diff --git a/src/slic3r/CMakeLists.txt b/src/slic3r/CMakeLists.txt
index c4d6369b72..3d4ce6d7a4 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/slic3r/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,6 +230,15 @@ set(SLIC3R_GUI_SOURCES
     GUI/HMSPanel.hpp
     GUI/HttpServer.cpp
     GUI/HttpServer.hpp
+    GUI/Automation/IUiBackend.hpp
+    GUI/Automation/WidgetSerializer.cpp
+    GUI/Automation/WidgetSerializer.hpp
+    GUI/Automation/Locator.cpp
+    GUI/Automation/Locator.hpp
+    GUI/Automation/JsonRpcDispatcher.cpp
+    GUI/Automation/JsonRpcDispatcher.hpp
+    GUI/Automation/AutomationServer.cpp
+    GUI/Automation/AutomationServer.hpp
     GUI/I18N.cpp
     GUI/I18N.hpp
     GUI/DragDropPanel.cpp
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Automation/AutomationServer.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Automation/AutomationServer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3be4eac13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Automation/AutomationServer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#include "AutomationServer.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/Thread.hpp" // create_thread / set_current_thread_name
+
+#include <boost/beast/core.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/http.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/version.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
+
+namespace beast = boost::beast;
+namespace http  = beast::http;
+namespace net   = boost::asio;
+using tcp       = net::ip::tcp;
+
+namespace Slic3r { namespace GUI { namespace Automation {
+
+AutomationServer::AutomationServer(unsigned short port) : m_port(port) {}
+
+AutomationServer::~AutomationServer() { stop(); }
+
+void AutomationServer::start() {
+    if (m_started) return;
+    m_ioc = std::make_unique<net::io_context>(1);
+    // Bind to loopback ONLY.
+    tcp::endpoint endpoint(net::ip::make_address("127.0.0.1"), m_port);
+    m_acceptor = std::make_unique<tcp::acceptor>(*m_ioc);
+    m_acceptor->open(endpoint.protocol());
+    m_acceptor->set_option(net::socket_base::reuse_address(true));
+    m_acceptor->bind(endpoint);
+    m_acceptor->listen(net::socket_base::max_listen_connections);
+    m_started = true;
+
+    do_accept();
+
+    net::io_context* ioc = m_ioc.get();
+    m_thread = create_thread([ioc] {
+        set_current_thread_name("orca_automation");
+        ioc->run();
+    });
+    BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(info) << "AutomationServer listening on 127.0.0.1:" << m_port;
+}
+
+void AutomationServer::stop() {
+    if (!m_started) return;
+    m_started = false;
+    if (m_ioc) m_ioc->stop();
+    if (m_thread.joinable()) m_thread.join();
+    m_acceptor.reset();
+    m_ioc.reset();
+}
+
+void AutomationServer::do_accept() {
+    m_acceptor->async_accept([this](beast::error_code ec, tcp::socket socket) {
+        if (!ec) {
+            // v1: single-client, serialized — handle synchronously on the io thread.
+            handle_session(std::move(socket));
+        }
+        if (m_started && m_acceptor && m_acceptor->is_open())
+            do_accept();
+    });
+}
+
+void AutomationServer::handle_session(tcp::socket socket) {
+    beast::error_code ec;
+    beast::flat_buffer buffer;
+    http::request<http::string_body> req;
+    http::read(socket, buffer, req, ec);
+    if (ec) { socket.shutdown(tcp::socket::shutdown_send, ec); return; }
+
+    http::response<http::string_body> res;
+    res.version(req.version());
+    res.keep_alive(false);
+
+    if (req.method() == http::verb::post && req.target() == "/jsonrpc") {
+        std::string body_out;
+        try {
+            body_out = m_handler ? m_handler(req.body())
+                                 : R"({"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":null,"error":{"code":-32603,"message":"no handler"}})";
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+            body_out = std::string(R"({"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":null,"error":{"code":-32603,"message":")")
+                       + e.what() + R"("}})";
+        }
+        res.result(http::status::ok);
+        res.set(http::field::content_type, "application/json");
+        res.body() = std::move(body_out);
+    } else if (req.method() == http::verb::get && req.target() == "/") {
+        res.result(http::status::ok);
+        res.set(http::field::content_type, "text/plain");
+        res.body() = m_health;
+    } else {
+        res.result(http::status::not_found);
+        res.set(http::field::content_type, "text/plain");
+        res.body() = "not found";
+    }
+    res.set(http::field::server, "OrcaSlicer/automation");
+    res.prepare_payload();
+    http::write(socket, res, ec);
+    socket.shutdown(tcp::socket::shutdown_send, ec);
+}
+
+}}} // namespace
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Automation/AutomationServer.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Automation/AutomationServer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4020daf52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Automation/AutomationServer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <functional>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Slic3r { namespace GUI { namespace Automation {
+
+// Localhost-only HTTP/1.1 server. POST /jsonrpc -> handler(body) -> response body.
+// GET / -> a tiny health/version page. The handler runs on the server's own
+// io thread; it is responsible for any further thread marshaling.
+class AutomationServer {
+public:
+    using RequestHandler = std::function<std::string(const std::string& body)>;
+
+    explicit AutomationServer(unsigned short port);
+    ~AutomationServer();
+
+    void set_handler(RequestHandler handler) { m_handler = std::move(handler); }
+    void set_health_text(std::string text)   { m_health = std::move(text); }
+
+    void start();           // binds to 127.0.0.1:port, starts the io thread
+    void stop();            // stops the io thread, joins
+    bool is_started() const { return m_started; }
+    unsigned short port() const { return m_port; }
+
+private:
+    void do_accept();
+    void handle_session(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket);
+
+    unsigned short                                m_port;
+    std::atomic<bool>                             m_started{false};
+    RequestHandler                                m_handler;
+    std::string                                   m_health{"OrcaSlicer automation server"};
+    std::unique_ptr<boost::asio::io_context>      m_ioc;
+    std::unique_ptr<boost::asio::ip::tcp::acceptor> m_acceptor;
+    boost::thread                                 m_thread;
+};
+
+}}} // namespace