diff --git a/src/apis/hello.ts b/src/apis/hello.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73364c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apis/hello.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { ApiFactory, InferSchema } from '@tigerdata/mcp-boilerplate';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { ServerContext } from '../types.js';
+
+const inputSchema = {
+  name: z.string().optional().describe('Optional name to greet.'),
+} as const;
+
+const outputSchema = {
+  message: z.string().describe('The hello world greeting message.'),
+} as const;
+
+export const helloFactory: ApiFactory<
+  ServerContext,
+  typeof inputSchema,
+  typeof outputSchema
+> = () => ({
+  name: 'hello',
+  method: 'get',
+  route: '/hello',
+  config: {
+    title: 'Hello World',
+    description:
+      'A simple hello world endpoint that returns a greeting message.',
+    inputSchema,
+    outputSchema,
+  },
+  fn: async ({ name }): Promise<InferSchema<typeof outputSchema>> => {
+    const greeting = name ? `Hello, ${name}!` : 'Hello, World!';
+
+    return {
+      message: greeting,
+    };
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/apis/index.ts b/src/apis/index.ts
index b17b9e1..b82699d 100644
--- a/src/apis/index.ts
+++ b/src/apis/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { forgetFactory } from './forget.js';
+import { helloFactory } from './hello.js';
 import { recallFactory } from './recall.js';
 import { rememberFactory } from './remember.js';
 import { updateFactory } from './update.js';
 
 export const apiFactories = [
+  helloFactory,
   rememberFactory,
   updateFactory,
   forgetFactory,