diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index d28c83ee..9aea8f5a 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,46 @@ pub async fn serve(port: u16, coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> Result<()> {
         .route("/dashboard/stream", get(dashboard_stream))
         .route("/dashboard/history", get(dashboard_history))
         .route("/webhook/knowledge", post(webhook::post_webhook_knowledge))
+        // Transitional `/api/`-prefixed aliases for the bare backend
+        // routes above (same handlers). Phase 1 of the route-naming
+        // consolidation: register both paths so the frontend can move to
+        // `/api/...` without a lockstep cutover; the bare paths are
+        // dropped once the frontend has migrated. `/webhook/knowledge`
+        // is forge-driven (not the SPA), so it keeps its own prefix.
+        .route("/api/approve/{id}", post(approvals::post_approve))
+        .route("/api/deny/{id}", post(approvals::post_deny))
+        .route("/api/destroy/{name}", post(lifecycle_ops::post_destroy))
+        .route("/api/kill/{name}", post(lifecycle_ops::post_kill))
+        .route("/api/restart/{name}", post(lifecycle_ops::post_restart))
+        .route("/api/start/{name}", post(lifecycle_ops::post_start))
+        .route("/api/rebuild/{name}", post(lifecycle_ops::post_rebuild))
+        .route("/api/update-all", post(lifecycle_ops::post_update_all))
+        .route(
+            "/api/answer-question/{id}",
+            post(questions::post_answer_question),
+        )
+        .route(
+            "/api/cancel-question/{id}",
+            post(questions::post_cancel_question),
+        )
+        .route("/api/purge-tombstone/{name}", post(post_purge_tombstone))
+        .route(
+            "/api/matrix-account-login",
+            post(matrix_accounts::post_matrix_account_login),
+        )
+        .route(
+            "/api/cancel-reminder/{id}",
+            post(reminders::post_cancel_reminder),
+        )
+        .route(
+            "/api/retry-reminder/{id}",
+            post(reminders::post_retry_reminder),
+        )
+        .route("/api/request-spawn", post(post_request_spawn))
+        .route("/api/op-send", post(post_op_send))
+        .route("/api/meta-update", post(post_meta_update))
+        .route("/api/dashboard/stream", get(dashboard_stream))
+        .route("/api/dashboard/history", get(dashboard_history))
         // Anything not matched by the dynamic routes above falls
         // through to the bundled dashboard dist (GET / →
         // dist/index.html, /favicon.svg → dist/favicon.svg,