diff --git a/server/routes/lanes.js b/server/routes/lanes.js
index 38ae4a3..861e80a 100644
--- a/server/routes/lanes.js
+++ b/server/routes/lanes.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const {
   removeLaneData,
 } = require("../lib/lane-runtime");
 const { reapOrphanMcp, capOversizedLogs } = require("../lib/lane-gc");
+const { detectNode, scaffoldProfile } = require("../lib/lane-detect");
 
 const router = Router();
 const MAX_WORKTREE_DIRECTORY_ATTEMPTS = 50;
@@ -389,6 +390,34 @@ router.post("/:id/mcp/sync", sameOriginGuard, async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+/**
+ * Detect a Node.js project at this lane's OWN directory and scaffold
+ * .ccam/profile/ if one is found — the HTTP equivalent of
+ * `ccam lanes profile init`, always targeting lane.cwd (never an arbitrary
+ * path; the CLI's <repo> argument has no meaning here, this lane's own
+ * directory is the only sensible target). "No Node.js project detected" is
+ * a normal 200 outcome, not an error — most lanes won't be auto-detectable
+ * and that's fine, same as every other optional profile declaration.
+ */
+router.post("/:id/profile/init", sameOriginGuard, (req, res) => {
+  const lane = lanesLib.getLane(req.params.id);
+  if (!lane) return res.status(404).json({ error: { code: "ENOLANE", message: "lane not found" } });
+
+  const facts = detectNode(lane.cwd);
+  if (!facts) {
+    return res.json({ scaffolded: false, reason: "no detectable Node.js project" });
+  }
+  try {
+    const result = scaffoldProfile(lane.cwd, facts, { force: req.body?.force === true });
+    res.json({ scaffolded: true, written: result.written, todos: result.todos });
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err.code === "EPROFILEEXISTS") {
+      return res.status(400).json({ error: { code: err.code, message: err.message } });
+    }
+    res.status(500).json({ error: { code: err.code || "ERUNTIME", message: err.message } });
+  }
+});
+
 /**
  * Whether a named integration (tracker, dev_qc, ci_wait, ...) is turned on
  * for this lane — reads .ccam/profile/integrations.env. Read-only, no