diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index be9813b..14e38ee 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ func (c client) validateStruct(ctx context.Context, obj any) error {
 // Insert implements inserting an object or slice of objects in the database.
 // Passed object must be a pointer to a struct with appropriate dgraph tags.
 func (c client) Insert(ctx context.Context, obj any) error {
+	obj = UnwrapSchema(obj)
 	// Validate struct before insertion
 	if err := c.validateStruct(ctx, obj); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -503,6 +504,7 @@ func (c client) Insert(ctx context.Context, obj any) error {
 //
 // Deprecated: InsertRaw is now identical to Insert. Use Insert instead.
 func (c client) InsertRaw(ctx context.Context, obj any) error {
+	obj = UnwrapSchema(obj)
 	// Validate struct before insertion
 	if err := c.validateStruct(ctx, obj); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -518,6 +520,7 @@ func (c client) InsertRaw(ctx context.Context, obj any) error {
 // to be used for upserting. If none are specified, the first predicate with the `upsert` tag
 // will be used.
 func (c client) Upsert(ctx context.Context, obj any, predicates ...string) error {
+	obj = UnwrapSchema(obj)
 	// Validate struct before upsert
 	if err := c.validateStruct(ctx, obj); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -531,6 +534,7 @@ func (c client) Upsert(ctx context.Context, obj any, predicates ...string) error
 // Update implements updating an existing object in the database.
 // Passed object must be a pointer to a struct.
 func (c client) Update(ctx context.Context, obj any) error {
+	obj = UnwrapSchema(obj)
 	// Validate struct before update
 	if err := c.validateStruct(ctx, obj); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -557,6 +561,7 @@ func (c client) Delete(ctx context.Context, uids []string) error {
 // Get implements retrieving a single object by its UID.
 // Passed object must be a pointer to a struct.
 func (c client) Get(ctx context.Context, obj any, uid string) error {
+	obj = UnwrapSchema(obj)
 	err := checkPointer(obj)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -575,6 +580,7 @@ func (c client) Get(ctx context.Context, obj any, uid string) error {
 // Returns a *dg.Query that can be further refined with filters, pagination, etc.
 // The returned query will be limited to the maximum number of edges specified in the options.
 func (c client) Query(ctx context.Context, model any) *dg.Query {
+	model = UnwrapSchema(model)
 	client, err := c.pool.get()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
@@ -590,6 +596,9 @@ func (c client) Query(ctx context.Context, model any) *dg.Query {
 // If any object contains SimString fields tagged `dgraph:"embedding"`, the
 // corresponding shadow float32vector predicates (<field>__vec) are also registered.
 func (c client) UpdateSchema(ctx context.Context, obj ...any) error {
+	for i := range obj {
+		obj[i] = UnwrapSchema(obj[i])
+	}
 	dgClient, err := c.pool.get()
 	if err != nil {
 		c.logger.Error(err, "Failed to get client from pool")
diff --git a/record.go b/record.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfcc762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/record.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package modusgraph
+
+import "reflect"
+
+// Schema identifies a value as a record of a generated schema-defining type.
+// modusgraph-gen-emitted schema structs implement this via a generated
+// SchemaTypeName() method that returns the canonical entity name
+// (e.g. "Studio"). The interface is intentionally minimal — a single method
+// returning a useful piece of metadata.
+//
+// Plain user structs (not emitted by modusgraph-gen) do not implement Schema
+// and are unaffected by the modusgraph.Client routing it enables; they pass
+// through to the existing reflection-based dgman pipeline exactly as before.
+type Schema interface {
+	SchemaTypeName() string
+}
+
+// UnwrapSchema returns the schema-defining record contained in obj. If obj
+// is nil, it is returned as-is. If obj is already a Schema, it is returned
+// as-is. If obj exposes an Unwrap() method whose return value satisfies
+// Schema, that return is substituted. Otherwise obj is returned unchanged.
+//
+// This is the bridge between modusgraph-gen-emitted wrapper types and the
+// rest of modusgraph.Client. It is purely additive: types that don't
+// implement Schema and don't have an Unwrap() method (i.e. existing
+// modusgraph users' plain structs) pass through untouched.
+//
+// Note on errors.Unwrap overlap: Go's errors package uses Unwrap() error
+// as the standard "give me the wrapped thing" method. UnwrapSchema's
+// secondary check (the returned value must itself implement Schema) means
+// an error wrapper is not mistaken for a modusgraph wrapper — the
+// reflection probe finds Unwrap(), calls it, gets an error, fails the
+// Schema check, and returns the original obj.
+func UnwrapSchema(obj any) any {
+	if obj == nil {
+		return obj
+	}
+	if _, ok := obj.(Schema); ok {
+		return obj
+	}
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(obj)
+	if !v.IsValid() {
+		return obj
+	}
+	// A typed nil pointer has a valid method set, but invoking Unwrap on a nil
+	// receiver would panic if the method dereferences it. Leave it untouched.
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Pointer && v.IsNil() {
+		return obj
+	}
+	m := v.MethodByName("Unwrap")
+	if !m.IsValid() && v.Kind() != reflect.Pointer {
+		// Unwrap may be declared with a pointer receiver while obj was passed by
+		// value; a value's method set excludes pointer-receiver methods, so look
+		// it up on an addressable copy.
+		pv := reflect.New(v.Type())
+		pv.Elem().Set(v)
+		m = pv.MethodByName("Unwrap")
+	}
+	if !m.IsValid() {
+		return obj
+	}
+	mt := m.Type()
+	if mt.NumIn() != 0 || mt.NumOut() != 1 {
+		return obj
+	}
+	inner := m.Call(nil)[0].Interface()
+	if _, ok := inner.(Schema); ok {
+		return inner
+	}
+	return obj
+}
diff --git a/record_example_test.go b/record_example_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..534a844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/record_example_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2017-2026 Istari Digital, Inc.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package modusgraph_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	mg "github.com/matthewmcneely/modusgraph"
+)
+
+// Actor is a schema-defining record. Implementing mg.Schema (a single
+// SchemaTypeName method) marks it as a generated schema type; code generators
+// such as modusgraph-gen emit this method.
+type Actor struct {
+	UID   string   `json:"uid,omitempty"`
+	DType []string `json:"dgraph.type,omitempty"`
+	Name  string   `json:"name,omitempty" dgraph:"index=exact"`
+}
+
+func (a *Actor) SchemaTypeName() string { return "Actor" }
+
+// ActorBuilder is a wrapper around Actor — the shape a generated fluent builder
+// or domain wrapper takes. Exposing Unwrap lets the modusgraph client route the
+// wrapper to its backing record, so the wrapper can be passed straight to
+// Insert/Update/Get without the caller reaching for the inner value.
+type ActorBuilder struct{ actor *Actor }
+
+func (b *ActorBuilder) Unwrap() *Actor { return b.actor }
+
+// ExampleSchema shows the wrapper pattern: the client unwraps an ActorBuilder
+// to its Actor before persisting, so generated wrapper types work transparently
+// while plain structs are unaffected.
+func ExampleSchema() {
+	client, _ := mg.NewClient("dgraph://localhost:9080")
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	builder := &ActorBuilder{actor: &Actor{Name: "Sigourney Weaver"}}
+
+	// Insert the wrapper; the client unwraps it to the Actor record.
+	if err := client.Insert(ctx, builder); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(builder.actor.Name)
+}
diff --git a/record_integration_test.go b/record_integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41e9a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/record_integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2017-2026 Istari Digital, Inc.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package modusgraph_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	mg "github.com/matthewmcneely/modusgraph"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// studioRecord is a schema-defining record (implements mg.Schema). studioWrapper
+// wraps it and exposes Unwrap, exactly as a modusgraph-gen wrapper would.
+type studioRecord struct {
+	UID   string   `json:"uid,omitempty"`
+	DType []string `json:"dgraph.type,omitempty"`
+	Name  string   `json:"name,omitempty" dgraph:"index=exact"`
+}
+
+func (s *studioRecord) SchemaTypeName() string { return "studioRecord" }
+
+type studioWrapper struct{ inner *studioRecord }
+
+func (w *studioWrapper) Unwrap() *studioRecord { return w.inner }
+
+// TestClientUnwrapsWrapperThroughRealMutation exercises the real client path,
+// not UnwrapSchema in isolation: it inserts a wrapper and reads it back. If a
+// mutation method stopped calling UnwrapSchema, the wrapper (which has no usable
+// dgraph fields of its own) would not persist Name and the inner UID would stay
+// empty — so this test fails on that regression.
+func TestClientUnwrapsWrapperThroughRealMutation(t *testing.T) {
+	client, err := mg.NewClient("file://"+GetTempDir(t), mg.WithAutoSchema(true))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	inner := &studioRecord{Name: "Acme"}
+	wrapper := &studioWrapper{inner: inner}
+
+	require.NoError(t, client.Insert(ctx, wrapper))
+	require.NotEmpty(t, inner.UID,
+		"Insert did not route the wrapper to its inner record")
+
+	var got studioRecord
+	require.NoError(t, client.Get(ctx, &got, inner.UID))
+	require.Equal(t, "Acme", got.Name)
+}
diff --git a/record_test.go b/record_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caf5083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/record_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package modusgraph
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type fakeRecord struct{ name string }
+
+func (f *fakeRecord) SchemaTypeName() string { return f.name }
+
+type fakeWrapper struct{ inner *fakeRecord }
+
+func (w *fakeWrapper) Unwrap() *fakeRecord { return w.inner }
+
+type fakeNonSchema struct{ X string }
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_PassthroughForPlainStruct(t *testing.T) {
+	in := &fakeNonSchema{X: "hi"}
+	out := UnwrapSchema(in)
+	if out != any(in) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected passthrough, got %T", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_PassthroughForSchemaStruct(t *testing.T) {
+	in := &fakeRecord{name: "Studio"}
+	out := UnwrapSchema(in)
+	if out != any(in) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected passthrough for direct Schema, got %T", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_UnwrapsWrapper(t *testing.T) {
+	inner := &fakeRecord{name: "Studio"}
+	w := &fakeWrapper{inner: inner}
+	out := UnwrapSchema(w)
+	if out != any(inner) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected unwrapped inner, got %T (%v)", out, out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_IgnoresErrorsUnwrap(t *testing.T) {
+	// errors.New("x") has no Unwrap; wrap one to get something with Unwrap() error.
+	inner := errors.New("inner")
+	outer := &wrappedErr{err: inner}
+	out := UnwrapSchema(outer)
+	if out != any(outer) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected passthrough for error wrapper, got %T", out)
+	}
+}
+
+type wrappedErr struct{ err error }
+
+func (w *wrappedErr) Error() string { return w.err.Error() }
+func (w *wrappedErr) Unwrap() error { return w.err }
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_NilInput(t *testing.T) {
+	if out := UnwrapSchema(nil); out != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nil for nil input, got %v", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_TypedNilPointerDoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	// fakeWrapper.Unwrap dereferences its receiver, so invoking it on a typed
+	// nil pointer would panic. UnwrapSchema must return the value untouched.
+	var w *fakeWrapper
+	out := UnwrapSchema(w)
+	if out != any(w) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected typed nil pointer passthrough, got %T (%v)", out, out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_PointerReceiverUnwrapOnValue(t *testing.T) {
+	// fakeWrapper.Unwrap has a pointer receiver. Passing the wrapper by value
+	// must still unwrap: a value's method set excludes pointer-receiver methods,
+	// so UnwrapSchema looks Unwrap up on an addressable copy.
+	inner := &fakeRecord{name: "Studio"}
+	w := fakeWrapper{inner: inner}
+	out := UnwrapSchema(w)
+	if out != any(inner) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected unwrapped inner from value wrapper, got %T (%v)", out, out)
+	}
+}
+
+// recordingClient is the minimal surface needed to verify that wrappers
+// passed to the Client interface get unwrapped before reaching internal
+// reflection. It records whatever it received and returns nil. Each method
+// applies obj = UnwrapSchema(obj) at the top, mirroring the patch landing
+// in this task.
+type recordingClient struct {
+	seen []any
+}
+
+func (c *recordingClient) capture(obj any) any {
+	obj = UnwrapSchema(obj)
+	c.seen = append(c.seen, obj)
+	return obj
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_CaptureForwardsInner(t *testing.T) {
+	inner := &fakeRecord{name: "Studio"}
+	w := &fakeWrapper{inner: inner}
+	c := &recordingClient{}
+	got := c.capture(w)
+	if got != any(inner) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected inner record, got %T (%v)", got, got)
+	}
+	if len(c.seen) != 1 || c.seen[0] != any(inner) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected recording to hold inner record, got %v", c.seen)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_CapturePassthroughForPlain(t *testing.T) {
+	plain := &fakeNonSchema{X: "y"}
+	c := &recordingClient{}
+	got := c.capture(plain)
+	if got != any(plain) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected plain struct passthrough, got %T", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnwrapSchema_VariadicUnwrapsEachElement(t *testing.T) {
+	innerA := &fakeRecord{name: "Studio"}
+	innerB := &fakeRecord{name: "Film"}
+	templates := []any{
+		&fakeWrapper{inner: innerA},
+		innerB, // already a Schema; passthrough
+	}
+	for i, obj := range templates {
+		templates[i] = UnwrapSchema(obj)
+	}
+	if templates[0] != any(innerA) {
+		t.Fatalf("template[0]: expected innerA, got %T", templates[0])
+	}
+	if templates[1] != any(innerB) {
+		t.Fatalf("template[1]: expected innerB (passthrough), got %T", templates[1])
+	}
+}