diff --git a/src/app/api/feed/route.ts b/src/app/api/feed/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse, type NextRequest } from "next/server";
+import { SESSION_COOKIE } from "@/lib/cookie";
+import { clampLimit, getHomeFeedPage } from "@/lib/feed";
+
+// GET /api/feed?cursor=<nextCursor>&limit=<n>
+// Same-origin proxy for the Minnect home feed. Returns { items, nextCursor }.
+// 401 { error: "sign_in" } when the session is missing or dead.
+
+export const runtime = "nodejs";
+
+export async function GET(req: NextRequest) {
+  const sessionId = req.cookies.get(SESSION_COOKIE)?.value;
+  const cursor = req.nextUrl.searchParams.get("cursor") || null;
+  const limit = clampLimit(req.nextUrl.searchParams.get("limit"));
+
+  const result = await getHomeFeedPage(sessionId, cursor, limit);
+  if (!result.ok) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: result.error }, { status: result.status });
+  }
+  return NextResponse.json({ items: result.items, nextCursor: result.nextCursor });
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/feed.ts b/src/lib/feed.ts
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+import { FEED_BASE_URL } from "./env";
+import { ensureFreshSession, refreshSession } from "./session-refresh";
+
+// Home-feed proxy logic. Reads one page of the person's home feed from Minnect
+// with their server-held feed token. Tokens never leave the server and are
+// never logged. Card-field extraction is a later task; items pass through raw.
+
+export const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 20;
+export const MAX_LIMIT = 50;
+
+export type FeedPageResult =
+  | { ok: true; items: unknown[]; nextCursor: string | null }
+  | { ok: false; status: 401 | 502; error: "sign_in" | "feed_unavailable" };
+
+interface FeedOptions {
+  fetchImpl?: typeof fetch;
+  now?: number;
+}
+
+/** Clamp a requested page size to 1..50, defaulting to 20. */
+export function clampLimit(raw: string | number | null | undefined): number {
+  const n = typeof raw === "number" ? raw : Number.parseInt(raw ?? "", 10);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n < 1) return DEFAULT_LIMIT;
+  return Math.min(Math.floor(n), MAX_LIMIT);
+}
+
+function buildUrl(cursor: string | null, limit: number): string {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ limit: String(limit) });
+  if (cursor) params.set("cursor", cursor);
+  return `${FEED_BASE_URL}/api/v1/feeds/home/items?${params.toString()}`;
+}
+
+async function callFeed(
+  token: string,
+  cursor: string | null,
+  limit: number,
+  doFetch: typeof fetch,
+): Promise<Response> {
+  return doFetch(buildUrl(cursor, limit), {
+    method: "GET",
+    headers: { Accept: "application/json", Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+  });
+}
+
+export async function getHomeFeedPage(
+  sessionId: string | undefined,
+  cursor: string | null,
+  limit: number,
+  options: FeedOptions = {},
+): Promise<FeedPageResult> {
+  const signIn = { ok: false, status: 401, error: "sign_in" } as const;
+  const doFetch = options.fetchImpl ?? fetch;
+
+  let session = await ensureFreshSession(sessionId, options);
+  if (!session || !sessionId) return signIn;
+
+  let res: Response;
+  try {
+    res = await callFeed(session.feedAccessToken, cursor, limit, doFetch);
+    if (res.status === 401) {
+      // One refresh, then one retry. A second 401 means sign in again.
+      session = await refreshSession(sessionId, options);
+      if (!session) return signIn;
+      res = await callFeed(session.feedAccessToken, cursor, limit, doFetch);
+      if (res.status === 401) return signIn;
+    }
+  } catch {
+    return { ok: false, status: 502, error: "feed_unavailable" };
+  }
+  if (res.status !== 200) {
+    return { ok: false, status: 502, error: "feed_unavailable" };
+  }
+
+  let body: unknown;
+  try {
+    body = await res.json();
+  } catch {
+    return { ok: false, status: 502, error: "feed_unavailable" };
+  }
+  const root = body && typeof body === "object" ? (body as Record<string, unknown>) : {};
+  const meta =
+    root.metadata && typeof root.metadata === "object"
+      ? (root.metadata as Record<string, unknown>)
+      : {};
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    items: Array.isArray(root.data) ? root.data : [],
+    nextCursor: typeof meta.nextCursor === "string" && meta.nextCursor ? meta.nextCursor : null,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/feed-route.test.ts b/tests/feed-route.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+import { GET } from "@/app/api/feed/route";
+import { createSession } from "@/lib/session-store";
+
+describe("GET /api/feed", () => {
+  it("no cookie -> 401 sign_in", async () => {
+    const res = await GET(new NextRequest("http://localhost/api/feed"));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+    expect(await res.json()).toEqual({ error: "sign_in" });
+  });
+
+  it("signed in: page then next page with cursor; limit capped at 50", async () => {
+    const sid = createSession({
+      profileAccessToken: "p", profileAccessTokenExpiresAt: null, profileRefreshToken: "r",
+      feedAccessToken: "T", feedAccessTokenExpiresAt: null,
+      person: { userId: "u", name: "A", email: "a@b.co", pictureUrl: null }, createdAt: Date.now(),
+    });
+    const urls: string[] = [];
+    const orig = globalThis.fetch;
+    globalThis.fetch = vi.fn(async (url: string) => {
+      urls.push(String(url));
+      const next = urls.length === 1 ? "C1" : null;
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify({ data: [{ n: urls.length }], metadata: { nextCursor: next } }), { status: 200 });
+    }) as unknown as typeof fetch;
+    try {
+      const h = { cookie: `mfb_session=${sid}` };
+      const r1 = await GET(new NextRequest("http://localhost/api/feed", { headers: h }));
+      expect(await r1.json()).toEqual({ items: [{ n: 1 }], nextCursor: "C1" });
+      const r2 = await GET(new NextRequest("http://localhost/api/feed?cursor=C1&limit=500", { headers: h }));
+      expect(await r2.json()).toEqual({ items: [{ n: 2 }], nextCursor: null });
+      expect(new URL(urls[0]).searchParams.has("cursor")).toBe(false);
+      const u2 = new URL(urls[1]);
+      expect(u2.searchParams.get("cursor")).toBe("C1");
+      expect(u2.searchParams.get("limit")).toBe("50");
+    } finally {
+      globalThis.fetch = orig;
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/feed.test.ts b/tests/feed.test.ts
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+++ b/tests/feed.test.ts
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+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { clampLimit, getHomeFeedPage } from "@/lib/feed";
+import { createSession } from "@/lib/session-store";
+
+const json = (body: unknown, status = 200) =>
+  new Response(JSON.stringify(body), { status, headers: { "content-type": "application/json" } });
+
+let sid: string;
+beforeEach(() => {
+  sid = createSession({
+    profileAccessToken: "p",
+    profileAccessTokenExpiresAt: null,
+    profileRefreshToken: "r",
+    feedAccessToken: "FEEDTOK",
+    feedAccessTokenExpiresAt: null,
+    person: { userId: "u", name: "Ann", email: "a@b.co", pictureUrl: null },
+    createdAt: Date.now(),
+  });
+});
+
+describe("getHomeFeedPage", () => {
+  it("no session is sign_in and nothing is fetched", async () => {
+    const f = vi.fn();
+    expect(await getHomeFeedPage(undefined, null, 20, { fetchImpl: f as unknown as typeof fetch }))
+      .toEqual({ ok: false, status: 401, error: "sign_in" });
+    expect(f).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("first page: items + nextCursor, no cursor upstream, bearer token, home path", async () => {
+    const f = vi.fn(async () => json({ data: [{ id: 1 }], metadata: { nextCursor: "C1" } }));
+    const r = await getHomeFeedPage(sid, null, 20, { fetchImpl: f as unknown as typeof fetch });
+    expect(r).toEqual({ ok: true, items: [{ id: 1 }], nextCursor: "C1" });
+    const [url, init] = f.mock.calls[0] as unknown as [string, RequestInit];
+    const u = new URL(url);
+    expect(u.pathname).toBe("/api/v1/feeds/home/items");
+    expect(u.searchParams.get("limit")).toBe("20");
+    expect(u.searchParams.has("cursor")).toBe(false);
+    expect((init.headers as Record<string, string>).Authorization).toBe("Bearer FEEDTOK");
+  });
+
+  it("forwards the cursor on a later page; null nextCursor at the end", async () => {
+    const f = vi.fn(async () => json({ data: [], metadata: { nextCursor: null } }));
+    const r = await getHomeFeedPage(sid, "X", 20, { fetchImpl: f as unknown as typeof fetch });
+    expect(r).toEqual({ ok: true, items: [], nextCursor: null });
+    const u = new URL((f.mock.calls[0] as unknown as [string])[0]);
+    expect(u.searchParams.get("cursor")).toBe("X");
+  });
+
+  it("feed 401 twice is sign_in", async () => {
+    const f = vi.fn(async (url: string) =>
+      String(url).includes("/feeds/home/items") ? json({}, 401) : json({}, 500),
+    );
+    const r = await getHomeFeedPage(sid, null, 20, { fetchImpl: f as unknown as typeof fetch });
+    expect(r).toEqual({ ok: false, status: 401, error: "sign_in" });
+  });
+
+  it("upstream 500 is feed_unavailable", async () => {
+    const f = vi.fn(async () => json({}, 500));
+    const r = await getHomeFeedPage(sid, null, 20, { fetchImpl: f as unknown as typeof fetch });
+    expect(r).toEqual({ ok: false, status: 502, error: "feed_unavailable" });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("clampLimit", () => {
+  it("defaults to 20, caps at 50", () => {
+    expect(clampLimit(null)).toBe(20);
+    expect(clampLimit("abc")).toBe(20);
+    expect(clampLimit("999")).toBe(50);
+    expect(clampLimit("10")).toBe(10);
+    expect(clampLimit("0")).toBe(20);
+  });
+});