diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c45a5a2f..ee252779 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ jobs:
       - run: rustup update stable && rustup default stable
       # hashgraph-like-consensus's build.rs shells out to protoc via prost-build.
       - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler
-      # chat-cli pulls in components' embedded_p2p_delivery feature, whose
-      # build.rs links liblogosdelivery (built via Nix or LOGOS_DELIVERY_LIB_DIR).
-      # The smoketest job builds and exercises it under Nix; here we keep the
-      # toolchain-only job fast by skipping it.
-      - run: cargo build --verbose --workspace --exclude chat-cli
-      - run: cargo test --verbose --workspace --exclude chat-cli
+      # chat-cli and the embedded-logos-delivery crate link liblogosdelivery
+      # (built via Nix or LOGOS_DELIVERY_LIB_DIR). The smoketest job builds and
+      # exercises them under Nix; here we keep the toolchain-only job fast by
+      # skipping them.
+      - run: cargo build --verbose --workspace --exclude chat-cli --exclude embedded-logos-delivery
+      - run: cargo test --verbose --workspace --exclude chat-cli --exclude embedded-logos-delivery
 
   clippy:
     name: Clippy
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9fcbbe77..b2d63115 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2072,6 +2072,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "embedded-logos-delivery"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "libchat",
+ "logos-generic-chat",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-ordinalize"
 version = "4.3.2"
@@ -3599,6 +3613,18 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "logos-chat"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "components",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "embedded-logos-delivery",
+ "libchat",
+ "logos-account",
+ "logos-generic-chat",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "logos-generic-chat"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chat-sqlite",
  "components",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c841526a..598388bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ members = [
     "core/shared-traits",
     "core/sqlite",
     "core/storage",
-    "crates/client",
+    "crates/logos-chat",
+    "crates/generic-chat",
     "extensions/components",
+    "extensions/embedded-logos-delivery",
 ]
 
 default-members = [
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ default-members = [
     "core/shared-traits",
     "core/sqlite",
     "core/storage",
-    "crates/client",
+    "crates/generic-chat",
 ]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
@@ -34,8 +36,10 @@ logos-account = { path = "core/account" }
 chat-sqlite = { path = "core/sqlite" }
 components = { path = "extensions/components" }
 crypto = { path = "core/crypto" }
+embedded-logos-delivery = { path = "extensions/embedded-logos-delivery" }
 libchat = { path = "core/conversations" }
-logos-chat = { path = "crates/client" }
+logos-chat = { path = "crates/logos-chat" }
+logos-generic-chat = { path = "crates/generic-chat" }
 shared-traits = { path = "core/shared-traits" }
 storage = { path = "core/storage" }
 
diff --git a/bin/chat-cli/Cargo.toml b/bin/chat-cli/Cargo.toml
index bafef72e..71da08b6 100644
--- a/bin/chat-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/chat-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 # Workspace dependencies (sorted)
 crossbeam-channel = { workspace = true }
 logos-account = { workspace = true, features = ["dev"] }
-logos-chat = { workspace = true, features = ["embedded-p2p-delivery"] }
+logos-chat = { workspace = true }
 
 # External dependencies (sorted)
 anyhow = "1.0"
diff --git a/bin/chat-cli/src/main.rs b/bin/chat-cli/src/main.rs
index 3e8b43bc..cd069f96 100644
--- a/bin/chat-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/chat-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
 use crossbeam_channel::Receiver;
-use logos_account::TestLogosAccount;
 use logos_chat::{
-    AccountDirectory, ChatClient, ChatClientBuilder, ChatStore, DelegateSigner, Event,
-    HttpRegistry, LogosChatClient, LogosConfig, NETWORK_PRESET, REGISTRY_ENDPOINT,
-    RegistrationService, StorageConfig, Transport,
+    AccountDirectory, ChatClient, ChatStore, Event, LogosConfig, P2pConfig, RegistrationService,
+    Transport,
 };
 
 use app::ChatApp;
@@ -78,24 +76,27 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let db_str = db_path(&cli)?;
 
     match cli.transport {
-        // logos-delivery is the transport baked into `LogosChatClient`, so the
-        // Logos client opens it from config rather than receiving one.
         TransportKind::LogosDelivery => {
-            let preset = cli.preset.as_deref().unwrap_or(NETWORK_PRESET);
-            println!("Starting logos-delivery node (preset={preset})...");
-            println!("This may take a few seconds while connecting to the network.");
-
-            let mut config = LogosConfig::new(db_str, "chat-cli");
+            let mut p2p_config = P2pConfig::default();
             if let Some(port) = cli.port {
-                config.set_tcp_port(port);
+                p2p_config.tcp_port = port;
             }
             if let Some(preset) = cli.preset.as_deref() {
-                config.set_preset(preset);
+                p2p_config.preset = preset.to_string();
             }
+
+            println!(
+                "Starting logos-delivery node (preset={})...",
+                p2p_config.preset
+            );
+            println!("This may take a few seconds while connecting to the network.");
+
+            let mut config = LogosConfig::new(db_str, "chat-cli");
             if let Some(registry_url) = cli.registry_url.as_deref() {
                 config.set_registry_url(registry_url);
             }
-            let (client, events) = LogosChatClient::open(config)
+            config.set_p2p_config(p2p_config);
+            let (client, events) = logos_chat::open(config)
                 .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{e:?}"))
                 .context("failed to open chat client")?;
 
@@ -104,32 +105,17 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         }
         // The file transport is a local-only path: it reuses the Logos service
         // stack (delegate identity, HTTP registry, encrypted storage) but swaps
-        // the transport, so it builds a client directly instead of going through
-        // `LogosChatClient`.
+        // the transport in via `open_with_transport`.
         TransportKind::File => {
             let transport_dir = cli.data.join("transport");
             let transport = transport::file::FileTransport::new(&transport_dir)
                 .context("failed to create file transport")?;
 
-            let endpoint = cli.registry_url.as_deref().unwrap_or(REGISTRY_ENDPOINT);
-            // A fresh dev account endorsing a fresh delegate each launch,
-            // mirroring `LogosChatClient::open`.
-            let account = TestLogosAccount::new();
-            let delegate = DelegateSigner::random();
-            let mut registry = HttpRegistry::new(endpoint);
-            account
-                .add_delegate_signer(&mut registry, delegate.public_key())
-                .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{e:?}"))
-                .context("failed to publish the device bundle")?;
-            let (client, events) = ChatClientBuilder::new(account.address())
-                .ident(delegate)
-                .transport(transport)
-                .registration(registry)
-                .storage_config(StorageConfig::Encrypted {
-                    path: db_str,
-                    key: "chat-cli".to_string(),
-                })
-                .build()
+            let mut config = LogosConfig::new(db_str, "chat-cli");
+            if let Some(registry_url) = cli.registry_url.as_deref() {
+                config.set_registry_url(registry_url);
+            }
+            let (client, events) = logos_chat::open_with_transport(config, transport)
                 .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{e:?}"))
                 .context("failed to open chat client")?;
 
diff --git a/crates/client/src/config.rs b/crates/client/src/config.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1918e8b3..00000000
--- a/crates/client/src/config.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-//! Baked-in configuration for the Logos service stack.
-
-/// The endpoint for the account and keypackage registration service.
-pub const REGISTRY_ENDPOINT: &str = "https://devnet.chat-kc.logos.co";
-
-/// The logos-delivery network preset the Logos client joins by default.
-pub const NETWORK_PRESET: &str = "logos.dev";
-
-/// Default TCP port for the embedded logos-delivery node.
-pub const DEFAULT_TCP_PORT: u16 = 60000;
diff --git a/crates/client/src/logos.rs b/crates/client/src/logos.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4634a7b4..00000000
--- a/crates/client/src/logos.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-//! The opinionated Logos client.
-//!
-//! `LogosChatClient` commits to the Logos service stack so independently built
-//! clients share the same production services instead of each re-deriving them:
-//! a delegate identity, the HTTP keypackage + account registry, encrypted
-//! on-disk storage, and — unlike the generic [`ChatClientBuilder`] — the
-//! logos-delivery transport itself. logos-delivery *is* the transport for the
-//! Logos client, so the caller no longer supplies one; only per-client secrets
-//! (the database path and key) and the network config are passed in.
-//!
-//! The logos-delivery transport carries a native dependency, so this whole
-//! module is gated behind the `embedded-p2p-delivery` cargo feature. The registry
-//! endpoint lives in [`crate::config`] instead, so it stays available to other
-//! transports when the feature is off.
-
-use components::{EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService, HttpRegistry, P2pConfig};
-use crossbeam_channel::Receiver;
-use libchat::{ChatStorage, StorageConfig};
-use logos_account::TestLogosAccount;
-
-use crate::ChatClientBuilder;
-use crate::client::{ChatClient, Transport};
-use crate::config::{DEFAULT_TCP_PORT, NETWORK_PRESET, REGISTRY_ENDPOINT};
-use crate::delegate::DelegateSigner;
-use crate::errors::ClientError;
-use crate::event::Event;
-
-// logos-delivery already implements `DeliveryService`; teaching it the inbound
-// half here (in the crate that owns `Transport`) makes it a full transport, so
-// callers need no wrapper newtype.
-impl Transport for EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService {
-    fn inbound(&mut self) -> Receiver<Vec<u8>> {
-        self.inbound_queue()
-    }
-}
-
-/// Configuration for opening a [`LogosChatClient`].
-///
-/// `db_path` (a per-client location) and `db_key` (a secret) are required and
-/// never baked into the library. The TCP port and the network config default to
-/// the baked-in Logos values; override them with the setters (e.g. to point at a
-/// local deployment).
-pub struct LogosConfig {
-    db_path: String,
-    db_key: String,
-    tcp_port: u16,
-    preset: String,
-    registry_url: String,
-}
-
-impl LogosConfig {
-    /// Config for the required per-client `db_path` and `db_key`. The TCP port,
-    /// network preset, and registry endpoint default to the baked-in Logos
-    /// values; override them with [`set_tcp_port`](Self::set_tcp_port),
-    /// [`set_preset`](Self::set_preset), and
-    /// [`set_registry_url`](Self::set_registry_url).
-    pub fn new(db_path: impl Into<String>, db_key: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            db_path: db_path.into(),
-            db_key: db_key.into(),
-            tcp_port: DEFAULT_TCP_PORT,
-            preset: NETWORK_PRESET.to_string(),
-            registry_url: REGISTRY_ENDPOINT.to_string(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Override the TCP port for the embedded logos-delivery node.
-    pub fn set_tcp_port(&mut self, tcp_port: u16) {
-        self.tcp_port = tcp_port;
-    }
-
-    /// Override the logos-delivery network preset (defaults to the baked-in
-    /// [`NETWORK_PRESET`]).
-    pub fn set_preset(&mut self, preset: impl Into<String>) {
-        self.preset = preset.into();
-    }
-
-    /// Override the registry endpoint (account + keypackage store; defaults to
-    /// the baked-in [`REGISTRY_ENDPOINT`]).
-    pub fn set_registry_url(&mut self, registry_url: impl Into<String>) {
-        self.registry_url = registry_url.into();
-    }
-}
-
-/// A [`ChatClient`] wired to the Logos service stack: a [`DelegateSigner`]
-/// identity acting for a fresh dev account, the HTTP keypackage + account
-/// registry ([`HttpRegistry`], which is both the keypackage store and the
-/// account → device directory), encrypted [`ChatStorage`], and the
-/// logos-delivery transport.
-pub type LogosChatClient = ChatClient<EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService, HttpRegistry, ChatStorage>;
-
-impl LogosChatClient {
-    /// Open a client on the Logos stack per `config`, starting a logos-delivery
-    /// node as its transport and persisting to the encrypted database.
-    pub fn open(config: LogosConfig) -> Result<(Self, Receiver<Event>), ClientError> {
-        let transport = EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService::start(P2pConfig {
-            preset: config.preset,
-            tcp_port: config.tcp_port,
-            ..Default::default()
-        })
-        .map_err(|e| ClientError::Transport(e.to_string()))?;
-
-        // A fresh account endorsing a fresh delegate each open: the account
-        // key is dropped after publishing the bundle, so devices cannot be
-        // added later. A caller-supplied, custody-holding account replaces
-        // this once the platform provides one.
-        let account = TestLogosAccount::new();
-        let delegate = DelegateSigner::random();
-        let mut registry = HttpRegistry::new(config.registry_url);
-        account
-            .add_delegate_signer(&mut registry, delegate.public_key())
-            .map_err(|e| ClientError::BundlePublish(e.to_string()))?;
-        ChatClientBuilder::new(account.address())
-            .ident(delegate)
-            .transport(transport)
-            .registration(registry)
-            .storage_config(StorageConfig::Encrypted {
-                path: config.db_path,
-                key: config.db_key,
-            })
-            .build()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/client/Cargo.toml b/crates/generic-chat/Cargo.toml
similarity index 86%
rename from crates/client/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/generic-chat/Cargo.toml
index 92b6a61a..beb802dc 100644
--- a/crates/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/generic-chat/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 [package]
-name = "logos-chat"
+name = "logos-generic-chat"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["rlib"]
 
-[features]
-embedded-p2p-delivery = ["components/embedded_p2p_delivery"]
-
 [dependencies]
 # Workspace dependencies (sorted)
 chat-sqlite = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/client/examples/message-exchange/README.md b/crates/generic-chat/examples/message-exchange/README.md
similarity index 69%
rename from crates/client/examples/message-exchange/README.md
rename to crates/generic-chat/examples/message-exchange/README.md
index cbb17889..203f7ddb 100644
--- a/crates/client/examples/message-exchange/README.md
+++ b/crates/generic-chat/examples/message-exchange/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # message-exchange
 
-An example Rust application built on top of [`crates/client`](../../).
+An example Rust application built on top of [`crates/generic-chat`](../../).
 
 It demonstrates that creating a working chat client in pure Rust is trivial: depend on
-`crates/client`, pick a `DeliveryService` implementation (here the in-memory
+`crates/generic-chat`, pick a `DeliveryService` implementation (here the in-memory
 `InProcessDelivery` shipped with the crate), and wire up `ChatClient`. No boilerplate, no FFI.
 
 ## Running
diff --git a/crates/client/examples/message-exchange/main.rs b/crates/generic-chat/examples/message-exchange/main.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from crates/client/examples/message-exchange/main.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/examples/message-exchange/main.rs
index a51cc34e..025012f7 100644
--- a/crates/client/examples/message-exchange/main.rs
+++ b/crates/generic-chat/examples/message-exchange/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use components::EphemeralRegistry;
 use logos_account::TestLogosAccount;
-use logos_chat::{ChatClientBuilder, Event, InProcessDelivery, MessageBus};
+use logos_generic_chat::{ChatClientBuilder, Event, InProcessDelivery, MessageBus};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/crates/client/src/builder.rs b/crates/generic-chat/src/builder.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/client/src/builder.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/src/builder.rs
diff --git a/crates/client/src/client.rs b/crates/generic-chat/src/client.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/client/src/client.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/src/client.rs
diff --git a/crates/client/src/delegate.rs b/crates/generic-chat/src/delegate.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/client/src/delegate.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/src/delegate.rs
diff --git a/crates/client/src/delivery_in_process.rs b/crates/generic-chat/src/delivery_in_process.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/client/src/delivery_in_process.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/src/delivery_in_process.rs
diff --git a/crates/client/src/errors.rs b/crates/generic-chat/src/errors.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/client/src/errors.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/src/errors.rs
diff --git a/crates/client/src/event.rs b/crates/generic-chat/src/event.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/client/src/event.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/src/event.rs
diff --git a/crates/client/src/lib.rs b/crates/generic-chat/src/lib.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from crates/client/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/src/lib.rs
index b613995b..39ea635a 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/generic-chat/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 mod builder;
 mod client;
-mod config;
 mod delegate;
 mod delivery_in_process;
 mod errors;
 mod event;
-#[cfg(feature = "embedded-p2p-delivery")]
-mod logos;
 
 pub use builder::{ChatClientBuilder, Unset};
 pub use client::{ChatClient, Transport};
-pub use config::{DEFAULT_TCP_PORT, NETWORK_PRESET, REGISTRY_ENDPOINT};
 pub use delegate::DelegateSigner;
 pub use delivery_in_process::{InProcessDelivery, MessageBus};
 pub use errors::ClientError;
 pub use event::{Event, MessageSender};
-#[cfg(feature = "embedded-p2p-delivery")]
-pub use logos::{LogosChatClient, LogosConfig};
 
 // Re-export types callers need to interact with ChatClient.
 pub use libchat::{
diff --git a/crates/client/tests/saro_and_raya.rs b/crates/generic-chat/tests/saro_and_raya.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/client/tests/saro_and_raya.rs
rename to crates/generic-chat/tests/saro_and_raya.rs
index ccc0916f..3ad15739 100644
--- a/crates/client/tests/saro_and_raya.rs
+++ b/crates/generic-chat/tests/saro_and_raya.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use components::EphemeralRegistry;
 use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
 use crypto::Ed25519VerifyingKey;
 use logos_account::TestLogosAccount;
-use logos_chat::{
+use logos_generic_chat::{
     AddressedEnvelope, ChatClient, ChatClientBuilder, DelegateSigner, DeliveryService, Event,
     InProcessDelivery, MessageBus, Transport,
 };
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn create_test_client(
         ChatClient<InProcessDelivery, EphemeralRegistry, libchat::ChatStorage>,
         Receiver<Event>,
     ),
-    logos_chat::ClientError,
+    logos_generic_chat::ClientError,
 > {
     let account = TestLogosAccount::new();
     let delegate = DelegateSigner::random();
@@ -375,10 +375,16 @@ fn unpublished_account_address_is_an_error() {
     let err = saro
         .create_direct_conversation(&unpublished.address())
         .expect_err("no bundle published for the account");
-    assert!(matches!(err, logos_chat::ClientError::AccountResolution(_)));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        err,
+        logos_generic_chat::ClientError::AccountResolution(_)
+    ));
 
     let err = saro
         .create_direct_conversation("not-an-account-address")
         .expect_err("not an account key");
-    assert!(matches!(err, logos_chat::ClientError::AccountResolution(_)));
+    assert!(matches!(
+        err,
+        logos_generic_chat::ClientError::AccountResolution(_)
+    ));
 }
diff --git a/crates/logos-chat/Cargo.toml b/crates/logos-chat/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63a8af6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/logos-chat/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "logos-chat"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["rlib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+# Workspace dependencies (sorted)
+components = { workspace = true }
+crossbeam-channel = { workspace = true }
+embedded-logos-delivery = { workspace = true }
+libchat = { workspace = true }
+logos-account = { workspace = true, features = ["dev"] }
+logos-generic-chat = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/logos-chat/src/lib.rs b/crates/logos-chat/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9381e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/logos-chat/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+mod logos;
+
+pub use logos::{LogosChatClient, LogosConfig, REGISTRY_ENDPOINT, open, open_with_transport};
+// Facade re-exports so callers need no direct dependency on the transport
+// crate.
+pub use embedded_logos_delivery::{
+    DEFAULT_NETWORK_PRESET, DEFAULT_TCP_PORT, EmbeddedLogosDelivery, P2pConfig,
+};
+
+// Re-export the transport-generic client surface so callers depend on this
+// crate alone.
+pub use logos_generic_chat::*;
diff --git a/crates/logos-chat/src/logos.rs b/crates/logos-chat/src/logos.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3e9d6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/logos-chat/src/logos.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+//! The opinionated Logos client.
+//!
+//! [`open`] commits to the Logos service stack so independently built clients
+//! share the same production services instead of each re-deriving them: a
+//! delegate identity, the HTTP keypackage + account registry, and encrypted
+//! on-disk storage. The stack is generic over the transport — any
+//! [`Transport`] can be injected via [`open_with_transport`] — and the
+//! concrete [`LogosChatClient`] commits to the embedded logos-delivery node,
+//! whose native `liblogosdelivery` link keeps this crate outside the
+//! workspace's default members.
+//!
+//! [`LogosChatClient`] points at `ChatClient`, which lives in
+//! `logos-generic-chat`, so Rust's inherent-impl rule keeps the open
+//! constructors off the alias; they are crate-level functions ([`open`],
+//! [`open_with_transport`]) taking the all-inclusive [`LogosConfig`] instead.
+
+use components::HttpRegistry;
+use crossbeam_channel::Receiver;
+use embedded_logos_delivery::{EmbeddedLogosDelivery, P2pConfig};
+use libchat::{ChatStorage, StorageConfig};
+use logos_account::TestLogosAccount;
+
+use logos_generic_chat::{
+    ChatClient, ChatClientBuilder, ClientError, DelegateSigner, Event, Transport,
+};
+
+/// The endpoint for the account and keypackage registration service.
+pub const REGISTRY_ENDPOINT: &str = "https://devnet.chat-kc.logos.co";
+
+/// Configuration for opening a Logos client.
+///
+/// `db_path` (a per-client location) and `db_key` (a secret) are required and
+/// never baked into the library. Everything else defaults: the registry
+/// endpoint to the baked-in Logos value and the embedded node's p2p settings
+/// to [`P2pConfig::default`]; override them with
+/// [`set_registry_url`](Self::set_registry_url) and
+/// [`set_p2p_config`](Self::set_p2p_config).
+pub struct LogosConfig {
+    db_path: String,
+    db_key: String,
+    registry_url: String,
+    p2p_config: P2pConfig,
+}
+
+impl LogosConfig {
+    /// Config for the required per-client `db_path` and `db_key`. The registry
+    /// endpoint defaults to the baked-in Logos value; override it with
+    /// [`set_registry_url`](Self::set_registry_url).
+    pub fn new(db_path: impl Into<String>, db_key: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            db_path: db_path.into(),
+            db_key: db_key.into(),
+            registry_url: REGISTRY_ENDPOINT.to_string(),
+            p2p_config: P2pConfig::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Override the registry endpoint (account + keypackage store; defaults to
+    /// the baked-in [`REGISTRY_ENDPOINT`]).
+    pub fn set_registry_url(&mut self, registry_url: impl Into<String>) {
+        self.registry_url = registry_url.into();
+    }
+
+    /// Override the embedded node's p2p settings (defaults to
+    /// [`P2pConfig::default`]). Only [`open`] starts an embedded node, so
+    /// [`open_with_transport`] ignores this.
+    pub fn set_p2p_config(&mut self, p2p_config: P2pConfig) {
+        self.p2p_config = p2p_config;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Open a client on the Logos stack per `config`, starting an embedded
+/// logos-delivery node per its p2p settings as the transport. A convenience
+/// over [`open_with_transport`] that commits to the [`LogosChatClient`]
+/// transport.
+pub fn open(config: LogosConfig) -> Result<(LogosChatClient, Receiver<Event>), ClientError> {
+    let transport = EmbeddedLogosDelivery::start(config.p2p_config.clone())
+        .map_err(|e| ClientError::Transport(e.to_string()))?;
+    open_with_transport(config, transport)
+}
+
+/// Open a client on the Logos stack per `config` with the injected transport,
+/// persisting to the encrypted database.
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+pub fn open_with_transport<T: Transport>(
+    config: LogosConfig,
+    transport: T,
+) -> Result<(ChatClient<T, HttpRegistry, ChatStorage>, Receiver<Event>), ClientError> {
+    // A fresh account endorsing a fresh delegate each open: the account
+    // key is dropped after publishing the bundle, so devices cannot be
+    // added later. A caller-supplied, custody-holding account replaces
+    // this once the platform provides one.
+    let account = TestLogosAccount::new();
+    let delegate = DelegateSigner::random();
+    let mut registry = HttpRegistry::new(config.registry_url);
+    account
+        .add_delegate_signer(&mut registry, delegate.public_key())
+        .map_err(|e| ClientError::BundlePublish(e.to_string()))?;
+    ChatClientBuilder::new(account.address())
+        .ident(delegate)
+        .transport(transport)
+        .registration(registry)
+        .storage_config(StorageConfig::Encrypted {
+            path: config.db_path,
+            key: config.db_key,
+        })
+        .build()
+}
+
+/// The Logos client: a [`ChatClient`] wired to the Logos service stack — a
+/// [`DelegateSigner`] identity acting for a fresh dev account, the HTTP
+/// keypackage + account registry ([`HttpRegistry`], which is both the
+/// keypackage store and the account → device directory), and encrypted
+/// [`ChatStorage`] — running an embedded logos-delivery node as its
+/// transport. Open one with [`open`], or swap the transport via
+/// [`open_with_transport`].
+pub type LogosChatClient = ChatClient<EmbeddedLogosDelivery, HttpRegistry, ChatStorage>;
diff --git a/extensions/components/Cargo.toml b/extensions/components/Cargo.toml
index 71092ca4..7e1a79f2 100644
--- a/extensions/components/Cargo.toml
+++ b/extensions/components/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 name = "components"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
-links = "logosdelivery"
-
-[features]
-embedded_p2p_delivery = []
 
 [dependencies]
 # Workspace dependencies (sorted)
diff --git a/extensions/components/src/delivery.rs b/extensions/components/src/delivery.rs
index 667d49cb..627ac550 100644
--- a/extensions/components/src/delivery.rs
+++ b/extensions/components/src/delivery.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 mod local_broadcaster;
 
 pub use local_broadcaster::LocalBroadcaster;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "embedded_p2p_delivery")]
-pub mod embedded_p2p_delivery;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "embedded_p2p_delivery")]
-pub use embedded_p2p_delivery::{EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService, P2pConfig};
diff --git a/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/Cargo.toml b/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..466f5fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "embedded-logos-delivery"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+links = "logosdelivery"
+
+[dependencies]
+# Workspace dependencies (sorted)
+crossbeam-channel = { workspace = true }
+libchat = { workspace = true }
+logos-generic-chat = { workspace = true }
+
+# External dependencies (sorted)
+base64 = "0.22"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+thiserror = "2"
+tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/extensions/components/build.rs b/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/build.rs
similarity index 92%
rename from extensions/components/build.rs
rename to extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/build.rs
index 5696f2ba..2773451d 100644
--- a/extensions/components/build.rs
+++ b/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/build.rs
@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@ use std::process::Command;
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=LOGOS_DELIVERY_LIB_DIR");
 
-    if std::env::var_os("CARGO_FEATURE_EMBEDDED_P2P_DELIVERY").is_none() {
-        return;
-    }
-
     let Some(lib_dir) = locate_lib_dir() else {
         println!(
-            "cargo:warning=embedded_p2p_delivery feature is enabled but \
-             liblogosdelivery could not be located; `cargo check`/`clippy` will \
-             pass, but building or testing will fail at link. Enter the dev shell \
-             with `nix develop` or set LOGOS_DELIVERY_LIB_DIR to the directory \
-             containing the library."
+            "cargo:warning=liblogosdelivery could not be located; `cargo check`/\
+             `clippy` will pass, but building or testing will fail at link. Enter \
+             the dev shell with `nix develop` or set LOGOS_DELIVERY_LIB_DIR to \
+             the directory containing the library."
         );
         return;
     };
diff --git a/extensions/components/src/delivery/embedded_p2p_delivery.rs b/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/src/lib.rs
similarity index 87%
rename from extensions/components/src/delivery/embedded_p2p_delivery.rs
rename to extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/src/lib.rs
index e2b855de..56cb8a5d 100644
--- a/extensions/components/src/delivery/embedded_p2p_delivery.rs
+++ b/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-//! logos-delivery backed [`client::DeliveryService`] implementation.
+//! The embedded logos-delivery transport service.
 //!
-//! `LogosDeliveryService` wraps an embedded logos-delivery node running on a
-//! dedicated `std::thread`. All interaction is via synchronous `std::sync::mpsc`
-//! channels.
+//! [`EmbeddedLogosDelivery`] implements [`DeliveryService`] by wrapping an
+//! embedded logos-delivery node running on a dedicated `std::thread`. All
+//! interaction is via synchronous `std::sync::mpsc` channels.
+//!
+//! This crate links the native `liblogosdelivery` library, so it lives outside
+//! the workspace's default members; depend on it (e.g. via the `logos-chat`
+//! crate) only when shipping the embedded node.
 //!
 //! ## Content topic mapping
 //!
@@ -51,6 +55,12 @@ type SubscriberList = Arc<Mutex<Vec<Sender<Vec<u8>>>>>;
 
 // ── P2pConfig ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+/// The logos-delivery network preset joined by default.
+pub const DEFAULT_NETWORK_PRESET: &str = "logos.dev";
+
+/// Default TCP port for the embedded logos-delivery node.
+pub const DEFAULT_TCP_PORT: u16 = 60000;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct P2pConfig {
     pub preset: String,
@@ -61,8 +71,8 @@ pub struct P2pConfig {
 impl Default for P2pConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            preset: "logos.dev".into(),
-            tcp_port: 60000,
+            preset: DEFAULT_NETWORK_PRESET.into(),
+            tcp_port: DEFAULT_TCP_PORT,
             log_level: "ERROR".into(),
         }
     }
@@ -115,21 +125,21 @@ impl WakuPayload {
     }
 }
 
-// ── EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ── EmbeddedLogosDelivery ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /// logos-delivery backed delivery service. Cheap to clone — all clones share
 /// the same background node.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService {
+pub struct EmbeddedLogosDelivery {
     outbound: mpsc::SyncSender<OutboundCmd>,
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     subscribers: SubscriberList,
     inbound_rx: Option<Receiver<Vec<u8>>>,
 }
 
-impl EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService {
+impl EmbeddedLogosDelivery {
     /// Start the embedded logos-delivery node. The client drains inbound
-    /// payloads via [`Transport::inbound`].
+    /// payloads via [`Self::inbound_queue`].
     pub fn start(cfg: P2pConfig) -> Result<Self, DeliveryError> {
         let (out_tx, out_rx) = mpsc::sync_channel::<OutboundCmd>(256);
         let subscribers: SubscriberList = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
@@ -284,7 +294,7 @@ impl EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService {
     }
 }
 
-impl DeliveryService for EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService {
+impl DeliveryService for EmbeddedLogosDelivery {
     type Error = DeliveryError;
 
     fn publish(&mut self, envelope: AddressedEnvelope) -> Result<(), DeliveryError> {
@@ -312,3 +322,13 @@ impl DeliveryService for EmbeddedP2pDeliveryService {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+// Teaching the service the inbound half makes it a full client transport, so
+// callers need no wrapper newtype. The impl lives here (the crate owning the
+// type) because the orphan rule bars it from the `logos-chat` crate, which
+// owns neither the trait nor the type.
+impl logos_generic_chat::Transport for EmbeddedLogosDelivery {
+    fn inbound(&mut self) -> Receiver<Vec<u8>> {
+        self.inbound_queue()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/components/src/delivery/embedded_p2p_delivery/sys.rs b/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/src/sys.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from extensions/components/src/delivery/embedded_p2p_delivery/sys.rs
rename to extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/src/sys.rs
diff --git a/extensions/components/src/delivery/embedded_p2p_delivery/wrapper.rs b/extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/src/wrapper.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from extensions/components/src/delivery/embedded_p2p_delivery/wrapper.rs
rename to extensions/embedded-logos-delivery/src/wrapper.rs