diff --git a/services/imajin-identity/types/package.json b/services/imajin-identity/types/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@lilith/imajin-identity-types",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "TypeScript types for Imajin identity recognition service",
+  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "module": "./dist/index.mjs",
+  "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+      "import": "./dist/index.mjs",
+      "require": "./dist/index.js"
+    }
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist",
+    "src"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsup",
+    "clean": "rm -rf dist",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
+    "test": "echo 'No tests configured for types package' && exit 0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@lilith/configs": "^2.2.1",
+    "tsup": "^8.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.4.0",
+    "zod": "^3.22.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^3.22.0"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "imajin",
+    "identity",
+    "types",
+    "typescript",
+    "face-recognition"
+  ],
+  "author": "Lilith <dev@atlilith.com>",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "registry": "http://forge.black.local/api/packages/lilith/npm/"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/imajin-identity/types/src/index.ts b/services/imajin-identity/types/src/index.ts
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+export * from './types';
+export * from './schemas';
diff --git a/services/imajin-identity/types/src/schemas.ts b/services/imajin-identity/types/src/schemas.ts
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+/**
+ * Zod schemas for runtime validation of identity service request types.
+ */
+
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Embedding Schemas
+// ============================================================================
+
+export const EmbedRequestSchema = z.object({
+  imagePath: z.string().min(1),
+  extractAll: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+});
+
+export const EmbedFromUrlRequestSchema = z.object({
+  imageUrl: z.string().url(),
+  extractAll: z.boolean().optional().default(true),
+});
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Clustering Schemas
+// ============================================================================
+
+export const ClusterRequestSchema = z.object({
+  inputDir: z.string().min(1),
+  minClusterSize: z.number().int().min(2).optional().default(2),
+  recursive: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+  mergeThreshold: z.number().min(0).max(1).optional().default(0.75),
+});
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Organization Schemas
+// ============================================================================
+
+export const OrganizeRequestSchema = z.object({
+  inputDir: z.string().min(1),
+  outputDir: z.string().min(1),
+  multiPersonStrategy: z.enum(['copy', 'symlink', 'skip']).optional().default('copy'),
+  noFaceStrategy: z.enum(['separate', 'skip']).optional().default('separate'),
+  minClusterSize: z.number().int().min(2).optional().default(2),
+  recursive: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+});
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Identity CRUD Schemas
+// ============================================================================
+
+export const CreateIdentityRequestSchema = z.object({
+  name: z.string().min(1),
+  imagePaths: z.array(z.string().min(1)).min(1),
+  minConfidence: z.number().min(0).max(1).optional().default(0.5),
+});
+
+export const UpdateIdentityRequestSchema = z.object({
+  name: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  addImagePaths: z.array(z.string().min(1)).optional(),
+  addImageUrls: z.array(z.string().url()).optional(),
+});
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Compare Schema
+// ============================================================================
+
+export const IdentityCompareRequestSchema = z.object({
+  imageBase64: z.string().min(1).max(50_000_000),
+});
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Search Schemas
+// ============================================================================
+
+export const SearchRequestSchema = z.object({
+  identityId: z.string().min(1),
+  searchPaths: z.array(z.string().min(1)).min(1),
+  minSimilarity: z.number().min(0).max(1).optional().default(0.35),
+  recursive: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+  limit: z.number().int().min(0).optional().default(0),
+});
+
+export const BatchSearchRequestSchema = z.object({
+  identityIds: z.array(z.string().min(1)).min(1),
+  searchPaths: z.array(z.string().min(1)).min(1),
+  minSimilarity: z.number().min(0).max(1).optional().default(0.35),
+  recursive: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+  limit: z.number().int().min(0).optional().default(0),
+});
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Namespaced Identity Schemas
+// ============================================================================
+
+export const BuildIdentityFromUrlsRequestSchema = z.object({
+  namespace: z.string().min(1),
+  identityId: z.string().min(1),
+  displayName: z.string().min(1),
+  imageUrls: z.array(z.string().url()).min(1),
+  minConfidence: z.number().min(0).max(1).optional().default(0.5),
+  upsert: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
+});
+
+export const NamespacedSearchRequestSchema = z.object({
+  namespace: z.string().min(1),
+  identityId: z.string().min(1),
+  imageUrl: z.string().url(),
+  minSimilarity: z.number().min(0).max(1).optional().default(0.35),
+});
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Gallery Scan Schema
+// ============================================================================
+
+export const ScanGalleryRequestSchema = z.object({
+  threshold: z.number().min(0).max(1).optional().default(0.35),
+  limit: z.number().int().min(1).max(200).optional().default(200),
+  cursor: z.string().optional(),
+  category: z.string().optional(),
+});
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Inferred Input Types
+// ============================================================================
+
+export type EmbedInput = z.infer<typeof EmbedRequestSchema>;
+export type EmbedFromUrlInput = z.infer<typeof EmbedFromUrlRequestSchema>;
+export type ClusterInput = z.infer<typeof ClusterRequestSchema>;
+export type OrganizeInput = z.infer<typeof OrganizeRequestSchema>;
+export type CreateIdentityInput = z.infer<typeof CreateIdentityRequestSchema>;
+export type UpdateIdentityInput = z.infer<typeof UpdateIdentityRequestSchema>;
+export type IdentityCompareInput = z.infer<typeof IdentityCompareRequestSchema>;
+export type SearchInput = z.infer<typeof SearchRequestSchema>;
+export type BatchSearchInput = z.infer<typeof BatchSearchRequestSchema>;
+export type BuildIdentityFromUrlsInput = z.infer<typeof BuildIdentityFromUrlsRequestSchema>;
+export type NamespacedSearchInput = z.infer<typeof NamespacedSearchRequestSchema>;
+export type ScanGalleryInput = z.infer<typeof ScanGalleryRequestSchema>;
diff --git a/services/imajin-identity/types/src/types.ts b/services/imajin-identity/types/src/types.ts
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+/**
+ * TypeScript types for the imajin-identity service.
+ *
+ * All interfaces use camelCase to match TypeScript conventions.
+ * The client layer handles camelCase ↔ snake_case mapping.
+ *
+ * Source of truth: services/imajin-identity/service/src/models/schemas.py
+ */
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Common
+// ============================================================================
+
+export type ConfidenceLevel = 'high' | 'medium' | 'low';
+export type HealthStatus = 'healthy' | 'unhealthy';
+export type ReadinessStatus = 'ready' | 'not_ready';
+export type MultiPersonStrategy = 'copy' | 'symlink' | 'skip';
+export type NoFaceStrategy = 'separate' | 'skip';
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Face Detection
+// ============================================================================
+
+/** Bounding box: [x1, y1, x2, y2] */
+export type BBox = [number, number, number, number];
+
+export interface FaceResult {
+  bbox: BBox;
+  confidence: number;
+  embeddingNorm: number;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Embedding
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface EmbedRequest {
+  imagePath: string;
+  extractAll?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface EmbedResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  faces: FaceResult[];
+  imagePath: string;
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+export interface EmbedFromUrlRequest {
+  imageUrl: string;
+  extractAll?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface FaceEmbeddingResult {
+  bbox: BBox;
+  confidence: number;
+  embedding: number[];
+}
+
+export interface EmbedFromUrlResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  faces: FaceEmbeddingResult[];
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Clustering
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface ClusterRequest {
+  inputDir: string;
+  minClusterSize?: number;
+  recursive?: boolean;
+  mergeThreshold?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ClusterInfo {
+  clusterId: number;
+  faceCount: number;
+  photoCount: number;
+  photoPaths: string[];
+}
+
+export interface ClusterResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  identityCount: number;
+  clusters: ClusterInfo[];
+  noiseCount: number;
+  totalFaces: number;
+  totalPhotos: number;
+  multiPersonPhotos: string[];
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Organization
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface OrganizeRequest {
+  inputDir: string;
+  outputDir: string;
+  multiPersonStrategy?: MultiPersonStrategy;
+  noFaceStrategy?: NoFaceStrategy;
+  minClusterSize?: number;
+  recursive?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface OrganizeResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  outputDir: string;
+  identityFolders: Record<string, string>;
+  photosProcessed: number;
+  photosOrganized: number;
+  photosNoFace: number;
+  photosMultiPerson: number;
+  errors: string[];
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Health
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface HealthResponse {
+  status: HealthStatus;
+  version: string;
+  uptimeSeconds: number;
+}
+
+export interface ReadinessResponse {
+  status: ReadinessStatus;
+  gpuAvailable: boolean;
+  modelLoaded: boolean;
+  redisConnected: boolean;
+  version: string;
+  uptimeSeconds: number;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Identity CRUD
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface CreateIdentityRequest {
+  name: string;
+  imagePaths: string[];
+  minConfidence?: number;
+}
+
+export interface UpdateIdentityRequest {
+  name?: string;
+  addImagePaths?: string[];
+  addImageUrls?: string[];
+}
+
+export interface IdentityResponse {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  imageCount: number;
+  sourcePaths: string[];
+  createdAt: string;
+  updatedAt: string;
+  gender: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface IdentityListResponse {
+  identities: IdentityResponse[];
+  total: number;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Identity Embedding (IP-Adapter integration)
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface IdentityEmbeddingResponse {
+  identityId: string;
+  name: string;
+  embedding: number[];
+  embeddingNorm: number;
+  imageCount: number;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Identity Compare
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface IdentityCompareRequest {
+  imageBase64: string;
+}
+
+export interface IdentityCompareResponse {
+  identityId: string;
+  similarity: number;
+  confidence: ConfidenceLevel;
+  faceDetected: boolean;
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Search
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface SearchRequest {
+  identityId: string;
+  searchPaths: string[];
+  minSimilarity?: number;
+  recursive?: boolean;
+  limit?: number;
+}
+
+export interface SearchMatch {
+  imagePath: string;
+  similarity: number;
+  confidence: ConfidenceLevel;
+}
+
+export interface SearchResponse {
+  identityId: string;
+  matches: SearchMatch[];
+  totalImagesSearched: number;
+}
+
+export interface BatchSearchRequest {
+  identityIds: string[];
+  searchPaths: string[];
+  minSimilarity?: number;
+  recursive?: boolean;
+  limit?: number;
+}
+
+export interface BatchSearchResponse {
+  results: SearchResponse[];
+  totalImagesSearched: number;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Namespaced Identity (media-gallery integration)
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface BuildIdentityFromUrlsRequest {
+  namespace: string;
+  identityId: string;
+  displayName: string;
+  imageUrls: string[];
+  minConfidence?: number;
+  upsert?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface IdentityBuildResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  identityId: string;
+  namespace: string;
+  imageCount: number;
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+export interface NamespacedSearchRequest {
+  namespace: string;
+  identityId: string;
+  imageUrl: string;
+  minSimilarity?: number;
+}
+
+export interface NamespacedSearchResponse {
+  identityId: string;
+  namespace: string;
+  similarity: number;
+  confidence: ConfidenceLevel;
+  faceDetected: boolean;
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Gallery Scan
+// ============================================================================
+
+export interface ScanGalleryRequest {
+  threshold?: number;
+  limit?: number;
+  cursor?: string;
+  category?: string;
+}
+
+export interface GalleryCandidate {
+  photoId: string;
+  similarity: number;
+  confidence: ConfidenceLevel;
+  thumbnailUrl: string;
+  originalUrl: string;
+  originalFilename: string;
+  faceQuality: number;
+}
+
+export interface ScanGalleryResponse {
+  identityId: string;
+  candidates: GalleryCandidate[];
+  totalScanned: number;
+  hasMore: boolean;
+  galleryTotal: number;
+  nextCursor?: string;
+}
diff --git a/services/imajin-identity/types/tsconfig.json b/services/imajin-identity/types/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "extends": "../../../tooling/tsconfig/tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "rootDir": "./src"
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+}
diff --git a/services/imajin-identity/types/tsup.config.ts b/services/imajin-identity/types/tsup.config.ts
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+import { createLibraryConfig } from '@lilith/configs/tsup/library';
+
+export default createLibraryConfig();