diff --git a/hyperactor_mesh/src/resource.rs b/hyperactor_mesh/src/resource.rs
index 9cc23e2c6..d4edb73b3 100644
--- a/hyperactor_mesh/src/resource.rs
+++ b/hyperactor_mesh/src/resource.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 //! This modules defines a set of common message types used for managing resources
 //! in hyperactor meshes.
 
+pub mod mesh;
+
 use core::slice::GetDisjointMutIndex as _;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
diff --git a/hyperactor_mesh/src/resource/mesh.rs b/hyperactor_mesh/src/resource/mesh.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcc4ce5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyperactor_mesh/src/resource/mesh.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+use hyperactor::Named;
+/// This module defines common types for mesh resources. Meshes are managed as
+/// resources, usually by a controller actor implementing the [`crate::resource`]
+/// behavior.
+///
+/// The mesh controller manages all aspects of the mesh lifecycle, and the owning
+/// actor uses the resource behavior directly to query the state of the mesh.
+use ndslice::Extent;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+use crate::resource::CreateOrUpdate;
+use crate::resource::GetState;
+use crate::resource::Status;
+use crate::resource::Stop;
+use crate::v1::ValueMesh;
+
+/// Mesh specs
+#[derive(Debug, Named, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Spec<S> {
+    /// All meshes have an extent
+    extent: Extent,
+    // supervisor: PortHandle<SupervisionEvent(?)>
+    /// The mesh-specific spec.
+    spec: S,
+}
+
+/// Mesh states
+#[derive(Debug, Named, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct State<S> {
+    /// The current status for each rank in the mesh.
+    statuses: ValueMesh<Status>,
+    /// Mesh-specific state.
+    state: S,
+}
+
+// The behavior of a mesh controllšr.
+// hyperactor::behavior!(
+//     Controller<Sp, St>,
+//     CreateOrUpdate<Spec<Sp>>,
+//     GetState<State<St>>,
+//     Stop,
+// );