diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -56,6 +56,35 @@ This returns the oldest added payload on queue `foo` and removes it, guaranteein
 
 That's all you need to get started! 😎
 
+## Production quality gate
+
+The production TypeScript quality gate uses messcript at the pinned commit
+`4fe47bd0f15675206aedd0f22ae5eff7aeb01707`. The Node wrapper checks out that
+revision into the ignored `node_modules/.cache/queue-messcript` directory,
+installs its locked dependencies, builds it, and then runs the CLI. It does not
+affect the Deno service or its dependencies.
+
+Run a named production unit with Node 20.11 or newer:
+
+```
+npm run quality:unit -- configuration
+```
+
+The available units are `configuration`, `router`, `middleware`,
+`rate-limiter`, `queue-manager`, `persist-engine`, `http-handler`, and
+`entrypoint`. Run the complete production gate with:
+
+```
+npm run quality:production
+```
+
+Both commands use messcript's recommended `typescript` policy, including its
+default `CyclomaticComplexity` and `NPathComplexity` rules and thresholds. The
+aggregate scope is explicit: it includes only the eight production units above
+and excludes tests, mutation infrastructure, documentation, CI configuration,
+generated output, and development tooling. Findings and processing errors
+retain messcript's normal non-zero exit status.
+
 To get the number of payloads pending on a queue, send a get request to `/length/:queue`
 
 ```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "name": "queue-quality-gate",
+  "private": true,
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20.11.0"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "quality:unit": "node scripts/messcript.mjs",
+    "quality:production": "node scripts/messcript.mjs all"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/messcript.mjs b/scripts/messcript.mjs
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@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import process from "node:process";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const projectRoot = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
+const messcriptRepository = "https://github.com/quality-gates/messcript.git";
+const messcriptCommit = "4fe47bd0f15675206aedd0f22ae5eff7aeb01707";
+const toolRoot = join(projectRoot, "node_modules", ".cache", "queue-messcript");
+const buildMarker = join(toolRoot, `.built-${messcriptCommit}`);
+const messcriptCli = join(toolRoot, "dist", "cli.js");
+
+const productionUnits = new Map([
+  ["configuration", ["src/config.ts"]],
+  ["router", ["src/router.ts"]],
+  ["middleware", ["src/middleware.ts"]],
+  ["rate-limiter", ["src/rate_limiter.ts"]],
+  ["queue-manager", ["src/manager.ts"]],
+  ["persist-engine", ["src/persist.ts"]],
+  ["http-handler", ["src/handler.ts"]],
+  ["entrypoint", ["main.ts"]],
+]);
+
+function run(command, args, cwd) {
+  const result = spawnSync(command, args, {
+    cwd,
+    stdio: "inherit",
+  });
+
+  if (result.error) {
+    console.error(`Unable to run ${command}: ${result.error.message}`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  return result.status ?? 1;
+}
+
+function capture(command, args, cwd) {
+  const result = spawnSync(command, args, {
+    cwd,
+    encoding: "utf8",
+  });
+
+  if (result.error || result.status !== 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return result.stdout.trim();
+}
+
+function acquireMesscript() {
+  mkdirSync(dirname(toolRoot), { recursive: true });
+
+  if (!existsSync(join(toolRoot, ".git"))) {
+    if (existsSync(toolRoot)) {
+      throw new Error(`${toolRoot} exists but is not a Git checkout`);
+    }
+
+    const cloneExit = run("git", [
+      "clone",
+      "--quiet",
+      messcriptRepository,
+      toolRoot,
+    ], projectRoot);
+    if (cloneExit !== 0) {
+      return cloneExit;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const fetchExit = run(
+    "git",
+    ["fetch", "--quiet", "origin", messcriptCommit],
+    toolRoot,
+  );
+  if (fetchExit !== 0) {
+    return fetchExit;
+  }
+
+  const checkoutExit = run("git", [
+    "checkout",
+    "--quiet",
+    "--detach",
+    messcriptCommit,
+  ], toolRoot);
+  if (checkoutExit !== 0) {
+    return checkoutExit;
+  }
+
+  const checkedOutCommit = capture("git", ["rev-parse", "HEAD"], toolRoot);
+  if (checkedOutCommit !== messcriptCommit) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `messcript checkout is ${
+        checkedOutCommit ?? "unknown"
+      }, expected ${messcriptCommit}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!existsSync(buildMarker) || !existsSync(messcriptCli)) {
+    const installExit = run("npm", [
+      "ci",
+      "--ignore-scripts",
+      "--no-audit",
+      "--no-fund",
+    ], toolRoot);
+    if (installExit !== 0) {
+      return installExit;
+    }
+
+    const buildExit = run("npm", ["run", "build"], toolRoot);
+    if (buildExit !== 0) {
+      return buildExit;
+    }
+
+    writeFileSync(buildMarker, `${messcriptCommit}\n`);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+function requestedPaths(unitName) {
+  if (unitName === "all") {
+    return [...productionUnits.values()].flat();
+  }
+
+  const paths = productionUnits.get(unitName);
+  if (!paths) {
+    const names = [...productionUnits.keys(), "all"].join(", ");
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unknown production unit '${unitName}'. Choose one of: ${names}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return paths;
+}
+
+const unitName = process.argv[2] ?? "all";
+
+try {
+  const paths = requestedPaths(unitName);
+  const acquireExit = acquireMesscript();
+  if (acquireExit !== 0) {
+    process.exitCode = acquireExit;
+  } else {
+    process.exitCode = run(
+      "node",
+      [messcriptCli, paths.join(","), "text", "typescript", "--color=never"],
+      projectRoot,
+    );
+  }
+} catch (error) {
+  console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.message : error);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+}