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+# Atlas — Claude Code Context
+
+Atlas is an EVM blockchain explorer (indexer + API + frontend) for ev-node based chains.
+
+## Tech Stack
+
+| Layer | Tech |
+|---|---|
+| Indexer | Rust, tokio, sqlx, alloy, tokio-postgres (binary COPY) |
+| API | Rust, Axum, sqlx, tower-http |
+| Database | PostgreSQL (partitioned tables) |
+| Frontend | React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Bun |
+| Deployment | Docker Compose, nginx (unprivileged, port 8080→80) |
+
+## Repository Layout
+
+```
+atlas/
+├── backend/
+│   ├── Cargo.toml                  # Workspace — all dep versions live here
+│   ├── crates/
+│   │   ├── atlas-common/           # Shared types, DB pool, error handling, Pagination
+│   │   ├── atlas-indexer/          # Block fetcher, batch writer, metadata fetcher
+│   │   └── atlas-api/              # Axum REST API
+│   └── migrations/                 # sqlx migrations (run at startup by both crates)
+├── frontend/
+│   ├── src/
+│   │   ├── api/                    # Typed API clients (axios)
+│   │   ├── components/             # Shared UI components
+│   │   ├── hooks/                  # React hooks (useBlocks, useLatestBlockHeight, …)
+│   │   ├── pages/                  # One file per page/route
+│   │   └── types/                  # Shared TypeScript types
+│   ├── Dockerfile                  # Multi-stage: oven/bun:1 → nginx-unprivileged:alpine
+│   └── nginx.conf                  # SPA routing + /api/ reverse proxy to atlas-api:3000
+├── docker-compose.yml
+└── .env.example
+```
+
+## Key Architectural Decisions
+
+### Database connection pools
+- **API pool**: 20 connections, `statement_timeout = '10s'` set via `after_connect` hook
+- **Indexer pool**: 20 connections (configurable via `DB_MAX_CONNECTIONS`), same timeout
+- **Binary COPY client**: separate `tokio-postgres` direct connection (bypasses sqlx pool), conditional TLS based on `sslmode` in DATABASE_URL
+- **Migrations**: run with a dedicated 1-connection pool with **no** statement_timeout (index builds can take longer than 10s)
+
+### Pagination — blocks table
+The blocks table can have 80M+ rows. `OFFSET` on large pages causes 30s+ full index scans. Instead:
+```rust
+// cursor = max_block - (page - 1) * limit  — uses clamped limit(), not raw offset()
+let limit = pagination.limit();  // clamped to 100
+let cursor = (total_count - 1) - (pagination.page.saturating_sub(1) as i64) * limit;
+// Query: WHERE number <= $cursor ORDER BY number DESC LIMIT $1
+```
+`total_count` comes from `MAX(number) + 1` (O(1), not COUNT(*)).
+
+### Row count estimation
+For large tables (transactions, addresses), use `pg_class.reltuples` instead of `COUNT(*)`:
+```rust
+// handlers/mod.rs — get_table_count(pool, "table_name")
+// Partition-aware: sums child reltuples, falls back to parent
+// For tables < 100k rows: falls back to exact COUNT(*)
+```
+
+### HTTP timeout
+`TimeoutLayer::with_status_code(StatusCode::REQUEST_TIMEOUT, Duration::from_secs(10))` wraps all routes — returns 408 if any handler exceeds 10s.
+
+### AppState (API)
+```rust
+pub struct AppState {
+    pub pool: PgPool,
+    pub rpc_url: String,
+    pub solc_path: String,
+    pub admin_api_key: Option<String>,
+    pub chain_id: u64,       // fetched from RPC once at startup via eth_chainId
+    pub chain_name: String,  // from CHAIN_NAME env var, defaults to "Unknown"
+}
+```
+
+### Frontend API client
+- Base URL: `/api` (proxied by nginx to `atlas-api:3000`)
+- Fast polling endpoint: `GET /api/height` → `{ block_height, indexed_at }` — used by navbar every 2s
+- Chain status: `GET /api/status` → full chain info, fetched once on page load
+
+## Important Conventions
+
+- **Rust**: idiomatic — use `.min()`, `.max()`, `|=`, `+=` over manual if/assign
+- **SQL**: never use `OFFSET` for large tables — use keyset/cursor pagination
+- **Migrations**: use `run_migrations(&database_url)` (not `&pool`) to get a timeout-free connection
+- **Frontend**: uses Bun (not npm/yarn). Lockfile is `bun.lock` (text, Bun ≥ 1.2). Build with `bunx vite build` (skips tsc type check).
+- **Docker**: frontend image uses `nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:alpine` (non-root, port 8080). API/indexer use `alpine` with `ca-certificates`.
+- **Commits**: authored by the user only — no Claude co-author lines.
+
+## Environment Variables
+
+Key vars (see `.env.example` for full list):
+
+| Var | Used by | Default |
+|---|---|---|
+| `DATABASE_URL` | all | required |
+| `RPC_URL` | indexer, api | required |
+| `CHAIN_NAME` | api | `"Unknown"` |
+| `DB_MAX_CONNECTIONS` | indexer | `20` |
+| `BATCH_SIZE` | indexer | `100` |
+| `FETCH_WORKERS` | indexer | `10` |
+| `ADMIN_API_KEY` | api | none |
+
+## Running Locally
+
+```bash
+# Start full stack
+docker compose up -d
+
+# Rebuild a single service after code changes
+docker compose build atlas-api && docker compose up -d atlas-api
+
+# Backend only (no Docker)
+cd backend && cargo build --workspace
+```
+
+## Common Gotchas
+
+- `get_table_count(pool, table_name)` — pass the table name, it's not hardcoded anymore
+- `run_migrations` takes `&str` (database URL), not `&PgPool`
+- The blocks cursor uses `pagination.limit()` (clamped), not `pagination.offset()` — they diverge when client sends `limit > 100`
+- `bun.lock` not `bun.lockb` — Bun ≥ 1.2 uses text format
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 | Method | Path | Description |
 |--------|------|-------------|
-| GET | `/api/status` | Current block height and indexer timestamp |
+| GET | `/api/height` | Current block height and indexer timestamp (lightweight, safe to poll frequently) |
+| GET | `/api/status` | Full chain status: chain ID, chain name, block height, total transactions, total addresses |
 | GET | `/health` | Health check (returns "OK") |
 
+**`/api/status` response:**
+```json
+{
+  "chain_id": 1,
+  "chain_name": "My Chain",
+  "block_height": 1000000,
+  "total_transactions": 5000000,
+  "total_addresses": 200000,
+  "indexed_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
+}
+```
+`chain_name` is set via the `CHAIN_NAME` environment variable.
+
 ### Blocks
 
 | Method | Path | Description |