diff --git a/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/serve.ts b/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/serve.ts
index 1d894fd..214aab0 100644
--- a/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/serve.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/serve.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
+import { hostname as osHostname } from "node:os";
 import { err, ok, type Result } from "@uncaged/workflow-protocol";
 import { serve } from "bun";
 
 import { printCliLine } from "../../cli-output.js";
 import { createApp } from "./app.js";
+import {
+  registerWithGateway,
+  startHeartbeat,
+  startTunnel,
+  unregisterFromGateway,
+} from "./tunnel.js";
 import type { ServeOptions } from "./types.js";
 
+const DEFAULT_GATEWAY_URL = "https://workflow-gateway.shazhou.workers.dev";
+const HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000;
+
 export function startServer(storageRoot: string, options: ServeOptions): void {
   const app = createApp(storageRoot);
 
@@ -28,30 +38,51 @@ function parsePortValue(value: string | undefined): Result<number, string> {
   return ok(parsed);
 }
 
+function requireNextArg(argv: string[], i: number, flag: string): Result<string, string> {
+  const next = argv[i + 1];
+  if (next === undefined) {
+    return err(`${flag} requires a value`);
+  }
+  return ok(next);
+}
+
 function parseServeArgv(argv: string[]): Result<ServeOptions, string> {
   let port = 7860;
   let hostname = "127.0.0.1";
+  let name = osHostname().split(".")[0].toLowerCase();
+  let noTunnel = false;
+  let gatewayUrl = DEFAULT_GATEWAY_URL;
+  const gatewaySecret = process.env.WORKFLOW_GATEWAY_SECRET ?? "";
+  const stringFlags: Record<string, (v: string) => void> = {
+    "--host": (v) => {
+      hostname = v;
+    },
+    "--name": (v) => {
+      name = v;
+    },
+    "--gateway": (v) => {
+      gatewayUrl = v;
+    },
+  };
 
   for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
     const arg = argv[i];
     if (arg === "--port" || arg === "-p") {
       const portResult = parsePortValue(argv[i + 1]);
-      if (!portResult.ok) {
-        return portResult;
-      }
+      if (!portResult.ok) return portResult;
       port = portResult.value;
       i++;
-    } else if (arg === "--host") {
-      const next = argv[i + 1];
-      if (next === undefined) {
-        return err("--host requires a value");
-      }
-      hostname = next;
+    } else if (arg === "--no-tunnel") {
+      noTunnel = true;
+    } else if (arg in stringFlags) {
+      const r = requireNextArg(argv, i, arg);
+      if (!r.ok) return r;
+      stringFlags[arg](r.value);
       i++;
     }
   }
 
-  return ok({ port, hostname });
+  return ok({ port, hostname, name, noTunnel, gatewayUrl, gatewaySecret });
 }
 
 export async function dispatchServe(storageRoot: string, argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
@@ -61,7 +92,62 @@ export async function dispatchServe(storageRoot: string, argv: string[]): Promis
     return 1;
   }
 
-  startServer(storageRoot, parsed.value);
+  const options = parsed.value;
+  startServer(storageRoot, options);
+
+  if (options.noTunnel) {
+    printCliLine("tunnel disabled (--no-tunnel)");
+    await new Promise(() => {});
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  // Start cloudflared quick tunnel
+  printCliLine("starting cloudflared quick tunnel...");
+  const tunnel = await startTunnel(options.port);
+
+  if (!tunnel) {
+    printCliLine("failed to create tunnel — continuing without gateway registration");
+    await new Promise(() => {});
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  printCliLine(`tunnel: ${tunnel.url}`);
+
+  // Register with gateway
+  if (options.gatewaySecret) {
+    const registered = await registerWithGateway(
+      options.gatewayUrl,
+      options.name,
+      tunnel.url,
+      options.gatewaySecret,
+    );
+    if (registered) {
+      printCliLine(`registered with gateway as "${options.name}"`);
+    }
+
+    // Start heartbeat
+    const heartbeatTimer = startHeartbeat(
+      options.gatewayUrl,
+      options.name,
+      tunnel.url,
+      options.gatewaySecret,
+      HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS,
+    );
+
+    // Cleanup on exit
+    const cleanup = async () => {
+      clearInterval(heartbeatTimer);
+      printCliLine("unregistering from gateway...");
+      await unregisterFromGateway(options.gatewayUrl, options.name, options.gatewaySecret);
+      tunnel.process.kill();
+      process.exit(0);
+    };
+
+    process.on("SIGINT", cleanup);
+    process.on("SIGTERM", cleanup);
+  } else {
+    printCliLine("WORKFLOW_GATEWAY_SECRET not set — skipping gateway registration");
+  }
 
   // Keep process alive
   await new Promise(() => {});
diff --git a/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/tunnel.ts b/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/tunnel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd253df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/tunnel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { printCliLine } from "../../cli-output.js";
+
+type TunnelHandle = {
+  process: ReturnType<typeof Bun.spawn>;
+  url: string;
+};
+
+export async function startTunnel(port: number): Promise<TunnelHandle | null> {
+  const proc = Bun.spawn(["cloudflared", "tunnel", "--url", `http://localhost:${port}`], {
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+
+  // cloudflared prints the URL to stderr
+  const reader = proc.stderr.getReader();
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  let buffer = "";
+  const deadline = Date.now() + 30_000;
+
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+    if (done) break;
+    buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
+    const match = buffer.match(/https:\/\/[a-z0-9-]+\.trycloudflare\.com/);
+    if (match) {
+      // Release the reader so stderr keeps flowing without backpressure
+      reader.releaseLock();
+      return { process: proc, url: match[0] };
+    }
+  }
+
+  reader.releaseLock();
+  proc.kill();
+  return null;
+}
+
+export async function registerWithGateway(
+  gatewayUrl: string,
+  name: string,
+  tunnelUrl: string,
+  secret: string,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    const resp = await fetch(`${gatewayUrl}/register`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ name, url: tunnelUrl, secret }),
+    });
+    if (!resp.ok) {
+      const body = await resp.text();
+      printCliLine(`gateway registration failed: ${resp.status} ${body}`);
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    printCliLine(`gateway registration error: ${e}`);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function unregisterFromGateway(
+  gatewayUrl: string,
+  name: string,
+  secret: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await fetch(`${gatewayUrl}/register/${name}`, {
+      method: "DELETE",
+      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${secret}` },
+    });
+  } catch {
+    // Best effort — process is exiting
+  }
+}
+
+export function startHeartbeat(
+  gatewayUrl: string,
+  name: string,
+  tunnelUrl: string,
+  secret: string,
+  intervalMs: number,
+): ReturnType<typeof setInterval> {
+  return setInterval(() => {
+    registerWithGateway(gatewayUrl, name, tunnelUrl, secret).catch(() => {});
+  }, intervalMs);
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/types.ts b/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/types.ts
index ad8ef10..541269c 100644
--- a/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/types.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 export type ServeOptions = {
   port: number;
   hostname: string;
+  name: string;
+  noTunnel: boolean;
+  gatewayUrl: string;
+  gatewaySecret: string;
 };