diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e306ae..f54f9a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1273,6 +1273,12 @@ GET    /api/v1/roles/catalogue     catálogo de permisos agrupado
        /api/v1/testimonials        CRUD + restore; filtros: is_public, client_id,
                                    project_id, service_id, search
        /api/v1/talks               CRUD (sin papelera, como en el panel)
+       /api/v1/calls               CRUD; technology_ids; filtros: status,
+                                   project_id, search
+GET    /api/v1/applications        el buzón; filtros: status (sin él, sin spam),
+                                   kind, call_id, search, trashed
+PATCH  /api/v1/applications/{id}   solo status y notes
+DELETE /api/v1/applications/{id}   + POST …/restore
 POST   /api/v1/media               subir una imagen (fichero o URL)
 ```
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/ApplicationController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/ApplicationController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50b603a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/ApplicationController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api\V1;
+
+use App\Enums\ApplicationStatus;
+use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Http\Requests\Api\V1\ApplicationRequest;
+use App\Http\Resources\ApplicationResource;
+use App\Models\Application;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\AnonymousResourceCollection;
+
+/**
+ * The inbox: what people sent from the public site.
+ *
+ * Nothing is created here — submissions arrive through the public API — and
+ * what can be changed is what the panel changes: the status and the private
+ * notes.
+ */
+class ApplicationController extends Controller
+{
+    protected const WITH = ['call', 'handler'];
+
+    /**
+     * Filters: status, kind, call_id, search (name, e-mail or organisation), trashed.
+     *
+     * Spam stays out unless asked for by `status=spam`, as in the panel.
+     */
+    public function index(Request $request): AnonymousResourceCollection
+    {
+        $this->authorize('viewAny', Application::class);
+
+        $applications = Application::query()
+            ->with(self::WITH)
+            ->when(
+                $request->filled('status'),
+                fn ($q) => $q->where('status', $request->string('status')),
+                fn ($q) => $q->notSpam(),
+            )
+            ->when($request->filled('kind'), fn ($q) => $q->where('kind', $request->string('kind')))
+            ->when($request->filled('call_id'), fn ($q) => $q->where('call_id', $request->integer('call_id')))
+            ->when($request->filled('search'), function ($q) use ($request): void {
+                $term = '%'.$request->string('search').'%';
+
+                $q->where(fn ($q) => $q
+                    ->where('name', 'like', $term)
+                    ->orWhere('email', 'like', $term)
+                    ->orWhere('organisation', 'like', $term));
+            })
+            ->when($request->boolean('trashed'), fn ($q) => $q->onlyTrashed())
+            ->latest()
+            ->paginate(perPage: min($request->integer('per_page', 25), 100))
+            ->withQueryString();
+
+        return ApplicationResource::collection($applications);
+    }
+
+    public function show(Application $application): ApplicationResource
+    {
+        $this->authorize('view', $application);
+
+        return ApplicationResource::make($application->load(self::WITH));
+    }
+
+    public function update(ApplicationRequest $request, Application $application): ApplicationResource
+    {
+        $this->authorize('update', $application);
+
+        $data = $request->validated();
+
+        // Notes are outside the model's fillable list so the public form can
+        // never reach them; this is the one other place that writes them.
+        if (array_key_exists('notes', $data)) {
+            $application->forceFill(['notes' => $data['notes']])->save();
+        }
+
+        if (isset($data['status'])) {
+            $application->markAs(ApplicationStatus::from($data['status']), $request->user());
+        }
+
+        return ApplicationResource::make($application->load(self::WITH));
+    }
+
+    public function destroy(Application $application): JsonResponse
+    {
+        $this->authorize('delete', $application);
+
+        $application->delete();
+
+        return response()->json(status: 204);
+    }
+
+    public function restore(Application $application): ApplicationResource
+    {
+        $this->authorize('restore', $application);
+
+        $application->restore();
+
+        return ApplicationResource::make($application->load(self::WITH));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/CallController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/CallController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e47f7ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/CallController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api\V1;
+
+use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Http\Requests\Api\V1\CallRequest;
+use App\Http\Resources\CallResource;
+use App\Models\Call;
+use App\Support\TranslatablePayload;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\AnonymousResourceCollection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+
+/**
+ * Open calls for contributors. Deleted for good, like the panel does.
+ */
+class CallController extends Controller
+{
+    protected const WITH = ['technologies'];
+
+    /**
+     * Filters: status, project_id, search (title in the active language).
+     */
+    public function index(Request $request): AnonymousResourceCollection
+    {
+        $this->authorize('viewAny', Call::class);
+
+        $locale = app()->getLocale();
+
+        $calls = Call::query()
+            ->with(self::WITH)
+            ->withCount('applications')
+            ->when($request->filled('status'), fn ($q) => $q->where('status', $request->string('status')))
+            ->when($request->filled('project_id'), fn ($q) => $q->where('project_id', $request->integer('project_id')))
+            ->when($request->filled('search'), fn ($q) => $q->where("title->{$locale}", 'like', '%'.$request->string('search').'%'))
+            ->latest('id')
+            ->paginate(perPage: min($request->integer('per_page', 25), 100))
+            ->withQueryString();
+
+        return CallResource::collection($calls);
+    }
+
+    public function store(CallRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    {
+        $this->authorize('create', Call::class);
+
+        return CallResource::make($this->save(new Call, $request))->response()->setStatusCode(201);
+    }
+
+    public function show(Call $call): CallResource
+    {
+        $this->authorize('view', $call);
+
+        return CallResource::make($call->load(self::WITH)->loadCount('applications'));
+    }
+
+    public function update(CallRequest $request, Call $call): CallResource
+    {
+        $this->authorize('update', $call);
+
+        return CallResource::make($this->save($call, $request));
+    }
+
+    public function destroy(Call $call): JsonResponse
+    {
+        $this->authorize('delete', $call);
+
+        $call->delete();
+
+        return response()->json(status: 204);
+    }
+
+    protected function save(Call $call, CallRequest $request): Call
+    {
+        $data = $request->validated();
+
+        DB::transaction(function () use ($call, $data): void {
+            $call->fill(TranslatablePayload::merge(
+                $call,
+                collect($data)->except(['technology_ids'])->all(),
+                $call->translatable,
+            ));
+            $call->save();
+
+            if (array_key_exists('technology_ids', $data)) {
+                $call->technologies()->sync($data['technology_ids']);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return $call->load(self::WITH)->loadCount('applications');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/V1/ApplicationRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/V1/ApplicationRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b04fae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/V1/ApplicationRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests\Api\V1;
+
+use App\Enums\ApplicationStatus;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
+
+/**
+ * What the inbox lets anyone change about a submission: nothing the sender
+ * wrote, only how it is being handled.
+ */
+class ApplicationRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    public function authorize(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'status' => ['sometimes', Rule::enum(ApplicationStatus::class)],
+            'notes' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', 'string', 'max:10000'],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/V1/CallRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/V1/CallRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3396195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/V1/CallRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests\Api\V1;
+
+use App\Enums\CallStatus;
+use App\Models\Call;
+use App\Rules\Translatable;
+use App\Rules\UniqueTranslatedSlug;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
+
+/**
+ * The panel's call form, as rules. `technology_ids` is replaced whole when
+ * sent.
+ */
+class CallRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    public const SENIORITIES = ['any', 'junior', 'mid', 'senior'];
+
+    public function authorize(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        $call = $this->route('call');
+        $creating = ! $call instanceof Call;
+        $sometimes = $creating ? 'required' : 'sometimes';
+
+        return [
+            'title' => [$sometimes, new Translatable(requireDefaultLocale: $creating, max: 255)],
+            'slug' => [
+                $sometimes,
+                new Translatable(requireDefaultLocale: $creating, max: 255),
+                new UniqueTranslatedSlug(Call::class, $call?->id),
+            ],
+            'description' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', new Translatable],
+            'what_you_get' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', new Translatable],
+
+            'status' => ['sometimes', Rule::enum(CallStatus::class)],
+            'hours_per_week' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', 'integer', 'min:1', 'max:40'],
+            'duration_weeks' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', 'integer', 'min:1'],
+            'seniority' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', Rule::in(self::SENIORITIES)],
+            'opens_at' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', 'date'],
+            'closes_at' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', 'date', 'after_or_equal:opens_at'],
+
+            'project_id' => ['sometimes', 'nullable', 'integer', Rule::exists('projects', 'id')->whereNull('deleted_at')],
+            'technology_ids' => ['sometimes', 'array'],
+            'technology_ids.*' => ['integer', 'distinct', Rule::exists('technologies', 'id')],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/ApplicationResource.php b/app/Http/Resources/ApplicationResource.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcf888d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/ApplicationResource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Http\Resources;
+
+use App\Models\Application;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
+
+/**
+ * @mixin Application
+ */
+class ApplicationResource extends JsonResource
+{
+    /**
+     * `ip_hash` stays out: it exists to spot the same sender twice, not to be
+     * handed around.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function toArray(Request $request): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'id' => $this->id,
+            'kind' => $this->kind->value,
+            'status' => $this->status->value,
+            'call_id' => $this->call_id,
+            'subject' => $this->resource->subject(),
+            'name' => $this->name,
+            'email' => $this->email,
+            'organisation' => $this->organisation,
+            'message' => $this->message,
+            'hours_per_week' => $this->hours_per_week,
+            'links' => (object) ($this->links ?? []),
+            'locale' => $this->locale,
+            'notes' => $this->notes,
+            'handled_by' => $this->whenLoaded('handler', fn () => $this->handler ? [
+                'id' => $this->handler->id,
+                'name' => $this->handler->name,
+            ] : null),
+            'handled_at' => $this->handled_at?->toIso8601String(),
+
+            'created_at' => $this->created_at?->toIso8601String(),
+            'updated_at' => $this->updated_at?->toIso8601String(),
+            'deleted_at' => $this->deleted_at?->toIso8601String(),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/CallResource.php b/app/Http/Resources/CallResource.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..866fa30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/CallResource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Http\Resources;
+
+use App\Models\Call;
+use App\Support\TranslatablePayload;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
+
+/**
+ * @mixin Call
+ */
+class CallResource extends JsonResource
+{
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function toArray(Request $request): array
+    {
+        $locale = $request->query(config('locales.query_parameter')) ?? app()->getLocale();
+
+        return [
+            'id' => $this->id,
+            'locale' => $locale,
+
+            ...TranslatablePayload::resolve($this->resource, $this->translatable, $locale),
+
+            'status' => $this->status->value,
+            'hours_per_week' => $this->hours_per_week,
+            'duration_weeks' => $this->duration_weeks,
+            'seniority' => $this->seniority,
+            'opens_at' => $this->opens_at?->toDateString(),
+            'closes_at' => $this->closes_at?->toDateString(),
+            'project_id' => $this->project_id,
+            'technology_ids' => $this->whenLoaded('technologies', fn () => $this->technologies->pluck('id')->values()),
+            'applications_count' => $this->whenCounted('applications'),
+
+            'created_at' => $this->created_at?->toIso8601String(),
+            'updated_at' => $this->updated_at?->toIso8601String(),
+
+            'translations' => $this->when(
+                in_array('translations', explode(',', (string) $request->query('with')), true),
+                fn () => TranslatablePayload::all($this->resource, $this->translatable),
+            ),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/public/openapi.yaml b/public/openapi.yaml
index 358413d..6cc81d6 100644
--- a/public/openapi.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi.yaml
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ tags:
     description: What the people the collective worked with said
   - name: Talks
     description: Talks given elsewhere, by members of the collective
+  - name: Calls
+    description: Open calls for contributors
+  - name: Applications
+    description: The inbox — what people sent from the public site
   - name: Technologies
     description: What the collective uses, and its place on the tech radar
   - name: Users
@@ -1997,6 +2001,206 @@ paths:
         "204": { description: Deleted }
         "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
 
+  /v1/calls:
+    get:
+      tags: [Calls]
+      summary: List calls
+      parameters:
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Lang"
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/With"
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/PerPage"
+        - name: status
+          in: query
+          description: "`open`, `filled` or `closed`."
+          schema: { type: string }
+        - name: project_id
+          in: query
+          schema: { type: integer }
+        - name: search
+          in: query
+          description: Matches the title within the active language only.
+          schema: { type: string }
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Paginated calls
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/CallCollection" }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+    post:
+      tags: [Calls]
+      summary: Create a call
+      description: |
+        `technology_ids` is replaced whole when present.
+      requestBody:
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/CallWrite" }
+      responses:
+        "201":
+          description: Call created
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  data: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Call" }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+        "422": { $ref: "#/components/responses/ValidationError" }
+
+  /v1/calls/{call}:
+    parameters:
+      - name: call
+        in: path
+        required: true
+        schema: { type: integer }
+    get:
+      tags: [Calls]
+      summary: Show a call
+      parameters:
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Lang"
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/With"
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: The call
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  data: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Call" }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+        "404": { description: Not found }
+    patch:
+      tags: [Calls]
+      summary: Update a call
+      description: Partial update. Translatable fields merge into the existing map.
+      requestBody:
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/CallWrite" }
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Call updated
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  data: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Call" }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+        "422": { $ref: "#/components/responses/ValidationError" }
+    delete:
+      tags: [Calls]
+      summary: Delete a call
+      responses:
+        "204": { description: Deleted }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+
+  /v1/applications:
+    get:
+      tags: [Applications]
+      summary: List applications
+      parameters:
+        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/PerPage"
+        - name: status
+          in: query
+          description: "`new`, `contacted`, `accepted`, `declined` or `spam`. Without it, spam is left out."
+          schema: { type: string }
+        - name: kind
+          in: query
+          description: "`contribute` or `request`."
+          schema: { type: string }
+        - name: call_id
+          in: query
+          schema: { type: integer }
+        - name: search
+          in: query
+          description: Matches the name, e-mail or organisation.
+          schema: { type: string }
+        - name: trashed
+          in: query
+          schema: { type: boolean }
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Paginated applications
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ApplicationCollection" }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+
+  /v1/applications/{application}:
+    parameters:
+      - name: application
+        in: path
+        required: true
+        schema: { type: integer }
+    get:
+      tags: [Applications]
+      summary: Show an application
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: The application
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  data: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Application" }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+        "404": { description: Not found }
+    patch:
+      tags: [Applications]
+      summary: Handle an application
+      description: |
+        Only how it is being handled changes: `status` and the private
+        `notes`. Moving it to `contacted`, `accepted` or `declined` records who
+        did it and when; back to `new` clears both.
+      requestBody:
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ApplicationWrite" }
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Application updated
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  data: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Application" }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+        "422": { $ref: "#/components/responses/ValidationError" }
+    delete:
+      tags: [Applications]
+      summary: Soft-delete an application
+      responses:
+        "204": { description: Deleted }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+
+  /v1/applications/{application}/restore:
+    post:
+      tags: [Applications]
+      summary: Restore a soft-deleted application
+      parameters:
+        - name: application
+          in: path
+          required: true
+          schema: { type: integer }
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Application restored
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  data: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Application" }
+        "403": { $ref: "#/components/responses/Forbidden" }
+
   /v1/media:
     post:
       tags: [Media]
@@ -3363,6 +3567,98 @@ components:
         links: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks" }
         meta: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PaginationMeta" }
 
+    Call:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        id: { type: integer }
+        locale: { type: string }
+        title: { type: string, nullable: true }
+        slug: { type: string, nullable: true }
+        description: { type: string, nullable: true }
+        what_you_get: { type: string, nullable: true }
+        status: { type: string, enum: [open, filled, closed] }
+        hours_per_week: { type: integer, nullable: true }
+        duration_weeks: { type: integer, nullable: true }
+        seniority: { type: string, nullable: true, enum: [any, junior, mid, senior] }
+        opens_at: { type: string, format: date, nullable: true }
+        closes_at: { type: string, format: date, nullable: true }
+        project_id: { type: integer, nullable: true }
+        technology_ids: { type: array, items: { type: integer } }
+        applications_count: { type: integer }
+        created_at: { type: string, format: date-time }
+        updated_at: { type: string, format: date-time }
+        translations: { type: object, nullable: true, description: "Every language, with `?with=translations`." }
+
+    CallWrite:
+      type: object
+      required: [title, slug]
+      properties:
+        title: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TranslatedField" }
+        slug:
+          allOf: [{ $ref: "#/components/schemas/TranslatedField" }]
+          description: Unique per language.
+        description: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TranslatedField" }
+        what_you_get: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TranslatedField" }
+        status: { type: string, enum: [open, filled, closed], default: open }
+        hours_per_week: { type: integer, nullable: true, minimum: 1, maximum: 40 }
+        duration_weeks: { type: integer, nullable: true, minimum: 1 }
+        seniority: { type: string, nullable: true, enum: [any, junior, mid, senior] }
+        opens_at: { type: string, format: date, nullable: true }
+        closes_at: { type: string, format: date, nullable: true }
+        project_id: { type: integer, nullable: true }
+        technology_ids: { type: array, items: { type: integer } }
+
+    CallCollection:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        data:
+          type: array
+          items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Call" }
+        links: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks" }
+        meta: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PaginationMeta" }
+
+    Application:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        id: { type: integer }
+        kind: { type: string, enum: [contribute, request] }
+        status: { type: string, enum: [new, contacted, accepted, declined, spam] }
+        call_id: { type: integer, nullable: true }
+        subject: { type: string, description: "The call's title, or a general enquiry." }
+        name: { type: string }
+        email: { type: string, format: email }
+        organisation: { type: string, nullable: true }
+        message: { type: string }
+        hours_per_week: { type: integer, nullable: true }
+        links: { type: object, additionalProperties: { type: string }, description: "The links the sender gave, keyed as they were sent." }
+        locale: { type: string, description: The language it was written in. }
+        notes: { type: string, nullable: true, description: Private to the collective. }
+        handled_by:
+          type: object
+          nullable: true
+          properties:
+            id: { type: integer }
+            name: { type: string }
+        handled_at: { type: string, format: date-time, nullable: true }
+        created_at: { type: string, format: date-time }
+        updated_at: { type: string, format: date-time }
+        deleted_at: { type: string, format: date-time, nullable: true }
+
+    ApplicationWrite:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        status: { type: string, enum: [new, contacted, accepted, declined, spam] }
+        notes: { type: string, nullable: true, maxLength: 10000 }
+
+    ApplicationCollection:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        data:
+          type: array
+          items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Application" }
+        links: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks" }
+        meta: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PaginationMeta" }
+
     MediaFor:
       type: string
       enum: [pages, technologies, projects, members, clients, testimonials]
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 52df4c9..d454e25 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\Api\PublicApi\V1\ProjectController as PublicProjectCont
 use App\Http\Controllers\Api\PublicApi\V1\ShowcaseController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Api\PublicApi\V1\SiteController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Api\PublicApi\V1\TelemetryController;
+use App\Http\Controllers\Api\V1\ApplicationController as AdminApplicationController;
+use App\Http\Controllers\Api\V1\CallController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Api\V1\CategoryController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Api\V1\ClientController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Api\V1\MeController;
@@ -192,8 +194,16 @@ Route::prefix('v1')->name('api.v1.')->group(function () {
                 ->name("{$resource}.restore");
         }
 
-        // Deleted for good, like the panel does: a talk has no bin.
+        // Deleted for good, like the panel does: neither has a bin.
         Route::apiResource('talks', TalkController::class);
+        Route::apiResource('calls', CallController::class);
+
+        // The inbox. Submissions arrive from the public site, never from here.
+        Route::apiResource('applications', AdminApplicationController::class)
+            ->only(['index', 'show', 'update', 'destroy']);
+        Route::post('applications/{application}/restore', [AdminApplicationController::class, 'restore'])
+            ->withTrashed()
+            ->name('applications.restore');
 
         // Upload only: the file is then referenced from a record by its path.
         Route::post('media', [MediaController::class, 'store'])->name('media.store');
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/AdminApiContractTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/AdminApiContractTest.php
index 7a8f20a..c952e68 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Api/AdminApiContractTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/AdminApiContractTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Tests\Feature\Api;
 
+use App\Models\Application;
+use App\Models\Call;
 use App\Models\Category;
 use App\Models\Client;
 use App\Models\Member;
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ class AdminApiContractTest extends TestCase
             'clients' => ['path' => '/v1/clients'],
             'testimonials' => ['path' => '/v1/testimonials'],
             'talks' => ['path' => '/v1/talks'],
+            'calls' => ['path' => '/v1/calls'],
+            'applications' => ['path' => '/v1/applications'],
         ];
     }
 
@@ -93,6 +97,8 @@ class AdminApiContractTest extends TestCase
         $client = Client::factory()->create();
         $testimonial = Testimonial::factory()->create();
         $talk = Talk::factory()->create();
+        $call = Call::factory()->create();
+        $application = Application::factory()->for($call)->create();
 
         // One request, one documented path — the URL a real caller hits and
         // the path key that describes it, side by side rather than derived
@@ -117,6 +123,10 @@ class AdminApiContractTest extends TestCase
             'testimonial' => ["/v1/testimonials/{$testimonial->id}", '/v1/testimonials/{testimonial}'],
             'talks' => ['/v1/talks', '/v1/talks'],
             'talk' => ["/v1/talks/{$talk->id}", '/v1/talks/{talk}'],
+            'calls' => ['/v1/calls', '/v1/calls'],
+            'call' => ["/v1/calls/{$call->id}", '/v1/calls/{call}'],
+            'applications' => ['/v1/applications', '/v1/applications'],
+            'application' => ["/v1/applications/{$application->id}", '/v1/applications/{application}'],
             'users' => ['/v1/users', '/v1/users'],
             'user' => ["/v1/users/{$this->caller->id}", '/v1/users/{user}'],
             'me' => ['/v1/me', '/v1/me'],
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/CallsAndInboxApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/CallsAndInboxApiTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24d866a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/CallsAndInboxApiTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests\Feature\Api;
+
+use App\Enums\ApplicationStatus;
+use App\Models\Application;
+use App\Models\Call;
+use App\Models\Technology;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Database\Seeders\RolePermissionSeeder;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Tests\FakesPireon;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Calls for contributors and the inbox they fill, through the admin API.
+ */
+class CallsAndInboxApiTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use FakesPireon, RefreshDatabase;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->seed(RolePermissionSeeder::class);
+    }
+
+    protected function actingWithRole(string $role): User
+    {
+        $user = User::factory()->create();
+        $user->syncRoles([$role]);
+
+        $this->withHeaders($this->apiHeadersFor($user));
+
+        return $user;
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function a_call_is_opened_with_its_stack(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingWithRole('editor');
+
+        $technology = Technology::factory()->create();
+
+        $this->postJson('/api/v1/calls?lang=es', [
+            'title' => ['es' => 'Backend en Laravel', 'en' => 'Laravel backend'],
+            'slug' => ['es' => 'backend-laravel', 'en' => 'laravel-backend'],
+            'hours_per_week' => 4,
+            'duration_weeks' => 8,
+            'seniority' => 'mid',
+            'closes_at' => '2026-12-01',
+            'technology_ids' => [$technology->id],
+        ])
+            ->assertCreated()
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.title', 'Backend en Laravel')
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.status', 'open')
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.technology_ids', [$technology->id])
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.applications_count', 0);
+
+        $this->postJson('/api/v1/calls', [
+            'title' => ['es' => 'Otra'],
+            'slug' => ['es' => 'backend-laravel'],
+            'hours_per_week' => 60,
+            'seniority' => 'guru',
+        ])
+            ->assertUnprocessable()
+            ->assertJsonValidationErrors(['slug', 'hours_per_week', 'seniority']);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function a_call_is_closed_and_then_deleted(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingWithRole('editor');
+
+        $call = Call::factory()->create();
+
+        $this->patchJson("/api/v1/calls/{$call->id}", ['status' => 'filled'])
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.status', 'filled');
+
+        $this->getJson('/api/v1/calls?status=open')->assertJsonCount(0, 'data');
+
+        $this->deleteJson("/api/v1/calls/{$call->id}")->assertNoContent();
+        $this->assertModelMissing($call);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function the_inbox_leaves_spam_out_unless_asked(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingWithRole('editor');
+
+        Application::factory()->create(['name' => 'Ada']);
+        Application::factory()->create(['status' => ApplicationStatus::Spam]);
+
+        $this->getJson('/api/v1/applications')
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertJsonCount(1, 'data')
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.0.name', 'Ada')
+            ->assertJsonMissingPath('data.0.ip_hash');
+
+        $this->getJson('/api/v1/applications?status=spam')->assertJsonCount(1, 'data');
+        $this->getJson('/api/v1/applications?search=ada')->assertJsonCount(1, 'data');
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function handling_an_application_records_who_did_it(): void
+    {
+        $editor = $this->actingWithRole('editor');
+
+        $application = Application::factory()->create();
+
+        $this->patchJson("/api/v1/applications/{$application->id}", [
+            'status' => 'contacted',
+            'notes' => 'Llamada el jueves.',
+        ])
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.status', 'contacted')
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.notes', 'Llamada el jueves.')
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.handled_by.id', $editor->id);
+
+        $this->assertNotNull($application->fresh()->handled_at);
+
+        $this->patchJson("/api/v1/applications/{$application->id}", ['status' => 'new'])
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.handled_by', null)
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.handled_at', null);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function what_the_sender_wrote_cannot_be_changed(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingWithRole('editor');
+
+        $application = Application::factory()->create(['email' => 'real@example.org']);
+
+        $this->patchJson("/api/v1/applications/{$application->id}", ['email' => 'fake@example.org', 'status' => 'accepted'])
+            ->assertOk();
+
+        $this->assertSame('real@example.org', $application->fresh()->email);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function nobody_creates_an_application_here(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingWithRole('admin');
+
+        $this->postJson('/api/v1/applications', ['name' => 'X'])->assertMethodNotAllowed();
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function a_writer_cannot_read_the_inbox(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingWithRole('writer');
+
+        $application = Application::factory()->create();
+
+        $this->getJson('/api/v1/applications')->assertForbidden();
+        $this->getJson("/api/v1/applications/{$application->id}")->assertForbidden();
+
+        // Calls are theirs to read, like on the panel.
+        $this->getJson('/api/v1/calls')->assertOk();
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function a_deleted_application_can_be_brought_back(): void
+    {
+        $this->actingWithRole('editor');
+
+        $application = Application::factory()->create();
+
+        $this->deleteJson("/api/v1/applications/{$application->id}")->assertNoContent();
+        $this->assertSoftDeleted($application);
+
+        $this->postJson("/api/v1/applications/{$application->id}/restore")->assertOk();
+        $this->assertNotSoftDeleted($application);
+    }
+}