diff --git a/apps/api/package.json b/apps/api/package.json
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+++ b/apps/api/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@trawl/api",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+    "start": "bun run src/index.ts",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@trawl/types": "workspace:*",
+    "@trawl/browser": "workspace:*",
+    "@trawl/tiers": "workspace:*",
+    "elysia": "^1.4.29"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "^6.0.3",
+    "@types/bun": "^1.3.14"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/tsconfig.json b/apps/api/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "paths": {
+      "@trawl/types": ["../../packages/types/src/index.ts"],
+      "@trawl/browser": ["../../packages/browser/src/index.ts"],
+      "@trawl/tiers": ["../../packages/tiers/src/index.ts"]
+    }
+  },
+  "include": ["src", "../../packages/types/src", "../../packages/browser/src", "../../packages/tiers/src"]
+}