diff --git a/crates/khive-runtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/khive-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 9093b839..e3623dd1 100644
--- a/crates/khive-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/khive-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ chrono = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 lattice-embed = { workspace = true }
+parking_lot = { workspace = true }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.33" }
 tempfile = "3"
 
diff --git a/crates/khive-runtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/khive-runtime/src/lib.rs
index 3cec2b3b..4e39ffda 100644
--- a/crates/khive-runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/khive-runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub mod fusion;
 pub mod graph_traversal;
 pub mod objectives;
 pub mod operations;
+pub mod registry;
 pub mod pack;
 pub mod portability;
 pub mod retrieval;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ pub use objectives::{
     VectorSimilarityObjective,
 };
 pub use operations::{NoteSearchHit, QueryResult, Resolved};
+pub use registry::{ObjectiveRegistry, RegisteredObjective};
 pub use pack::{
     DispatchHook, KindHook, PackFactory, PackRegistration, PackRegistry, PackRuntime, VerbRegistry,
     VerbRegistryBuilder,
diff --git a/crates/khive-runtime/src/registry.rs b/crates/khive-runtime/src/registry.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfab6f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/khive-runtime/src/registry.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+//! Objective registry for dynamic dispatch.
+//!
+//! Runtime infrastructure: named registration, lookup, defaults.
+//! Lives in khive-runtime (not khive-fold) per ADR-058.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use parking_lot::RwLock;
+
+use khive_fold::objective::{Objective, ObjectiveContext, ObjectiveError, ObjectiveResult, Selection};
+
+/// A type-erased objective wrapper.
+pub struct RegisteredObjective<T: Send + Sync> {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub description: Option<String>,
+    objective: Box<dyn Objective<T>>,
+}
+
+impl<T: Send + Sync> fmt::Debug for RegisteredObjective<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("RegisteredObjective")
+            .field("name", &self.name)
+            .field("description", &self.description)
+            .finish_non_exhaustive()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Send + Sync> RegisteredObjective<T> {
+    pub fn new(name: impl Into<String>, objective: Box<dyn Objective<T>>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            name: name.into(),
+            description: None,
+            objective,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_description(mut self, desc: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        self.description = Some(desc.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Raw score (no precision weighting). Use `select()` for ranked selection
+    /// that applies `score * precision` per ADR-059.
+    pub fn score(&self, candidate: &T, context: &ObjectiveContext) -> f64 {
+        self.objective.score(candidate, context)
+    }
+
+    pub fn select<'a>(
+        &self,
+        candidates: &'a [T],
+        context: &ObjectiveContext,
+    ) -> ObjectiveResult<Selection<&'a T>> {
+        self.objective.select(candidates, context)
+    }
+}
+
+struct RegistryInner<T: Send + Sync> {
+    objectives: HashMap<String, Arc<RegisteredObjective<T>>>,
+    default: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Registry of named objectives.
+///
+/// Thread-safe: all operations are behind a single `RwLock`.
+pub struct ObjectiveRegistry<T: Send + Sync> {
+    inner: RwLock<RegistryInner<T>>,
+}
+
+impl<T: Send + Sync> fmt::Debug for ObjectiveRegistry<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        let inner = self.inner.read();
+        f.debug_struct("ObjectiveRegistry")
+            .field("count", &inner.objectives.len())
+            .field("default", &inner.default)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Send + Sync> Default for ObjectiveRegistry<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Send + Sync> ObjectiveRegistry<T> {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: RwLock::new(RegistryInner {
+                objectives: HashMap::new(),
+                default: None,
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn register(
+        &self,
+        name: impl Into<String>,
+        objective: Box<dyn Objective<T>>,
+    ) -> Option<Arc<RegisteredObjective<T>>> {
+        let name = name.into();
+        let registered = Arc::new(RegisteredObjective::new(name.clone(), objective));
+        self.inner.write().objectives.insert(name, registered)
+    }
+
+    pub fn register_with_desc(
+        &self,
+        name: impl Into<String>,
+        description: impl Into<String>,
+        objective: Box<dyn Objective<T>>,
+    ) -> Option<Arc<RegisteredObjective<T>>> {
+        let name = name.into();
+        let registered = Arc::new(
+            RegisteredObjective::new(name.clone(), objective).with_description(description),
+        );
+        self.inner.write().objectives.insert(name, registered)
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_default(&self, name: impl Into<String>) -> ObjectiveResult<()> {
+        let name = name.into();
+        let mut inner = self.inner.write();
+        if !inner.objectives.contains_key(&name) {
+            return Err(ObjectiveError::NotFound(name));
+        }
+        inner.default = Some(name);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get(&self, name: &str) -> ObjectiveResult<Arc<RegisteredObjective<T>>> {
+        self.inner
+            .read()
+            .objectives
+            .get(name)
+            .cloned()
+            .ok_or_else(|| ObjectiveError::NotFound(name.to_string()))
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_default(&self) -> ObjectiveResult<Arc<RegisteredObjective<T>>> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read();
+        match inner.default.as_ref() {
+            Some(name) => inner
+                .objectives
+                .get(name)
+                .cloned()
+                .ok_or_else(|| ObjectiveError::NotFound(name.clone())),
+            None => Err(ObjectiveError::NotFound("No default set".to_string())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn list(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read();
+        let mut names: Vec<String> = inner.objectives.keys().cloned().collect();
+        names.sort();
+        names
+    }
+
+    pub fn contains(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
+        self.inner.read().objectives.contains_key(name)
+    }
+
+    /// Raw score via a named objective (no precision weighting).
+    pub fn score(
+        &self,
+        name: &str,
+        candidate: &T,
+        context: &ObjectiveContext,
+    ) -> ObjectiveResult<f64> {
+        let objective = self.get(name)?;
+        Ok(objective.score(candidate, context))
+    }
+
+    pub fn select<'a>(
+        &self,
+        name: &str,
+        candidates: &'a [T],
+        context: &ObjectiveContext,
+    ) -> ObjectiveResult<Selection<&'a T>> {
+        let objective = self.get(name)?;
+        objective.select(candidates, context)
+    }
+
+    pub fn select_default<'a>(
+        &self,
+        candidates: &'a [T],
+        context: &ObjectiveContext,
+    ) -> ObjectiveResult<Selection<&'a T>> {
+        let objective = self.get_default()?;
+        objective.select(candidates, context)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use khive_fold::objective::objective_fn;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn register_and_get() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let obj = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| *n as f64);
+        let old = registry.register("max", Box::new(obj));
+        assert!(old.is_none());
+        assert!(registry.contains("max"));
+        assert!(!registry.contains("min"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn register_overwrites() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let obj1 = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| *n as f64);
+        let obj2 = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| -(*n as f64));
+        assert!(registry.register("test", Box::new(obj1)).is_none());
+        assert!(registry.register("test", Box::new(obj2)).is_some());
+
+        let candidates = vec![1, 5, 3];
+        let selection = registry
+            .select("test", &candidates, &ObjectiveContext::new())
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*selection.item, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn select_by_name() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let obj = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| *n as f64);
+        registry.register("max", Box::new(obj));
+
+        let candidates = vec![1, 5, 3];
+        let selection = registry
+            .select("max", &candidates, &ObjectiveContext::new())
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*selection.item, 5);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn default_objective() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let obj = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| *n as f64);
+        registry.register("max", Box::new(obj));
+        registry.set_default("max").unwrap();
+
+        let candidates = vec![1, 5, 3];
+        let selection = registry
+            .select_default(&candidates, &ObjectiveContext::new())
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*selection.item, 5);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn list_objectives_sorted() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let obj1 = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| *n as f64);
+        let obj2 = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| -(*n as f64));
+        let obj3 = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| (*n as f64).abs());
+        registry.register("zebra", Box::new(obj1));
+        registry.register("alpha", Box::new(obj2));
+        registry.register("middle", Box::new(obj3));
+
+        let names = registry.list();
+        assert_eq!(names, vec!["alpha", "middle", "zebra"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn get_nonexistent_returns_error() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let result = registry.get("nope");
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(ObjectiveError::NotFound(ref s)) if s == "nope"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn get_default_without_setting_returns_error() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let result = registry.get_default();
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(ObjectiveError::NotFound(_))));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn set_default_nonexistent_returns_error() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let result = registry.set_default("ghost");
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(ObjectiveError::NotFound(ref s)) if s == "ghost"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn score_via_registry() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let obj = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| *n as f64 * 2.0);
+        registry.register("double", Box::new(obj));
+
+        let score = registry.score("double", &5, &ObjectiveContext::new()).unwrap();
+        assert!((score - 10.0).abs() < 1e-12);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn select_default_via_registry() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let obj = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| -(*n as f64));
+        registry.register("min", Box::new(obj));
+        registry.set_default("min").unwrap();
+
+        let candidates = vec![1, 5, 3];
+        let selection = registry
+            .select_default(&candidates, &ObjectiveContext::new())
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*selection.item, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn debug_impls() {
+        let registry: ObjectiveRegistry<i32> = ObjectiveRegistry::new();
+        let obj = objective_fn(|n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| *n as f64);
+        registry.register("test", Box::new(obj));
+        let debug = format!("{:?}", registry);
+        assert!(debug.contains("ObjectiveRegistry"));
+        assert!(debug.contains("count: 1"));
+
+        let registered = registry.get("test").unwrap();
+        let debug = format!("{:?}", registered);
+        assert!(debug.contains("RegisteredObjective"));
+        assert!(debug.contains("test"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn concurrent_read_write() {
+        let registry = Arc::new(ObjectiveRegistry::<i32>::new());
+
+        std::thread::scope(|s| {
+            for i in 0..8 {
+                let reg = Arc::clone(&registry);
+                s.spawn(move || {
+                    let name = format!("obj_{i}");
+                    let obj = objective_fn(move |n: &i32, _ctx: &ObjectiveContext| *n as f64 + i as f64);
+                    reg.register(name.clone(), Box::new(obj));
+
+                    assert!(reg.contains(&name));
+
+                    let candidates = vec![1, 2, 3];
+                    let _ = reg.select(&name, &candidates, &ObjectiveContext::new());
+                });
+            }
+        });
+
+        assert_eq!(registry.list().len(), 8);
+    }
+}