diff --git a/src/sources/batch-tiler.ts b/src/sources/batch-tiler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..795a8127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sources/batch-tiler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Client helpers for the batched-tiles fast path (server: maps-api sc-556575).
+//
+// deck.gl requests a viewport's tiles in one burst; per-tile serving turns that
+// into N warehouse queries — ruinous on job-based engines. When the source is
+// batch-capable the tilejson carries a `tiles_batch` URL; the client coalesces
+// the burst into ONE request to it (`&tiles=z/x/y,z/x/y,…`, sorted so a repeated
+// viewport is a repeated URL ⇒ CDN-cacheable) and splits the CDTB container the
+// server returns, handing each payload to the format's normal tile decoder.
+//
+// These are the pure pieces (detect / build request / split response); the
+// request coalescing itself lives in the deck.gl layer.
+
+import type {TilejsonResult} from './types.js';
+
+export interface BatchTileIndex {
+  z: number;
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A source is batch-capable when the server advertised a `tiles_batch` endpoint
+ * in the tilejson (PostgreSQL/BigQuery, binary/geojson). Absent ⇒ the consumer
+ * must use the per-tile `tiles` template.
+ */
+export function isBatchTilesTilejson(tilejson: TilejsonResult): boolean {
+  return Boolean(tilejson.tiles_batch);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the URL for a batch of tiles: the advertised `tiles_batch` endpoint with
+ * `&tiles=z/x/y,…` appended. Tiles are sorted (z, then x, then y) so the same
+ * viewport always yields the same URL — batches stay as CDN-cacheable as single
+ * tiles. The caller is responsible for keeping the batch within `tiles_batch_max`.
+ */
+export function buildBatchTilesRequest(
+  tilejson: TilejsonResult,
+  tiles: BatchTileIndex[]
+): string {
+  if (!tilejson.tiles_batch) {
+    throw new Error('tilejson has no batch endpoint (tiles_batch)');
+  }
+  if (tiles.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('Cannot build a batch request with zero tiles');
+  }
+  const list = [...tiles]
+    .sort((a, b) => a.z - b.z || a.x - b.x || a.y - b.y)
+    .map((t) => `${t.z}/${t.x}/${t.y}`)
+    .join(',');
+  const separator = tilejson.tiles_batch.includes('?') ? '&' : '?';
+  return `${tilejson.tiles_batch}${separator}tiles=${list}`;
+}
+
+const CDTB_MAGIC = [0x43, 0x44, 0x54, 0x42]; // "CDTB"
+
+/** Key a tile by its `z/x/y` (matches the strings in a batch request). */
+export function batchTileKey(tile: BatchTileIndex): string {
+  return `${tile.z}/${tile.x}/${tile.y}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Split the CDTB container the batch endpoint returns into per-tile payloads,
+ * keyed by `z/x/y`. Each payload is the same bytes a single-tile request would
+ * have returned, ready for the format's normal decoder.
+ *
+ * Container layout (little-endian):
+ *   "CDTB" | u32 tileCount | per tile: u8 z | u32 x | u32 y | u32 len | bytes
+ */
+export function splitBatchTilesResponse(
+  data: ArrayBuffer
+): Map<string, ArrayBuffer> {
+  const bytes = new Uint8Array(data);
+  if (
+    bytes.length < 8 ||
+    bytes[0] !== CDTB_MAGIC[0] ||
+    bytes[1] !== CDTB_MAGIC[1] ||
+    bytes[2] !== CDTB_MAGIC[2] ||
+    bytes[3] !== CDTB_MAGIC[3]
+  ) {
+    throw new Error('Invalid CDTB batch container');
+  }
+  const view = new DataView(data);
+  let offset = 4;
+  const tileCount = view.getUint32(offset, true);
+  offset += 4;
+  const tiles = new Map<string, ArrayBuffer>();
+  // Each tile header is 13 bytes (u8 z + u32 x + u32 y + u32 len). Bounds-check
+  // before every read and before slicing the payload so a truncated or
+  // malformed container throws a clear error instead of a generic DataView
+  // RangeError or a silently truncated payload.
+  const TILE_HEADER_BYTES = 13;
+  for (let i = 0; i < tileCount; i++) {
+    if (offset + TILE_HEADER_BYTES > data.byteLength) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Malformed CDTB batch container: unexpected end of metadata'
+      );
+    }
+    const z = view.getUint8(offset);
+    offset += 1;
+    const x = view.getUint32(offset, true);
+    offset += 4;
+    const y = view.getUint32(offset, true);
+    offset += 4;
+    const length = view.getUint32(offset, true);
+    offset += 4;
+    if (offset + length > data.byteLength) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Malformed CDTB batch container: unexpected end of payload'
+      );
+    }
+    tiles.set(`${z}/${x}/${y}`, data.slice(offset, offset + length));
+    offset += length;
+  }
+  return tiles;
+}
diff --git a/src/sources/index.ts b/src/sources/index.ts
index b0a33c67..b6c05a9c 100644
--- a/src/sources/index.ts
+++ b/src/sources/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ import {vectorTilesetSource} from './vector-tileset-source.js';
 
 export {SOURCE_DEFAULTS} from './base-source.js';
 export {RasterBandColorinterp} from './constants.js';
+export {
+  isBatchTilesTilejson,
+  buildBatchTilesRequest,
+  splitBatchTilesResponse,
+  batchTileKey,
+} from './batch-tiler.js';
+export type {BatchTileIndex} from './batch-tiler.js';
 export type {
   SourceOptions,
   SourceRequiredOptions,
diff --git a/src/sources/types.ts b/src/sources/types.ts
index 143bf781..637ae15a 100644
--- a/src/sources/types.ts
+++ b/src/sources/types.ts
@@ -252,6 +252,18 @@ export interface Tilejson {
   tilestats: Tilestats;
   tileResolution?: TileResolution;
 
+  /**
+   * Batched-tiles fast path. When present, a consumer may coalesce a viewport's
+   * tiles into one request to this URL by appending `&tiles=z/x/y,z/x/y,…`
+   * (sorted), up to `tiles_batch_max` tiles. Absent ⇒ use the per-tile `tiles`
+   * template. Served for PostgreSQL/BigQuery sources in binary/geojson.
+   *
+   * @internal
+   */
+  tiles_batch?: string;
+  /** Max tiles accepted in a single `tiles_batch` request. @internal */
+  tiles_batch_max?: number;
+
   /**
    * Resolution of data in spatial-index dataset (e.g. H3, Quadbin).
    *
diff --git a/test/sources/batch-tiler.test.ts b/test/sources/batch-tiler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9c4f497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sources/batch-tiler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import {describe, test, expect} from 'vitest';
+import {
+  isBatchTilesTilejson,
+  buildBatchTilesRequest,
+  splitBatchTilesResponse,
+  batchTileKey,
+} from '@carto/api-client';
+import type {TilejsonResult} from '@carto/api-client';
+
+// Build a CDTB container exactly as the maps-api endpoint does, so the splitter
+// is tested against the real wire layout (little-endian):
+//   "CDTB" | u32 count | per tile: u8 z | u32 x | u32 y | u32 len | bytes
+function makeCDTB(
+  tiles: {z: number; x: number; y: number; payload: number[]}[]
+): ArrayBuffer {
+  let size = 8;
+  for (const t of tiles) size += 13 + t.payload.length;
+  const buf = new ArrayBuffer(size);
+  const view = new DataView(buf);
+  const bytes = new Uint8Array(buf);
+  bytes.set([0x43, 0x44, 0x54, 0x42], 0); // "CDTB"
+  let off = 4;
+  view.setUint32(off, tiles.length, true);
+  off += 4;
+  for (const t of tiles) {
+    view.setUint8(off, t.z);
+    off += 1;
+    view.setUint32(off, t.x, true);
+    off += 4;
+    view.setUint32(off, t.y, true);
+    off += 4;
+    view.setUint32(off, t.payload.length, true);
+    off += 4;
+    bytes.set(t.payload, off);
+    off += t.payload.length;
+  }
+  return buf;
+}
+
+const batchTilejson = {
+  tiles: ['https://x/{z}/{x}/{y}?name=t&formatTiles=binary'],
+  tiles_batch:
+    'https://x/table/tiles?name=t&geomType=points&formatTiles=binary',
+  tiles_batch_max: 32,
+} as unknown as TilejsonResult;
+
+describe('batch-tiler', () => {
+  describe('isBatchTilesTilejson', () => {
+    test('true when tiles_batch is advertised', () => {
+      expect(isBatchTilesTilejson(batchTilejson)).toBe(true);
+    });
+    test('false when absent', () => {
+      expect(
+        isBatchTilesTilejson({
+          tiles: ['https://x/{z}/{x}/{y}'],
+        } as unknown as TilejsonResult)
+      ).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('buildBatchTilesRequest', () => {
+    test('sorts tiles (z,x,y) and appends &tiles=', () => {
+      const url = buildBatchTilesRequest(batchTilejson, [
+        {z: 10, x: 5, y: 9},
+        {z: 8, x: 1, y: 1},
+        {z: 10, x: 5, y: 1},
+        {z: 10, x: 2, y: 0},
+      ]);
+      expect(url).toBe(
+        'https://x/table/tiles?name=t&geomType=points&formatTiles=binary&tiles=8/1/1,10/2/0,10/5/1,10/5/9'
+      );
+    });
+    test('a repeated viewport (any order) yields the same URL', () => {
+      const a = buildBatchTilesRequest(batchTilejson, [
+        {z: 1, x: 0, y: 0},
+        {z: 1, x: 1, y: 0},
+      ]);
+      const b = buildBatchTilesRequest(batchTilejson, [
+        {z: 1, x: 1, y: 0},
+        {z: 1, x: 0, y: 0},
+      ]);
+      expect(a).toEqual(b);
+    });
+    test('throws when the source is not batch-capable', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        buildBatchTilesRequest({tiles: []} as unknown as TilejsonResult, [
+          {z: 0, x: 0, y: 0},
+        ])
+      ).toThrow(/tiles_batch/);
+    });
+    test('throws when given zero tiles', () => {
+      expect(() => buildBatchTilesRequest(batchTilejson, [])).toThrow(
+        /zero tiles/
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('splitBatchTilesResponse', () => {
+    test('splits the CDTB container into per-tile payloads keyed by z/x/y', () => {
+      const buffer = makeCDTB([
+        {z: 0, x: 0, y: 0, payload: [1, 2, 3]},
+        {z: 10, x: 523, y: 350, payload: [9, 8, 7, 6]},
+      ]);
+      const tiles = splitBatchTilesResponse(buffer);
+      expect([...tiles.keys()]).toEqual(['0/0/0', '10/523/350']);
+      expect([...new Uint8Array(tiles.get('0/0/0'))]).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+      expect([
+        ...new Uint8Array(tiles.get(batchTileKey({z: 10, x: 523, y: 350}))),
+      ]).toEqual([9, 8, 7, 6]);
+    });
+    test('handles an empty (zero-payload) tile', () => {
+      const tiles = splitBatchTilesResponse(
+        makeCDTB([{z: 5, x: 1, y: 1, payload: []}])
+      );
+      expect(tiles.get('5/1/1').byteLength).toEqual(0);
+    });
+    test('throws on a non-CDTB buffer', () => {
+      const bad = new Uint8Array([0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0, 0, 0, 0]).buffer;
+      expect(() => splitBatchTilesResponse(bad)).toThrow(/CDTB/);
+    });
+    test('throws on a truncated tile header', () => {
+      // Valid container, then cut mid-header (count says 1 tile, header is 13B
+      // starting at offset 8 — slice to 15 leaves only 7 of the 13).
+      const truncated = makeCDTB([
+        {z: 0, x: 0, y: 0, payload: [1, 2, 3]},
+      ]).slice(0, 15);
+      expect(() => splitBatchTilesResponse(truncated)).toThrow(
+        /unexpected end of metadata/
+      );
+    });
+    test('throws on a truncated payload', () => {
+      // Full header (through offset 21) but the 3-byte payload is cut off.
+      const truncated = makeCDTB([
+        {z: 0, x: 0, y: 0, payload: [1, 2, 3]},
+      ]).slice(0, 22);
+      expect(() => splitBatchTilesResponse(truncated)).toThrow(
+        /unexpected end of payload/
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});