diff --git a/client-cmds/gean-cmd.sh b/client-cmds/gean-cmd.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb6c866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-cmds/gean-cmd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Metrics enabled by default if not strictly disabled
+metrics_flag=""
+if [ "$enableMetrics" != "false" ]; then
+  metrics_flag="--metrics-port $metricsPort"
+fi
+
+# Gean uses --listen-addr for libp2p (TCP) and --discovery-port for Discv5 (UDP)
+# We map $quicPort to the TCP listen port for consistency in port allocation
+
+# Resolve binary path relative to the script location
+# Fallback to absolute path if scriptDir is not available
+BASE_DIR="${scriptDir:-$(pwd)}"
+gean_bin="$BASE_DIR/../gean/bin/gean"
+
+node_binary="$gean_bin \
+      --data-dir \"$dataDir/$item\" \
+      --genesis \"$configDir/config.yaml\" \
+      --bootnodes \"$configDir/nodes.yaml\" \
+      --validator-registry-path \"$configDir/validators.yaml\" \
+      --node-id \"$item\" \
+      --node-key \"$configDir/$privKeyPath\" \
+      --validator-keys \"$configDir/hash-sig-keys\" \
+      --listen-addr \"/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/$quicPort\" \
+      --discovery-port $quicPort \
+      --devnet-id \"${devnet:-devnet0}\" \
+      $metrics_flag"
+
+# Docker command (assumes image entrypoint handles the binary)
+node_docker="ghcr.io/geanlabs/gean:devnet1 \
+      --data-dir /data \
+      --genesis /config/config.yaml \
+      --bootnodes /config/nodes.yaml \
+      --validator-registry-path /config/validators.yaml \
+      --node-id $item \
+      --node-key /config/$privKeyPath \
+      --validator-keys /config/hash-sig-keys \
+      --listen-addr /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/$quicPort \
+      --discovery-port $quicPort \
+      --devnet-id ${devnet:-devnet0} \
+      $metrics_flag"
+
+node_setup="docker" # Default to binary for now as per user workflow
diff --git a/local-devnet/genesis/validator-config.yaml b/local-devnet/genesis/validator-config.yaml
index 72d3ad3..fddf52b 100644
--- a/local-devnet/genesis/validator-config.yaml
+++ b/local-devnet/genesis/validator-config.yaml
@@ -85,3 +85,15 @@ validators:
     metricsPort: 8087
     isAggregator: false
     count: 1
+  
+  - name: "gean_0"
+    # node id a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f8a9b0c1d2e3f4a5b6c7d8e9f0a1b2
+    # peer id 16Uiu2HAmPV5jU62WtmDkCEmfq1jzbBDkGbHNsDN78gJyvmv2TuC5
+    privkey: "b64ff53a840df124366237216d76a83dbe8590406eed008bae3b3e89a9c4565f"
+    # verify /ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/9007/quic-v1/p2p/16Uiu2HAmPV5jU62WtmDkCEmfq1jzbBDkGbHNsDN78gJyvmv2TuC5
+    enrFields:
+      ip: "127.0.0.1"
+      quic: 9008
+    metricsPort: 8088
+    isAggregator: false
+    count: 1