diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
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+import { z } from "zod";
+
+import { ConfigurationError } from "./domain/errors.js";
+import { err, ok, type Result } from "./domain/result.js";
+
+const DEFAULT_HOPPER_LAUNCHER_PATH =
+  "/Applications/Hopper Disassembler.app/Contents/MacOS/hopper";
+
+export interface AppConfig {
+  readonly hopperLauncherPath: string;
+  readonly hopperTargetPath: string;
+  readonly hopperTargetKind: "executable" | "database";
+  readonly hopperLoaderArgs: readonly string[];
+}
+
+const environmentSchema = z.object({
+  HOPPER_LAUNCHER_PATH: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  HOPPER_TARGET_PATH: z.string().min(1),
+  HOPPER_TARGET_KIND: z.enum(["executable", "database"]).default("executable"),
+  HOPPER_LOADER_ARGS_JSON: z.string().optional(),
+});
+
+/** Parse Hopper launcher configuration once at the composition root. */
+export const parseConfig = (
+  environment: Readonly<Record<string, string | undefined>>,
+): Result<AppConfig, ConfigurationError> => {
+  const parsedEnvironment = environmentSchema.safeParse(environment);
+  if (!parsedEnvironment.success) {
+    return err(
+      new ConfigurationError("HOPPER_TARGET_PATH is required", {
+        cause: parsedEnvironment.error,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+  let loaderArgs: unknown = [];
+  const encoded = parsedEnvironment.data.HOPPER_LOADER_ARGS_JSON;
+  if (encoded !== undefined) {
+    try {
+      loaderArgs = JSON.parse(encoded);
+    } catch (cause: unknown) {
+      return err(
+        new ConfigurationError("HOPPER_LOADER_ARGS_JSON must be valid JSON", {
+          cause,
+        }),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  const parsedArgs = z.array(z.string()).safeParse(loaderArgs);
+  if (!parsedArgs.success) {
+    return err(
+      new ConfigurationError(
+        "HOPPER_LOADER_ARGS_JSON must encode an array of strings",
+        { cause: parsedArgs.error },
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+  return ok({
+    hopperLauncherPath:
+      parsedEnvironment.data.HOPPER_LAUNCHER_PATH ??
+      DEFAULT_HOPPER_LAUNCHER_PATH,
+    hopperTargetPath: parsedEnvironment.data.HOPPER_TARGET_PATH,
+    hopperTargetKind: parsedEnvironment.data.HOPPER_TARGET_KIND,
+    hopperLoaderArgs: parsedArgs.data,
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+import {
+  serveStdio,
+  type StdioServerHandle,
+} from "@modelcontextprotocol/server/stdio";
+
+import { parseConfig } from "./config.js";
+import { HopperApplicationLauncher } from "./hopper/BridgeLauncher.js";
+import { HopperClient } from "./hopper/HopperClient.js";
+import { createServer } from "./server/createServer.js";
+
+/** Start the production stdio server and install owned shutdown handlers. */
+export const run = async (): Promise<number> => {
+  const config = parseConfig(process.env);
+  if (!config.ok) {
+    process.stderr.write(`${config.error._tag}: ${config.error.message}\n`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  const bridgeScriptPath = fileURLToPath(
+    new URL("../bridge/hopper_bridge.py", import.meta.url),
+  );
+  const hopper = new HopperClient({
+    launcher: new HopperApplicationLauncher({
+      launcherPath: config.value.hopperLauncherPath,
+      targetPath: config.value.hopperTargetPath,
+      targetKind: config.value.hopperTargetKind,
+      loaderArgs: config.value.hopperLoaderArgs,
+      bridgeScriptPath,
+    }),
+  });
+  let handle: StdioServerHandle;
+  try {
+    handle = serveStdio(() => createServer(hopper), {
+      onerror: () => {
+        process.stderr.write("MCP stdio transport error\n");
+      },
+    });
+  } catch {
+    await hopper.close();
+    process.stderr.write("Failed to start MCP stdio transport\n");
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  let shutdownPromise: Promise<void> | undefined;
+  const shutdown = (): Promise<void> => {
+    shutdownPromise ??= (async () => {
+      await handle.close();
+      await hopper.close();
+    })();
+    return shutdownPromise;
+  };
+  const requestShutdown = (): void => {
+    shutdown().catch(() => {
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+      process.stderr.write("Failed to shut down cleanly\n");
+    });
+  };
+
+  process.once("SIGINT", requestShutdown);
+  process.once("SIGTERM", requestShutdown);
+  process.stdin.once("end", requestShutdown);
+  process.stdin.once("close", requestShutdown);
+  return 0;
+};
+
+const entryPath = process.argv[1];
+if (
+  entryPath !== undefined &&
+  pathToFileURL(entryPath).href === import.meta.url
+) {
+  run()
+    .then((exitCode) => {
+      process.exitCode = exitCode;
+    })
+    .catch(() => {
+      process.stderr.write("Unexpected server startup failure\n");
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+    });
+}