diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/records.ts b/web/src/lib/api/records.ts
index 01d91151..06bd8120 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/records.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/records.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type * as ShTangledActorProfile from "./lexicons/types/sh/tangled/actor/p
 import type * as ShTangledRepo from "./lexicons/types/sh/tangled/repo";
 import type * as ShTangledRepoIssue from "./lexicons/types/sh/tangled/repo/issue";
 import type * as ShTangledRepoPull from "./lexicons/types/sh/tangled/repo/pull";
+import type * as ShTangledString from "./lexicons/types/sh/tangled/string";
 
 export interface RecordView<V> {
 	uri: string;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export type RepoRecord = ShTangledRepo.Main;
 export type ProfileRecord = ShTangledActorProfile.Main;
 export type IssueRecord = ShTangledRepoIssue.Main;
 export type PullRecord = ShTangledRepoPull.Main;
+export type StringRecord = ShTangledString.Main;
 
 export const BULK_LIMIT = 50;
 
diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/strings.ts b/web/src/lib/api/strings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..460c45ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/strings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { ok } from "@atcute/client";
+import { mainSchema as putRecordSchema } from "@atcute/atproto/types/repo/putRecord";
+import type { Nsid, RecordKey } from "@atcute/lexicons/syntax";
+import type { OAuthUserAgent } from "@atcute/oauth-browser-client";
+import { createClient } from "$lib/auth/agent";
+import type { StringRecord } from "./records";
+
+const STRING_COLLECTION = "sh.tangled.string" as Nsid;
+
+// strings live at a generated tid rkey; put upserts the record at `rkey`.
+export const putString = async (
+	agent: OAuthUserAgent,
+	rkey: string,
+	record: StringRecord
+): Promise<void> => {
+	const rpc = createClient(agent);
+	await ok(
+		rpc.call(putRecordSchema, {
+			input: {
+				repo: agent.sub,
+				collection: STRING_COLLECTION,
+				rkey: rkey as RecordKey,
+				record
+			}
+		})
+	);
+};