diff --git a/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen.rs b/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen.rs
index 591e7d5816..132ec44e0d 100644
--- a/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use syn::visit_mut::VisitMut;
 use syn::{GenericArgument, GenericParam, Ident, Lifetime, PatIdent, PathArguments, Type, TypeParam, TypeParamBound};
 use crate::shader_nodes::{ShaderCodegen, ShaderTokens};
 
-mod classify;
+pub(crate) mod classify;
 mod entries;
 pub(crate) mod ir;
 mod metadata;
diff --git a/node-graph/node-macro/src/validation.rs b/node-graph/node-macro/src/validation.rs
index 4716e38ade..9e4cc32748 100644
--- a/node-graph/node-macro/src/validation.rs
+++ b/node-graph/node-macro/src/validation.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub fn validate_node_fn(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn) -> syn::Result<()> {
 		validate_lend_fields,
 		validate_record_io,
 		validate_lazy_reads,
+		validate_materialized_ctx,
 	];
 
 	for validator in validators {
@@ -250,6 +251,30 @@ fn validate_async_source(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn) {
 	}
 }
 
+fn validate_materialized_ctx(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn) {
+	let materialized = parsed
+		.fields
+		.iter()
+		.any(|field| matches!(&field.ty, ParsedFieldType::Regular(RegularParsedField { list_levels, .. }) if *list_levels > 0));
+	if !materialized {
+		return;
+	}
+	let Some(ctx) = crate::codegen::classify::context_param(parsed) else { return };
+	let has = |name: &str| {
+		ctx.bounds
+			.iter()
+			.any(|bound| matches!(bound, syn::TypeParamBound::Trait(bound) if bound.path.segments.last().is_some_and(|segment| segment.ident == name)))
+	};
+	let missing: Vec<&str> = ["InjectIndex", "Copy"].into_iter().filter(|name| !has(name)).collect();
+	if !missing.is_empty() {
+		emit_error!(
+			parsed.input.pat_ident.span(),
+			"a node folding a ranked `List` input drives `eval_batch` over it, so its context must add `{}`; spell `impl Ctx + InjectIndex + Copy`",
+			missing.join(" + ")
+		);
+	}
+}
+
 fn validate_lend_fields(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn) {
 	let future_kernel = crate::codegen::is_source_kernel(&parsed.output_type);
 	for field in &parsed.fields {