diff --git a/apps/bot/package.json b/apps/bot/package.json
index 4c38790..957d2a4 100644
--- a/apps/bot/package.json
+++ b/apps/bot/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "drizzle-orm": "^0.36.0",
     "grammy": "^1.31.0",
     "luxon": "^3.5.0",
+    "pg": "^8.13.0",
     "pg-boss": "^12.18.2",
     "pino": "^9.5.0",
     "pino-pretty": "^11.3.0",
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/luxon": "^3.4.2",
     "@types/node": "^22.7.0",
+    "@types/pg": "^8.11.10",
     "@types/qrcode": "^1.5.5",
     "tsx": "^4.19.0",
     "typescript": "^5.5.0",
diff --git a/apps/bot/src/ipc/command-consumer.ts b/apps/bot/src/ipc/command-consumer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e73acec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bot/src/ipc/command-consumer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { Client } from "pg";
+import type { Notification } from "pg";
+import { logger } from "../logger.js";
+import { env } from "../env.js";
+
+export type BotCommand =
+  | { type: "account.start_pairing"; accountId: string }
+  | { type: "account.unpair"; accountId: string }
+  | { type: "account.sync_groups"; accountId: string }
+  | { type: "group.send_test"; groupId: string; text: string }
+  | { type: "reminder.schedule"; reminderId: string; scheduledAtIso: string };
+
+type Handler = (cmd: BotCommand) => Promise<void>;
+const handlers: { [K in BotCommand["type"]]?: (cmd: Extract<BotCommand, { type: K }>) => Promise<void> } = {};
+
+export function registerHandler<T extends BotCommand["type"]>(
+  type: T,
+  fn: (cmd: Extract<BotCommand, { type: T }>) => Promise<void>,
+): void {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  (handlers as any)[type] = fn;
+}
+
+export async function startCommandConsumer(): Promise<() => Promise<void>> {
+  const client = new Client({ connectionString: env.DATABASE_URL });
+  await client.connect();
+  await client.query('LISTEN "bot.command"');
+
+  client.on("notification", (msg: Notification) => {
+    if (msg.channel !== "bot.command" || !msg.payload) return;
+    let cmd: BotCommand;
+    try {
+      cmd = JSON.parse(msg.payload) as BotCommand;
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.warn({ err, payload: msg.payload }, "ipc: bad command payload");
+      return;
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const fn: Handler | undefined = (handlers as any)[cmd.type];
+    if (!fn) {
+      logger.warn({ cmd }, "ipc: no handler for command type");
+      return;
+    }
+    fn(cmd).catch((err) => logger.error({ err, cmd }, "ipc: handler failed"));
+  });
+
+  client.on("error", (err: Error) => logger.error({ err }, "ipc: consumer client error"));
+  logger.info("ipc: command consumer started");
+
+  return async () => {
+    try {
+      await client.query('UNLISTEN "bot.command"');
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.warn({ err }, "ipc: UNLISTEN failed (continuing shutdown)");
+    }
+    await client.end();
+    logger.info("ipc: command consumer stopped");
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/bot/src/ipc/notify.ts b/apps/bot/src/ipc/notify.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75ae679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/bot/src/ipc/notify.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { sql } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { db } from "../db.js";
+import { logger } from "../logger.js";
+
+export type WebEvent =
+  | { type: "session.qr"; accountId: string; qrPng: string /* base64 */ }
+  | { type: "session.connected"; accountId: string; phoneNumber: string | null }
+  | { type: "session.disconnected"; accountId: string }
+  | { type: "session.timeout"; accountId: string }
+  | { type: "groups.synced"; accountId: string; count: number }
+  | { type: "reminder.fired"; reminderId: string; runId: string; status: string }
+  | { type: "reminder.failed"; reminderId: string; error: string };
+
+export async function pgNotifyWeb(event: WebEvent): Promise<void> {
+  const json = JSON.stringify(event);
+  // pg_notify takes a literal channel name as 1st arg.
+  await db.execute(sql`SELECT pg_notify('web.event', ${json})`);
+  logger.debug({ event: event.type }, "ipc: web.event published");
+}