diff --git a/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock b/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
index ff0eafee47e..0c31f12cdc3 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -4038,6 +4038,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "litellm-migrate"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "litellm-migrate-macros",
+ "rstest",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "litellm-migrate-macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rstest",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror 2.0.19",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "litellm-model-catalog"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -4388,6 +4408,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "flate2",
  "litellm-http",
+ "litellm-migrate",
  "litellm-storage-clickhouse",
  "opentelemetry-proto",
  "prost",
diff --git a/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
index 8d837c2d31b..84b758da538 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/litellm-rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ litellm-router = { path = "crates/router" }
 litellm-tracing = { path = "crates/tracing" }
 litellm-traces = { path = "crates/traces" }
 litellm-storage-clickhouse = { path = "crates/storage-clickhouse" }
+litellm-migrate = { path = "crates/migrate" }
+litellm-migrate-macros = { path = "crates/migrate-macros" }
 litellm-core = { path = "crates/core" }
 litellm-gateway-mcp = { path = "crates/gateway-mcp" }
 litellm-gateway = { path = "crates/gateway" }
@@ -93,7 +95,10 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["float_roundtrip"] }
 serde_with = { version = "=3.16.1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "macros"] }
 sha2 = "0.10"
+syn = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 sqlx = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false, features = ["json", "macros", "postgres", "runtime-tokio", "chrono", "tls-rustls-ring-native-roots"] }
+proc-macro2 = "1"
+quote = "1"
 subtle = "2"
 thiserror = "2.0"
 tokenizers = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false, features = ["onig"] }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5cd68415ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "litellm-migrate-macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+proc-macro = true
+
+[dependencies]
+proc-macro2.workspace = true
+quote.workspace = true
+syn = { workspace = true, features = ["parsing", "printing", "proc-macro"] }
+thiserror.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+rstest.workspace = true
+tempfile.workspace = true
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/src/error.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9833009517b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use std::io;
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("could not read migrations directory `{path}`")]
+    ReadDirectory {
+        path: String,
+        #[source]
+        source: io::Error,
+    },
+    #[error(
+        "migration name `{name}` must be `<digits>_<description>.sql` with a `[a-z0-9_]` description"
+    )]
+    InvalidName { name: String },
+    #[error("migration version `{version}` is declared more than once")]
+    DuplicateVersion { version: u64 },
+    #[error("migrations directory `{path}` contains no migrations")]
+    Empty { path: String },
+    #[error("migration path `{path}` is not valid UTF-8")]
+    NonUtf8Path { path: String },
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/src/lib.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..501f59e6fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+mod error;
+
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use error::Error;
+use proc_macro::TokenStream;
+use quote::quote;
+use syn::LitStr;
+
+struct Entry {
+    version: u64,
+    description: String,
+    path: PathBuf,
+}
+
+fn resolve(dir: &Path) -> Result<Vec<Entry>, Error> {
+    let mut entries = Vec::new();
+    let files = std::fs::read_dir(dir).map_err(|source| Error::ReadDirectory {
+        path: dir.display().to_string(),
+        source,
+    })?;
+    for file in files {
+        let file = file.map_err(|source| Error::ReadDirectory {
+            path: dir.display().to_string(),
+            source,
+        })?;
+        let path = file.path();
+        let name = path
+            .file_name()
+            .and_then(|name| name.to_str())
+            .ok_or_else(|| Error::NonUtf8Path {
+                path: path.display().to_string(),
+            })?
+            .to_owned();
+        let invalid = || Error::InvalidName { name: name.clone() };
+        let stem = name
+            .strip_suffix(".sql")
+            .filter(|_| file.file_type().is_ok_and(|kind| kind.is_file()))
+            .and_then(|stem| stem.split_once('_'))
+            .filter(|(version, description)| {
+                !version.is_empty()
+                    && version.bytes().all(|b| b.is_ascii_digit())
+                    && !description.is_empty()
+                    && description
+                        .bytes()
+                        .all(|b| b.is_ascii_lowercase() || b.is_ascii_digit() || b == b'_')
+            })
+            .ok_or_else(invalid)?;
+        let version = stem.0.parse::<u64>().map_err(|_| invalid())?;
+        entries.push(Entry {
+            version,
+            description: stem.1.to_owned(),
+            path,
+        });
+    }
+    if entries.is_empty() {
+        return Err(Error::Empty {
+            path: dir.display().to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+    entries.sort_by_key(|entry| entry.version);
+    for pair in entries.windows(2) {
+        if pair[0].version == pair[1].version {
+            return Err(Error::DuplicateVersion {
+                version: pair[0].version,
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(entries)
+}
+
+fn resolve_input(lit: &LitStr) -> Result<Vec<Entry>, Error> {
+    let root = std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let dir = root.join(lit.value());
+    let dir = dir.canonicalize().map_err(|source| Error::ReadDirectory {
+        path: dir.display().to_string(),
+        source,
+    })?;
+    if dir.to_str().is_none() {
+        return Err(Error::NonUtf8Path {
+            path: dir.display().to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+    resolve(&dir)
+}
+
+#[proc_macro]
+pub fn migrate(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    let lit = syn::parse_macro_input!(input as LitStr);
+    match resolve_input(&lit) {
+        Ok(entries) => {
+            let migrations = entries.iter().map(|entry| {
+                let version = entry.version;
+                let description = &entry.description;
+                let path = entry
+                    .path
+                    .to_str()
+                    .expect("canonical migration path is UTF-8");
+                quote! {
+                    ::litellm_migrate::Migration {
+                        version: #version,
+                        description: #description,
+                        sql: ::core::include_str!(#path),
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            quote! { &[#(#migrations),*] }.into()
+        }
+        Err(err) => syn::Error::new(lit.span(), err).to_compile_error().into(),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::fs;
+
+    use rstest::rstest;
+    use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+    use super::{Error, resolve};
+
+    fn migrations_dir(files: &[&str]) -> TempDir {
+        let dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
+        for file in files {
+            fs::write(dir.path().join(file), "SELECT 1").expect("write fixture");
+        }
+        dir
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn orders_versions_numerically() {
+        let dir = migrations_dir(&["10_tenth.sql", "2_second.sql", "1_first.sql"]);
+        let entries = resolve(dir.path()).expect("resolves");
+        let versions: Vec<u64> = entries.iter().map(|entry| entry.version).collect();
+        let descriptions: Vec<&str> = entries
+            .iter()
+            .map(|entry| entry.description.as_str())
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(versions, [1, 2, 10]);
+        assert_eq!(descriptions, ["first", "second", "tenth"]);
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    #[case::dash_in_version(&["0001-dash.sql"])]
+    #[case::not_sql(&["notes.txt"])]
+    #[case::empty_description(&["0001_.sql"])]
+    #[case::non_digit_version(&["x_name.sql"])]
+    #[case::uppercase_description(&["0001_Upper.sql"])]
+    #[case::no_underscore(&["0001.sql"])]
+    #[case::plus_sign_version(&["+10_add.sql"])]
+    fn rejects_invalid_names(#[case] files: &[&str]) {
+        let dir = migrations_dir(files);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            resolve(dir.path()),
+            Err(Error::InvalidName { .. })
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn rejects_subdirectories() {
+        let dir = migrations_dir(&["0001_a.sql"]);
+        fs::create_dir(dir.path().join("0002_b.sql")).expect("subdir");
+        assert!(matches!(
+            resolve(dir.path()),
+            Err(Error::InvalidName { .. })
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[rstest]
+    fn rejects_symlinks() {
+        let dir = migrations_dir(&["0001_a.sql"]);
+        let target = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
+        let target_file = target.path().join("real.sql");
+        fs::write(&target_file, "SELECT 2").expect("write fixture");
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&target_file, dir.path().join("0002_b.sql")).expect("symlink");
+        assert!(matches!(
+            resolve(dir.path()),
+            Err(Error::InvalidName { .. })
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn rejects_duplicate_versions() {
+        let dir = migrations_dir(&["0001_a.sql", "1_b.sql"]);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            resolve(dir.path()),
+            Err(Error::DuplicateVersion { version: 1 })
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn rejects_empty_directory() {
+        let dir = migrations_dir(&[]);
+        assert!(matches!(resolve(dir.path()), Err(Error::Empty { .. })));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb1ecaa3128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "litellm-migrate"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+litellm-migrate-macros.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+rstest.workspace = true
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/README.md b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4817029451c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Migrations
+
+`litellm-migrate` exports the `Migration` struct and the `migrate!` macro that embeds a directory of `<digits>_<description>.sql` files at compile time, sorted by numeric version
+
+The crate does not apply or track migrations; callers decide how and when the embedded SQL runs
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/src/lib.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4e065e1b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+pub use litellm_migrate_macros::migrate;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Migration {
+    pub version: u64,
+    pub description: &'static str,
+    pub sql: &'static str,
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/10_tenth.sql b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/10_tenth.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31807719e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/10_tenth.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT 10;
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/1_first.sql b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/1_first.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0ac49d1ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/1_first.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT 1;
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/2_second.sql b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/2_second.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7f8100648d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/fixtures/migrations/2_second.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT 2;
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/migrate.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/migrate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61c80351cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/migrate/tests/migrate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use litellm_migrate::Migration;
+use rstest::rstest;
+
+const MIGRATIONS: &[Migration] = litellm_migrate::migrate!("tests/fixtures/migrations");
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case::first(0, 1, "first", include_str!("fixtures/migrations/1_first.sql"))]
+#[case::second(1, 2, "second", include_str!("fixtures/migrations/2_second.sql"))]
+#[case::tenth(2, 10, "tenth", include_str!("fixtures/migrations/10_tenth.sql"))]
+fn embeds_every_file_sorted_by_numeric_version(
+    #[case] index: usize,
+    #[case] version: u64,
+    #[case] description: &str,
+    #[case] sql: &str,
+) {
+    assert_eq!(MIGRATIONS.len(), 3);
+    let migration = &MIGRATIONS[index];
+    assert_eq!(migration.version, version);
+    assert_eq!(migration.description, description);
+    assert_eq!(migration.sql, sql);
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/AGENTS.md b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/AGENTS.md
index 645e88dfae1..d0181c53308 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/AGENTS.md
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/AGENTS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - Keep OTLP decoding, trace schema, row encoding and named query selection here. Generic ClickHouse connections and HTTP execution belong in `litellm-storage-clickhouse`
 - Keep this crate independent of Python; PyO3 conversion and public Python exceptions belong in `python-bridge`
-- Keep the SQL migrations here as the only ClickHouse schema definition
+- Keep the SQL migrations here as the only ClickHouse schema definition, as `migrations/NNNN_description.sql` files embedded by `litellm_migrate::migrate!`; adding a file is the only step
 - Use typed query parameters and a dedicated SELECT-only reader with server-side limits
 - Keep `config/reader.xml` grants on the database the schema is created in (CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE, default `litellm`)
 - Bound insert time and encoded bytes; make retry deduplication behavior explicit for supported ClickHouse versions
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/Cargo.toml
index 74de400764c..41b6037d015 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/Cargo.toml
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ opentelemetry-proto = { workspace = true, features = ["gen-tonic-messages", "tra
 prost.workspace = true
 time = { workspace = true, features = ["formatting"] }
 litellm-http.workspace = true
+litellm-migrate.workspace = true
 litellm-storage-clickhouse.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["rc"] }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/build.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a8149ef075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/schema.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/schema.rs
index 4943f00f7c9..cf11c564931 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/schema.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/src/schema.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use litellm_http::Client;
+use litellm_migrate::Migration;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::Connection;
@@ -6,17 +7,7 @@ use crate::Error;
 
 const SCHEMA_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 
-const MIGRATIONS: [&str; 9] = [
-    include_str!("../migrations/0001_otel_traces.sql"),
-    include_str!("../migrations/0002_agent_traces.sql"),
-    include_str!("../migrations/0003_agent_traces_mv.sql"),
-    include_str!("../migrations/0004_spend_logs.sql"),
-    include_str!("../migrations/0005_otel_traces_ttl.sql"),
-    include_str!("../migrations/0006_agent_traces_ttl.sql"),
-    include_str!("../migrations/0007_spend_logs_ttl.sql"),
-    include_str!("../migrations/0008_trace_received.sql"),
-    include_str!("../migrations/0009_spend_received.sql"),
-];
+const MIGRATIONS: &[Migration] = litellm_migrate::migrate!("migrations");
 
 pub fn schema_statements(
     database: &str,
@@ -35,8 +26,10 @@ pub fn schema_statements(
     let database = format!("`{database}`");
     Ok(
         std::iter::once(format!("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS {database}"))
-            .chain(MIGRATIONS.iter().map(|sql| {
-                sql.replace("{database}", &database)
+            .chain(MIGRATIONS.iter().map(|migration| {
+                migration
+                    .sql
+                    .replace("{database}", &database)
                     .replace("{trace_retention_days}", &trace_retention_days.to_string())
                     .replace(
                         "{spend_log_retention_days}",
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/tests/migrations.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/tests/migrations.rs
index 238c5e671c6..1d21010b0d8 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/traces/tests/migrations.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/traces/tests/migrations.rs
@@ -984,6 +984,16 @@ async fn duplicate_span_preview_matches_diagnostic(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[rstest]
+fn schema_includes_every_migration_file() -> TestResult {
+    let files = std::fs::read_dir(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/migrations"))?
+        .filter_map(|entry| entry.ok())
+        .filter(|entry| entry.path().extension().is_some_and(|ext| ext == "sql"))
+        .count();
+    assert_eq!(schema_statements("trace_test", 7, 14)?.len(), 1 + files);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[rstest]
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn lens_agent_discovery_and_selection_preserve_scope(