diff --git a/apps/api/drizzle.config.ts b/apps/api/drizzle.config.ts
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+import { defineConfig } from 'drizzle-kit';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  schema: './src/db/schema.ts',
+  out: './drizzle',
+  dialect: 'postgresql',
+  dbCredentials: {
+    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL ?? 'postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/zeavis_edu',
+  },
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/moon.yml b/apps/api/moon.yml
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+++ b/apps/api/moon.yml
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+type: application
+language: typescript
+
+tasks:
+  dev:
+    command: bun run dev
+    local: true
+  build:
+    command: bun build src/index.ts --outdir dist --target bun
+    inputs:
+      - src/**/*
+      - package.json
+      - tsconfig.json
+      - drizzle.config.ts
+    outputs:
+      - dist
+  typecheck:
+    command: bun run typecheck
+    inputs:
+      - src/**/*
+      - package.json
+      - tsconfig.json
+      - drizzle.config.ts
diff --git a/apps/api/package.json b/apps/api/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@zeavis/api",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "bun --watch src/index.ts",
+    "start": "bun src/index.ts",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --project tsconfig.json",
+    "db:generate": "drizzle-kit generate",
+    "db:migrate": "drizzle-kit migrate"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@zeavis/shared": "workspace:*",
+    "drizzle-orm": "^0.36.4",
+    "elysia": "^1.1.25",
+    "postgres": "^3.4.5"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "drizzle-kit": "^0.27.1",
+    "typescript": "^5.6.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/config/env.ts b/apps/api/src/config/env.ts
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+++ b/apps/api/src/config/env.ts
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+export const env = {
+  port: Number(Bun.env.API_PORT ?? 3000),
+  databaseUrl: Bun.env.DATABASE_URL,
+};
diff --git a/apps/api/src/db/client.ts b/apps/api/src/db/client.ts
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+++ b/apps/api/src/db/client.ts
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+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js';
+import postgres from 'postgres';
+import { env } from '../config/env';
+import * as schema from './schema';
+
+export function createDbClient() {
+  if (!env.databaseUrl) {
+    throw new Error('DATABASE_URL is required to create a database client');
+  }
+
+  const client = postgres(env.databaseUrl);
+  return drizzle(client, { schema });
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/db/schema.ts b/apps/api/src/db/schema.ts
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+++ b/apps/api/src/db/schema.ts
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+import { pgTable, timestamp, uuid, varchar } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
+
+export const appEvents = pgTable('app_events', {
+  id: uuid('id').primaryKey().defaultRandom(),
+  name: varchar('name', { length: 120 }).notNull(),
+  createdAt: timestamp('created_at', { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/index.ts b/apps/api/src/index.ts
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+++ b/apps/api/src/index.ts
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+import { Elysia } from 'elysia';
+import { env } from './config/env';
+import { healthRoutes } from './routes/health';
+import { statusRoutes } from './routes/status';
+
+const app = new Elysia().use(healthRoutes).use(statusRoutes).listen(env.port);
+
+console.log(`ZeaVis Edu API running at http://${app.server?.hostname}:${app.server?.port}`);
+
+export type App = typeof app;
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/health.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/health.ts
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+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/health.ts
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+import { Elysia } from 'elysia';
+
+export const healthRoutes = new Elysia().get('/health', () => ({
+  status: 'ok' as const,
+}));
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/status.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/status.ts
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+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/status.ts
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+import { createAppStatus } from '@zeavis/shared';
+import { Elysia } from 'elysia';
+
+export const statusRoutes = new Elysia({ prefix: '/api/v1' }).get('/status', () =>
+  createAppStatus(),
+);
diff --git a/apps/api/tsconfig.json b/apps/api/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/apps/api/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "lib": ["ES2022"],
+    "types": ["bun"],
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src", "drizzle.config.ts"]
+}