diff --git a/freecad/gears/Init.py b/freecad/gears/Init.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66a7d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freecad/gears/Init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"""Kindred Gears - Console initialization.
+
+Adds the gears repo root to sys.path so the pygears math library
+and the freecad.gears namespace package are importable.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+# mods/gears/freecad/gears/Init.py -> dirname x3 -> mods/gears/
+_repo_root = os.path.dirname(
+    os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+)
+if _repo_root not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, _repo_root)
+
+import FreeCAD
+
+FreeCAD.Console.PrintLog("kindred-gears loaded\n")
diff --git a/freecad/gears/InitGui.py b/freecad/gears/InitGui.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45803de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freecad/gears/InitGui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Kindred Gears - GUI initialization.
+
+Imports the upstream GearWorkbench registration and injects gear
+commands into PartDesign editing contexts via the Kindred SDK.
+"""
+
+from freecad.gears.init_gui import *  # noqa: F401,F403
+
+
+def _inject_gear_context():
+    """Inject gear commands into PartDesign editing contexts."""
+    try:
+        from kindred_sdk import inject_commands
+
+        gear_commands = [
+            "FCGear_InvoluteGear",
+            "FCGear_InternalInvoluteGear",
+            "FCGear_InvoluteRack",
+            "FCGear_CycloidGear",
+            "FCGear_CycloidRack",
+            "FCGear_BevelGear",
+            "FCGear_CrownGear",
+            "FCGear_WormGear",
+            "FCGear_TimingGearT",
+            "FCGear_TimingGear",
+            "FCGear_LanternGear",
+            "FCGear_HypoCycloidGear",
+            "FCGear_GearConnector",
+        ]
+        inject_commands("partdesign.body", "Gear", gear_commands)
+        inject_commands("partdesign.feature", "Gear", gear_commands)
+    except Exception as e:
+        import FreeCAD
+
+        FreeCAD.Console.PrintWarning(f"kindred-gears: context injection failed: {e}\n")
+
+
+from PySide6.QtCore import QTimer
+
+QTimer.singleShot(500, _inject_gear_context)
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 92a6d80..99475f9 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <package format="1" xmlns="https://wiki.freecad.org/Package_Metadata">
-  <name>freecad.gears workbench</name>
-  <description>A gear workbench for FreeCAD</description>
-  <version>1.3</version>
-  <date>2024-09-11</date>
-  <maintainer email="sppedflyer@gmail.com">looooo</maintainer>
+  <name>gears</name>
+  <description>Parametric gear workbench for Kindred Create</description>
+  <version>1.3.0</version>
+  <maintainer email="development@kindred-systems.com">Kindred Systems</maintainer>
   <license file="LICENSE">GPL-3.0-or-later</license>
-  <url type="repository" branch="master">https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears</url>
-  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears/issues</url>
-  <url type="documentation">https://wiki.freecad.org/FCGear_Workbench</url>
+  <url type="repository">https://git.kindred-systems.com/kindred/gears</url>
   <icon>freecad/gears/icons/gearworkbench.svg</icon>
 
   <content>
     <workbench>
       <classname>GearWorkbench</classname>
-      <subdirectory>./</subdirectory>
-      <freecadmin>0.19</freecadmin>
-      <tag>gear</tag>
-      <tag>gears</tag>
+      <subdirectory>freecad/gears</subdirectory>
     </workbench>
-    <depend>scipy</depend>
   </content>
 
+  <kindred>
+    <min_create_version>0.1.0</min_create_version>
+    <load_priority>40</load_priority>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>sdk</dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </kindred>
 </package>