diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2be427b..dbfd17a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfgsync-artifacts",
  "cfgsync-core",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
 ]
 
@@ -959,7 +960,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfgsync-core",
  "clap",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
diff --git a/cfgsync/adapter/Cargo.toml b/cfgsync/adapter/Cargo.toml
index bcc4da7..cba0480 100644
--- a/cfgsync/adapter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cfgsync/adapter/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ workspace = true
 cfgsync-artifacts = { workspace = true }
 cfgsync-core      = { workspace = true }
 serde             = { workspace = true }
+serde_json        = { workspace = true }
 thiserror         = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/cfgsync/adapter/src/lib.rs b/cfgsync/adapter/src/lib.rs
index c530f62..fd4e168 100644
--- a/cfgsync/adapter/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/adapter/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ pub use deployment::{
     build_node_artifact_catalog,
 };
 pub use materializer::{
-    DynCfgsyncError, NodeArtifactsMaterializer, RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer,
+    CachedSnapshotMaterializer, DynCfgsyncError, NodeArtifactsMaterializer,
+    RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer,
 };
 pub use registrations::RegistrationSnapshot;
 pub use sources::{MaterializingConfigSource, SnapshotConfigSource};
diff --git a/cfgsync/adapter/src/materializer.rs b/cfgsync/adapter/src/materializer.rs
index 5680960..764bcc3 100644
--- a/cfgsync/adapter/src/materializer.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/adapter/src/materializer.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-use std::error::Error;
+use std::{error::Error, sync::Mutex};
 
 use cfgsync_core::NodeRegistration;
+use serde_json::to_string;
 
 use crate::{ArtifactSet, NodeArtifactsCatalog, RegistrationSnapshot};
 
@@ -24,3 +25,66 @@ pub trait RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer: Send + Sync {
         registrations: &RegistrationSnapshot,
     ) -> Result<Option<NodeArtifactsCatalog>, DynCfgsyncError>;
 }
+
+/// Snapshot materializer wrapper that caches the last materialized result.
+pub struct CachedSnapshotMaterializer<M> {
+    inner: M,
+    cache: Mutex<Option<CachedSnapshot>>,
+}
+
+struct CachedSnapshot {
+    key: String,
+    catalog: Option<NodeArtifactsCatalog>,
+}
+
+impl<M> CachedSnapshotMaterializer<M> {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(inner: M) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner,
+            cache: Mutex::new(None),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn snapshot_key(registrations: &RegistrationSnapshot) -> Result<String, DynCfgsyncError> {
+        Ok(to_string(registrations)?)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<M> RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer for CachedSnapshotMaterializer<M>
+where
+    M: RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer,
+{
+    fn materialize_snapshot(
+        &self,
+        registrations: &RegistrationSnapshot,
+    ) -> Result<Option<NodeArtifactsCatalog>, DynCfgsyncError> {
+        let key = Self::snapshot_key(registrations)?;
+
+        {
+            let cache = self
+                .cache
+                .lock()
+                .expect("cfgsync snapshot cache should not be poisoned");
+
+            if let Some(cached) = &*cache
+                && cached.key == key
+            {
+                return Ok(cached.catalog.clone());
+            }
+        }
+
+        let catalog = self.inner.materialize_snapshot(registrations)?;
+        let mut cache = self
+            .cache
+            .lock()
+            .expect("cfgsync snapshot cache should not be poisoned");
+
+        *cache = Some(CachedSnapshot {
+            key,
+            catalog: catalog.clone(),
+        });
+
+        Ok(catalog)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cfgsync/adapter/src/registrations.rs b/cfgsync/adapter/src/registrations.rs
index 3926b57..47e365f 100644
--- a/cfgsync/adapter/src/registrations.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/adapter/src/registrations.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 use cfgsync_core::NodeRegistration;
+use serde::Serialize;
 
 /// Immutable view of registrations currently known to cfgsync.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize)]
 pub struct RegistrationSnapshot {
     registrations: Vec<NodeRegistration>,
 }
 
 impl RegistrationSnapshot {
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn new(registrations: Vec<NodeRegistration>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(mut registrations: Vec<NodeRegistration>) -> Self {
+        registrations.sort_by(|left, right| left.identifier.cmp(&right.identifier));
+
         Self { registrations }
     }
 
diff --git a/cfgsync/adapter/src/sources.rs b/cfgsync/adapter/src/sources.rs
index 5008515..e655a13 100644
--- a/cfgsync/adapter/src/sources.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/adapter/src/sources.rs
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::{MaterializingConfigSource, SnapshotConfigSource};
     use crate::{
-        DynCfgsyncError, NodeArtifacts, NodeArtifactsCatalog, NodeArtifactsMaterializer,
-        RegistrationSnapshot, RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer,
+        CachedSnapshotMaterializer, DynCfgsyncError, NodeArtifacts, NodeArtifactsCatalog,
+        NodeArtifactsMaterializer, RegistrationSnapshot, RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer,
     };
 
     #[test]
@@ -362,4 +362,47 @@ mod tests {
             ConfigResolveResponse::Error(error) => panic!("expected config, got {error}"),
         }
     }
+
+    struct CountingSnapshotMaterializer {
+        calls: std::sync::Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+    }
+
+    impl RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer for CountingSnapshotMaterializer {
+        fn materialize_snapshot(
+            &self,
+            registrations: &RegistrationSnapshot,
+        ) -> Result<Option<NodeArtifactsCatalog>, DynCfgsyncError> {
+            self.calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+
+            Ok(Some(NodeArtifactsCatalog::new(
+                registrations
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|registration| NodeArtifacts {
+                        identifier: registration.identifier.clone(),
+                        files: vec![ArtifactFile::new("/config.yaml", "cached: true")],
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+            )))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cached_snapshot_materializer_reuses_previous_result() {
+        let calls = std::sync::Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let source = SnapshotConfigSource::new(CachedSnapshotMaterializer::new(
+            CountingSnapshotMaterializer {
+                calls: std::sync::Arc::clone(&calls),
+            },
+        ));
+        let node_a = NodeRegistration::new("node-a", "127.0.0.1".parse().expect("parse ip"));
+        let node_b = NodeRegistration::new("node-b", "127.0.0.2".parse().expect("parse ip"));
+
+        let _ = source.register(node_a.clone());
+        let _ = source.register(node_b.clone());
+
+        let _ = source.resolve(&node_a);
+        let _ = source.resolve(&node_b);
+
+        assert_eq!(calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cfgsync/runtime/Cargo.toml b/cfgsync/runtime/Cargo.toml
index b6e7a5f..f708ba1 100644
--- a/cfgsync/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cfgsync/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ cfgsync-adapter = { workspace = true }
 cfgsync-core    = { workspace = true }
 clap            = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 serde           = { workspace = true }
-serde_json      = { workspace = true }
 serde_yaml      = { workspace = true }
 thiserror       = { workspace = true }
 tokio           = { default-features = false, features = ["macros", "net", "rt-multi-thread"], version = "1" }
diff --git a/cfgsync/runtime/src/client.rs b/cfgsync/runtime/src/client.rs
index 340bdc1..b693ad9 100644
--- a/cfgsync/runtime/src/client.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/runtime/src/client.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
     env, fs,
     net::Ipv4Addr,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
@@ -16,6 +17,36 @@ use tracing::info;
 const FETCH_ATTEMPTS: usize = 5;
 const FETCH_RETRY_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(250);
 
+/// Output routing for fetched artifact files.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct ArtifactOutputMap {
+    routes: HashMap<String, PathBuf>,
+}
+
+impl ArtifactOutputMap {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn route(
+        mut self,
+        artifact_path: impl Into<String>,
+        output_path: impl Into<PathBuf>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.routes.insert(artifact_path.into(), output_path.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn resolve_path(&self, file: &NodeArtifactFile) -> PathBuf {
+        self.routes
+            .get(&file.path)
+            .cloned()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from(&file.path))
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum ClientEnvError {
     #[error("CFG_HOST_IP `{value}` is not a valid IPv4 address")]
@@ -55,25 +86,6 @@ async fn fetch_once(
     Ok(response)
 }
 
-async fn pull_config_files(payload: NodeRegistration, server_addr: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    register_node(&payload, server_addr).await?;
-
-    let config = fetch_with_retry(&payload, server_addr)
-        .await
-        .context("fetching cfgsync node config")?;
-    ensure_schema_version(&config)?;
-
-    let files = collect_payload_files(&config)?;
-
-    for file in files {
-        write_cfgsync_file(file)?;
-    }
-
-    info!(files = files.len(), "cfgsync files saved");
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 async fn register_node(payload: &NodeRegistration, server_addr: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let client = CfgsyncClient::new(server_addr);
 
@@ -98,6 +110,40 @@ async fn register_node(payload: &NodeRegistration, server_addr: &str) -> Result<
     unreachable!("cfgsync register loop always returns before exhausting attempts");
 }
 
+/// Registers a node and fetches its artifact payload from cfgsync.
+pub async fn register_and_fetch_artifacts(
+    registration: &NodeRegistration,
+    server_addr: &str,
+) -> Result<NodeArtifactsPayload> {
+    register_node(registration, server_addr).await?;
+
+    let payload = fetch_with_retry(registration, server_addr)
+        .await
+        .context("fetching cfgsync node config")?;
+    ensure_schema_version(&payload)?;
+
+    Ok(payload)
+}
+
+/// Registers a node, fetches its artifact payload, and writes the files using
+/// the provided output routing policy.
+pub async fn fetch_and_write_artifacts(
+    registration: &NodeRegistration,
+    server_addr: &str,
+    outputs: &ArtifactOutputMap,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let payload = register_and_fetch_artifacts(registration, server_addr).await?;
+    let files = collect_payload_files(&payload)?;
+
+    for file in files {
+        write_cfgsync_file(file, outputs)?;
+    }
+
+    info!(files = files.len(), "cfgsync files saved");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn ensure_schema_version(config: &NodeArtifactsPayload) -> Result<()> {
     if config.schema_version != CFGSYNC_SCHEMA_VERSION {
         bail!(
@@ -118,8 +164,8 @@ fn collect_payload_files(config: &NodeArtifactsPayload) -> Result<&[NodeArtifact
     Ok(config.files())
 }
 
-fn write_cfgsync_file(file: &NodeArtifactFile) -> Result<()> {
-    let path = PathBuf::from(&file.path);
+fn write_cfgsync_file(file: &NodeArtifactFile, outputs: &ArtifactOutputMap) -> Result<()> {
+    let path = outputs.resolve_path(file);
 
     ensure_parent_dir(&path)?;
 
@@ -153,10 +199,12 @@ pub async fn run_cfgsync_client_from_env(default_port: u16) -> Result<()> {
     let identifier =
         env::var("CFG_HOST_IDENTIFIER").unwrap_or_else(|_| "unidentified-node".to_owned());
     let metadata = parse_registration_payload_env()?;
+    let outputs = build_output_map();
 
-    pull_config_files(
-        NodeRegistration::new(identifier, ip).with_payload(metadata),
+    fetch_and_write_artifacts(
+        &NodeRegistration::new(identifier, ip).with_payload(metadata),
         &server_addr,
+        &outputs,
     )
     .await
 }
@@ -182,6 +230,25 @@ fn parse_registration_payload(raw: &str) -> Result<RegistrationPayload> {
     RegistrationPayload::from_json_str(raw).context("parsing CFG_REGISTRATION_METADATA_JSON")
 }
 
+fn build_output_map() -> ArtifactOutputMap {
+    let mut outputs = ArtifactOutputMap::default();
+
+    if let Ok(path) = env::var("CFG_FILE_PATH") {
+        outputs = outputs
+            .route("/config.yaml", path.clone())
+            .route("config.yaml", path);
+    }
+
+    if let Ok(path) = env::var("CFG_DEPLOYMENT_PATH") {
+        outputs = outputs
+            .route("/deployment.yaml", path.clone())
+            .route("deployment-settings.yaml", path.clone())
+            .route("/deployment-settings.yaml", path);
+    }
+
+    outputs
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use cfgsync_core::{
@@ -216,9 +283,10 @@ mod tests {
                 .expect("run cfgsync server");
         });
 
-        pull_config_files(
-            NodeRegistration::new("node-1", "127.0.0.1".parse().expect("parse ip")),
+        fetch_and_write_artifacts(
+            &NodeRegistration::new("node-1", "127.0.0.1".parse().expect("parse ip")),
             &address,
+            &ArtifactOutputMap::default(),
         )
         .await
         .expect("pull config files");
diff --git a/cfgsync/runtime/src/lib.rs b/cfgsync/runtime/src/lib.rs
index f74a8a4..8a7337f 100644
--- a/cfgsync/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ pub use cfgsync_core as core;
 mod client;
 mod server;
 
-pub use client::run_cfgsync_client_from_env;
+pub use client::{
+    ArtifactOutputMap, fetch_and_write_artifacts, register_and_fetch_artifacts,
+    run_cfgsync_client_from_env,
+};
 pub use server::{
     CfgsyncServerConfig, CfgsyncServingMode, LoadCfgsyncServerConfigError,
-    serve_cfgsync_from_config,
+    serve_cfgsync_from_config, serve_snapshot_cfgsync,
 };
diff --git a/cfgsync/runtime/src/server.rs b/cfgsync/runtime/src/server.rs
index 651df58..077c075 100644
--- a/cfgsync/runtime/src/server.rs
+++ b/cfgsync/runtime/src/server.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 use std::{fs, path::Path, sync::Arc};
 
 use anyhow::Context as _;
-use cfgsync_adapter::{MaterializingConfigSource, NodeArtifacts, NodeArtifactsCatalog};
+use cfgsync_adapter::{
+    CachedSnapshotMaterializer, MaterializingConfigSource, NodeArtifacts, NodeArtifactsCatalog,
+    RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer, SnapshotConfigSource,
+};
 use cfgsync_core::{
-    BundleConfigSource, CfgsyncServerState, NodeArtifactsBundle, NodeConfigSource, serve_cfgsync,
+    BundleConfigSource, CfgsyncServerState, NodeArtifactsBundle, NodeConfigSource, RunCfgsyncError,
+    serve_cfgsync,
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -137,6 +141,18 @@ pub async fn serve_cfgsync_from_config(config_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()>
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Runs a registration-backed cfgsync server directly from a snapshot
+/// materializer.
+pub async fn serve_snapshot_cfgsync<M>(port: u16, materializer: M) -> Result<(), RunCfgsyncError>
+where
+    M: RegistrationSnapshotMaterializer + 'static,
+{
+    let provider = SnapshotConfigSource::new(CachedSnapshotMaterializer::new(materializer));
+    let state = CfgsyncServerState::new(Arc::new(provider));
+
+    serve_cfgsync(port, state).await
+}
+
 fn build_server_state(
     config: &CfgsyncServerConfig,
     bundle_path: &Path,