diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc1155.ts b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc1155.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57264fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc1155.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// ERC-1155 TransferSingle handler. Layout differs from ERC-20/721:
+//   topic0: TransferSingle signature
+//   topic1: indexed operator (ignored — same as msg.sender for transfers)
+//   topic2: indexed from
+//   topic3: indexed to
+//   data:   abi.encode(uint256 id, uint256 value) — two 32-byte words
+//
+// TransferBatch shares the same shape header but data is two dynamic
+// arrays — non-trivial to decode without an ABI decoder. We register
+// a stub that records the raw log via sync.ts (the registry returns
+// null so no transfer row, but the log row still lands) and defer the
+// batch materialisation to a follow-up worker.
+
+import { register, topicToAddress, type EventHandler } from "./registry.js";
+
+export const ERC1155_TRANSFER_SINGLE =
+  "0xc3d58168c5ae7397731d063d5bbf3d657854427343f4c083240f7aacaa2d0f62";
+export const ERC1155_TRANSFER_BATCH =
+  "0x4a39dc06d4c0dbc64b70af90fd698a233a518aa5d07e595d983b8c0526c8f7fb";
+
+const single: EventHandler = {
+  topic0: ERC1155_TRANSFER_SINGLE,
+  decode: ({ log, contract, txHash }) => {
+    if (log.blockNumber == null || log.logIndex == null) return null;
+    if (log.topics.length < 4) return null;
+    const data = log.data.replace(/^0x/, "");
+    if (data.length < 128) return null; // need two 32-byte words
+    const id = BigInt("0x" + data.slice(0, 64));
+    const value = BigInt("0x" + data.slice(64, 128));
+    return {
+      blockHeight: log.blockNumber,
+      txHash,
+      logIndex: log.logIndex,
+      contract,
+      standard: "erc1155",
+      fromAddr: topicToAddress(log.topics[2]!),
+      toAddr: topicToAddress(log.topics[3]!),
+      tokenId: id.toString(),
+      amount: value.toString(),
+    };
+  },
+};
+
+const batch: EventHandler = {
+  topic0: ERC1155_TRANSFER_BATCH,
+  decode: () => {
+    // Two dynamic arrays encoded inline — the per-transfer rows can't
+    // be flattened cleanly into the schema's one-row-per-transfer
+    // shape without growing tokenTransfers. The raw log still lands
+    // via sync.ts so the deferred batch materialiser can re-decode.
+    return null;
+  },
+};
+
+register(single);
+register(batch);
diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc20.ts b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc20.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..060dd58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc20.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// ERC-20 Transfer handler. The Transfer event signature is shared with
+// ERC-721 — both emit topic0 = keccak("Transfer(address,address,uint256)").
+// The two are disambiguated by indexed-arg count: ERC-20 indexes from
+// + to (3 topics total including topic0); ERC-721 also indexes the
+// tokenId (4 topics total).
+
+import { register, topicToAddress, type EventHandler } from "./registry.js";
+
+export const ERC20_TRANSFER_TOPIC =
+  "0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef";
+
+const handler: EventHandler = {
+  topic0: ERC20_TRANSFER_TOPIC,
+  decode: ({ log, contract, txHash }) => {
+    // ERC-20 has exactly three topics (Transfer signature + indexed
+    // from + indexed to). Anything else is the ERC-721 sibling
+    // (4 topics) which the dedicated handler picks up via its own
+    // length check.
+    if (log.topics.length !== 3) return null;
+    if (log.blockNumber == null || log.logIndex == null) return null;
+    return {
+      blockHeight: log.blockNumber,
+      txHash,
+      logIndex: log.logIndex,
+      contract,
+      standard: "erc20",
+      fromAddr: topicToAddress(log.topics[1]!),
+      toAddr: topicToAddress(log.topics[2]!),
+      tokenId: null,
+      // value is the unindexed uint256 in `data`. Empty data is a
+      // malformed but on-chain-valid event; treat as zero so the row
+      // still lands and the operator can grep for it later.
+      amount: BigInt(log.data || "0x0").toString(),
+    };
+  },
+};
+
+register(handler);
diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc721.ts b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc721.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55b5858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/erc721.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// ERC-721 Transfer handler. Shares topic0 with ERC-20 — disambiguated
+// here by the indexed-arg count (4 topics: signature + indexed from,
+// to, tokenId).
+
+import { register, topicToAddress, type EventHandler } from "./registry.js";
+import { ERC20_TRANSFER_TOPIC } from "./erc20.js";
+
+const handler: EventHandler = {
+  topic0: ERC20_TRANSFER_TOPIC,
+  decode: ({ log, contract, txHash }) => {
+    if (log.topics.length !== 4) return null;
+    if (log.blockNumber == null || log.logIndex == null) return null;
+    return {
+      blockHeight: log.blockNumber,
+      txHash,
+      logIndex: log.logIndex,
+      contract,
+      standard: "erc721",
+      fromAddr: topicToAddress(log.topics[1]!),
+      toAddr: topicToAddress(log.topics[2]!),
+      tokenId: BigInt(log.topics[3]!).toString(),
+      amount: "1",
+    };
+  },
+};
+
+register(handler);
diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/handlers/index.ts b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be98652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Side-effect import — each handler module calls register() at top
+// level. Importing this barrel from the worker once boots the registry
+// with every built-in handler. Adding a new event type is then
+// `import "./handlers/my-event.js"` here, no sync.ts edit.
+
+import "./erc20.js";
+import "./erc721.js";
+import "./erc1155.js";
+
+export { dispatch, register, type EventHandler, type DecodedLogContext } from "./registry.js";
diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/handlers/registry.ts b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e578c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/handlers/registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// Declarative event-handler registry. Pre-Tier-3 sync.ts hard-coded the
+// dispatch:
+//
+//   if (t0 === ERC20_TRANSFER && length === 3) { … erc-20 row … }
+//   else if (t0 === ERC20_TRANSFER && length === 4) { … erc-721 row … }
+//   else if (t0 === ERC1155_SINGLE) { … }
+//
+// Adding a new event type — DEX swap, NFT mint, custom protocol log —
+// meant editing sync.ts in the middle of its hot loop and growing an
+// already-busy if/else. The registry pattern lifts the dispatch into a
+// table the loop just iterates: each handler declares the topic0 it
+// owns and a pure decoder that returns the row to insert (or null if
+// the log shape is recognised but should be skipped, eg ERC-1155 batch
+// transfers we defer materialising).
+//
+// Same wire-format / behaviour as the previous hardcoded path — this is
+// purely a refactor. Adding a handler is now `register(myHandler)` from
+// a new file under apps/indexer/src/handlers/, no sync.ts edits.
+
+import type { Log as ViemLog } from "viem";
+
+import type { tokenTransfers } from "@sentriscloud/indexer-db";
+
+export type TransferRow = typeof tokenTransfers.$inferInsert;
+
+/** Chain-shape log we hand to a handler. Same field set sync.ts already
+ * produces from `chain.getLogsRange()` plus the lowercased + per-block
+ * fields the handler needs to build a row. */
+export interface DecodedLogContext {
+  /** Log itself, viem shape. Topics may be undefined past the indexed
+   * count; handlers should validate the length they expect. */
+  log: ViemLog;
+  /** Lowercased contract address — already normalised so handlers don't
+   * each repeat the toLowerCase. */
+  contract: string;
+  /** Lowercased tx hash. */
+  txHash: string;
+}
+
+/** Handler contract: declare which topic0 you own + how to decode it. */
+export interface EventHandler {
+  /** Owning topic0 (lowercased hex string with 0x prefix). The registry
+   * keys handlers by this — at most one handler per topic0 today.
+   * Multiple-handler-per-topic-0 (eg disambiguating ERC-20 vs ERC-721
+   * Transfer by topic count) is encoded inside the decode function via
+   * a length check + null return. */
+  topic0: string;
+  /** Pure decoder. Returns the transfer row to insert, or null if the
+   * log matched topic0 but the handler chose to skip it (wrong arity,
+   * deferred decode, malformed data). Throwing is reserved for genuine
+   * bugs — caller surfaces them via log.error so an operator can grep. */
+  decode: (ctx: DecodedLogContext) => TransferRow | null;
+}
+
+const REGISTRY = new Map<string, EventHandler[]>();
+
+/** Register a handler. Multiple handlers can share a topic0 — the
+ * dispatcher walks them in registration order and keeps the first
+ * non-null result. Useful for the ERC-20 / ERC-721 split where both
+ * declare the same Transfer topic but disambiguate via topic count. */
+export function register(handler: EventHandler) {
+  const existing = REGISTRY.get(handler.topic0);
+  if (existing) {
+    existing.push(handler);
+  } else {
+    REGISTRY.set(handler.topic0, [handler]);
+  }
+}
+
+/** Run every handler that matched the log's topic0; return the first
+ * non-null decoded row, or null if no handler claimed it. */
+export function dispatch(ctx: DecodedLogContext): TransferRow | null {
+  const t0 = ctx.log.topics[0]?.toLowerCase();
+  if (!t0) return null;
+  const handlers = REGISTRY.get(t0);
+  if (!handlers) return null;
+  for (const h of handlers) {
+    const row = h.decode(ctx);
+    if (row !== null) return row;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/** Reset between tests — never called from the worker. */
+export function _reset() {
+  REGISTRY.clear();
+}
+
+/** Helper: 32-byte right-padded address topic → 0x-prefixed lowercased
+ * 20-byte address. */
+export function topicToAddress(topic: string): string {
+  return "0x" + topic.slice(-40).toLowerCase();
+}
diff --git a/apps/indexer/src/sync.ts b/apps/indexer/src/sync.ts
index 6d36edf..0b9fffc 100644
--- a/apps/indexer/src/sync.ts
+++ b/apps/indexer/src/sync.ts
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ import {
   transactions as txsTable,
 } from "@sentriscloud/indexer-db";
 import type { SentrixClient } from "@sentriscloud/indexer-chain";
-
-const ERC20_TRANSFER =
-  "0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef";
-const ERC1155_SINGLE =
-  "0xc3d58168c5ae7397731d063d5bbf3d657854427343f4c083240f7aacaa2d0f62";
-const ERC1155_BATCH =
-  "0x4a39dc06d4c0dbc64b70af90fd698a233a518aa5d07e595d983b8c0526c8f7fb";
+import { dispatch } from "./handlers/index.js";
 
 interface SyncOnceArgs {
   db: DbClient;
@@ -232,50 +226,16 @@ export async function indexBlock(args: IndexBlockArgs) {
       topic3: lower(l.topics[3]),
       data: l.data,
     });
-    const t0 = l.topics[0];
-    if (t0 === ERC20_TRANSFER && l.topics.length === 3) {
-      transferRows.push({
-        blockHeight: l.blockNumber,
-        txHash: txHashLower,
-        logIndex: l.logIndex,
-        contract: logAddr,
-        standard: "erc20",
-        fromAddr: topicToAddress(l.topics[1]!),
-        toAddr: topicToAddress(l.topics[2]!),
-        tokenId: null,
-        amount: BigInt(l.data || "0x0").toString(),
-      });
-    } else if (t0 === ERC20_TRANSFER && l.topics.length === 4) {
-      transferRows.push({
-        blockHeight: l.blockNumber,
-        txHash: txHashLower,
-        logIndex: l.logIndex,
-        contract: logAddr,
-        standard: "erc721",
-        fromAddr: topicToAddress(l.topics[1]!),
-        toAddr: topicToAddress(l.topics[2]!),
-        tokenId: BigInt(l.topics[3]!).toString(),
-        amount: "1",
-      });
-    } else if (t0 === ERC1155_SINGLE) {
-      const data = l.data.replace(/^0x/, "");
-      const id = BigInt("0x" + data.slice(0, 64));
-      const value = BigInt("0x" + data.slice(64, 128));
-      transferRows.push({
-        blockHeight: l.blockNumber,
-        txHash: txHashLower,
-        logIndex: l.logIndex,
-        contract: logAddr,
-        standard: "erc1155",
-        fromAddr: topicToAddress(l.topics[2]!),
-        toAddr: topicToAddress(l.topics[3]!),
-        tokenId: id.toString(),
-        amount: value.toString(),
-      });
-    } else if (t0 === ERC1155_BATCH) {
-      // Two dynamic arrays — defer batch decode. Raw log still inserted
-      // so the materialiser can re-decode at its own pace.
-    }
+    // Hand the log to the registry; whichever handler owns this topic0
+    // returns a TransferRow (or null to skip — eg ERC-1155 batch
+    // currently null-returns since the per-transfer rows can't be
+    // flattened into one schema row without growing tokenTransfers).
+    const transferRow = dispatch({
+      log: l,
+      contract: logAddr,
+      txHash: txHashLower,
+    });
+    if (transferRow) transferRows.push(transferRow);
   }
 
   // ── PHASE 4: single SQL transaction with all batch INSERTs. The
@@ -353,7 +313,3 @@ async function readLastSynced(db: DbClient): Promise<bigint> {
   return BigInt(rows[0].value);
 }
 
-function topicToAddress(topic: string): string {
-  // Topics are 32-byte right-padded; addresses are the right-most 20 bytes.
-  return "0x" + topic.slice(-40).toLowerCase();
-}