diff --git a/dev-api.py b/dev-api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b604e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""
+Minimal dev-only FastAPI server for the Vue SPA.
+Reads directly from /devl/job-seeker/staging.db.
+Run with:
+    conda run -n job-seeker uvicorn dev-api:app --port 8600 --reload
+"""
+import sqlite3
+import os
+import json
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from typing import Optional
+
+DB_PATH = os.environ.get("STAGING_DB", "/devl/job-seeker/staging.db")
+
+app = FastAPI(title="Peregrine Dev API")
+
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=["http://localhost:5173", "http://10.1.10.71:5173"],
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+
+def _get_db():
+    db = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
+    db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+    return db
+
+
+def _row_to_job(row) -> dict:
+    d = dict(row)
+    d["is_remote"] = bool(d.get("is_remote", 0))
+    return d
+
+
+# ── GET /api/jobs ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@app.get("/api/jobs")
+def list_jobs(status: str = "pending", limit: int = 50):
+    db = _get_db()
+    rows = db.execute(
+        "SELECT id, title, company, url, source, location, is_remote, salary, "
+        "description, match_score, keyword_gaps, date_found, status "
+        "FROM jobs WHERE status = ? ORDER BY match_score DESC NULLS LAST LIMIT ?",
+        (status, limit),
+    ).fetchall()
+    db.close()
+    return [_row_to_job(r) for r in rows]
+
+
+# ── GET /api/jobs/counts ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@app.get("/api/jobs/counts")
+def job_counts():
+    db = _get_db()
+    rows = db.execute("SELECT status, count(*) as n FROM jobs GROUP BY status").fetchall()
+    db.close()
+    counts = {r["status"]: r["n"] for r in rows}
+    return {
+        "pending":  counts.get("pending",  0),
+        "approved": counts.get("approved", 0),
+        "applied":  counts.get("applied",  0),
+        "synced":   counts.get("synced",   0),
+        "rejected": counts.get("rejected", 0),
+        "total":    sum(counts.values()),
+    }
+
+
+# ── POST /api/jobs/{id}/approve ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@app.post("/api/jobs/{job_id}/approve")
+def approve_job(job_id: int):
+    db = _get_db()
+    db.execute("UPDATE jobs SET status = 'approved' WHERE id = ?", (job_id,))
+    db.commit()
+    db.close()
+    return {"ok": True}
+
+
+# ── POST /api/jobs/{id}/reject ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@app.post("/api/jobs/{job_id}/reject")
+def reject_job(job_id: int):
+    db = _get_db()
+    db.execute("UPDATE jobs SET status = 'rejected' WHERE id = ?", (job_id,))
+    db.commit()
+    db.close()
+    return {"ok": True}
+
+
+# ── POST /api/jobs/{id}/revert ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+class RevertBody(BaseModel):
+    status: str
+
+@app.post("/api/jobs/{job_id}/revert")
+def revert_job(job_id: int, body: RevertBody):
+    allowed = {"pending", "approved", "rejected", "applied", "synced"}
+    if body.status not in allowed:
+        raise HTTPException(400, f"Invalid status: {body.status}")
+    db = _get_db()
+    db.execute("UPDATE jobs SET status = ? WHERE id = ?", (body.status, job_id))
+    db.commit()
+    db.close()
+    return {"ok": True}
+
+
+# ── GET /api/system/status ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@app.get("/api/system/status")
+def system_status():
+    return {
+        "enrichment_enabled":  False,
+        "enrichment_last_run": None,
+        "enrichment_next_run": None,
+        "tasks_running":       0,
+        "integration_name":    "Notion",
+        "integration_unsynced": 0,
+    }
+
+
+# ── GET /api/config/user ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@app.get("/api/config/user")
+def config_user():
+    # Try to read name from user.yaml if present
+    try:
+        import yaml
+        cfg_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(DB_PATH), "config", "user.yaml")
+        if not os.path.exists(cfg_path):
+            cfg_path = "/devl/job-seeker/config/user.yaml"
+        with open(cfg_path) as f:
+            cfg = yaml.safe_load(f)
+        return {"name": cfg.get("name", "")}
+    except Exception:
+        return {"name": ""}
diff --git a/web/vite.config.ts b/web/vite.config.ts
index c22afdb..ceef245 100644
--- a/web/vite.config.ts
+++ b/web/vite.config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ import UnoCSS from 'unocss/vite'
 
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [vue(), UnoCSS()],
+  server: {
+    host: '0.0.0.0',
+    port: 5173,
+    proxy: {
+      '/api': {
+        target: 'http://localhost:8601',
+        changeOrigin: true,
+      },
+    },
+  },
   test: {
     environment: 'jsdom',
     globals: true,