diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 1b1a7f4..3d76dd5 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Events\DiagnosingHealth;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\RateLimiter;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL;
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     {
         $this->configureRateLimiting();
 
+        Gate::define('viewApiDocs', fn (?Authenticatable $user = null): bool => true);
+
         if ($this->app->environment('production')) {
             URL::forceScheme('https');
         }
diff --git a/resources/views/components/layouts/app/header.blade.php b/resources/views/components/layouts/app/header.blade.php
index d13aa35..521ae0a 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/layouts/app/header.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/layouts/app/header.blade.php
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@
     <flux:spacer/>
 
     <flux:navlist variant="outline">
+        <flux:navlist.item icon="book-open-text" :href="route('scramble.docs.ui')" target="_blank">
+            {{ __('API Dokumentation') }}
+        </flux:navlist.item>
+
         <flux:navlist.item icon="folder-git-2"
                            href="https://gitworkshop.dev/holgerhatgarkeinenode@einundzwanzig.space/einundzwanzig-app"
                            target="_blank">
             {{ __('Repository') }}
         </flux:navlist.item>
-
-        <flux:navlist.item icon="book-open-text" href="https://laravel.com/docs/starter-kits#livewire" target="_blank">
-            {{ __('Documentation') }}
-        </flux:navlist.item>
     </flux:navlist>
 </flux:sidebar>
 
diff --git a/resources/views/components/layouts/app/sidebar.blade.php b/resources/views/components/layouts/app/sidebar.blade.php
index 83a32fe..624d571 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/layouts/app/sidebar.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/layouts/app/sidebar.blade.php
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
     <flux:spacer/>
 
     <flux:navlist variant="outline">
+        <flux:navlist.item icon="book-open-text"
+                           :href="route('scramble.docs.ui')"
+                           target="_blank">
+            {{ __('API Dokumentation') }}
+        </flux:navlist.item>
         <flux:navlist.item icon="folder-git-2"
                            href="https://gitworkshop.dev/holgerhatgarkeinenode@einundzwanzig.space/einundzwanzig-app"
                            target="_blank">
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/ApiDocsAccessTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/ApiDocsAccessTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c47692e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/ApiDocsAccessTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
+
+it('exposes the api docs route publicly', function () {
+    expect(Gate::forUser(null)->allows('viewApiDocs'))->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+it('allows guests to open the api documentation', function () {
+    $this->get(route('scramble.docs.ui'))->assertSuccessful();
+});
+
+it('serves the openapi document to guests', function () {
+    $this->get(route('scramble.docs.document'))->assertSuccessful();
+});