diff --git a/lith/server.mjs b/lith/server.mjs
index 178b7f5a7d..8b430c2a49 100644
--- a/lith/server.mjs
+++ b/lith/server.mjs
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ app.use((req, _res, next) => {
     req.url = "/notepat" + (req.url === "/" ? "" : req.url.slice(req.path.length));
   }
 
+  // api.aesthetic.computer / api.prompt.ac → api-docs function (public API reference)
+  if (host === "api.aesthetic.computer" || host === "api.prompt.ac") {
+    if (req.path === "/" || req.path === "") {
+      req.url = "/api-docs" + (req.url.includes("?") ? req.url.slice(req.url.indexOf("?")) : "");
+    }
+  }
+
   next();
 });
 
@@ -948,6 +955,8 @@ app.all("/media/*rest", async (req, res) => {
 });
 
 // API functions (matches Netlify redirect rules)
+// Bare `/api` serves the public API reference (same function that backs api.aesthetic.computer).
+app.all("/api", directFn("api-docs"));
 app.all("/api/:fn", handleFunctionResolved);
 app.all("/api/:fn/*rest", handleFunctionResolved);
 app.all("/.netlify/functions/:fn", handleFunction);
@@ -986,6 +995,8 @@ app.all("/presigned-download-url/*rest", directFn("presigned-url"));
 app.all("/docs", directFn("docs"));
 app.all("/docs.json", directFn("docs"));
 app.all("/docs/*rest", directFn("docs"));
+app.all("/api-docs", directFn("api-docs"));
+app.all("/api-docs.json", directFn("api-docs"));
 app.all("/media-collection", directFn("media-collection"));
 app.all("/media-collection/*rest", directFn("media-collection"));
 app.all("/device-login", directFn("device-login"));
diff --git a/system/netlify/functions/api-docs.mjs b/system/netlify/functions/api-docs.mjs
index ac74f759ba..af43930339 100644
--- a/system/netlify/functions/api-docs.mjs
+++ b/system/netlify/functions/api-docs.mjs
@@ -1097,9 +1097,9 @@ function generateHTML(docs) {
         <p><code class="path">${docs.baseURL}${endpoint.path}</code></p>
         <p>${endpoint.description}</p>
 
-        ${endpoint.examples.map((example, exIdx) => `
-          <h3>${example.title}</h3>
-          <p>${example.description}</p>
+        ${(endpoint.examples || []).map((example, exIdx) => `
+          <h3>${example.title || ''}</h3>
+          <p>${example.description || ''}</p>
 
           <div class="tabs" id="tabs-${idx}-${exIdx}">
             <button class="tab active" onclick="showTab(${idx}, ${exIdx}, 'curl')">curl</button>
@@ -1108,17 +1108,17 @@ function generateHTML(docs) {
           </div>
 
           <div class="tab-content active" id="content-${idx}-${exIdx}-curl">
-            <pre>${escapeHTML(example.curl)}</pre>
+            <pre>${escapeHTML(example.curl || '')}</pre>
           </div>
           <div class="tab-content" id="content-${idx}-${exIdx}-js">
-            <pre>${escapeHTML(example.javascript)}</pre>
+            <pre>${escapeHTML(example.javascript || '')}</pre>
           </div>
           <div class="tab-content" id="content-${idx}-${exIdx}-py">
-            <pre>${escapeHTML(example.python)}</pre>
+            <pre>${escapeHTML(example.python || '')}</pre>
           </div>
 
-          <h4>response:</h4>
-          <pre><code>${JSON.stringify(example.response.body, null, 2)}</code></pre>
+          ${example.response ? `<h4>response:</h4>
+          <pre><code>${escapeHTML(JSON.stringify(example.response.body ?? example.response, null, 2))}</code></pre>` : ''}
         `).join('')}
       </div>
     `).join('')}