diff --git a/docs/adr/0003-distribute-prebuilt-worker-bundles.md b/docs/adr/0003-distribute-prebuilt-worker-bundles.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d5c084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/adr/0003-distribute-prebuilt-worker-bundles.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Distribute pre-built worker bundles inside `@tabmesh/core`
+
+`@tabmesh/core` ships a pre-built `dist/worker.js` (the SharedWorker entry) and `dist/sw.js` (the Service Worker entry) alongside its library code. Consumers copy these files to their app's static-asset directory and TabMesh's `workerUrl` / `serviceWorker.scriptUrl` config points at the served paths. The README documents the one-line copy step for Vite, Webpack, and Next.
+
+We chose this over a Vite plugin or runtime Blob-URL inlining because pre-built files + a documented copy step is the lowest-friction option that works in every bundler and respects strict Content Security Policies.
+
+## Considered Options
+
+- **Pre-built bundles in `dist/` (chosen)**: Works in any bundler. CSP-friendly (served from the app origin). One manual copy step.
+- **`@tabmesh/vite-plugin`**: Best DX for the ~70% of users on Vite. But adds a package to maintain and doesn't help Webpack / Next / esbuild / Rollup users — who would still need the manual path. We would also still need to ship the pre-built file for the plugin to copy.
+- **Runtime Blob URL**: Bundle the worker source as a string and `URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([...]))` at runtime. Zero copy steps. But strict CSPs reject `blob:` worker sources, and `SharedWorker` from a Blob URL has spec edge cases (named workers across tabs may not coalesce reliably).
+
+## Consequences
+
+- The `dist/` layout for `@tabmesh/core` becomes part of the public contract. Renaming `dist/worker.js` is a breaking change.
+- Users who upgrade `@tabmesh/core` to a version with a worker-protocol change must remember to re-copy the file. The `workerVersion` config (PR #11) makes this less catastrophic — old tabs talk to the old worker until reload.
+- Build pipeline must run the worker/SW esbuild steps before `vite build` of the core package, and the resulting files must be included in `files` in `package.json`.
+- A future Vite plugin can layer on top of this without breaking changes — it would just copy the same pre-built files.
diff --git a/docs/adr/0004-vitepress-single-site-at-tabmesh-dev.md b/docs/adr/0004-vitepress-single-site-at-tabmesh-dev.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..418a1b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/adr/0004-vitepress-single-site-at-tabmesh-dev.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Single VitePress site at tabmesh.dev for docs, roadmap, and playground
+
+The TabMesh public surface (landing, guides, API reference, ADRs, roadmap, and the interactive playground) lives in a single VitePress site deployed to `tabmesh.dev` via Vercel. The current React playground (`packages/playground`) is embedded as an iframe inside a `/playground` route rather than re-implemented as a VitePress component, which keeps the existing Playwright e2e suite pointed at an unchanged target.
+
+We chose VitePress over Docusaurus, Nextra, and Mintlify because it shares the Vite/TypeScript stack already used everywhere else in the repo, has zero per-page hosting cost, and gives the same single-domain navigation experience that Vite, Vitest, and Vue's own sites use.
+
+## Considered Options
+
+- **VitePress, single site, iframe playground (chosen)**: One Vercel deploy, one repo, sidebar nav covers docs/roadmap/playground uniformly. Iframe means the playground stays a separate Vite app that tests can drive directly.
+- **Docusaurus**: more popular and React-native, but heavier (Webpack-based vs Vite-based), and pulling in a React docs framework when our playground happens to be React but the rest of the repo is build-tool-agnostic feels arbitrary. Plugin ecosystem is broader, which we don't currently need.
+- **Mintlify**: best out-of-the-box design and search. Hosted SaaS — gives up ownership of the deploy pipeline and the content lives in their format. Vendor lock-in is the main reason to skip for an OSS library.
+- **Nextra (Next.js + MDX)**: solid choice for MDX-first docs. Adds a Next.js dependency we wouldn't otherwise need. Probably overkill for the size of the docs.
+- **Two deploys (docs at root, playground at app.tabmesh.dev)**: avoids the iframe but doubles the deploy pipeline and breaks unified search/navigation. Net negative.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- The docs source lives in `docs/` (which already exists for ADRs). VitePress reads this directory; ADRs become a site section automatically rather than internal-only.
+- Custom components in the docs site (interactive examples beyond the playground) must be Vue-flavored, since VitePress is Vue under the hood. For a small library this is fine; if we later want richer interactive content we'd evaluate the migration cost again.
+- The playground iframe means cross-frame `postMessage` is the only escape hatch if the docs site ever needs to talk to the playground (e.g., "click here to load this todo into the playground"). Not currently planned.
+- Vercel deploy is configured at the repo root; build command runs the docs build (`pnpm --filter ./docs build` or similar) plus the playground's existing build. Both static-asset directories are merged at deploy time.
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index ef52af6..2fd0700 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -40,20 +40,21 @@
     "./service-worker": {
       "import": "./dist/service-worker/index.js",
       "types": "./dist/service-worker/index.d.ts"
-    }
+    },
+    "./worker.js": "./dist/tabmesh-worker.js",
+    "./sw.js": "./dist/tabmesh-sw.js"
   },
   "files": ["dist"],
   "sideEffects": false,
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "rm -rf dist tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && tsc && vite build",
+    "build": "rm -rf dist tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && tsc && vite build && node scripts/build-bundles.mjs",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "test": "vitest",
     "test:coverage": "vitest --coverage"
   },
-  "peerDependencies": {},
-  "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^20.11.0",
+    "esbuild": "^0.28.0",
     "jsdom": "^23.0.0",
     "typescript": "^5.2.0",
     "vite": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/scripts/build-bundles.mjs b/packages/core/scripts/build-bundles.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46e627b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/scripts/build-bundles.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Bundles the SharedWorker and Service Worker entry points into single-file
+ * IIFEs that ship as part of `@tabmesh/core`'s `dist/`. Consumers copy these
+ * files to their app's static-asset directory (e.g. `public/`) and point
+ * TabMesh's `workerUrl` / `serviceWorker.scriptUrl` at the served paths.
+ *
+ * Usage: node scripts/build-bundles.mjs
+ *
+ * Why bundled IIFEs and not ESM:
+ * - SharedWorker / ServiceWorker constructors accept a script URL. The
+ *   browser fetches and parses that script; ESM imports inside it would
+ *   require classic-vs-module worker types that vary across environments.
+ *   IIFE is the simplest format that "just works" everywhere.
+ *
+ * See: docs/adr/0003-distribute-prebuilt-worker-bundles.md
+ */
+
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { build } from 'esbuild';
+
+const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const root = resolve(here, '..');
+
+const targets = [
+  {
+    entry: resolve(root, 'src/worker/tabmesh-worker.ts'),
+    outfile: resolve(root, 'dist/tabmesh-worker.js'),
+  },
+  {
+    entry: resolve(root, 'src/service-worker/tabmesh-sw.ts'),
+    outfile: resolve(root, 'dist/tabmesh-sw.js'),
+  },
+];
+
+await Promise.all(
+  targets.map((t) =>
+    build({
+      entryPoints: [t.entry],
+      bundle: true,
+      format: 'iife',
+      target: 'es2020',
+      outfile: t.outfile,
+      sourcemap: false,
+      legalComments: 'none',
+      logLevel: 'info',
+    })
+  )
+);
diff --git a/packages/playground/public/tabmesh-sw.js b/packages/playground/public/tabmesh-sw.js
index 3a64756..dae6bfa 100644
--- a/packages/playground/public/tabmesh-sw.js
+++ b/packages/playground/public/tabmesh-sw.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 (() => {
-  // ../core/src/service-worker/tabmesh-sw.ts
+  // src/service-worker/tabmesh-sw.ts
   var config = null;
   var STORE_NAME = "events";
   var SYNC_TAG_PREFIX = "tabmesh-sync:";
diff --git a/packages/playground/public/tabmesh-worker.js b/packages/playground/public/tabmesh-worker.js
index 1995909..fc9b735 100644
--- a/packages/playground/public/tabmesh-worker.js
+++ b/packages/playground/public/tabmesh-worker.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 (() => {
-  // ../core/src/storage/EventOutbox.ts
+  // src/storage/EventOutbox.ts
   var STORE_NAME = "events";
   var DB_VERSION = 1;
   var DEFAULTS = {
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@
     }
   };
 
-  // ../core/src/types.ts
+  // src/types.ts
   var PROTOCOL_VERSION = 1;
 
-  // ../core/src/worker/tabmesh-worker.ts
+  // src/worker/tabmesh-worker.ts
   var ports = /* @__PURE__ */ new Map();
   var drainScheduled = false;
   var drainRunning = false;
diff --git a/packages/playground/scripts/build-sw.mjs b/packages/playground/scripts/build-sw.mjs
index b2a1bfb..a2f618d 100644
--- a/packages/playground/scripts/build-sw.mjs
+++ b/packages/playground/scripts/build-sw.mjs
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 /**
- * Bundles the Service Worker entry from @tabmesh/core into a single IIFE
- * served at /tabmesh-sw.js. Run after touching core/src/service-worker/*.
+ * Copies the pre-built Service Worker bundle from `@tabmesh/core` into
+ * the playground's `public/`. The actual bundling lives in
+ * `packages/core/scripts/build-bundles.mjs` so the playground and external
+ * consumers pull from the same source of truth.
  *
  * Usage: node scripts/build-sw.mjs
+ *
+ * Requires `@tabmesh/core` to be built first.
  */
 
+import { copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { build } from 'esbuild';
 
 const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const root = resolve(here, '..');
-const entry = resolve(root, '../core/src/service-worker/tabmesh-sw.ts');
-const outfile = resolve(root, 'public/tabmesh-sw.js');
+const src = resolve(root, '../core/dist/tabmesh-sw.js');
+const dest = resolve(root, 'public/tabmesh-sw.js');
+
+if (!existsSync(src)) {
+  console.error(`[build-sw] Missing ${src}. Run \`pnpm --filter @tabmesh/core build\` first.`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
 
-await build({
-  entryPoints: [entry],
-  bundle: true,
-  format: 'iife',
-  target: 'es2020',
-  outfile,
-  sourcemap: false,
-  legalComments: 'none',
-  logLevel: 'info',
-});
+mkdirSync(dirname(dest), { recursive: true });
+copyFileSync(src, dest);
+console.log(`[build-sw] copied ${src} → ${dest}`);
diff --git a/packages/playground/scripts/build-worker.mjs b/packages/playground/scripts/build-worker.mjs
index e1a1dfa..435fbeb 100644
--- a/packages/playground/scripts/build-worker.mjs
+++ b/packages/playground/scripts/build-worker.mjs
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
 /**
- * Bundles the SharedWorker entry from @tabmesh/core into a single IIFE
- * served at /tabmesh-worker.js. Run after touching core/src/worker/*.
+ * Copies the pre-built SharedWorker bundle from `@tabmesh/core` into the
+ * playground's `public/`. The actual bundling lives in
+ * `packages/core/scripts/build-bundles.mjs` so the playground and external
+ * consumers pull from the same source of truth.
  *
  * Usage: node scripts/build-worker.mjs
+ *
+ * Requires `@tabmesh/core` to be built first — `pnpm --filter
+ * "@tabmesh/playground^..." build` does that as part of the e2e pipeline.
  */
 
+import { copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { build } from 'esbuild';
 
 const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const root = resolve(here, '..');
-const entry = resolve(root, '../core/src/worker/tabmesh-worker.ts');
-const outfile = resolve(root, 'public/tabmesh-worker.js');
+const src = resolve(root, '../core/dist/tabmesh-worker.js');
+const dest = resolve(root, 'public/tabmesh-worker.js');
+
+if (!existsSync(src)) {
+  console.error(`[build-worker] Missing ${src}. Run \`pnpm --filter @tabmesh/core build\` first.`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
 
-await build({
-  entryPoints: [entry],
-  bundle: true,
-  format: 'iife',
-  target: 'es2020',
-  outfile,
-  sourcemap: false,
-  legalComments: 'none',
-  logLevel: 'info',
-});
+mkdirSync(dirname(dest), { recursive: true });
+copyFileSync(src, dest);
+console.log(`[build-worker] copied ${src} → ${dest}`);
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0145b29..33b0c04 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ importers:
       '@types/node':
         specifier: ^20.11.0
         version: 20.19.39
+      esbuild:
+        specifier: ^0.28.0
+        version: 0.28.0
       jsdom:
         specifier: ^23.0.0
         version: 23.2.0