diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea1257a..03b3b5b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     "./field-semantics": {
       "types": "./src/field-semantics.ts",
       "default": "./src/field-semantics.ts"
+    },
+    "./crdt-automerge": {
+      "types": "./src/crdt-automerge.ts",
+      "default": "./src/crdt-automerge.ts"
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
@@ -22,5 +26,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^24",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@automerge/automerge": "^3.3.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/crdt-automerge.ts b/src/crdt-automerge.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2dc9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crdt-automerge.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import * as Automerge from "@automerge/automerge";
+
+export type CaminoCrdtEncoding = "base64";
+
+export type CaminoCrdtEnvelope = {
+  $caminoCrdtType: string;
+  $caminoCrdtEncoding: CaminoCrdtEncoding;
+  $caminoCrdtPayload: string;
+};
+
+type AutomergeFieldDoc = {
+  value: unknown;
+};
+
+const bytesToBase64 = (value: Uint8Array) =>
+  Buffer.from(value).toString("base64");
+
+const base64ToBytes = (value: string) => Buffer.from(value, "base64");
+
+export const isCaminoCrdtEnvelope = (
+  value: unknown,
+): value is CaminoCrdtEnvelope =>
+  Boolean(value) &&
+  typeof value === "object" &&
+  !Array.isArray(value) &&
+  typeof (value as { $caminoCrdtType?: unknown }).$caminoCrdtType ===
+    "string" &&
+  typeof (value as { $caminoCrdtPayload?: unknown }).$caminoCrdtPayload ===
+    "string" &&
+  ((value as { $caminoCrdtEncoding?: unknown }).$caminoCrdtEncoding ===
+    undefined ||
+    (value as { $caminoCrdtEncoding?: unknown }).$caminoCrdtEncoding ===
+      "base64");
+
+const assertEnvelopeType = (value: CaminoCrdtEnvelope, type: string) => {
+  if (value.$caminoCrdtType !== type) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `CRDT type mismatch: expected ${type}, got ${value.$caminoCrdtType}`,
+    );
+  }
+};
+
+export const loadAutomergeFieldDoc = (
+  value: CaminoCrdtEnvelope,
+  type: string,
+): Automerge.Doc<AutomergeFieldDoc> => {
+  assertEnvelopeType(value, type);
+  return Automerge.load<AutomergeFieldDoc>(
+    base64ToBytes(value.$caminoCrdtPayload),
+  );
+};
+
+export const saveAutomergeFieldDoc = (
+  doc: Automerge.Doc<AutomergeFieldDoc>,
+  type: string,
+): CaminoCrdtEnvelope => ({
+  $caminoCrdtType: type,
+  $caminoCrdtEncoding: "base64",
+  $caminoCrdtPayload: bytesToBase64(Automerge.save(doc)),
+});
+
+export const createAutomergeFieldValue = (
+  value: unknown,
+  type: string,
+): CaminoCrdtEnvelope =>
+  saveAutomergeFieldDoc(Automerge.from<AutomergeFieldDoc>({ value }), type);
+
+export const normalizeAutomergeFieldValue = (
+  value: unknown,
+  type: string,
+): CaminoCrdtEnvelope => {
+  if (isCaminoCrdtEnvelope(value)) {
+    return saveAutomergeFieldDoc(loadAutomergeFieldDoc(value, type), type);
+  }
+  return createAutomergeFieldValue(value, type);
+};
+
+export const materializeAutomergeFieldValue = (
+  value: CaminoCrdtEnvelope,
+  type: string,
+) => loadAutomergeFieldDoc(value, type).value;
+
+export type MergeAutomergeFieldValueParams = {
+  existing?: unknown;
+  incoming: unknown;
+  type: string;
+};
+
+export type MergeAutomergeFieldValueResult = {
+  stored: CaminoCrdtEnvelope;
+  materialized: unknown;
+};
+
+export const mergeAutomergeFieldValues = ({
+  existing,
+  incoming,
+  type,
+}: MergeAutomergeFieldValueParams): MergeAutomergeFieldValueResult => {
+  const incomingDoc = loadAutomergeFieldDoc(
+    normalizeAutomergeFieldValue(incoming, type),
+    type,
+  );
+  const mergedDoc =
+    existing === undefined || existing === null
+      ? incomingDoc
+      : Automerge.merge(
+          loadAutomergeFieldDoc(normalizeAutomergeFieldValue(existing, type), type),
+          incomingDoc,
+        );
+  const stored = saveAutomergeFieldDoc(mergedDoc, type);
+  return {
+    stored,
+    materialized: mergedDoc.value,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f6f9996..fabe335 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export * from "./field-semantics.js";
+export * from "./crdt-automerge.js";
diff --git a/test/crdt-automerge.test.ts b/test/crdt-automerge.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28d7733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/crdt-automerge.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import * as Automerge from "@automerge/automerge";
+import {
+  createAutomergeFieldValue,
+  loadAutomergeFieldDoc,
+  materializeAutomergeFieldValue,
+  mergeAutomergeFieldValues,
+  saveAutomergeFieldDoc,
+} from "../src/crdt-automerge.js";
+
+const type = "camino.CrdtJson";
+
+test("Automerge CRDT fields lift plain values into stored envelopes", () => {
+  const stored = createAutomergeFieldValue({ title: "draft" }, type);
+
+  assert.equal(stored.$caminoCrdtType, type);
+  assert.equal(stored.$caminoCrdtEncoding, "base64");
+  assert.deepEqual(materializeAutomergeFieldValue(stored, type), {
+    title: "draft",
+  });
+});
+
+test("Automerge CRDT fields merge divergent saved documents", () => {
+  const base = loadAutomergeFieldDoc(
+    createAutomergeFieldValue({ left: false, right: false }, type),
+    type,
+  );
+  const left = Automerge.change(Automerge.clone(base, "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"), (doc) => {
+    (doc.value as { left: boolean }).left = true;
+  });
+  const right = Automerge.change(Automerge.clone(base, "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"), (doc) => {
+    (doc.value as { right: boolean }).right = true;
+  });
+
+  const result = mergeAutomergeFieldValues({
+    existing: saveAutomergeFieldDoc(left, type),
+    incoming: saveAutomergeFieldDoc(right, type),
+    type,
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(result.materialized, { left: true, right: true });
+  assert.deepEqual(materializeAutomergeFieldValue(result.stored, type), {
+    left: true,
+    right: true,
+  });
+});
diff --git a/yarn-project.nix b/yarn-project.nix
index 6b20fb6..103af6b 100644
--- a/yarn-project.nix
+++ b/yarn-project.nix
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ let
   overriddenProject = optionalOverride overrideAttrs project;
 
 cacheEntries = {
+"@automerge/automerge@npm:3.3.0" = { filename = "@automerge-automerge-npm-3.3.0-3f6661ca17-74b3a8ef9e.zip"; hash = "sha512-dLOo7548v0B2DomHJ+za1RKOUv0rBTgJRUrnsrhbTsZHw8uipjXNv4MfIxVzGtQl2jenhLeb8TvIbsKKfpKv8g=="; };
 "@types/node@npm:24.13.3" = { filename = "@types-node-npm-24.13.3-b512a0bbeb-a5bc08f49b.zip"; hash = "sha512-pbwI9JuVgdzcqQ4CzXcZejx5mECAdmSULlzVFhpVPU0q6AZPfjKUQQ10jX0Ji1wYSL5/pQwG8pxBk6sWvk5Z6w=="; };
 "typescript@npm:5.9.3" = { filename = "typescript-npm-5.9.3-48715be868-6bd7552ce3.zip"; hash = "sha512-a9dVLOOfl+cR21qgSPb5mVtT8cUvfYZnwavcFwDGinajCPV5zTCc5rU2Rt606aG+fIE6k7qvCijM1TajAnDhxQ=="; };
 "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A5.9.3#optional!builtin<compat/typescript>::version=5.9.3&hash=5786d5" = { filename = "typescript-patch-6fda4d02cf-ad09fdf7a7.zip"; hash = "sha512-rQn996dWgU3OZbxgwWV7QNREUTRoWO6iMOEPLpWiidkYO24y5cEelazAzMIUtPNiidytS/GIawrbhNcR0zakMA=="; };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0a384ed..8163127 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@ __metadata:
   version: 9
   cacheKey: 10c0
 
+"@automerge/automerge@npm:^3.3.0":
+  version: 3.3.0
+  resolution: "@automerge/automerge@npm:3.3.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/74b3a8ef9e3cbf40760e898727ecdad5128e52fd2b053809454ae7b2b85b4ec647c3cba2a635cdbf831f2315731ad425da37a784b79bf13bc86ec28a7e92aff2
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@quixos/camino-datatypes@workspace:.":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@quixos/camino-datatypes@workspace:."
   dependencies:
+    "@automerge/automerge": "npm:^3.3.0"
     "@types/node": "npm:^24"
     typescript: "npm:^5.9.3"
   languageName: unknown