diff --git a/infrastructure/fragments.py b/infrastructure/fragments.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90754a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/fragments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+"""
+Server-side fragment composition client.
+
+Each coop app exposes HTML fragments at ``/internal/fragments/{type}``.
+This module provides helpers to fetch and cache those fragments so that
+consuming apps can compose cross-app UI without shared templates.
+
+All functions return ``""`` on error (graceful degradation — a missing
+fragment simply means a section is absent from the page).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import os
+from typing import Sequence
+
+import httpx
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Re-usable async client (created lazily, one per process)
+_client: httpx.AsyncClient | None = None
+
+# Default request timeout (seconds)
+_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 2.0
+
+# Header sent on every fragment request so providers can distinguish
+# fragment fetches from normal browser traffic.
+FRAGMENT_HEADER = "X-Fragment-Request"
+
+
+def _get_client() -> httpx.AsyncClient:
+    global _client
+    if _client is None or _client.is_closed:
+        _client = httpx.AsyncClient(
+            timeout=httpx.Timeout(_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT),
+            follow_redirects=False,
+        )
+    return _client
+
+
+def _internal_url(app_name: str) -> str:
+    """Resolve the Docker-internal base URL for *app_name*.
+
+    Looks up ``INTERNAL_URL_{APP}`` first, falls back to
+    ``http://{app}:8000``.
+    """
+    env_key = f"INTERNAL_URL_{app_name.upper()}"
+    return os.getenv(env_key, f"http://{app_name}:8000").rstrip("/")
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Public API
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async def fetch_fragment(
+    app_name: str,
+    fragment_type: str,
+    *,
+    params: dict | None = None,
+    timeout: float = _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+) -> str:
+    """Fetch an HTML fragment from another app.
+
+    Returns the raw HTML string, or ``""`` on any error.
+    """
+    base = _internal_url(app_name)
+    url = f"{base}/internal/fragments/{fragment_type}"
+    try:
+        resp = await _get_client().get(
+            url,
+            params=params,
+            headers={FRAGMENT_HEADER: "1"},
+            timeout=timeout,
+        )
+        if resp.status_code == 200:
+            return resp.text
+        log.debug("Fragment %s/%s returned %s", app_name, fragment_type, resp.status_code)
+        return ""
+    except Exception:
+        log.debug("Fragment %s/%s failed", app_name, fragment_type, exc_info=True)
+        return ""
+
+
+async def fetch_fragments(
+    requests: Sequence[tuple[str, str, dict | None]],
+    *,
+    timeout: float = _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Fetch multiple fragments concurrently.
+
+    *requests* is a sequence of ``(app_name, fragment_type, params)`` tuples.
+    Returns a list of HTML strings in the same order.  Failed fetches
+    produce ``""``.
+    """
+    return list(await asyncio.gather(*(
+        fetch_fragment(app, ftype, params=params, timeout=timeout)
+        for app, ftype, params in requests
+    )))
+
+
+async def fetch_fragment_cached(
+    app_name: str,
+    fragment_type: str,
+    *,
+    params: dict | None = None,
+    ttl: int = 30,
+    timeout: float = _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+) -> str:
+    """Fetch a fragment with a Redis cache layer.
+
+    Cache key: ``frag:{app}:{type}:{sorted_params}``.
+    Returns ``""`` on error (cache miss + fetch failure).
+    """
+    # Build a stable cache key
+    suffix = ""
+    if params:
+        sorted_items = sorted(params.items())
+        suffix = ":" + "&".join(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in sorted_items)
+    cache_key = f"frag:{app_name}:{fragment_type}{suffix}"
+
+    # Try Redis cache
+    redis = _get_redis()
+    if redis:
+        try:
+            cached = await redis.get(cache_key)
+            if cached is not None:
+                return cached.decode() if isinstance(cached, bytes) else cached
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    # Cache miss — fetch from provider
+    html = await fetch_fragment(
+        app_name, fragment_type, params=params, timeout=timeout,
+    )
+
+    # Store in cache (even empty string — avoids hammering a down service)
+    if redis and ttl > 0:
+        try:
+            await redis.set(cache_key, html.encode(), ex=ttl)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    return html
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _get_redis():
+    """Return the current app's Redis connection, or None."""
+    try:
+        from quart import current_app
+        r = current_app.redis
+        return r if r else None
+    except Exception:
+        return None
diff --git a/infrastructure/jinja_setup.py b/infrastructure/jinja_setup.py
index 3902394..01c80e7 100644
--- a/infrastructure/jinja_setup.py
+++ b/infrastructure/jinja_setup.py
@@ -107,5 +107,14 @@ def setup_jinja(app: Quart) -> None:
     from shared.services.widget_registry import widgets as _widget_registry
     app.jinja_env.globals["widgets"] = _widget_registry
 
+    # fragment composition helper — fetch HTML from another app's fragment API
+    from shared.infrastructure.fragments import fetch_fragment_cached
+
+    async def _fragment(app_name: str, fragment_type: str, ttl: int = 30, **params) -> str:
+        p = params if params else None
+        return await fetch_fragment_cached(app_name, fragment_type, params=p, ttl=ttl)
+
+    app.jinja_env.globals["fragment"] = _fragment
+
     # register jinja filters
     register_filters(app)