diff --git a/packages/config/src/base.ts b/packages/config/src/base.ts
index d84ba7c2c4..b4504d92f6 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/base.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/base.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { inbucket } from "./inbucket.ts";
 import { realtime } from "./realtime.ts";
 import { storage } from "./storage.ts";
 import { studio } from "./studio.ts";
+import { workers } from "./workers.ts";
 
 const projectId = Schema.optionalKey(
   Schema.String.annotate({
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ const baseProjectConfigFields = {
   realtime,
   storage,
   studio,
+  workers,
   experimental,
 };
 
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ const remoteProjectConfig = Schema.Struct({
   realtime,
   storage,
   studio,
+  workers,
   experimental,
 }).pipe(Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed({})));
 
diff --git a/packages/config/src/workers.ts b/packages/config/src/workers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c79f5f7024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/config/src/workers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import dedent from "dedent";
+import { Effect, Schema } from "effect";
+
+const tags = ["workers"];
+
+const links = [
+  {
+    name: "`supabase workers` CLI subcommands",
+    link: "https://supabase.com/docs/reference/cli/supabase-workers",
+  },
+];
+
+/**
+ * Worker names end up in hostnames, so they are DNS labels — the same pattern
+ * the Management API validates `:name` against
+ * (`v2/projects/{ref}/workers/{name}`). `root` is excluded from the key pattern
+ * because `[workers]` carries both the project-wide `root` scalar and one
+ * sub-table per worker; without the exclusion the record's index signature also
+ * claims `root` and rejects its string value.
+ */
+const workerName = Schema.String.check(
+  Schema.isPattern(/^(?!root$)[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$/),
+);
+
+const worker = Schema.Struct({
+  runtime: Schema.optionalKey(
+    Schema.String.annotate({
+      description: dedent`
+        Runtime the worker is built on: \`dockerfile\` to build the directory's own
+        Dockerfile, or one of the catalog runtimes (\`node\`, \`deno\`). Guessed from
+        marker files when unset.
+      `,
+      examples: ["node"],
+      tags,
+      links,
+    }),
+  ),
+  size: Schema.optionalKey(
+    Schema.String.annotate({
+      description: dedent`
+        Instance size, denominated by memory. Each size implies its own vCPU count,
+        so it is the one dial rather than two.
+      `,
+      examples: ["2gb"],
+      tags,
+      links,
+    }),
+  ),
+  instances: Schema.optionalKey(
+    Schema.Number.annotate({
+      description: dedent`
+        Number of instances to run. Every deploy sends a complete spec, so a count
+        recorded here is what keeps a scaled worker scaled; \`--instances\` overrides
+        it for one deploy. Defaults to 1.
+      `,
+      examples: [3],
+      tags,
+      links,
+    }),
+  ),
+  source: Schema.optionalKey(
+    Schema.String.annotate({
+      description: dedent`
+        Directory holding the worker's code, relative to the project root, when it
+        does not live at \`supabase/<workers root>/<name>/\`.
+      `,
+      examples: ["packages/api"],
+      tags,
+      links,
+    }),
+  ),
+});
+
+/**
+ * `[workers]` — a project-wide `root` plus one `[workers.<name>]` table per
+ * worker, mirroring the `[functions.<slug>]` convention in the same file.
+ *
+ * `root` names the directory workers are grouped in, relative to `supabase/`;
+ * a single worker whose code lives somewhere else entirely uses its own
+ * `source` instead, which is anchored to the project root and so can leave
+ * `supabase/`.
+ */
+export const workers = Schema.StructWithRest(
+  Schema.Struct({
+    root: Schema.optionalKey(
+      Schema.String.annotate({
+        description: dedent`
+          Directory workers are grouped in, relative to \`supabase/\`. Defaults to
+          \`workers\`.
+        `,
+        examples: ["services"],
+        tags,
+        links,
+      }),
+    ),
+  }),
+  [Schema.Record(workerName, worker)],
+)
+  .annotate({
+    default: {},
+    description: "Worker-specific configuration keyed by worker name.",
+    tags,
+  })
+  .pipe(Schema.withDecodingDefault(Effect.succeed({})));
diff --git a/packages/config/src/workers.unit.test.ts b/packages/config/src/workers.unit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05bce87013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/config/src/workers.unit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { Schema } from "effect";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { workers } from "./workers.ts";
+
+const decode = Schema.decodeUnknownSync(workers);
+
+const workerNamePattern = "^(?!root$)[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$";
+
+describe("workers schema", () => {
+  test("decodes the project-wide root alongside per-worker tables", () => {
+    expect(
+      decode({
+        root: "services",
+        api: { runtime: "node", size: "4gb", instances: 3, source: "packages/api" },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      root: "services",
+      api: { runtime: "node", size: "4gb", instances: 3, source: "packages/api" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("defaults to an empty section when the key is absent", () => {
+    expect(Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Schema.Struct({ workers }))({})).toEqual({ workers: {} });
+  });
+
+  // Keys outside the DNS-label pattern fall outside the record's index
+  // signature and are dropped, the same way `[functions.<slug>]` treats a slug
+  // its own pattern does not match. `supabase workers new` validates the name
+  // up front so the CLI never writes one that would vanish here.
+  test("drops worker names that are not DNS labels", () => {
+    expect(decode({ Not_A_Label: {}, api: { runtime: "node" } })).toEqual({
+      api: { runtime: "node" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Every dial is optional: a worker scaffolded by `supabase workers new` records
+  // only what it prompted for, and `push` resolves the rest from its own defaults.
+  test("decodes a worker table with no dials set", () => {
+    expect(decode({ api: {} })).toEqual({ api: {} });
+  });
+
+  test("rejects a non-numeric instance count", () => {
+    expect(() => decode({ api: { instances: "three" } })).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  test("includes worker properties in the generated JSON schema", () => {
+    const json = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(Schema.toJsonSchemaDocument(workers).schema));
+    const objectSchema = json.anyOf?.find((entry: { type?: string }) => entry?.type === "object");
+    const workerSchema = objectSchema?.patternProperties?.[workerNamePattern];
+
+    expect(objectSchema?.properties?.root).toBeDefined();
+    expect(workerSchema?.properties?.runtime).toBeDefined();
+    expect(workerSchema?.properties?.size).toBeDefined();
+    expect(workerSchema?.properties?.instances).toBeDefined();
+    expect(workerSchema?.properties?.source).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});