diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index b092543..6fa6457 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub fn router(state: AppState) -> Router {
     Router::new()
         .route("/", get(index))
         .route("/assets/theme.css", get(theme_css))
+        .route("/{slug}/", get(project_index))
         .route("/{slug}/{*page}", get(page))
         .with_state(state)
 }
@@ -46,6 +47,28 @@ async fn index(State(st): State<AppState>) -> Html<String> {
     Html(s)
 }
 
+/// A project root (`/<slug>/`): a landing page listing the project's sections
+/// and their pages, so the home index and the per-page breadcrumb both have a
+/// live destination. Unknown slug -> 404.
+async fn project_index(State(st): State<AppState>, Path(slug): Path<String>) -> Response {
+    let Some(proj) = st.reg.project(&slug) else {
+        return (StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, "404 — unknown project").into_response();
+    };
+    let slug_e = crate::theme::html_escape(&proj.slug);
+    let mut body = format!("<h1>{slug_e}</h1>");
+    for sec in &proj.section {
+        body.push_str(&format!("<h2>{}</h2><ul>", crate::theme::html_escape(&sec.title)));
+        for page in &sec.pages {
+            let url = page.strip_suffix(".md").unwrap_or(page);
+            let url_e = crate::theme::html_escape(url);
+            body.push_str(&format!("<li><a href=\"/{slug_e}/{url_e}\">{url_e}</a></li>"));
+        }
+        body.push_str("</ul>");
+    }
+    let html = crate::theme::page_html(&st.reg, &proj.slug, &proj.slug, &body);
+    Html(html).into_response()
+}
+
 async fn page(State(st): State<AppState>, Path((slug, page)): Path<(String, String)>) -> Response {
     let url_page = page.trim_end_matches('/');
     let Some(pref) = st.reg.resolve(&slug, url_page) else {
diff --git a/tests/e2e.rs b/tests/e2e.rs
index fc184f4..578fa6d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e.rs
+++ b/tests/e2e.rs
@@ -192,6 +192,24 @@ docs="docs"
     );
 }
 
+/// A registered project's root URL (`/<slug>/`) must resolve to a landing page
+/// that lists that project's sections/pages — not 404. Both the home index
+/// (`index`, src/server/mod.rs) and every page breadcrumb (`page_html`,
+/// src/theme/mod.rs) emit `<a href="/<slug>/">` for the project root, so it has
+/// to be a live route. The router declares only `/`, `/assets/theme.css`, and a
+/// `/{slug}/{*page}` catch-all that requires a concrete page segment, leaving a
+/// bare project root such as `/aura/` unrouted (404) while a concrete page like
+/// `/aura/design/INDEX` resolves — so every index and breadcrumb root link is dead.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn project_root_resolves_to_landing_with_section_nav() {
+    let (status, body) = get(router(state()), "/aura/").await;
+    assert_eq!(status, StatusCode::OK, "a project root must resolve, not 404: {body}");
+    assert!(
+        body.contains("<a href=\"/aura/design/INDEX\">"),
+        "project landing must list the project's sections/pages: {body}"
+    );
+}
+
 /// A Fetcher that counts `fetch_raw` calls, wrapping a MockFetcher. Lets the
 /// E2E layer prove the cache-before-fetch data-flow.
 struct CountingFetcher {