diff --git a/src/plyngent/__init__.py b/src/plyngent/__init__.py
index e69de29..4715794 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/__init__.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from . import config as config
diff --git a/src/plyngent/config/__init__.py b/src/plyngent/config/__init__.py
index 9b5a1d9..1524a3b 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/config/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import tomlkit
 from tomlkit.exceptions import TOMLKitError
 
 from .models import AnthropicProvider as AnthropicProvider
+from .models import DatabaseConfig as DatabaseConfig
 from .models import DeepseekProvider as DeepseekProvider
 from .models import ModelConfig as ModelConfig
 from .models import OpenAICompatibleProvider as OpenAICompatibleProvider
diff --git a/src/plyngent/config/models.py b/src/plyngent/config/models.py
index fa501d6..dfcb660 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/config/models.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/config/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 from msgspec import Struct, field
 
 
+class DatabaseConfig(Struct, omit_defaults=True):
+    """Database connection configuration."""
+
+    implementation: str = "sqlite"
+    url: str = ":memory:"
+    username: str | None = None
+    password: str | None = None
+
+
 class ModelConfig(Struct, omit_defaults=True):
     """Capability flags for a model within a provider."""
 
diff --git a/src/plyngent/config/store.py b/src/plyngent/config/store.py
index 1245b77..51a4846 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/config/store.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/config/store.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 import msgspec
 import tomlkit
 
-from .models import Provider
+from .models import DatabaseConfig, Provider
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Mapping
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ class ConfigFormatError(ValueError):
     """Raised when the config file contains invalid TOML."""
 
 
+def _parse_database(raw: dict[str, object]) -> DatabaseConfig:
+    """Parse the ``[database]`` section, falling back to defaults."""
+    try:
+        return msgspec.convert(raw, DatabaseConfig)
+    except msgspec.ValidationError:
+        return DatabaseConfig()
+
+
 def _parse_providers(
     document: tomlkit.TOMLDocument,
 ) -> tuple[dict[str, Provider], dict[str, object]]:
@@ -64,14 +72,26 @@ class ConfigStore:
 
     _path: Path
     _document: tomlkit.TOMLDocument
+    _database: DatabaseConfig
     _providers: dict[str, Provider]
     _bad_providers: dict[str, object]
 
     def __init__(self, path: Path, document: tomlkit.TOMLDocument) -> None:
         self._path = path
         self._document = document
+        raw: dict[str, object] = document.unwrap()
+        self._database = _parse_database(
+            cast("dict[str, object]", raw.get("database", {}))
+        )
         self._providers, self._bad_providers = _parse_providers(document)
 
+    # -- database (read-only) --
+
+    @property
+    def database(self) -> MappingProxyType[str, object]:
+        """Read-only mapping view of database configuration."""
+        return MappingProxyType(msgspec.structs.asdict(self._database))
+
     # -- providers (read/write) --
 
     @property
@@ -98,43 +118,63 @@ class ConfigStore:
     # -- persistence --
 
     def write(self) -> None:
-        """Serialize current providers to the TOML file."""
+        """Serialize current state to the TOML file."""
         self._sync_to_document()
         self._path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         with self._path.open("w") as f:
             tomlkit.dump(self._document, f)
 
     def reload(self) -> None:
-        """Re-read the TOML file and re-parse providers."""
+        """Re-read the TOML file and re-parse all sections."""
         with self._path.open() as f:
             self._document = tomlkit.parse(f.read())
+        raw: dict[str, object] = self._document.unwrap()
+        self._database = _parse_database(
+            cast("dict[str, object]", raw.get("database", {}))
+        )
         self._providers, self._bad_providers = _parse_providers(self._document)
 
-    # -- internal --
+    # -- internal sync helpers --
 
-    def _sync_to_document(self) -> None:
-        """Incrementally sync ``self._providers`` into the ``[providers]`` section.
+    def _sync_database_section(self) -> None:
+        """Sync ``[database]`` to the document."""
+        raw_db: dict[str, object] = msgspec.to_builtins(self._database)
+        if not raw_db:
+            if "database" in self._document:
+                del self._document["database"]
+            return
 
-        Only adds, updates, or removes individual provider entries — the rest of
-        the document (comments, formatting, other top-level sections) is untouched.
-        """
+        if "database" not in self._document:
+            self._document["database"] = tomlkit.table()
+        section = self._document["database"]
+
+        for k in list(section.keys()):  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+            if k not in raw_db:
+                del section[k]  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+        for k, v in raw_db.items():
+            section[k] = v  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+
+    def _sync_providers_section(self) -> None:
+        """Sync ``[providers]`` to the document."""
         if "providers" not in self._document:
             self._document["providers"] = tomlkit.table()
         section = self._document["providers"]
 
-        # Remove deleted providers
         for name in list(section.keys()):  # type: ignore[union-attr]
             if name not in self._providers:
                 del section[name]  # type: ignore[union-attr]
 
-        # Add / update providers
         for name, provider in self._providers.items():
             raw: dict[str, object] = msgspec.to_builtins(provider)
             if name in section:
                 entry = section[name]  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-                # Clear and rebuild the existing entry to match current state
                 entry.clear()  # type: ignore[union-attr]
                 for k, v in raw.items():
                     entry[k] = v  # type: ignore[union-attr]
             else:
                 section[name] = raw  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+
+    def _sync_to_document(self) -> None:
+        """Incrementally sync all sections into the document."""
+        self._sync_database_section()
+        self._sync_providers_section()
diff --git a/tests/test_config/plyngent-valid.toml b/tests/test_config/plyngent-valid.toml
index 6a9b15c..9f4dd74 100644
--- a/tests/test_config/plyngent-valid.toml
+++ b/tests/test_config/plyngent-valid.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[database]
+implementation = "sqlite"
+url = ":memory:"
+
 [providers.test1]
 preset = "openai"
 access_key_or_token = "sk-1145141919810"
diff --git a/tests/test_config/test_config.py b/tests/test_config/test_config.py
index 172d968..75d844b 100644
--- a/tests/test_config/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config/test_config.py
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ def test_read_default_config(default_config_source: None) -> None:
     assert isinstance(providers["test2"], OpenAICompatibleProvider)
     assert isinstance(providers["test3"], AnthropicProvider)
     assert isinstance(providers["foo1"], DeepseekProvider)
+    db = config.database
+    assert db["implementation"] == "sqlite"
+    assert db["url"] == ":memory:"
+    assert db["username"] is None
+    assert db["password"] is None
 
 
 def test_read_valid_config() -> None:
@@ -38,6 +43,11 @@ def test_read_valid_config() -> None:
     assert isinstance(providers["test2"], OpenAICompatibleProvider)
     assert isinstance(providers["test3"], AnthropicProvider)
     assert isinstance(providers["foo1"], DeepseekProvider)
+    db = config.database
+    assert db["implementation"] == "sqlite"
+    assert db["url"] == ":memory:"
+    assert db["username"] is None
+    assert db["password"] is None
 
 
 def test_read_empty_config() -> None: