diff --git a/.changeset/add-async-client.md b/.changeset/add-async-client.md
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+---
+"ff-effect": patch
+---
+
+Add `asyncClient` utility that converts an Effect-based client into a normal async/await client. This is the inverse of `wrapClient` (Promise→Effect): it takes an Effect client and layer, creates a ManagedRuntime, and wraps all methods to return Promises instead of Effects.
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/async-client.test.ts b/packages/effect/src/async-client.test.ts
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+import { Effect, Layer } from 'effect';
+import { describe, expect, expectTypeOf, test } from 'vitest';
+import { asyncClient, type AsyncClient } from './async-client.js';
+
+const TestLayer = Layer.empty;
+
+type TestClient = {
+	greet: (name: string) => Effect.Effect<string>;
+	nested: {
+		add: (a: number, b: number) => Effect.Effect<number>;
+	};
+	fail: () => Effect.Effect<never, Error>;
+};
+
+const testClientEffect = Effect.succeed({
+	greet: (name: string) => Effect.succeed(`hello ${name}`),
+	nested: {
+		add: (a: number, b: number) => Effect.succeed(a + b),
+	},
+	fail: () => Effect.fail(new Error('test error')),
+} satisfies TestClient);
+
+describe('asyncClient', () => {
+	test('wraps single-level methods', async () => {
+		const client = await asyncClient(testClientEffect, TestLayer);
+		const result = await client.greet('world');
+		expect(result).toBe('hello world');
+		await client.dispose();
+	});
+
+	test('wraps nested group methods', async () => {
+		const client = await asyncClient(testClientEffect, TestLayer);
+		const result = await client.nested.add(1, 2);
+		expect(result).toBe(3);
+		await client.dispose();
+	});
+
+	test('propagates errors as rejected promises', async () => {
+		const client = await asyncClient(testClientEffect, TestLayer);
+		await expect(client.fail()).rejects.toThrow('test error');
+		await client.dispose();
+	});
+
+	test('dispose cleans up runtime', async () => {
+		const client = await asyncClient(testClientEffect, TestLayer);
+		await client.dispose();
+	});
+
+	test('type safety', () => {
+		expectTypeOf<AsyncClient<TestClient>>().toEqualTypeOf<{
+			greet: (name: string) => Promise<string>;
+			nested: {
+				add: (a: number, b: number) => Promise<number>;
+			};
+			fail: () => Promise<never>;
+		}>();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/async-client.ts b/packages/effect/src/async-client.ts
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+++ b/packages/effect/src/async-client.ts
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+import { Effect, Layer, ManagedRuntime } from 'effect';
+
+export type AsyncClient<T> = {
+	[K in keyof T]: T[K] extends (...args: infer Args) => Effect.Effect<infer A, infer _E, infer _R>
+		? (...args: Args) => Promise<A>
+		: T[K] extends Record<string, unknown>
+			? AsyncClient<T[K]>
+			: T[K];
+};
+
+function wrapWithProxy<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+	target: T,
+	runtime: ManagedRuntime.ManagedRuntime<any, any>,
+): AsyncClient<T> {
+	const cache = new Map<string | symbol, unknown>();
+	return new Proxy(target, {
+		get(obj, prop) {
+			if (prop === 'then') return undefined;
+			if (cache.has(prop)) return cache.get(prop);
+
+			const value = obj[prop as keyof T];
+			if (typeof value === 'function') {
+				const wrapped = (...args: Array<unknown>) =>
+					runtime.runPromise(value(...args) as Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, unknown>);
+				cache.set(prop, wrapped);
+				return wrapped;
+			}
+			if (value !== null && typeof value === 'object') {
+				const wrapped = wrapWithProxy(
+					value as Record<string, unknown>,
+					runtime,
+				);
+				cache.set(prop, wrapped);
+				return wrapped;
+			}
+			return value;
+		},
+	}) as AsyncClient<T>;
+}
+
+export async function asyncClient<A extends Record<string, unknown>, E, R, ER>(
+	makeClient: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>,
+	layer: Layer.Layer<R, ER, never>,
+): Promise<AsyncClient<A> & { dispose: () => Promise<void> }> {
+	const runtime = ManagedRuntime.make(layer);
+	const client = await runtime.runPromise(makeClient);
+	const proxied = wrapWithProxy(client, runtime);
+	const result = Object.create(proxied) as AsyncClient<A> & {
+		dispose: () => Promise<void>;
+	};
+	result.dispose = () => runtime.dispose();
+	return result;
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/index.ts b/packages/effect/src/index.ts
index cbeff6f..e77bb96 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export { asyncClient, type AsyncClient } from './async-client.js';
 export { extract } from './extract.js';
 export { runPromiseUnwrapped } from './run-promise-unwrapped.js';
 export { wrapClient } from './wrap-client.js';