diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-bears-flow.md b/.changeset/wicked-bears-flow.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1781cd7b07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-bears-flow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"effect": minor
+---
+
+`Resource<A, E>` is subtype of `Effect<A, E>`.
+`ScopedRed<A>` is subtype of `Effect<A>`.
diff --git a/packages/effect/dtslint/Unify.ts b/packages/effect/dtslint/Unify.ts
index 8a122c7e871..926da4eb361 100644
--- a/packages/effect/dtslint/Unify.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/dtslint/Unify.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import type * as Option from "effect/Option"
 import type * as Queue from "effect/Queue"
 import type * as RcRef from "effect/RcRef"
 import type * as Ref from "effect/Ref"
+import type * as Resource from "effect/Resource"
+import type * as ScopedRef from "effect/ScopedRef"
 import type * as Stream from "effect/Stream"
 import type * as SubscriptionRef from "effect/SubscriptionRef"
 import type * as SynchronizedRef from "effect/SynchronizedRef"
@@ -109,8 +111,21 @@ export type DequeueUnify = Unify.Unify<
   | Queue.Dequeue<1>
   | Queue.Dequeue<"a">
 >
+// $ExpectType ScopedRef<1> | ScopedRef<"a">
+export type ScopedRefUnify = Unify.Unify<
+  | ScopedRef.ScopedRef<1>
+  | ScopedRef.ScopedRef<"a">
+>
+// $ExpectType Resource<1, never> | Resource<never, 2> | Resource<1, 2> | Resource<"a", "b"> | Resource<any, any>
+export type ResourceUnify = Unify.Unify<
+  | Resource.Resource<1>
+  | Resource.Resource<never, 2>
+  | Resource.Resource<1, 2>
+  | Resource.Resource<"a", "b">
+  | Resource.Resource<any, any>
+>
 
-// $ExpectType 0 | Option<string | number> | Ref<1> | SynchronizedRef<1> | SubscriptionRef<1> | Deferred<1, 2> | Deferred<"a", "b"> | Fiber<"a" | 1, "b" | 2> | RuntimeFiber<"a" | 1, "b" | 2> | Queue<1> | Queue<"a"> | Dequeue<"a" | 1> | Ref<"A"> | SynchronizedRef<"A"> | SubscriptionRef<"A"> | FiberRef<12> | FiberRef<"a2"> | Either<1 | "A", 0 | "E"> | Effect<1 | "A", 0 | "E", "R" | "R1"> | RcRef<1 | "A", 0 | "E">
+// $ExpectType 0 | Option<string | number> | Ref<1> | SynchronizedRef<1> | SubscriptionRef<1> | Deferred<1, 2> | Deferred<"a", "b"> | Fiber<"a" | 1, "b" | 2> | RuntimeFiber<"a" | 1, "b" | 2> | Queue<1> | Queue<"a"> | Dequeue<"a" | 1> | ScopedRef<1> | ScopedRef<"a"> | Resource<1, 2> | Ref<"A"> | SynchronizedRef<"A"> | SubscriptionRef<"A"> | FiberRef<12> | FiberRef<"a2"> | Resource<"a", never> | Either<1 | "A", 0 | "E"> | Effect<1 | "A", 0 | "E", "R" | "R1"> | RcRef<1 | "A", 0 | "E">
 export type AllUnify = Unify.Unify<
   | Either.Either<1, 0>
   | Either.Either<"A", "E">
@@ -138,5 +153,9 @@ export type AllUnify = Unify.Unify<
   | Queue.Queue<"a">
   | Queue.Dequeue<1>
   | Queue.Dequeue<"a">
+  | ScopedRef.ScopedRef<1>
+  | ScopedRef.ScopedRef<"a">
+  | Resource.Resource<1, 2>
+  | Resource.Resource<"a">
   | 0
 >
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/Resource.ts b/packages/effect/src/Resource.ts
index dc9af2a864b..8dc6debd349 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/Resource.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/Resource.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 import type * as Effect from "./Effect.js"
 import type * as Exit from "./Exit.js"
 import * as internal from "./internal/resource.js"
+import type { Pipeable } from "./Pipeable.js"
 import type * as Schedule from "./Schedule.js"
 import type * as Scope from "./Scope.js"
 import type * as ScopedRef from "./ScopedRef.js"
 import type * as Types from "./Types.js"
+import type * as Unify from "./Unify.js"
 
 /**
  * @since 2.0.0
@@ -28,11 +30,31 @@ export type ResourceTypeId = typeof ResourceTypeId
  * @since 2.0.0
  * @category models
  */
-export interface Resource<in out A, in out E = never> extends Resource.Variance<A, E> {
+export interface Resource<in out A, in out E = never> extends Effect.Effect<A, E>, Resource.Variance<A, E>, Pipeable {
   /** @internal */
   readonly scopedRef: ScopedRef.ScopedRef<Exit.Exit<A, E>>
   /** @internal */
   readonly acquire: Effect.Effect<A, E, Scope.Scope>
+
+  readonly [Unify.typeSymbol]?: unknown
+  readonly [Unify.unifySymbol]?: ResourceUnify<this>
+  readonly [Unify.ignoreSymbol]?: ResourceUnifyIgnore
+}
+
+/**
+ * @category models
+ * @since 3.9.0
+ */
+export interface ResourceUnify<A extends { [Unify.typeSymbol]?: any }> extends Effect.EffectUnify<A> {
+  Resource?: () => Extract<A[Unify.typeSymbol], Resource<any, any>>
+}
+
+/**
+ * @category models
+ * @since 3.9.0
+ */
+export interface ResourceUnifyIgnore extends Effect.EffectUnifyIgnore {
+  Effect?: true
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/ScopedRef.ts b/packages/effect/src/ScopedRef.ts
index cc46efb205d..8d44654afbf 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/ScopedRef.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/ScopedRef.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { Pipeable } from "./Pipeable.js"
 import type * as Scope from "./Scope.js"
 import type * as Synchronized from "./SynchronizedRef.js"
 import type * as Types from "./Types.js"
+import type * as Unify from "./Unify.js"
 
 /**
  * @since 2.0.0
@@ -31,9 +32,29 @@ export type ScopedRefTypeId = typeof ScopedRefTypeId
  * @since 2.0.0
  * @category models
  */
-export interface ScopedRef<in out A> extends ScopedRef.Variance<A>, Pipeable {
+export interface ScopedRef<in out A> extends Effect.Effect<A>, ScopedRef.Variance<A>, Pipeable {
   /** @internal */
   readonly ref: Synchronized.SynchronizedRef<readonly [Scope.Scope.Closeable, A]>
+
+  readonly [Unify.typeSymbol]?: unknown
+  readonly [Unify.unifySymbol]?: ScopedRefUnify<this>
+  readonly [Unify.ignoreSymbol]?: ScopedRefUnifyIgnore
+}
+
+/**
+ * @category models
+ * @since 3.9.0
+ */
+export interface ScopedRefUnify<A extends { [Unify.typeSymbol]?: any }> extends Effect.EffectUnify<A> {
+  ScopedRef?: () => Extract<A[Unify.typeSymbol], ScopedRef<any>>
+}
+
+/**
+ * @category models
+ * @since 3.9.0
+ */
+export interface ScopedRefUnifyIgnore extends Effect.EffectUnifyIgnore {
+  Effect?: true
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/internal/resource.ts b/packages/effect/src/internal/resource.ts
index 74a21dc314f..bd1bf5e706c 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/internal/resource.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/internal/resource.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type * as Resource from "../Resource.js"
 import type * as Schedule from "../Schedule.js"
 import type * as Scope from "../Scope.js"
 import * as core from "./core.js"
+import * as effectable from "./effectable.js"
 import * as fiberRuntime from "./fiberRuntime.js"
 import * as _schedule from "./schedule.js"
 import * as scopedRef from "./scopedRef.js"
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ const resourceVariance = {
   _A: (_: any) => _
 }
 
+/** @internal  */
+const proto: ThisType<Resource.Resource<any, any>> = {
+  ...effectable.CommitPrototype,
+  commit() {
+    return get(this)
+  },
+  [ResourceTypeId]: resourceVariance
+}
+
 /** @internal */
 export const auto = <A, E, R, Out, R2>(
   acquire: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>,
@@ -46,11 +56,12 @@ export const manual = <A, E, R>(
   core.flatMap(core.context<R>(), (env) =>
     pipe(
       scopedRef.fromAcquire(core.exit(acquire)),
-      core.map((ref) => ({
-        [ResourceTypeId]: resourceVariance,
-        scopedRef: ref,
-        acquire: core.provideContext(acquire, env)
-      }))
+      core.map((ref) => {
+        const resource = Object.create(proto)
+        resource.scopedRef = ref
+        resource.acquire = core.provideContext(acquire, env)
+        return resource
+      })
     ))
 
 /** @internal */
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/internal/scopedRef.ts b/packages/effect/src/internal/scopedRef.ts
index 2e588c36b7a..dca8d7d4810 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/internal/scopedRef.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/internal/scopedRef.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import * as Context from "../Context.js"
 import type * as Effect from "../Effect.js"
 import type { LazyArg } from "../Function.js"
 import { dual, pipe } from "../Function.js"
-import { pipeArguments } from "../Pipeable.js"
 import type * as Scope from "../Scope.js"
 import type * as ScopedRef from "../ScopedRef.js"
 import * as core from "./core.js"
 import * as circular from "./effect/circular.js"
+import * as effectable from "./effectable.js"
 import * as fiberRuntime from "./fiberRuntime.js"
 import * as ref from "./ref.js"
 import * as synchronized from "./synchronizedRef.js"
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ const scopedRefVariance = {
   _A: (_: any) => _
 }
 
+/** @internal  */
+const proto: ThisType<ScopedRef.ScopedRef<any>> = {
+  ...effectable.CommitPrototype,
+  commit() {
+    return get(this)
+  },
+  [ScopedRefTypeId]: scopedRefVariance
+}
+
 /** @internal  */
 const close = <A>(self: ScopedRef.ScopedRef<A>): Effect.Effect<void> =>
   core.flatMap(ref.get(self.ref), (tuple) => tuple[0].close(core.exitVoid))
@@ -41,13 +50,8 @@ export const fromAcquire = <A, E, R>(
         core.flatMap((value) =>
           circular.makeSynchronized([newScope, value] as const).pipe(
             core.flatMap((ref) => {
-              const scopedRef: ScopedRef.ScopedRef<A> = {
-                [ScopedRefTypeId]: scopedRefVariance,
-                pipe() {
-                  return pipeArguments(this, arguments)
-                },
-                ref
-              }
+              const scopedRef = Object.create(proto)
+              scopedRef.ref = ref
               return pipe(
                 fiberRuntime.addFinalizer(() => close(scopedRef)),
                 core.as(scopedRef)
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/Resource.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/Resource.test.ts
index 5043b9530ce..a2b7af50f5b 100644
--- a/packages/effect/test/Resource.test.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/test/Resource.test.ts
@@ -51,4 +51,12 @@ describe("Resource", () => {
       assert.strictEqual(result1, 0)
       assert.strictEqual(result2, 0)
     }))
+  it.scoped("subtype of Effect", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const ref = yield* Ref.make(0)
+      const cached = yield* Cached.manual(ref)
+      const resul1 = yield* cached
+
+      assert.strictEqual(resul1, 0)
+    }))
 })
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/ScopedRef.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/ScopedRef.test.ts
index fcd55f6100f..f4c942c9221 100644
--- a/packages/effect/test/ScopedRef.test.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/test/ScopedRef.test.ts
@@ -79,4 +79,10 @@ describe("ScopedRef", () => {
       const ref = yield* _(Effect.scoped(ScopedRef.make(() => 0)))
       expect(ref.pipe(identity)).toBe(ref)
     }))
+  it.scoped("subtype of Effect", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const ref = yield* ScopedRef.make(() => 0)
+      const result = yield* ref
+      assert.strictEqual(result, 0)
+    }))
 })