diff --git a/decnet/cli.py b/decnet/cli.py
index a7e8e4a..d5f6d3e 100644
--- a/decnet/cli.py
+++ b/decnet/cli.py
@@ -687,9 +687,15 @@ def list_archetypes() -> None:
 def serve_web(
     web_port: int = typer.Option(DECNET_WEB_PORT, "--web-port", help="Port to serve the DECNET Web Dashboard"),
     host: str = typer.Option(DECNET_WEB_HOST, "--host", help="Host IP to serve the Web Dashboard"),
+    api_port: int = typer.Option(DECNET_API_PORT, "--api-port", help="Port the DECNET API is listening on"),
     daemon: bool = typer.Option(False, "--daemon", "-d", help="Detach to background as a daemon process"),
 ) -> None:
-    """Serve the DECNET Web Dashboard frontend."""
+    """Serve the DECNET Web Dashboard frontend.
+
+    Proxies /api/* requests to the API server so the frontend can use
+    relative URLs (/api/v1/...) with no CORS configuration required.
+    """
+    import http.client
     import http.server
     import socketserver
     from pathlib import Path
@@ -701,21 +707,93 @@ def serve_web(
         raise typer.Exit(1)
 
     if daemon:
-        log.info("web daemonizing host=%s port=%d", host, web_port)
+        log.info("web daemonizing host=%s port=%d api_port=%d", host, web_port, api_port)
         _daemonize()
 
+    _api_port = api_port
+
     class SPAHTTPRequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
         def do_GET(self):
+            if self.path.startswith("/api/"):
+                self._proxy("GET")
+                return
             path = self.translate_path(self.path)
             if not Path(path).exists() or Path(path).is_dir():
                 self.path = "/index.html"
             return super().do_GET()
 
+        def do_POST(self):
+            if self.path.startswith("/api/"):
+                self._proxy("POST")
+                return
+            self.send_error(405)
+
+        def do_PUT(self):
+            if self.path.startswith("/api/"):
+                self._proxy("PUT")
+                return
+            self.send_error(405)
+
+        def do_DELETE(self):
+            if self.path.startswith("/api/"):
+                self._proxy("DELETE")
+                return
+            self.send_error(405)
+
+        def _proxy(self, method: str) -> None:
+            content_length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
+            body = self.rfile.read(content_length) if content_length else None
+
+            forward = {k: v for k, v in self.headers.items()
+                       if k.lower() not in ("host", "connection")}
+
+            try:
+                conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("127.0.0.1", _api_port, timeout=120)
+                conn.request(method, self.path, body=body, headers=forward)
+                resp = conn.getresponse()
+
+                self.send_response(resp.status)
+                for key, val in resp.getheaders():
+                    if key.lower() not in ("connection", "transfer-encoding"):
+                        self.send_header(key, val)
+                self.end_headers()
+
+                # Disable socket timeout for SSE streams — they are
+                # long-lived by design and the 120s timeout would kill them.
+                content_type = resp.getheader("Content-Type", "")
+                if "text/event-stream" in content_type:
+                    conn.sock.settimeout(None)
+
+                # read1() returns bytes immediately available in the buffer
+                # without blocking for more.  Plain read(4096) waits until
+                # 4096 bytes accumulate — fatal for SSE where each event
+                # is only ~100-500 bytes.
+                _read = getattr(resp, "read1", resp.read)
+                while True:
+                    chunk = _read(4096)
+                    if not chunk:
+                        break
+                    self.wfile.write(chunk)
+                    self.wfile.flush()
+            except Exception as exc:
+                log.warning("web proxy error %s %s: %s", method, self.path, exc)
+                self.send_error(502, f"API proxy error: {exc}")
+            finally:
+                try:
+                    conn.close()
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+
+        def log_message(self, fmt: str, *args: object) -> None:
+            log.debug("web %s", fmt % args)
+
     import os
     os.chdir(dist_dir)
 
-    with socketserver.TCPServer((host, web_port), SPAHTTPRequestHandler) as httpd:
+    socketserver.TCPServer.allow_reuse_address = True
+    with socketserver.ThreadingTCPServer((host, web_port), SPAHTTPRequestHandler) as httpd:
         console.print(f"[green]Serving DECNET Web Dashboard on http://{host}:{web_port}[/]")
+        console.print(f"[dim]Proxying /api/* → http://127.0.0.1:{_api_port}[/]")
         try:
             httpd.serve_forever()
         except KeyboardInterrupt: