diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6364607..fa16ed1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ apps
       ├─ Navigation using Expo Router
       └─ Styling with Tamagui
 packages
+  ├─ api
+  |   └─ Typesafe API calls to the backend
   ├─ tmdb
   |   └─ Typesafe API calls to The Movie Database
   └─ provider-utils
diff --git a/apps/expo/package.json b/apps/expo/package.json
index 10af4a9..f5f6d6a 100644
--- a/apps/expo/package.json
+++ b/apps/expo/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "@movie-web/colors": "*",
     "@movie-web/provider-utils": "*",
     "@movie-web/tmdb": "*",
+	"@movie-web/api": "*",
     "@octokit/rest": "^20.0.2",
     "@react-native-anywhere/polyfill-base64": "0.0.1-alpha.0",
     "@react-navigation/native": "^6.1.9",
diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2559ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "name": "@movie-web/api",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "./src/index.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./src/index.ts"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rm -rf .turbo node_modules",
+    "format": "prettier --check . --ignore-path ../../.gitignore",
+    "lint": "eslint .",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@movie-web/eslint-config": "workspace:^0.2.0",
+    "@movie-web/prettier-config": "workspace:^0.1.0",
+    "@movie-web/tsconfig": "workspace:^0.1.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.56.0",
+    "prettier": "^3.1.1",
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+  },
+  "eslintConfig": {
+    "extends": [
+      "@movie-web/eslint-config/base"
+    ]
+  },
+  "prettier": "@movie-web/prettier-config"
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/index.ts b/packages/api/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d8a835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const name = "api";
diff --git a/packages/api/tsconfig.json b/packages/api/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12305a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@movie-web/tsconfig/base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "tsBuildInfoFile": "node_modules/.cache/tsbuildinfo.json",
+  },
+  "include": ["*.ts", "src"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 3560739..3a1f5da 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -238,6 +238,27 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^5.3.3
         version: 5.3.3
 
+  packages/api:
+    devDependencies:
+      '@movie-web/eslint-config':
+        specifier: workspace:^0.2.0
+        version: link:../../tooling/eslint
+      '@movie-web/prettier-config':
+        specifier: workspace:^0.1.0
+        version: link:../../tooling/prettier
+      '@movie-web/tsconfig':
+        specifier: workspace:^0.1.0
+        version: link:../../tooling/typescript
+      eslint:
+        specifier: ^8.56.0
+        version: 8.56.0
+      prettier:
+        specifier: ^3.1.1
+        version: 3.2.4
+      typescript:
+        specifier: ^5.3.3
+        version: 5.3.3
+
   packages/provider-utils:
     dependencies:
       '@movie-web/providers':