diff --git a/internal/profile/filesystem_repository.go b/internal/profile/filesystem_repository.go
index 5d219ee..d736351 100644
--- a/internal/profile/filesystem_repository.go
+++ b/internal/profile/filesystem_repository.go
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/scriptorium/internal/domain"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/scriptorium/internal/filecatalog"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -30,11 +30,56 @@ func NewFilesystemRepository(dir string) Repository {
 }
 
 func (r *filesystemRepository) GetProfile(ctx context.Context, id string) (*domain.ExecutionProfile, error) {
+	return loadProfile(ctx, os.DirFS(r.dir), ".", id)
+}
+
+type fsRepository struct {
+	fsys fs.FS
+	root string
+}
+
+func NewFSRepository(fsys fs.FS, root string) Repository {
+	return &fsRepository{fsys: fsys, root: root}
+}
+
+func (r *fsRepository) GetProfile(ctx context.Context, id string) (*domain.ExecutionProfile, error) {
+	return loadProfile(ctx, r.fsys, r.root, id)
+}
+
+type overlayRepository struct {
+	primary  Repository
+	fallback Repository
+}
+
+func NewOverlayRepository(primary, fallback Repository) Repository {
+	return &overlayRepository{primary: primary, fallback: fallback}
+}
+
+func (r *overlayRepository) GetProfile(ctx context.Context, id string) (*domain.ExecutionProfile, error) {
+	if r.primary != nil {
+		prof, err := r.primary.GetProfile(ctx, id)
+		if err == nil {
+			return prof, nil
+		}
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrProfileNotFound) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if r.fallback == nil {
+		return nil, ErrProfileNotFound
+	}
+	return r.fallback.GetProfile(ctx, id)
+}
+
+func loadProfile(ctx context.Context, fsys fs.FS, root string, id string) (*domain.ExecutionProfile, error) {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(id) == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: profile id is required", ErrInvalidProfile)
 	}
+	if fsys == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read profile directory: filesystem is nil")
+	}
 
-	files, err := filecatalog.FindYAMLFiles(ctx, r.dir)
+	files, err := findProfileYAMLFiles(ctx, fsys, root)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read profile directory: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -47,9 +92,9 @@ func (r *filesystemRepository) GetProfile(ctx context.Context, id string) (*doma
 		default:
 		}
 
-		relPath := filecatalog.RelativePath(r.dir, fullPath)
-		fileMatch := filecatalog.Stem(filepath.Base(fullPath)) == id
-		data, err := os.ReadFile(fullPath)
+		relPath := displayPath(root, fullPath)
+		fileMatch := profileFileStem(path.Base(fullPath)) == id
+		data, err := fs.ReadFile(fsys, fullPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read profile file %s: %w", relPath, err)
 		}
@@ -102,6 +147,61 @@ func (r *filesystemRepository) GetProfile(ctx context.Context, id string) (*doma
 	return nil, ErrProfileNotFound
 }
 
+func findProfileYAMLFiles(ctx context.Context, fsys fs.FS, root string) ([]string, error) {
+	cleanRoot := cleanFSRoot(root)
+	var files []string
+	err := fs.WalkDir(fsys, cleanRoot, func(name string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		default:
+		}
+		if d.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if !isProfileYAMLFile(d.Name()) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		files = append(files, name)
+		return nil
+	})
+	return files, err
+}
+
+func cleanFSRoot(root string) string {
+	root = strings.TrimSpace(root)
+	if root == "" || root == "." {
+		return "."
+	}
+	return path.Clean(root)
+}
+
+func displayPath(root string, name string) string {
+	cleanRoot := cleanFSRoot(root)
+	cleanName := path.Clean(name)
+	if cleanRoot == "." {
+		return cleanName
+	}
+	prefix := strings.TrimSuffix(cleanRoot, "/") + "/"
+	if strings.HasPrefix(cleanName, prefix) {
+		return strings.TrimPrefix(cleanName, prefix)
+	}
+	return cleanName
+}
+
+func profileFileStem(name string) string {
+	name = strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".yaml")
+	name = strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".yml")
+	return name
+}
+
+func isProfileYAMLFile(name string) bool {
+	return strings.HasSuffix(name, ".yaml") || strings.HasSuffix(name, ".yml")
+}
+
 type profileMatch struct {
 	profile *domain.ExecutionProfile
 	path    string
diff --git a/internal/profile/repository_test.go b/internal/profile/repository_test.go
index b970560..f06b3d2 100644
--- a/internal/profile/repository_test.go
+++ b/internal/profile/repository_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/scriptorium/internal/domain"
 )
 
 func TestFilesystemRepository_GetProfile(t *testing.T) {
@@ -261,3 +264,216 @@ func writeProfileTestFile(t *testing.T, path string, content string) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to write profile test file %q: %v", path, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFSRepository(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	t.Run("loads valid profiles from nested directories", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewFSRepository(fstest.MapFS{
+			"profiles/provider/nested.yaml": profileMapFile(`
+id: nested-profile
+endpoint: http://localhost:8000/v1
+model: nested-model
+temperature: 0.1
+`),
+		}, "profiles")
+
+		p, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "nested-profile")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+		}
+		if p.ID != "nested-profile" || p.Model != "nested-model" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected profile: %+v", p)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rejects unknown YAML fields", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewFSRepository(fstest.MapFS{
+			"profiles/unknown.yaml": profileMapFile(`
+id: unknown-profile
+endpoint: http://localhost:8000/v1
+model: model
+unknown: value
+`),
+		}, "profiles")
+
+		_, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "unknown-profile")
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidYAML) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected ErrInvalidYAML, got %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rejects raw api_key in selected profile", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewFSRepository(fstest.MapFS{
+			"profiles/raw.yaml": profileMapFile(`
+id: raw-profile
+endpoint: http://localhost:8000/v1
+model: model
+api_key: secret
+`),
+		}, "profiles")
+
+		_, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "raw-profile")
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrRawAPIKeyNotAllowed) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected ErrRawAPIKeyNotAllowed, got %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("ignores raw api_key in non-selected profiles", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewFSRepository(fstest.MapFS{
+			"profiles/raw.yaml": profileMapFile(`
+id: raw-profile
+endpoint: http://localhost:8000/v1
+model: model
+api_key: secret
+`),
+			"profiles/valid.yaml": profileMapFile(`
+id: valid-profile
+endpoint: http://localhost:8000/v1
+model: model
+`),
+		}, "profiles")
+
+		p, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "valid-profile")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+		}
+		if p.ID != "valid-profile" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected profile: %+v", p)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rejects duplicate IDs within one source", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewFSRepository(fstest.MapFS{
+			"profiles/a.yaml": profileMapFile(`
+id: duplicate-profile
+endpoint: http://localhost:8000/v1
+model: first
+`),
+			"profiles/nested/b.yaml": profileMapFile(`
+id: duplicate-profile
+endpoint: http://localhost:8000/v1
+model: second
+`),
+		}, "profiles")
+
+		_, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "duplicate-profile")
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidProfile) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected ErrInvalidProfile, got %v", err)
+		}
+		for _, want := range []string{"duplicate execution profile id", "a.yaml", "nested/b.yaml"} {
+			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), want) {
+				t.Fatalf("expected error to contain %q, got %v", want, err)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestOverlayRepository(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	primaryProfile := &domain.ExecutionProfile{ID: "shared", Endpoint: "http://primary", Model: "primary"}
+	fallbackProfile := &domain.ExecutionProfile{ID: "shared", Endpoint: "http://fallback", Model: "fallback"}
+
+	t.Run("returns primary matches before fallback matches", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewOverlayRepository(
+			staticProfileRepo{profiles: map[string]*domain.ExecutionProfile{"shared": primaryProfile}},
+			staticProfileRepo{profiles: map[string]*domain.ExecutionProfile{"shared": fallbackProfile}},
+		)
+
+		p, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "shared")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+		}
+		if p.Model != "primary" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected primary profile, got %+v", p)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("falls back on primary not found", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewOverlayRepository(
+			staticProfileRepo{},
+			staticProfileRepo{profiles: map[string]*domain.ExecutionProfile{"shared": fallbackProfile}},
+		)
+
+		p, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "shared")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+		}
+		if p.Model != "fallback" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected fallback profile, got %+v", p)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("does not fall back after primary load errors", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, tc := range []struct {
+			name string
+			err  error
+		}{
+			{name: "invalid yaml", err: ErrInvalidYAML},
+			{name: "invalid profile", err: ErrInvalidProfile},
+			{name: "raw api key", err: ErrRawAPIKeyNotAllowed},
+		} {
+			t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				repo := NewOverlayRepository(
+					staticProfileRepo{err: tc.err},
+					staticProfileRepo{profiles: map[string]*domain.ExecutionProfile{"shared": fallbackProfile}},
+				)
+
+				_, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "shared")
+				if !errors.Is(err, tc.err) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", tc.err, err)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns not found when both sources miss", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewOverlayRepository(staticProfileRepo{}, staticProfileRepo{})
+
+		_, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "missing")
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrProfileNotFound) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected ErrProfileNotFound, got %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("nil primary uses fallback", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewOverlayRepository(nil, staticProfileRepo{profiles: map[string]*domain.ExecutionProfile{"shared": fallbackProfile}})
+
+		p, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "shared")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+		}
+		if p.Model != "fallback" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected fallback profile, got %+v", p)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("nil fallback returns not found after primary miss", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewOverlayRepository(staticProfileRepo{}, nil)
+
+		_, err := repo.GetProfile(ctx, "missing")
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrProfileNotFound) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected ErrProfileNotFound, got %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func profileMapFile(content string) *fstest.MapFile {
+	return &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte(strings.TrimLeft(content, "\n"))}
+}
+
+type staticProfileRepo struct {
+	profiles map[string]*domain.ExecutionProfile
+	err      error
+}
+
+func (r staticProfileRepo) GetProfile(_ context.Context, id string) (*domain.ExecutionProfile, error) {
+	if r.err != nil {
+		return nil, r.err
+	}
+	if p, ok := r.profiles[id]; ok {
+		cp := *p
+		return &cp, nil
+	}
+	return nil, ErrProfileNotFound
+}