refactor(makefile): rename backend → api, fold raw uvicorn target in

The old bare `api` target (uvicorn only) is subsumed into the new `api`
target (db + postgres-wait + migrate + fuser-restart + uvicorn). Updated
all doc references and cleaned up duplicate entries left by the rename.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: install install-cli db db-tools migrate seed api dashboard check test backend clean register-project validate-adr add-domain rename-domain add-repo list-repos register-path cleanup-stale tunnel tunnel-daemon tunnel-loop tunnel-status tunnel-stop install-hooks install-hooks-all gitea-inventory
+.PHONY: install install-cli db db-tools migrate seed api dashboard check test clean register-project validate-adr add-domain rename-domain add-repo list-repos register-path cleanup-stale tunnel tunnel-daemon tunnel-loop tunnel-status tunnel-stop install-hooks install-hooks-all gitea-inventory
 
 COMPOSE = docker compose -f infra/docker-compose.yml --env-file .env
 
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ migrate:
 seed:
 	uv run python scripts/seed.py
 
-api:
-	uv run uvicorn api.main:app --reload --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
-
 ## MCP server in SSE/HTTP mode for remote Claude Code sessions (e.g. COULOMBCORE).
 ## Exposes the same tools as the stdio server over HTTP at http://127.0.0.1:8001/sse
 ## Remote clients connect via the ops-bridge tunnel (port 18001 on the remote host).
@@ -106,9 +103,9 @@ tunnel-stop:
 	@pkill -f "autossh.*$(TUNNEL_PORT)" 2>/dev/null && echo "autossh stopped" || true
 	@pkill -f "ssh.*-R $(TUNNEL_PORT)" 2>/dev/null && echo "ssh loop stopped" || true
 
-## Shortcut: start (or restart) the full backend — db + migrate + api.
+## Start (or restart) the full backend — db + migrate + uvicorn.
-## If the API is already running it is stopped first; postgres wait is skipped if already up.
+## Stops uvicorn on :8000 if already running, then starts fresh.
-backend: db
+api: db
 	@echo "Waiting for postgres..."; \
 	for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do \
 	  nc -z 127.0.0.1 5432 2>/dev/null && break; \
@@ -116,7 +113,7 @@ backend: db
 	done
 	$(MAKE) migrate
 	@fuser -k 8000/tcp 2>/dev/null && echo "Stopped running API" || true
-	$(MAKE) api
+	uv run uvicorn api.main:app --reload --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
 
 ## Register a project: make register-project DOMAIN=railiance PROJECT_PATH=/home/worsch/railiance
 register-project:

README.md

@@ -36,13 +36,7 @@ make install                  # uv sync
 make db                       # docker compose up postgres
 make migrate                  # alembic upgrade head (creates 5 tables)
 make seed                     # insert 6 canonical topics
-make api                      # uvicorn :8000 --reload
+make api                      # db + migrate + uvicorn :8000 (restarts if running)
-```
-
-### Shortcut
-
-```bash
-make backend  # db + migrate + api (restarts if already running)
 ```
 
 ### Dashboard
@@ -71,10 +65,9 @@ custodian register-project    # register cwd as a Custodian project
 | `make db-tools` | Start postgres + pgadmin (http://127.0.0.1:5050) |
 | `make migrate` | `alembic upgrade head` |
 | `make seed` | Insert 6 canonical topics |
-| `make api` | `uvicorn api.main:app --reload` |
+| `make api` | `db` + wait + `migrate` + `uvicorn` (restarts if running) |
-| `make dashboard` | Observable dev server |
+| `make dashboard` | Observable dev server (restarts if running) |
 | `make check` | `curl /state/health` |
-| `make backend` | `db` + wait + `migrate` + `api` (restarts if running) |
 | `make register-project DOMAIN=x PROJECT_PATH=y` | Register a project |
 | `make clean` | `docker compose down -v` (destroys DB volume) |
 

dashboard/src/docs/live-data.md

@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ To restart the API:
 
 ```bash
 cd ~/the-custodian/state-hub
-make api          # starts uvicorn on 127.0.0.1:8000
+make api      # db + migrate + uvicorn (restarts if already running)
-# or, if postgres is not running:
-make backend      # db + migrate + api (restarts if already running)
 ```
 
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