diff --git a/crates/executor-core/src/sdk/users.rs b/crates/executor-core/src/sdk/users.rs
index dc22466..5f59d39 100644
--- a/crates/executor-core/src/sdk/users.rs
+++ b/crates/executor-core/src/sdk/users.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 //! // CRUD
 //! let u   = users::create(#{ email: "a@b", password: "hunter22a", display_name: "Alice" });
 //! let u   = users::get(id);                      // map or ()
-//! let u   = users::find_by_email("a@b");         // map or ()
+//! let u   = users::find_by_email("a@b");         // map or () — REQUIRES an
+//!                                                //   authenticated principal
+//!                                                //   (anti-enumeration); forbidden
+//!                                                //   for anonymous public scripts.
+//! let free = users::email_available("a@b");      // bool — anonymous-safe pre-check
+//!                                                //   for self-serve registration.
 //! users::update(id, #{ display_name: "Alicia" });
 //! let removed = users::delete(id);               // bool
 //! let page = users::list(#{ "$limit": 50, cursor: () });
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ pub(super) fn register(engine: &mut RhaiEngine, services: &Services, cx: Arc<Sdk
     bind_create(&mut module, &svc, &cx);
     bind_get(&mut module, &svc, &cx);
     bind_find_by_email(&mut module, &svc, &cx);
+    bind_email_available(&mut module, &svc, &cx);
     bind_update(&mut module, &svc, &cx);
     bind_delete(&mut module, &svc, &cx);
     bind_list(&mut module, &svc, &cx);
@@ -136,6 +142,27 @@ fn bind_find_by_email(module: &mut Module, svc: &Arc<dyn UsersService>, cx: &Arc
     );
 }
 
+/// `users::email_available(email)` → `bool`. Anonymous-safe pre-check for
+/// self-serve registration (unlike `find_by_email`, which forbids
+/// anonymous callers). Lets a public register script branch on a free vs
+/// taken email without relying on `create`'s uniqueness error/502.
+fn bind_email_available(module: &mut Module, svc: &Arc<dyn UsersService>, cx: &Arc<SdkCallCx>) {
+    let svc = svc.clone();
+    let cx = cx.clone();
+    module.set_native_fn(
+        "email_available",
+        move |email: &str| -> Result<bool, Box<EvalAltResult>> {
+            let email = email.to_string();
+            let svc = svc.clone();
+            let cx = cx.clone();
+            block_on(
+                "users",
+                async move { svc.email_available(&cx, &email).await },
+            )
+        },
+    );
+}
+
 fn bind_update(module: &mut Module, svc: &Arc<dyn UsersService>, cx: &Arc<SdkCallCx>) {
     let svc = svc.clone();
     let cx = cx.clone();
diff --git a/crates/manager-core/src/realtime_authority.rs b/crates/manager-core/src/realtime_authority.rs
index ae4ac26..49fac35 100644
--- a/crates/manager-core/src/realtime_authority.rs
+++ b/crates/manager-core/src/realtime_authority.rs
@@ -398,6 +398,13 @@ mod tests {
         ) -> Result<Option<picloud_shared::AppUser>, picloud_shared::UsersError> {
             unimplemented!()
         }
+        async fn email_available(
+            &self,
+            _: &picloud_shared::SdkCallCx,
+            _: &str,
+        ) -> Result<bool, picloud_shared::UsersError> {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
         async fn update(
             &self,
             _: &picloud_shared::SdkCallCx,
diff --git a/crates/manager-core/src/users_service.rs b/crates/manager-core/src/users_service.rs
index 80f50b8..06b21a9 100644
--- a/crates/manager-core/src/users_service.rs
+++ b/crates/manager-core/src/users_service.rs
@@ -516,6 +516,23 @@ impl UsersService for UsersServiceImpl {
         Ok(Some(Self::to_app_user(row, roles)))
     }
 
+    async fn email_available(&self, cx: &SdkCallCx, email: &str) -> Result<bool, UsersError> {
+        // Gated like `create` (the registration write path) so the probe
+        // is available exactly where self-serve registration is — and,
+        // crucially, WITHOUT find_by_email's anonymous-principal rejection.
+        // It returns only a boolean, so it leaks no more than `create`'s
+        // own uniqueness error already does (F-S-003: enumeration risk is
+        // bounded to "exists / doesn't").
+        self.require(cx.principal.as_ref(), Capability::AppUsersWrite(cx.app_id))
+            .await?;
+        let normalized = validate_email(email)?;
+        Ok(self
+            .users
+            .find_by_email(cx.app_id, &normalized)
+            .await?
+            .is_none())
+    }
+
     async fn update(
         &self,
         cx: &SdkCallCx,
diff --git a/crates/shared/src/users.rs b/crates/shared/src/users.rs
index 8f528df..3ae0a74 100644
--- a/crates/shared/src/users.rs
+++ b/crates/shared/src/users.rs
@@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ pub trait UsersService: Send + Sync {
         email: &str,
     ) -> Result<Option<AppUser>, UsersError>;
 
+    /// Anonymous-safe existence probe for self-serve registration.
+    /// Returns `true` when the email is free to register, `false` when
+    /// it's taken. Unlike [`find_by_email`](Self::find_by_email) (which
+    /// requires an authenticated principal to prevent user enumeration),
+    /// this leaks only a single boolean — no id, profile, or timing
+    /// distinction beyond "exists / doesn't" — so a public registration
+    /// script can pre-check before calling `create`.
+    async fn email_available(&self, cx: &SdkCallCx, email: &str) -> Result<bool, UsersError>;
+
     async fn update(
         &self,
         cx: &SdkCallCx,
@@ -387,6 +396,9 @@ impl UsersService for NoopUsersService {
     ) -> Result<Option<AppUser>, UsersError> {
         Err(UsersError::Backend(NOOP_MSG.into()))
     }
+    async fn email_available(&self, _cx: &SdkCallCx, _email: &str) -> Result<bool, UsersError> {
+        Err(UsersError::Backend(NOOP_MSG.into()))
+    }
     async fn update(
         &self,
         _cx: &SdkCallCx,