diff --git a/model_gateway/src/lib.rs b/model_gateway/src/lib.rs
index d227a5931c..9403807130 100644
--- a/model_gateway/src/lib.rs
+++ b/model_gateway/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod app_context;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod memory;
+pub mod mesh;
 pub mod middleware;
 pub mod observability;
 pub mod policies;
diff --git a/model_gateway/src/mesh/adapters/mod.rs b/model_gateway/src/mesh/adapters/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b999715c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model_gateway/src/mesh/adapters/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//! CRDT- and stream-namespace adapters that bridge `MeshKV` to
+//! gateway-local state. Each adapter owns one prefix, serialises
+//! domain types into the shared merge format, and routes remote
+//! updates into the corresponding registry or cache.
+
+pub mod worker_sync;
+
+pub use worker_sync::WorkerSyncAdapter;
diff --git a/model_gateway/src/mesh/adapters/worker_sync.rs b/model_gateway/src/mesh/adapters/worker_sync.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57b43345f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model_gateway/src/mesh/adapters/worker_sync.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+//! `worker:` CRDT adapter: gateway ↔ mesh bridge for `WorkerState`.
+//!
+//! Outbound: `on_worker_changed` bincode-serialises a `WorkerState`
+//! and writes it under `worker:{worker_id}`. `on_worker_removed`
+//! writes a tombstone. Both map 1:1 to the v1
+//! `MeshSyncManager::sync_worker_state` / `remove_worker_state`
+//! behaviour but target the typed CRDT namespace instead of the
+//! untyped store.
+//!
+//! Inbound: `start` spawns a task that subscribes to the namespace
+//! and routes each non-tombstone update through
+//! `WorkerRegistry::on_remote_worker_state` — the same sink the v1
+//! `WorkerStateSubscriber` wires up, so registry behaviour
+//! (URL-dedupe, health promotion, `Registered` event fan-out) is
+//! unchanged. Tombstones are logged at debug; the registry does not
+//! yet expose a remote-remove hook, and wiring one belongs in a
+//! later PR together with the v1 mirror teardown.
+//!
+//! The adapter writes through `CrdtNamespace::put`, which fires
+//! local subscribers in addition to gossiping. A local write
+//! therefore echoes back through `start`'s loop and lands in
+//! `on_remote_worker_state`. That path is idempotent — the URL
+//! lookup short-circuits to a health refresh — so the loop is
+//! self-limiting and matches the v1 behaviour where a local
+//! `sync_worker_state` also re-appears in the same node's store
+//! before gossip fans out.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use smg_mesh::{CrdtNamespace, WorkerState, WorkerStateSubscriber};
+use tracing::{debug, warn};
+
+use crate::worker::WorkerRegistry;
+
+const PREFIX: &str = "worker:";
+
+/// Bridge between the `worker:` CRDT namespace and the gateway's
+/// in-process `WorkerRegistry`.
+pub struct WorkerSyncAdapter {
+    workers: Arc<CrdtNamespace>,
+    worker_registry: Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for WorkerSyncAdapter {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("WorkerSyncAdapter")
+            .field("prefix", &self.workers.prefix())
+            .finish_non_exhaustive()
+    }
+}
+
+impl WorkerSyncAdapter {
+    /// Build an adapter wrapping a `worker:`-scoped namespace and the
+    /// gateway's worker registry. Panics if the namespace is not
+    /// scoped to `worker:` so a mis-wired caller fails fast at
+    /// startup rather than silently routing updates to the wrong
+    /// prefix.
+    pub fn new(workers: Arc<CrdtNamespace>, worker_registry: Arc<WorkerRegistry>) -> Arc<Self> {
+        assert_eq!(
+            workers.prefix(),
+            PREFIX,
+            "WorkerSyncAdapter requires a namespace scoped to `{PREFIX}`",
+        );
+        Arc::new(Self {
+            workers,
+            worker_registry,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Start the inbound path. Subscribes first so no live event is
+    /// lost, spawns the recv loop so it can start draining
+    /// immediately, and then backfills from the calling thread — any
+    /// entry already in the CRDT would otherwise have to wait for the
+    /// next unrelated write before the registry saw it. Running the
+    /// backfill outside the spawn keeps the live loop free to drain
+    /// concurrently: `notify` uses `try_send` into a bounded mpsc, so
+    /// a blocked recv while backfill is running could drop updates on
+    /// a busy startup. `on_remote_worker_state` is idempotent on URL,
+    /// so a key seen by both paths only refreshes health.
+    pub fn start(self: &Arc<Self>) {
+        let this = Arc::clone(self);
+        let mut sub = self.workers.subscribe("");
+        #[expect(
+            clippy::disallowed_methods,
+            reason = "subscription task ends automatically when the mesh KV drops and closes the channel; no handle needed"
+        )]
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while let Some((key, value)) = sub.receiver.recv().await {
+                let Some(worker_id) = key.strip_prefix(PREFIX).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()) else {
+                    warn!(key, "worker: subscription yielded unexpected key shape");
+                    continue;
+                };
+                match value {
+                    Some(fragments) => {
+                        let total = fragments.iter().map(Bytes::len).sum();
+                        let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(total);
+                        for frag in fragments {
+                            bytes.extend_from_slice(&frag);
+                        }
+                        this.apply_incoming(worker_id, &bytes);
+                    }
+                    None => debug!(
+                        worker_id,
+                        "remote worker tombstone (no-op pending registry remove-by-mesh hook)"
+                    ),
+                }
+            }
+            debug!("WorkerSyncAdapter subscription closed");
+        });
+        self.backfill_existing();
+    }
+
+    /// Replay every entry currently in the `worker:` namespace into
+    /// the registry. Safe to run alongside the live subscription loop
+    /// — the sink is idempotent on URL (health refresh short-circuit),
+    /// so overlap with a concurrent live event is fine.
+    fn backfill_existing(&self) {
+        for key in self.workers.keys("") {
+            let Some(worker_id) = key.strip_prefix(PREFIX).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()) else {
+                warn!(key, "worker: backfill yielded unexpected key shape");
+                continue;
+            };
+            if let Some(bytes) = self.workers.get(&key) {
+                self.apply_incoming(worker_id, &bytes);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn apply_incoming(&self, worker_id: &str, bytes: &[u8]) {
+        match bincode::deserialize::<WorkerState>(bytes) {
+            Ok(state) => self.worker_registry.on_remote_worker_state(&state),
+            Err(err) => warn!(worker_id, %err, "failed to decode WorkerState"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Publish a worker update to the cluster. Callers pass the
+    /// registry's current state; the adapter owns (de)serialisation
+    /// and key formatting.
+    pub fn on_worker_changed(&self, worker_id: &str, state: &WorkerState) {
+        match bincode::serialize(state) {
+            Ok(bytes) => self.workers.put(&format!("{PREFIX}{worker_id}"), bytes),
+            Err(err) => warn!(worker_id, %err, "failed to serialize WorkerState"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Publish a tombstone for a worker, removing it from the CRDT.
+    pub fn on_worker_removed(&self, worker_id: &str) {
+        self.workers.delete(&format!("{PREFIX}{worker_id}"));
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    use smg_mesh::{MergeStrategy, MeshKV};
+    use tokio::time::sleep;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn worker_namespace(mesh: &MeshKV) -> Arc<CrdtNamespace> {
+        mesh.configure_crdt_prefix(PREFIX, MergeStrategy::LastWriterWins)
+    }
+
+    fn sample_state(worker_id: &str, url: &str) -> WorkerState {
+        WorkerState {
+            worker_id: worker_id.into(),
+            model_id: "llama-3".into(),
+            url: url.into(),
+            health: true,
+            load: 0.25,
+            version: 1,
+            spec: vec![],
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn on_worker_changed_writes_decodable_state() {
+        let mesh = MeshKV::new("node-a".into());
+        let ns = worker_namespace(&mesh);
+        let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::new());
+        let adapter = WorkerSyncAdapter::new(ns.clone(), registry);
+
+        let state = sample_state("w1", "http://worker-a:8080");
+        adapter.on_worker_changed("w1", &state);
+
+        let raw = ns.get("worker:w1").expect("adapter wrote through to CRDT");
+        let decoded: WorkerState = bincode::deserialize(&raw).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded, state);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn on_worker_removed_tombstones_the_entry() {
+        let mesh = MeshKV::new("node-a".into());
+        let ns = worker_namespace(&mesh);
+        let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::new());
+        let adapter = WorkerSyncAdapter::new(ns.clone(), registry);
+
+        let state = sample_state("w1", "http://worker-a:8080");
+        adapter.on_worker_changed("w1", &state);
+        assert!(ns.get("worker:w1").is_some());
+
+        adapter.on_worker_removed("w1");
+        assert!(
+            ns.get("worker:w1").is_none(),
+            "tombstone must hide the prior value from readers"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn start_routes_remote_state_into_registry() {
+        // Two adapters over one store mimic a remote node's write
+        // (publisher) arriving at a local subscriber. The underlying
+        // store is shared so the publisher's put fires the
+        // subscriber adapter's subscription.
+        let mesh = MeshKV::new("node-a".into());
+        let ns = worker_namespace(&mesh);
+
+        let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::new());
+        let subscriber = WorkerSyncAdapter::new(ns.clone(), registry.clone());
+        subscriber.start();
+
+        let publisher_registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::new());
+        let publisher = WorkerSyncAdapter::new(ns, publisher_registry);
+        publisher.on_worker_changed("w1", &sample_state("w1", "http://remote:8080"));
+
+        // Subscription fanout is async; poll briefly.
+        for _ in 0..20 {
+            if registry.get_by_url("http://remote:8080").is_some() {
+                return;
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+        panic!("registry did not see the remote worker");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn start_ignores_malformed_payload() {
+        // A bad payload should not propagate into the registry and
+        // must not kill the spawned task — a subsequent valid write
+        // still lands.
+        let mesh = MeshKV::new("node-a".into());
+        let ns = worker_namespace(&mesh);
+        let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::new());
+        let adapter = WorkerSyncAdapter::new(ns.clone(), registry.clone());
+        adapter.start();
+
+        ns.put("worker:bogus", b"not-bincode".to_vec());
+        sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+        assert!(registry.get_by_url("http://remote:8080").is_none());
+
+        let good = sample_state("w1", "http://remote:8080");
+        ns.put(
+            "worker:w1",
+            bincode::serialize(&good).expect("state serializes"),
+        );
+        for _ in 0..20 {
+            if registry.get_by_url("http://remote:8080").is_some() {
+                return;
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+        panic!("subscription task aborted after a bad payload");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn start_backfills_preexisting_entries() {
+        // Rolling-restart scenario: the `worker:` namespace already
+        // contains gossiped state before `start` runs. The adapter
+        // must backfill the registry on spawn, not wait for the next
+        // live event.
+        let mesh = MeshKV::new("node-a".into());
+        let ns = worker_namespace(&mesh);
+
+        let seeded = sample_state("w-seeded", "http://seeded:8080");
+        ns.put(
+            "worker:w-seeded",
+            bincode::serialize(&seeded).expect("state serializes"),
+        );
+
+        let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::new());
+        let adapter = WorkerSyncAdapter::new(ns, registry.clone());
+        adapter.start();
+
+        for _ in 0..20 {
+            if registry.get_by_url("http://seeded:8080").is_some() {
+                return;
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+        panic!("registry did not see the pre-existing worker");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "WorkerSyncAdapter requires a namespace scoped to `worker:`")]
+    async fn new_rejects_wrong_prefix() {
+        let mesh = MeshKV::new("node-a".into());
+        let ns = mesh.configure_crdt_prefix("policy:", MergeStrategy::LastWriterWins);
+        let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::new());
+        let _ = WorkerSyncAdapter::new(ns, registry);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/model_gateway/src/mesh/mod.rs b/model_gateway/src/mesh/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72696c8948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model_gateway/src/mesh/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//! Gateway-side glue for the v2 mesh: adapters that bridge the
+//! typed `MeshKV` namespaces to local registries, plus bootstrap
+//! and shutdown wiring added in later steps.
+
+pub mod adapters;
+
+pub use adapters::WorkerSyncAdapter;