If all TypeGuards are assignable to bool, but bool is not assignable to any TypeGuard, and at runtime are still always bool (so an "implicit subtype", as I've seen spelled out elsewhere), then the closest analog in any currently available system is int/float, since one can use an in where float is required and it's legal. I can't attach any type information in this way, but I'm trying to work with what I have. from typing import Any, Callable, overload Bool = float TypeGuard = int @overload def func(x: Callable[..., TypeGuard]) -> str: ... @overload def func(x: Callable[..., Bool]) -> int: ... def func(x: Any) -> Any: ... Pyright in strict mode reports: Overload 1 for "func" overlaps overload 2 and returns an incompatible type mypy says nothing, due to https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/10143. Perhaps that's some of the source as to why these examples are not working. I'm going to defer explaining this requirement to either Eric or Guido; it's clear my explanation of this based on what I got through the grapevine isn't holding up to a pile-on.