diff --git a/features/content-strategy/frontend-dev/vite.config.ts b/features/content-strategy/frontend-dev/vite.config.ts
index 022816af9..4b08fed9e 100644
--- a/features/content-strategy/frontend-dev/vite.config.ts
+++ b/features/content-strategy/frontend-dev/vite.config.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,36 @@ const devPort = process.env.VITE_PORT
   ? parseInt(process.env.VITE_PORT, 10)
   : 5160;
 
+const contentRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../docs/content');
+
+const contentServerPlugin = {
+  name: 'content-server',
+  configureServer(server: import('vite').ViteDevServer) {
+    server.middlewares.use((req, res, next) => {
+      if (!req.url?.startsWith('/api/content/')) return next();
+
+      const contentPath = decodeURIComponent(req.url.slice('/api/content/'.length));
+      const resolved = path.resolve(contentRoot, contentPath);
+
+      if (!resolved.startsWith(contentRoot)) {
+        res.writeHead(403, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+        res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'forbidden' }));
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!fs.existsSync(resolved)) {
+        res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+        res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'not_found', path: contentPath }));
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const content = fs.readFileSync(resolved, 'utf-8');
+      res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' });
+      res.end(content);
+    });
+  },
+};
+
 const ignoreStyledDtsPlugin = {
   name: 'ignore-styled-dts',
   resolveId(source: string) {
@@ -65,6 +95,7 @@ const featureAliasPlugin = {
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [
     featureAliasPlugin,
+    contentServerPlugin,
     react(),
     platformVite({ allowedHosts: ['.local'] }),
     versionPlugin({ appName: 'Content Strategy' }),