diff --git a/apps/commandboard-api/src/contract.test.ts b/apps/commandboard-api/src/contract.test.ts
index ba3d3d1..82fd32e 100644
--- a/apps/commandboard-api/src/contract.test.ts
+++ b/apps/commandboard-api/src/contract.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ afterAll(async () => {
 });
 
 describe("CommandBoard API contracts", () => {
+  it("exposes root API index", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/`);
+    const body = await response.json() as { ok: boolean; service: string; endpoints: string[] };
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(body).toMatchObject({ ok: true, service: "commandboard-api" });
+    expect(body.endpoints).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["/health", "/api/boards", "/api/plugins"]));
+  });
+
   it("exposes health contract", async () => {
     const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/health`);
     const body = await response.json() as { ok: boolean; service: string };
diff --git a/apps/commandboard-api/src/index.ts b/apps/commandboard-api/src/index.ts
index 88f541f..d49f175 100644
--- a/apps/commandboard-api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/commandboard-api/src/index.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ export function createCommandBoardServer() {
 async function route(request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse) {
   const url = new URL(request.url ?? "/", "http://localhost");
 
+  if (request.method === "GET" && url.pathname === "/") {
+    json(response, 200, {
+      ok: true,
+      service: "commandboard-api",
+      endpoints: ["/health", "/api/boards", "/api/tasks", "/api/plugins", "/api/schemas"]
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (request.method === "GET" && url.pathname === "/health") {
     json(response, 200, { ok: true, service: "commandboard-api" });
     return;