diff --git a/src/cultmesh-provider-client.d.ts b/src/cultmesh-provider-client.d.ts
index a64346a..10e4a1f 100644
--- a/src/cultmesh-provider-client.d.ts
+++ b/src/cultmesh-provider-client.d.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export declare class EveCultMeshProviderClient {
   providerAdvertisement(): Promise<Record<string, unknown>>;
   surface(surfaceId?: string): Promise<Record<string, unknown>>;
   document(request: { schemaId: string; recordRef: string }): Promise<unknown>;
+  resolveDocument(request: { documentId: string; schemaId: string }): Promise<{ documentId: string; schemaId: string; document: unknown }>;
   submitCommand(request: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<EveCommandSubmission>;
   receipt(submission: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<unknown>;
 }
diff --git a/src/cultmesh-provider-client.mjs b/src/cultmesh-provider-client.mjs
index e85295c..eee18e1 100644
--- a/src/cultmesh-provider-client.mjs
+++ b/src/cultmesh-provider-client.mjs
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ export class EveCultMeshProviderClient {
     return this.#document(schemaId, recordRef, "embedded-document");
   }
 
+  async resolveDocument(request) {
+    const documentId = String(request?.documentId || request?.recordRef || "").trim();
+    const schemaId = String(request?.schemaId || "").trim();
+    if (!documentId || !schemaId) throw new Error("Embedded documents require documentId and schemaId.");
+    return { documentId, schemaId, document: await this.document({ schemaId, recordRef: documentId }) };
+  }
+
   async submitCommand(request) {
     const advertisement = await this.providerAdvertisement();
     const surface = selectSurface(advertisement, request?.surfaceId);
diff --git a/test/cultmesh-provider-client.test.mjs b/test/cultmesh-provider-client.test.mjs
index 2852e34..9d03640 100644
--- a/test/cultmesh-provider-client.test.mjs
+++ b/test/cultmesh-provider-client.test.mjs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function harness() {
   const sent = [];
   const connections = [];
   const encoded = [];
-  const records = new Map([["records/provider", advertisement], ["records/world", surface], ["records/receipts:cmd-1", ["gamecult.eve.command_receipt.v1", "receipt-1", "cmd-1", "move", "accepted", "Provider", "daemon", "test-provider", "world", "moved", "now", 4]]]);
+  const records = new Map([["records/provider", advertisement], ["records/world", surface], ["records/objects", { entities: [1] }], ["records/receipts:cmd-1", ["gamecult.eve.command_receipt.v1", "receipt-1", "cmd-1", "move", "accepted", "Provider", "daemon", "test-provider", "world", "moved", "now", 4]]]);
   const peer = { send: message => sent.push(message), close() {}, on() {} };
   const mesh = {
     createPeerCatalog: () => ({ upsert() {} }), createAuthorityLeaseCatalog: () => ({ upsert() {} }),
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ test("submits at the advertised command boundary and reads the advertised receip
   });
 });
 
+test("resolves embedded documents without provider-specific slot logic", async () => {
+  const { client } = harness();
+  assert.deepEqual(await client.resolveDocument({ documentId: "records/objects", schemaId: "test.objects.v1" }), {
+    documentId: "records/objects", schemaId: "test.objects.v1", document: { entities: [1] },
+  });
+});
+
 test("refuses unadvertised surfaces", async () => {
   const { client } = harness();
   await assert.rejects(() => client.surface("missing"), /does not advertise/);