diff --git a/lns.go b/lns.go
index f0f6e7b..430c18a 100644
--- a/lns.go
+++ b/lns.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ type ResourceRecord = dnspkg.ResourceRecord
 // ResourceJSON mirrors the DNS resource JSON representation.
 type ResourceJSON = dnspkg.ResourceJSON
 
+// DNSMessage mirrors the DNS response shape used by pkg/dns projection helpers.
+type DNSMessage = dnspkg.DNSMessage
+
 // DSRecord mirrors the DNS DS payload entry.
 type DSRecord = dnspkg.DSRecord
 
diff --git a/lns_package_test.go b/lns_package_test.go
index 15761f8..8f25634 100644
--- a/lns_package_test.go
+++ b/lns_package_test.go
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ func TestPackageDNSCommonGetters(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPackageResourceAliases(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = ResourceJSON{}
+	_ = DNSMessage{}
 	_ = DSRecordJSON{}
 	_ = NSRecordJSON{}
 	_ = GLUE4RecordJSON{}
diff --git a/pkg/dns/resource.go b/pkg/dns/resource.go
index c37000a..2876a18 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/resource.go
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ type ResourceJSON struct {
 	Records []json.RawMessage `json:"records"`
 }
 
+// DNSMessage mirrors the reference DNS response shape used by the JS helpers.
+//
+// The Go port keeps the payload lightweight and wire-agnostic: answer,
+// authority, and additional sections carry the concrete record values that the
+// reference helpers project, while AA preserves the authoritative-answer flag.
+type DNSMessage struct {
+	AA         bool
+	Answer     []any
+	Authority  []any
+	Additional []any
+}
+
 // DSRecord mirrors the JS DS payload entry.
 type DSRecord struct {
 	KeyTag     uint16
@@ -518,6 +530,85 @@ func (r *Resource) GetToZone(name string) []ResourceRecord {
 	return r.ToZone(name)
 }
 
+// ToReferral builds the referral/negative-answer message shape used by the JS
+// reference helpers.
+//
+// The referral path returns authority NS/DS records plus glue when the
+// resource has NS data. Otherwise, or when DS referrals are disallowed for a
+// TLD lookup, the helper returns a negative proof with AA set and an NSEC
+// record in authority.
+func (r *Resource) ToReferral(name string, typ HSType, isTLD bool) DNSMessage {
+	msg := DNSMessage{}
+	badReferral := isTLD && typ == HSTypeDS
+
+	if r != nil && r.HasNS() && !badReferral {
+		for _, record := range r.ToNS(name) {
+			msg.Authority = append(msg.Authority, record)
+		}
+
+		for _, record := range r.ToDS(name) {
+			msg.Authority = append(msg.Authority, record)
+		}
+
+		for _, record := range r.ToGlue(name) {
+			msg.Additional = append(msg.Additional, record)
+		}
+
+		if !r.HasDS() {
+			msg.Authority = append(msg.Authority, r.ToNSEC(name))
+		}
+
+		return msg
+	}
+
+	msg.AA = true
+	msg.Authority = append(msg.Authority, r.ToNSEC(name))
+	return msg
+}
+
+// GetToReferral is an alias for ToReferral.
+func (r *Resource) GetToReferral(name string, typ HSType, isTLD bool) DNSMessage {
+	return r.ToReferral(name, typ, isTLD)
+}
+
+// ToDNS projects the resource into the JS reference DNS response shape.
+//
+// Subdomain lookups are routed to the appropriate TLD referral. TLD TXT
+// lookups answer directly when the resource has no NS records; DS lookups and
+// all other cases fall through to the referral/negative-answer logic.
+func (r *Resource) ToDNS(name string, typ HSType) DNSMessage {
+	name = fqdn(strings.ToLower(name))
+	labels := strings.Split(strings.TrimSuffix(name, "."), ".")
+	if len(labels) > 1 {
+		return r.ToReferral(labels[len(labels)-1], typ, false)
+	}
+
+	msg := DNSMessage{}
+	switch typ {
+	case HSTypeTXT:
+		if r == nil || !r.HasNS() {
+			msg.AA = true
+			for _, record := range r.ToTXT(name) {
+				msg.Answer = append(msg.Answer, record)
+			}
+		}
+	case HSTypeDS:
+		// DS TLD lookups intentionally fall through to the referral/negative
+		// proof path to match the JS reference helper.
+	}
+
+	if len(msg.Answer) == 0 && len(msg.Authority) == 0 {
+		return r.ToReferral(name, typ, true)
+	}
+
+	return msg
+}
+
+// GetToDNS is an alias for ToDNS.
+func (r *Resource) GetToDNS(name string, typ HSType) DNSMessage {
+	return r.ToDNS(name, typ)
+}
+
 // ToNSEC constructs the reference NSEC helper output for the resource.
 //
 // The bitmap selection matches the JS reference helper:
diff --git a/pkg/dns/resource_test.go b/pkg/dns/resource_test.go
index 5a0c795..fbb435c 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/resource_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/resource_test.go
@@ -499,6 +499,77 @@ func TestResourceProjectionHelpers(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResourceToDNSAndReferral(t *testing.T) {
+	resource := NewResource()
+	resource.Records = []ResourceRecord{
+		DSRecord{KeyTag: 7, Algorithm: 8, DigestType: 9, Digest: []byte{0xaa}},
+		NSRecord{NS: "ns1.example."},
+		GLUE4Record{NS: "ns1.example.", Address: netip.MustParseAddr("192.0.2.10")},
+		TXTRecord{Entries: []string{"hello"}},
+	}
+
+	referral := resource.ToReferral("example.", HSTypeNS, false)
+	if referral.AA {
+		t.Fatal("ToReferral should not set AA for a normal referral")
+	}
+	if len(referral.Authority) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("ToReferral authority = %d, want 2", len(referral.Authority))
+	}
+	if ns, ok := referral.Authority[0].(NSRecord); !ok || ns.NS != "ns1.example." {
+		t.Fatalf("ToReferral authority[0] = %#v, want NS ns1.example.", referral.Authority[0])
+	}
+	if ds, ok := referral.Authority[1].(DSRecord); !ok || ds.KeyTag != 7 {
+		t.Fatalf("ToReferral authority[1] = %#v, want DS keyTag=7", referral.Authority[1])
+	}
+	if len(referral.Additional) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ToReferral additional = %d, want 1", len(referral.Additional))
+	}
+	if glue, ok := referral.Additional[0].(GLUE4Record); !ok || glue.NS != "ns1.example." || glue.Address.String() != "192.0.2.10" {
+		t.Fatalf("ToReferral additional[0] = %#v, want GLUE4 ns1.example./192.0.2.10", referral.Additional[0])
+	}
+
+	aliasReferral := resource.GetToReferral("example.", HSTypeNS, false)
+	if aliasReferral.AA != referral.AA || len(aliasReferral.Authority) != len(referral.Authority) || len(aliasReferral.Additional) != len(referral.Additional) {
+		t.Fatal("GetToReferral should alias ToReferral")
+	}
+
+	negative := resource.ToDNS("example.", HSTypeDS)
+	if !negative.AA {
+		t.Fatal("ToDNS should set AA for a TLD DS negative proof")
+	}
+	if len(negative.Answer) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("ToDNS answer = %d, want 0", len(negative.Answer))
+	}
+	if len(negative.Authority) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ToDNS authority = %d, want 1", len(negative.Authority))
+	}
+	if nsec, ok := negative.Authority[0].(NSECRecord); !ok || nsec.Name != "example." || nsec.NextDomain != "example\x00." {
+		t.Fatalf("ToDNS authority[0] = %#v, want NSEC example./example\\x00.", negative.Authority[0])
+	}
+
+	txtResource := NewResource()
+	txtResource.Records = []ResourceRecord{TXTRecord{Entries: []string{"hello"}}}
+
+	answer := txtResource.ToDNS("example.", HSTypeTXT)
+	if !answer.AA {
+		t.Fatal("ToDNS should set AA for an in-zone TXT answer")
+	}
+	if len(answer.Answer) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ToDNS answer = %d, want 1", len(answer.Answer))
+	}
+	if txt, ok := answer.Answer[0].(TXTRecord); !ok || len(txt.Entries) != 1 || txt.Entries[0] != "hello" {
+		t.Fatalf("ToDNS answer[0] = %#v, want TXT hello", answer.Answer[0])
+	}
+	if len(answer.Authority) != 0 || len(answer.Additional) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("ToDNS TXT answer should not populate authority/additional, got %+v", answer)
+	}
+
+	aliasAnswer := txtResource.GetToDNS("example.", HSTypeTXT)
+	if aliasAnswer.AA != answer.AA || len(aliasAnswer.Answer) != len(answer.Answer) || len(aliasAnswer.Authority) != len(answer.Authority) || len(aliasAnswer.Additional) != len(answer.Additional) {
+		t.Fatal("GetToDNS should alias ToDNS")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResourceDecodeStopsAtUnknownType(t *testing.T) {
 	resource := NewResource()
 	resource.Records = []ResourceRecord{TXTRecord{Entries: []string{"known"}}}