diff --git a/internal/cloud/aws/tags.go b/internal/cloud/aws/tags.go
index 6b462e4..01a20c8 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/aws/tags.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/aws/tags.go
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ func (p *Provider) AuditTags(ctx context.Context, required []string) ([]cloud.Ta
 }
 
 func (p *Provider) auditEC2Tags(ctx context.Context, required []string) ([]cloud.TagFinding, error) {
+	if p.ec2 == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	pager := ec2.NewDescribeInstancesPaginator(p.ec2, &ec2.DescribeInstancesInput{})
 
 	var findings []cloud.TagFinding
@@ -116,6 +119,9 @@ func (p *Provider) auditEC2Tags(ctx context.Context, required []string) ([]cloud
 }
 
 func (p *Provider) auditS3Tags(ctx context.Context, required []string) ([]cloud.TagFinding, error) {
+	if p.s3 == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	listOut, err := p.s3.ListBuckets(ctx, &s3.ListBucketsInput{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list buckets: %w", err)
@@ -157,6 +163,9 @@ func (p *Provider) auditS3Tags(ctx context.Context, required []string) ([]cloud.
 }
 
 func (p *Provider) auditRDSTags(ctx context.Context, required []string) ([]cloud.TagFinding, error) {
+	if p.rds == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	pager := rds.NewDescribeDBInstancesPaginator(p.rds, &rds.DescribeDBInstancesInput{})
 
 	var findings []cloud.TagFinding
@@ -190,6 +199,9 @@ func (p *Provider) auditRDSTags(ctx context.Context, required []string) ([]cloud
 }
 
 func (p *Provider) auditLambdaTags(ctx context.Context, required []string) ([]cloud.TagFinding, error) {
+	if p.lambda == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	var findings []cloud.TagFinding
 	var marker *string
 	for {
diff --git a/internal/cloud/aws/tags_test.go b/internal/cloud/aws/tags_test.go
index 800f2d3..5e4af4a 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/aws/tags_test.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/aws/tags_test.go
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ func TestAuditTags_NoRequiredReturnsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// A Provider with no clients wired (partial construction) must dispatch through
+// every auditor without panicking — each nil-guards its client. With required
+// tags set this exercises the dispatch path past the no-required early return.
+func TestAuditTags_NilClientsNoPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Provider{}
+	got, err := p.AuditTags(context.Background(), []string{"Owner"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no error with nil clients, got %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nil findings with nil clients, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAuditTags_EC2(t *testing.T) {
 	mock := &tagsMockEC2{
 		instances: []ec2types.Instance{
diff --git a/internal/cloud/k8s/rbac.go b/internal/cloud/k8s/rbac.go
index 5c631b1..20cc428 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/k8s/rbac.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/k8s/rbac.go
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nanohype/cloudgov/internal/cloud"
 )
 
+// Provider satisfies the full cloud.K8sRBACProvider interface (Name, Detect,
+// ContextName, ScanRBAC). Callers use the concrete type, so this assertion keeps
+// the interface contract compiler-enforced — and documents that Name/Detect are
+// interface requirements, not dead code.
+var _ cloud.K8sRBACProvider = (*Provider)(nil)
+
 // rbacAPI is the narrow K8s RBAC surface used by this package.
 type rbacAPI interface {
 	ListClusterRoles(ctx context.Context) ([]rbacv1.ClusterRole, error)