diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8553e5..de549ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "pnpm -r build"
+    "build": "node scripts/build.mjs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-cursor": "link:../repos/nerve/packages/adapter-cursor",
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
     "zod": "^4.3.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "drizzle-kit": "latest"
+    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
+    "drizzle-kit": "latest",
+    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
   },
   "pnpm": {
     "onlyBuiltDependencies": [
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a0abac9..94e2b4d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -48,9 +48,18 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^4.3.6
         version: 4.3.6
     devDependencies:
+      '@types/node':
+        specifier: ^22.0.0
+        version: 22.19.17
       drizzle-kit:
         specifier: latest
         version: 0.31.10
+      esbuild:
+        specifier: ^0.27.0
+        version: 0.27.7
+      typescript:
+        specifier: ^5.7.0
+        version: 5.9.3
 
   senses/git-workspace-status:
     devDependencies:
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d7bdb1b..0000000
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-packages:
-  - "workflows/*"
-  - "senses/*"
diff --git a/scripts/build.mjs b/scripts/build.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82079e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import * as esbuild from "esbuild";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const root = path.join(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
+
+const opts = {
+  bundle: true,
+  platform: "node",
+  format: "esm",
+  packages: "external",
+};
+
+function listDirs(dir) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) return [];
+  return fs
+    .readdirSync(dir)
+    .filter((name) => !name.startsWith("."))
+    .map((name) => path.join(dir, name))
+    .filter((p) => fs.statSync(p).isDirectory());
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  for (const dir of listDirs(path.join(root, "senses"))) {
+    const entry = path.join(dir, "src", "index.ts");
+    if (!fs.existsSync(entry)) continue;
+    await esbuild.build({
+      ...opts,
+      entryPoints: [entry],
+      outfile: path.join(dir, "index.js"),
+    });
+  }
+
+  for (const dir of listDirs(path.join(root, "workflows"))) {
+    const base = path.basename(dir);
+    if (base.startsWith("_")) continue;
+    const entry = path.join(dir, "index.ts");
+    if (!fs.existsSync(entry)) continue;
+    const outDir = path.join(dir, "dist");
+    fs.mkdirSync(outDir, { recursive: true });
+    await esbuild.build({
+      ...opts,
+      entryPoints: [entry],
+      outfile: path.join(outDir, "index.js"),
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+await main();
diff --git a/senses/git-workspace-status/index.js b/senses/git-workspace-status/index.js
index 5a90a3d..cc60d6a 100644
--- a/senses/git-workspace-status/index.js
+++ b/senses/git-workspace-status/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/git-workspace-status/src/index.ts
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { resolve } from "node:path";
 
-// src/schema.ts
+// senses/git-workspace-status/src/schema.ts
 import { integer, sqliteTable, text } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";
 var snapshots = sqliteTable("snapshots", {
   ts: integer("ts").primaryKey(),
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var snapshots = sqliteTable("snapshots", {
   gitError: text("git_error").notNull()
 });
 
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/git-workspace-status/src/index.ts
 var GIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 15e3;
 function workspaceRoot() {
   const raw = process.env.GIT_WORKSPACE_ROOT;
diff --git a/senses/git-workspace-status/package.json b/senses/git-workspace-status/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ec7b90..0000000
--- a/senses/git-workspace-status/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "sense-git-workspace-status",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outfile=index.js --packages=external"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/senses/hermes-gateway-health/index.js b/senses/hermes-gateway-health/index.js
index ebd7d02..995943b 100644
--- a/senses/hermes-gateway-health/index.js
+++ b/senses/hermes-gateway-health/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/hermes-gateway-health/src/index.ts
 import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
 
-// src/schema.ts
+// senses/hermes-gateway-health/src/schema.ts
 import { integer, real, sqliteTable, text } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";
 var hermesGatewayHealth = sqliteTable("hermes_gateway_health", {
   id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var hermesGatewayHealth = sqliteTable("hermes_gateway_health", {
   httpError: text("http_error").notNull()
 });
 
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/hermes-gateway-health/src/index.ts
 var EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS = 25e3;
 var HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS = Math.min(23e3, EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS - 2e3);
 var HTTP_ERROR_MAX_LEN = 256;
diff --git a/senses/hermes-gateway-health/package.json b/senses/hermes-gateway-health/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8912327..0000000
--- a/senses/hermes-gateway-health/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "sense-hermes-gateway-health",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outfile=index.js --packages=external"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/senses/hermes-session-message-stats/index.js b/senses/hermes-session-message-stats/index.js
index 325eb15..0c15a34 100644
--- a/senses/hermes-session-message-stats/index.js
+++ b/senses/hermes-session-message-stats/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/hermes-session-message-stats/src/index.ts
 import { createReadStream } from "node:fs";
 import { readdir } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { createInterface } from "node:readline";
 
-// src/schema.ts
+// senses/hermes-session-message-stats/src/schema.ts
 import { integer, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";
 var hermesSessionMessageStats = sqliteTable("hermes_session_message_stats", {
   id: integer("id").primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var hermesSessionMessageStats = sqliteTable("hermes_session_message_stats", {
   measurementWindowSeconds: integer("measurement_window_seconds").notNull()
 });
 
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/hermes-session-message-stats/src/index.ts
 var MEASUREMENT_WINDOW_MS = 9e5;
 var MEASUREMENT_WINDOW_SECONDS = 900;
 async function aggregateJsonlFile(filePath, cutoffMs, nowMs) {
diff --git a/senses/hermes-session-message-stats/package.json b/senses/hermes-session-message-stats/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f0e31d..0000000
--- a/senses/hermes-session-message-stats/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "sense-hermes-session-message-stats",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outfile=index.js --packages=external"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/senses/linux-system-health/index.js b/senses/linux-system-health/index.js
index 8173fc0..ae44f58 100644
--- a/senses/linux-system-health/index.js
+++ b/senses/linux-system-health/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/linux-system-health/src/index.ts
 import { loadavg, totalmem, freemem, uptime } from "node:os";
 import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 
-// src/schema.ts
+// senses/linux-system-health/src/schema.ts
 import { integer, real, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";
 var snapshots = sqliteTable("snapshots", {
   ts: integer("ts").primaryKey(),
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var snapshots = sqliteTable("snapshots", {
   tcpMemPages: integer("tcp_mem_pages")
 });
 
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/linux-system-health/src/index.ts
 var SOCKSTAT_PATH = "/proc/net/sockstat";
 function parseSockstat(content) {
   let socketsUsed = 0, tcpInuse = 0, tcpOrphan = 0, tcpTw = 0, tcpAlloc = 0, tcpMemPages = 0;
diff --git a/senses/linux-system-health/package.json b/senses/linux-system-health/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 56de8f3..0000000
--- a/senses/linux-system-health/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "sense-linux-system-health",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outfile=index.js --packages=external"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/senses/worker-process-metrics/index.js b/senses/worker-process-metrics/index.js
index c0f56b0..226d16c 100644
--- a/senses/worker-process-metrics/index.js
+++ b/senses/worker-process-metrics/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// src/schema.ts
+// senses/worker-process-metrics/src/schema.ts
 import { integer, real, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";
 var workerProcessMetrics = sqliteTable("worker_process_metrics", {
   ts: integer("ts").primaryKey(),
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var workerProcessMetrics = sqliteTable("worker_process_metrics", {
   externalMB: real("external_mb").notNull()
 });
 
-// src/index.ts
+// senses/worker-process-metrics/src/index.ts
 function round2(n) {
   return Math.round(n * 100) / 100;
 }
diff --git a/senses/worker-process-metrics/package.json b/senses/worker-process-metrics/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 68a2128..0000000
--- a/senses/worker-process-metrics/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "sense-worker-process-metrics",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outfile=index.js --packages=external"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/workflows/develop-workflow/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
similarity index 58%
rename from workflows/develop-workflow/tsconfig.json
rename to tsconfig.json
index c42d321..4317983 100644
--- a/workflows/develop-workflow/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
     "strict": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "noEmit": true,
+    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
     "types": ["node"]
   },
-  "include": ["./**/*.ts", "../_shared/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": [
+    "senses/**/*.ts",
+    "workflows/**/*.ts",
+    "scripts/**/*.ts",
+    "workflows/_shared/**/*.ts"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/workflows/develop-sense/package.json b/workflows/develop-sense/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ff3392..0000000
--- a/workflows/develop-sense/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "generate-sense-workflow",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outdir=dist --packages=external"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-cursor": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-hermes": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-core": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-meta": "link:../../../repos/nerve/packages/workflow-meta",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils": "latest",
-    "zod": "^4.3.6"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/workflows/develop-sense/tsconfig.json b/workflows/develop-sense/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index aa299d8..0000000
--- a/workflows/develop-sense/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2022",
-    "lib": ["ES2022"],
-    "module": "NodeNext",
-    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
-    "strict": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "noEmit": false,
-    "declaration": false,
-    "types": ["node"]
-  },
-  "include": ["./**/*.ts", "../_shared/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/workflows/develop-workflow/package.json b/workflows/develop-workflow/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a6b93b..0000000
--- a/workflows/develop-workflow/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "generate-workflow-workflow",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outdir=dist --packages=external"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-cursor": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-hermes": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-core": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-meta": "link:../../../repos/nerve/packages/workflow-meta",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils": "latest",
-    "zod": "^4.3.6"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/workflows/knowledge-extraction/package.json b/workflows/knowledge-extraction/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 182e008..0000000
--- a/workflows/knowledge-extraction/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "knowledge-extraction-workflow",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outdir=dist --packages=external"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-cursor": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-hermes": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-core": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils": "latest",
-    "zod": "^4.3.6"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/workflows/knowledge-extraction/tsconfig.json b/workflows/knowledge-extraction/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fc00159..0000000
--- a/workflows/knowledge-extraction/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2022",
-    "lib": ["ES2022"],
-    "module": "NodeNext",
-    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
-    "strict": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "noEmit": true,
-    "types": ["node"]
-  },
-  "include": ["./**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/workflows/solve-issue/package.json b/workflows/solve-issue/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ce6e1eb..0000000
--- a/workflows/solve-issue/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "solve-issue-workflow",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild index.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outdir=dist --packages=external"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-cursor": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-adapter-hermes": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-core": "latest",
-    "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils": "latest",
-    "zod": "^4.3.6"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "esbuild": "^0.27.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/workflows/solve-issue/tsconfig.json b/workflows/solve-issue/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fc00159..0000000
--- a/workflows/solve-issue/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2022",
-    "lib": ["ES2022"],
-    "module": "NodeNext",
-    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
-    "strict": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "noEmit": true,
-    "types": ["node"]
-  },
-  "include": ["./**/*.ts"]
-}