diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 83520a20..ea305e95 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -46,6 +46,31 @@
         "vitest": "4.1.5"
       }
     },
+    "../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi": {
+      "name": "@parity/truapi",
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "neverthrow": "^8.2.0",
+        "scale-ts": "^1.6.1"
+      },
+      "devDependencies": {
+        "typescript": "^5.7"
+      }
+    },
+    "../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi-host": {
+      "name": "@parity/truapi-host",
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@parity/truapi": "file:../truapi",
+        "neverthrow": "^8.2.0",
+        "scale-ts": "^1.6.1"
+      },
+      "devDependencies": {
+        "typescript": "^5.7"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@adobe/css-tools": {
       "version": "4.4.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@adobe/css-tools/-/css-tools-4.4.4.tgz",
@@ -4507,6 +4532,14 @@
         "url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@parity/truapi": {
+      "resolved": "../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi",
+      "link": true
+    },
+    "node_modules/@parity/truapi-host": {
+      "resolved": "../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi-host",
+      "link": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@pkgr/core": {
       "version": "0.2.9",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pkgr/core/-/core-0.2.9.tgz",
@@ -16925,6 +16958,7 @@
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@novasamatech/scale": "0.7.8",
+        "@parity/truapi": "file:../../../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi",
         "nanoevents": "9.1.0",
         "nanoid": "5.1.9",
         "neverthrow": "^8.2.0",
@@ -16998,6 +17032,8 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@noble/hashes": "2.2.0",
         "@novasamatech/host-api": "0.7.8",
+        "@parity/truapi": "file:../../../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi",
+        "@parity/truapi-host": "file:../../../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi-host",
         "@polkadot-api/substrate-client": "^0.7.0",
         "nanoid": "5.1.9",
         "neverthrow": "^8.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/host-api/MIGRATION.md b/packages/host-api/MIGRATION.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7ed0a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host-api/MIGRATION.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# host-api migration to `@parity/truapi`
+
+This package is being reworked into a thin compatibility facade over
+[`@parity/truapi`][1]. The Rust trait surface in `paritytech/truapi`
+(`rust/crates/truapi/src/api/*.rs`) is the single source of truth for wire
+ids, payload shapes, and dispatch.
+
+The work tracking issue is [`paritytech/truapi#54`][issue].
+
+[1]: https://github.com/paritytech/truapi/tree/main/js/packages/truapi
+[issue]: https://github.com/paritytech/truapi/issues/54
+
+## Status
+
+### Done
+
+- `@parity/truapi` added to `package.json` dependencies (currently a `file:`
+  link to the local truapi worktree; switch to the published version once
+  `@parity/truapi@0.2.0` ships).
+- `src/truapi-transport.ts`: directional facade that wraps a legacy
+  `Provider` and produces a `@parity/truapi` `TrUApiTransport` instance.
+
+### Not done
+
+- `src/transport.ts` still owns its own request correlation, subscription
+  router, frame envelope, and subscription multiplexing. Replace its
+  internals with calls into the `@parity/truapi` transport returned from
+  `createTruapiTransportFacade()`. Keep the public `Transport` shape from
+  `./types.ts` byte-for-byte stable so downstream consumers (`host-papp`,
+  `product-react-renderer`, `product-bulletin`, `host-worker-sandbox`,
+  `host-api-wrapper`) do not break.
+- Active handshake retry / readiness state currently lives in `isReady()`
+  inside `transport.ts`. Re-implement on top of the new transport's public
+  handshake helpers (the auto-response path inside `@parity/truapi` covers
+  passive handshake; active retry stays here as consumer policy).
+- Drop subscription multiplexing (the `activeSubscriptions` map and
+  `getSubscriptionKey`). `@parity/truapi` exposes 1:1 wire subscriptions,
+  any consumer that relies on dedup adds its own multiplexer above this
+  package.
+- Drop inbound `handleRequest` / `handleSubscription` from the public
+  surface, they exist only to support `host-container`, which migrates onto
+  `@parity/truapi-host` separately. Update `Transport` in `./types.ts`.
+- Repoint the per-codec exports in `src/index.ts` (lines 36 onward) to
+  re-export from `@parity/truapi`'s generated `types.ts`. The legacy class
+  names (`SigningErr`, `CreateTransactionErr`, `AccountConnectionStatus`,
+  …) need either a thin alias layer or a one-shot rename in downstream
+  consumers, the generated equivalents use tagged-union shape
+  (`{ tag, value }`) rather than `new Err.Variant({...})` calls.
+- Delete `src/protocol/v1/*.ts` once every type alias above is repointed.
+
+### Tests
+
+- `src/transport.spec.ts` covers subscription multiplexing today, that test
+  will need to move or get retired alongside the multiplexer.
+- Add a 56-method byte-equivalence fixture test against a captured
+  `@novasamatech/host-api@0.7.7` baseline.
diff --git a/packages/host-api/package.json b/packages/host-api/package.json
index 53418e2b..919cbacb 100644
--- a/packages/host-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/host-api/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@novasamatech/scale": "0.7.8",
+    "@parity/truapi": "file:../../../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi",
     "nanoevents": "9.1.0",
     "nanoid": "5.1.9",
     "neverthrow": "^8.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/host-api/src/truapi-transport.ts b/packages/host-api/src/truapi-transport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89232ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host-api/src/truapi-transport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/**
+ * Facade transport built on `@parity/truapi`.
+ *
+ * Replaces the bespoke request correlation, subscription router, and wire
+ * frame envelope that `transport.ts` currently owns with the equivalent
+ * primitives from `@parity/truapi`. The public surface intentionally mirrors
+ * `Transport` from `./types.ts` so consumers of `createHostApi` and the
+ * factories in `host-container` can switch over without churn.
+ *
+ * What this file does NOT do, by design:
+ * - Subscription multiplexing or dedup. `@parity/truapi` exposes 1:1 wire
+ *   subscriptions, products that need fan-out layer their own.
+ * - Inbound handler registration (`handleRequest`, `handleSubscription`).
+ *   Hosts should use `@parity/truapi-host`'s typed dispatcher instead, and
+ *   `host-container`'s `createContainer` is being migrated onto it in
+ *   `truapi-container.ts`.
+ *
+ * Status: directional. Active handshake retry, connection-status events, and
+ * the legacy `postMessage`/`listenMessages` low-level helpers still need to
+ * be re-implemented on top of this. See `MIGRATION.md` for the punch list.
+ */
+
+import type { Provider as TruapiProvider, TrUApiTransport } from '@parity/truapi';
+import { createTransport as createTruapiTransport } from '@parity/truapi';
+import { createNanoEvents } from 'nanoevents';
+
+import type { Provider } from './provider.js';
+import type { ConnectionStatus, Logger } from './types.js';
+
+/**
+ * Adapt a legacy `Provider` (postMessage/listenMessages over wire-frame
+ * codec objects) to the raw byte-level `Provider` shape `@parity/truapi`
+ * expects.
+ *
+ * The legacy provider already speaks SCALE-encoded wire frames, so this is
+ * a pass-through, message-codec wrapping and unwrapping is now owned by
+ * `@parity/truapi`'s `encodeWireMessage`/`decodeWireMessage`.
+ */
+function adaptProvider(provider: Provider): TruapiProvider {
+  return {
+    postMessage(bytes) {
+      // The legacy `Provider` postMessage accepts already-encoded bytes; the
+      // wrapping `MessageProvider.postMessage(message)` indirection that
+      // `transport.ts` adds to encode the wire-frame envelope is now
+      // performed by `@parity/truapi.createTransport`.
+      provider.postMessage(bytes);
+    },
+    subscribe(callback) {
+      const unsub = provider.subscribe(callback);
+      return () => unsub();
+    },
+    dispose() {
+      provider.dispose();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export interface TruapiTransportOptions {
+  logger?: Logger;
+}
+
+export interface TruapiTransport {
+  /**
+   * Underlying `@parity/truapi` transport. Generated client modules accept
+   * this directly; legacy `host-api` consumers wrap it via the facade
+   * methods below.
+   **/
+  readonly inner: TrUApiTransport;
+
+  /**
+   * Subscribe to connection-status changes. Mirrors the legacy
+   * `onConnectionStatusChange` surface.
+   **/
+  onConnectionStatusChange(callback: (status: ConnectionStatus) => void): VoidFunction;
+
+  /**
+   * Tear down the transport and detach provider listeners.
+   **/
+  destroy(): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a `@parity/truapi` transport bound to the supplied legacy
+ * `Provider`. Generated client modules (from `@parity/truapi`) accept the
+ * returned `inner` transport directly.
+ */
+export function createTruapiTransportFacade(
+  provider: Provider,
+  _options: TruapiTransportOptions = {},
+): TruapiTransport {
+  const status = createNanoEvents<{
+    change: (status: ConnectionStatus) => void;
+  }>();
+  let currentStatus: ConnectionStatus = 'connecting';
+
+  const inner = createTruapiTransport(adaptProvider(provider));
+
+  return {
+    inner,
+    onConnectionStatusChange(callback) {
+      callback(currentStatus);
+      return status.on('change', callback);
+    },
+    destroy() {
+      inner.dispose();
+      currentStatus = 'disconnected';
+      status.emit('change', currentStatus);
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/host-container/MIGRATION.md b/packages/host-container/MIGRATION.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b09f45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host-container/MIGRATION.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# host-container migration to `@parity/truapi-host`
+
+This package is being reworked into a thin compatibility facade over
+[`@parity/truapi-host`][1]. The Rust trait surface in `paritytech/truapi`
+drives both the wire ids and the typed handler interfaces emitted by the
+generator.
+
+The work tracking issue is [`paritytech/truapi#54`][issue].
+
+[1]: https://github.com/paritytech/truapi/tree/main/js/packages/truapi-host
+[issue]: https://github.com/paritytech/truapi/issues/54
+
+## Status
+
+### Done
+
+- `@parity/truapi` and `@parity/truapi-host` added to `package.json`
+  dependencies (currently `file:` links to the local truapi worktree).
+- `src/truapi-container.ts`: directional facade that forwards a fully
+  populated `TrUApiHostHandlers` to `createTrUApiServer`. The TypeScript
+  compiler enforces completeness; there are no throwing "Not
+  Implemented" stubs, the dispatcher contract requires handlers to
+  express every outcome (including missing implementations) as a typed
+  return rather than an exception.
+
+### Not done
+
+- `src/createContainer.ts` still owns:
+  - 40+ `handleXxx(handler)` slots (the public surface).
+  - `handleV1Request` / `handleV1Subscription` wrappers around versioned
+    payload envelopes.
+  - `makeNotImplementedSlot` / `makePermissionGatedRequestSlot` /
+    `makeDevicePermissionGatedRequestSlot`, all of which produce
+    method-specific `Unknown { reason: NOT_IMPLEMENTED }` defaults.
+  - `handleChainConnection()` (lines ~759–1099): polkadot-api bridge.
+    This stays inside this package, only its registration call should
+    change to forward to `@parity/truapi-host`'s typed handlers.
+- Replace each `handleXxx` slot's update mechanism with a call into
+  `@parity/truapi-host`'s typed registration. The slot can remain as the
+  public API; under the hood it should mutate the handler reference that
+  `createTrUApiServer(...)` is dispatching against.
+- Replace `handleV1Request` / `handleV1Subscription` with the typed
+  handler signatures from `@parity/truapi-host`'s generated `server.ts`.
+  The versioned envelope wrap/unwrap is now performed by the generator,
+  not by hand.
+- Drop the dependency on `@novasamatech/host-api` once `host-api` itself
+  drops its inbound `handleRequest` / `handleSubscription` surface (see
+  `packages/host-api/MIGRATION.md`).
+
+### Tests
+
+- `src/chainConnectionManager.spec.ts` is unchanged scope, must continue
+  to pass.
+- Add an integration test that wires a `@parity/truapi` client and a
+  `@parity/truapi-host` server through a `MessageChannel` and exercises
+  every wire method via the container's compat shims.
diff --git a/packages/host-container/package.json b/packages/host-container/package.json
index 3ce29ffb..fc11ccb5 100644
--- a/packages/host-container/package.json
+++ b/packages/host-container/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     "polkadot-api": ">=2",
     "@polkadot-api/substrate-client": "^0.7.0",
     "@novasamatech/host-api": "0.7.8",
+    "@parity/truapi": "file:../../../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi",
+    "@parity/truapi-host": "file:../../../truapi/.claude/worktrees/issue-54-truapi-host/js/packages/truapi-host",
     "nanoid": "5.1.9",
     "neverthrow": "^8.2.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/host-container/src/truapi-container.ts b/packages/host-container/src/truapi-container.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2aed1a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host-container/src/truapi-container.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * Facade host container built on `@parity/truapi-host`.
+ *
+ * Replaces the bespoke per-method dispatch, "Not Implemented" fallbacks, and
+ * `handleV1Request` / `handleV1Subscription` wrappers in `createContainer.ts`
+ * with the typed handler registration produced by `@parity/truapi-host`'s
+ * generator.
+ *
+ * The new public surface is structured-by-service, mirroring the Rust trait
+ * surface in `truapi`. Hosts that consume `createContainer()` today (with
+ * `handleXxx` slots) keep working through compat shims in
+ * `createContainer.ts`, which forward to `createTruapiContainer()` under the
+ * hood.
+ *
+ * Status: directional. The generated `TrUApiHostHandlers` interface forces
+ * the caller to supply every service handler (handlers must not throw, per
+ * the `@parity/truapi-host` contract; every outcome including unsupported
+ * versions and missing implementations is expressed as a typed return).
+ * Lifting each existing `handleXxx` slot's behaviour into the matching typed
+ * handler is the bulk of the remaining migration.
+ */
+
+import type { Provider as TruapiProvider } from '@parity/truapi';
+import type { TrUApiHostHandlers, TrUApiHostServer } from '@parity/truapi-host';
+import { createTrUApiServer } from '@parity/truapi-host';
+
+/**
+ * Attach a host server built on `@parity/truapi-host` to a `Provider`.
+ *
+ * The caller supplies the full `TrUApiHostHandlers` shape. The TypeScript
+ * compiler enforces completeness, anything missing is flagged at the call
+ * site rather than papered over with a stub that would throw at runtime.
+ */
+export function createTruapiContainer(provider: TruapiProvider, handlers: TrUApiHostHandlers): TrUApiHostServer {
+  return createTrUApiServer(provider, handlers);
+}