diff --git a/packages/cultmesh-ts/README.md b/packages/cultmesh-ts/README.md
index 5ffc1033..714ac2fa 100644
--- a/packages/cultmesh-ts/README.md
+++ b/packages/cultmesh-ts/README.md
@@ -316,6 +316,18 @@ const health = CultMesh.documentFromPeerSnapshot(
 );
 
 const latestHealth = await health.latest();
+
+const syncedHealth = await station.syncDocumentFromPeerSnapshot(
+  () => client,
+  daemonHealthUiDocument,
+  "daemon:aetheria.health.v1",
+  {
+    timeoutMs: 5_000,
+  },
+);
+const localHealth = await station
+  .document(daemonHealthUiDocument, "daemon:aetheria.health.v1")
+  .latest();
 ```
 
 `CultMesh.createRudpPeerForPeer(...)` remains available for already trusted
@@ -336,6 +348,14 @@ still read the publication with one CultMesh call. Pass a CultCache document
 definition instead of a raw schema id when you want a typed handle whose
 `latest()` result is parsed through that definition.
 
+Use `node.syncDocumentFromPeerSnapshot(...)` or
+`CultMesh.syncDocumentFromPeerSnapshot(...)` when a runtime should hydrate its
+local node from the remote snapshot. The helper requests the raw snapshot,
+applies it through the node's document registry, and returns the requested
+typed definition. Same-schema aliases stay local after the call: the caller can
+keep using `node.document(aliasDefinition, key)` or `node.reactiveDocument(...)`
+without re-threading the RUDP peer.
+
 The same typed-definition overload is available for
 `CultMesh.documentFromStore(...)` and `CultMesh.documentFromSingleFile(...)`, so
 local schema publications can be read as typed reactive documents without
diff --git a/packages/cultmesh-ts/src/index.ts b/packages/cultmesh-ts/src/index.ts
index 0081ec32..ab1b4779 100644
--- a/packages/cultmesh-ts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cultmesh-ts/src/index.ts
@@ -3815,6 +3815,46 @@ export class CultMeshNode {
       .reactive<CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition> & object>(reactiveOptions);
   }
 
+  public async syncDocumentFromPeerSnapshot<TDefinition extends AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition>(
+    peer: CultNetPeer | (() => CultNetPeer | Promise<CultNetPeer>),
+    definition: TDefinition,
+    key: string,
+    options: {
+      timeoutMs?: number;
+      messageIdPrefix?: string;
+    } = {},
+  ): Promise<CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition>> {
+    const registered = this.resolveCacheDefinition(definition);
+    const schema = cultMeshSchemaFromDefinition(definition);
+    const schemaId = schema.schemaId ?? schema.type;
+    if (!schemaId) {
+      throw new Error("CultMesh synced document requires a schema id or document type.");
+    }
+    const document = await requestCultNetRawSnapshotDocument(
+      peer,
+      schemaId,
+      key,
+      {
+        timeoutMs: options.timeoutMs,
+        messageIdPrefix: options.messageIdPrefix ?? key,
+        accepts: record => {
+          try {
+            definition.schema.parse(decodeCultNetRawDocumentPayload(record));
+            return true;
+          } catch {
+            return false;
+          }
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    await this.documents.applyRawDocumentPutMessage(this.cache, {
+      schemaVersion: "cultnet.document_put_raw.v0",
+      messageId: options.messageIdPrefix ?? `sync:${key}`,
+      document,
+    });
+    return this.parseDocumentValue(definition, this.cache.getRequired(registered, key));
+  }
+
   public globalDocument<TDefinition extends AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition>(
     definition: TDefinition,
     options: {
@@ -4792,6 +4832,19 @@ export class CultMesh {
     return node.reactiveDocument(definition, key, options);
   }
 
+  public static syncDocumentFromPeerSnapshot<TDefinition extends AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition>(
+    node: CultMeshNode,
+    peer: CultNetPeer | (() => CultNetPeer | Promise<CultNetPeer>),
+    definition: TDefinition,
+    key: string,
+    options: {
+      timeoutMs?: number;
+      messageIdPrefix?: string;
+    } = {},
+  ): Promise<CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition>> {
+    return node.syncDocumentFromPeerSnapshot(peer, definition, key, options);
+  }
+
   public static documents(
     ...documents: readonly CultMeshDocumentHandle<any>[]
   ): CultMeshDocumentCatalog {
diff --git a/packages/cultmesh-ts/test/cultmesh.test.ts b/packages/cultmesh-ts/test/cultmesh.test.ts
index 993ef62d..0a859861 100644
--- a/packages/cultmesh-ts/test/cultmesh.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cultmesh-ts/test/cultmesh.test.ts
@@ -2530,6 +2530,90 @@ test("CultMesh TS reads remote RUDP snapshots through document handles", async (
   }
 });
 
+test("CultMesh TS syncs remote RUDP snapshots into a local node with same-schema aliases", async () => {
+  const connectionId = 0x1020304a;
+  const source = await CultMesh.startNode(
+    join(await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "cultmesh-ts-rudp-sync-source-")), "node.ccmp"),
+    {
+      documents: [noteDocument],
+    },
+  );
+  await source.put(noteDocument, "note:sync-remote", {
+    noteId: "note:sync-remote",
+    body: "synced once, read as local",
+  });
+  const target = await CultMesh.startNode(
+    join(await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "cultmesh-ts-rudp-sync-target-")), "node.ccmp"),
+    {
+      documents: [noteDocument],
+    },
+  );
+
+  const server = CultMesh.createRudpDocumentServer(
+    "cultmesh-ts-rudp-sync-server",
+    connectionId,
+    {
+      documents: new CultNetDocumentRegistry([
+        defineCultNetDocumentBinding({ definition: noteDocument }),
+      ]),
+      getCache: () => source.cache,
+      bindHost: "127.0.0.1",
+      bindPort: 0,
+      resendDelayMs: 25,
+      resendPollMs: 5,
+      maxFragmentBytes: 1024,
+      maxPendingReliablePackets: 16,
+    },
+  );
+
+  let peer: CultNetPeer | undefined;
+  try {
+    await server.start();
+    peer = await CultMesh.createRudpPeer(
+      "cultmesh-ts-rudp-sync-client",
+      connectionId,
+      `rudp://127.0.0.1:${server.bind.port}`,
+      {
+        resendDelayMs: 25,
+        resendPollMs: 5,
+        maxFragmentBytes: 1024,
+        maxPendingReliablePackets: 16,
+        connectTimeoutMs: 1_000,
+      },
+    );
+
+    const synced = await target.syncDocumentFromPeerSnapshot(
+      peer,
+      noteAliasDocument,
+      "note:sync-remote",
+      {
+        timeoutMs: 1_000,
+      },
+    );
+    const facadeSynced = await CultMesh.syncDocumentFromPeerSnapshot(
+      target,
+      peer,
+      noteAliasDocument,
+      "note:sync-remote",
+      {
+        timeoutMs: 1_000,
+      },
+    );
+
+    assert.deepEqual(synced, {
+      noteId: "note:sync-remote",
+      body: "synced once, read as local",
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(facadeSynced, synced);
+    assert.equal(target.getRequired(noteDocument, "note:sync-remote").body, "synced once, read as local");
+    assert.equal(target.getRequired(noteAliasDocument, "note:sync-remote").body, "synced once, read as local");
+    assert.equal((await target.document(noteAliasDocument, "note:sync-remote").latest()).body, "synced once, read as local");
+  } finally {
+    peer?.close();
+    server.close();
+  }
+});
+
 test("CultMesh TS peer snapshot handles choose compatible foreign schema payloads", async () => {
   const connectionId = 0x10203049;
   const node = await CultMesh.startNode(