(table: ResourceTable) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(table: ResourceTable<R>) -> Self {
         Self(Rc::new(RefCell::new(table)))
     }
 
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ impl SharedResources {
     /// an over-capacity request can never succeed — same all-or-nothing
     /// semantics as [`ResourceTable::try_acquire_all`].
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn acquire(&self, reqs: Vec<(ResourceName, u32)>) -> Option<ResourceGuard> {
+    pub fn acquire(&self, reqs: Vec<(R, u32)>) -> Option<ResourceGuard<R>> {
         if self.0.borrow_mut().try_acquire_all(&reqs) {
             Some(ResourceGuard(Acq::Owned {
                 table: self.clone(),
@@ -57,18 +64,18 @@ impl SharedResources {
     /// Keep the closure short: it holds a shared borrow, so calling
     /// [`SharedResources::acquire`] (a mutable borrow) from inside it would
     /// panic on the overlapping `RefCell` borrow.
-    pub fn with<R>(&self, f: impl FnOnce(&ResourceTable) -> R) -> R {
+    pub fn with<T>(&self, f: impl FnOnce(&ResourceTable<R>) -> T) -> T {
         f(&self.0.borrow())
     }
 }
 
 /// How a [`ResourceGuard`] relates to the units it represents.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-enum Acq {
+enum Acq<R> {
     /// Owns real units; drop releases them back into the shared table.
     Owned {
-        table: SharedResources,
-        reqs: Vec<(ResourceName, u32)>,
+        table: SharedResources<R>,
+        reqs: Vec<(R, u32)>,
     },
     /// Re-entrant reuse of a resource an ancestor group already holds; drop
     /// releases nothing.
@@ -78,9 +85,9 @@ enum Acq {
 /// An RAII grant of resources. Dropping it releases exactly what was acquired
 /// (nothing, for a borrowed re-entrant guard).
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct ResourceGuard(Acq);
+pub struct ResourceGuard<R: Clone + Eq + Hash>(Acq<R>);
 
-impl ResourceGuard {
+impl<R: Clone + Eq + Hash> ResourceGuard<R> {
     /// A borrowed (re-entrant) guard that owns no units and releases nothing on
     /// drop. The scheduler hands one to a sub-node that depends on a resource
     /// its ancestor group already holds, so the shared unit is released once —
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ impl ResourceGuard {
     /// The `(name, count)` units this guard releases on drop — empty when it is
     /// a borrowed re-entrant guard.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn held(&self) -> &[(ResourceName, u32)] {
+    pub fn held(&self) -> &[(R, u32)] {
         match &self.0 {
             Acq::Owned { reqs, .. } => reqs,
             Acq::Borrowed => &[],
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ impl ResourceGuard {
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for ResourceGuard {
+impl<R: Clone + Eq + Hash> Drop for ResourceGuard<R> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if let Acq::Owned { table, reqs } = &self.0 {
             table.0.borrow_mut().release_all(reqs);
@@ -120,11 +127,11 @@ impl Drop for ResourceGuard {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
-    fn res(name: &str) -> ResourceName {
-        ResourceName(name.to_owned())
+    fn res(name: &str) -> String {
+        name.to_owned()
     }
 
-    fn shared_with(slots: u32) -> SharedResources {
+    fn shared_with(slots: u32) -> SharedResources<String> {
         let mut t = ResourceTable::new();
         t.set_capacity(res("build-slot"), slots);
         SharedResources::new(t)
@@ -161,7 +168,7 @@ mod tests {
         let _owner = sr.acquire(vec![(agent.clone(), 1)]).expect("fits");
         sr.with(|t| assert_eq!(t.available(&agent), 0));
         {
-            let b = ResourceGuard::borrowed();
+            let b = ResourceGuard::<String>::borrowed();
             assert!(!b.is_owning());
             assert!(b.held().is_empty());
         } // borrowed drop is a no-op
@@ -179,7 +186,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .expect("group takes the lock");
             {
                 // A sub-node reuses the group's lock: borrowed, no re-acquire.
-                let _sub = ResourceGuard::borrowed();
+                let _sub = ResourceGuard::<String>::borrowed();
                 sr.with(|t| assert_eq!(t.available(&agent), 0));
             } // sub-node done — must NOT free the shared lock
             sr.with(|t| assert_eq!(t.available(&agent), 0));
diff --git a/hive-jobq/src/lib.rs b/hive-jobq/src/lib.rs
index 98138622..68f4de71 100644
--- a/hive-jobq/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-jobq/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 //! inserts a self-contained **node group** and returns its id; the scheduler
 //! runs a continuous loop, starting every node whose [`Dep`]s are satisfied:
 //!
-//! - **Resource** deps are named counting semaphores ([`ResourceName`]):
-//!   `build-slot` (capacity N), `agent/<name>` (capacity 1), or any name
-//!   (capacity 1, created on use). A node acquires *all* its resource deps
-//!   atomically at start (all-or-nothing) — no hold-and-wait, so no deadlock
-//!   and no cycle detection needed.
+//! - **Resource** deps are named counting semaphores over a caller-chosen
+//!   type `R` (a `String` or an enum): `build-slot` (cap N), `agent/<name>`
+//!   (cap 1), or any name (cap 1, created on use). A node acquires *all* its
+//!   resource deps atomically at start (all-or-nothing) — no hold-and-wait,
+//!   so no deadlock and no cycle detection needed.
 //! - **Node** deps wait on a node/group per [`DepWhen`]: `AfterOk` needs
 //!   success (a failed dep cancels the dependent), `AfterAny` only terminal.
 //!
@@ -49,16 +49,6 @@ pub mod scheduler;
 )]
 pub struct NodeId(pub(crate) u64);
 
-/// A named counting semaphore.
-///
-/// Examples: `build-slot` (capacity configured to the number of build slots),
-/// `agent/<name>` (capacity 1 — the per-agent lifecycle lock), or any other
-/// name, which is assumed to have capacity 1 and is created on first use.
-#[derive(
-    Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize,
-)]
-pub struct ResourceName(pub String);
-
 /// When a [`Dep::Node`] edge is satisfied — the strong/weak distinction the
 /// current queue carries as `DepWhen`, load-bearing for failure safety.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
@@ -89,7 +79,7 @@ impl DepWhen {
 /// edge it names is satisfied (per its [`DepWhen`]) *and* every [`Dep::Resource`]
 /// it names can be acquired (all of them, atomically).
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
-pub enum Dep {
+pub enum Dep<R> {
     /// Depend on another node (or a group, by its group node's id). Whether a
     /// *failed* dependency satisfies the edge is decided by `when`: `AfterOk`
     /// requires success (and cancels this node if the dep fails), `AfterAny`
@@ -105,7 +95,7 @@ pub enum Dep {
     /// released when the node completes.
     Resource {
         /// The resource to acquire.
-        name: ResourceName,
+        name: R,
         /// How many units to hold (usually 1).
         count: u32,
     },
@@ -143,7 +133,7 @@ impl State {
 /// payload; the caller supplies `N` (its own node kind) and a runner to execute
 /// a claimed node.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
-pub struct Node<N> {
+pub struct Node<N, R> {
     /// Stable identity, assigned on insert.
     pub id: NodeId,
     /// The group this node belongs to, if any. `None` for a top-level group
@@ -152,7 +142,7 @@ pub struct Node<N> {
     /// Caller-defined payload (the node's kind / work description).
     pub payload: N,
     /// What must hold before this node runs (other nodes + resources).
-    pub deps: Vec<Dep>,
+    pub deps: Vec<Dep<R>>,
     /// Lifecycle state.
     pub state: State,
 }
@@ -188,9 +178,15 @@ pub enum GraphError {
 /// walks this graph filling open slots. Completed groups are retained (no
 /// pruning in v1).
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
-#[serde(try_from = "GraphData<N>")]
-pub struct Graph<N> {
-    nodes: Vec<Node<N>>,
+#[serde(
+    try_from = "GraphData<N, R>",
+    bound(
+        serialize = "N: serde::Serialize, R: serde::Serialize",
+        deserialize = "N: serde::Deserialize<'de>, R: serde::Deserialize<'de>"
+    )
+)]
+pub struct Graph<N, R> {
+    nodes: Vec<Node<N, R>>,
     next_id: u64,
 }
 
@@ -198,15 +194,16 @@ pub struct Graph<N> {
 // below — which runs [`Graph::validate`], so a loaded graph can never carry a
 // dangling id reference (Serialize does not validate; Deserialize always does).
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
-struct GraphData<N> {
-    nodes: Vec<Node<N>>,
+#[serde(bound(deserialize = "N: serde::Deserialize<'de>, R: serde::Deserialize<'de>"))]
+struct GraphData<N, R> {
+    nodes: Vec<Node<N, R>>,
     next_id: u64,
 }
 
-impl<N> TryFrom<GraphData<N>> for Graph<N> {
+impl<N, R> TryFrom<GraphData<N, R>> for Graph<N, R> {
     type Error = GraphError;
 
-    fn try_from(data: GraphData<N>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+    fn try_from(data: GraphData<N, R>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         let graph = Graph {
             nodes: data.nodes,
             next_id: data.next_id,
@@ -218,13 +215,13 @@ impl<N> TryFrom<GraphData<N>> for Graph<N> {
 
 // A `derive(Default)` would wrongly require `N: Default` (an empty graph holds
 // no payload); an empty `Vec<Node<N>>` needs no such bound, so impl it directly.
-impl<N> Default for Graph<N> {
+impl<N, R> Default for Graph<N, R> {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self::new()
     }
 }
 
-impl<N> Graph<N> {
+impl<N, R> Graph<N, R> {
     /// An empty graph.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn new() -> Self {
@@ -255,7 +252,7 @@ impl<N> Graph<N> {
     pub fn insert(
         &mut self,
         payload: N,
-        deps: Vec<Dep>,
+        deps: Vec<Dep<R>>,
         parent: Option<NodeId>,
     ) -> Result<NodeId, GraphError> {
         if let Some(parent_id) = parent
@@ -283,18 +280,18 @@ impl<N> Graph<N> {
 
     /// Borrow a node by id.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn node(&self, id: NodeId) -> Option<&Node<N>> {
+    pub fn node(&self, id: NodeId) -> Option<&Node<N, R>> {
         self.nodes.iter().find(|n| n.id == id)
     }
 
     /// The direct children of a group node (nodes whose `parent` is `id`).
-    pub fn children(&self, id: NodeId) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Node<N>> {
+    pub fn children(&self, id: NodeId) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Node<N, R>> {
         self.nodes.iter().filter(move |n| n.parent == Some(id))
     }
 
     /// Every node in the graph, in insertion order. The scheduler iterates
     /// this to find runnable pending nodes.
-    pub fn nodes(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Node<N>> {
+    pub fn nodes(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Node<N, R>> {
         self.nodes.iter()
     }
 
@@ -365,7 +362,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn insert_mints_stable_monotonic_ids() {
-        let mut g: Graph<&str> = Graph::new();
+        let mut g: Graph<&str, String> = Graph::new();
         let a = g.insert("sweep", vec![], None).unwrap();
         let b = g
             .insert(
@@ -384,14 +381,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(g.node(a).unwrap().parent, None);
     }
 
-    fn set_state<N>(g: &mut Graph<N>, id: NodeId, state: State) {
+    fn set_state<N, R>(g: &mut Graph<N, R>, id: NodeId, state: State) {
         let idx = g.nodes.iter().position(|n| n.id == id).unwrap();
         g.nodes[idx].state = state;
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn group_terminal_requires_the_group_node_and_all_children_terminal() {
-        let mut g: Graph<&str> = Graph::new();
+        let mut g: Graph<&str, String> = Graph::new();
         let group = g.insert("group", vec![], None).unwrap();
         let child = g.insert("child", vec![], Some(group)).unwrap();
         // Both pending → not terminal.
@@ -409,7 +406,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn empty_running_group_is_not_terminal() {
         // A running node with no children yet may still append some, so it must
         // not read as terminal just because its child set is currently empty.
-        let mut g: Graph<&str> = Graph::new();
+        let mut g: Graph<&str, String> = Graph::new();
         let group = g.insert("group", vec![], None).unwrap();
         set_state(&mut g, group, State::Running);
         assert!(!g.group_terminal(group));
@@ -444,7 +441,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn insert_rejects_unknown_parent() {
-        let mut g: Graph<&str> = Graph::new();
+        let mut g: Graph<&str, String> = Graph::new();
         let bogus = NodeId(7);
         assert_eq!(
             g.insert("x", vec![], Some(bogus)).unwrap_err(),
@@ -454,7 +451,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn insert_rejects_unknown_dep() {
-        let mut g: Graph<&str> = Graph::new();
+        let mut g: Graph<&str, String> = Graph::new();
         let bogus = NodeId(42);
         let deps = vec![Dep::Node {
             id: bogus,
@@ -468,7 +465,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn valid_graph_round_trips_through_serde() {
-        let mut g: Graph<String> = Graph::new();
+        let mut g: Graph<String, String> = Graph::new();
         let a = g.insert("a".to_owned(), vec![], None).unwrap();
         g.insert(
             "b".to_owned(),
@@ -480,7 +477,7 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .unwrap();
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&g).unwrap();
-        let back: Graph<String> = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
+        let back: Graph<String, String> = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
         assert!(back.validate().is_ok());
         assert_eq!(back.node(a).unwrap().payload, "a");
     }
@@ -489,7 +486,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn deserialize_rejects_a_dangling_dependency() {
         // Build a graph whose only node depends on a non-existent id, serialize
         // it (Serialize does not validate), and confirm deserialize rejects it.
-        let bad = Graph::<String> {
+        let bad = Graph::<String, String> {
             nodes: vec![Node {
                 id: NodeId(0),
                 parent: None,
@@ -503,13 +500,13 @@ mod tests {
             next_id: 1,
         };
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&bad).unwrap();
-        let err = serde_json::from_str::<Graph<String>>(&json).unwrap_err();
+        let err = serde_json::from_str::<Graph<String, String>>(&json).unwrap_err();
         assert!(err.to_string().contains("unknown node"));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn validate_rejects_next_id_that_would_remint() {
-        let bad = Graph::<&str> {
+        let bad = Graph::<&str, String> {
             nodes: vec![Node {
                 id: NodeId(5),
                 parent: None,
diff --git a/hive-jobq/src/resources.rs b/hive-jobq/src/resources.rs
index bf215fe7..418909a8 100644
--- a/hive-jobq/src/resources.rs
+++ b/hive-jobq/src/resources.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 //!
 //! [`Dep::Resource`]: crate::Dep::Resource
 
-use crate::ResourceName;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::hash::Hash;
 
 /// A set of named counting semaphores.
 ///
@@ -30,22 +30,22 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 /// units atomically via [`ResourceTable::try_acquire_all`] /
 /// [`ResourceTable::release_all`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct ResourceTable {
-    /// Configured capacities, keyed by name. Missing ⇒ `default_capacity`.
-    capacities: HashMap<ResourceName, u32>,
-    /// Units currently held, keyed by name. Missing ⇒ 0.
-    held: HashMap<ResourceName, u32>,
-    /// Capacity assumed for a name with no configured entry.
+pub struct ResourceTable<R> {
+    /// Configured capacities, keyed by resource. Missing ⇒ `default_capacity`.
+    capacities: HashMap<R, u32>,
+    /// Units currently held, keyed by resource. Missing ⇒ 0.
+    held: HashMap<R, u32>,
+    /// Capacity assumed for a resource with no configured entry.
     default_capacity: u32,
 }
 
-impl Default for ResourceTable {
+impl<R: Clone + Eq + Hash> Default for ResourceTable<R> {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self::new()
     }
 }
 
-impl ResourceTable {
+impl<R: Clone + Eq + Hash> ResourceTable<R> {
     /// An empty table whose unconfigured names default to capacity 1.
     #[must_use]
     pub fn new() -> Self {
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ impl ResourceTable {
     /// Overwrites any previous capacity for that name. Lowering capacity below
     /// the currently-held count is allowed — the table simply reports zero
     /// available until enough is released; it never rejects a config change.
-    pub fn set_capacity(&mut self, name: ResourceName, capacity: u32) {
+    pub fn set_capacity(&mut self, name: R, capacity: u32) {
         self.capacities.insert(name, capacity);
     }
 
     /// The capacity of a name — its configured value, or the default (1) if it
     /// was never configured.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn capacity(&self, name: &ResourceName) -> u32 {
+    pub fn capacity(&self, name: &R) -> u32 {
         self.capacities
             .get(name)
             .copied()
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ impl ResourceTable {
 
     /// Units of a name currently held (0 if none).
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn held(&self, name: &ResourceName) -> u32 {
+    pub fn held(&self, name: &R) -> u32 {
         self.held.get(name).copied().unwrap_or(0)
     }
 
     /// Units of a name available to acquire right now (`capacity - held`).
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn available(&self, name: &ResourceName) -> u32 {
+    pub fn available(&self, name: &R) -> u32 {
         self.capacity(name).saturating_sub(self.held(name))
     }
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl ResourceTable {
     /// `false` and leaves the table completely untouched. A request for more
     /// units than a name's capacity can therefore never succeed — the scheduler
     /// should reject such a node at insert time so it does not wait forever.
-    pub fn try_acquire_all(&mut self, reqs: &[(ResourceName, u32)]) -> bool {
+    pub fn try_acquire_all(&mut self, reqs: &[(R, u32)]) -> bool {
         let wanted = aggregate(reqs);
         // All-or-nothing: bail before mutating if any request cannot be met.
         for (name, &count) in &wanted {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl ResourceTable {
     ///
     /// Duplicate names are summed. Releasing more than is held saturates at zero
     /// rather than underflowing, so a double release is harmless.
-    pub fn release_all(&mut self, reqs: &[(ResourceName, u32)]) {
+    pub fn release_all(&mut self, reqs: &[(R, u32)]) {
         for (name, count) in aggregate(reqs) {
             if let Some(h) = self.held.get_mut(name) {
                 *h = h.saturating_sub(count);
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ impl ResourceTable {
 }
 
 /// Sum a request list into per-name totals so duplicate names are one entry.
-fn aggregate(reqs: &[(ResourceName, u32)]) -> HashMap<&ResourceName, u32> {
-    let mut wanted: HashMap<&ResourceName, u32> = HashMap::new();
+fn aggregate<R: Eq + Hash>(reqs: &[(R, u32)]) -> HashMap<&R, u32> {
+    let mut wanted: HashMap<&R, u32> = HashMap::new();
     for (name, count) in reqs {
         *wanted.entry(name).or_insert(0) += *count;
     }
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ fn aggregate(reqs: &[(ResourceName, u32)]) -> HashMap<&ResourceName, u32> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
-    fn res(name: &str) -> ResourceName {
-        ResourceName(name.to_owned())
+    fn res(name: &str) -> String {
+        name.to_owned()
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/hive-jobq/src/scheduler.rs b/hive-jobq/src/scheduler.rs
index 761ed2fc..497d406f 100644
--- a/hive-jobq/src/scheduler.rs
+++ b/hive-jobq/src/scheduler.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
 //! the eager `AfterOk` failure cascade are layered on top of this owned core.
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::hash::Hash;
 
 use crate::guard::{ResourceGuard, SharedResources};
 use crate::resources::ResourceTable;
-use crate::{Dep, DepWhen, Graph, GraphError, NodeId, ResourceName, State};
+use crate::{Dep, DepWhen, Graph, GraphError, NodeId, State};
 
 /// The result of a node's own execution, reported to [`Scheduler::complete`].
 ///
@@ -37,23 +38,23 @@ pub enum Outcome {
 
 /// Drives a [`Graph`] over a shared resource pool: claim runnable nodes, hold
 /// their resources for the subtree's lifetime, release on subtree-terminal.
-pub struct Scheduler<N> {
-    graph: Graph<N>,
-    resources: SharedResources,
+pub struct Scheduler<N, R: Clone + Eq + Hash> {
+    graph: Graph<N, R>,
+    resources: SharedResources<R>,
     /// Owned resource guards, keyed by the node that acquired them. Dropped
     /// (releasing the units) when that node's whole subtree is terminal.
-    owned: HashMap<NodeId, Vec<ResourceGuard>>,
+    owned: HashMap<NodeId, Vec<ResourceGuard<R>>>,
     /// The single re-entrancy slot per `(ancestor-holder, resource)`: the id of
     /// the descendant currently *borrowing* that ancestor's lock. Present ⇒ the
     /// slot is taken, so no other descendant may re-enter the same lock until
     /// the borrower's subtree is terminal — "only one node at a time within".
-    borrow_slots: HashMap<(NodeId, ResourceName), NodeId>,
+    borrow_slots: HashMap<(NodeId, R), NodeId>,
 }
 
-impl<N> Scheduler<N> {
+impl<N, R: Clone + Eq + Hash> Scheduler<N, R> {
     /// A scheduler over `graph` with `resources` as the capacity pool.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn new(graph: Graph<N>, resources: ResourceTable) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(graph: Graph<N, R>, resources: ResourceTable<R>) -> Self {
         Self {
             graph,
             resources: SharedResources::new(resources),
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ impl<N> Scheduler<N> {
 
     /// The graph, for inspection (state, hierarchy, UI rendering).
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn graph(&self) -> &Graph<N> {
+    pub fn graph(&self) -> &Graph<N, R> {
         &self.graph
     }
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ impl<N> Scheduler<N> {
     pub fn append(
         &mut self,
         payload: N,
-        deps: Vec<Dep>,
+        deps: Vec<Dep<R>>,
         parent: Option<NodeId>,
     ) -> Result<NodeId, GraphError> {
         self.graph.insert(payload, deps, parent)
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ impl<N> Scheduler<N> {
 
     /// The nearest ancestor of `id` that *owns* (holds real units of) `name`,
     /// or `None` if no ancestor holds it (⇒ `id` must own-acquire it itself).
-    fn ancestor_owning(&self, id: NodeId, name: &ResourceName) -> Option<NodeId> {
+    fn ancestor_owning(&self, id: NodeId, name: &R) -> Option<NodeId> {
         let mut cursor = self.graph.node(id)?.parent;
         while let Some(ancestor) = cursor {
             if self.node_owns(ancestor, name) {
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ impl<N> Scheduler<N> {
     }
 
     /// Whether node `holder` holds an owned guard covering resource `name`.
-    fn node_owns(&self, holder: NodeId, name: &ResourceName) -> bool {
+    fn node_owns(&self, holder: NodeId, name: &R) -> bool {
         self.owned.get(&holder).is_some_and(|guards| {
             guards
                 .iter()
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ impl<N> Scheduler<N> {
     }
 
     /// The `(name, count)` resource units `id` must hold to run.
-    fn resource_reqs(&self, id: NodeId) -> Vec<(ResourceName, u32)> {
+    fn resource_reqs(&self, id: NodeId) -> Vec<(R, u32)> {
         let Some(node) = self.graph.node(id) else {
             return Vec::new();
         };
@@ -264,25 +265,25 @@ impl<N> Scheduler<N> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
-    fn res(name: &str) -> ResourceName {
-        ResourceName(name.to_owned())
+    fn res(name: &str) -> String {
+        name.to_owned()
     }
 
     /// A graph + a resource table with `build-slot` set to `slots`.
-    fn scheduler_with_slots(slots: u32) -> Scheduler<&'static str> {
+    fn scheduler_with_slots(slots: u32) -> Scheduler<&'static str, String> {
         let mut table = ResourceTable::new();
         table.set_capacity(res("build-slot"), slots);
         Scheduler::new(Graph::new(), table)
     }
 
-    fn slot_dep() -> Vec<Dep> {
+    fn slot_dep() -> Vec<Dep<String>> {
         vec![Dep::Resource {
             name: res("build-slot"),
             count: 1,
         }]
     }
 
-    fn resource_dep(name: &str) -> Vec<Dep> {
+    fn resource_dep(name: &str) -> Vec<Dep<String>> {
         vec![Dep::Resource {
             name: res(name),
             count: 1,
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn failed_after_ok_dep_cancels_dependents_but_after_any_still_runs() {
-        let mut s = Scheduler::new(Graph::new(), ResourceTable::new());
+        let mut s: Scheduler<&str, String> = Scheduler::new(Graph::new(), ResourceTable::new());
         let root = s.append("root", vec![], None).expect("root");
         let strong1 = s
             .append(