diff --git a/apps/api/src/db/migrate.ts b/apps/api/src/db/migrate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc93b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/db/migrate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js';
+import { migrate } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js/migrator';
+import postgres from 'postgres';
+
+/**
+ * Drizzle-Migrations beim API-Boot anwenden. Idempotent — Drizzle führt
+ * `drizzle.__drizzle_migrations` als Tracking-Tabelle, applied
+ * Migrations werden geskipped.
+ *
+ * Pattern: mana/docs/playbooks/MIGRATIONS_BOOTSTRAP.md
+ */
+export async function runMigrations(databaseUrl: string, migrationsFolder: string): Promise<void> {
+	console.log('[migrate] applying drizzle migrations…');
+	// `onnotice` schluckt Postgres-NOTICEs („schema drizzle already
+	// exists, skipping"), die der Migrator beim 2.+ Boot wirft.
+	const client = postgres(databaseUrl, { max: 1, onnotice: () => {} });
+	try {
+		const db = drizzle(client);
+		await migrate(db, { migrationsFolder, migrationsSchema: 'drizzle' });
+		console.log('[migrate] done');
+	} finally {
+		await client.end({ timeout: 5 });
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/index.ts b/apps/api/src/index.ts
index 0318f89..3e7e753 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ import { pullRequestsRouter as marketplacePullRequestsRouter } from './routes/ma
 import { discussionsRouter as marketplaceDiscussionsRouter } from './routes/marketplace/discussions.ts';
 import { moderationRouter as marketplaceModerationRouter } from './routes/marketplace/moderation.ts';
 import { marketplaceMeRouter } from './routes/marketplace/me.ts';
+import { runMigrations } from './db/migrate.ts';
+
+// Drizzle-Migrations beim Boot (vor Routen-Mount). Aktivieren via env-
+// Flag — Production hat's an, Local-Dev meist aus weil dort drizzle-kit
+// push direkt benutzt wird. Siehe mana/docs/playbooks/MIGRATIONS_BOOTSTRAP.md
+if (process.env.WORDECK_RUN_MIGRATIONS === 'true' && process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
+	const folder = process.env.WORDECK_MIGRATIONS_FOLDER ?? './src/db/migrations';
+	await runMigrations(process.env.DATABASE_URL, folder);
+}
 
 const app = new Hono();
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/docker-compose.production.yml b/infrastructure/docker-compose.production.yml
index b9b8499..32cbb34 100644
--- a/infrastructure/docker-compose.production.yml
+++ b/infrastructure/docker-compose.production.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ services:
             # auf 'true' setzen (und sofort wieder rausnehmen).
             WORDECK_AUTH_DEV_STUB: ${WORDECK_AUTH_DEV_STUB:-false}
             NODE_ENV: production
+            # Drizzle-Migrations beim Container-Start automatisch
+            # anwenden (idempotent über `drizzle.__drizzle_migrations`).
+            # Siehe mana/docs/playbooks/MIGRATIONS_BOOTSTRAP.md
+            WORDECK_RUN_MIGRATIONS: 'true'
         ports:
             - '127.0.0.1:3191:3081'