diff --git a/apps/docs/app/api/search/cors.ts b/apps/docs/app/api/search/cors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..329df5ef617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs/app/api/search/cors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const corsHeaders = {
+  'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
+  'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'POST, OPTIONS',
+  'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'content-type',
+}
diff --git a/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.test.ts b/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cf06aa5c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { POST } from './route'
+
+const isFeatureEnabledMock = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true)
+vi.mock('common/enabled-features', () => ({
+  isFeatureEnabled: (...args: unknown[]) => isFeatureEnabledMock(...args),
+}))
+
+const fetchMock = vi.fn()
+vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock)
+
+function makeRequest(body: unknown) {
+  return new NextRequest('https://example.com/api/search/embeddings', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  })
+}
+
+describe('/api/search/embeddings', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('returns 400 when query is missing', async () => {
+    const response = await POST(makeRequest({}))
+    expect(response.status).toBe(400)
+    expect(fetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('forwards the query and feature flag to the search-embeddings function', async () => {
+    isFeatureEnabledMock.mockReturnValue(false)
+    fetchMock.mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response(JSON.stringify([{ id: 1, path: '/guides/test' }]), { status: 200 })
+    )
+
+    const response = await POST(makeRequest({ query: 'realtime' }))
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    const [url, init] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]
+    expect(url).toContain('/functions/v1/search-embeddings')
+    expect(JSON.parse(init.body)).toEqual({ query: 'realtime', useAlternateSearchIndex: true })
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(await response.json()).toEqual([{ id: 1, path: '/guides/test' }])
+  })
+
+  it('propagates the upstream status on error', async () => {
+    fetchMock.mockResolvedValue(new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: 'boom' }), { status: 500 }))
+
+    const response = await POST(makeRequest({ query: 'realtime' }))
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(500)
+    expect(await response.json()).toEqual({ error: 'boom' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.ts b/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06c6b58bb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs'
+import { type NextRequest } from 'next/server'
+
+import { corsHeaders } from '../cors'
+import { _handleEmbeddingsSearchRequest } from './route.utils'
+
+export const runtime = 'edge'
+
+export async function OPTIONS() {
+  return new Response(null, { headers: corsHeaders })
+}
+
+export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
+  try {
+    const response = await _handleEmbeddingsSearchRequest(request)
+    Object.entries(corsHeaders).forEach(([key, value]) => response.headers.set(key, value))
+    return response
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error handling docs embeddings search request:', error)
+    Sentry.captureException(error, { tags: { route: 'search-embeddings' } })
+    return Response.json(
+      { error: 'There was an error processing your request' },
+      { status: 500, headers: corsHeaders }
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.utils.ts b/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b0ee49c213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs/app/api/search/embeddings/route.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs'
+import { isFeatureEnabled } from 'common/enabled-features'
+import { type NextRequest } from 'next/server'
+
+const SUPABASE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL
+
+export async function _handleEmbeddingsSearchRequest(request: NextRequest) {
+  const { query } = await request.json()
+
+  if (!query || typeof query !== 'string') {
+    return Response.json({ error: 'Missing query in request data' }, { status: 400 })
+  }
+
+  const useAlternateSearchIndex = !isFeatureEnabled('search:fullIndex')
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${SUPABASE_URL}/functions/v1/search-embeddings`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ query, useAlternateSearchIndex }),
+  })
+
+  const data = await response.json()
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    console.error('Error running docs embeddings search:', data)
+    Sentry.captureException(new Error(data?.error ?? 'search-embeddings request failed'), {
+      tags: { route: 'search-embeddings' },
+      extra: { query, status: response.status, data },
+    })
+  }
+
+  return Response.json(data, { status: response.status })
+}
diff --git a/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.test.ts b/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04d947204c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { POST } from './route'
+
+const rpcSpy = vi.fn()
+vi.mock('~/lib/supabase', () => ({
+  supabase: () => ({ rpc: rpcSpy }),
+}))
+
+const isFeatureEnabledMock = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true)
+vi.mock('common/enabled-features', () => ({
+  isFeatureEnabled: (...args: unknown[]) => isFeatureEnabledMock(...args),
+}))
+
+function makeRequest(body: unknown) {
+  return new NextRequest('https://example.com/api/search/fts', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  })
+}
+
+describe('/api/search/fts', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('returns 400 when query is missing', async () => {
+    const response = await POST(makeRequest({}))
+    expect(response.status).toBe(400)
+    expect(rpcSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('calls docs_search_fts when the full index feature is enabled', async () => {
+    isFeatureEnabledMock.mockReturnValue(true)
+    rpcSpy.mockResolvedValue({ data: [{ id: 1, path: '/guides/test' }], error: null })
+
+    const response = await POST(makeRequest({ query: '  realtime  ' }))
+
+    expect(rpcSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('docs_search_fts', { query: 'realtime' })
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(await response.json()).toEqual([{ id: 1, path: '/guides/test' }])
+  })
+
+  it('calls docs_search_fts_nimbus when the full index feature is disabled', async () => {
+    isFeatureEnabledMock.mockReturnValue(false)
+    rpcSpy.mockResolvedValue({ data: [], error: null })
+
+    await POST(makeRequest({ query: 'realtime' }))
+
+    expect(rpcSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('docs_search_fts_nimbus', { query: 'realtime' })
+  })
+
+  it('returns 500 when the RPC errors', async () => {
+    rpcSpy.mockResolvedValue({ data: null, error: { message: 'boom' } })
+
+    const response = await POST(makeRequest({ query: 'realtime' }))
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(500)
+    expect(await response.json()).toEqual({ error: 'boom' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.ts b/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9c9dc0dbe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs'
+import { type NextRequest } from 'next/server'
+
+import { corsHeaders } from '../cors'
+import { _handleFtsSearchRequest } from './route.utils'
+
+export const runtime = 'edge'
+
+export async function OPTIONS() {
+  return new Response(null, { headers: corsHeaders })
+}
+
+export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
+  try {
+    const response = await _handleFtsSearchRequest(request)
+    Object.entries(corsHeaders).forEach(([key, value]) => response.headers.set(key, value))
+    return response
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error handling docs full-text search request:', error)
+    Sentry.captureException(error, { tags: { route: 'search-fts' } })
+    return Response.json(
+      { error: 'There was an error processing your request' },
+      { status: 500, headers: corsHeaders }
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.utils.ts b/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfc947ef2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs/app/api/search/fts/route.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs'
+import { supabase } from '~/lib/supabase'
+import { isFeatureEnabled } from 'common/enabled-features'
+import { type NextRequest } from 'next/server'
+
+export async function _handleFtsSearchRequest(request: NextRequest) {
+  const { query } = await request.json()
+
+  if (!query || typeof query !== 'string') {
+    return Response.json({ error: 'Missing query in request data' }, { status: 400 })
+  }
+
+  const useAlternateSearchIndex = !isFeatureEnabled('search:fullIndex')
+  const searchFunction = useAlternateSearchIndex ? 'docs_search_fts_nimbus' : 'docs_search_fts'
+
+  const { data, error } = await supabase().rpc(searchFunction, { query: query.trim() })
+
+  if (error) {
+    console.error('Error running docs full-text search:', error)
+    Sentry.captureException(new Error(error.message), {
+      tags: { route: 'search-fts' },
+      extra: { query, searchFunction, error },
+    })
+    return Response.json({ error: error.message }, { status: 500 })
+  }
+
+  return Response.json(data)
+}
diff --git a/packages/common/hooks/useDocsSearch.ts b/packages/common/hooks/useDocsSearch.ts
index b64f14b6f90..631baacef3d 100644
--- a/packages/common/hooks/useDocsSearch.ts
+++ b/packages/common/hooks/useDocsSearch.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 import { compact, debounce, uniqBy } from 'lodash'
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useReducer, useRef } from 'react'
 
-import { isFeatureEnabled } from '../enabled-features'
-
 const NUMBER_SOURCES = 2
 
-const SUPABASE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL
-const SUPABASE_ANON_KEY = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY
-const FUNCTIONS_URL = '/functions/v1/'
+// This app's own base path, set only for apps deployed under a path prefix (docs' is '/docs').
+const BASE_PATH = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_PATH ?? ''
+// Public URL of the docs deployment, which hosts the search API routes.
+// Same constant apps/studio already uses for cross-linking to docs (see lib/constants/index.ts).
+const DOCS_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCS_URL || 'https://supabase.com/docs'
+// From inside the docs app itself, call our own routes relatively; from studio/www, call docs directly.
+const SEARCH_API_BASE = BASE_PATH === '/docs' ? BASE_PATH : DOCS_URL
 
 enum PageType {
   Markdown = 'markdown',
@@ -203,18 +205,9 @@ const useDocsSearch = () => {
 
     let sourcesLoaded = 0
 
-    const useAlternateSearchIndex = !isFeatureEnabled('search:fullIndex')
-
-    const searchEndpoint = useAlternateSearchIndex ? 'docs_search_fts_nimbus' : 'docs_search_fts'
-    fetch(`${SUPABASE_URL}/rest/v1/rpc/${searchEndpoint}`, {
+    fetch(`${SEARCH_API_BASE}/api/search/fts`, {
       method: 'POST',
-      headers: {
-        'content-type': 'application/json',
-        ...(SUPABASE_ANON_KEY && {
-          apikey: SUPABASE_ANON_KEY,
-          authorization: `Bearer ${SUPABASE_ANON_KEY}`,
-        }),
-      },
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
       body: JSON.stringify({ query: query.trim() }),
     })
       .then((res) => res.json())
@@ -248,9 +241,10 @@ const useDocsSearch = () => {
         })
       })
 
-    fetch(`${SUPABASE_URL}${FUNCTIONS_URL}search-embeddings`, {
+    fetch(`${SEARCH_API_BASE}/api/search/embeddings`, {
       method: 'POST',
-      body: JSON.stringify({ query, useAlternateSearchIndex }),
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ query }),
     })
       .then((response) => response.json())
       .then((results) => {