diff --git a/include/xo/procedure2/GcPrimitives.hpp b/include/xo/procedure2/GcPrimitives.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ead09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/xo/procedure2/GcPrimitives.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/** @file GcPrimitives.hpp
+ *
+ *  @author Roland Conybeare, Mar 2026
+ **/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Primitive_gco_1_gco.hpp"
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace scm {
+
+        /** @rbief primitives centered on gc/ data structures.
+         *  (i.e. X1Collector)
+         **/
+        class GcPrimitives {
+        public:
+            using AAllocator = xo::mm::AAllocator;
+
+        public:
+            /** create primitive: request collection **/
+            static DPrimitive_gco_1_gco * make_request_gc_pm(obj<AAllocator> mm,
+                                                             StringTable * stbl);
+        };
+
+    } /*namespace scm*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+
+/* end GcPrimitives.hpp */
diff --git a/src/procedure2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/procedure2/CMakeLists.txt
index 2198403..f4314fe 100644
--- a/src/procedure2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/procedure2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set(SELF_SRCS
     init_primitives.cpp
     SetupProcedure2.cpp
     ObjectPrimitives.cpp
+    GcPrimitives.cpp
     PrimitiveRegistry.cpp
     DPrimitive.cpp
     DSimpleRcx.cpp
diff --git a/src/procedure2/GcPrimitives.cpp b/src/procedure2/GcPrimitives.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..732608d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/procedure2/GcPrimitives.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/** @file GcPrimitives.cpp
+ *
+ *  @author Roland Conybeare, Mar 2026
+ **/
+
+#include "GcPrimitives.hpp"
+#include <xo/object2/Integer.hpp>
+#include <xo/object2/Boolean.hpp>
+#include <xo/type/FunctionType.hpp>
+#include <xo/type/AtomicType.hpp>
+#include <xo/alloc2/Collector.hpp>
+#include <xo/alloc2/generation.hpp>
+
+namespace xo {
+    using xo::mm::generation;
+
+    namespace scm {
+
+        // ----- request-gc -----
+
+        obj<AGCObject>
+        xfer_request_gc(obj<ARuntimeContext> rcx,
+                        obj<AGCObject> upto_gco)
+        {
+            bool have_gc = false;
+
+            if (rcx.collector()) {
+                generation upto(obj<AGCObject,DInteger>::from(upto_gco));
+
+                rcx.collector().request_gc(upto);
+
+                have_gc = true;
+            }
+
+            return DBoolean::box(rcx.allocator(), have_gc);
+        }
+
+        DPrimitive_gco_1_gco *
+        GcPrimitives::make_request_gc_pm(obj<AAllocator> mm,
+                                         StringTable * stbl)
+        {
+            (void)stbl;
+
+            auto int_ty = DAtomicType::make(mm, Metatype::t_integer());
+            auto bool_ty = DAtomicType::make(mm, Metatype::t_bool());
+            auto pm_ty = obj<AType,DFunctionType>(DFunctionType::_make(mm,
+                                                                       bool_ty,
+                                                                       int_ty));
+
+            return DPrimitive_gco_1_gco::_make(mm, "request_gc", pm_ty, &xfer_request_gc);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* end GcPrimitives.cpp */
diff --git a/src/procedure2/PrimitiveRegistry.cpp b/src/procedure2/PrimitiveRegistry.cpp
index ef5cb8c..6e606be 100644
--- a/src/procedure2/PrimitiveRegistry.cpp
+++ b/src/procedure2/PrimitiveRegistry.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace xo {
                                               InstallSink sink,
                                               InstallFlags flags)
         {
-            scope log(XO_DEBUG(true));
+            scope log(XO_DEBUG(false));
 
             bool ok = true;
 
diff --git a/src/procedure2/SetupProcedure2.cpp b/src/procedure2/SetupProcedure2.cpp
index 60bd02e..520df9b 100644
--- a/src/procedure2/SetupProcedure2.cpp
+++ b/src/procedure2/SetupProcedure2.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "SetupProcedure2.hpp"
 #include "Procedure.hpp"
 #include "ObjectPrimitives.hpp"
+#include "GcPrimitives.hpp"
 #include "SimpleRcx.hpp"
 #include "Primitive_gco_0.hpp"
 #include "Primitive_gco_1_gco.hpp"