diff --git a/src/App.test.tsx b/src/App.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..504d099b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/App.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { Shell } from './App';
+import { SettingsProvider } from './context/SettingsContext';
+
+function renderShell(path: string) {
+    return render(
+        <MemoryRouter initialEntries={[path]}>
+            <SettingsProvider>
+                <Shell />
+            </SettingsProvider>
+        </MemoryRouter>
+    );
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    localStorage.clear();
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+        'fetch',
+        vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true, status: 200, json: async () => [] }) as unknown as Response)
+    );
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+});
+
+describe('App shell', () => {
+    it('redirects the root path to the first news page', async () => {
+        renderShell('/');
+
+        await waitFor(() => expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalled());
+        expect((fetch as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(
+            'https://node-hnapi.herokuapp.com/news?page=1'
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('renders the chrome around the routed content', () => {
+        const { container } = renderShell('/news/1');
+
+        expect(container.querySelector('.wrapper')).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(screen.getByText('new')).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(screen.getByText('GitHub')).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('sends unknown feed types back to the news feed', async () => {
+        renderShell('/nonsense/1');
+
+        await waitFor(() => expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalled());
+        expect((fetch as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls[0][0]).toContain('/news?page=1');
+    });
+
+    it('applies the persisted theme as the outer wrapper class', () => {
+        localStorage.setItem('theme', 'amoledblack');
+        const { container } = renderShell('/news/1');
+
+        expect(container.firstElementChild?.className).toBe('amoledblack');
+    });
+
+    it('routes item and user paths to their pages', async () => {
+        vi.stubGlobal(
+            'fetch',
+            vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true, status: 200, json: async () => ({ id: 'ashwin', created: '', karma: 1 }) }) as unknown as Response)
+        );
+        renderShell('/user/ashwin');
+
+        await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('ashwin')).toBeTruthy());
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 90edb232..34680c9a 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,54 @@
-export default function App() {
+import { BrowserRouter, Navigate, Route, Routes, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+import Footer from './components/Footer';
+import Header from './components/Header';
+import { SettingsProvider, useSettings } from './context/SettingsContext';
+import Feed from './pages/Feed';
+import ItemDetails from './pages/ItemDetails';
+import User from './pages/User';
+
+import './App.scss';
+
+export const FEED_TYPES = ['news', 'newest', 'show', 'ask', 'jobs'];
+
+/** Angular listed one route per feed; here a single param route rejects unknown feeds. */
+function FeedRoute() {
+    const { feedType } = useParams<{ feedType: string }>();
+
+    if (!feedType || !FEED_TYPES.includes(feedType)) {
+        return <Navigate to="/news/1" replace />;
+    }
+
+    return <Feed />;
+}
+
+export function Shell() {
+    const { settings } = useSettings();
+
     return (
-        <div className="wrapper">
-            <h1>Angular 2 HN</h1>
-            <p>React + TypeScript + Vite scaffolding is up. UI migration lands in the following phases.</p>
+        <div className={settings.theme}>
+            <div className="body-cover"></div>
+            <div className="wrapper">
+                <Header />
+                <Routes>
+                    <Route path="/" element={<Navigate to="/news/1" replace />} />
+                    <Route path="/item/:id" element={<ItemDetails />} />
+                    <Route path="/user/:id" element={<User />} />
+                    <Route path="/:feedType/:page" element={<FeedRoute />} />
+                    <Route path="*" element={<Navigate to="/news/1" replace />} />
+                </Routes>
+                <Footer />
+            </div>
         </div>
     );
 }
+
+export default function App() {
+    return (
+        <SettingsProvider>
+            <BrowserRouter>
+                <Shell />
+            </BrowserRouter>
+        </SettingsProvider>
+    );
+}