diff --git a/services/framecache/src/slot.h b/services/framecache/src/slot.h
index 27c3d27..32ee54f 100644
--- a/services/framecache/src/slot.h
+++ b/services/framecache/src/slot.h
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ typedef struct {
 _Static_assert(sizeof(fc_frame_t) == FC_FRAME_HDR_SIZE,
                "fc_frame_t header must be exactly FC_FRAME_HDR_SIZE bytes");
 
-/* Accessor function declarations (implemented in slot.c) */
-fc_header_t *fc_slot_header(struct fc_slot *s);
-const char  *fc_slot_id(struct fc_slot *s);
-const char  *fc_slot_shm_path(struct fc_slot *s);
-const char  *fc_slot_sem_name(struct fc_slot *s);
+/* Accessor functions — inline now that struct fc_slot is defined above */
+static inline fc_header_t *fc_slot_header(struct fc_slot *s) { return (fc_header_t *)s->base; }
+static inline const char  *fc_slot_id(struct fc_slot *s)     { return s->slot_id; }
+static inline const char  *fc_slot_shm_path(struct fc_slot *s) { return s->shm_path; }
+static inline const char  *fc_slot_sem_name(struct fc_slot *s) { return s->sem_name; }
 
 /**
  * Compute total shm size for a slot given frame_size.