diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 134947b..c2e5c36 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
-.PHONY: help agent demo-ui demo-down demo-logs smoke-two-worker docs docs-serve
+.PHONY: help agent coordinator demo-ui demo-down demo-logs smoke-two-worker docs docs-serve
 
 help:
 	@printf '%s\n' \
 	  'SciMesh developer commands:' \
 	  '  make agent                   Build the Go worker agent (coordinator/bin/worker-agent).' \
+	  '  make coordinator             Build the coordinator server as a static binary' \
+	  '                              (coordinator/bin/coordinator).' \
 	  '  make demo-ui                 Start the local UI pipeline demo with 2 Go worker agents.' \
 	  '  make demo-ui WORKERS=3       Start the demo with 3 workers.' \
 	  '  make demo-logs               Follow coordinator logs for the demo.' \
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ help:
 agent:
 	$(MAKE) -C coordinator agent
 
+coordinator:
+	$(MAKE) -C coordinator coordinator
+
 demo-ui:
 	$(MAKE) -C coordinator demo-ui
 
diff --git a/coordinator/Makefile b/coordinator/Makefile
index 7bcfc2b..186b0e0 100644
--- a/coordinator/Makefile
+++ b/coordinator/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
-.PHONY: help build run test test-integration vet lint tidy check migrate-up migrate-down up down down-clean logs ps rebuild psql smoke agent workloads-export demo-ui demo-down demo-reset demo-logs
+.PHONY: help build run test test-integration vet lint tidy check migrate-up migrate-down up down down-clean logs ps rebuild psql smoke agent coordinator workloads-export demo-ui demo-down demo-reset demo-logs
 
 # `check` deliberately uses its own Compose project and host ports. This keeps
 # it from connecting to or replacing a developer's local PostgreSQL instance.
@@ -32,12 +32,20 @@ DEMO_DIR ?= .demo
 WORKLOADS_JSON := internal/transport/http/workloads.json
 
 # The Go worker agent: a static coordinator client that executes SDK
-# workloads in a Python subprocess per claimed task. The Python worker remains
-# the reference implementation.
+# workloads in a Python subprocess per claimed task.
 agent:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o bin/worker-agent ./cmd/worker-agent
 	@printf '%s\n' 	  'Built bin/worker-agent. Configure via environment:' 	  '  COORDINATOR_URL, WORKER_AUTH_TOKEN, WORK_DIR, CPU_COUNT, MEMORY_MB,' 	  '  POLL_INTERVAL, REQUEST_TIMEOUT, HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL, CAPABILITIES,' 	  '  TASK_RUNNER, MAX_TASKS, EXIT_WHEN_IDLE, WORKER_NAME, WORKER_ID'
 
+# The coordinator server as a static binary, the same way the Docker image
+# builds it (CGO_ENABLED=0, trimmed). Requires PostgreSQL at runtime.
+coordinator:
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o bin/coordinator ./cmd/coordinator
+	@printf '%s\n' \
+	  'Built bin/coordinator. Configure via environment:' \
+	  '  DATABASE_URL, COORDINATOR_ADDR, COORDINATOR_TOKEN, UI_AUTH_TOKEN,' \
+	  '  COORDINATOR_STORAGE_DIR, SCIMESH_DOCS_DIR, JWT_SECRET, USERSERVICE_URL'
+
 workloads-export:
 	cd .. && .venv/bin/scimesh workload export -o coordinator/$(WORKLOADS_JSON)