diff --git a/packages/cultmesh-ts/src/index.ts b/packages/cultmesh-ts/src/index.ts
index d8edb3aa..dab2089e 100644
--- a/packages/cultmesh-ts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cultmesh-ts/src/index.ts
@@ -3673,6 +3673,39 @@ export class CultMeshNode {
     return cultMeshDocumentFromCache(this.cache, definition, key, options);
   }
 
+  public reactiveDocument<TDefinition extends AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition>(
+    definition: TDefinition,
+    key: string,
+    options: {
+      context?: CultMeshQueryContext | string;
+      watch?: boolean;
+      debounceMs?: number;
+      onError?: (error: unknown) => void;
+      documentId?: string;
+      routeHint?: CultMeshRouteHint;
+      pollMs?: number;
+    } = {},
+  ): CultMeshReactiveDocument<CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition> & object> {
+    const {
+      documentId,
+      routeHint,
+      pollMs,
+      ...reactiveOptions
+    } = options;
+    const schema = cultMeshSchemaFromDefinition(definition);
+    const binding =
+      this.documents.get(definition.type) ??
+      (schema.schemaId ? this.documents.getBySchemaId(schema.schemaId) : undefined);
+    const document = binding
+      ? this.document(binding.definition, key, { documentId, routeHint, pollMs })
+        .asSchemaAlias<CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition>>(schema, {
+          parse: value => definition.schema.parse(value),
+        })
+      : this.document(definition, key, { documentId, routeHint, pollMs });
+
+    return document.reactive<CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition> & object>(reactiveOptions);
+  }
+
   public globalDocument<TDefinition extends AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition>(
     definition: TDefinition,
     options: {
@@ -4590,6 +4623,23 @@ export class CultMesh {
     return cultMeshGlobalDocumentFromCache(cache, definition, options);
   }
 
+  public static reactiveDocument<TDefinition extends AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition>(
+    node: CultMeshNode,
+    definition: TDefinition,
+    key: string,
+    options: {
+      context?: CultMeshQueryContext | string;
+      watch?: boolean;
+      debounceMs?: number;
+      onError?: (error: unknown) => void;
+      documentId?: string;
+      routeHint?: CultMeshRouteHint;
+      pollMs?: number;
+    } = {},
+  ): CultMeshReactiveDocument<CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition> & object> {
+    return node.reactiveDocument(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 8266bc24..d917d5a4 100644
--- a/packages/cultmesh-ts/test/cultmesh.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cultmesh-ts/test/cultmesh.test.ts
@@ -240,6 +240,43 @@ test("CultMesh TS reactive documents submit predictions from member writes", asy
   assert.deepEqual(predictions, ["member-write-prediction-final"]);
 });
 
+test("CultMesh TS node opens reactive same-schema aliases with one call", async () => {
+  const filePath = join(await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "cultmesh-ts-node-reactive-")), "node.ccmp");
+  const node = await CultMesh.startNode(filePath, {
+    documents: [noteDocument],
+  });
+  await node.put(noteDocument, "note:node-reactive", {
+    noteId: "note:node-reactive",
+    body: "initial",
+  });
+
+  const reactive = node.reactiveDocument(noteAliasDocument, "note:node-reactive", {
+    context: CultMesh.queryContext("browser-client"),
+    watch: false,
+  });
+  await reactive.ready;
+  reactive.current.body = "edited-through-node-helper";
+  await waitFor(
+    () => node.getRequired(noteDocument, "note:node-reactive").body === "edited-through-node-helper",
+    "node-level reactive alias write",
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(reactive.current.noteId, "note:node-reactive");
+  assert.equal(
+    node.document(noteDocument, "note:node-reactive").asSchemaAlias(noteAliasDocument, {
+      parse: value => noteAliasDocument.schema.parse(value),
+    }).canSet,
+    true,
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    (await CultMesh.reactiveDocument(node, noteAliasDocument, "note:node-reactive", {
+      watch: false,
+    }).ready).body,
+    "edited-through-node-helper",
+  );
+  reactive.dispose();
+});
+
 test("CultMesh TS reactive documents store reconciliation deltas after misprediction", async () => {
   let current = {
     noteId: "note:reconcile",