diff --git a/packages/base/contains-many-component.gts b/packages/base/contains-many-component.gts
index 3e045e9ef1e..7426533321a 100644
--- a/packages/base/contains-many-component.gts
+++ b/packages/base/contains-many-component.gts
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ class ContainsManyEditor extends GlimmerComponent<ContainsManyEditorSignature> {
 
   <template>
     <PermissionsConsumer as |permissions|>
-      <div class='contains-many-editor' data-test-contains-many={{@field.name}}>
+      <div
+        class='contains-many-editor'
+        data-card-field={{@field.name}}
+        data-test-contains-many={{@field.name}}
+      >
         {{#if this.decoratedChildren.length}}
           <ul
             {{sortableGroup
@@ -144,7 +148,12 @@ class ContainsManyEditor extends GlimmerComponent<ContainsManyEditorSignature> {
             {{on 'click' this.add}}
             data-test-add-new
           >
-            <IconPlus class='icon' width='12px' height='12px' role='presentation' />
+            <IconPlus
+              class='icon'
+              width='12px'
+              height='12px'
+              role='presentation'
+            />
             Add
             {{getPlural @field.card.displayName}}
           </Button>
@@ -362,6 +371,7 @@ export function getContainsManyComponent({
                 class='plural-field containsMany-field
                   {{effectiveFormat}}-format
                   {{unless arrayField.children.length "empty"}}'
+                data-card-field={{field.name}}
                 data-test-plural-view={{field.fieldType}}
                 data-test-plural-view-field={{field.name}}
                 data-test-plural-view-format={{effectiveFormat}}
diff --git a/packages/base/field-component.gts b/packages/base/field-component.gts
index 5533c7261b7..57bad3d6e2e 100644
--- a/packages/base/field-component.gts
+++ b/packages/base/field-component.gts
@@ -358,6 +358,19 @@ export function getBoxComponent(
                 }}
                   {{#if (isCard model.value)}}
                     {{#let model.value as |card|}}
+                      {{! A rendered field boundary carries
+                          data-card-field=<fieldName> so selector-based
+                          screenshot capture and region discovery can address
+                          fields in templates that never opted in. That is: this
+                          card-as-field container and the compound-field wrapper
+                          below, plus the plural wrappers in
+                          contains-many-component and links-to-many-component —
+                          both their view (`plural-field`) and edit
+                          (`*-editor`) forms. Stamped unconditionally; inert for
+                          CSS. Omitted where no boundary element is rendered — a
+                          card at the root (no field context), and a primitive
+                          leaf field, which renders bare with no wrapper to
+                          carry it. }}
                       <DefaultFormatsProvider
                         @value={{defaultFieldFormats effectiveFormats.cardDef}}
                       >
@@ -380,6 +393,7 @@ export function getBoxComponent(
                           }}
                           data-boxel-card-id={{card.id}}
                           data-boxel-card-format={{effectiveFormats.cardDef}}
+                          data-card-field={{field.name}}
                           data-test-card={{card.id}}
                           data-test-card-format={{effectiveFormats.cardDef}}
                           data-test-field-component-card
@@ -420,6 +434,7 @@ export function getBoxComponent(
                       <div
                         class='compound-field
                           {{effectiveFormats.fieldDef}}-format'
+                        data-card-field={{field.name}}
                         data-test-compound-field-format={{effectiveFormats.fieldDef}}
                         data-test-compound-field-component
                         ...attributes
diff --git a/packages/base/links-to-many-component.gts b/packages/base/links-to-many-component.gts
index d742d03eabd..7718f09e685 100644
--- a/packages/base/links-to-many-component.gts
+++ b/packages/base/links-to-many-component.gts
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ class LinksToManyEditor extends GlimmerComponent<Signature> {
   @consume(RealmURLContextName) declare realmURL: URL | undefined;
 
   <template>
-    <div class='links-to-many-editor' data-test-links-to-many={{@field.name}}>
+    <div
+      class='links-to-many-editor'
+      data-card-field={{@field.name}}
+      data-test-links-to-many={{@field.name}}
+    >
       {{#if (eq @childFormat 'atom')}}
         <LinksToManyCompactEditor
           @model={{@model}}
@@ -337,7 +341,12 @@ class LinksToManyStandardEditor extends GlimmerComponent<LinksToManyStandardEdit
           {{on 'click' @add}}
           data-test-add-new={{@field.name}}
         >
-          <IconPlus class='icon' width='12px' height='12px' role='presentation' />
+          <IconPlus
+            class='icon'
+            width='12px'
+            height='12px'
+            role='presentation'
+          />
           Add
           {{getPlural @field.card.displayName}}
         </Button>
@@ -703,6 +712,7 @@ export function getLinksToManyComponent({
                 {{effectiveFormat}}-effectiveFormat
                 {{unless arrayField.children.length "empty"}}
                 display-container-{{displayContainer}}'
+              data-card-field={{field.name}}
               data-test-plural-view-field={{field.name}}
               data-test-plural-view={{field.fieldType}}
               data-test-plural-view-format={{effectiveFormat}}
diff --git a/packages/host/tests/integration/components/card-basics-test.gts b/packages/host/tests/integration/components/card-basics-test.gts
index ccf201b8bae..e7f458d0cdc 100644
--- a/packages/host/tests/integration/components/card-basics-test.gts
+++ b/packages/host/tests/integration/components/card-basics-test.gts
@@ -982,6 +982,106 @@ module('Integration | card-basics', function (hooks) {
       assert.dom('[data-test="number"]').containsText('10');
     });
 
+    // The capture/discovery contract: a rendered field boundary — a card
+    // rendered as a field, a compound field's wrapper, and the plural wrappers
+    // in both their view and edit forms — carries data-card-field=<fieldName>,
+    // so selector-based screenshot capture and region discovery can address
+    // fields in templates that never opted in. The card root itself carries no
+    // field context, so it must not carry the attribute.
+    test('rendered field boundaries carry data-card-field', async function (assert) {
+      class Guest extends FieldDef {
+        @field name = contains(StringField);
+        static embedded = class Embedded extends Component<typeof this> {
+          <template>
+            <span><@fields.name /></span>
+          </template>
+        };
+      }
+
+      class Pet extends CardDef {
+        @field name = contains(StringField);
+        static embedded = class Embedded extends Component<typeof this> {
+          <template>
+            <span><@fields.name /></span>
+          </template>
+        };
+      }
+
+      class Person extends CardDef {
+        @field guest = contains(Guest);
+        @field nicknames = containsMany(StringField);
+        @field pet = linksTo(Pet);
+        @field pets = linksToMany(Pet);
+        static isolated = class Isolated extends Component<typeof this> {
+          <template>
+            <@fields.guest />
+            <@fields.nicknames />
+            <@fields.pet />
+            <@fields.pets />
+          </template>
+        };
+      }
+
+      loader.shimModule(`${testRealmURL}test-cards`, { Person, Pet });
+
+      let mango = new Pet({ name: 'Mango' });
+      let vanGogh = new Pet({ name: 'Van Gogh' });
+      let person = new Person({
+        guest: new Guest({ name: 'Hassan' }),
+        nicknames: ['Art', 'Arty'],
+        pet: mango,
+        pets: [mango, vanGogh],
+      });
+      await saveCard(mango, `${testRealmURL}Pet/mango`, loader);
+      await saveCard(vanGogh, `${testRealmURL}Pet/van-gogh`, loader);
+      await saveCard(person, `${testRealmURL}Person/arthur`, loader);
+
+      await renderCard(loader, person, 'isolated');
+
+      assert
+        .dom('[data-test-compound-field-component][data-card-field="guest"]')
+        .exists('a compound field wrapper carries its field name');
+      assert
+        .dom(
+          '[data-test-plural-view-field="nicknames"][data-card-field="nicknames"]',
+        )
+        .exists('a containsMany plural wrapper carries its field name');
+      assert
+        .dom(
+          `[data-card-field="pet"][data-test-card="${testRealmURL}Pet/mango"]`,
+        )
+        .exists('a linksTo card boundary carries its field name');
+      assert
+        .dom('[data-test-plural-view-field="pets"][data-card-field="pets"]')
+        .exists('a linksToMany plural wrapper carries its field name');
+      assert
+        .dom(
+          '[data-card-field="pets"] [data-card-field="pets"][data-test-field-component-card]',
+        )
+        .exists(
+          { count: 2 },
+          'each linksToMany item boundary carries the plural field name',
+        );
+      assert
+        .dom(`[data-test-card="${testRealmURL}Person/arthur"]`)
+        .doesNotHaveAttribute(
+          'data-card-field',
+          'the card root has no field context, so no data-card-field',
+        );
+
+      // Edit format renders plural fields through their own editor wrappers,
+      // distinct elements from the view-format plural wrappers above. A
+      // containsMany of primitives has no per-item boundary, so the editor
+      // wrapper is the only element that can name the field for discovery.
+      await renderCard(loader, person, 'edit');
+      assert
+        .dom('.contains-many-editor[data-card-field="nicknames"]')
+        .exists('a containsMany editor wrapper carries its field name');
+      assert
+        .dom('.links-to-many-editor[data-card-field="pets"]')
+        .exists('a linksToMany editor wrapper carries its field name');
+    });
+
     test('render a field in atom format', async function (assert) {
       class EmphasizedString extends FieldDef {
         static [primitive]: string;