diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 261d095..c0eba6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -395,6 +395,24 @@ b = ct.load(...)              # (M, N)
 result = reshape(a, (1, N)) .+ b  # (1, N) .+ (M, N) → (M, N)
 ```
 
+### Scalar access and 0-D tiles
+
+cuTile Python represents single-element loads as 0-D tiles (`shape=()`), which can be used
+directly as indices. cuTile.jl uses Julia's standard indexing syntax instead — `getindex`
+returns a scalar `T` and `setindex!` stores a scalar:
+
+```python
+# Python
+expert_id = ct.load(ids, index=bid_m, shape=())
+b = ct.load(B, (expert_id, k, bid_n), shape=(1, TILE_K, TILE_N))
+```
+
+```julia
+# Julia
+expert_id = ids[bid_m]
+b = ct.load(B, (expert_id, k, bid_n), (1, TILE_K, TILE_N))
+```
+
 
 ## Limitations
 
diff --git a/src/language/operations.jl b/src/language/operations.jl
index 1f1ec95..2fd53bd 100644
--- a/src/language/operations.jl
+++ b/src/language/operations.jl
@@ -141,6 +141,41 @@ end
     load(arr, index, _extract_shape(shape); kwargs...)
 end
 
+# Scalar indexing: arr[i, j, ...] → scalar T
+@overlay function Base.getindex(arr::TileArray{T, N}, indices::Vararg{Integer, N}) where {T, N}
+    tv = Intrinsics.make_tensor_view(arr)
+    shape = ntuple(_ -> 1, Val(N))
+    pv = Intrinsics.make_partition_view(tv, Val(shape), PaddingMode.Undetermined)
+    tile = Intrinsics.load_partition_view(pv, nothing, true, promote(indices...) .- One())
+    Intrinsics.to_scalar(reshape(tile, ()))
+end
+
+# Scalar indexing: tile[i, j, ...] → scalar T
+@inline function Base.getindex(tile::Tile, indices::Vararg{Int})
+    shape = ntuple(_ -> 1, Val(length(indices)))
+    subtile = extract(tile, indices, shape)
+    Intrinsics.to_scalar(reshape(subtile, ()))
+end
+
+# Functional setindex: Base.setindex(tile, val, i, j, ...) → new Tile with element replaced
+@inline function Base.setindex(tile::Tile, val, indices::Vararg{Int})
+    T = eltype(tile)
+    S = size(tile)
+    flat_len = prod(S)
+    linear = _linear_index(S, indices)
+    flat = reshape(tile, (flat_len,))
+    idx = Intrinsics.iota((flat_len,), Int32)
+    mask = idx .== Int32(linear)
+    val_tile = broadcast_to(Tile(T(val)), (flat_len,))
+    new_flat = where(mask, val_tile, flat)
+    reshape(new_flat, S)
+end
+
+# 0-indexed column-major linear index from 1-indexed indices
+@inline _linear_index(::Tuple{}, ::Tuple{}) = 0
+@inline _linear_index(S::NTuple{N, Int}, indices::NTuple{N, Int}) where {N} =
+    (indices[1] - 1) + S[1] * _linear_index(Base.tail(S), Base.tail(indices))
+
 # Keyword argument version → extract and delegate
 @inline function load(arr::TileArray; index, shape, kwargs...)
     load(arr, index, _extract_shape(shape); kwargs...)
@@ -190,6 +225,17 @@ end
     store(arr, index, tile; order, latency, allow_tma)
 end
 
+# Scalar store: arr[i, j, ...] = val
+# NOTE: Cannot use @overlay (which adds @assume_effects :foldable) because
+# setindex! is a side-effecting operation returning nothing — the compiler
+# would DCE the entire call as a pure function with unused result.
+Base.Experimental.@consistent_overlay cuTileMethodTable function Base.setindex!(arr::TileArray{T, N}, val::T, indices::Vararg{Integer, N}) where {T, N}
+    shape = ntuple(_ -> 1, Val(N))
+    tile = reshape(Intrinsics.from_scalar(val, Val(Tuple{})), shape)
+    store(arr, indices, tile)
+    return
+end
+
 """
     gather(array::TileArray{T, 1}, indices::Tile{I, S}; latency=nothing) -> Tile{T, S}
 
diff --git a/test/codegen.jl b/test/codegen.jl
index 58a056d..1c2f292 100644
--- a/test/codegen.jl
+++ b/test/codegen.jl
@@ -277,6 +277,33 @@
                 end
             end
 
+            # Scalar tile getindex
+            @test @filecheck begin
+                @check_label "entry"
+                code_tiled(Tuple{ct.TileArray{Float32,1,spec1d}}) do a
+                    tile = ct.load(a, 1, (8,))
+                    @check "extract"
+                    # extract produces tile<1xf32>, reshape to scalar tile<f32>
+                    @check "tile<1xf32> -> tile<f32>"
+                    scalar = tile[3]
+                    ct.store(a, 1, ct.broadcast_to(ct.Tile(scalar), (8,)))
+                    return
+                end
+            end
+
+            # Scalar tile setindex (functional)
+            @test @filecheck begin
+                @check_label "entry"
+                code_tiled(Tuple{ct.TileArray{Float32,1,spec1d}}) do a
+                    tile = ct.load(a, 1, (8,))
+                    @check "iota"
+                    @check "select"
+                    new_tile = Base.setindex(tile, 0.0f0, 3)
+                    ct.store(a, 1, new_tile)
+                    return
+                end
+            end
+
             # Extract slice from 3D tile (FFT real/imag pattern)
             @test @filecheck begin
                 @check_label "entry"
diff --git a/test/execution.jl b/test/execution.jl
index 7c0d271..089a673 100644
--- a/test/execution.jl
+++ b/test/execution.jl
@@ -650,6 +650,36 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "scalar tile getindex" begin
+    function tile_getindex_kernel(x::ct.TileArray{Float32,1}, y::ct.TileArray{Float32,1})
+        tile = ct.load(x, 1, (8,))
+        scalar = tile[3]  # Extract 3rd element
+        ct.store(y, 1, ct.broadcast_to(ct.Tile(scalar), (8,)))
+        return
+    end
+    host_x = zeros(Float32, 8)
+    host_x[3] = 42.0f0
+    x = CuArray(host_x)
+    y = CUDA.zeros(Float32, 8)
+    ct.launch(tile_getindex_kernel, 1, x, y)
+    @test all(Array(y) .≈ 42.0f0)
+end
+
+@testset "scalar tile setindex" begin
+    function tile_setindex_kernel(x::ct.TileArray{Float32,1}, y::ct.TileArray{Float32,1})
+        tile = ct.load(x, 1, (8,))
+        new_tile = Base.setindex(tile, 0.0f0, 3)
+        ct.store(y, 1, new_tile)
+        return
+    end
+    x = CuArray(Float32.(1:8))
+    y = CUDA.zeros(Float32, 8)
+    ct.launch(tile_setindex_kernel, 1, x, y)
+    expected = Float32.(1:8)
+    expected[3] = 0.0f0
+    @test Array(y) ≈ expected
+end
+
 @testset "cat" begin
     @testset "cat along last axis (axis -1)" begin
         function cat_last_axis_kernel(a::ct.TileArray{Float32,2}, b::ct.TileArray{Float32,2},