diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
index b1d5247..c8a4e6a 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
@@ -177,6 +177,39 @@ final class HostConnection {
         callbacks.didUpdate()
     }
 
+    /// Translate a gossiped mesh member (mesh "join") into a pinnable/dialable `PairedHost`. The
+    /// member carries the host static key + last-known addresses — everything IK reconnect needs.
+    /// No relay token yet (the phone never directly paired this Mac); it's adopted from the host's
+    /// `relayMembership` push after the first LAN/tailnet contact, so first contact needs one of
+    /// those paths.
+    static func pairedHost(from member: MeshMember) -> PairedHost {
+        let (lanHost, lanPort) = splitHostPort(member.addresses?.lanHint)
+        let tailnetHost = member.addresses?.tailnet
+        let hasTailnet = !(tailnetHost?.isEmpty ?? true)
+        return PairedHost(
+            deviceID: IdentityStore.deviceID(),
+            hostName: member.label,
+            hostStaticKey: member.staticPublicKey,
+            fingerprint: member.staticPublicKey.fingerprintHex,
+            lanHost: lanHost, lanPort: lanPort,
+            transport: (hasTailnet ? SyncTransportHint.tailnet : .lan).rawValue,
+            tailnetHost: hasTailnet ? tailnetHost : nil,
+            // The sync port on a tailnet is fixed protocol-wide (SyncTransportSetting.tailnetPort);
+            // a gossiped address carries only the IP.
+            tailnetPort: hasTailnet ? 43_753 : nil,
+            relayRoomID: member.addresses?.relayRoomID,
+            relayMembershipToken: nil, relayURL: nil)
+    }
+
+    /// Split a "host:port" hint (last-colon split so a bracketed IPv6 host survives).
+    private static func splitHostPort(_ hint: String?) -> (String?, UInt16?) {
+        guard let hint, let colon = hint.lastIndex(of: ":"),
+              let port = UInt16(hint[hint.index(after: colon)...]) else { return (nil, nil) }
+        var host = String(hint[..<colon])
+        if host.hasPrefix("["), host.hasSuffix("]") { host = String(host.dropFirst().dropLast()) }
+        return (host.isEmpty ? nil : host, port)
+    }
+
     private func buildCandidates(
         fingerprint: String?, lanHost: String?, lanPort: UInt16?,
         tailnet: (host: String?, port: UInt16?)?,