diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0000_sloppy_stryfe.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0000_living_namora.sql
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/db/migrations/0000_sloppy_stryfe.sql
rename to packages/db/migrations/0000_living_namora.sql
index 10388f6..2025fd3 100644
--- a/packages/db/migrations/0000_sloppy_stryfe.sql
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0000_living_namora.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
+CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;--> statement-breakpoint
+CREATE SCHEMA "chat";
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE SCHEMA "pdf";
 --> statement-breakpoint
+CREATE SCHEMA "image";
+--> statement-breakpoint
+CREATE SCHEMA "mesh";
+--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TYPE "public"."credit_transaction_type" AS ENUM('signup', 'purchase', 'usage', 'admin_grant', 'admin_deduct', 'refund', 'promo', 'referral', 'expiry');--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TYPE "public"."status" AS ENUM('active', 'canceled', 'incomplete', 'incomplete_expired', 'past_due', 'paused', 'trialing', 'unpaid');--> statement-breakpoint
 CREATE TYPE "public"."plan" AS ENUM('free', 'premium', 'enterprise');--> statement-breakpoint
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/meta/0000_snapshot.json b/packages/db/migrations/meta/0000_snapshot.json
index 7e4f549..3e4de35 100644
--- a/packages/db/migrations/meta/0000_snapshot.json
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/meta/0000_snapshot.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "id": "f8d7bddc-1efc-4f4a-8ebb-e8278508656e",
+  "id": "a1b0192f-d300-48eb-8f1d-e76c65b030dc",
   "prevId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
   "version": "7",
   "dialect": "postgresql",
@@ -2792,7 +2792,10 @@
     }
   },
   "schemas": {
-    "pdf": "pdf"
+    "chat": "chat",
+    "pdf": "pdf",
+    "image": "image",
+    "mesh": "mesh"
   },
   "sequences": {},
   "roles": {},
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/meta/_journal.json b/packages/db/migrations/meta/_journal.json
index 0211a3c..a61b7fa 100644
--- a/packages/db/migrations/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/meta/_journal.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     {
       "idx": 0,
       "version": "7",
-      "when": 1775335397081,
-      "tag": "0000_sloppy_stryfe",
+      "when": 1775336269295,
+      "tag": "0000_living_namora",
       "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema/chat.ts b/packages/db/src/schema/chat.ts
index 00b60c3..59ef694 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema/chat.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema/chat.ts
@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ import { createInsertSchema, createSelectSchema } from "../utils/drizzle-zod";
 
 import { user } from "./auth";
 
-export const schema = pgSchema("chat");
+// Uniquely-named pgSchema export (not `schema`) so drizzle-kit can
+// introspect it through the `export * from "./chat"` barrel. See
+// mesh.ts for the full rationale.
+export const chatSchema = pgSchema("chat");
 
-export const messageRoleEnum = schema.enum("role", [
+export const messageRoleEnum = chatSchema.enum("role", [
   "system",
   "assistant",
   "user",
 ]);
 
-export const chat = schema.table("chat", {
+export const chat = chatSchema.table("chat", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   name: text(),
   userId: text()
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ export const chat = schema.table("chat", {
   createdAt: timestamp().defaultNow(),
 });
 
-export const message = schema.table("message", {
+export const message = chatSchema.table("message", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   chatId: text()
     .references(() => chat.id, { onDelete: "cascade", onUpdate: "cascade" })
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ export const messageRelations = relations(message, ({ many }) => ({
   part: many(part),
 }));
 
-export const part = schema.table("part", {
+export const part = chatSchema.table("part", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   messageId: text()
     .references(() => message.id, { onDelete: "cascade", onUpdate: "cascade" })
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema/image.ts b/packages/db/src/schema/image.ts
index 67c33fa..9676c5a 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema/image.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema/image.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@ import { createInsertSchema, createSelectSchema } from "../utils/drizzle-zod";
 
 import { user } from "./auth";
 
-export const schema = pgSchema("image");
+// Uniquely-named pgSchema export — see mesh.ts for rationale.
+export const imageSchema = pgSchema("image");
 
-export const aspectRatioEnum = schema.enum("aspect_ratio", [
+export const aspectRatioEnum = imageSchema.enum("aspect_ratio", [
   "square",
   "standard",
   "landscape",
   "portrait",
 ]);
 
-export const generation = schema.table("generation", {
+export const generation = imageSchema.table("generation", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   prompt: text().notNull(),
   model: text().notNull(),
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export const generationRelations = relations(generation, ({ many }) => ({
   image: many(image),
 }));
 
-export const image = schema.table("image", {
+export const image = imageSchema.table("image", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   generationId: text()
     .references(() => generation.id, {
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema/mesh.ts b/packages/db/src/schema/mesh.ts
index 302559a..78a1d30 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema/mesh.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema/mesh.ts
@@ -13,41 +13,54 @@ import { createInsertSchema, createSelectSchema } from "../utils/drizzle-zod";
 
 import { user } from "./auth";
 
-export const schema = pgSchema("mesh");
+/**
+ * pgSchema namespace for all mesh/broker tables.
+ *
+ * Exported under a UNIQUE name (not generic `schema`) to avoid being
+ * shadowed by `export * from` barrel merging when another module
+ * (chat, image) exports its own `schema` pgSchema. Without this, the
+ * TS ambiguous-re-export rule silently drops the `schema` binding,
+ * drizzle-kit can't introspect the pgSchema, and `CREATE SCHEMA
+ * "mesh"` is never emitted in the generated migration — producing
+ * broken migrations for fresh databases.
+ *
+ * See: pdf.ts for the same pattern (pdfSchema).
+ */
+export const meshSchema = pgSchema("mesh");
 
-export const meshVisibilityEnum = schema.enum("visibility", [
+export const meshVisibilityEnum = meshSchema.enum("visibility", [
   "private",
   "public",
 ]);
 
-export const meshTransportEnum = schema.enum("transport", [
+export const meshTransportEnum = meshSchema.enum("transport", [
   "managed",
   "tailscale",
   "self_hosted",
 ]);
 
-export const meshTierEnum = schema.enum("tier", [
+export const meshTierEnum = meshSchema.enum("tier", [
   "free",
   "pro",
   "team",
   "enterprise",
 ]);
 
-export const meshRoleEnum = schema.enum("role", ["admin", "member"]);
+export const meshRoleEnum = meshSchema.enum("role", ["admin", "member"]);
 
-export const presenceStatusEnum = schema.enum("presence_status", [
+export const presenceStatusEnum = meshSchema.enum("presence_status", [
   "idle",
   "working",
   "dnd",
 ]);
 
-export const presenceStatusSourceEnum = schema.enum("presence_status_source", [
+export const presenceStatusSourceEnum = meshSchema.enum("presence_status_source", [
   "hook",
   "manual",
   "jsonl",
 ]);
 
-export const messagePriorityEnum = schema.enum("message_priority", [
+export const messagePriorityEnum = meshSchema.enum("message_priority", [
   "now",
   "next",
   "low",
@@ -58,7 +71,7 @@ export const messagePriorityEnum = schema.enum("message_priority", [
  * other via the broker. Ownership is tied to a user; transport/tier
  * describe how it's hosted and billed.
  */
-export const mesh = schema.table("mesh", {
+export const mesh = meshSchema.table("mesh", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   name: text().notNull(),
   slug: text().notNull().unique(),
@@ -76,8 +89,15 @@ export const mesh = schema.table("mesh", {
 /**
  * A member is a peer that has joined a mesh. user_id is nullable to
  * allow anonymous/invite-only peers (identity is the ed25519 pubkey).
+ *
+ * Note on asymmetric naming: the DB table is `mesh.member` (short,
+ * lives in the `mesh` pgSchema) but the TS export is `meshMember`.
+ * This is deliberate — `auth.member` also exports a `member` binding,
+ * and the schema barrel uses `export *`, which would silently drop
+ * one of the two on collision. Unique TS name + short DB name is the
+ * cleanest trade-off.
  */
-export const meshMember = schema.table("member", {
+export const meshMember = meshSchema.table("member", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   meshId: text()
     .references(() => mesh.id, { onDelete: "cascade", onUpdate: "cascade" })
@@ -97,7 +117,7 @@ export const meshMember = schema.table("member", {
 /**
  * Invite tokens used to join a mesh via shareable URL.
  */
-export const invite = schema.table("invite", {
+export const invite = meshSchema.table("invite", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   meshId: text()
     .references(() => mesh.id, { onDelete: "cascade", onUpdate: "cascade" })
@@ -119,7 +139,7 @@ export const invite = schema.table("invite", {
  * payload between peers is E2E encrypted client-side (libsodium), so
  * the broker/DB only ever see ciphertext + routing events.
  */
-export const auditLog = schema.table("audit_log", {
+export const auditLog = meshSchema.table("audit_log", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   meshId: text()
     .references(() => mesh.id, { onDelete: "cascade", onUpdate: "cascade" })
@@ -137,7 +157,7 @@ export const auditLog = schema.table("audit_log", {
  * heartbeat/hook signal, closed out (disconnectedAt set) on disconnect.
  * Persisted so the broker can resume state after a restart.
  */
-export const presence = schema.table("presence", {
+export const presence = meshSchema.table("presence", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   memberId: text()
     .references(() => meshMember.id, { onDelete: "cascade", onUpdate: "cascade" })
@@ -162,7 +182,7 @@ export const presence = schema.table("presence", {
  * pubkey (direct message), a channel (`#general`), a tag (`tag:admins`),
  * or a broadcast (`*`). Resolution happens in broker logic, not SQL.
  */
-export const messageQueue = schema.table("message_queue", {
+export const messageQueue = meshSchema.table("message_queue", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   meshId: text()
     .references(() => mesh.id, { onDelete: "cascade", onUpdate: "cascade" })
@@ -187,7 +207,7 @@ export const messageQueue = schema.table("message_queue", {
  * Intentionally NOT linked to member/mesh via FK — the whole point is
  * that no member row exists yet when the hook fires.
  */
-export const pendingStatus = schema.table("pending_status", {
+export const pendingStatus = meshSchema.table("pending_status", {
   id: text().primaryKey().notNull().$defaultFn(generateId),
   pid: integer().notNull(),
   cwd: text().notNull(),