diff --git a/docs/mod-option-schema.md b/docs/mod-option-schema.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4df61fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/mod-option-schema.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Mod option schema export
+
+`mod_option_schemas.json` is an optional runtime snapshot written beside
+`options.lua` after the mod loader finishes. It gives a native launcher a
+data-only description of mod settings without requiring the launcher to run
+untrusted mod entry code before boot.
+
+Version 1 has this shape:
+
+```json
+{
+  "schema_version": 1,
+  "mods": {
+    "example": [
+      {"key":"enabled","type":"toggle","label":"Enabled","default":true},
+      {"key":"mode","type":"choice","label":"Mode","default":"safe",
+       "choices":[["Safe","safe"],["Fast","fast"]]},
+      {"key":"rate","type":"number","label":"Rate","default":5,
+       "min":0,"max":10,"step":1},
+      {"key":"name","type":"text","label":"Name","default":"","maxLen":12}
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Only enabled, successfully loaded mods are included. A boot with no schemas
+writes `{"schema_version":1,"mods":{}}` when an older snapshot exists, so a
+disabled or failed mod cannot leave stale settings rows behind. A filesystem
+that cannot write is tolerated, and a fresh mod-free boot does not create the
+file.
+
+The supported row types are `toggle`, `choice`, `number`, and `text`. Native
+consumers may ignore unknown future row types. Consumers must accept a
+missing `schema_version` as legacy version 1 and ignore newer versions rather
+than guessing at their shape. Producers must bump the version when changing
+the document shape.
diff --git a/src/mods/Loader.lua b/src/mods/Loader.lua
index fa6f6a34..a424c85b 100644
--- a/src/mods/Loader.lua
+++ b/src/mods/Loader.lua
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ local Loader = {}
 Loader.__index = Loader
 
 local MOD_STATE_FILE = "mod_state.lua" -- legacy migration only
+local OPTION_SCHEMAS_FILENAME = "mod_option_schemas.json"
+local OPTION_SCHEMAS_VERSION = 1
 
 -- walk a dotted target path without creating anything; the base view a
 -- registry folds against must never perturb Data on a mod-free boot
@@ -191,6 +193,43 @@ function Loader:_saveState()
   SaveData.saveOptions(options, self.fs)
 end
 
+-- Export the runtime option schemas after mod entry chunks have run.  This
+-- is an optional, data-only handoff for native launchers: they must not run
+-- arbitrary mod code before boot just to discover settings.  The snapshot is
+-- deliberately written beside options.lua so every platform's native shell
+-- can use the same filesystem contract.
+function Loader:_writeOptionSchemas()
+  if not self.fs.write then return end
+
+  local mods = {}
+  for id, schema in pairs(self.optionSchemas) do
+    if self.mods[id] and self.mods[id].enabled and not self.mods[id].failed then
+      mods[id] = schema
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- Do not create storage on a fresh mod-free boot, but do overwrite an old
+  -- snapshot when the current boot has no schemas so disabled/failed mods do
+  -- not leave stale native settings rows behind.
+  if next(mods) == nil
+      and not (self.fs.getInfo and self.fs.getInfo(OPTION_SCHEMAS_FILENAME)) then
+    return
+  end
+
+  local ok, encoded = pcall(Json.encode, {
+    schema_version = OPTION_SCHEMAS_VERSION,
+    mods = mods,
+  })
+  if not ok then
+    Logger.warn("mod option schema export: failed to encode: %s", tostring(encoded))
+    return
+  end
+  local written, err = self.fs.write(OPTION_SCHEMAS_FILENAME, encoded)
+  if not written then
+    Logger.warn("mod option schema export: failed to write: %s", tostring(err))
+  end
+end
+
 function Loader:setEnabled(id, enabled)
   if not self.mods[id] then return false end
   self.disabled[id] = not enabled
@@ -1089,6 +1128,7 @@ function Loader:load(data)
   -- which resolves every path to itself (14 §asset resolution).
   Assets.installLoader(self)
   self.events:emit("mods.loaded", { loader = self, data = data })
+  self:_writeOptionSchemas()
   self.initialized = true
   return #self.errors == 0
 end
diff --git a/tests/mod_loader_tests.lua b/tests/mod_loader_tests.lua
index e14d2b78..e1d58a3f 100644
--- a/tests/mod_loader_tests.lua
+++ b/tests/mod_loader_tests.lua
@@ -303,6 +303,95 @@ do
     "with the env var unset, the saved disable is left alone")
 end
 
+-- ------- runtime option schema export
+-- The optional native-launcher contract is written only after enabled mods
+-- have successfully run, and stale snapshots are cleared when the load set
+-- no longer contains schema-bearing mods.
+do
+  local Json = require("src.link.Json")
+  local schemaFiles = {
+    ["options.lua"] = "return { mods = { quiet = false } }",
+    ["mods/loud/manifest.json"] = manifestJson("loud"),
+    ["mods/loud/main.lua"] = [[
+return function(mod)
+  mod.options:define({
+    { key = "hardcore", type = "toggle", label = "Hardcore", default = false },
+    { key = "difficulty", type = "choice", label = "Difficulty", default = "normal",
+      choices = { { "Easy", "easy" }, { "Normal", "normal" } } },
+    { key = "rate", type = "number", label = "Rate", default = 10,
+      min = 0, max = 100, step = 5 },
+    { key = "nickname", type = "text", label = "Nickname", default = "", maxLen = 7 },
+  })
+end
+]],
+    ["mods/quiet/manifest.json"] = manifestJson("quiet"),
+    ["mods/quiet/main.lua"] = [[
+return function(mod)
+  mod.options:define({ { key = "shh", type = "toggle", default = true } })
+end
+]],
+  }
+  local writes = {}
+  local fs = memfs(schemaFiles)
+  fs.write = function(path, contents)
+    writes[path] = contents
+    schemaFiles[path] = contents
+    return true
+  end
+
+  local loader = Loader.new({ fs = fs })
+  check(loader:load({ pokemon = {} }) == true,
+    "schema export fixture boots clean")
+  local decoded = writes["mod_option_schemas.json"]
+      and Json.decode(writes["mod_option_schemas.json"])
+  check(decoded and decoded.schema_version == 1,
+    "schema export has an explicit version")
+  check(decoded and decoded.mods and decoded.mods.loud ~= nil,
+    "enabled mod schema is exported")
+  check(decoded and decoded.mods and decoded.mods.quiet == nil,
+    "disabled mod schema is not exported")
+  local rows = decoded and decoded.mods.loud or {}
+  local byKey = {}
+  for _, row in ipairs(rows) do byKey[row.key] = row end
+  check(byKey.hardcore and byKey.hardcore.type == "toggle",
+    "toggle row round-trips")
+  check(byKey.difficulty and byKey.difficulty.choices
+    and byKey.difficulty.choices[1][1] == "Easy"
+    and byKey.difficulty.choices[1][2] == "easy",
+    "choice row round-trips")
+  check(byKey.rate and byKey.rate.min == 0 and byKey.rate.max == 100
+    and byKey.rate.step == 5, "number bounds round-trip")
+  check(byKey.nickname and byKey.nickname.maxLen == 7,
+    "text length round-trips")
+
+  local readOnlyLoader = Loader.new({ fs = memfs(schemaFiles) })
+  check(readOnlyLoader:load({ pokemon = {} }) == true,
+    "read-only filesystems tolerate schema export")
+
+  -- A schema captured before an entry failure is rolled back and must not
+  -- leak into the native snapshot.
+  schemaFiles["mods/broken/manifest.json"] = manifestJson("broken")
+  schemaFiles["mods/broken/main.lua"] = [[
+return function(mod)
+  mod.options:define({ { key = "ghost", type = "toggle", default = true } })
+  error("broken entry")
+end
+]]
+  local failedLoader = Loader.new({ fs = fs })
+  check(failedLoader:load({ pokemon = {} }) == false,
+    "a failing entry is reported")
+  local afterFailure = Json.decode(writes["mod_option_schemas.json"])
+  check(afterFailure and afterFailure.mods and afterFailure.mods.broken == nil,
+    "a failed mod schema is not exported")
+
+  loader:setEnabled("loud", false)
+  loader:_writeOptionSchemas()
+  local cleared = Json.decode(writes["mod_option_schemas.json"])
+  check(cleared and cleared.schema_version == 1 and next(cleared.mods) == nil,
+    "disabling the only schema-bearing mod clears the snapshot")
+
+end
+
 -- leave shared singletons the way we found them for later chained tests
 local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
 while StateStack:top() do StateStack:pop() end