diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c812024..4157890 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 /target
 proptest-regressions/
 .cargo-root/
+node_modules/
+pnpm-lock.yaml
+generated/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/package.json b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..298012c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "name": "js-client",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "files": [
+    "./dist/src",
+    "./dist/types",
+    "./src/"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "vitest run"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@solana/kit": "^6.10.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@solana/program-client-core": "^6.10.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@solana/kit": "^6.10.0",
+    "@types/node": "^24.10.0",
+    "litesvm": "^1.3.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.7.0",
+    "vitest": "^3.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/src/hooked.ts b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/src/hooked.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b36c25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/src/hooked.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Hand-written — Codama's "hooked" convention: functions referenced by a
+// `resolverValueNode` default value live here, imported by generated code
+// via the fixed "../../hooked" specifier (see generate.mjs). Never touched
+// by rendering, which only manages src/generated.
+//
+// create_order's order PDA is seeded by ["settlement", sha256(borsh(intent)), "order"].
+// The middle seed is a hash of the whole `intent` argument rather than a plain
+// field/account reference, which the Anchor PDA-seed grammar (const / arg / account)
+// can't express — see cow_settlement.json's create_order docs — so it's handed off
+// to this resolver instead of a plain `pda` node. Codama calls this with a
+// `resolverScope` object and splices the returned `{ value }` onto the account
+// it's resolving, so its shape is dictated by the renderer, not chosen here.
+
+import { getProgramDerivedAddress, type Address } from "@solana/kit";
+import { getOrderIntentEncoder, type OrderIntentArgs } from "./generated";
+
+export async function resolveOrderPda({
+  programAddress,
+  args,
+}: {
+  programAddress: Address;
+  args: { intent: OrderIntentArgs };
+}): Promise<{ value: Address }> {
+  const intentBytes = getOrderIntentEncoder().encode(args.intent);
+  const orderUid = new Uint8Array(
+    await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", intentBytes),
+  );
+  const [address] = await getProgramDerivedAddress({
+    programAddress,
+    seeds: ["settlement", orderUid, "order"],
+  });
+  return { value: address };
+}
diff --git a/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/src/index.ts b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e84c86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./generated";
diff --git a/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tests/createOrder.test.ts b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tests/createOrder.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ee88ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tests/createOrder.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { LiteSVM } from "litesvm";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  appendTransactionMessageInstruction,
+  createTransactionMessage,
+  generateKeyPairSigner,
+  lamports,
+  pipe,
+  setTransactionMessageFeePayerSigner,
+  setTransactionMessageLifetimeUsingBlockhash,
+  signTransactionMessageWithSigners,
+} from "@solana/kit";
+import {
+  COW_SETTLEMENT_PROGRAM_ADDRESS,
+  getCreateOrderInstructionAsync,
+  getOrderAccountDecoder,
+} from "../src/generated";
+import { resolveOrderPda } from "../src/hooked";
+import { buildOrderIntent, COW_SETTLEMENT_SO_PATH } from "./fixtures";
+
+describe("createOrder", () => {
+  let svm: LiteSVM;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    svm = new LiteSVM();
+    svm.addProgramFromFile(COW_SETTLEMENT_PROGRAM_ADDRESS, COW_SETTLEMENT_SO_PATH);
+  });
+
+  it("creates an order account matching the submitted intent", async () => {
+    const owner = await generateKeyPairSigner();
+    svm.airdrop(owner.address, lamports(1_000_000_000n));
+
+    const intent = await buildOrderIntent({ owner: owner.address });
+    const instruction = await getCreateOrderInstructionAsync({
+      owner,
+      createdBy: owner,
+      intent,
+    });
+
+    const tx = await pipe(
+      createTransactionMessage({ version: 0 }),
+      (t) => setTransactionMessageFeePayerSigner(owner, t),
+      (t) =>
+        setTransactionMessageLifetimeUsingBlockhash(
+          { blockhash: svm.latestBlockhash(), lastValidBlockHeight: 999_999_999n },
+          t,
+        ),
+      (t) => appendTransactionMessageInstruction(instruction, t),
+      signTransactionMessageWithSigners,
+    );
+
+    const result = svm.sendTransaction(tx);
+    if ("err" in result) {
+      throw new Error(`createOrder failed: ${JSON.stringify(result.err)}`);
+    }
+
+    const { value: orderPda } = await resolveOrderPda({
+      programAddress: COW_SETTLEMENT_PROGRAM_ADDRESS,
+      args: { intent },
+    });
+    const account = svm.getAccount(orderPda);
+    expect(account).not.toBeNull();
+
+    const decoded = getOrderAccountDecoder().decode(account!.data);
+    expect(decoded.cancelled).toBe(false);
+    expect(decoded.amountWithdrawn).toBe(0n);
+    expect(decoded.amountReceived).toBe(0n);
+    expect(decoded.createdBy).toBe(owner.address);
+    expect(decoded.intent).toEqual({
+      ...intent,
+      sellAmount: BigInt(intent.sellAmount),
+      buyAmount: BigInt(intent.buyAmount),
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tests/fixtures.ts b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tests/fixtures.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6b7721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tests/fixtures.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { generateKeyPairSigner, type Address } from "@solana/kit";
+import { OrderKind, type OrderIntentArgs } from "../src/generated";
+
+export const COW_SETTLEMENT_SO_PATH = path.join(
+  import.meta.dirname,
+  "../../../../../../target/deploy/cow_settlement.so",
+);
+
+export async function buildOrderIntent(
+  overrides: Partial<OrderIntentArgs> & { owner: Address },
+): Promise<OrderIntentArgs> {
+  const buyTokenAccount = await generateKeyPairSigner();
+  const sellTokenAccount = await generateKeyPairSigner();
+  return {
+    buyTokenAccount: buyTokenAccount.address,
+    sellTokenAccount: sellTokenAccount.address,
+    sellAmount: 1_000_000n,
+    buyAmount: 2_000_000n,
+    validTo: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 3600,
+    kind: OrderKind.Sell,
+    partiallyFillable: false,
+    appData: new Uint8Array(32),
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tsconfig.json b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..991173d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/settlement/idl/client/js/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
+    "strict": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "types": ["node"]
+  },
+  "include": ["src", "tests"]
+}
diff --git a/programs/settlement/idl/generate.mjs b/programs/settlement/idl/generate.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cf3bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/settlement/idl/generate.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import {
+  createFromRoot,
+  resolverValueNode,
+  argumentValueNode,
+  setInstructionAccountDefaultValuesVisitor,
+} from "codama";
+import { rootNodeFromAnchor } from "@codama/nodes-from-anchor";
+import { renderVisitor } from "@codama/renderers-js";
+import IDL from "./cow_settlement.json" with {type: 'json'};
+
+const codama = createFromRoot(rootNodeFromAnchor(IDL));
+
+// order_pda seed generation requires hashing the input intent in `createOrder`
+// so we use codama's `resolverValueNode` to inject custom code for this.
+codama.update(
+  setInstructionAccountDefaultValuesVisitor([
+    {
+      instruction: "createOrder",
+      account: "orderPda",
+      defaultValue: resolverValueNode("resolveOrderPda", {
+        dependsOn: [argumentValueNode("intent")],
+      }),
+    },
+  ]),
+);
+
+codama.accept(
+  renderVisitor("./client/js", {
+    // resolveOrderPda hashes with crypto.subtle.digest, which is async, so
+    // codama must await it and only wire it into the *Async instruction
+    // builder rather than the sync one.
+    asyncResolvers: ["resolveOrderPda"],
+  }),
+);
diff --git a/programs/settlement/idl/package.json b/programs/settlement/idl/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3179784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/settlement/idl/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "idl",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@10.30.3",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@codama/nodes-from-anchor": "^1.5.2",
+    "@codama/renderers-js": "^2.3.0",
+    "codama": "^1.9.0"
+  }
+}