diff --git a/src/Services/MiscService.php b/src/Services/MiscService.php
index 0f568cb..0f2fdda 100644
--- a/src/Services/MiscService.php
+++ b/src/Services/MiscService.php
@@ -114,6 +114,143 @@ class MiscService
         return $payload;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Available content languages for the running app.
+     *
+     * Tries (in order):
+     *  1. config('languages.languages') — Blax convention, list of {code, ...}
+     *  2. config('app.available_locales') — plain array of codes
+     *  3. fall back to [app()->getLocale()]
+     *
+     * @return array<int, string>
+     */
+    public static function availableLanguages(): array
+    {
+        $configured = config('languages.languages');
+        if (is_array($configured) && $configured) {
+            return collect($configured)
+                ->map(fn($l) => is_array($l) ? ($l['code'] ?? $l['lang'] ?? null) : $l)
+                ->filter()
+                ->values()
+                ->toArray();
+        }
+
+        $locales = config('app.available_locales');
+        if (is_array($locales) && $locales) {
+            return array_values($locales);
+        }
+
+        return [app()->getLocale()];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Standard meta block for an API response.
+     *
+     * Every api response in the workkit-shaped envelope carries this block
+     * so consumers always know:
+     *  - which URL produced the payload (`url`)
+     *  - which locale they got back (`locale`)
+     *  - which other locales the same resource is available in (`languages`)
+     *
+     * Pagination keys (current_page, total, total_pages, etc.) are merged in
+     * by `apiPaginated()`; `apiItem()` / `apiCollection()` skip them.
+     */
+    public static function apiMeta(array $extra = []): array
+    {
+        return array_merge([
+            'url' => optional(request())->fullUrl(),
+            'locale' => app()->getLocale(),
+            'languages' => self::availableLanguages(),
+        ], $extra);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Paginated API envelope. Use for any list/index endpoint.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     *   {
+     *     "data": [...resource collection...],
+     *     "meta": {
+     *       "url", "locale", "languages",
+     *       "current_page", "per_page", "from", "to",
+     *       "total", "total_pages", "has_more"
+     *     }
+     *   }
+     */
+    public static function apiPaginated(
+        $paginated,
+        string $resource_class,
+        array $extraMeta = []
+    ): array {
+        $arr = method_exists($paginated, 'toArray') ? $paginated->toArray() : [];
+
+        $current = $arr['current_page'] ?? 1;
+        $last = $arr['last_page'] ?? null;
+
+        $pagination = [
+            'current_page' => $current,
+            'per_page' => $arr['per_page'] ?? null,
+            'from' => $arr['from'] ?? null,
+            'to' => $arr['to'] ?? null,
+            'total' => $arr['total'] ?? null,
+            'total_pages' => $last,
+            'has_more' => ($last !== null) ? ($current < $last) : false,
+        ];
+
+        return [
+            'data' => $resource_class::collection($paginated),
+            'meta' => self::apiMeta(array_merge($pagination, $extraMeta)),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Single-item API envelope. Use for any show endpoint.
+     */
+    public static function apiItem(
+        $item,
+        ?string $resource_class = null,
+        array $extraMeta = []
+    ): array {
+        return [
+            'data' => $resource_class ? $resource_class::make($item) : $item,
+            'meta' => self::apiMeta($extraMeta),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Non-paginated collection envelope. Use only when pagination is
+     * impractical (tiny fixed list like an enum or a child collection of a
+     * parent show response). Most list endpoints should use apiPaginated().
+     */
+    public static function apiCollection(
+        $items,
+        string $resource_class,
+        array $extraMeta = []
+    ): array {
+        $count = is_countable($items) ? count($items) : null;
+
+        return [
+            'data' => $resource_class::collection($items),
+            'meta' => self::apiMeta(array_merge([
+                'total' => $count,
+            ], $extraMeta)),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Plain envelope (data + meta) for arbitrary payloads — login responses,
+     * action acknowledgements, etc. Always carries the standard apiMeta block.
+     */
+    public static function apiResponse(
+        mixed $data = null,
+        array $extraMeta = []
+    ): array {
+        return [
+            'data' => $data,
+            'meta' => self::apiMeta($extraMeta),
+        ];
+    }
+
     public static function bytesToHuman($bytes)
     {
         $units = ['B', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB'];