diff --git a/src/bindings/index.ts b/src/bindings/index.ts
index c004b88..ba87ac4 100644
--- a/src/bindings/index.ts
+++ b/src/bindings/index.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export const generateTypeScriptBindings = (
           if (primitive === "write") return ["set", `(value: ${type(requirement.valueType)}) => Promise<void>`];
           throw new Error(`State primitive ${primitive} is not supported by the TypeScript runtime binding yet`);
         });
+        if (requirement.primitives.includes("read")) methods.push(["live", "() => Promise<QxLiveValue>"]);
         return { type: object(methods), spec: { ...requirement, id: entry.id } };
       }
       case "edge": {
@@ -75,8 +76,13 @@ export const generateTypeScriptBindings = (
         // Streaming ports need a future streaming ABI; ordinary calls are fully typed today.
         const operations = contract.members.flatMap((member) => member.operations.filter((operation) => operation.mode === "call")
           .map((operation) => ({ ...operation, name: `${member.displayName}.${operation.displayName}` })));
-        return { type: object(operations.map((operation) => [operation.name, `(${params(operation.inputType)}) => Promise<${type(operation.outputType)}>`])),
-          spec: { kind: "interface", id: entry.id, operations: Object.fromEntries(operations.map((operation) => [operation.name, operation])) } };
+        return { type: object([
+          ["objectId", ref({ kind: "interface", interfaceRevisionId: requirement.interfaceRevisionId })],
+          ["live", object(operations.map(operation => [operation.name, `(${params(operation.inputType)}) => Promise<QxLiveValue>`]))],
+          ...operations.map((operation): [string, string] => [operation.name, `(${params(operation.inputType)}) => Promise<${type(operation.outputType)}>`]),
+        ]),
+          spec: { kind: "interface", id: entry.id, operations: Object.fromEntries(operations.map(({name, id, inputType, outputType}) =>
+            [name, {id, inputType, outputType}])) } };
       }
       case "constructor": {
         const input = requirement.inputType;
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ export const generateTypeScriptBindings = (
     return `import { ${binding.export} as ${alias} } from ${q(binding.module)};`;
   });
   const signatures = `${object(contexts)} ${object(handlers)}`;
-  const typeImports = ["BindingValue", "QxObjectRef", "QxWatchHandle", "QxHandler", "QxDerived", "QxContextLifecycle", "RelationshipCollection", "RelationshipEntry"].filter((name) => new RegExp(`\\b${name}\\b`).test(signatures));
+  const typeImports = ["BindingValue", "QxObjectRef", "QxWatchHandle", "QxHandler", "QxDerived", "QxContextLifecycle", "QxLiveValue", "RelationshipCollection", "RelationshipEntry"].filter((name) => new RegExp(`\\b${name}\\b`).test(signatures));
   return `// Generated by quixos-codegen-ts. Do not edit. Binding ABI version 1.\n` +
     `import { ${exports.length ? "bindQxHandler, " : ""}${[...typeImports, "QxHandlerSpec", "QxMessages"].map((name) => `type ${name}`).join(", ")} } from ${q(options.runtimeModule ?? "@quixos/camino-package-runtime")};\n` +
     imports.join("\n") + `\nexport const packageRevisionId = ${q(pkg.revisionId)};\n` +