diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9eb0ea4be..c4493ac57 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: ../../docker/continuum-core-vulkan.Dockerfile
       additional_contexts:
         avatars: ./src/models/avatars
+        shared: ./src/shared
         shared-generated: ./src/shared/generated
       args:
         # --no-default-features excludes livekit-webrtc (handled by livekit-bridge).
diff --git a/docker/continuum-core-cuda.Dockerfile b/docker/continuum-core-cuda.Dockerfile
index 224c4d6f0..23f8cdcfd 100644
--- a/docker/continuum-core-cuda.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/continuum-core-cuda.Dockerfile
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ COPY . .
 # from WORKDIR /app. CI must pass `build-contexts: shared-generated=./src/shared/generated`.
 COPY --from=shared-generated entity_schemas.json /shared/generated/entity_schemas.json
 
+# Model registry SSOT used by candle_adapter.rs include_str!:
+# ../../../../shared/models.json resolves to /shared/models.json here.
+COPY --from=shared models.json /shared/models.json
+
 # Fail fast if the host forgot to init submodules. Without this, cmake's
 # CMakeLists-not-found error surfaces deep inside the CUDA build —
 # terrible signal-to-noise. See issue #893.
diff --git a/docker/continuum-core-vulkan.Dockerfile b/docker/continuum-core-vulkan.Dockerfile
index 53616f625..62b6baa91 100644
--- a/docker/continuum-core-vulkan.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/continuum-core-vulkan.Dockerfile
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ COPY . .
 # CI must pass `build-contexts: shared-generated=./src/shared/generated`.
 COPY --from=shared-generated entity_schemas.json /shared/generated/entity_schemas.json
 
+# Model registry SSOT used by candle_adapter.rs include_str!:
+# ../../../../shared/models.json resolves to /shared/models.json here.
+COPY --from=shared models.json /shared/models.json
+
 # Fail fast if submodules are uninitialized.
 RUN test -f vendor/llama.cpp/CMakeLists.txt || ( \
     echo "ERROR: vendor/llama.cpp is empty — host submodule not initialized." >&2 && \
diff --git a/docker/continuum-core.Dockerfile b/docker/continuum-core.Dockerfile
index 71952e667..d4ab35cb8 100644
--- a/docker/continuum-core.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/continuum-core.Dockerfile
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ COPY . .
 # which resolves to /shared/generated/ from WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=shared-generated entity_schemas.json /shared/generated/entity_schemas.json
 
+# src/shared/models.json is the model-registry SSOT. candle_adapter.rs embeds it
+# via include_str!("../../../../shared/models.json"), which resolves to
+# /shared/models.json from this Docker build layout.
+COPY --from=shared models.json /shared/models.json
+
 # Fail fast if the host forgot to init submodules. Without this, cmake's
 # CMakeLists-not-found error surfaces ~15 min into the cargo build —
 # terrible signal-to-noise. See issue #893.
diff --git a/scripts/push-image.sh b/scripts/push-image.sh
index fe4dc2d5b..a71a095da 100755
--- a/scripts/push-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/push-image.sh
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ docker buildx build \
   --file "$DOCKERFILE" \
   --build-arg "GPU_FEATURES=$GPU_FEATURES" \
   --build-arg "GIT_SHA=$BUILD_SHA" \
+  --build-context "shared=src/shared" \
   --build-context "shared-generated=src/shared/generated" \
   --tag "$TAG_SHA" \
   --label "org.opencontainers.image.revision=$BUILD_SHA" \
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ docker buildx build \
   --file "$DOCKERFILE" \
   --build-arg "GPU_FEATURES=$GPU_FEATURES" \
   --build-arg "GIT_SHA=$BUILD_SHA" \
+  --build-context "shared=src/shared" \
   --build-context "shared-generated=src/shared/generated" \
   "${TAGS[@]}" \
   --label "org.opencontainers.image.revision=$BUILD_SHA" \