test(federation): standalone regression canary — no breakage from M1 (FED-M1-09) (#478 )

test(storage): integration test for migrate-tier (FED-M1-08) + camelCase column fix (#477 )
test(federation): integration tests for federated tier gateway boot (FED-M1-07) (#476 )
2026-04-20 01:46:35 +00:00 · 2026-04-20 01:40:02 +00:00 · 2026-04-20 01:13:10 +00:00 · 2026-04-20 01:00:39 +00:00 · 2026-04-20 00:35:08 +00:00 · 2026-04-20 00:07:07 +00:00
34 changed files with 4285 additions and 49 deletions
--- a/apps/gateway/package.json
+++ b/apps/gateway/package.json
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@
    "class-validator": "^0.15.1",
    "dotenv": "^17.3.1",
    "fastify": "^5.0.0",
+    "ioredis": "^5.10.0",
    "node-cron": "^4.2.1",
    "openai": "^6.32.0",
+    "postgres": "^3.4.8",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.0",
    "rxjs": "^7.8.0",
    "socket.io": "^4.8.0",
--- a/apps/gateway/src/tests/integration/federated-boot.pg-unreachable.integration.test.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/tests/integration/federated-boot.pg-unreachable.integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ * Test B — Gateway boot refuses (fail-fast) when PG is unreachable.
+ *
+ * Prereq: docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d
+ *         (Valkey must be running; only PG is intentionally misconfigured.)
+ * Run:    FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1 pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test src/__tests__/integration/federated-boot.pg-unreachable.integration.test.ts
+ *
+ * Skipped when FEDERATED_INTEGRATION !== '1'.
+ */
+
+import net from 'node:net';
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { TierDetectionError, detectAndAssertTier } from '@mosaicstack/storage';
+
+const run = process.env['FEDERATED_INTEGRATION'] === '1';
+
+const VALKEY_URL = 'redis://localhost:6380';
+
+/**
+ * Reserves a guaranteed-closed port at runtime by binding to an ephemeral OS
+ * port (port 0) and immediately releasing it. The OS will not reassign the
+ * port during the TIME_WAIT window, so it remains closed for the duration of
+ * this test.
+ */
+async function reserveClosedPort(): Promise<number> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const server = net.createServer();
+    server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => {
+      const addr = server.address();
+      if (typeof addr !== 'object' || !addr) return reject(new Error('no addr'));
+      const port = addr.port;
+      server.close(() => resolve(port));
+    });
+    server.on('error', reject);
+  });
+}
+
+describe.skipIf(!run)('federated boot — PG unreachable', () => {
+  let badPgUrl: string;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const closedPort = await reserveClosedPort();
+    badPgUrl = `postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:${closedPort}/mosaic`;
+  });
+
+  it('detectAndAssertTier throws TierDetectionError with service: postgres when PG is down', async () => {
+    const brokenConfig = {
+      tier: 'federated' as const,
+      storage: {
+        type: 'postgres' as const,
+        url: badPgUrl,
+        enableVector: true,
+      },
+      queue: {
+        type: 'bullmq',
+        url: VALKEY_URL,
+      },
+    };
+
+    await expect(detectAndAssertTier(brokenConfig)).rejects.toSatisfy(
+      (err: unknown) => err instanceof TierDetectionError && err.service === 'postgres',
+    );
+  }, 10_000);
+});
--- a/apps/gateway/src/tests/integration/federated-boot.success.integration.test.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/tests/integration/federated-boot.success.integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * Test A — Gateway boot succeeds when federated services are up.
+ *
+ * Prereq: docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d
+ * Run:    FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1 pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test src/__tests__/integration/federated-boot.success.integration.test.ts
+ *
+ * Skipped when FEDERATED_INTEGRATION !== '1'.
+ */
+
+import postgres from 'postgres';
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { detectAndAssertTier } from '@mosaicstack/storage';
+
+const run = process.env['FEDERATED_INTEGRATION'] === '1';
+
+const PG_URL = 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic';
+const VALKEY_URL = 'redis://localhost:6380';
+
+const federatedConfig = {
+  tier: 'federated' as const,
+  storage: {
+    type: 'postgres' as const,
+    url: PG_URL,
+    enableVector: true,
+  },
+  queue: {
+    type: 'bullmq',
+    url: VALKEY_URL,
+  },
+};
+
+describe.skipIf(!run)('federated boot — success path', () => {
+  let sql: ReturnType<typeof postgres> | undefined;
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (sql) {
+      await sql.end({ timeout: 2 }).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('detectAndAssertTier resolves without throwing when federated services are up', async () => {
+    await expect(detectAndAssertTier(federatedConfig)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  }, 10_000);
+
+  it('pgvector extension is registered (pg_extension row exists)', async () => {
+    sql = postgres(PG_URL, { max: 1, connect_timeout: 5, idle_timeout: 5 });
+    const rows = await sql`SELECT * FROM pg_extension WHERE extname = 'vector'`;
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+  }, 10_000);
+});
--- a/apps/gateway/src/tests/integration/federated-pgvector.integration.test.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/tests/integration/federated-pgvector.integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Test C — pgvector extension is functional end-to-end.
+ *
+ * Creates a temp table with a vector(3) column, inserts a row, and queries it
+ * back — confirming the extension is not just registered but operational.
+ *
+ * Prereq: docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d
+ * Run:    FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1 pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test src/__tests__/integration/federated-pgvector.integration.test.ts
+ *
+ * Skipped when FEDERATED_INTEGRATION !== '1'.
+ */
+
+import postgres from 'postgres';
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+const run = process.env['FEDERATED_INTEGRATION'] === '1';
+
+const PG_URL = 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic';
+
+let sql: ReturnType<typeof postgres> | undefined;
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  if (sql) {
+    await sql.end({ timeout: 2 }).catch(() => {});
+  }
+});
+
+describe.skipIf(!run)('federated pgvector — functional end-to-end', () => {
+  it('vector ops round-trip: INSERT [1,2,3] and SELECT returns [1,2,3]', async () => {
+    sql = postgres(PG_URL, { max: 1, connect_timeout: 5, idle_timeout: 5 });
+
+    await sql`CREATE TEMP TABLE t (id int, embedding vector(3))`;
+    await sql`INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, '[1,2,3]')`;
+    const rows = await sql`SELECT embedding FROM t`;
+
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    // The postgres driver returns vector columns as strings like '[1,2,3]'.
+    // Normalise by parsing the string representation.
+    const raw = rows[0]?.['embedding'] as string;
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as number[];
+    expect(parsed).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+  }, 10_000);
+});
--- a/apps/gateway/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/main.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ import { Logger, ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { FastifyAdapter, type NestFastifyApplication } from '@nestjs/platform-fastify';
 import helmet from '@fastify/helmet';
 import { listSsoStartupWarnings } from '@mosaicstack/auth';
+import { loadConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
 import { AppModule } from './app.module.js';
 import { mountAuthHandler } from './auth/auth.controller.js';
 import { mountMcpHandler } from './mcp/mcp.controller.js';
 import { McpService } from './mcp/mcp.service.js';
+import { detectAndAssertTier, TierDetectionError } from '@mosaicstack/storage';

 async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
  const logger = new Logger('Bootstrap');
@@ -32,6 +34,20 @@ async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
    throw new Error('BETTER_AUTH_SECRET is required');
  }

+  // Pre-flight: assert all external services required by the configured tier
+  // are reachable. Runs before NestFactory.create() so failures are visible
+  // immediately with actionable remediation hints.
+  const mosaicConfig = loadConfig();
+  try {
+    await detectAndAssertTier(mosaicConfig);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof TierDetectionError) {
+      logger.error(`Tier detection failed: ${err.message}`);
+      logger.error(`Remediation: ${err.remediation}`);
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
+
  for (const warning of listSsoStartupWarnings()) {
    logger.warn(warning);
  }
--- a/docker-compose.federated.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.federated.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# docker-compose.federated.yml — Federated tier overlay
+#
+# USAGE:
+#   docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d
+#
+# This file is a standalone overlay for the Mosaic federated tier.
+# It is NOT an extension of docker-compose.yml — it defines its own services
+# and named volumes so it can run independently of the base dev stack.
+#
+# IMPORTANT — HOST PORT CONFLICTS:
+#   The federated services bind the same host ports as the base dev stack
+#   (5433 for Postgres, 6380 for Valkey). You must stop the base dev stack
+#   before starting the federated stack on the same machine:
+#     docker compose down
+#     docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d
+#
+# pgvector extension:
+#   The vector extension is created automatically at first boot via
+#   ./infra/pg-init/01-extensions.sql (CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector).
+#
+# Tier configuration:
+#   Used by `mosaic` instances configured with `tier: federated`.
+#   DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG points at:
+#     postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic
+
+services:
+  postgres-federated:
+    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg17
+    profiles: [federated]
+    ports:
+      - '${PG_FEDERATED_HOST_PORT:-5433}:5432'
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: mosaic
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mosaic
+      POSTGRES_DB: mosaic
+    volumes:
+      - pg_federated_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./infra/pg-init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:ro
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'pg_isready -U mosaic']
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 5
+
+  valkey-federated:
+    image: valkey/valkey:8-alpine
+    profiles: [federated]
+    ports:
+      - '${VALKEY_FEDERATED_HOST_PORT:-6380}:6379'
+    volumes:
+      - valkey_federated_data:/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ['CMD', 'valkey-cli', 'ping']
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 5
+
+volumes:
+  pg_federated_data:
+  valkey_federated_data:
--- a/docs/TASKS.md
+++ b/docs/TASKS.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ These are MVP-level checks that don't belong to any single workstream. Updated b
 | MVP-T02 | done        | Archive install-ux-v2 mission state to `docs/archive/missions/install-ux-v2-20260405/`                   | IUV-M03 retroactively closed (shipped via PR #446 + releases 0.0.27→0.0.29)             |
 | MVP-T03 | done        | Land federation v1 planning artifacts on `main`                                                          | PR #468 merged 2026-04-19 (commit `66512550`)                                           |
 | MVP-T04 | not-started | Sync `.mosaic/orchestrator/mission.json` MVP slot with this manifest (milestone enumeration, etc.)       | Coord state file; consider whether to repopulate via `mosaic coord` or accept hand-edit |
-| MVP-T05 | not-started | Kick off W1 / FED-M1 — federated tier infrastructure                                                     | First execution task in MVP                                                             |
+| MVP-T05 | in-progress | Kick off W1 / FED-M1 — federated tier infrastructure                                                     | Session 16 (2026-04-19): FED-M1-01 in-progress on `feat/federation-m1-tier-config`      |
 | MVP-T06 | not-started | Declare additional workstreams (web dashboard, TUI/CLI parity, remote control, etc.) as scope solidifies | Track each new workstream by adding a row to the Workstream Rollup                      |

 ## Pointer to Active Workstream
--- a/docs/federation/TASKS.md
+++ b/docs/federation/TASKS.md
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@

 Goal: Gateway runs in `federated` tier with containerized PG+pgvector+Valkey. No federation logic yet. Existing standalone behavior does not regress.

-| id        | status      | description                                                                                                                                                                                                        | issue | agent  | branch                          | depends_on | estimate | notes                                                                                                             |
-| --------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ------------------------------- | ---------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| FED-M1-01 | not-started | Extend `mosaic.config.json` schema: add `"federated"` to `tier` enum in validator + TS types. Keep `local` and `standalone` working. Update schema docs/README where referenced.                                   | #460  | codex  | feat/federation-m1-tier-config  | —          | 4K       | Schema lives in `packages/types`; validator in gateway bootstrap. No behavior change yet — enum only.             |
-| FED-M1-02 | not-started | Author `docker-compose.federated.yml` as an overlay profile: Postgres 16 + pgvector extension (port 5433), Valkey (6380), named volumes, healthchecks. Compose-up should boot cleanly on a clean machine.          | #460  | codex  | feat/federation-m1-compose      | FED-M1-01  | 5K       | Overlay on existing `docker-compose.yml`; no changes to base file. Add `profile: federated` gating.               |
-| FED-M1-03 | not-started | Add pgvector support to `packages/storage/src/adapters/postgres.ts`: create extension on init (idempotent), expose vector column type in schema helpers. No adapter changes for non-federated tiers.               | #460  | codex  | feat/federation-m1-pgvector     | FED-M1-02  | 8K       | Extension create is idempotent `CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector`. Gate on tier = federated.                 |
-| FED-M1-04 | not-started | Implement `apps/gateway/src/bootstrap/tier-detector.ts`: reads config, asserts PG/Valkey/pgvector reachable for `federated`, fail-fast with actionable error message on failure. Unit tests for each failure mode. | #460  | codex  | feat/federation-m1-detector     | FED-M1-03  | 8K       | Structured error type with remediation hints. Logs which service failed, with host:port attempted.                |
-| FED-M1-05 | not-started | Write `scripts/migrate-to-federated.ts`: one-way migration from `local` (PGlite) / `standalone` (PG without pgvector) → `federated`. Dumps, transforms, loads; dry-run + confirm UX. Idempotent on re-run.         | #460  | codex  | feat/federation-m1-migrate      | FED-M1-04  | 10K      | Do NOT run automatically. CLI subcommand `mosaic migrate tier --to federated --dry-run`. Safety rails.            |
-| FED-M1-06 | not-started | Update `mosaic doctor`: report current tier, required services, actual health per service, pgvector presence, overall green/yellow/red. Machine-readable JSON output flag for CI use.                              | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-doctor       | FED-M1-04  | 6K       | Existing doctor output evolves; add `--json` flag. Green/yellow/red + remediation suggestions per issue.          |
-| FED-M1-07 | not-started | Integration test: gateway boots in `federated` tier with docker-compose `federated` profile; refuses to boot when PG unreachable (asserts fail-fast); pgvector extension query succeeds.                           | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-integration  | FED-M1-04  | 8K       | Vitest + docker-compose test profile. One test file per assertion; real services, no mocks.                       |
-| FED-M1-08 | not-started | Integration test for migration script: seed a local PGlite with representative data (tasks, notes, users, teams), run migration, assert row counts + key samples equal on federated PG.                            | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-migrate-test | FED-M1-05  | 6K       | Runs against docker-compose federated profile; uses temp PGlite file; deterministic seed.                         |
-| FED-M1-09 | not-started | Standalone regression: full agent-session E2E on existing `standalone` tier with a gateway built from this branch. Must pass without referencing any federation module.                                            | #460  | haiku  | feat/federation-m1-regression   | FED-M1-07  | 4K       | Reuse existing e2e harness; just re-point at the federation branch build. Canary that we didn't break it.         |
-| FED-M1-10 | not-started | Code review pass: security-focused on the migration script (data-at-rest during migration) + tier detector (error-message sensitivity leakage). Independent reviewer, not authors of tasks 01-09.                  | #460  | sonnet | —                               | FED-M1-09  | 8K       | Use `feature-dev:code-reviewer` agent. Specifically: no secrets in error messages; no partial-migration footguns. |
-| FED-M1-11 | not-started | Docs update: `docs/federation/` operator notes for tier setup; README blurb on federated tier; `docs/guides/` entry for migration. Do NOT touch runbook yet (deferred to FED-M7).                                  | #460  | haiku  | feat/federation-m1-docs         | FED-M1-10  | 4K       | Short, actionable. Link from MISSION-MANIFEST. No decisions captured here — those belong in PRD.                  |
-| FED-M1-12 | not-started | PR, CI green, merge to main, close #460.                                                                                                                                                                           | #460  | —      | (aggregate)                     | FED-M1-11  | 3K       | Queue-guard before push; wait for green; merge squashed; tea `issue-close` #460.                                  |
+| id        | status      | description                                                                                                                                                                                                        | issue | agent  | branch                          | depends_on | estimate | notes                                                                                                                              |
+| --------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ------------------------------- | ---------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| FED-M1-01 | done        | Extend `mosaic.config.json` schema: add `"federated"` to `tier` enum in validator + TS types. Keep `local` and `standalone` working. Update schema docs/README where referenced.                                   | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-tier-config  | —          | 4K       | Shipped in PR #470. Renamed `team` → `standalone`; added `team` deprecation alias; added `DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG`.               |
+| FED-M1-02 | done        | Author `docker-compose.federated.yml` as an overlay profile: Postgres 17 + pgvector extension (port 5433), Valkey (6380), named volumes, healthchecks. Compose-up should boot cleanly on a clean machine.          | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-compose      | FED-M1-01  | 5K       | Shipped in PR #471. Overlay defines `postgres-federated`/`valkey-federated`, profile-gated, with pg-init for pgvector extension.   |
+| FED-M1-03 | done        | Add pgvector support to `packages/storage/src/adapters/postgres.ts`: create extension on init (idempotent), expose vector column type in schema helpers. No adapter changes for non-federated tiers.               | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-pgvector     | FED-M1-02  | 8K       | Shipped in PR #472. `enableVector` flag on postgres StorageConfig; idempotent CREATE EXTENSION before migrations.                  |
+| FED-M1-04 | done        | Implement `apps/gateway/src/bootstrap/tier-detector.ts`: reads config, asserts PG/Valkey/pgvector reachable for `federated`, fail-fast with actionable error message on failure. Unit tests for each failure mode. | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-detector     | FED-M1-03  | 8K       | Shipped in PR #473. 12 tests; 5s timeouts on probes; pgvector library/permission discrimination; rejects non-bullmq for federated. |
+| FED-M1-05 | done        | Write `scripts/migrate-to-federated.ts`: one-way migration from `local` (PGlite) / `standalone` (PG without pgvector) → `federated`. Dumps, transforms, loads; dry-run + confirm UX. Idempotent on re-run.         | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-migrate      | FED-M1-04  | 10K      | Shipped in PR #474. `mosaic storage migrate-tier`; DrizzleMigrationSource (corrects P0 found in review); 32 tests; idempotent.     |
+| FED-M1-06 | done        | Update `mosaic doctor`: report current tier, required services, actual health per service, pgvector presence, overall green/yellow/red. Machine-readable JSON output flag for CI use.                              | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-doctor       | FED-M1-04  | 6K       | Shipped in PR #475 as `mosaic gateway doctor`. Probes lifted to @mosaicstack/storage; structural TierConfig breaks dep cycle.      |
+| FED-M1-07 | done        | Integration test: gateway boots in `federated` tier with docker-compose `federated` profile; refuses to boot when PG unreachable (asserts fail-fast); pgvector extension query succeeds.                           | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-integration  | FED-M1-04  | 8K       | Shipped in PR #476. 3 test files, 4 tests, gated by FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1; reserved-port helper avoids host collisions.          |
+| FED-M1-08 | done        | Integration test for migration script: seed a local PGlite with representative data (tasks, notes, users, teams), run migration, assert row counts + key samples equal on federated PG.                            | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-migrate-test | FED-M1-05  | 6K       | Shipped in PR #477. Caught P0 in M1-05 (camelCase→snake_case) missed by mocked unit tests; fix in same PR.                         |
+| FED-M1-09 | done        | Standalone regression: full agent-session E2E on existing `standalone` tier with a gateway built from this branch. Must pass without referencing any federation module.                                            | #460  | sonnet | feat/federation-m1-regression   | FED-M1-07  | 4K       | Clean canary. 351 gateway tests + 85 storage unit tests + full pnpm test all green; only FEDERATED_INTEGRATION-gated tests skip.   |
+| FED-M1-10 | not-started | Code review pass: security-focused on the migration script (data-at-rest during migration) + tier detector (error-message sensitivity leakage). Independent reviewer, not authors of tasks 01-09.                  | #460  | sonnet | —                               | FED-M1-09  | 8K       | Use `feature-dev:code-reviewer` agent. Specifically: no secrets in error messages; no partial-migration footguns.                  |
+| FED-M1-11 | not-started | Docs update: `docs/federation/` operator notes for tier setup; README blurb on federated tier; `docs/guides/` entry for migration. Do NOT touch runbook yet (deferred to FED-M7).                                  | #460  | haiku  | feat/federation-m1-docs         | FED-M1-10  | 4K       | Short, actionable. Link from MISSION-MANIFEST. No decisions captured here — those belong in PRD.                                   |
+| FED-M1-12 | not-started | PR, CI green, merge to main, close #460.                                                                                                                                                                           | #460  | —      | (aggregate)                     | FED-M1-11  | 3K       | Queue-guard before push; wait for green; merge squashed; tea `issue-close` #460.                                                   |

 **M1 total estimate:** ~74K tokens (over-budget vs 20K PRD estimate — explanation below)

--- a/docs/scratchpads/mvp-20260312.md
+++ b/docs/scratchpads/mvp-20260312.md
@@ -305,3 +305,127 @@ Issues closed: #52, #55, #57, #58, #120-#134
 | Install-ux-v2 manifest + tasks + scratchpad + iuv-m03-design                           | moved to `docs/archive/missions/install-ux-v2-20260405/` with status corrected to complete |

 **Next:** PR `docs/mvp-mission-manifest` → merge to `main` → next session begins W1 / FED-M1 from clean state.
+
+---
+
+## Session 16 — 2026-04-19 — claude
+
+**Mode:** Delivery (W1 / FED-M1 execution)
+**Branch:** `feat/federation-m1-tier-config`
+**Context budget:** 200K, currently ~45% used (compaction-aware)
+
+**Goal:** FED-M1-01 — extend `mosaic.config.json` schema: add `"federated"` to tier enum.
+
+**Critical reconciliation surfaced during pre-flight:**
+
+The federation PRD (`docs/federation/PRD.md` line 247) defines three tiers: `local | standalone | federated`.
+The existing code (`packages/config/src/mosaic-config.ts`, `packages/mosaic/src/types.ts`, `packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.ts`) uses `local | team`.
+
+`team` is the same conceptual tier as PRD `standalone` (Postgres + Valkey, no pgvector). Rather than carrying a confusing alias forever, FED-M1-01 will rename `team` → `standalone` and add `federated` as a third value, so all downstream federation work has a coherent vocabulary.
+
+Affected files (storage-tier semantics only — Team/workspace usages unaffected):
+
+- `packages/config/src/mosaic-config.ts` (StorageTier type, validator enum, defaults)
+- `packages/mosaic/src/types.ts` (GatewayStorageTier)
+- `packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.ts` (~10 references)
+- `packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.spec.ts` (test references)
+- Possibly `tools/e2e-install-test.sh` (referenced grep) and headless env hint string
+
+**Worker plan:**
+
+1. Spawn sonnet subagent with explicit task spec + the reconciliation context above.
+2. Worker delivers diff; orchestrator runs `pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint && pnpm format:check`.
+3. Independent `feature-dev:code-reviewer` subagent reviews diff.
+4. Second independent verification subagent (general-purpose, sonnet) verifies reviewer's claims and confirms all `'team'` storage-tier references migrated, no `Team`/workspace bleed.
+5. Open PR via tea CLI; wait for CI; queue-guard; squash merge; record actuals.
+
+**Open items:**
+
+- `MVP-T04` (sync `.mosaic/orchestrator/mission.json`) still deferred.
+- `team` tier rename touches install wizard headless env vars (`MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=team`); will need 0.0.x deprecation note in scratchpad if release notes are written this milestone.
+
+---
+
+## Session 17 — 2026-04-19 — claude
+
+**Mode:** Delivery (W1 / FED-M1 execution; resumed after compaction)
+**Branches landed this run:** `feat/federation-m1-tier-config` (PR #470), `feat/federation-m1-compose` (PR #471), `feat/federation-m1-pgvector` (PR #472)
+**Branch active at end:** `feat/federation-m1-detector` (FED-M1-04, ready to push)
+
+**Tasks closed:** FED-M1-01, FED-M1-02, FED-M1-03 (all merged to `main` via squash, CI green, issue #460 still open as milestone).
+
+**FED-M1-04 — tier-detector:** Worker delivered `apps/gateway/src/bootstrap/tier-detector.ts` (~210 lines) + `tier-detector.spec.ts` (12 tests). Independent code review (sonnet) returned `changes-required` with 3 issues:
+
+1. CRITICAL: `probeValkey` missing `connectTimeout: 5000` on the ioredis Redis client (defaulted to 10s, violated fail-fast spec).
+2. IMPORTANT: `probePgvector` catch block did not discriminate "library not installed" (use `pgvector/pgvector:pg17`) from permission errors.
+3. IMPORTANT: Federated tier silently skipped Valkey probe when `queue.type !== 'bullmq'` (computed Valkey URL conditionally).
+
+Worker fix-up round addressed all three:
+
+- L147: `connectTimeout: 5000` added to Redis options
+- L113-117: catch block branches on `extension "vector" is not available` substring → distinct remediation per failure mode
+- L206-215: federated branch fails fast with `service: 'config'` if `queue.type !== 'bullmq'`, then probes Valkey unconditionally
+- 4 new tests (8 → 12 total) cover each fix specifically
+
+Independent verifier (haiku) confirmed all 6 verification claims (line numbers, test presence, suite green: 12/12 PASS).
+
+**Process note — review pipeline working as designed:**
+
+Initial verifier (haiku) on the first delivery returned "OK to ship" but missed the 3 deeper issues that the sonnet code-reviewer caught. This validates the user's "always verify subagent claims independently with another subagent" rule — but specifically with the **right tier** for the task: code review needs sonnet-level reasoning, while haiku is fine for verifying surface claims (line counts, file existence) once review issues are known. Going forward: code review uses sonnet (`feature-dev:code-reviewer`), claim verification uses haiku.
+
+**Followup tasks tracked but deferred:**
+
+- #7: `tier=local` hardcoded in gateway-config resume branches (~262, ~317) — pre-existing bug, fix during M1-06 (doctor) or M1-09 (regression).
+- #8: confirm `packages/config/dist` not git-tracked.
+
+**Next:** PR for FED-M1-04 → CI wait → merge. Then FED-M1-05 (migration script, codex/sonnet, 10K).
+
+---
+
+## Session 18 — 2026-04-19 — FED-M1-07 + FED-M1-08
+
+**Branches landed this run:** `feat/federation-m1-integration` (PR #476, FED-M1-07), `feat/federation-m1-migrate-test` (PR #477, FED-M1-08)
+**Branch active at end:** none — both PRs merged to main, branches deleted
+
+**M1 progress:** 8 of 12 tasks done. Remaining: M1-09 (regression e2e, haiku), M1-10 (security review, sonnet), M1-11 (docs, haiku), M1-12 (close + release, orchestrator).
+
+### FED-M1-07 — Integration tests for federated tier gateway boot
+
+Three test files under `apps/gateway/src/__tests__/integration/` gated by `FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1`:
+
+- `federated-boot.success.integration.test.ts` — `detectAndAssertTier` resolves; `pg_extension` row for `vector` exists
+- `federated-boot.pg-unreachable.integration.test.ts` — throws `TierDetectionError` with `service: 'postgres'` when PG port is closed
+- `federated-pgvector.integration.test.ts` — TEMP table with `vector(3)` column round-trips data
+
+Independent code review (sonnet) returned VERDICT: B with two IMPORTANT items, both fixed in the same PR:
+
+- Port 5499 collision risk → replaced with `net.createServer().listen(0)` reserved-port helper
+- `afterAll` and `sql` scoped outside `describe` → moved both inside `describe.skipIf` block
+
+Independent surface verifier (haiku) confirmed all claims. 4/4 tests pass live; 4/4 skip cleanly without env var.
+
+### FED-M1-08 — Migration integration test (caught real P0 bug)
+
+`packages/storage/src/migrate-tier.integration.test.ts` seeds temp PGlite with cross-table data (users, teams, team_members, conversations, messages), runs `runMigrateTier`, asserts row counts + spot-checks. Gated by `FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1`.
+
+**P0 bug surfaced and fixed in same PR:** `DrizzleMigrationSource.readTable()` returns Drizzle's camelCase keys (`emailVerified`, `userId`); `PostgresMigrationTarget.upsertBatch()` was using them verbatim as SQL identifiers, producing `column "emailVerified" does not exist` against real federated PG. The 32 unit tests in M1-05 missed this because both source and target were mocked. Fix: `normaliseSourceRow` now applies `toSnakeCase` (`/[A-Z]/g` → `_<lowercase>`), idempotent on already-snake_case keys.
+
+Code review (sonnet) returned VERDICT: B with one IMPORTANT and one MINOR, both fixed:
+
+- `createPgliteDbWithVector` and `runPgliteMigrations` were initially added to `@mosaicstack/db` public exports → moved to `packages/storage/src/test-utils/pglite-with-vector.ts` (avoids polluting prod consumers with WASM bundle)
+- `afterAll` did not call `cleanTarget` → added before connection close, ensuring orphan rows cleaned even on test panic
+
+Side change: `packages/storage/package.json` gained `"type": "module"` (codebase convention; required for `import.meta.url` in test-utils). All other workspace packages already declared this.
+
+### Process notes for this session
+
+- Review-then-verify pipeline now battle-tested: M1-08 reviewer caught the P0 bug + the public-API leak that the worker would have shipped. Without review, both would have gone to main.
+- Integration tests are paying for themselves immediately: M1-08 caught a real P0 in M1-05 that 32 mocked unit tests missed. Going forward, **at least one real-services integration test per code-mutating PR** should become a soft norm where feasible.
+- TASKS.md status updates continue to ride on the matching feature branch (avoids direct-to-main commits).
+
+**Followup tasks tracked but still deferred (no change):**
+
+- #7: `tier=local` hardcoded in gateway-config resume branches (~262, ~317)
+- #8: confirm `packages/config/dist` not git-tracked
+
+**Next:** FED-M1-09 — standalone regression e2e (haiku canary, ~4K). Verifies that the existing `standalone` tier behavior still works end-to-end on the federation-touched build, since M1 changes touched shared paths (storage, config, gateway boot).
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default tseslint.config(
            'apps/web/e2e/helpers/*.ts',
            'apps/web/playwright.config.ts',
            'apps/gateway/vitest.config.ts',
+            'packages/storage/vitest.config.ts',
            'packages/mosaic/__tests__/*.ts',
          ],
        },
--- a/packages/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 export type { MosaicConfig, StorageTier, MemoryConfigRef } from './mosaic-config.js';
 export {
  DEFAULT_LOCAL_CONFIG,
-  DEFAULT_TEAM_CONFIG,
+  DEFAULT_STANDALONE_CONFIG,
+  DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG,
  loadConfig,
  validateConfig,
+  detectFromEnv,
 } from './mosaic-config.js';
--- a/packages/config/src/mosaic-config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/mosaic-config.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  validateConfig,
+  detectFromEnv,
+  DEFAULT_LOCAL_CONFIG,
+  DEFAULT_STANDALONE_CONFIG,
+  DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG,
+} from './mosaic-config.js';
+
+describe('validateConfig — tier enum', () => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  let stderrSpy: any;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    stderrSpy = vi.spyOn(process.stderr, 'write').mockImplementation(() => true);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    stderrSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('accepts tier="local"', () => {
+    const result = validateConfig({
+      tier: 'local',
+      storage: { type: 'pglite', dataDir: '.mosaic/storage-pglite' },
+      queue: { type: 'local', dataDir: '.mosaic/queue' },
+      memory: { type: 'keyword' },
+    });
+    expect(result.tier).toBe('local');
+  });
+
+  it('accepts tier="standalone"', () => {
+    const result = validateConfig({
+      tier: 'standalone',
+      storage: { type: 'postgres', url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5432/mosaic' },
+      queue: { type: 'bullmq' },
+      memory: { type: 'keyword' },
+    });
+    expect(result.tier).toBe('standalone');
+  });
+
+  it('accepts tier="federated"', () => {
+    const result = validateConfig({
+      tier: 'federated',
+      storage: { type: 'postgres', url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic' },
+      queue: { type: 'bullmq' },
+      memory: { type: 'pgvector' },
+    });
+    expect(result.tier).toBe('federated');
+  });
+
+  it('accepts deprecated tier="team" as alias for "standalone" and emits a deprecation warning', () => {
+    const result = validateConfig({
+      tier: 'team',
+      storage: { type: 'postgres', url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5432/mosaic' },
+      queue: { type: 'bullmq' },
+      memory: { type: 'keyword' },
+    });
+    expect(result.tier).toBe('standalone');
+    expect(stderrSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('DEPRECATED'));
+  });
+
+  it('rejects an invalid tier with an error listing all three valid values', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      validateConfig({
+        tier: 'invalid',
+        storage: { type: 'postgres', url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5432/mosaic' },
+        queue: { type: 'bullmq' },
+        memory: { type: 'keyword' },
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/local.*standalone.*federated|federated.*standalone.*local/);
+  });
+
+  it('error message for invalid tier mentions all three valid values', () => {
+    let message = '';
+    try {
+      validateConfig({
+        tier: 'invalid',
+        storage: { type: 'postgres', url: 'postgresql://...' },
+        queue: { type: 'bullmq' },
+        memory: { type: 'keyword' },
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+    }
+    expect(message).toContain('"local"');
+    expect(message).toContain('"standalone"');
+    expect(message).toContain('"federated"');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('DEFAULT_* config constants', () => {
+  it('DEFAULT_LOCAL_CONFIG has tier="local"', () => {
+    expect(DEFAULT_LOCAL_CONFIG.tier).toBe('local');
+  });
+
+  it('DEFAULT_STANDALONE_CONFIG has tier="standalone"', () => {
+    expect(DEFAULT_STANDALONE_CONFIG.tier).toBe('standalone');
+  });
+
+  it('DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG has tier="federated" and pgvector memory', () => {
+    expect(DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG.tier).toBe('federated');
+    expect(DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG.memory.type).toBe('pgvector');
+  });
+
+  it('DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG uses port 5433 (distinct from standalone 5432)', () => {
+    const url = (DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG.storage as { url: string }).url;
+    expect(url).toContain('5433');
+  });
+
+  it('DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG has enableVector=true on storage', () => {
+    const storage = DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG.storage as {
+      type: string;
+      url: string;
+      enableVector?: boolean;
+    };
+    expect(storage.enableVector).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('detectFromEnv — tier env-var routing', () => {
+  const originalEnv = process.env;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Work on a fresh copy so individual tests can set/delete keys freely.
+    process.env = { ...originalEnv };
+    delete process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'];
+    delete process.env['DATABASE_URL'];
+    delete process.env['VALKEY_URL'];
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.env = originalEnv;
+  });
+
+  it('no env vars → returns local config', () => {
+    const config = detectFromEnv();
+    expect(config.tier).toBe('local');
+    expect(config.storage.type).toBe('pglite');
+    expect(config.memory.type).toBe('keyword');
+  });
+
+  it('MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=federated alone → returns federated config with enableVector=true', () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] = 'federated';
+    const config = detectFromEnv();
+    expect(config.tier).toBe('federated');
+    expect(config.memory.type).toBe('pgvector');
+    const storage = config.storage as { type: string; enableVector?: boolean };
+    expect(storage.enableVector).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=federated + DATABASE_URL → uses the URL and still has enableVector=true', () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] = 'federated';
+    process.env['DATABASE_URL'] = 'postgresql://custom:pass@db.example.com:5432/mydb';
+    const config = detectFromEnv();
+    expect(config.tier).toBe('federated');
+    const storage = config.storage as { type: string; url: string; enableVector?: boolean };
+    expect(storage.url).toBe('postgresql://custom:pass@db.example.com:5432/mydb');
+    expect(storage.enableVector).toBe(true);
+    expect(config.memory.type).toBe('pgvector');
+  });
+
+  it('MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=standalone alone → returns standalone-shaped config (not local)', () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] = 'standalone';
+    const config = detectFromEnv();
+    expect(config.tier).toBe('standalone');
+    expect(config.storage.type).toBe('postgres');
+    expect(config.memory.type).toBe('keyword');
+  });
+});
--- a/packages/config/src/mosaic-config.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/mosaic-config.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { QueueAdapterConfig as QueueConfig } from '@mosaicstack/queue';
 /*  Types                                                              */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */

-export type StorageTier = 'local' | 'team';
+export type StorageTier = 'local' | 'standalone' | 'federated';

 export interface MemoryConfigRef {
  type: 'pgvector' | 'sqlite-vec' | 'keyword';
@@ -31,10 +31,21 @@ export const DEFAULT_LOCAL_CONFIG: MosaicConfig = {
  memory: { type: 'keyword' },
 };

-export const DEFAULT_TEAM_CONFIG: MosaicConfig = {
-  tier: 'team',
+export const DEFAULT_STANDALONE_CONFIG: MosaicConfig = {
+  tier: 'standalone',
  storage: { type: 'postgres', url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5432/mosaic' },
  queue: { type: 'bullmq' },
+  memory: { type: 'keyword' },
+};
+
+export const DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG: MosaicConfig = {
+  tier: 'federated',
+  storage: {
+    type: 'postgres',
+    url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic',
+    enableVector: true,
+  },
+  queue: { type: 'bullmq' },
  memory: { type: 'pgvector' },
 };

@@ -42,7 +53,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_TEAM_CONFIG: MosaicConfig = {
 /*  Validation                                                         */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */

-const VALID_TIERS = new Set<string>(['local', 'team']);
+const VALID_TIERS = new Set<string>(['local', 'standalone', 'federated']);
 const VALID_STORAGE_TYPES = new Set<string>(['postgres', 'pglite', 'files']);
 const VALID_QUEUE_TYPES = new Set<string>(['bullmq', 'local']);
 const VALID_MEMORY_TYPES = new Set<string>(['pgvector', 'sqlite-vec', 'keyword']);
@@ -55,9 +66,19 @@ export function validateConfig(raw: unknown): MosaicConfig {
  const obj = raw as Record<string, unknown>;

  // tier
-  const tier = obj['tier'];
+  let tier = obj['tier'];
+  // Deprecated alias: 'team' → 'standalone' (kept for backward-compat with 0.0.x installs)
+  if (tier === 'team') {
+    process.stderr.write(
+      '[mosaic] DEPRECATED: tier="team" is deprecated — use "standalone" instead. ' +
+        'Update your mosaic.config.json.\n',
+    );
+    tier = 'standalone';
+  }
  if (typeof tier !== 'string' || !VALID_TIERS.has(tier)) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid tier "${String(tier)}" — expected "local" or "team"`);
+    throw new Error(
+      `Invalid tier "${String(tier)}" — expected "local", "standalone", or "federated"`,
+    );
  }

  // storage
@@ -102,10 +123,52 @@ export function validateConfig(raw: unknown): MosaicConfig {
 /*  Loader                                                             */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */

-function detectFromEnv(): MosaicConfig {
+export function detectFromEnv(): MosaicConfig {
+  const tier = process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'];
+
+  if (tier === 'federated') {
+    if (process.env['DATABASE_URL']) {
+      return {
+        ...DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG,
+        storage: {
+          type: 'postgres',
+          url: process.env['DATABASE_URL'],
+          enableVector: true,
+        },
+        queue: {
+          type: 'bullmq',
+          url: process.env['VALKEY_URL'],
+        },
+      };
+    }
+    // MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=federated without DATABASE_URL — use the default
+    // federated config (port 5433, enableVector: true, pgvector memory).
+    return DEFAULT_FEDERATED_CONFIG;
+  }
+
+  if (tier === 'standalone') {
+    if (process.env['DATABASE_URL']) {
+      return {
+        ...DEFAULT_STANDALONE_CONFIG,
+        storage: {
+          type: 'postgres',
+          url: process.env['DATABASE_URL'],
+        },
+        queue: {
+          type: 'bullmq',
+          url: process.env['VALKEY_URL'],
+        },
+      };
+    }
+    // MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=standalone without DATABASE_URL — use the default
+    // standalone config instead of silently falling back to local.
+    return DEFAULT_STANDALONE_CONFIG;
+  }
+
+  // Legacy: DATABASE_URL set without MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER — treat as standalone.
  if (process.env['DATABASE_URL']) {
    return {
-      ...DEFAULT_TEAM_CONFIG,
+      ...DEFAULT_STANDALONE_CONFIG,
      storage: {
        type: 'postgres',
        url: process.env['DATABASE_URL'],
@@ -116,6 +179,7 @@ function detectFromEnv(): MosaicConfig {
      },
    };
  }
+
  return DEFAULT_LOCAL_CONFIG;
 }

--- a/packages/db/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema.ts
@@ -372,7 +372,11 @@ export const messages = pgTable(

 // ─── pgvector custom type ───────────────────────────────────────────────────

-const vector = customType<{ data: number[]; driverParam: string; config: { dimensions: number } }>({
+export const vector = customType<{
+  data: number[];
+  driverParam: string;
+  config: { dimensions: number };
+}>({
  dataType(config) {
    return `vector(${config?.dimensions ?? 1536})`;
  },
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway-doctor.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway-doctor.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for gateway-doctor.ts (mosaic gateway doctor).
+ *
+ * All external I/O is mocked — no live services required.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import type { TierHealthReport } from '@mosaicstack/storage';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Shared mock state                                                   */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const mockLoadConfig = vi.fn();
+  const mockProbeServiceHealth = vi.fn();
+  const mockExistsSync = vi.fn();
+
+  return { mockLoadConfig, mockProbeServiceHealth, mockExistsSync };
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Module mocks                                                        */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+vi.mock('@mosaicstack/config', () => ({
+  loadConfig: mocks.mockLoadConfig,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@mosaicstack/storage', () => ({
+  probeServiceHealth: mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('node:fs', () => ({
+  existsSync: mocks.mockExistsSync,
+}));
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Import SUT                                                          */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+import { runGatewayDoctor } from './gateway-doctor.js';
+import type { MosaicConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Fixtures                                                            */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+const STANDALONE_CONFIG: MosaicConfig = {
+  tier: 'standalone',
+  storage: { type: 'postgres', url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5432/mosaic' },
+  queue: { type: 'bullmq', url: 'redis://localhost:6380' },
+  memory: { type: 'keyword' },
+};
+
+const GREEN_REPORT: TierHealthReport = {
+  tier: 'standalone',
+  configPath: '/some/mosaic.config.json',
+  overall: 'green',
+  services: [
+    { name: 'postgres', status: 'ok', host: 'localhost', port: 5432, durationMs: 42 },
+    { name: 'valkey', status: 'ok', host: 'localhost', port: 6380, durationMs: 10 },
+    { name: 'pgvector', status: 'skipped', durationMs: 0 },
+  ],
+};
+
+const RED_REPORT: TierHealthReport = {
+  tier: 'standalone',
+  configPath: '/some/mosaic.config.json',
+  overall: 'red',
+  services: [
+    {
+      name: 'postgres',
+      status: 'fail',
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: 5432,
+      durationMs: 5001,
+      error: {
+        message: 'connection refused',
+        remediation: 'Start Postgres: `docker compose ...`',
+      },
+    },
+    { name: 'valkey', status: 'ok', host: 'localhost', port: 6380, durationMs: 8 },
+    { name: 'pgvector', status: 'skipped', durationMs: 0 },
+  ],
+};
+
+const FEDERATED_GREEN_REPORT: TierHealthReport = {
+  tier: 'federated',
+  configPath: '/some/mosaic.config.json',
+  overall: 'green',
+  services: [
+    { name: 'postgres', status: 'ok', host: 'localhost', port: 5433, durationMs: 30 },
+    { name: 'valkey', status: 'ok', host: 'localhost', port: 6380, durationMs: 5 },
+    { name: 'pgvector', status: 'ok', host: 'localhost', port: 5433, durationMs: 25 },
+  ],
+};
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Process helpers                                                     */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+let stdoutCapture = '';
+let exitCode: number | undefined;
+
+function captureOutput(): void {
+  stdoutCapture = '';
+  exitCode = undefined;
+
+  vi.spyOn(process.stdout, 'write').mockImplementation((chunk) => {
+    stdoutCapture += typeof chunk === 'string' ? chunk : chunk.toString();
+    return true;
+  });
+  vi.spyOn(process.stderr, 'write').mockImplementation(() => true);
+  vi.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation((code?: string | number | null) => {
+    exitCode = typeof code === 'number' ? code : code != null ? Number(code) : undefined;
+    throw new Error(`process.exit(${String(code)})`);
+  });
+  vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation((...args: unknown[]) => {
+    stdoutCapture += args.join(' ') + '\n';
+  });
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Tests                                                               */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('runGatewayDoctor', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    captureOutput();
+
+    // By default: no config file on disk (env-detection path)
+    mocks.mockExistsSync.mockReturnValue(false);
+    mocks.mockLoadConfig.mockReturnValue(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(GREEN_REPORT);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  1. JSON mode: parseable JSON matching the schema                  */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('JSON mode emits parseable JSON matching TierHealthReport schema', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(GREEN_REPORT);
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({ json: true });
+
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(stdoutCapture) as TierHealthReport;
+    expect(parsed.tier).toBe('standalone');
+    expect(parsed.overall).toBe('green');
+    expect(Array.isArray(parsed.services)).toBe(true);
+    expect(parsed.services).toHaveLength(3);
+
+    // Validate shape of each service check
+    for (const svc of parsed.services) {
+      expect(['postgres', 'valkey', 'pgvector']).toContain(svc.name);
+      expect(['ok', 'fail', 'skipped']).toContain(svc.status);
+      expect(typeof svc.durationMs).toBe('number');
+    }
+
+    // JSON mode must be silent on console.log — output goes to process.stdout only.
+    expect(console.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('JSON mode for federated with 3 ok services', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(FEDERATED_GREEN_REPORT);
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({ json: true });
+
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(stdoutCapture) as TierHealthReport;
+    expect(parsed.tier).toBe('federated');
+    expect(parsed.overall).toBe('green');
+    expect(parsed.services.every((s) => s.status === 'ok')).toBe(true);
+
+    // JSON mode must be silent on console.log — output goes to process.stdout only.
+    expect(console.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  2. Plain text mode: service lines and overall verdict             */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('plain text mode includes service lines for each service', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(GREEN_REPORT);
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({});
+
+    expect(stdoutCapture).toContain('postgres');
+    expect(stdoutCapture).toContain('valkey');
+    expect(stdoutCapture).toContain('pgvector');
+  });
+
+  it('plain text mode includes Overall verdict', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(GREEN_REPORT);
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({});
+
+    expect(stdoutCapture).toContain('Overall: GREEN');
+  });
+
+  it('plain text mode shows tier and config path in header', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(GREEN_REPORT);
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({});
+
+    expect(stdoutCapture).toContain('Tier: standalone');
+  });
+
+  it('plain text mode shows remediation for failed services', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(RED_REPORT);
+
+    try {
+      await runGatewayDoctor({});
+    } catch {
+      // process.exit throws in test
+    }
+
+    expect(stdoutCapture).toContain('Remediations:');
+    expect(stdoutCapture).toContain('Start Postgres');
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  3. Exit codes                                                     */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('exits with code 1 when overall is red', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(RED_REPORT);
+
+    await expect(runGatewayDoctor({})).rejects.toThrow('process.exit(1)');
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('exits with code 0 (no exit call) when overall is green', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(GREEN_REPORT);
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({});
+
+    // process.exit should NOT have been called for green.
+    expect(exitCode).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('JSON mode exits with code 1 when overall is red', async () => {
+    mocks.mockProbeServiceHealth.mockResolvedValue(RED_REPORT);
+
+    await expect(runGatewayDoctor({ json: true })).rejects.toThrow('process.exit(1)');
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  4. --config path override is honored                              */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('passes --config path to loadConfig when provided', async () => {
+    const customPath = '/custom/path/mosaic.config.json';
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({ config: customPath });
+
+    // loadConfig should have been called with the resolved custom path.
+    expect(mocks.mockLoadConfig).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining('mosaic.config.json'),
+    );
+    // The exact call should include the custom path (resolved).
+    const [calledPath] = mocks.mockLoadConfig.mock.calls[0] as [string | undefined];
+    expect(calledPath).toContain('custom/path/mosaic.config.json');
+  });
+
+  it('calls loadConfig without path when no --config and no file on disk', async () => {
+    mocks.mockExistsSync.mockReturnValue(false);
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({});
+
+    const [calledPath] = mocks.mockLoadConfig.mock.calls[0] as [string | undefined];
+    // When no file found, resolveConfigPath returns undefined, so loadConfig is called with undefined
+    expect(calledPath).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('finds config from cwd when mosaic.config.json exists there', async () => {
+    // First candidate (cwd/mosaic.config.json) exists.
+    mocks.mockExistsSync.mockImplementation((p: unknown) => {
+      return typeof p === 'string' && p.endsWith('mosaic.config.json');
+    });
+
+    await runGatewayDoctor({});
+
+    const [calledPath] = mocks.mockLoadConfig.mock.calls[0] as [string | undefined];
+    expect(calledPath).toBeDefined();
+    expect(typeof calledPath).toBe('string');
+    expect(calledPath!.endsWith('mosaic.config.json')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway-doctor.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway-doctor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/**
+ * gateway-doctor.ts — `mosaic gateway doctor` implementation.
+ *
+ * Reports current tier and per-service health (PG, Valkey, pgvector) for the
+ * Mosaic gateway. Supports machine-readable JSON output for CI.
+ *
+ * Exit codes:
+ *   0 — overall green or yellow
+ *   1 — overall red (at least one required service failed)
+ */
+
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve, join } from 'node:path';
+import { homedir } from 'node:os';
+import { loadConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
+import { probeServiceHealth } from '@mosaicstack/storage';
+import type { TierHealthReport, ServiceCheck } from '@mosaicstack/storage';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Config resolution                                                   */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+const CONFIG_CANDIDATES = [
+  resolve(process.cwd(), 'mosaic.config.json'),
+  join(homedir(), '.mosaic', 'mosaic.config.json'),
+];
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the config path to report in output.
+ *
+ * Priority:
+ *   1. Explicit `--config <path>` flag
+ *   2. `./mosaic.config.json` (cwd)
+ *   3. `~/.mosaic/mosaic.config.json`
+ *   4. undefined — `loadConfig()` falls back to env-var detection
+ *
+ * `loadConfig()` itself already handles priority 1-3 when passed an explicit
+ * path, and falls back to env-detection when none exists.  We resolve here
+ * only so we can surface the path in the health report.
+ */
+function resolveConfigPath(explicit?: string): string | undefined {
+  if (explicit) return resolve(explicit);
+  for (const candidate of CONFIG_CANDIDATES) {
+    if (existsSync(candidate)) return candidate;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Output helpers                                                      */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+const TICK = '\u2713'; // ✓
+const CROSS = '\u2717'; // ✗
+const SKIP = '-';
+
+function padRight(s: string, n: number): string {
+  return s + ' '.repeat(Math.max(0, n - s.length));
+}
+
+function serviceLabel(svc: ServiceCheck): string {
+  const hostPort =
+    svc.host !== undefined && svc.port !== undefined ? `${svc.host}:${svc.port.toString()}` : '';
+  const duration = `(${svc.durationMs.toString()}ms)`;
+
+  switch (svc.status) {
+    case 'ok':
+      return `  ${TICK} ${padRight(svc.name, 10)} ${padRight(hostPort, 22)} ${duration}`;
+    case 'fail': {
+      const errMsg = svc.error?.message ?? 'unknown error';
+      return `  ${CROSS} ${padRight(svc.name, 10)} ${padRight(hostPort, 22)} ${duration}  \u2192 ${errMsg}`;
+    }
+    case 'skipped':
+      return `  ${SKIP} ${padRight(svc.name, 10)} (skipped)`;
+  }
+}
+
+function printReport(report: TierHealthReport): void {
+  const configDisplay = report.configPath ?? '(auto-detected)';
+  console.log(`Tier: ${report.tier}  Config: ${configDisplay}`);
+  console.log('');
+
+  for (const svc of report.services) {
+    console.log(serviceLabel(svc));
+  }
+
+  console.log('');
+
+  // Print remediations for failed services.
+  const failed = report.services.filter((s) => s.status === 'fail' && s.error);
+  if (failed.length > 0) {
+    console.log('Remediations:');
+    for (const svc of failed) {
+      if (svc.error) {
+        console.log(`  ${svc.name}: ${svc.error.remediation}`);
+      }
+    }
+    console.log('');
+  }
+
+  console.log(`Overall: ${report.overall.toUpperCase()}`);
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Main runner                                                         */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+export interface GatewayDoctorOptions {
+  json?: boolean;
+  config?: string;
+}
+
+export async function runGatewayDoctor(opts: GatewayDoctorOptions): Promise<void> {
+  const configPath = resolveConfigPath(opts.config);
+
+  let mosaicConfig;
+  try {
+    mosaicConfig = loadConfig(configPath);
+  } catch (err) {
+    const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+    if (opts.json) {
+      process.stdout.write(
+        JSON.stringify({ error: `Failed to load config: ${msg}` }, null, 2) + '\n',
+      );
+    } else {
+      process.stderr.write(`Error: Failed to load config: ${msg}\n`);
+    }
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const report = await probeServiceHealth(mosaicConfig, configPath);
+
+  if (opts.json) {
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(report, null, 2) + '\n');
+  } else {
+    printReport(report);
+  }
+
+  // Exit 1 if overall is red.
+  if (report.overall === 'red') {
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/commands/gateway.ts
@@ -206,4 +206,15 @@ export function registerGatewayCommand(program: Command): void {
      const { runUninstall } = await import('./gateway/uninstall.js');
      await runUninstall();
    });
+
+  // ─── doctor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  gw.command('doctor')
+    .description('Check gateway tier and per-service health (PG, Valkey, pgvector)')
+    .option('--json', 'Emit TierHealthReport as JSON to stdout (suppresses all other output)')
+    .option('--config <path>', 'Path to mosaic.config.json (defaults to cwd or ~/.mosaic/)')
+    .action(async (cmdOpts: { json?: boolean; config?: string }) => {
+      const { runGatewayDoctor } = await import('./gateway-doctor.js');
+      await runGatewayDoctor({ json: cmdOpts.json, config: cmdOpts.config });
+    });
 }
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.spec.ts
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ describe('gatewayConfigStage', () => {
    expect(daemonState.startCalled).toBe(0);
  });

-  it('honors MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=team in headless path', async () => {
-    process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] = 'team';
+  it('honors MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=standalone in headless path', async () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] = 'standalone';
    process.env['MOSAIC_DATABASE_URL'] = 'postgresql://test/db';
    process.env['MOSAIC_VALKEY_URL'] = 'redis://test:6379';

@@ -231,12 +231,75 @@ describe('gatewayConfigStage', () => {
    });

    expect(result.ready).toBe(true);
-    expect(state.gateway?.tier).toBe('team');
+    expect(state.gateway?.tier).toBe('standalone');
    const envContents = readFileSync(daemonState.envFile, 'utf-8');
    expect(envContents).toContain('DATABASE_URL=postgresql://test/db');
    expect(envContents).toContain('VALKEY_URL=redis://test:6379');
    const mosaicConfig = JSON.parse(readFileSync(daemonState.mosaicConfigFile, 'utf-8'));
-    expect(mosaicConfig.tier).toBe('team');
+    expect(mosaicConfig.tier).toBe('standalone');
+  });
+
+  it('accepts deprecated MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=team as alias for standalone', async () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] = 'team';
+    process.env['MOSAIC_DATABASE_URL'] = 'postgresql://test/db';
+    process.env['MOSAIC_VALKEY_URL'] = 'redis://test:6379';
+
+    const p = buildPrompter();
+    const state = makeState('/home/user/.config/mosaic');
+
+    const result = await gatewayConfigStage(p, state, {
+      host: 'localhost',
+      defaultPort: 14242,
+      skipInstall: true,
+    });
+
+    // Deprecated alias 'team' maps to 'standalone'
+    expect(result.ready).toBe(true);
+    expect(state.gateway?.tier).toBe('standalone');
+    const mosaicConfig = JSON.parse(readFileSync(daemonState.mosaicConfigFile, 'utf-8'));
+    expect(mosaicConfig.tier).toBe('standalone');
+  });
+
+  it('honors MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=federated in headless path', async () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] = 'federated';
+    process.env['MOSAIC_DATABASE_URL'] = 'postgresql://test/feddb';
+    process.env['MOSAIC_VALKEY_URL'] = 'redis://test:6379';
+
+    const p = buildPrompter();
+    const state = makeState('/home/user/.config/mosaic');
+
+    const result = await gatewayConfigStage(p, state, {
+      host: 'localhost',
+      defaultPort: 14242,
+      skipInstall: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ready).toBe(true);
+    expect(state.gateway?.tier).toBe('federated');
+    const envContents = readFileSync(daemonState.envFile, 'utf-8');
+    expect(envContents).toContain('DATABASE_URL=postgresql://test/feddb');
+    const mosaicConfig = JSON.parse(readFileSync(daemonState.mosaicConfigFile, 'utf-8'));
+    expect(mosaicConfig.tier).toBe('federated');
+    expect(mosaicConfig.memory.type).toBe('pgvector');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects an unknown MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER value in headless mode with a descriptive warning', async () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] = 'federatd'; // deliberate typo
+
+    const warnFn = vi.fn();
+    const p = buildPrompter({ warn: warnFn });
+    const state = makeState('/home/user/.config/mosaic');
+
+    const result = await gatewayConfigStage(p, state, {
+      host: 'localhost',
+      defaultPort: 14242,
+      skipInstall: true,
+    });
+
+    // The stage surfaces validation errors as ready:false (warning is shown to the user).
+    expect(result.ready).toBe(false);
+    // The warning message must name all three valid values.
+    expect(warnFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/local.*standalone.*federated/i));
  });

  it('regenerates config when portOverride differs from saved GATEWAY_PORT', async () => {
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.ts
@@ -84,10 +84,15 @@ async function promptTier(p: WizardPrompter): Promise<GatewayStorageTier> {
        hint: 'embedded database, no dependencies',
      },
      {
-        value: 'team',
-        label: 'Team',
+        value: 'standalone',
+        label: 'Standalone',
        hint: 'PostgreSQL + Valkey required',
      },
+      {
+        value: 'federated',
+        label: 'Federated',
+        hint: 'PostgreSQL + Valkey + pgvector, federation server+client',
+      },
    ],
  });
  return tier;
@@ -437,7 +442,21 @@ async function collectAndWriteConfig(
    p.log('Headless mode detected — reading configuration from environment variables.');

    const storageTierEnv = process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'] ?? 'local';
-    tier = storageTierEnv === 'team' ? 'team' : 'local';
+    if (storageTierEnv === 'team') {
+      // Deprecated alias — warn and treat as standalone
+      process.stderr.write(
+        '[mosaic] DEPRECATED: MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER=team is deprecated — use "standalone" instead.\n',
+      );
+      tier = 'standalone';
+    } else if (storageTierEnv === 'standalone' || storageTierEnv === 'federated') {
+      tier = storageTierEnv;
+    } else if (storageTierEnv !== '' && storageTierEnv !== 'local') {
+      throw new GatewayConfigValidationError(
+        `Invalid MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER="${storageTierEnv}" — expected "local", "standalone", or "federated" (deprecated alias "team" also accepted)`,
+      );
+    } else {
+      tier = 'local';
+    }

    const portEnv = process.env['MOSAIC_GATEWAY_PORT'];
    port = portEnv ? parseInt(portEnv, 10) : opts.defaultPort;
@@ -453,13 +472,13 @@ async function collectAndWriteConfig(
    hostname = hostnameEnv;
    corsOrigin = corsOverride ?? deriveCorsOrigin(hostnameEnv, 3000);

-    if (tier === 'team') {
+    if (tier === 'standalone' || tier === 'federated') {
      const missing: string[] = [];
      if (!databaseUrl) missing.push('MOSAIC_DATABASE_URL');
      if (!valkeyUrl) missing.push('MOSAIC_VALKEY_URL');
      if (missing.length > 0) {
        throw new GatewayConfigValidationError(
-          'Headless install with tier=team requires env vars: ' + missing.join(', '),
+          `Headless install with tier=${tier} requires env vars: ` + missing.join(', '),
        );
      }
    }
@@ -467,11 +486,15 @@ async function collectAndWriteConfig(
    tier = await promptTier(p);
    port = await promptPort(p, opts.defaultPort);

-    if (tier === 'team') {
+    if (tier === 'standalone' || tier === 'federated') {
+      const defaultDbUrl =
+        tier === 'federated'
+          ? 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic'
+          : 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5432/mosaic';
      databaseUrl = await p.text({
        message: 'DATABASE_URL',
-        initialValue: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic',
-        defaultValue: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic',
+        initialValue: defaultDbUrl,
+        defaultValue: defaultDbUrl,
      });
      valkeyUrl = await p.text({
        message: 'VALKEY_URL',
@@ -521,7 +544,7 @@ async function collectAndWriteConfig(
    `OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=mosaic-gateway`,
  ];

-  if (tier === 'team' && databaseUrl && valkeyUrl) {
+  if ((tier === 'standalone' || tier === 'federated') && databaseUrl && valkeyUrl) {
    envLines.push(`DATABASE_URL=${databaseUrl}`);
    envLines.push(`VALKEY_URL=${valkeyUrl}`);
  }
@@ -545,12 +568,19 @@ async function collectAndWriteConfig(
          queue: { type: 'local', dataDir: join(opts.gatewayHome, 'queue') },
          memory: { type: 'keyword' },
        }
-      : {
-          tier: 'team',
-          storage: { type: 'postgres', url: databaseUrl },
-          queue: { type: 'bullmq', url: valkeyUrl },
-          memory: { type: 'pgvector' },
-        };
+      : tier === 'federated'
+        ? {
+            tier: 'federated',
+            storage: { type: 'postgres', url: databaseUrl },
+            queue: { type: 'bullmq', url: valkeyUrl },
+            memory: { type: 'pgvector' },
+          }
+        : {
+            tier: 'standalone',
+            storage: { type: 'postgres', url: databaseUrl },
+            queue: { type: 'bullmq', url: valkeyUrl },
+            memory: { type: 'keyword' },
+          };

  writeFileSync(opts.mosaicConfigFile, JSON.stringify(mosaicConfig, null, 2) + '\n', {
    mode: 0o600,
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/types.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export interface HooksState {
  acceptedAt?: string;
 }

-export type GatewayStorageTier = 'local' | 'team';
+export type GatewayStorageTier = 'local' | 'standalone' | 'federated';

 export interface GatewayAdminState {
  name: string;
--- a/packages/storage/package.json
+++ b/packages/storage/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
    "url": "https://git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack.git",
    "directory": "packages/storage"
  },
+  "type": "module",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
  "exports": {
@@ -24,9 +25,12 @@
    "@electric-sql/pglite": "^0.2.17",
    "@mosaicstack/db": "workspace:^",
    "@mosaicstack/types": "workspace:*",
-    "commander": "^13.0.0"
+    "commander": "^13.0.0",
+    "ioredis": "^5.10.0",
+    "postgres": "^3.4.8"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
+    "drizzle-orm": "^0.45.1",
    "typescript": "^5.8.0",
    "vitest": "^2.0.0"
  },
--- a/packages/storage/src/adapters/postgres.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/adapters/postgres.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import type { DbHandle } from '@mosaicstack/db';
+
+// Mock @mosaicstack/db before importing the adapter
+vi.mock('@mosaicstack/db', async (importOriginal) => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  const actual = await importOriginal<Record<string, any>>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    createDb: vi.fn(),
+    runMigrations: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+  };
+});
+
+import { createDb, runMigrations } from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { PostgresAdapter } from './postgres.js';
+
+describe('PostgresAdapter — vector extension gating', () => {
+  let mockExecute: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+  let mockDb: { execute: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> };
+  let mockHandle: Pick<DbHandle, 'close'> & { db: typeof mockDb };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    mockExecute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    mockDb = { execute: mockExecute };
+    mockHandle = { db: mockDb, close: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined) };
+    vi.mocked(createDb).mockReturnValue(mockHandle as unknown as DbHandle);
+  });
+
+  it('calls db.execute with CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector when enableVector=true', async () => {
+    const adapter = new PostgresAdapter({
+      type: 'postgres',
+      url: 'postgresql://test:test@localhost:5432/test',
+      enableVector: true,
+    });
+
+    await adapter.migrate();
+
+    // Should have called execute
+    expect(mockExecute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // Verify the SQL contains the extension creation statement.
+    // Prefer Drizzle's public toSQL() API; fall back to queryChunks if unavailable.
+    // NOTE: queryChunks is an undocumented Drizzle internal (drizzle-orm ^0.45.x).
+    // toSQL() was not present on the raw sql`` result in this version — if a future
+    // Drizzle upgrade adds it, remove the fallback path and delete this comment.
+    const sqlObj = mockExecute.mock.calls[0]![0] as {
+      toSQL?: () => { sql: string; params: unknown[] };
+      queryChunks?: Array<{ value: string[] }>;
+    };
+    const sqlText = sqlObj.toSQL
+      ? sqlObj.toSQL().sql.toLowerCase()
+      : (sqlObj.queryChunks ?? [])
+          .flatMap((chunk) => chunk.value)
+          .join('')
+          .toLowerCase();
+    expect(sqlText).toContain('create extension if not exists vector');
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT call db.execute for extension when enableVector is false', async () => {
+    const adapter = new PostgresAdapter({
+      type: 'postgres',
+      url: 'postgresql://test:test@localhost:5432/test',
+      enableVector: false,
+    });
+
+    await adapter.migrate();
+
+    expect(mockExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(vi.mocked(runMigrations)).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT call db.execute for extension when enableVector is unset', async () => {
+    const adapter = new PostgresAdapter({
+      type: 'postgres',
+      url: 'postgresql://test:test@localhost:5432/test',
+    });
+
+    await adapter.migrate();
+
+    expect(mockExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(vi.mocked(runMigrations)).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it('calls runMigrations after the extension is created', async () => {
+    const callOrder: string[] = [];
+    mockExecute.mockImplementation(() => {
+      callOrder.push('execute');
+      return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+    });
+    vi.mocked(runMigrations).mockImplementation(() => {
+      callOrder.push('runMigrations');
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    });
+
+    const adapter = new PostgresAdapter({
+      type: 'postgres',
+      url: 'postgresql://test:test@localhost:5432/test',
+      enableVector: true,
+    });
+
+    await adapter.migrate();
+
+    expect(callOrder).toEqual(['execute', 'runMigrations']);
+  });
+});
--- a/packages/storage/src/adapters/postgres.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/adapters/postgres.ts
@@ -66,13 +66,19 @@ export class PostgresAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
  private handle: DbHandle;
  private db: Db;
  private url: string;
+  private enableVector: boolean;

  constructor(config: Extract<StorageConfig, { type: 'postgres' }>) {
    this.url = config.url;
+    this.enableVector = config.enableVector ?? false;
    this.handle = createDb(config.url);
    this.db = this.handle.db;
  }

+  private async ensureVectorExtension(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.db.execute(sql`CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector`);
+  }
+
  async create<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
    collection: string,
    data: T,
@@ -149,6 +155,9 @@ export class PostgresAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
  }

  async migrate(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.enableVector) {
+      await this.ensureVectorExtension();
+    }
    await runMigrations(this.url);
  }

--- a/packages/storage/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
+import type { MigrationSource } from './migrate-tier.js';

 /**
 * Reads the DATABASE_URL environment variable and redacts the password portion.
@@ -209,6 +210,203 @@ export function registerStorageCommand(parent: Command): void {
      }
    });

+  // ── storage migrate-tier ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  storage
+    .command('migrate-tier')
+    .description('Migrate data from tier: local/standalone → tier: federated (Postgres + pgvector)')
+    .requiredOption(
+      '--to <tier>',
+      'Target tier to migrate to (only "federated" is supported)',
+      'federated',
+    )
+    .requiredOption('--target-url <url>', 'Target federated Postgres connection string (required)')
+    .option(
+      '--source-config <path>',
+      'Path to mosaic.config.json (default: cwd/mosaic.config.json)',
+    )
+    .option('--dry-run', 'Print what would be migrated without writing anything')
+    .option('--yes', 'Skip interactive confirmation prompt (required for non-TTY environments)')
+    .option('--batch-size <n>', 'Rows per transaction batch', '1000')
+    .option('--allow-non-empty', 'Allow writing to a non-empty target (upsert — idempotent)')
+    .action(
+      async (opts: {
+        to: string;
+        targetUrl: string;
+        sourceConfig?: string;
+        dryRun?: boolean;
+        yes?: boolean;
+        batchSize?: string;
+        allowNonEmpty?: boolean;
+      }) => {
+        if (opts.to !== 'federated') {
+          console.error(
+            `[migrate-tier] --to "${opts.to}" is not supported. Only "federated" is allowed.`,
+          );
+          process.exitCode = 1;
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const batchSize = parseInt(opts.batchSize ?? '1000', 10);
+        if (isNaN(batchSize) || batchSize < 1) {
+          console.error('[migrate-tier] --batch-size must be a positive integer.');
+          process.exitCode = 1;
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // Redact target URL password for display.
+        function redactUrl(url: string): string {
+          try {
+            const parsed = new URL(url);
+            if (parsed.password) parsed.password = '***';
+            return parsed.toString();
+          } catch {
+            return url.replace(/:([^@/]+)@/, ':***@');
+          }
+        }
+
+        const redactedTarget = redactUrl(opts.targetUrl);
+        const isDryRun = opts.dryRun ?? false;
+        const allowNonEmpty = opts.allowNonEmpty ?? false;
+
+        // Determine source tier from environment.
+        const sourceTier = activeTier();
+        const sourceDesc = configSource();
+
+        console.log('');
+        console.log('[migrate-tier] ─────────────────────────────────────────');
+        console.log(`[migrate-tier] Source tier:  ${sourceTier}`);
+        console.log(`[migrate-tier] Source:       ${sourceDesc}`);
+        console.log(`[migrate-tier] Target tier:  federated (Postgres + pgvector)`);
+        console.log(`[migrate-tier] Target:       ${redactedTarget}`);
+        console.log(`[migrate-tier] Batch size:   ${batchSize.toString()}`);
+        console.log(`[migrate-tier] Dry run:      ${isDryRun.toString()}`);
+        console.log(`[migrate-tier] Allow non-empty: ${allowNonEmpty.toString()}`);
+        console.log('[migrate-tier] ─────────────────────────────────────────');
+        console.log('');
+
+        // Lazy-import core migration logic to keep the CLI thin.
+        const {
+          runMigrateTier,
+          PostgresMigrationTarget,
+          DrizzleMigrationSource,
+          getMigrationOrder,
+        } = await import('./migrate-tier.js');
+
+        // Build source adapter using Drizzle-backed DrizzleMigrationSource.
+        // Both local (PGlite) and standalone (Postgres) sources expose the same
+        // normalized Drizzle schema — this is where the actual domain data lives.
+        let sourceAdapter: MigrationSource;
+        if (sourceTier === 'pglite') {
+          const { createPgliteDb } = await import('@mosaicstack/db');
+          const pgliteDataDir = process.env['PGLITE_DATA_DIR'];
+          if (!pgliteDataDir) {
+            console.error(
+              '[migrate-tier] PGLITE_DATA_DIR is not set. ' +
+                'Cannot open PGlite source — set it to the data directory path.',
+            );
+            process.exitCode = 1;
+            return;
+          }
+          const handle = createPgliteDb(pgliteDataDir);
+          // Local/PGlite sources do not have pgvector registered — the embedding
+          // column is omitted from the insights SELECT and set to null on target.
+          sourceAdapter = new DrizzleMigrationSource(handle.db, /* sourceHasVector= */ false);
+        } else {
+          const { createDb } = await import('@mosaicstack/db');
+          const url = process.env['DATABASE_URL'];
+          if (!url) {
+            console.error('[migrate-tier] DATABASE_URL is not set for postgres source.');
+            process.exitCode = 1;
+            return;
+          }
+          const handle = createDb(url);
+          // Standalone Postgres may or may not have pgvector — assume it does not
+          // (it is a non-federated tier) so embedding is treated as null.
+          sourceAdapter = new DrizzleMigrationSource(handle.db, /* sourceHasVector= */ false);
+        }
+
+        // Print per-table row counts for the confirmation prompt.
+        const tablesToMigrate = getMigrationOrder();
+        const counts: Array<{ table: string; count: number }> = [];
+        for (const table of tablesToMigrate) {
+          const n = await sourceAdapter.count(table);
+          counts.push({ table, count: n });
+        }
+
+        console.log('[migrate-tier] Source row counts:');
+        for (const { table, count } of counts) {
+          console.log(`  ${table}: ${count.toString()}`);
+        }
+        console.log('  sessions: SKIPPED (ephemeral)');
+        console.log('  verifications: SKIPPED (ephemeral)');
+        console.log('  admin_tokens: SKIPPED (environment-specific)');
+        console.log('');
+
+        // Interactive confirmation unless --yes or dry-run.
+        const isTTY = process.stdin.isTTY;
+        if (!isDryRun) {
+          if (!opts.yes && !isTTY) {
+            console.error(
+              '[migrate-tier] Not running in a TTY and --yes was not passed. ' +
+                'Pass --yes to confirm in headless environments.',
+            );
+            process.exitCode = 1;
+            await sourceAdapter.close();
+            return;
+          }
+
+          if (!opts.yes) {
+            const { createInterface } = await import('node:readline');
+            const rl = createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
+            const answer = await new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+              rl.question(`This will WRITE to ${redactedTarget}. Continue? [y/N] `, (ans) => {
+                rl.close();
+                resolve(ans);
+              });
+            });
+            if (answer.trim().toLowerCase() !== 'y') {
+              console.log('[migrate-tier] Aborted.');
+              await sourceAdapter.close();
+              return;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        const target = new PostgresMigrationTarget(opts.targetUrl);
+
+        try {
+          const result = await runMigrateTier(
+            sourceAdapter,
+            target,
+            {
+              targetUrl: opts.targetUrl,
+              dryRun: isDryRun,
+              allowNonEmpty,
+              batchSize,
+              onProgress: (msg) => console.log(msg),
+            },
+            /* sourceHasVector= */ sourceTier === 'postgres',
+          );
+
+          if (result.dryRun) {
+            console.log('[migrate-tier] Dry run complete. No data was written.');
+          } else {
+            console.log(
+              `[migrate-tier] Migration complete. ${result.totalRows.toString()} rows migrated.`,
+            );
+          }
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.error(
+            `[migrate-tier] ERROR: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
+          );
+          process.exitCode = 1;
+        } finally {
+          await Promise.all([sourceAdapter.close(), target.close()]);
+        }
+      },
+    );
+
  // ── storage migrate ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  storage
--- a/packages/storage/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,29 @@
 export type { StorageAdapter, StorageConfig } from './types.js';
+export { TierDetectionError, detectAndAssertTier, probeServiceHealth } from './tier-detection.js';
+export type { ServiceCheck, TierHealthReport } from './tier-detection.js';
 export { createStorageAdapter, registerStorageAdapter } from './factory.js';
 export { PostgresAdapter } from './adapters/postgres.js';
 export { PgliteAdapter } from './adapters/pglite.js';
 export { registerStorageCommand } from './cli.js';
+export {
+  getMigrationOrder,
+  topoSort,
+  runMigrateTier,
+  checkTargetPreconditions,
+  normaliseSourceRow,
+  PostgresMigrationTarget,
+  DrizzleMigrationSource,
+  SKIP_TABLES,
+  MIGRATION_ORDER,
+  MigrationPreconditionError,
+} from './migrate-tier.js';
+export type {
+  MigrationSource,
+  MigrationTarget,
+  MigrateTierOptions,
+  MigrateTierResult,
+  TableMigrationResult,
+} from './migrate-tier.js';

 import { registerStorageAdapter } from './factory.js';
 import { PostgresAdapter } from './adapters/postgres.js';
--- a/packages/storage/src/migrate-tier.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/migrate-tier.integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+/**
+ * FED-M1-08 — Integration test: PGlite → federated Postgres+pgvector migration.
+ *
+ * Prereq: docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d
+ * Run:    FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1 pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/storage test src/migrate-tier.integration.test.ts
+ *
+ * Skipped when FEDERATED_INTEGRATION !== '1'.
+ *
+ * Strategy: users.id (TEXT PK) uses the recognisable prefix `fed-m1-08-` for
+ * easy cleanup. UUID-PKed tables (teams, conversations, messages, team_members)
+ * use deterministic valid UUIDs in the `f0000xxx-…` namespace. Cleanup is
+ * explicit DELETE by id — no full-table truncation.
+ */
+
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+import { users, teams, teamMembers, conversations, messages } from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { createPgliteDbWithVector, runPgliteMigrations } from './test-utils/pglite-with-vector.js';
+
+import postgres from 'postgres';
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { DrizzleMigrationSource, PostgresMigrationTarget, runMigrateTier } from './migrate-tier.js';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Constants                                                           */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+const run = process.env['FEDERATED_INTEGRATION'] === '1';
+
+const FEDERATED_PG_URL = 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic';
+
+/**
+ * Deterministic IDs for the test's seed data.
+ *
+ * users.id is TEXT (any string) — we use a recognisable prefix for easy cleanup.
+ * All other tables use UUID primary keys — must be valid UUID v4 format.
+ * The 4th segment starts with '4' (version 4) and 5th starts with '8' (variant).
+ */
+const IDS = {
+  // text PK — can be any string
+  user1: 'fed-m1-08-user-1',
+  user2: 'fed-m1-08-user-2',
+  // UUID PKs — must be valid UUID format
+  team1: 'f0000001-0000-4000-8000-000000000001',
+  teamMember1: 'f0000002-0000-4000-8000-000000000001',
+  teamMember2: 'f0000002-0000-4000-8000-000000000002',
+  conv1: 'f0000003-0000-4000-8000-000000000001',
+  conv2: 'f0000003-0000-4000-8000-000000000002',
+  msg1: 'f0000004-0000-4000-8000-000000000001',
+  msg2: 'f0000004-0000-4000-8000-000000000002',
+  msg3: 'f0000004-0000-4000-8000-000000000003',
+  msg4: 'f0000004-0000-4000-8000-000000000004',
+  msg5: 'f0000004-0000-4000-8000-000000000005',
+} as const;
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Shared handles for afterAll cleanup                                 */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+let targetSql: ReturnType<typeof postgres> | undefined;
+let pgliteDataDir: string | undefined;
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  if (targetSql) {
+    await cleanTarget(targetSql).catch(() => {});
+    await targetSql.end({ timeout: 5 }).catch(() => {});
+  }
+  if (pgliteDataDir) {
+    await fs.rm(pgliteDataDir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {});
+  }
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Helpers                                                             */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/** Delete all test-owned rows from target in safe FK order. */
+async function cleanTarget(sql: ReturnType<typeof postgres>): Promise<void> {
+  // Reverse FK order: messages → conversations → team_members → teams → users
+  await sql.unsafe(`DELETE FROM messages WHERE id = ANY($1)`, [
+    [IDS.msg1, IDS.msg2, IDS.msg3, IDS.msg4, IDS.msg5],
+  ] as never[]);
+  await sql.unsafe(`DELETE FROM conversations WHERE id = ANY($1)`, [
+    [IDS.conv1, IDS.conv2],
+  ] as never[]);
+  await sql.unsafe(`DELETE FROM team_members WHERE id = ANY($1)`, [
+    [IDS.teamMember1, IDS.teamMember2],
+  ] as never[]);
+  await sql.unsafe(`DELETE FROM teams WHERE id = $1`, [IDS.team1] as never[]);
+  await sql.unsafe(`DELETE FROM users WHERE id = ANY($1)`, [[IDS.user1, IDS.user2]] as never[]);
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Test suite                                                          */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe.skipIf(!run)('migrate-tier — PGlite → federated PG', () => {
+  it('seeds PGlite, runs migrate-tier, asserts row counts and sample rows on target', async () => {
+    /* ---- 1. Create a temp PGlite db ---------------------------------- */
+
+    pgliteDataDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'fed-m1-08-'));
+    const handle = createPgliteDbWithVector(pgliteDataDir);
+
+    // Run Drizzle migrations against PGlite.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await runPgliteMigrations(handle.db as any);
+
+    /* ---- 2. Seed representative data --------------------------------- */
+
+    const now = new Date();
+    const db = handle.db;
+
+    // users (2 rows)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await (db as any).insert(users).values([
+      {
+        id: IDS.user1,
+        name: 'Fed Test User One',
+        email: 'fed-m1-08-user1@test.invalid',
+        emailVerified: false,
+        role: 'member',
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now,
+      },
+      {
+        id: IDS.user2,
+        name: 'Fed Test User Two',
+        email: 'fed-m1-08-user2@test.invalid',
+        emailVerified: false,
+        role: 'member',
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    // teams (1 row)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await (db as any).insert(teams).values([
+      {
+        id: IDS.team1,
+        name: 'Fed M1-08 Team',
+        slug: 'fed-m1-08-team',
+        ownerId: IDS.user1,
+        managerId: IDS.user1,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    // team_members (2 rows linking both users to the team)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await (db as any).insert(teamMembers).values([
+      {
+        id: IDS.teamMember1,
+        teamId: IDS.team1,
+        userId: IDS.user1,
+        role: 'manager',
+        joinedAt: now,
+      },
+      {
+        id: IDS.teamMember2,
+        teamId: IDS.team1,
+        userId: IDS.user2,
+        role: 'member',
+        joinedAt: now,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    // conversations (2 rows)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await (db as any).insert(conversations).values([
+      {
+        id: IDS.conv1,
+        title: 'Fed M1-08 Conversation Alpha',
+        userId: IDS.user1,
+        archived: false,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now,
+      },
+      {
+        id: IDS.conv2,
+        title: 'Fed M1-08 Conversation Beta',
+        userId: IDS.user2,
+        archived: false,
+        createdAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    // messages (5 rows across both conversations)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await (db as any).insert(messages).values([
+      {
+        id: IDS.msg1,
+        conversationId: IDS.conv1,
+        role: 'user',
+        content: 'Hello from conv1 msg1',
+        createdAt: now,
+      },
+      {
+        id: IDS.msg2,
+        conversationId: IDS.conv1,
+        role: 'assistant',
+        content: 'Reply in conv1 msg2',
+        createdAt: now,
+      },
+      {
+        id: IDS.msg3,
+        conversationId: IDS.conv1,
+        role: 'user',
+        content: 'Follow-up in conv1 msg3',
+        createdAt: now,
+      },
+      {
+        id: IDS.msg4,
+        conversationId: IDS.conv2,
+        role: 'user',
+        content: 'Hello from conv2 msg4',
+        createdAt: now,
+      },
+      {
+        id: IDS.msg5,
+        conversationId: IDS.conv2,
+        role: 'assistant',
+        content: 'Reply in conv2 msg5',
+        createdAt: now,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    /* ---- 3. Pre-clean the target so the test is repeatable ----------- */
+
+    targetSql = postgres(FEDERATED_PG_URL, {
+      max: 3,
+      connect_timeout: 10,
+      idle_timeout: 30,
+    });
+
+    await cleanTarget(targetSql);
+
+    /* ---- 4. Build source / target adapters and run migration --------- */
+
+    const source = new DrizzleMigrationSource(db, /* sourceHasVector= */ false);
+    const target = new PostgresMigrationTarget(FEDERATED_PG_URL);
+
+    try {
+      await runMigrateTier(
+        source,
+        target,
+        {
+          targetUrl: FEDERATED_PG_URL,
+          dryRun: false,
+          allowNonEmpty: true,
+          batchSize: 500,
+          onProgress: (_msg) => {
+            // Uncomment for debugging: console.log(_msg);
+          },
+        },
+        /* sourceHasVector= */ false,
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await target.close();
+    }
+
+    /* ---- 5. Assert: row counts in target match seed ------------------ */
+
+    const countUsers = await targetSql.unsafe<Array<{ n: string }>>(
+      `SELECT COUNT(*)::text AS n FROM users WHERE id = ANY($1)`,
+      [[IDS.user1, IDS.user2]] as never[],
+    );
+    expect(Number(countUsers[0]?.n)).toBe(2);
+
+    const countTeams = await targetSql.unsafe<Array<{ n: string }>>(
+      `SELECT COUNT(*)::text AS n FROM teams WHERE id = $1`,
+      [IDS.team1] as never[],
+    );
+    expect(Number(countTeams[0]?.n)).toBe(1);
+
+    const countTeamMembers = await targetSql.unsafe<Array<{ n: string }>>(
+      `SELECT COUNT(*)::text AS n FROM team_members WHERE id = ANY($1)`,
+      [[IDS.teamMember1, IDS.teamMember2]] as never[],
+    );
+    expect(Number(countTeamMembers[0]?.n)).toBe(2);
+
+    const countConvs = await targetSql.unsafe<Array<{ n: string }>>(
+      `SELECT COUNT(*)::text AS n FROM conversations WHERE id = ANY($1)`,
+      [[IDS.conv1, IDS.conv2]] as never[],
+    );
+    expect(Number(countConvs[0]?.n)).toBe(2);
+
+    const countMsgs = await targetSql.unsafe<Array<{ n: string }>>(
+      `SELECT COUNT(*)::text AS n FROM messages WHERE id = ANY($1)`,
+      [[IDS.msg1, IDS.msg2, IDS.msg3, IDS.msg4, IDS.msg5]] as never[],
+    );
+    expect(Number(countMsgs[0]?.n)).toBe(5);
+
+    /* ---- 6. Assert: sample row field values --------------------------- */
+
+    // User 1: check email and name
+    const userRows = await targetSql.unsafe<Array<{ id: string; email: string; name: string }>>(
+      `SELECT id, email, name FROM users WHERE id = $1`,
+      [IDS.user1] as never[],
+    );
+    expect(userRows[0]?.email).toBe('fed-m1-08-user1@test.invalid');
+    expect(userRows[0]?.name).toBe('Fed Test User One');
+
+    // Conversation 1: check title and user_id
+    const convRows = await targetSql.unsafe<Array<{ id: string; title: string; user_id: string }>>(
+      `SELECT id, title, user_id FROM conversations WHERE id = $1`,
+      [IDS.conv1] as never[],
+    );
+    expect(convRows[0]?.title).toBe('Fed M1-08 Conversation Alpha');
+    expect(convRows[0]?.user_id).toBe(IDS.user1);
+
+    /* ---- 7. Cleanup: delete test rows from target -------------------- */
+
+    await cleanTarget(targetSql);
+
+    // Close PGlite
+    await handle.close();
+  }, 60_000);
+});
--- a/packages/storage/src/migrate-tier.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/migrate-tier.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,495 @@
+/**
+ * migrate-tier.spec.ts — Unit tests for the migrate-tier core logic.
+ *
+ * These are pure unit tests — no real database connections.
+ * FED-M1-08 will add integration tests against real services.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  getMigrationOrder,
+  topoSort,
+  runMigrateTier,
+  checkTargetPreconditions,
+  normaliseSourceRow,
+  SKIP_TABLES,
+  MigrationPreconditionError,
+  type MigrationSource,
+  type MigrationTarget,
+} from './migrate-tier.js';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Mock factories                                                       */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * Build a mock MigrationSource backed by an in-memory table map.
+ * Implements the DrizzleMigrationSource-shaped contract:
+ *   - readTable(tableName, opts?) returns paginated rows
+ *   - count(tableName) returns row count
+ *
+ * The `sourceHasVector` flag controls whether the mock simulates the
+ * no-pgvector projection: when false and tableName is 'insights', rows
+ * are returned WITHOUT the 'embedding' field (matching DrizzleMigrationSource
+ * behaviour for local/PGlite sources).
+ */
+function makeMockSource(
+  data: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>[]>,
+  sourceHasVector = true,
+): MigrationSource & {
+  readTableCalls: Array<{ table: string; opts?: { limit?: number; offset?: number } }>;
+} {
+  const readTableCalls: Array<{ table: string; opts?: { limit?: number; offset?: number } }> = [];
+  return {
+    readTableCalls,
+    readTable: vi.fn(async (tableName: string, opts?: { limit?: number; offset?: number }) => {
+      readTableCalls.push({ table: tableName, opts });
+      let rows = data[tableName] ?? [];
+      // Simulate no-vector projection: omit 'embedding' from insights rows
+      // when sourceHasVector is false (matches DrizzleMigrationSource behaviour).
+      if (tableName === 'insights' && !sourceHasVector) {
+        rows = rows.map(({ embedding: _omit, ...rest }) => rest);
+      }
+      const offset = opts?.offset ?? 0;
+      const limit = opts?.limit ?? rows.length;
+      return rows.slice(offset, offset + limit);
+    }),
+    count: vi.fn(async (tableName: string) => (data[tableName] ?? []).length),
+    close: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+  };
+}
+
+function makeMockTarget(opts?: {
+  hasPgvector?: boolean;
+  nonEmptyTable?: string;
+}): MigrationTarget & { upsertCalls: Array<{ table: string; rows: Record<string, unknown>[] }> } {
+  const upsertCalls: Array<{ table: string; rows: Record<string, unknown>[] }> = [];
+  const storedCounts: Record<string, number> = {};
+
+  return {
+    upsertCalls,
+    upsertBatch: vi.fn(async (table: string, rows: Record<string, unknown>[]) => {
+      upsertCalls.push({ table, rows });
+      storedCounts[table] = (storedCounts[table] ?? 0) + rows.length;
+    }),
+    count: vi.fn(async (table: string) => {
+      if (opts?.nonEmptyTable === table) return 5;
+      return storedCounts[table] ?? 0;
+    }),
+    hasPgvector: vi.fn(async () => opts?.hasPgvector ?? true),
+    close: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+  };
+}
+
+function noopProgress(): (msg: string) => void {
+  return () => undefined;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  1. Topological ordering                                             */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('topoSort', () => {
+  it('returns empty array for empty input', () => {
+    expect(topoSort(new Map())).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('orders parents before children — linear chain', () => {
+    // users -> teams -> messages
+    const deps = new Map([
+      ['users', []],
+      ['teams', ['users']],
+      ['messages', ['teams']],
+    ]);
+    const order = topoSort(deps);
+    expect(order.indexOf('users')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('teams'));
+    expect(order.indexOf('teams')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('messages'));
+  });
+
+  it('orders parents before children — diamond graph', () => {
+    // a -> (b, c) -> d
+    const deps = new Map([
+      ['a', []],
+      ['b', ['a']],
+      ['c', ['a']],
+      ['d', ['b', 'c']],
+    ]);
+    const order = topoSort(deps);
+    expect(order.indexOf('a')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('b'));
+    expect(order.indexOf('a')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('c'));
+    expect(order.indexOf('b')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('d'));
+    expect(order.indexOf('c')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('d'));
+  });
+
+  it('throws on cyclic dependencies', () => {
+    const deps = new Map([
+      ['a', ['b']],
+      ['b', ['a']],
+    ]);
+    expect(() => topoSort(deps)).toThrow('Cycle detected');
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  2. getMigrationOrder — sessions / verifications excluded           */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('getMigrationOrder', () => {
+  it('does not include "sessions"', () => {
+    expect(getMigrationOrder()).not.toContain('sessions');
+  });
+
+  it('does not include "verifications"', () => {
+    expect(getMigrationOrder()).not.toContain('verifications');
+  });
+
+  it('does not include "admin_tokens"', () => {
+    expect(getMigrationOrder()).not.toContain('admin_tokens');
+  });
+
+  it('includes "users" before "teams"', () => {
+    const order = getMigrationOrder();
+    expect(order.indexOf('users')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('teams'));
+  });
+
+  it('includes "users" before "conversations"', () => {
+    const order = getMigrationOrder();
+    expect(order.indexOf('users')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('conversations'));
+  });
+
+  it('includes "conversations" before "messages"', () => {
+    const order = getMigrationOrder();
+    expect(order.indexOf('conversations')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('messages'));
+  });
+
+  it('includes "projects" before "agents"', () => {
+    const order = getMigrationOrder();
+    expect(order.indexOf('projects')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('agents'));
+  });
+
+  it('includes "agents" before "conversations"', () => {
+    const order = getMigrationOrder();
+    expect(order.indexOf('agents')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('conversations'));
+  });
+
+  it('includes "missions" before "mission_tasks"', () => {
+    const order = getMigrationOrder();
+    expect(order.indexOf('missions')).toBeLessThan(order.indexOf('mission_tasks'));
+  });
+
+  it('includes all expected tables', () => {
+    const order = getMigrationOrder();
+    const expected = [
+      'users',
+      'teams',
+      'accounts',
+      'projects',
+      'agents',
+      'conversations',
+      'messages',
+      'insights',
+    ];
+    for (const t of expected) {
+      expect(order).toContain(t);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  3. Dry-run makes no writes                                          */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('runMigrateTier — dry-run', () => {
+  it('makes no calls to upsertBatch', async () => {
+    const source = makeMockSource({
+      users: [{ id: 'u1', name: 'Alice', email: 'alice@example.com' }],
+    });
+    const target = makeMockTarget();
+
+    const result = await runMigrateTier(source, target, {
+      targetUrl: 'postgresql://localhost/test',
+      dryRun: true,
+      allowNonEmpty: false,
+      batchSize: 100,
+      onProgress: noopProgress(),
+    });
+
+    expect(target.upsertCalls).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(result.dryRun).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.totalRows).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('does not call checkTargetPreconditions in dry-run', async () => {
+    // Even if hasPgvector is false, dry-run should not throw.
+    const source = makeMockSource({});
+    const target = makeMockTarget({ hasPgvector: false });
+
+    await expect(
+      runMigrateTier(source, target, {
+        targetUrl: 'postgresql://localhost/test',
+        dryRun: true,
+        allowNonEmpty: false,
+        batchSize: 100,
+        onProgress: noopProgress(),
+      }),
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow();
+
+    // hasPgvector should NOT have been called during dry run.
+    expect(target.hasPgvector).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  4. Idempotency                                                       */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('runMigrateTier — idempotency', () => {
+  it('produces the same logical row count on second run (upsert semantics)', async () => {
+    const userData = [
+      { id: 'u1', name: 'Alice', email: 'alice@example.com' },
+      { id: 'u2', name: 'Bob', email: 'bob@example.com' },
+    ];
+
+    const source = makeMockSource({ users: userData });
+
+    // First run target.
+    const target1 = makeMockTarget();
+    await runMigrateTier(source, target1, {
+      targetUrl: 'postgresql://localhost/test',
+      dryRun: false,
+      allowNonEmpty: false,
+      batchSize: 100,
+      onProgress: noopProgress(),
+    });
+
+    const firstRunUpserts = target1.upsertCalls.filter((c) => c.table === 'users');
+    const firstRunRows = firstRunUpserts.reduce((acc, c) => acc + c.rows.length, 0);
+
+    // Second run — allowNonEmpty because first run already wrote rows.
+    const target2 = makeMockTarget();
+    await runMigrateTier(source, target2, {
+      targetUrl: 'postgresql://localhost/test',
+      dryRun: false,
+      allowNonEmpty: true,
+      batchSize: 100,
+      onProgress: noopProgress(),
+    });
+
+    const secondRunUpserts = target2.upsertCalls.filter((c) => c.table === 'users');
+    const secondRunRows = secondRunUpserts.reduce((acc, c) => acc + c.rows.length, 0);
+
+    // Both runs write the same number of rows (upsert — second run updates in place).
+    expect(firstRunRows).toBe(userData.length);
+    expect(secondRunRows).toBe(userData.length);
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  5. Empty-target precondition                                        */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('checkTargetPreconditions', () => {
+  it('throws when target table is non-empty and allowNonEmpty is false', async () => {
+    const target = makeMockTarget({ nonEmptyTable: 'users' });
+
+    await expect(checkTargetPreconditions(target, false, ['users'])).rejects.toThrow(
+      MigrationPreconditionError,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('includes remediation hint in thrown error', async () => {
+    const target = makeMockTarget({ nonEmptyTable: 'users' });
+
+    await expect(checkTargetPreconditions(target, false, ['users'])).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      name: 'MigrationPreconditionError',
+      remediation: expect.stringContaining('--allow-non-empty'),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT throw when allowNonEmpty is true', async () => {
+    const target = makeMockTarget({ nonEmptyTable: 'users' });
+    await expect(checkTargetPreconditions(target, true, ['users'])).resolves.not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('throws when pgvector extension is missing', async () => {
+    const target = makeMockTarget({ hasPgvector: false });
+
+    await expect(checkTargetPreconditions(target, false, ['users'])).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      name: 'MigrationPreconditionError',
+      remediation: expect.stringContaining('pgvector'),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('passes when target is empty and pgvector is present', async () => {
+    const target = makeMockTarget({ hasPgvector: true });
+    await expect(checkTargetPreconditions(target, false, ['users'])).resolves.not.toThrow();
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  6. Skipped tables documented                                        */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('SKIP_TABLES', () => {
+  it('includes "sessions"', () => {
+    expect(SKIP_TABLES.has('sessions')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('includes "verifications"', () => {
+    expect(SKIP_TABLES.has('verifications')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('includes "admin_tokens"', () => {
+    expect(SKIP_TABLES.has('admin_tokens')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('migration result includes skipped table entries', async () => {
+    const source = makeMockSource({});
+    const target = makeMockTarget();
+
+    const result = await runMigrateTier(source, target, {
+      targetUrl: 'postgresql://localhost/test',
+      dryRun: false,
+      allowNonEmpty: false,
+      batchSize: 100,
+      onProgress: noopProgress(),
+    });
+
+    const skippedNames = result.tables.filter((t) => t.skipped).map((t) => t.table);
+    expect(skippedNames).toContain('sessions');
+    expect(skippedNames).toContain('verifications');
+    expect(skippedNames).toContain('admin_tokens');
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  7. Embedding NULL on migrate from non-pgvector source              */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('normaliseSourceRow — embedding handling', () => {
+  it('sets embedding to null when sourceHasVector is false and table is insights', () => {
+    const row: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      id: 'ins-1',
+      content: 'Some insight',
+      userId: 'u1',
+    };
+    const normalised = normaliseSourceRow('insights', row, false);
+    expect(normalised['embedding']).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('preserves existing embedding when sourceHasVector is true', () => {
+    const embedding = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3];
+    const row: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      id: 'ins-1',
+      content: 'Some insight',
+      userId: 'u1',
+      embedding,
+    };
+    const normalised = normaliseSourceRow('insights', row, true);
+    expect(normalised['embedding']).toBe(embedding);
+  });
+
+  it('does not add embedding field to non-vector tables', () => {
+    const row: Record<string, unknown> = { id: 'u1', name: 'Alice' };
+    const normalised = normaliseSourceRow('users', row, false);
+    expect('embedding' in normalised).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('passes through rows for non-vector tables unchanged', () => {
+    const row: Record<string, unknown> = { id: 'u1', name: 'Alice', email: 'alice@test.com' };
+    const normalised = normaliseSourceRow('users', row, false);
+    expect(normalised).toEqual(row);
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  8. End-to-end: correct order of upsert calls                       */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('runMigrateTier — migration order', () => {
+  it('writes users before messages', async () => {
+    const source = makeMockSource({
+      users: [{ id: 'u1', name: 'Alice', email: 'alice@test.com' }],
+      messages: [{ id: 'm1', conversationId: 'c1', role: 'user', content: 'Hi' }],
+    });
+    const target = makeMockTarget();
+
+    await runMigrateTier(source, target, {
+      targetUrl: 'postgresql://localhost/test',
+      dryRun: false,
+      allowNonEmpty: false,
+      batchSize: 100,
+      onProgress: noopProgress(),
+    });
+
+    const tableOrder = target.upsertCalls.map((c) => c.table);
+    const usersIdx = tableOrder.indexOf('users');
+    const messagesIdx = tableOrder.indexOf('messages');
+    // users must appear before messages in the upsert call sequence.
+    expect(usersIdx).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(messagesIdx).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(usersIdx).toBeLessThan(messagesIdx);
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  9. Embedding-null projection: no-pgvector source                    */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('DrizzleMigrationSource embedding-null projection', () => {
+  it(
+    'when sourceHasVector is false, readTable for insights omits embedding column ' +
+      'and normaliseSourceRow sets it to null for the target insert',
+    async () => {
+      // Source has insights data but no vector — embedding omitted at read time.
+      const insightRowWithEmbedding = {
+        id: 'ins-1',
+        userId: 'u1',
+        content: 'Test insight',
+        embedding: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3], // present in raw data but omitted by source
+        source: 'agent',
+        category: 'general',
+        relevanceScore: 1.0,
+      };
+
+      // makeMockSource with sourceHasVector=false simulates DrizzleMigrationSource
+      // behaviour: the embedding field is stripped from the returned row.
+      const source = makeMockSource(
+        {
+          users: [{ id: 'u1', name: 'Alice', email: 'alice@test.com' }],
+          insights: [insightRowWithEmbedding],
+        },
+        /* sourceHasVector= */ false,
+      );
+      const target = makeMockTarget();
+
+      await runMigrateTier(
+        source,
+        target,
+        {
+          targetUrl: 'postgresql://localhost/test',
+          dryRun: false,
+          allowNonEmpty: false,
+          batchSize: 100,
+          onProgress: noopProgress(),
+        },
+        /* sourceHasVector= */ false,
+      );
+
+      // Assert: readTable was called for insights
+      const insightsRead = source.readTableCalls.find((c) => c.table === 'insights');
+      expect(insightsRead).toBeDefined();
+
+      // Assert: the upsert to insights has embedding === null (not the original vector)
+      const insightsUpsert = target.upsertCalls.find((c) => c.table === 'insights');
+      expect(insightsUpsert).toBeDefined();
+      const upsertedRow = insightsUpsert!.rows[0];
+      expect(upsertedRow).toBeDefined();
+      // embedding must be null — not the original [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]
+      expect(upsertedRow!['embedding']).toBeNull();
+      // Other fields must pass through unchanged
+      expect(upsertedRow!['id']).toBe('ins-1');
+      expect(upsertedRow!['content']).toBe('Test insight');
+    },
+  );
+});
--- a/packages/storage/src/migrate-tier.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/migrate-tier.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,714 @@
+/**
+ * migrate-tier.ts — Core logic for `mosaic storage migrate-tier`.
+ *
+ * Migrates data from `tier: local` (PGlite, normalized Drizzle schema) or
+ * `tier: standalone` (Postgres without pgvector) → `tier: federated`
+ * (Postgres + pgvector).
+ *
+ * Source: DrizzleMigrationSource — reads from the NORMALIZED Drizzle/relational
+ *   schema tables (not the flat `id TEXT + data JSONB` PgliteAdapter schema).
+ *   Both local (PGlite) and standalone (Postgres) sources use the same Drizzle
+ *   abstraction via createPgliteDb() or createDb() from @mosaicstack/db.
+ * Target: PostgresMigrationTarget — upserts via raw SQL into the same schema.
+ *
+ * Key design decisions:
+ * - Tables are migrated in topological (FK-dependency) order so that
+ *   parent rows exist before child rows are inserted.
+ * - sessions + verifications are skipped — they are ephemeral / TTL'd.
+ * - adminTokens is skipped — token hashes are environment-specific
+ *   and should be re-issued on the target.
+ * - insights.embedding is omitted from source SELECT when the source lacks
+ *   pgvector (local/PGlite tier); target insert gets NULL for that column.
+ *   insights.embedding is nullable per schema (no .notNull() constraint).
+ * - Each table's batch is wrapped in a transaction for atomicity.
+ * - Upsert semantics (ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE) make re-runs idempotent.
+ *
+ * TODO (FED-M1-08): Add integration tests against real PGlite → real PG.
+ */
+
+import postgres from 'postgres';
+import * as schema from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { sql as drizzleSql } from '@mosaicstack/db';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Types                                                               */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+export interface MigrationSource {
+  /**
+   * Return all rows from a table (normalized Drizzle schema rows).
+   * When sourceHasVector is false and the table has a vector column,
+   * the source MUST omit the vector column from the result and the
+   * caller will set it to null (see normaliseSourceRow).
+   */
+  readTable(
+    tableName: string,
+    opts?: { limit?: number; offset?: number },
+  ): Promise<Record<string, unknown>[]>;
+
+  /** Count rows in a table. */
+  count(tableName: string): Promise<number>;
+
+  /** Close the source connection. */
+  close(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export interface MigrationTarget {
+  /**
+   * Upsert a batch of rows into a table.
+   * Must use ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE semantics.
+   */
+  upsertBatch(tableName: string, rows: Record<string, unknown>[]): Promise<void>;
+
+  /**
+   * Count rows in a target table.
+   */
+  count(tableName: string): Promise<number>;
+
+  /**
+   * Check whether pgvector extension is installed.
+   */
+  hasPgvector(): Promise<boolean>;
+
+  /** Close the target connection. */
+  close(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export interface MigrateTierOptions {
+  /** Target postgres connection URL. */
+  targetUrl: string;
+  /** Whether to skip all writes (dry-run). */
+  dryRun: boolean;
+  /** Skip the non-empty target guard. */
+  allowNonEmpty: boolean;
+  /** Rows per transaction batch. */
+  batchSize: number;
+  /** Called with progress messages. */
+  onProgress: (msg: string) => void;
+}
+
+export interface TableMigrationResult {
+  table: string;
+  rowsMigrated: number;
+  skipped: boolean;
+  skipReason?: string;
+}
+
+export interface MigrateTierResult {
+  tables: TableMigrationResult[];
+  totalRows: number;
+  dryRun: boolean;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Schema: FK-aware topological table order                           */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * SKIP_TABLES: ephemeral or environment-specific tables not worth migrating.
+ *
+ * - sessions: TTL'd auth sessions — invalid in new environment.
+ * - verifications: one-time tokens (email verify, etc.) — already expired.
+ * - admin_tokens: hashed tokens bound to old environment keys — re-issue.
+ */
+export const SKIP_TABLES = new Set(['sessions', 'verifications', 'admin_tokens']);
+
+/**
+ * Topologically ordered table list (parents before children).
+ *
+ * Derived from FK references in packages/db/src/schema.ts:
+ *
+ *   users                 (no FKs)
+ *   teams                 → users
+ *   team_members          → teams, users
+ *   accounts              → users
+ *   projects              → users, teams
+ *   agents                → projects, users
+ *   missions              → projects, users
+ *   tasks                 → projects, missions
+ *   mission_tasks         → missions, tasks, users
+ *   conversations         → users, projects, agents
+ *   messages              → conversations
+ *   preferences           → users
+ *   insights              → users  [has embedding vector column]
+ *   agent_logs            → users
+ *   skills                → users (installedBy, nullable)
+ *   routing_rules         → users (userId, nullable)
+ *   provider_credentials  → users
+ *   appreciations         (no FKs)
+ *   events                (no FKs)
+ *   tickets               (no FKs)
+ *   summarization_jobs    (no FKs)
+ *
+ * Skipped (not in this list):
+ *   sessions              → users  (ephemeral)
+ *   verifications         (no FKs, ephemeral)
+ *   admin_tokens          → users  (environment-specific)
+ */
+export const MIGRATION_ORDER: string[] = [
+  'users',
+  'teams',
+  'team_members',
+  'accounts',
+  'projects',
+  'agents',
+  'missions',
+  'tasks',
+  'mission_tasks',
+  'conversations',
+  'messages',
+  'preferences',
+  'insights',
+  'agent_logs',
+  'skills',
+  'routing_rules',
+  'provider_credentials',
+  'appreciations',
+  'events',
+  'tickets',
+  'summarization_jobs',
+];
+
+/** Tables that carry a vector embedding column on the target. */
+const VECTOR_TABLES = new Set(['insights']);
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Utility: derive topological order from an adjacency list           */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * Given an adjacency list (table → list of tables it depends on),
+ * return a valid topological ordering (Kahn's algorithm).
+ *
+ * Exposed for unit testing.
+ */
+export function topoSort(deps: Map<string, string[]>): string[] {
+  const nodes = [...deps.keys()];
+  const inDegree = new Map<string, number>();
+  const adjReverse = new Map<string, string[]>();
+
+  for (const node of nodes) {
+    if (!inDegree.has(node)) inDegree.set(node, 0);
+    if (!adjReverse.has(node)) adjReverse.set(node, []);
+    for (const dep of deps.get(node) ?? []) {
+      inDegree.set(node, (inDegree.get(node) ?? 0) + 1);
+      if (!adjReverse.has(dep)) adjReverse.set(dep, []);
+      adjReverse.get(dep)!.push(node);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Start with nodes that have no dependencies.
+  const queue: string[] = [];
+  for (const [node, deg] of inDegree) {
+    if (deg === 0) queue.push(node);
+  }
+
+  const result: string[] = [];
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    const node = queue.shift()!;
+    result.push(node);
+    for (const dependent of adjReverse.get(node) ?? []) {
+      const newDeg = (inDegree.get(dependent) ?? 0) - 1;
+      inDegree.set(dependent, newDeg);
+      if (newDeg === 0) queue.push(dependent);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (result.length !== nodes.length) {
+    throw new Error('Cycle detected in FK dependency graph');
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return the migration table order, excluding SKIP_TABLES.
+ * Uses the pre-computed MIGRATION_ORDER (verified against schema.ts).
+ */
+export function getMigrationOrder(): string[] {
+  return MIGRATION_ORDER.filter((t) => !SKIP_TABLES.has(t));
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  TABLE_OBJECTS: migration table name → Drizzle table object         */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * Maps MIGRATION_ORDER table names to their corresponding Drizzle table
+ * objects from the normalized schema.  Used by DrizzleMigrationSource to
+ * execute typed `db.select().from(table)` queries.
+ *
+ * Keyed by snake_case table name (matching MIGRATION_ORDER + SKIP_TABLES).
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+const TABLE_OBJECTS: Record<string, any> = {
+  users: schema.users,
+  teams: schema.teams,
+  team_members: schema.teamMembers,
+  accounts: schema.accounts,
+  projects: schema.projects,
+  agents: schema.agents,
+  missions: schema.missions,
+  tasks: schema.tasks,
+  mission_tasks: schema.missionTasks,
+  conversations: schema.conversations,
+  messages: schema.messages,
+  preferences: schema.preferences,
+  insights: schema.insights,
+  agent_logs: schema.agentLogs,
+  skills: schema.skills,
+  routing_rules: schema.routingRules,
+  provider_credentials: schema.providerCredentials,
+  appreciations: schema.appreciations,
+  events: schema.events,
+  tickets: schema.tickets,
+  summarization_jobs: schema.summarizationJobs,
+  // Skipped tables — included so count() works for preflight but never passed
+  // to upsertBatch.
+  sessions: schema.sessions,
+  verifications: schema.verifications,
+  admin_tokens: schema.adminTokens,
+};
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  DrizzleMigrationSource                                              */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * MigrationSource backed by a Drizzle DB handle (works with both
+ * PostgresJsDatabase and PgliteDatabase — they share the same Drizzle
+ * query API for schema-defined tables).
+ *
+ * For the `insights` table (the only vector-column table), when the source
+ * lacks pgvector (local/PGlite tier), the `embedding` column is excluded
+ * from the SELECT projection via a raw `db.execute()` query that lists
+ * only non-vector columns.  This prevents a type-registration error from
+ * PGlite, which does not know the `vector` type.  The caller (runMigrateTier
+ * via normaliseSourceRow) will set embedding to null on the resulting rows.
+ *
+ * Column projection is opt-in: pass `sourceHasVector: false` to activate it.
+ */
+export class DrizzleMigrationSource implements MigrationSource {
+  constructor(
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    private readonly db: any,
+    private readonly sourceHasVector: boolean = true,
+  ) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Columns of the insights table that do NOT include the vector embedding.
+   * Used for the no-pgvector projection path.
+   */
+  private static readonly INSIGHTS_COLUMNS_NO_VECTOR = [
+    'id',
+    'user_id',
+    'content',
+    'source',
+    'category',
+    'relevance_score',
+    'metadata',
+    'created_at',
+    'updated_at',
+    'decayed_at',
+  ] as const;
+
+  async readTable(
+    tableName: string,
+    opts?: { limit?: number; offset?: number },
+  ): Promise<Record<string, unknown>[]> {
+    const table = TABLE_OBJECTS[tableName];
+    if (!table) throw new Error(`DrizzleMigrationSource: unknown table "${tableName}"`);
+
+    // For vector tables when source lacks pgvector: use column-allowlist raw query
+    // to avoid type-registration errors.
+    if (VECTOR_TABLES.has(tableName) && !this.sourceHasVector) {
+      const cols = DrizzleMigrationSource.INSIGHTS_COLUMNS_NO_VECTOR.map((c) => `"${c}"`).join(
+        ', ',
+      );
+      let sql = `SELECT ${cols} FROM "${tableName}"`;
+      const params: unknown[] = [];
+      if (opts?.limit !== undefined) {
+        params.push(opts.limit);
+        sql += ` LIMIT $${params.length.toString()}`;
+      }
+      if (opts?.offset !== undefined) {
+        params.push(opts.offset);
+        sql += ` OFFSET $${params.length.toString()}`;
+      }
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      const result = await (this.db as any).execute(
+        // drizzle-orm/pglite and drizzle-orm/postgres-js both accept a raw
+        // SQL template; use the tagged-template sql helper from drizzle-orm.
+        // Since we need dynamic params, we use db.execute with a raw string
+        // via the PGlite/postgres.js driver directly.
+        { sql, params, typings: [] },
+      );
+      // drizzle execute returns { rows: unknown[][] } for PGlite driver,
+      // or a RowList for postgres.js. Normalise both shapes.
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      const raw = result as any;
+      if (Array.isArray(raw)) {
+        // postgres.js shape: array of row objects
+        return raw as Record<string, unknown>[];
+      }
+      if (raw?.rows && Array.isArray(raw.rows)) {
+        // PGlite shape: { rows: unknown[][] } OR { rows: Record<string,unknown>[] }
+        const rows = raw.rows as unknown[];
+        if (rows.length === 0) return [];
+        if (Array.isArray(rows[0])) {
+          // Columnar: convert to objects using fields array if available
+          const fields: string[] =
+            (raw.fields as Array<{ name: string }> | undefined)?.map((f) => f.name) ??
+            DrizzleMigrationSource.INSIGHTS_COLUMNS_NO_VECTOR.slice();
+          return (rows as unknown[][]).map((row) => {
+            const obj: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+            for (let i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+              obj[fields[i]!] = row[i];
+            }
+            return obj;
+          });
+        }
+        return rows as Record<string, unknown>[];
+      }
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    // Standard Drizzle select for all other tables (and vector tables when
+    // the source has pgvector registered).
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    let query = (this.db as any).select().from(table);
+    if (opts?.limit !== undefined) query = query.limit(opts.limit);
+    if (opts?.offset !== undefined) query = query.offset(opts.offset);
+    return (await query) as Record<string, unknown>[];
+  }
+
+  async count(tableName: string): Promise<number> {
+    const table = TABLE_OBJECTS[tableName];
+    if (!table) throw new Error(`DrizzleMigrationSource: unknown table "${tableName}"`);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const [row] = await (this.db as any)
+      .select({ n: drizzleSql<number>`COUNT(*)::int` })
+      .from(table);
+    return (row as { n: number } | undefined)?.n ?? 0;
+  }
+
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
+    // Lifecycle managed externally — caller closes the db handle.
+  }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Real postgres target adapter                                        */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * Live implementation of MigrationTarget backed by a real Postgres connection.
+ * Used by the CLI; mocked in tests.
+ */
+export class PostgresMigrationTarget implements MigrationTarget {
+  private sql: ReturnType<typeof postgres>;
+
+  constructor(url: string) {
+    this.sql = postgres(url, {
+      max: 5,
+      connect_timeout: 10,
+      idle_timeout: 30,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async upsertBatch(tableName: string, rows: Record<string, unknown>[]): Promise<void> {
+    if (rows.length === 0) return;
+
+    // Collect all column names from the batch (union of all row keys).
+    const colSet = new Set<string>();
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      for (const k of Object.keys(row)) colSet.add(k);
+    }
+    const cols = [...colSet];
+    if (!cols.includes('id')) {
+      throw new Error(`Table ${tableName}: rows missing 'id' column`);
+    }
+
+    // Build VALUES list — use postgres tagged-template helpers for safety.
+    // postgres.js supports bulk inserts via array of objects.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    await this.sql.begin(async (tx: any) => {
+      // Insert in chunks to avoid enormous single queries.
+      for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i += 500) {
+        const chunk = rows.slice(i, i + 500);
+
+        // Normalise rows: fill missing columns with null.
+        const normalised = chunk.map((row) => {
+          const out: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+          for (const col of cols) {
+            out[col] = row[col] ?? null;
+          }
+          return out;
+        });
+
+        const colList = cols.map((c) => `"${c}"`).join(', ');
+        const updateList = cols
+          .filter((c) => c !== 'id')
+          .map((c) => `"${c}" = EXCLUDED."${c}"`)
+          .join(', ');
+
+        // Build values placeholders
+        const valuePlaceholders = normalised
+          .map((_, ri) => `(${cols.map((_, ci) => `$${ri * cols.length + ci + 1}`).join(', ')})`)
+          .join(', ');
+
+        const flatValues = normalised.flatMap((row) => cols.map((c) => row[c] ?? null));
+
+        const query = `
+          INSERT INTO "${tableName}" (${colList})
+          VALUES ${valuePlaceholders}
+          ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET ${updateList}
+        `;
+
+        await tx.unsafe(query, flatValues as never[]);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async count(tableName: string): Promise<number> {
+    const rows = await this.sql.unsafe(`SELECT COUNT(*)::int AS n FROM "${tableName}"`);
+    const row = rows[0] as unknown as { n: number } | undefined;
+    return row?.n ?? 0;
+  }
+
+  async hasPgvector(): Promise<boolean> {
+    const rows = await this.sql`
+      SELECT 1 FROM pg_extension WHERE extname = 'vector'
+    `;
+    return rows.length > 0;
+  }
+
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.sql.end();
+  }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Source-row normalisation                                           */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * Convert a camelCase key to snake_case.
+ * e.g. "userId" → "user_id", "emailVerified" → "email_verified".
+ * Keys that are already snake_case (no uppercase letters) are returned as-is.
+ */
+function toSnakeCase(key: string): string {
+  return key.replace(/[A-Z]/g, (c) => `_${c.toLowerCase()}`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Drizzle returns rows as camelCase TypeScript objects (e.g. `userId`, not
+ * `user_id`). The PostgresMigrationTarget upserts via raw SQL and uses the
+ * column names as given.  We must convert camelCase keys → snake_case before
+ * building the INSERT statement so column names match the PG schema.
+ *
+ * Exception: the `insights` no-vector path already returns snake_case keys
+ * from its raw SQL projection — toSnakeCase() is idempotent for already-
+ * snake_case keys so this conversion is safe in all paths.
+ *
+ * For vector tables (insights), if `embedding` is absent from the source row
+ * (because DrizzleMigrationSource omitted it in the no-vector projection), we
+ * explicitly set it to null so the target ON CONFLICT UPDATE doesn't error.
+ *
+ * NOTE: insights.embedding is defined as `vector('embedding', { dimensions:
+ * 1536 })` with no `.notNull()` in schema.ts — it accepts NULL.
+ */
+export function normaliseSourceRow(
+  tableName: string,
+  row: Record<string, unknown>,
+  sourceHasVector: boolean,
+): Record<string, unknown> {
+  // Convert all camelCase keys to snake_case for raw-SQL target compatibility.
+  const out: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(row)) {
+    out[toSnakeCase(k)] = v;
+  }
+
+  if (VECTOR_TABLES.has(tableName) && !sourceHasVector) {
+    // Source cannot have embeddings — explicitly null them so ON CONFLICT
+    // UPDATE doesn't try to write undefined.
+    out['embedding'] = null;
+  }
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Precondition checks                                                 */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+export class MigrationPreconditionError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    message: string,
+    public readonly remediation: string,
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = 'MigrationPreconditionError';
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Verify target preconditions before writing any data.
+ *
+ * Checks:
+ * 1. pgvector extension installed.
+ * 2. User-data tables are empty (unless --allow-non-empty).
+ */
+export async function checkTargetPreconditions(
+  target: MigrationTarget,
+  allowNonEmpty: boolean,
+  tablesToMigrate: string[],
+): Promise<void> {
+  const hasVector = await target.hasPgvector();
+  if (!hasVector) {
+    throw new MigrationPreconditionError(
+      'Target Postgres does not have the pgvector extension installed.',
+      'Run: CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector; — or use the pgvector/pgvector:pg17 Docker image.',
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!allowNonEmpty) {
+    // Check the first non-empty user-data table.
+    for (const table of tablesToMigrate) {
+      const n = await target.count(table);
+      if (n > 0) {
+        throw new MigrationPreconditionError(
+          `Target table "${table}" already contains ${n.toString()} rows.`,
+          'Pass --allow-non-empty to overwrite existing data (upsert semantics), ' +
+            'or point to an empty target database.',
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Core migration runner                                               */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * Run the tier migration.
+ *
+ * @param source  Adapter for reading source rows.
+ * @param target  Adapter for writing rows to target.
+ * @param opts    Migration options.
+ * @param sourceHasVector  True if the source tier supports vector columns.
+ */
+export async function runMigrateTier(
+  source: MigrationSource,
+  target: MigrationTarget,
+  opts: MigrateTierOptions,
+  sourceHasVector = false,
+): Promise<MigrateTierResult> {
+  const { dryRun, allowNonEmpty, batchSize, onProgress } = opts;
+
+  const tablesToMigrate = getMigrationOrder();
+
+  // Preflight: gather row counts from source.
+  onProgress('[migrate-tier] Gathering source row counts...');
+  const sourceCounts = new Map<string, number>();
+  for (const table of tablesToMigrate) {
+    const n = await source.count(table);
+    sourceCounts.set(table, n);
+  }
+
+  // Log preflight summary.
+  onProgress('[migrate-tier] Tables to migrate:');
+  for (const table of tablesToMigrate) {
+    const n = sourceCounts.get(table) ?? 0;
+    onProgress(`  ${table}: ${n.toString()} rows`);
+  }
+  for (const skipped of SKIP_TABLES) {
+    onProgress(`  ${skipped}: SKIPPED (ephemeral/environment-specific)`);
+  }
+
+  // Vector column notice.
+  if (!sourceHasVector) {
+    onProgress(
+      '[migrate-tier] NOTE: Source tier has no pgvector support. ' +
+        'insights.embedding will be NULL on all migrated rows.',
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (dryRun) {
+    onProgress('[migrate-tier] DRY RUN — no writes will be made.');
+    const tables: TableMigrationResult[] = tablesToMigrate.map((t) => ({
+      table: t,
+      rowsMigrated: 0,
+      skipped: false,
+    }));
+    for (const skipped of SKIP_TABLES) {
+      tables.push({ table: skipped, rowsMigrated: 0, skipped: true, skipReason: 'ephemeral' });
+    }
+    return { tables, totalRows: 0, dryRun: true };
+  }
+
+  // Check preconditions before writing.
+  await checkTargetPreconditions(target, allowNonEmpty, tablesToMigrate);
+
+  const results: TableMigrationResult[] = [];
+  let totalRows = 0;
+
+  for (const table of tablesToMigrate) {
+    const sourceCount = sourceCounts.get(table) ?? 0;
+
+    if (sourceCount === 0) {
+      onProgress(`[migrate-tier] ${table}: 0 rows — skipping.`);
+      results.push({ table, rowsMigrated: 0, skipped: false });
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    onProgress(`[migrate-tier] ${table}: migrating ${sourceCount.toString()} rows...`);
+
+    let offset = 0;
+    let tableTotal = 0;
+    let lastSuccessfulId: string | undefined;
+
+    try {
+      while (offset < sourceCount) {
+        const rows = await source.readTable(table, { limit: batchSize, offset });
+        if (rows.length === 0) break;
+
+        const normalised = rows.map((row) => normaliseSourceRow(table, row, sourceHasVector));
+
+        await target.upsertBatch(table, normalised);
+
+        lastSuccessfulId = rows[rows.length - 1]?.['id'] as string | undefined;
+        tableTotal += rows.length;
+        offset += rows.length;
+
+        onProgress(
+          `[migrate-tier] ${table}: ${tableTotal.toString()}/${sourceCount.toString()} rows written`,
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      const errMsg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+      throw new Error(
+        `[migrate-tier] Failed on table "${table}" after ${tableTotal.toString()} rows ` +
+          `(last id: ${lastSuccessfulId ?? 'none'}). Error: ${errMsg}\n` +
+          `Remediation: Re-run with --allow-non-empty to resume (upsert is idempotent).`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    results.push({ table, rowsMigrated: tableTotal, skipped: false });
+    totalRows += tableTotal;
+    onProgress(`[migrate-tier] ${table}: done (${tableTotal.toString()} rows).`);
+  }
+
+  // Add skipped table records.
+  for (const skipped of SKIP_TABLES) {
+    results.push({
+      table: skipped,
+      rowsMigrated: 0,
+      skipped: true,
+      skipReason: 'ephemeral or environment-specific — re-issue on target',
+    });
+  }
+
+  onProgress(`[migrate-tier] Complete. ${totalRows.toString()} total rows migrated.`);
+  return { tables: results, totalRows, dryRun: false };
+}
--- a/packages/storage/src/test-utils/pglite-with-vector.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/test-utils/pglite-with-vector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+ * Test-only helpers for creating a PGlite database with the pgvector extension
+ * and running Drizzle migrations against it.
+ *
+ * These are intentionally NOT exported from @mosaicstack/db to avoid pulling
+ * the WASM vector bundle into the public API surface.
+ */
+
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
+
+import { PGlite } from '@electric-sql/pglite';
+import { vector } from '@electric-sql/pglite/vector';
+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/pglite';
+import { migrate as migratePglite } from 'drizzle-orm/pglite/migrator';
+import type { PgliteDatabase } from 'drizzle-orm/pglite';
+import * as schema from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import type { DbHandle } from '@mosaicstack/db';
+
+/**
+ * Create a PGlite DB handle with the pgvector extension loaded.
+ * Required for running Drizzle migrations that include `CREATE EXTENSION vector`.
+ */
+export function createPgliteDbWithVector(dataDir: string): DbHandle {
+  const client = new PGlite(dataDir, { extensions: { vector } });
+  const db = drizzle(client, { schema });
+  return {
+    db: db as unknown as DbHandle['db'],
+    close: async () => {
+      await client.close();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run Drizzle migrations against an already-open PGlite database handle.
+ * Resolves the migrations folder from @mosaicstack/db's installed location.
+ *
+ * @param db  A PgliteDatabase instance (from drizzle-orm/pglite).
+ */
+export async function runPgliteMigrations(
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  db: PgliteDatabase<any>,
+): Promise<void> {
+  // Resolve @mosaicstack/db package root to locate its drizzle migrations folder.
+  const _require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+  const dbPkgMain = _require.resolve('@mosaicstack/db');
+  // dbPkgMain → …/packages/db/dist/index.js  →  dirname = dist/
+  // go up one level from dist/ to find the sibling drizzle/ folder
+  const migrationsFolder = resolve(dirname(dbPkgMain), '../drizzle');
+  await migratePglite(db, { migrationsFolder });
+}
--- a/packages/storage/src/tier-detection.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/tier-detection.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,546 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for tier-detection.ts.
+ *
+ * All external I/O (postgres, ioredis) is mocked — no live services required.
+ *
+ * Note on hoisting: vi.mock() factories are hoisted above all imports by vitest.
+ * Variables referenced inside factory callbacks must be declared via vi.hoisted()
+ * so they are available at hoist time.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Hoist shared mock state so factories can reference it              */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const mockSqlFn = vi.fn();
+  const mockEnd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  const mockPostgresConstructor = vi.fn(() => {
+    const sql = mockSqlFn as ReturnType<typeof mockSqlFn>;
+    (sql as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)['end'] = mockEnd;
+    return sql;
+  });
+
+  const mockRedisConnect = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  const mockRedisPing = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('PONG');
+  const mockRedisDisconnect = vi.fn();
+  const MockRedis = vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    connect: mockRedisConnect,
+    ping: mockRedisPing,
+    disconnect: mockRedisDisconnect,
+  }));
+
+  return {
+    mockSqlFn,
+    mockEnd,
+    mockPostgresConstructor,
+    mockRedisConnect,
+    mockRedisPing,
+    mockRedisDisconnect,
+    MockRedis,
+  };
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Module mocks (registered at hoist time)                            */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+vi.mock('postgres', () => ({
+  default: mocks.mockPostgresConstructor,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('ioredis', () => ({
+  Redis: mocks.MockRedis,
+}));
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Import SUT after mocks are registered                              */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+import { detectAndAssertTier, probeServiceHealth, TierDetectionError } from './tier-detection.js';
+import type { TierConfig } from './tier-detection.js';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Config fixtures                                                     */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+const LOCAL_CONFIG: TierConfig = {
+  tier: 'local',
+  storage: { type: 'pglite', dataDir: '.mosaic/pglite' },
+  queue: { type: 'local' },
+};
+
+const STANDALONE_CONFIG: TierConfig = {
+  tier: 'standalone',
+  storage: { type: 'postgres', url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@db-host:5432/mosaic' },
+  queue: { type: 'bullmq', url: 'redis://valkey-host:6380' },
+};
+
+const FEDERATED_CONFIG: TierConfig = {
+  tier: 'federated',
+  storage: {
+    type: 'postgres',
+    url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@db-host:5433/mosaic',
+    enableVector: true,
+  },
+  queue: { type: 'bullmq', url: 'redis://valkey-host:6380' },
+};
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Tests                                                               */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('detectAndAssertTier', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+
+    // Default: all probes succeed.
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    mocks.mockEnd.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    mocks.mockRedisConnect.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    mocks.mockRedisPing.mockResolvedValue('PONG');
+
+    // Re-wire constructor to return a fresh sql-like object each time.
+    mocks.mockPostgresConstructor.mockImplementation(() => {
+      const sql = mocks.mockSqlFn as ReturnType<typeof mocks.mockSqlFn>;
+      (sql as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)['end'] = mocks.mockEnd;
+      return sql;
+    });
+    mocks.MockRedis.mockImplementation(() => ({
+      connect: mocks.mockRedisConnect,
+      ping: mocks.mockRedisPing,
+      disconnect: mocks.mockRedisDisconnect,
+    }));
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  1. local — no-op                                                 */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('resolves immediately for tier=local without touching postgres or ioredis', async () => {
+    await expect(detectAndAssertTier(LOCAL_CONFIG)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(mocks.mockPostgresConstructor).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  2. standalone — happy path                                       */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('resolves for tier=standalone when postgres and valkey are reachable', async () => {
+    await expect(detectAndAssertTier(STANDALONE_CONFIG)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Postgres was probed (SELECT 1 only — no pgvector check).
+    expect(mocks.mockPostgresConstructor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mocks.mockSqlFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // Valkey was probed.
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mocks.mockRedisPing).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  3. standalone — postgres unreachable                             */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('throws TierDetectionError with service=postgres when postgres query rejects', async () => {
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('connection refused'));
+
+    const promise = detectAndAssertTier(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(TierDetectionError);
+
+    // Confirm no valkey probe happened (fail fast on first error).
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('sets service=postgres on the error when postgres fails', async () => {
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockRejectedValue(new Error('connection refused'));
+
+    try {
+      await detectAndAssertTier(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+      expect.fail('should have thrown');
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TierDetectionError);
+      const typed = err as TierDetectionError;
+      expect(typed.service).toBe('postgres');
+      expect(typed.remediation).toContain('docker compose');
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  4. standalone — valkey unreachable                               */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('throws TierDetectionError with service=valkey when ping fails', async () => {
+    // Postgres probe succeeds; valkey connect fails.
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    mocks.mockRedisConnect.mockRejectedValue(new Error('ECONNREFUSED'));
+
+    try {
+      await detectAndAssertTier(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+      expect.fail('should have thrown');
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TierDetectionError);
+      const typed = err as TierDetectionError;
+      expect(typed.service).toBe('valkey');
+      expect(typed.message).toContain('valkey');
+      expect(typed.remediation).toContain('valkey-federated');
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  5. federated — happy path                                        */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('resolves for tier=federated when all three checks pass', async () => {
+    // SELECT 1 and CREATE EXTENSION both succeed.
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
+    await expect(detectAndAssertTier(FEDERATED_CONFIG)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    // postgres probe (SELECT 1) + pgvector probe (CREATE EXTENSION) = 2 postgres constructors.
+    expect(mocks.mockPostgresConstructor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(mocks.mockSqlFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    // Valkey probed once.
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  6. federated — pgvector not installable                          */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('throws TierDetectionError with service=pgvector when CREATE EXTENSION fails', async () => {
+    // SELECT 1 succeeds (first call), CREATE EXTENSION fails (second call).
+    mocks.mockSqlFn
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce([]) // SELECT 1
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('extension "vector" is not available'));
+
+    try {
+      await detectAndAssertTier(FEDERATED_CONFIG);
+      expect.fail('should have thrown');
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TierDetectionError);
+      const typed = err as TierDetectionError;
+      expect(typed.service).toBe('pgvector');
+      expect(typed.message).toContain('pgvector');
+      expect(typed.remediation).toContain('pgvector/pgvector');
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  7. probeValkey honors connectTimeout and lazyConnect            */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('constructs the ioredis Redis client with connectTimeout: 5000', async () => {
+    await detectAndAssertTier(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(String),
+      expect.objectContaining({ connectTimeout: 5000, lazyConnect: true }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  8. probePgvector — library-not-installed remediation             */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('includes pgvector/pgvector:pg17 in remediation when pgvector library is missing', async () => {
+    // SELECT 1 succeeds; CREATE EXTENSION fails with the canonical library-missing message.
+    mocks.mockSqlFn
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce([]) // SELECT 1 (probePostgres)
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('extension "vector" is not available')); // probePgvector
+
+    try {
+      await detectAndAssertTier(FEDERATED_CONFIG);
+      expect.fail('should have thrown');
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TierDetectionError);
+      const typed = err as TierDetectionError;
+      expect(typed.service).toBe('pgvector');
+      expect(typed.remediation).toContain('pgvector/pgvector:pg17');
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  9. probePgvector — permission / other error remediation          */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('mentions CREATE permission or superuser in remediation for a generic pgvector error', async () => {
+    // SELECT 1 succeeds; CREATE EXTENSION fails with a permission error.
+    mocks.mockSqlFn
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce([]) // SELECT 1 (probePostgres)
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('permission denied to create extension'));
+
+    try {
+      await detectAndAssertTier(FEDERATED_CONFIG);
+      expect.fail('should have thrown');
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TierDetectionError);
+      const typed = err as TierDetectionError;
+      expect(typed.service).toBe('pgvector');
+      // Must NOT point to the image fix — that's only for the library-missing case.
+      expect(typed.remediation).not.toContain('pgvector/pgvector:pg17');
+      // Must mention permissions or superuser.
+      expect(typed.remediation).toMatch(/CREATE|superuser/i);
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  10. federated tier rejects non-bullmq queue.type                 */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('throws TierDetectionError with service=config for federated tier with queue.type !== bullmq', async () => {
+    const badConfig: TierConfig = {
+      tier: 'federated',
+      storage: {
+        type: 'postgres',
+        url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@db-host:5433/mosaic',
+        enableVector: true,
+      },
+      queue: { type: 'local' },
+    };
+
+    try {
+      await detectAndAssertTier(badConfig);
+      expect.fail('should have thrown');
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TierDetectionError);
+      const typed = err as TierDetectionError;
+      expect(typed.service).toBe('config');
+      expect(typed.remediation).toContain('bullmq');
+    }
+
+    // No network probes should have been attempted.
+    expect(mocks.mockPostgresConstructor).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  11. Error fields populated                                        */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('populates host, port, and remediation on a thrown TierDetectionError', async () => {
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockRejectedValue(new Error('connection refused'));
+
+    let caught: TierDetectionError | undefined;
+    try {
+      await detectAndAssertTier(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+    } catch (err) {
+      caught = err as TierDetectionError;
+    }
+
+    expect(caught).toBeInstanceOf(TierDetectionError);
+    expect(caught!.service).toBe('postgres');
+    // Host and port are extracted from the Postgres URL in STANDALONE_CONFIG.
+    expect(caught!.host).toBe('db-host');
+    expect(caught!.port).toBe(5432);
+    expect(caught!.remediation).toMatch(/docker compose/i);
+    expect(caught!.message).toContain('db-host:5432');
+  });
+});
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  probeServiceHealth tests                                           */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+describe('probeServiceHealth', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    mocks.mockEnd.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    mocks.mockRedisConnect.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    mocks.mockRedisPing.mockResolvedValue('PONG');
+
+    mocks.mockPostgresConstructor.mockImplementation(() => {
+      const sql = mocks.mockSqlFn as ReturnType<typeof mocks.mockSqlFn>;
+      (sql as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)['end'] = mocks.mockEnd;
+      return sql;
+    });
+    mocks.MockRedis.mockImplementation(() => ({
+      connect: mocks.mockRedisConnect,
+      ping: mocks.mockRedisPing,
+      disconnect: mocks.mockRedisDisconnect,
+    }));
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  12. local tier — all skipped, green                              */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('returns all services as skipped and overall green for local tier', async () => {
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(LOCAL_CONFIG);
+
+    expect(report.tier).toBe('local');
+    expect(report.overall).toBe('green');
+    expect(report.services).toHaveLength(3);
+    for (const svc of report.services) {
+      expect(svc.status).toBe('skipped');
+    }
+    expect(mocks.mockPostgresConstructor).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  13. postgres fails, valkey ok → red                              */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('returns red overall with postgres fail and valkey ok for standalone when postgres fails', async () => {
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockRejectedValue(new Error('connection refused'));
+
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+
+    expect(report.overall).toBe('red');
+
+    const pgCheck = report.services.find((s) => s.name === 'postgres');
+    expect(pgCheck?.status).toBe('fail');
+    expect(pgCheck?.error).toBeDefined();
+    expect(pgCheck?.error?.remediation).toContain('docker compose');
+
+    const vkCheck = report.services.find((s) => s.name === 'valkey');
+    expect(vkCheck?.status).toBe('ok');
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  14. federated all green → 3 services ok                         */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('returns green overall with all 3 services ok for federated when all pass', async () => {
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(FEDERATED_CONFIG);
+
+    expect(report.tier).toBe('federated');
+    expect(report.overall).toBe('green');
+    expect(report.services).toHaveLength(3);
+
+    for (const svc of report.services) {
+      expect(svc.status).toBe('ok');
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  15. durationMs is a non-negative number for every service check  */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('sets durationMs as a non-negative number for every service check', async () => {
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(FEDERATED_CONFIG);
+
+    for (const svc of report.services) {
+      expect(typeof svc.durationMs).toBe('number');
+      expect(svc.durationMs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('sets durationMs >= 0 even for skipped services (local tier)', async () => {
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(LOCAL_CONFIG);
+
+    for (const svc of report.services) {
+      expect(typeof svc.durationMs).toBe('number');
+      expect(svc.durationMs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    }
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  16. configPath is passed through to the report                   */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('includes configPath in the report when provided', async () => {
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(LOCAL_CONFIG, '/etc/mosaic/mosaic.config.json');
+    expect(report.configPath).toBe('/etc/mosaic/mosaic.config.json');
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  17. standalone — valkey fails, postgres ok → red                 */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('returns red with valkey fail and postgres ok for standalone when valkey fails', async () => {
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    mocks.mockRedisConnect.mockRejectedValue(new Error('ECONNREFUSED'));
+
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+
+    expect(report.overall).toBe('red');
+
+    const pgCheck = report.services.find((s) => s.name === 'postgres');
+    expect(pgCheck?.status).toBe('ok');
+
+    const vkCheck = report.services.find((s) => s.name === 'valkey');
+    expect(vkCheck?.status).toBe('fail');
+    expect(vkCheck?.error).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  18. federated — pgvector fails → red with remediation           */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('returns red with pgvector fail for federated when pgvector probe fails', async () => {
+    mocks.mockSqlFn
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce([]) // postgres SELECT 1
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('extension "vector" is not available')); // pgvector
+
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(FEDERATED_CONFIG);
+
+    expect(report.overall).toBe('red');
+
+    const pvCheck = report.services.find((s) => s.name === 'pgvector');
+    expect(pvCheck?.status).toBe('fail');
+    expect(pvCheck?.error?.remediation).toContain('pgvector/pgvector:pg17');
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  19. federated — non-bullmq queue → red config error, no network */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('returns red overall with config error when federated tier has non-bullmq queue (no network call)', async () => {
+    const federatedBadQueueConfig: TierConfig = {
+      tier: 'federated',
+      storage: {
+        type: 'postgres',
+        url: 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@db-host:5433/mosaic',
+        enableVector: true,
+      },
+      queue: { type: 'local' },
+    };
+
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(federatedBadQueueConfig);
+
+    expect(report.overall).toBe('red');
+
+    const valkey = report.services.find((s) => s.name === 'valkey');
+    expect(valkey?.status).toBe('fail');
+    expect(valkey?.error?.remediation).toMatch(/bullmq/i);
+
+    // Critically: no network call was made — MockRedis constructor must NOT have been called.
+    expect(mocks.MockRedis).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+  /*  20. durationMs actually measures real elapsed time               */
+  /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+  it('measures real elapsed time for service probes', async () => {
+    const DELAY_MS = 25;
+
+    // Make the postgres mock introduce a real wall-clock delay.
+    mocks.mockSqlFn.mockImplementation(
+      () =>
+        new Promise((resolve) =>
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            resolve([]);
+          }, DELAY_MS),
+        ),
+    );
+
+    const report = await probeServiceHealth(STANDALONE_CONFIG);
+
+    const pgCheck = report.services.find((s) => s.name === 'postgres');
+    expect(pgCheck).toBeDefined();
+    // Must be >= 20ms (small slack for jitter). Would be 0 if timer were stubbed.
+    expect(pgCheck!.durationMs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(20);
+  });
+});
--- a/packages/storage/src/tier-detection.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/tier-detection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,555 @@
+/**
+ * Tier Detection — pre-flight service reachability probes.
+ *
+ * Lifted from apps/gateway/src/bootstrap/tier-detector.ts so both the gateway
+ * and the mosaic CLI can share the same probe logic without duplicating code or
+ * creating circular workspace dependencies.
+ *
+ * Library choices:
+ * - Postgres: `postgres` npm package (already a dep via @mosaicstack/db / drizzle-orm).
+ * - Valkey: `ioredis` (compatible with Valkey; same URL convention used by bullmq).
+ */
+
+import postgres from 'postgres';
+import { Redis } from 'ioredis';
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Local structural type — avoids circular dependency                  */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * Minimal structural shape required for tier detection.
+ * Mirrors the relevant fields of MosaicConfig (from @mosaicstack/config) without
+ * creating a dependency cycle (config depends on storage for StorageConfig).
+ * Any object that satisfies MosaicConfig also satisfies this type.
+ */
+export interface TierConfig {
+  tier: 'local' | 'standalone' | 'federated';
+  storage:
+    | { type: 'pglite'; dataDir?: string }
+    | { type: 'postgres'; url: string; enableVector?: boolean }
+    | { type: 'files'; dataDir: string; format?: 'json' | 'md' };
+  queue: { type: string; url?: string };
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Public types                                                        */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+export interface ServiceCheck {
+  name: 'postgres' | 'valkey' | 'pgvector';
+  status: 'ok' | 'fail' | 'skipped';
+  host?: string;
+  port?: number;
+  durationMs: number;
+  error?: { message: string; remediation: string };
+}
+
+export interface TierHealthReport {
+  tier: 'local' | 'standalone' | 'federated';
+  configPath?: string;
+  overall: 'green' | 'yellow' | 'red';
+  services: ServiceCheck[];
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Structured error type                                               */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+export class TierDetectionError extends Error {
+  public readonly service: 'postgres' | 'valkey' | 'pgvector' | 'config';
+  public readonly host: string;
+  public readonly port: number;
+  public readonly remediation: string;
+
+  constructor(opts: {
+    service: 'postgres' | 'valkey' | 'pgvector' | 'config';
+    host: string;
+    port: number;
+    remediation: string;
+    cause?: unknown;
+  }) {
+    const message =
+      `[tier-detector] ${opts.service} unreachable or unusable at ` +
+      `${opts.host}:${opts.port} — ${opts.remediation}`;
+    super(message, { cause: opts.cause });
+    this.name = 'TierDetectionError';
+    this.service = opts.service;
+    this.host = opts.host;
+    this.port = opts.port;
+    this.remediation = opts.remediation;
+  }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  URL helpers                                                        */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/** Extract host and port from a URL string, returning safe fallbacks on parse failure. */
+function parseHostPort(url: string, defaultPort: number): { host: string; port: number } {
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(url);
+    const host = parsed.hostname || 'unknown';
+    const port = parsed.port ? parseInt(parsed.port, 10) : defaultPort;
+    return { host, port };
+  } catch {
+    return { host: 'unknown', port: defaultPort };
+  }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Internal probe results                                             */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+interface ProbeResult {
+  host: string;
+  port: number;
+  durationMs: number;
+  error?: { message: string; remediation: string };
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Postgres probe                                                      */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+async function probePostgres(url: string): Promise<void> {
+  const { host, port } = parseHostPort(url, 5432);
+  let sql: ReturnType<typeof postgres> | undefined;
+  try {
+    sql = postgres(url, {
+      max: 1,
+      connect_timeout: 5,
+      idle_timeout: 5,
+    });
+    // Run a trivial query to confirm connectivity.
+    await sql`SELECT 1`;
+  } catch (cause) {
+    throw new TierDetectionError({
+      service: 'postgres',
+      host,
+      port,
+      remediation:
+        'Start Postgres: `docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d postgres-federated`',
+      cause,
+    });
+  } finally {
+    if (sql) {
+      await sql.end({ timeout: 2 }).catch(() => {
+        // Ignore cleanup errors — we already have what we need.
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function probePostgresMeasured(url: string): Promise<ProbeResult> {
+  const { host, port } = parseHostPort(url, 5432);
+  const start = Date.now();
+  let sql: ReturnType<typeof postgres> | undefined;
+  try {
+    sql = postgres(url, {
+      max: 1,
+      connect_timeout: 5,
+      idle_timeout: 5,
+    });
+    await sql`SELECT 1`;
+    return { host, port, durationMs: Date.now() - start };
+  } catch (cause) {
+    return {
+      host,
+      port,
+      durationMs: Date.now() - start,
+      error: {
+        message: cause instanceof Error ? cause.message : String(cause),
+        remediation:
+          'Start Postgres: `docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d postgres-federated`',
+      },
+    };
+  } finally {
+    if (sql) {
+      await sql.end({ timeout: 2 }).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  pgvector probe                                                      */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+async function probePgvector(url: string): Promise<void> {
+  const { host, port } = parseHostPort(url, 5432);
+  let sql: ReturnType<typeof postgres> | undefined;
+  try {
+    sql = postgres(url, {
+      max: 1,
+      connect_timeout: 5,
+      idle_timeout: 5,
+    });
+    // This succeeds whether the extension is already installed or freshly created.
+    // It errors only if the pgvector shared library is missing from the Postgres binary.
+    await sql`CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector`;
+  } catch (cause) {
+    const causeMsg = cause instanceof Error ? cause.message.toLowerCase() : '';
+    const isLibraryMissing = causeMsg.includes('extension "vector" is not available');
+    const remediation = isLibraryMissing
+      ? 'Use the `pgvector/pgvector:pg17` image, not the stock `postgres:17` image. See `docker-compose.federated.yml`.'
+      : 'The database role lacks permission to CREATE EXTENSION. Grant `CREATE` on the database, or run as a superuser.';
+    throw new TierDetectionError({
+      service: 'pgvector',
+      host,
+      port,
+      remediation,
+      cause,
+    });
+  } finally {
+    if (sql) {
+      await sql.end({ timeout: 2 }).catch(() => {
+        // Ignore cleanup errors.
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function probePgvectorMeasured(url: string): Promise<ProbeResult> {
+  const { host, port } = parseHostPort(url, 5432);
+  const start = Date.now();
+  let sql: ReturnType<typeof postgres> | undefined;
+  try {
+    sql = postgres(url, {
+      max: 1,
+      connect_timeout: 5,
+      idle_timeout: 5,
+    });
+    await sql`CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector`;
+    return { host, port, durationMs: Date.now() - start };
+  } catch (cause) {
+    const causeMsg = cause instanceof Error ? cause.message.toLowerCase() : '';
+    const isLibraryMissing = causeMsg.includes('extension "vector" is not available');
+    const remediation = isLibraryMissing
+      ? 'Use the `pgvector/pgvector:pg17` image, not the stock `postgres:17` image. See `docker-compose.federated.yml`.'
+      : 'The database role lacks permission to CREATE EXTENSION. Grant `CREATE` on the database, or run as a superuser.';
+    return {
+      host,
+      port,
+      durationMs: Date.now() - start,
+      error: { message: cause instanceof Error ? cause.message : String(cause), remediation },
+    };
+  } finally {
+    if (sql) {
+      await sql.end({ timeout: 2 }).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Valkey probe                                                        */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+const DEFAULT_VALKEY_URL = 'redis://localhost:6380';
+
+async function probeValkey(url: string): Promise<void> {
+  const { host, port } = parseHostPort(url, 6380);
+  const client = new Redis(url, {
+    enableReadyCheck: false,
+    maxRetriesPerRequest: 0,
+    retryStrategy: () => null, // no retries — fail fast
+    lazyConnect: true,
+    connectTimeout: 5000, // fail-fast: 5-second hard cap on connection attempt
+  });
+
+  try {
+    await client.connect();
+    const pong = await client.ping();
+    if (pong !== 'PONG') {
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected PING response: ${pong}`);
+    }
+  } catch (cause) {
+    throw new TierDetectionError({
+      service: 'valkey',
+      host,
+      port,
+      remediation:
+        'Start Valkey: `docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d valkey-federated`',
+      cause,
+    });
+  } finally {
+    client.disconnect();
+  }
+}
+
+async function probeValkeyMeasured(url: string): Promise<ProbeResult> {
+  const { host, port } = parseHostPort(url, 6380);
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const client = new Redis(url, {
+    enableReadyCheck: false,
+    maxRetriesPerRequest: 0,
+    retryStrategy: () => null,
+    lazyConnect: true,
+    connectTimeout: 5000,
+  });
+  try {
+    await client.connect();
+    const pong = await client.ping();
+    if (pong !== 'PONG') {
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected PING response: ${pong}`);
+    }
+    return { host, port, durationMs: Date.now() - start };
+  } catch (cause) {
+    return {
+      host,
+      port,
+      durationMs: Date.now() - start,
+      error: {
+        message: cause instanceof Error ? cause.message : String(cause),
+        remediation:
+          'Start Valkey: `docker compose -f docker-compose.federated.yml --profile federated up -d valkey-federated`',
+      },
+    };
+  } finally {
+    client.disconnect();
+  }
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  Public entry points                                                 */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+/**
+ * Assert that all services required by `config.tier` are reachable.
+ *
+ * - `local`      — no-op (PGlite is in-process; no external services).
+ * - `standalone` — assert Postgres + Valkey (if queue.type === 'bullmq').
+ * - `federated`  — assert Postgres + Valkey + pgvector installability.
+ *
+ * Throws `TierDetectionError` on the first failure with host:port and
+ * a remediation hint.
+ */
+export async function detectAndAssertTier(config: TierConfig): Promise<void> {
+  if (config.tier === 'local') {
+    // PGlite runs in-process — nothing to probe.
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const pgUrl =
+    config.storage.type === 'postgres' ? config.storage.url : 'postgresql://localhost:5432/mosaic';
+
+  const valkeyUrl =
+    config.queue.type === 'bullmq' ? (config.queue.url ?? DEFAULT_VALKEY_URL) : null;
+
+  if (config.tier === 'standalone') {
+    await probePostgres(pgUrl);
+    if (valkeyUrl) {
+      await probeValkey(valkeyUrl);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // tier === 'federated'
+  // Reject misconfigured queue upfront — federated requires bullmq + a Valkey URL.
+  if (config.queue.type !== 'bullmq') {
+    throw new TierDetectionError({
+      service: 'config',
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: 0,
+      remediation:
+        "Federated tier requires queue.type === 'bullmq'. " +
+        "Set queue: { type: 'bullmq', url: 'redis://...' } in your mosaic.config.json.",
+    });
+  }
+  const federatedValkeyUrl = config.queue.url ?? DEFAULT_VALKEY_URL;
+  await probePostgres(pgUrl);
+  await probeValkey(federatedValkeyUrl);
+  await probePgvector(pgUrl);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Non-throwing variant for `mosaic gateway doctor`.
+ *
+ * Probes ALL required services even if some fail, returning a structured report.
+ * Services not required for the current tier are reported as `skipped`.
+ *
+ * Overall status:
+ * - `green`  — all required services OK
+ * - `yellow` — all required services OK, but a non-critical check failed
+ *              (currently unused — reserved for future optional probes)
+ * - `red`    — at least one required service failed
+ */
+export async function probeServiceHealth(
+  config: TierConfig,
+  configPath?: string,
+): Promise<TierHealthReport> {
+  const tier = config.tier;
+
+  // local tier: PGlite is in-process, no external services needed.
+  if (tier === 'local') {
+    return {
+      tier,
+      configPath,
+      overall: 'green',
+      services: [
+        { name: 'postgres', status: 'skipped', durationMs: 0 },
+        { name: 'valkey', status: 'skipped', durationMs: 0 },
+        { name: 'pgvector', status: 'skipped', durationMs: 0 },
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+
+  const pgUrl =
+    config.storage.type === 'postgres' ? config.storage.url : 'postgresql://localhost:5432/mosaic';
+
+  const valkeyUrl =
+    config.queue.type === 'bullmq' ? (config.queue.url ?? DEFAULT_VALKEY_URL) : null;
+
+  const services: ServiceCheck[] = [];
+  let hasFailure = false;
+
+  if (tier === 'standalone') {
+    // Postgres — required
+    const pgResult = await probePostgresMeasured(pgUrl);
+    if (pgResult.error) {
+      hasFailure = true;
+      services.push({
+        name: 'postgres',
+        status: 'fail',
+        host: pgResult.host,
+        port: pgResult.port,
+        durationMs: pgResult.durationMs,
+        error: pgResult.error,
+      });
+    } else {
+      services.push({
+        name: 'postgres',
+        status: 'ok',
+        host: pgResult.host,
+        port: pgResult.port,
+        durationMs: pgResult.durationMs,
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Valkey — required if bullmq
+    if (valkeyUrl) {
+      const vkResult = await probeValkeyMeasured(valkeyUrl);
+      if (vkResult.error) {
+        hasFailure = true;
+        services.push({
+          name: 'valkey',
+          status: 'fail',
+          host: vkResult.host,
+          port: vkResult.port,
+          durationMs: vkResult.durationMs,
+          error: vkResult.error,
+        });
+      } else {
+        services.push({
+          name: 'valkey',
+          status: 'ok',
+          host: vkResult.host,
+          port: vkResult.port,
+          durationMs: vkResult.durationMs,
+        });
+      }
+    } else {
+      services.push({ name: 'valkey', status: 'skipped', durationMs: 0 });
+    }
+
+    // pgvector — not required for standalone
+    services.push({ name: 'pgvector', status: 'skipped', durationMs: 0 });
+
+    return {
+      tier,
+      configPath,
+      overall: hasFailure ? 'red' : 'green',
+      services,
+    };
+  }
+
+  // tier === 'federated'
+  // Postgres — required
+  const pgResult = await probePostgresMeasured(pgUrl);
+  if (pgResult.error) {
+    hasFailure = true;
+    services.push({
+      name: 'postgres',
+      status: 'fail',
+      host: pgResult.host,
+      port: pgResult.port,
+      durationMs: pgResult.durationMs,
+      error: pgResult.error,
+    });
+  } else {
+    services.push({
+      name: 'postgres',
+      status: 'ok',
+      host: pgResult.host,
+      port: pgResult.port,
+      durationMs: pgResult.durationMs,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Valkey — required for federated (queue.type must be bullmq)
+  if (config.queue.type !== 'bullmq') {
+    hasFailure = true;
+    services.push({
+      name: 'valkey',
+      status: 'fail',
+      host: 'localhost',
+      port: 0,
+      durationMs: 0,
+      error: {
+        message: "Federated tier requires queue.type === 'bullmq'",
+        remediation:
+          "Set queue: { type: 'bullmq', url: 'redis://...' } in your mosaic.config.json.",
+      },
+    });
+  } else {
+    const federatedValkeyUrl = config.queue.url ?? DEFAULT_VALKEY_URL;
+    const vkResult = await probeValkeyMeasured(federatedValkeyUrl);
+    if (vkResult.error) {
+      hasFailure = true;
+      services.push({
+        name: 'valkey',
+        status: 'fail',
+        host: vkResult.host,
+        port: vkResult.port,
+        durationMs: vkResult.durationMs,
+        error: vkResult.error,
+      });
+    } else {
+      services.push({
+        name: 'valkey',
+        status: 'ok',
+        host: vkResult.host,
+        port: vkResult.port,
+        durationMs: vkResult.durationMs,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // pgvector — required for federated
+  const pvResult = await probePgvectorMeasured(pgUrl);
+  if (pvResult.error) {
+    hasFailure = true;
+    services.push({
+      name: 'pgvector',
+      status: 'fail',
+      host: pvResult.host,
+      port: pvResult.port,
+      durationMs: pvResult.durationMs,
+      error: pvResult.error,
+    });
+  } else {
+    services.push({
+      name: 'pgvector',
+      status: 'ok',
+      host: pvResult.host,
+      port: pvResult.port,
+      durationMs: pvResult.durationMs,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return {
+    tier,
+    configPath,
+    overall: hasFailure ? 'red' : 'green',
+    services,
+  };
+}
--- a/packages/storage/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/src/types.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ export interface StorageAdapter {
 }

 export type StorageConfig =
-  | { type: 'postgres'; url: string }
+  | { type: 'postgres'; url: string; enableVector?: boolean }
  | { type: 'pglite'; dataDir?: string }
  | { type: 'files'; dataDir: string; format?: 'json' | 'md' };
--- a/packages/storage/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/storage/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    globals: true,
+    environment: 'node',
+  },
+});
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -152,12 +152,18 @@ importers:
      fastify:
        specifier: ^5.0.0
        version: 5.8.2
+      ioredis:
+        specifier: ^5.10.0
+        version: 5.10.0
      node-cron:
        specifier: ^4.2.1
        version: 4.2.1
      openai:
        specifier: ^6.32.0
        version: 6.32.0(ws@8.20.0)(zod@4.3.6)
+      postgres:
+        specifier: ^3.4.8
+        version: 3.4.8
      reflect-metadata:
        specifier: ^0.2.0
        version: 0.2.2
@@ -642,7 +648,16 @@ importers:
      commander:
        specifier: ^13.0.0
        version: 13.1.0
+      ioredis:
+        specifier: ^5.10.0
+        version: 5.10.0
+      postgres:
+        specifier: ^3.4.8
+        version: 3.4.8
    devDependencies:
+      drizzle-orm:
+        specifier: ^0.45.1
+        version: 0.45.1(@electric-sql/pglite@0.2.17)(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.0)(@types/better-sqlite3@7.6.13)(@types/pg@8.15.6)(better-sqlite3@12.8.0)(kysely@0.28.11)(postgres@3.4.8)
      typescript:
        specifier: ^5.8.0
        version: 5.9.3
@@ -689,10 +704,10 @@ importers:
    dependencies:
      '@mariozechner/pi-agent-core':
        specifier: ^0.63.1
-        version: 0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@4.3.6)
+        version: 0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@3.25.76)
      '@mariozechner/pi-ai':
        specifier: ^0.63.1
-        version: 0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@4.3.6)
+        version: 0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@3.25.76)
      '@sinclair/typebox':
        specifier: ^0.34.41
        version: 0.34.48
@@ -7250,6 +7265,12 @@ snapshots:
      '@jridgewell/gen-mapping': 0.3.13
      '@jridgewell/trace-mapping': 0.3.31

+  '@anthropic-ai/sdk@0.73.0(zod@3.25.76)':
+    dependencies:
+      json-schema-to-ts: 3.1.1
+    optionalDependencies:
+      zod: 3.25.76
+
  '@anthropic-ai/sdk@0.73.0(zod@4.3.6)':
    dependencies:
      json-schema-to-ts: 3.1.1
@@ -8591,6 +8612,18 @@ snapshots:
      - ws
      - zod

+  '@mariozechner/pi-agent-core@0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@3.25.76)':
+    dependencies:
+      '@mariozechner/pi-ai': 0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@3.25.76)
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk'
+      - aws-crt
+      - bufferutil
+      - supports-color
+      - utf-8-validate
+      - ws
+      - zod
+
  '@mariozechner/pi-agent-core@0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@4.3.6)':
    dependencies:
      '@mariozechner/pi-ai': 0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@4.3.6)
@@ -8639,6 +8672,30 @@ snapshots:
      - ws
      - zod

+  '@mariozechner/pi-ai@0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@3.25.76)':
+    dependencies:
+      '@anthropic-ai/sdk': 0.73.0(zod@3.25.76)
+      '@aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime': 3.1008.0
+      '@google/genai': 1.45.0(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))
+      '@mistralai/mistralai': 1.14.1
+      '@sinclair/typebox': 0.34.48
+      ajv: 8.18.0
+      ajv-formats: 3.0.1(ajv@8.18.0)
+      chalk: 5.6.2
+      openai: 6.26.0(ws@8.20.0)(zod@3.25.76)
+      partial-json: 0.1.7
+      proxy-agent: 6.5.0
+      undici: 7.24.3
+      zod-to-json-schema: 3.25.1(zod@3.25.76)
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk'
+      - aws-crt
+      - bufferutil
+      - supports-color
+      - utf-8-validate
+      - ws
+      - zod
+
  '@mariozechner/pi-ai@0.63.2(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.28.0(zod@4.3.6))(ws@8.20.0)(zod@4.3.6)':
    dependencies:
      '@anthropic-ai/sdk': 0.73.0(zod@4.3.6)
@@ -13134,6 +13191,11 @@ snapshots:
    dependencies:
      mimic-function: 5.0.1

+  openai@6.26.0(ws@8.20.0)(zod@3.25.76):
+    optionalDependencies:
+      ws: 8.20.0
+      zod: 3.25.76
+
  openai@6.26.0(ws@8.20.0)(zod@4.3.6):
    optionalDependencies:
      ws: 8.20.0
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