diff --git a/src/routes/api/v1/tags/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/v1/tags/+server.ts
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+import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import type { RequestHandler } from './$types';
+
+export const GET: RequestHandler = async ({ platform }) => {
+	const db = platform?.env.DB;
+	if (!db) return json({ error: 'Database not connected' }, { status: 500 });
+
+	try {
+		const { results } = await db.prepare('SELECT id, name FROM tags ORDER BY name ASC').all();
+
+		return json({
+			data: results
+		});
+	} catch (err: unknown) {
+		console.error('Failed to get tags', err);
+		return json({ error: 'Failed to retrieve tags' }, { status: 500 });
+	}
+};