diff --git a/packages/cultcache-py/PARITY.md b/packages/cultcache-py/PARITY.md
index cf123248..af9d3dfb 100644
--- a/packages/cultcache-py/PARITY.md
+++ b/packages/cultcache-py/PARITY.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ CultCache, CultNet, and CultMesh. It is evidence, not confetti.
   Exposes C#-matching client entrypoints for Verse discovery, peer exchange,
   raw CultNet client construction, local nodes, catalogs, sessions, streams,
   authority leases, and simulation fact commits.
+- Python CultMesh database facade:
+  `node.database` owns the local typed document read/write/snapshot/sync surface
+  so Python callers do not need to reach through the node composition wrapper.
 - Python CultMesh committed simulation facts:
   The live interop harness sends Python a simulation observation, receives a
   consensus candidate, then requests the committed `gamecult.mesh.simulation_fact`
diff --git a/packages/cultcache-py/README.md b/packages/cultcache-py/README.md
index c2909c38..99d0baa4 100644
--- a/packages/cultcache-py/README.md
+++ b/packages/cultcache-py/README.md
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ from cultmesh_py import CultMesh, CultMeshGameSessionOptions, peer_exchange_requ
 
 note_doc = define_database_entry_type("mesh.note", [("body", 0)])
 node = CultMesh.start_node("mesh.cc", runtime_id="python-runtime")
-node.register_document(note_doc)
-node.put(note_doc, "note:1", {"body": "hello"})
-live_note = node.get_required(note_doc, "note:1")
-put_message = node.put_raw_message(note_doc, "note:2", {"body": "wire me"}, shard_id="interop", shard_epoch=1)
-delete_message = node.delete_raw_message(note_doc, "note:2", shard_id="interop", shard_epoch=1)
+node.database.register_document(note_doc)
+node.database.put(note_doc, "note:1", {"body": "hello"})
+live_note = node.database.get_required(note_doc, "note:1")
+put_message = node.database.put_raw_message(note_doc, "note:2", {"body": "wire me"}, shard_id="interop", shard_epoch=1)
+delete_message = node.database.delete_raw_message(note_doc, "note:2", shard_id="interop", shard_epoch=1)
 
 peers = CultMesh.create_peer_catalog()
 response = peers.create_response(peer_exchange_request("pex-1", verse_id="local"))
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ mesh_peers = client.fetch_peers(verse_id="python-interop", roles=["read-replica"
 client.sync_peer_catalog(peers, verse_id="python-interop", roles=["read-replica"])
 
 raw_client = CultNetRawClient("127.0.0.1", 3075)
-node.sync_snapshot(raw_client, schema_ids=[note_doc.catalog_entry().schema_id])
-node.sync_shard_log(raw_client, shard_id="interop", shard_epoch=1)
+node.database.sync_snapshot(raw_client, schema_ids=[note_doc.catalog_entry().schema_id])
+node.database.sync_shard_log(raw_client, shard_id="interop", shard_epoch=1)
 
 streams = CultMesh.create_stream_catalog()
 
diff --git a/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultcache_py/verify.py b/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultcache_py/verify.py
index 246d6559..e7e6b1f0 100644
--- a/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultcache_py/verify.py
+++ b/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultcache_py/verify.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ EXPECTED_EXPORTS: dict[str, tuple[str, ...]] = {
     ),
     "cultmesh_py": (
         "CultMesh",
+        "CultMeshDatabase",
         "CultMeshGameSession",
         "CultMeshPeerExchangeClient",
         "CultMeshSimulationFact",
diff --git a/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultmesh_py/__init__.py b/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultmesh_py/__init__.py
index e48cdc9c..25b9ca4d 100644
--- a/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultmesh_py/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultmesh_py/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from .client import CultMeshDiscoveryClient, CultMeshPeerExchangeClient, CultMeshVerseDiscoveryClient
 from .facade import CultMesh
-from .node import CultMeshNode, create_node
+from .node import CultMeshDatabase, CultMeshNode, create_node
 from .session import (
     CultMeshGameSession,
     CultMeshGameSessionOptions,
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from .wire import (
 
 __all__ = [
     "CultMeshNode",
+    "CultMeshDatabase",
     "CultMesh",
     "CultMeshGameSession",
     "CultMeshGameSessionOptions",
diff --git a/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultmesh_py/node.py b/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultmesh_py/node.py
index fa76cecd..811ad35f 100644
--- a/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultmesh_py/node.py
+++ b/packages/cultcache-py/src/cultmesh_py/node.py
@@ -22,6 +22,118 @@ class CultMeshNode:
     cache: CultCache = field(default_factory=CultCache)
     runtime_id: str = "python-runtime"
     documents: list[DocumentDefinition[Any]] = field(default_factory=list)
+    database: "CultMeshDatabase" = field(init=False)
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        self.database = CultMeshDatabase(self)
+
+    def register_document(self, document: DocumentDefinition[Any]) -> None:
+        self.database.register_document(document)
+
+    def put(self, document: DocumentDefinition[Any], key: str, value: Any) -> None:
+        self.database.put(document, key, value)
+
+    def put_raw_message(
+        self,
+        document: DocumentDefinition[Any],
+        key: str,
+        value: Any,
+        *,
+        message_id: str = "",
+        shard_id: str | None = None,
+        shard_epoch: int | None = None,
+    ) -> CultNetMessage:
+        return self.database.put_raw_message(
+            document,
+            key,
+            value,
+            message_id=message_id,
+            shard_id=shard_id,
+            shard_epoch=shard_epoch,
+        )
+
+    def get(self, document: DocumentDefinition[Any], key: str) -> Any:
+        return self.database.get(document, key)
+
+    def get_required(self, document: DocumentDefinition[Any], key: str) -> Any:
+        return self.database.get_required(document, key)
+
+    def delete(self, document: DocumentDefinition[Any], key: str) -> None:
+        self.database.delete(document, key)
+
+    def delete_raw_message(
+        self,
+        document: DocumentDefinition[Any],
+        key: str,
+        *,
+        message_id: str = "",
+        shard_id: str | None = None,
+        shard_epoch: int | None = None,
+    ) -> CultNetMessage:
+        return self.database.delete_raw_message(
+            document,
+            key,
+            message_id=message_id,
+            shard_id=shard_id,
+            shard_epoch=shard_epoch,
+        )
+
+    def snapshot(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+        return self.database.snapshot()
+
+    def pull(self) -> None:
+        self.database.pull()
+
+    def sync_snapshot(
+        self,
+        client: CultNetRawClient,
+        *,
+        schema_ids: list[str] | None = None,
+        record_keys: list[str] | None = None,
+        shard_id: str | None = None,
+        shard_epoch: int | None = None,
+    ) -> list[CultNetAppliedRecord]:
+        return self.database.sync_snapshot(
+            client,
+            schema_ids=schema_ids,
+            record_keys=record_keys,
+            shard_id=shard_id,
+            shard_epoch=shard_epoch,
+        )
+
+    def sync_shard_log(
+        self,
+        client: CultNetRawClient,
+        *,
+        shard_id: str,
+        shard_epoch: int | None = None,
+        after_sequence: int = 0,
+        limit: int | None = None,
+    ) -> list[CultNetAppliedRecord]:
+        return self.database.sync_shard_log(
+            client,
+            shard_id=shard_id,
+            shard_epoch=shard_epoch,
+            after_sequence=after_sequence,
+            limit=limit,
+        )
+
+
+class CultMeshDatabase:
+    def __init__(self, node: CultMeshNode) -> None:
+        self._node = node
+
+    @property
+    def cache(self) -> CultCache:
+        return self._node.cache
+
+    @property
+    def documents(self) -> list[DocumentDefinition[Any]]:
+        return self._node.documents
+
+    @property
+    def runtime_id(self) -> str:
+        return self._node.runtime_id
 
     def register_document(self, document: DocumentDefinition[Any]) -> None:
         self.cache.register_document_type(document)
diff --git a/packages/cultcache-py/tests/test_cultcache.py b/packages/cultcache-py/tests/test_cultcache.py
index 0fb7b8e0..4dd61d19 100644
--- a/packages/cultcache-py/tests/test_cultcache.py
+++ b/packages/cultcache-py/tests/test_cultcache.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ from cultnet_py.interop_peer import wire_message_schema_descriptors
 from cultmesh_py import create_node
 from cultmesh_py import (
     CultMesh,
+    CultMeshDatabase,
     CultMeshGameSessionOptions,
     CultMeshPeerCard,
     CultMeshPeerCatalog,
@@ -867,13 +868,15 @@ class CultCacheTests(unittest.TestCase):
             document = define_database_entry_type("mesh.note", [("body", 0)])
             store_path = Path(tmp) / "mesh.cc"
             node = create_node(store_path, runtime_id="mesh-test")
-            node.register_document(document)
-            node.put(document, "note:1", {"body": "hello"})
+            self.assertIsInstance(node.database, CultMeshDatabase)
+            node.database.register_document(document)
+            node.database.put(document, "note:1", {"body": "hello"})
+            self.assertEqual(node.get_required(document, "note:1")["body"], "hello")
 
             reopened = create_node(store_path, runtime_id="mesh-test")
-            reopened.register_document(document)
-            reopened.pull()
-            self.assertEqual(reopened.get(document, "note:1")["body"], "hello")
+            reopened.database.register_document(document)
+            reopened.database.pull()
+            self.assertEqual(reopened.database.get(document, "note:1")["body"], "hello")
 
     def test_cultmesh_facade_matches_peer_runtime_entrypoints(self) -> None:
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp: