First swing.

src/hooks/useCentralStatus.ts

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+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { apiClient } from '../services/api/client';
+
+interface CentralStatus {
+  status: string;
+  version: string;
+  uptime: string;
+  uptimeSeconds: number;
+  dataDir: string;
+  appsDir: string;
+  setupFiles: string;
+  instances: {
+    count: number;
+    names: string[];
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hook to fetch Wild Central server status
+ * @returns Central server status information
+ */
+export function useCentralStatus() {
+  return useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['central', 'status'],
+    queryFn: async (): Promise<CentralStatus> => {
+      return apiClient.get('/api/v1/status');
+    },
+    // Poll every 5 seconds to keep uptime current
+    refetchInterval: 5000,
+  });
+}