diff --git a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-close-recipe.test.ts b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-close-recipe.test.ts
index 0af989f..3b1276c 100644
--- a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-close-recipe.test.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-close-recipe.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const { expect } = chai;
 // matter; everything else is filled with placeholder values that are
 // shape-correct but not exercised by the constructor-time validation tests.
 const fakeSwapQuote = {
+  sellTokenAddress: '0x7f39C581F595B53c5cb19bD0b3f8dA6c935E2Ca0', // wstETH (withdraw direction sells collateral)
   sellTokenValue: '0',
   spender: '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000beef',
   crossContractCall: { to: '0x1234', value: 0n, data: '0x5678' },
diff --git a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-open-recipe.test.ts b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-open-recipe.test.ts
index fe372e3..a3213b9 100644
--- a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-open-recipe.test.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-open-recipe.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
 const { expect } = chai;
 
 const fakeSwapQuote: SwapQuoteData = {
+  sellTokenAddress: '0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2', // WETH (deposit direction)
   sellTokenValue: '8000000000000000',
   spender: '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000beef',
   crossContractCall: { to: '0x1234', value: 0n, data: '0x5678' },
@@ -86,34 +87,174 @@ describe('FxMintOpenRecipe — auto-branch + per-pool validation', () => {
 });
 
 describe('validatePoolFlow', () => {
-  it('throws for wstETH-Long without swapQuote', () => {
-    expect(() => validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', undefined)).to.throw(
+  it('throws for wstETH-Long without swapQuote (deposit)', () => {
+    expect(() => validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', undefined, 'deposit')).to.throw(
       /wstETH-Long/,
     );
   });
 
-  it('throws for WBTC-Long with swapQuote', () => {
-    expect(() => validatePoolFlow('WBTC-Long', fakeSwapQuote)).to.throw(
-      /WBTC-Long/,
-    );
+  it('throws for WBTC-Long with swapQuote (deposit)', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('WBTC-Long', fakeSwapQuote, 'deposit'),
+    ).to.throw(/WBTC-Long/);
   });
 
-  it('passes for wstETH-Long with swapQuote', () => {
-    expect(() => validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', fakeSwapQuote)).not.to.throw();
+  it('passes for wstETH-Long with valid deposit swapQuote', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', fakeSwapQuote, 'deposit'),
+    ).not.to.throw();
   });
 
-  it('passes for WBTC-Long without swapQuote', () => {
-    expect(() => validatePoolFlow('WBTC-Long', undefined)).not.to.throw();
+  it('passes for WBTC-Long without swapQuote (deposit)', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('WBTC-Long', undefined, 'deposit'),
+    ).not.to.throw();
   });
 
-  it('trusts custom pool refs (does not throw)', () => {
+  it('trusts custom pool refs on presence (does not throw on presence layer)', () => {
     const customPool = {
       address: '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000beef' as `0x${string}`,
       collateralToken:
         '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000cafe' as `0x${string}`,
       collateralDecimals: 18n,
     };
-    expect(() => validatePoolFlow(customPool, fakeSwapQuote)).not.to.throw();
-    expect(() => validatePoolFlow(customPool, undefined)).not.to.throw();
+    // Custom pool + no quote: passes (no shape check applies).
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow(customPool, undefined, 'deposit'),
+    ).not.to.throw();
+    // Custom pool + quote with non-matching buy (cafe ≠ wstETH): shape layer
+    // would now throw; this is covered explicitly by a shape-check test below.
+  });
+
+  // Shape-check tests — direction-aware (added in PR #53 follow-up).
+  // Canonical mainnet addresses used to construct quotes with valid or
+  // mismatched directions. WETH is the canonical fxmint swap input across
+  // every deposit-direction recipe (open/topup/topup-and-borrow); wstETH
+  // is the canonical wstETH-Long collateral. WRONG_TOKEN and CUSTOM_COLL
+  // are throwaway placeholder addresses (matches the file's existing
+  // 0x…beef / 0x…cafe convention for fake addresses in tests).
+  const WETH = '0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2';
+  const WSTETH = '0x7f39C581F595B53c5cb19bD0b3f8dA6c935E2Ca0';
+  const WRONG_TOKEN = '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000fade';
+  const CUSTOM_COLL = '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000cafe';
+
+  // ---- Deposit direction (open/topup/topup-and-borrow) ----
+
+  it('throws when deposit-direction swapQuote sell token does not match WETH (wstETH-Long)', () => {
+    const wrongSellQuote = {
+      ...fakeSwapQuote,
+      sellTokenAddress: WRONG_TOKEN, // wrong — deposit direction expects WETH
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', wrongSellQuote, 'deposit'),
+    ).to.throw(/sellTokenAddress mismatch.*deposit.*WETH/i);
+  });
+
+  it('throws when deposit-direction swapQuote buy token does not match pool collateralToken (wstETH-Long)', () => {
+    const wrongBuyQuote = {
+      ...fakeSwapQuote,
+      sellTokenAddress: WETH,
+      buyERC20Amount: { ...fakeSwapQuote.buyERC20Amount, tokenAddress: WRONG_TOKEN },
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', wrongBuyQuote, 'deposit'),
+    ).to.throw(/buyERC20Amount\.tokenAddress mismatch.*deposit.*pool collateral/i);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts mixed-case (checksum) addresses on the deposit path', () => {
+    const upperCaseQuote = {
+      ...fakeSwapQuote,
+      sellTokenAddress: WETH.toUpperCase(),
+      buyERC20Amount: {
+        ...fakeSwapQuote.buyERC20Amount,
+        tokenAddress: WSTETH.toUpperCase(),
+      },
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', upperCaseQuote, 'deposit'),
+    ).not.to.throw();
+  });
+
+  it('passes for custom pool with correct WETH→collateral deposit quote', () => {
+    const customPool = {
+      address: '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000beef' as `0x${string}`,
+      collateralToken: CUSTOM_COLL as `0x${string}`,
+      collateralDecimals: 18n,
+    };
+    const correctQuote = {
+      ...fakeSwapQuote,
+      sellTokenAddress: WETH,
+      buyERC20Amount: { ...fakeSwapQuote.buyERC20Amount, tokenAddress: CUSTOM_COLL },
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow(customPool, correctQuote, 'deposit'),
+    ).not.to.throw();
+  });
+
+  it('throws for custom pool with wrong-buy deposit quote', () => {
+    const customPool = {
+      address: '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000beef' as `0x${string}`,
+      collateralToken: CUSTOM_COLL as `0x${string}`,
+      collateralDecimals: 18n,
+    };
+    const wrongBuyQuote = {
+      ...fakeSwapQuote,
+      sellTokenAddress: WETH,
+      buyERC20Amount: {
+        ...fakeSwapQuote.buyERC20Amount,
+        tokenAddress: WSTETH, // wstETH ≠ pool.collateralToken (CUSTOM_COLL)
+      },
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow(customPool, wrongBuyQuote, 'deposit'),
+    ).to.throw(/buyERC20Amount\.tokenAddress mismatch.*deposit/i);
+  });
+
+  // ---- Withdraw direction (close) ----
+
+  it('passes for wstETH-Long with correct withdraw-direction quote (wstETH→WETH)', () => {
+    const withdrawQuote = {
+      ...fakeSwapQuote,
+      sellTokenAddress: WSTETH,
+      buyERC20Amount: { ...fakeSwapQuote.buyERC20Amount, tokenAddress: WETH },
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', withdrawQuote, 'withdraw'),
+    ).not.to.throw();
+  });
+
+  it('throws when withdraw-direction quote sells WETH instead of collateral (deposit-shaped)', () => {
+    // Reusing fakeSwapQuote: sell = WETH, buy = wstETH (deposit shape).
+    // Run it through withdraw direction — sell side mismatches.
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', fakeSwapQuote, 'withdraw'),
+    ).to.throw(/sellTokenAddress mismatch.*withdraw.*pool collateral/i);
+  });
+
+  it('throws when withdraw-direction quote buys wrong token (not WETH)', () => {
+    const wrongBuyWithdraw = {
+      ...fakeSwapQuote,
+      sellTokenAddress: WSTETH,
+      buyERC20Amount: { ...fakeSwapQuote.buyERC20Amount, tokenAddress: WRONG_TOKEN },
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow('wstETH-Long', wrongBuyWithdraw, 'withdraw'),
+    ).to.throw(/buyERC20Amount\.tokenAddress mismatch.*withdraw.*WETH/i);
+  });
+
+  it('passes for custom pool with correct withdraw quote (collateral→WETH)', () => {
+    const customPool = {
+      address: '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000beef' as `0x${string}`,
+      collateralToken: CUSTOM_COLL as `0x${string}`,
+      collateralDecimals: 18n,
+    };
+    const withdrawQuote = {
+      ...fakeSwapQuote,
+      sellTokenAddress: CUSTOM_COLL,
+      buyERC20Amount: { ...fakeSwapQuote.buyERC20Amount, tokenAddress: WETH },
+    };
+    expect(() =>
+      validatePoolFlow(customPool, withdrawQuote, 'withdraw'),
+    ).not.to.throw();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-topup-and-borrow-recipe.test.ts b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-topup-and-borrow-recipe.test.ts
index cef0126..a157fbe 100644
--- a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-topup-and-borrow-recipe.test.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-topup-and-borrow-recipe.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const { expect } = chai;
 // collDelta on the swap path) matter; everything else is shape-correct
 // placeholder. Pattern matches fx-mint-topup-recipe.test.ts.
 const fakeSwapQuote = {
+  sellTokenAddress: '0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2', // WETH (deposit direction)
   sellTokenValue: '0',
   spender: '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000beef',
   crossContractCall: { to: '0x1234', value: 0n, data: '0x5678' },
diff --git a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-topup-recipe.test.ts b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-topup-recipe.test.ts
index 4bcff82..325d715 100644
--- a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-topup-recipe.test.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/__tests__/fx-mint-topup-recipe.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const { expect } = chai;
 // collDelta on the swap path) matter; everything else is shape-correct
 // placeholder. Pattern matches fx-mint-close-recipe.test.ts.
 const fakeSwapQuote = {
+  sellTokenAddress: '0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2', // WETH (deposit direction)
   sellTokenValue: '0',
   spender: '0x000000000000000000000000000000000000beef',
   crossContractCall: { to: '0x1234', value: 0n, data: '0x5678' },
diff --git a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-close-recipe.ts b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-close-recipe.ts
index 8dae920..772dfec 100644
--- a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-close-recipe.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-close-recipe.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class FxMintCloseRecipe extends Recipe {
 
   constructor(private readonly opts: FxMintCloseRecipeOpts) {
     super();
-    validatePoolFlow(opts.pool, opts.swapQuote);
+    validatePoolFlow(opts.pool, opts.swapQuote, 'withdraw');
     if (opts.swapQuote && opts.slippageBasisPoints === undefined) {
       throw new Error(
         'fxmint: slippageBasisPoints required when swapQuote provided',
diff --git a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-open-recipe.ts b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-open-recipe.ts
index 0d61adc..02ebdd8 100644
--- a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-open-recipe.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-open-recipe.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class FxMintOpenRecipe extends Recipe {
 
   constructor(private readonly opts: FxMintOpenRecipeOpts) {
     super();
-    validatePoolFlow(opts.pool, opts.swapQuote);
+    validatePoolFlow(opts.pool, opts.swapQuote, 'deposit');
     if (opts.swapQuote && opts.slippageBasisPoints === undefined) {
       throw new Error(
         'fxmint: slippageBasisPoints required when swapQuote provided',
@@ -139,13 +139,31 @@ export class FxMintOpenRecipe extends Recipe {
   }
 }
 
+/** Direction of the swap leg, from the recipe's perspective. */
+export type SwapDirection = 'deposit' | 'withdraw';
+
 /**
  * Per-pool flow validation, factored out for reuse by FxMintCloseRecipe,
  * FxMintTopupRecipe, and FxMintTopupAndBorrowRecipe.
  *
- * v0.1 wstETH-Long REQUIRES swapQuote (WETH → wstETH).
- * v0.1 WBTC-Long FORBIDS swapQuote (WBTC direct only).
- * Custom pool refs are trusted — caller picks path via swapQuote presence.
+ * Two layers:
+ *   1. Presence — named-path requirements (direction-agnostic):
+ *        wstETH-Long REQUIRES swapQuote (WETH ↔ wstETH path).
+ *        WBTC-Long FORBIDS swapQuote (WBTC direct only).
+ *        Custom pool refs are trusted on presence; the caller picks the
+ *        path by whether a swapQuote is provided.
+ *   2. Shape — runs whenever a swapQuote is provided (named OR custom),
+ *      direction-aware:
+ *        'deposit'  (open/topup/topup-and-borrow):
+ *            sellTokenAddress           must equal WETH
+ *            buyERC20Amount.tokenAddress must equal pool.collateralToken
+ *        'withdraw' (close):
+ *            sellTokenAddress           must equal pool.collateralToken
+ *            buyERC20Amount.tokenAddress must equal WETH
+ *      All compares case-insensitive. Failures here would otherwise
+ *      surface as confusing on-chain gas-estimate reverts; the shape
+ *      check turns them into clear `fxmint:` errors at recipe
+ *      construction time.
  *
  * Errors are prefixed with `fxmint:` (not the specific recipe name) so
  * the same helper can be called from open/close/topup/topup-and-borrow
@@ -154,18 +172,59 @@ export class FxMintOpenRecipe extends Recipe {
 export function validatePoolFlow(
   poolRef: FxMintPoolRef,
   swapQuote: SwapQuoteData | undefined,
+  direction: SwapDirection,
 ): void {
-  if (typeof poolRef !== 'string') return; // custom pool — trust caller
+  // 1. Presence check — named-path requirements (unchanged from v0.1).
+  //    Custom pool refs are trusted on presence; the caller picks the
+  //    path by whether a swapQuote is provided.
+  if (typeof poolRef === 'string') {
+    const named: FxMintPoolName = poolRef;
+    if (named === 'wstETH-Long' && !swapQuote) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'fxmint: swapQuote required for wstETH-Long (WETH ↔ wstETH path)',
+      );
+    }
+    if (named === 'WBTC-Long' && swapQuote) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'fxmint: WBTC-Long uses direct path; swapQuote must be omitted',
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 2. Shape check — runs whenever a swapQuote is provided, on BOTH named
+  //    and custom pool refs. Catches the silent gas-estimate failure mode
+  //    where a quote's tokens don't match what the recipe will execute.
+  if (!swapQuote) return;
+
+  const resolved = resolvePool(poolRef);
+  const weth = FX_ADDRESSES.WETH.toLowerCase();
+  const collateral = resolved.collateralToken.toLowerCase();
+  const actualSell = swapQuote.sellTokenAddress.toLowerCase();
+  const actualBuy = swapQuote.buyERC20Amount.tokenAddress.toLowerCase();
+
+  const [expectedSell, expectedBuy, sellLabel, buyLabel] =
+    direction === 'deposit'
+      ? [
+          weth,
+          collateral,
+          `WETH (${FX_ADDRESSES.WETH})`,
+          `pool collateral (${resolved.collateralToken})`,
+        ]
+      : [
+          collateral,
+          weth,
+          `pool collateral (${resolved.collateralToken})`,
+          `WETH (${FX_ADDRESSES.WETH})`,
+        ];
 
-  const named: FxMintPoolName = poolRef;
-  if (named === 'wstETH-Long' && !swapQuote) {
+  if (actualSell !== expectedSell) {
     throw new Error(
-      'fxmint: swapQuote required for wstETH-Long (WETH → wstETH path)',
+      `fxmint: swapQuote.sellTokenAddress mismatch (${direction}) — expected ${sellLabel}, got ${swapQuote.sellTokenAddress}`,
     );
   }
-  if (named === 'WBTC-Long' && swapQuote) {
+  if (actualBuy !== expectedBuy) {
     throw new Error(
-      'fxmint: WBTC-Long uses direct path; swapQuote must be omitted',
+      `fxmint: swapQuote.buyERC20Amount.tokenAddress mismatch (${direction}) — expected ${buyLabel}, got ${swapQuote.buyERC20Amount.tokenAddress}`,
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-topup-and-borrow-recipe.ts b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-topup-and-borrow-recipe.ts
index 7dffb7d..d54569d 100644
--- a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-topup-and-borrow-recipe.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-topup-and-borrow-recipe.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class FxMintTopupAndBorrowRecipe extends Recipe {
     super();
     // Per-pool flow validation shared with open/close/topup recipes — keeps
     // the 'fxmint:' error messages consistent across the recipe family.
-    validatePoolFlow(opts.pool, opts.swapQuote);
+    validatePoolFlow(opts.pool, opts.swapQuote, 'deposit');
     if (opts.swapQuote && opts.slippageBasisPoints === undefined) {
       throw new Error(
         'fxmint: slippageBasisPoints required when swapQuote provided',
diff --git a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-topup-recipe.ts b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-topup-recipe.ts
index e98c3a2..c8e4371 100644
--- a/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-topup-recipe.ts
+++ b/src/recipes/borrow/fx/fx-mint-topup-recipe.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class FxMintTopupRecipe extends Recipe {
     super();
     // Per-pool flow validation shared with open/close recipes — keeps the
     // 'fxmint:' error messages consistent across the recipe family.
-    validatePoolFlow(opts.pool, opts.swapQuote);
+    validatePoolFlow(opts.pool, opts.swapQuote, 'deposit');
     if (opts.swapQuote && opts.slippageBasisPoints === undefined) {
       throw new Error(
         'fxmint: slippageBasisPoints required when swapQuote provided',