diff --git a/code/core/scripts/generate-source-files.ts b/code/core/scripts/generate-source-files.ts
index b920c2509f3c..499d42bf67b0 100644
--- a/code/core/scripts/generate-source-files.ts
+++ b/code/core/scripts/generate-source-files.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ const localAlias = {
   'storybook/actions': join(CORE_ROOT_DIR, 'src', 'actions'),
   'storybook/preview-api': join(CORE_ROOT_DIR, 'src', 'preview-api'),
   'storybook/manager-api': join(CORE_ROOT_DIR, 'src', 'manager-api'),
+  'storybook/open-service': join(CORE_ROOT_DIR, 'src', 'shared', 'open-service'),
   storybook: join(CORE_ROOT_DIR, 'src'),
 };
 async function generateExportsFile(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/code/core/src/core-server/presets/common-manager.ts b/code/core/src/core-server/presets/common-manager.ts
index 024a34422a7c..524abd84f641 100644
--- a/code/core/src/core-server/presets/common-manager.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/core-server/presets/common-manager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* these imports are in the exact order in which the panels need to be registered */
 
 // THE ORDER OF THESE IMPORTS MATTERS! IT DEFINES THE ORDER OF PANELS AND TOOLS!
+import docgenManager from '../../shared/open-service/services/docgen/manager.tsx';
 import controlsManager from '../../controls/manager.tsx';
 import actionsManager from '../../actions/manager.tsx';
 import componentTestingManager from '../../component-testing/manager.tsx';
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import outlineManager from '../../outline/manager.tsx';
 import viewportManager from '../../viewport/manager.tsx';
 
 export default [
+  docgenManager,
   measureManager,
   actionsManager,
   backgroundsManager,
diff --git a/code/core/src/csf/core-annotations.ts b/code/core/src/csf/core-annotations.ts
index 6e58a1a2bec3..ae5c32c5442d 100644
--- a/code/core/src/csf/core-annotations.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/csf/core-annotations.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import ghostStoriesAnnotations from '../core-server/utils/ghost-stories/test-ann
 import highlightAnnotations, { type HighlightTypes } from '../highlight/preview.ts';
 import measureAnnotations, { type MeasureTypes } from '../measure/preview.ts';
 import outlineAnnotations, { type OutlineTypes } from '../outline/preview.ts';
+import docgenAnnotations from '../shared/open-service/services/docgen/preview.ts';
 import testAnnotations, { type TestTypes } from '../test/preview.ts';
 import viewportAnnotations, { type ViewportTypes } from '../viewport/preview.ts';
 
@@ -86,5 +87,7 @@ export function getCoreAnnotations() {
     (testAnnotations.default ?? testAnnotations)(),
     // @ts-expect-error CJS fallback
     (ghostStoriesAnnotations.default ?? ghostStoriesAnnotations)(),
+    // @ts-expect-error CJS fallback
+    (docgenAnnotations.default ?? docgenAnnotations)(),
   ];
 }
diff --git a/code/core/src/shared/open-service/index.ts b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/index.ts
index b9c8a932b795..a476243fdfee 100644
--- a/code/core/src/shared/open-service/index.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  */
 export { defineService } from './service-definition.ts';
 
+export type { DocgenService } from './services/docgen/definition.ts';
+export type { DocgenPayload } from './services/docgen/types.ts';
+
 export type {
   AnyServiceDefinition,
   Command,
diff --git a/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/definition.ts b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/definition.ts
index e4cef536178d..b2c17c641350 100644
--- a/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/definition.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/definition.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { StrictArgTypes } from 'storybook/internal/types';
+
 import * as v from 'valibot';
 
 import { defineService } from 'storybook/open-service';
@@ -6,8 +8,14 @@ import type { DocgenPayload } from './types.ts';
 import { docgenQueryStaticPath } from './paths.ts';
 
 const docgenInputSchema = v.object({ id: v.string() });
+// Typed as `StrictArgTypes` (a static Storybook construct) but validated loosely: spelling out the
+// full recursive valibot shape is deferred, so this only checks "is a plain object" at runtime
+// while keeping the payload's `argTypes` typed for consumers.
+const argTypesSchema = v.custom<StrictArgTypes>(
+  (value) => typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value)
+);
 
-export type DocgenServiceState = {
+type DocgenServiceState = {
   /** Extracted docgen keyed by component id. Populated by the `extractDocgen` command. */
   components: Record<string, DocgenPayload>;
 };
@@ -36,6 +44,7 @@ const docgenEntryBaseFields = {
   summary: v.optional(v.string()),
   import: v.optional(v.string()),
   jsDocTags: docgenJsDocTagsSchema,
+  argTypes: v.optional(argTypesSchema),
   error: v.optional(docgenErrorSchema),
 };
 
@@ -65,6 +74,11 @@ const docgenOutputSchema = v.optional(docgenPayloadSchema);
 /**
  * Definition for the `core/docgen` open service.
  *
+ * The service carries only provider-extracted docgen (component name, description, props, JSDoc
+ * tags, and the renderer-converted argTypes). Story/meta/project custom argTypes are NOT stored
+ * here — consumers layer those in from their own sources (the docs blocks resolve the prepared
+ * meta/story locally; the manager Controls panel reads them from the `STORY_PREPARED` channel).
+ *
  * The query is a thin synchronous read of `state.components[id]` — it returns undefined when
  * nothing has been extracted yet rather than throwing, matching the open-service convention for
  * sync reads. The real work — story index lookup, provider invocation, error handling — lives in
@@ -84,8 +98,7 @@ export const docgenServiceDef = defineService({
       description: 'Returns the docgen payload for one component id, or undefined when not loaded.',
       input: docgenInputSchema,
       output: docgenOutputSchema,
-      handler: (input, ctx) =>
-        input.id in ctx.self.state.components ? ctx.self.state.components[input.id] : undefined,
+      handler: (input, ctx) => ctx.self.state.components[input.id],
       load: async (input, ctx) => {
         await ctx.self.commands.extractDocgen(input);
       },
diff --git a/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/manager.tsx b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/manager.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20edf9dde6ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/manager.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { addons } from 'storybook/manager-api';
+
+import { registerService } from '../../manager.ts';
+import { docgenServiceDef } from './definition.ts';
+
+const ADDON_ID = 'core/docgen';
+
+export default addons.register(ADDON_ID, () => {
+  if (globalThis.FEATURES?.experimentalDocgenServer) {
+    registerService(docgenServiceDef);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/preview.ts b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/preview.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0813314a5180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/preview.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { definePreviewAddon } from 'storybook/internal/csf';
+
+import type { ServiceInstanceOf } from 'storybook/open-service';
+
+import { registerService } from '../../preview.ts';
+import { docgenServiceDef } from './definition.ts';
+
+export type DocgenService = ServiceInstanceOf<typeof docgenServiceDef>;
+
+export default () =>
+  definePreviewAddon({
+    beforeAll: () => {
+      if (globalThis.FEATURES?.experimentalDocgenServer) {
+        registerService(docgenServiceDef);
+      }
+    },
+  });
diff --git a/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/types.ts b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/types.ts
index bc3ab70756a2..bbbf8f4bb16a 100644
--- a/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/types.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/shared/open-service/services/docgen/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { StrictArgTypes } from '../../../../types/modules/csf.ts';
 import type { Options } from '../../../../types/modules/core-common.ts';
 import type { IndexEntry } from '../../../../types/modules/indexer.ts';
 
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ export interface DocgenPayload {
   import?: string;
   summary?: string;
   jsDocTags: DocgenJsDocTags;
+  /** Renderer-converted argTypes derived from integration-specific docgen data at write time. */
+  argTypes?: StrictArgTypes;
   stories: DocgenStory[];
   subcomponents?: Record<string, DocgenSubcomponent>;
   error?: DocgenError;
@@ -62,6 +65,8 @@ export interface DocgenSubcomponent {
   summary?: string;
   import?: string;
   jsDocTags: DocgenJsDocTags;
+  /** Renderer-converted argTypes derived from integration-specific docgen data at write time. */
+  argTypes?: StrictArgTypes;
   error?: DocgenError;
   [key: string]: unknown;
 }
diff --git a/code/renderers/react/src/componentManifest/componentMeta/ComponentMetaProject.storyExtraction.test.ts b/code/renderers/react/src/componentManifest/componentMeta/ComponentMetaProject.storyExtraction.test.ts
index 8c113783b1c8..c285c291a72f 100644
--- a/code/renderers/react/src/componentManifest/componentMeta/ComponentMetaProject.storyExtraction.test.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/react/src/componentManifest/componentMeta/ComponentMetaProject.storyExtraction.test.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('prop extraction via story JSX', () => {
           parent: { name: 'ButtonProps' },
         },
         disabled: {
-          type: { name: 'boolean | undefined' },
+          type: { name: 'boolean' },
           required: false,
           parent: { name: 'ButtonProps' },
         },
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ describe('prop extraction via story JSX', () => {
       },
       props: {
         multiple: {
-          type: { name: 'boolean | undefined' },
+          type: { name: 'boolean' },
           required: false,
           description: 'Whether multiple items can be open',
           defaultValue: { value: 'true' },
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ describe('prop extraction via story JSX', () => {
           parent: { name: 'PanelProps' },
         },
         open: {
-          type: { name: 'boolean | undefined' },
+          type: { name: 'boolean' },
           required: false,
           description: 'Whether the panel is open',
           defaultValue: { value: 'false' },
diff --git a/code/renderers/react/src/componentManifest/componentMeta/componentMetaExtractor.ts b/code/renderers/react/src/componentManifest/componentMeta/componentMetaExtractor.ts
index 8c1269e0123e..1c2074c763cf 100644
--- a/code/renderers/react/src/componentManifest/componentMeta/componentMetaExtractor.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/react/src/componentManifest/componentMeta/componentMetaExtractor.ts
@@ -698,6 +698,16 @@ function serializeType(
       (t) => !(t.getFlags() & typescript.TypeFlags.Undefined)
     );
 
+    // `boolean` is modeled as the union `true | false`. For optional props the implicit
+    // `| undefined` keeps this a union, so `typeToString` would yield `boolean | undefined`
+    // (mapped to `other` downstream). Collapse the boolean-literal pair back to `boolean`.
+    const booleanLiterals = nonUndefinedTypes.filter(
+      (t) => t.getFlags() & typescript.TypeFlags.BooleanLiteral
+    );
+    if (booleanLiterals.length === 2 && booleanLiterals.length === nonUndefinedTypes.length) {
+      return { name: 'boolean' };
+    }
+
     const literalMembers = nonUndefinedTypes.filter(isLiteralType);
 
     if (literalMembers.length > 0 && literalMembers.length === nonUndefinedTypes.length) {
diff --git a/code/renderers/react/src/docgen/buildDocgen.test.ts b/code/renderers/react/src/docgen/buildDocgen.test.ts
index 719e198be1be..6bb50f93f3a9 100644
--- a/code/renderers/react/src/docgen/buildDocgen.test.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/react/src/docgen/buildDocgen.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 
 describe('buildDocgenPayload', () => {
   it(
-    'extracts name, description, props, and a snippet for one component',
+    'extracts name, description, props, argTypes, and a snippet for one component',
     { timeout: 30_000 },
     async () => {
       tempDir = createTempDir('docgen-build');
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ describe('buildDocgenPayload', () => {
       const meta = payload!.reactComponentMeta as ComponentDoc | undefined;
       expect(Object.keys(meta?.props ?? {}).sort()).toEqual(['disabled', 'label']);
       expect(meta?.props.label.required).toBe(true);
+      expect(payload!.argTypes?.label).toMatchObject({
+        name: 'label',
+        type: { name: 'string', required: true },
+      });
+      expect(payload!.argTypes?.disabled).toMatchObject({
+        name: 'disabled',
+        type: { name: 'boolean', required: false },
+      });
       expect(payload!.stories).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(payload!.stories?.[0]).toMatchObject({
         id: expect.stringMatching(/--primary$/),
@@ -155,5 +163,9 @@ describe('buildDocgenPayload', () => {
       | ComponentDoc
       | undefined;
     expect(Object.keys(cardHeaderMeta?.props ?? {})).toContain('level');
+    expect(payload!.subcomponents?.CardHeader.argTypes?.level).toMatchObject({
+      name: 'level',
+      type: { name: 'number', required: false },
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/code/renderers/react/src/docgen/buildDocgen.ts b/code/renderers/react/src/docgen/buildDocgen.ts
index 460a12f80b98..86af74d51905 100644
--- a/code/renderers/react/src/docgen/buildDocgen.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/react/src/docgen/buildDocgen.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-import type { DocgenPayload, DocgenProviderInput } from 'storybook/internal/types';
+import type {
+  DocgenPayload,
+  DocgenProviderInput,
+  DocgenSubcomponent,
+  StrictArgTypes,
+} from 'storybook/internal/types';
 
 import { getStoryImportPathFromEntry } from 'storybook/internal/common';
 import path from 'pathe';
 
 import { buildReactComponentDocgenFromResolved } from '../componentManifest/buildReactComponentDocgen.ts';
 import type { ComponentMetaManager } from '../componentManifest/componentMeta/ComponentMetaManager.ts';
+import type { ComponentDoc } from '../componentManifest/componentMeta/componentMetaExtractor.ts';
 import type {
   ComponentRef,
   StoryRef,
   TypescriptOptions,
 } from '../componentManifest/getComponentImports.ts';
 import { resolveStoryFileComponents } from '../componentManifest/resolveComponents.ts';
+import { extractArgTypes } from '../extractArgTypes.ts';
 
 export interface BuildDocgenContext {
   componentMetaManager: ComponentMetaManager;
@@ -19,6 +26,47 @@ export interface BuildDocgenContext {
   resolvePath?: (importPath: string) => string;
 }
 
+type ReactDocgenPayload = DocgenPayload & {
+  reactComponentMeta?: ComponentDoc;
+  subcomponents?: Record<string, DocgenSubcomponent & { reactComponentMeta?: ComponentDoc }>;
+};
+
+/** Converts one RCM `ComponentDoc` into the `StrictArgTypes` shape consumed by args tables. */
+function extractArgTypesFromComponentMeta(
+  componentMeta: ComponentDoc | undefined
+): StrictArgTypes | undefined {
+  return componentMeta
+    ? (extractArgTypes({ __docgenInfo: componentMeta }) ?? undefined)
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds renderer-converted argTypes to the manifest-shaped React docgen payload.
+ *
+ * The service keeps the raw `reactComponentMeta` data for non-UI consumers, but UI consumers should
+ * read `argTypes` so they do not need to know about React-specific docgen engine output.
+ */
+function addArgTypesFromComponentMeta(payload: ReactDocgenPayload): DocgenPayload {
+  const argTypes = extractArgTypesFromComponentMeta(payload.reactComponentMeta);
+  const subcomponents = payload.subcomponents
+    ? Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(payload.subcomponents).map(([name, subcomponent]) => [
+          name,
+          {
+            ...subcomponent,
+            argTypes: extractArgTypesFromComponentMeta(subcomponent.reactComponentMeta),
+          },
+        ])
+      )
+    : undefined;
+
+  return {
+    ...payload,
+    ...(argTypes ? { argTypes } : {}),
+    ...(subcomponents ? { subcomponents } : {}),
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Build a {@link DocgenPayload} for the component found in one CSF story file.
  *
@@ -82,5 +130,5 @@ export async function buildDocgenPayload(
     docgenEngine: 'react-component-meta',
   });
 
-  return componentDocgen;
+  return addArgTypesFromComponentMeta(componentDocgen);
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build/utils/generate-bundle.ts b/scripts/build/utils/generate-bundle.ts
index 780923842825..3566c96aec02 100644
--- a/scripts/build/utils/generate-bundle.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/utils/generate-bundle.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ export async function generateBundle({
       'storybook/measure': './src/measure',
       'storybook/actions': './src/actions',
       'storybook/viewport': './src/viewport',
+      'storybook/open-service': './src/shared/open-service',
       // The following aliases ensures that the manager has a single version of React,
       // even if transitive dependencies would depend on other versions.
       react: resolvePackageDir('react'),