diff --git a/packages/ruby/README.md b/packages/ruby/README.md
index cef4b03..1218ce8 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/README.md
+++ b/packages/ruby/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts
 
-ABIs and verification sources for the audited EVM Security Token releases.
+ABIs, creation code and verification sources for the audited EVM Security
+Token releases.
 
 The gem carries data only. It has no dependencies, and it ships the same
 files as the `@upsideos/evm-rwa-artifacts` npm package, built from the
@@ -36,6 +37,17 @@ call surface when you talk to the token address:
 UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.merged_abi('v5', 'RestrictedLockupToken')
 ```
 
+## Deploy a contract
+
+`artifact` returns the ABI together with the creation code, in the shape a
+deployment front end reads. `bytecode` returns the creation code alone, as
+the 0x-prefixed hex a deployment transaction carries:
+
+```ruby
+UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.artifact('v5.1', 'RestrictedLockupToken')
+UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.bytecode('v5.1', 'RestrictedLockupToken')
+```
+
 ## Verify a deployment
 
 `verification_source_codes` returns the solc standard-json bundle that an
@@ -69,9 +81,8 @@ Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(path.binread)
 
 ## What the gem leaves out
 
-The gem ships no bytecode and no tooling, because a Ruby consumer reads
-contracts and verifies them but does not compile or deploy them. Use the
-npm package for deployment bytecode, and `@upsideos/evm-explorer-verify`
+The gem ships no tooling, because a Ruby consumer reads contracts and
+hands them on but does not compile them. Use `@upsideos/evm-explorer-verify`
 to submit a verification to an explorer.
 
 ## Notes
diff --git a/packages/ruby/lib/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts.rb b/packages/ruby/lib/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts.rb
index a1c695b..2284504 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/lib/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts.rb
+++ b/packages/ruby/lib/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 require_relative 'upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts/version'
 
-# ABIs and verification sources for audited EVM contract releases.
+# ABIs, creation code and verification sources for audited EVM contract
+# releases.
 #
 # The gem carries data only. It has no dependencies and runs no code at
 # load time beyond reading the release directory.
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ def abi_path(release, contract)
       path(release, "abi/#{contract}.json")
     end
 
+    # The ABI together with the creation code, in the shape a deployment
+    # front end reads: abi, bytecode, deployedBytecode, immutableReferences.
+    def artifact_path(release, contract)
+      path(release, "artifacts/#{contract}.json")
+    end
+
     # The token forwards unknown selectors into its extensions, so a caller
     # that talks to the token address needs the merged call surface rather
     # than the token ABI alone.
@@ -77,6 +84,16 @@ def merged_abi(release, contract)
       read_json(merged_abi_path(release, contract))
     end
 
+    def artifact(release, contract)
+      read_json(artifact_path(release, contract))
+    end
+
+    # The creation code, as the 0x-prefixed hex a deployment transaction
+    # carries. Constructor arguments append to it.
+    def bytecode(release, contract)
+      artifact(release, contract).fetch('bytecode')
+    end
+
     def verification_source_codes(release)
       read_json(verification_source_codes_path(release))
     end
diff --git a/packages/ruby/lib/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts/version.rb b/packages/ruby/lib/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts/version.rb
index 2ab55c5..73c6e40 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/lib/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts/version.rb
+++ b/packages/ruby/lib/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts
-  VERSION = '0.1.1'
+  VERSION = '0.2.0'
 end
diff --git a/packages/ruby/script/prepare_data.rb b/packages/ruby/script/prepare_data.rb
index 4c534e3..886df38 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/script/prepare_data.rb
+++ b/packages/ruby/script/prepare_data.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 # Copy the data the gem ships out of the release directories.
 #
-# The gem carries ABIs, manifests and verification sources. It leaves out
-# the bytecode in artifacts/, because a Ruby consumer reads contracts and
-# verifies them but does not deploy them.
+# The gem carries ABIs, artifacts, manifests and verification sources. A
+# Ruby consumer hands the creation code to a browser that deploys the set,
+# so the artifacts come along with the ABIs.
 
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'pathname'
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ def copy_release(release)
     FileUtils.cp(source.join(file), target.join(file))
   end
 
-  FileUtils.mkdir_p(target.join('abi'))
-  Dir[source.join('abi', '*.json')].each do |abi|
-    FileUtils.cp(abi, target.join('abi', File.basename(abi)))
-  end
+  copy_json_dir(source.join('abi'), target.join('abi'))
+  copy_json_dir(source.join('artifacts'), target.join('artifacts'))
+  copy_json_dir(source.join('abi', 'merged'), target.join('abi', 'merged'))
+end
 
-  merged = source.join('abi', 'merged')
-  return unless merged.directory?
+def copy_json_dir(source, target)
+  return unless source.directory?
 
-  FileUtils.mkdir_p(target.join('abi', 'merged'))
-  Dir[merged.join('*.json')].each do |abi|
-    FileUtils.cp(abi, target.join('abi', 'merged', File.basename(abi)))
+  FileUtils.mkdir_p(target)
+  Dir[source.join('*.json')].each do |file|
+    FileUtils.cp(file, target.join(File.basename(file)))
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/packages/ruby/test/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts_test.rb b/packages/ruby/test/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts_test.rb
index 1c7ec43..8b05b34 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/test/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts_test.rb
+++ b/packages/ruby/test/upsideos_evm_rwa_artifacts_test.rb
@@ -85,9 +85,35 @@ def test_unknown_contract
     assert_raises(UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts::UnknownFile) { UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.abi('v5', 'NoSuchContract') }
   end
 
-  # The gem is data only. Bytecode belongs to the npm package, because a
-  # Ruby consumer reads and verifies contracts but does not deploy them.
-  def test_no_bytecode_ships
-    assert_empty Dir[UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts::DATA_ROOT.join('**', 'artifacts', '*')]
+  def test_bytecode_is_prefixed_hex
+    bytecode = UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.bytecode('v5', 'AccessControl')
+
+    assert_match(/\A0x[0-9a-f]+\z/, bytecode)
+  end
+
+  def test_artifact_carries_the_same_abi_as_the_abi_file
+    artifact = UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.artifact('v5.1', 'RestrictedLockupToken')
+
+    assert_equal UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.abi('v5.1', 'RestrictedLockupToken'), artifact.fetch('abi')
+  end
+
+  # The manifest digests the creation code as raw bytes, so a truncated or
+  # re-encoded copy in the gem shows up here.
+  def test_shipped_creation_code_matches_the_manifest_digests
+    UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.releases.each do |release|
+      UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.manifest(release).fetch('artifacts').each do |entry|
+        name = entry.fetch('name')
+        creation = entry.fetch('creationCode')
+        bytes = [UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.bytecode(release, name).delete_prefix('0x')].pack('H*')
+
+        assert_equal creation.fetch('length'), bytes.length, "#{release} #{name} creation code length"
+        assert_equal creation.fetch('sha256'), Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(bytes),
+                     "#{release} #{name} creation code digest"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_unknown_contract_artifact
+    assert_raises(UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts::UnknownFile) { UpsideosEvmRwaArtifacts.artifact('v5', 'NoSuchContract') }
   end
 end