diff --git a/graph-ui/src/hooks/useProjects.test.tsx b/graph-ui/src/hooks/useProjects.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1be534763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graph-ui/src/hooks/useProjects.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/* @vitest-environment jsdom */
+import "@testing-library/jest-dom/vitest";
+import { cleanup, render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { useProjects } from "./useProjects";
+
+const { callToolMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ callToolMock: vi.fn() }));
+
+vi.mock("../api/rpc", () => ({ callTool: callToolMock }));
+
+function ProjectsHarness() {
+  const { projects } = useProjects();
+  return <output data-testid="project-count">{projects.length}</output>;
+}
+
+describe("useProjects", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("loads every list_projects page", async () => {
+    const firstPage = Array.from({ length: 50 }, (_, index) => ({
+      name: `project-${index + 1}`,
+      root_path: `/repo/project-${index + 1}`,
+      indexed_at: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    }));
+    const finalProject = {
+      name: "project-51",
+      root_path: "/repo/project-51",
+      indexed_at: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    };
+
+    callToolMock.mockImplementation(
+      async (name: string, args: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => {
+        if (name === "list_projects") {
+          if (args.offset === 50) {
+            return {
+              projects: [finalProject],
+              total: 51,
+              offset: 50,
+              limit: 50,
+              returned: 1,
+              has_more: false,
+            };
+          }
+          return {
+            projects: firstPage,
+            total: 51,
+            offset: 0,
+            limit: 50,
+            returned: 50,
+            has_more: true,
+          };
+        }
+        return {
+          node_labels: [],
+          edge_types: [],
+          total_nodes: 0,
+          total_edges: 0,
+        };
+      },
+    );
+
+    render(<ProjectsHarness />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByTestId("project-count")).toHaveTextContent("51");
+    });
+    expect(callToolMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("list_projects", {
+      offset: 50,
+      limit: 50,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("renders projects before bounded schema hydration completes", async () => {
+    const projects = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, index) => ({
+      name: `project-${index + 1}`,
+      root_path: `/repo/project-${index + 1}`,
+      indexed_at: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    }));
+
+    callToolMock.mockImplementation(async (name: string) => {
+      if (name === "list_projects") {
+        return {
+          projects,
+          total: projects.length,
+          offset: 0,
+          limit: 50,
+          returned: projects.length,
+          has_more: false,
+        };
+      }
+      return new Promise(() => {});
+    });
+
+    render(<ProjectsHarness />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByTestId("project-count")).toHaveTextContent("10");
+    });
+    const schemaCalls = callToolMock.mock.calls.filter(([name]) => name === "get_graph_schema");
+    expect(schemaCalls).toHaveLength(4);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/graph-ui/src/hooks/useProjects.ts b/graph-ui/src/hooks/useProjects.ts
index 5deff5215..dcd3777fe 100644
--- a/graph-ui/src/hooks/useProjects.ts
+++ b/graph-ui/src/hooks/useProjects.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,64 @@ interface UseProjectsResult {
   refresh: () => void;
 }
 
+interface ProjectPage {
+  projects?: Project[];
+  offset?: number;
+  returned?: number;
+  has_more?: boolean;
+}
+
+const PROJECT_PAGE_SIZE = 50;
+const SCHEMA_CONCURRENCY = 4;
+
+async function fetchAllProjects(): Promise<Project[]> {
+  const projects: Project[] = [];
+  let offset = 0;
+
+  while (true) {
+    const page = await callTool<ProjectPage>("list_projects", {
+      offset,
+      limit: PROJECT_PAGE_SIZE,
+    });
+    const pageProjects = page.projects ?? [];
+    projects.push(...pageProjects);
+
+    if (!page.has_more) return projects;
+
+    const pageOffset = Number.isSafeInteger(page.offset) ? page.offset! : offset;
+    const returned = Number.isSafeInteger(page.returned) ? page.returned! : pageProjects.length;
+    const nextOffset = pageOffset + returned;
+    if (returned <= 0 || nextOffset <= offset) {
+      throw new Error("list_projects pagination did not advance");
+    }
+    offset = nextOffset;
+  }
+}
+
+async function hydrateSchemas(infos: ProjectInfo[]): Promise<void> {
+  let nextIndex = 0;
+
+  async function worker() {
+    while (nextIndex < infos.length) {
+      const index = nextIndex++;
+      const project = infos[index].project;
+      try {
+        infos[index] = {
+          project,
+          schema: await callTool<SchemaInfo>("get_graph_schema", {
+            project: project.name,
+          }),
+        };
+      } catch {
+        infos[index] = { project, schema: null };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const workerCount = Math.min(SCHEMA_CONCURRENCY, infos.length);
+  await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: workerCount }, () => worker()));
+}
+
 export function useProjects(): UseProjectsResult {
   const [projects, setProjects] = useState<ProjectInfo[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
@@ -23,24 +81,12 @@ export function useProjects(): UseProjectsResult {
     setLoading(true);
     setError(null);
     try {
-      const result = await callTool<{ projects: Project[] }>("list_projects");
-      const list = result.projects ?? [];
-
-      /* Fetch schema for each project */
-      const infos: ProjectInfo[] = await Promise.all(
-        list.map(async (p) => {
-          try {
-            const schema = await callTool<SchemaInfo>("get_graph_schema", {
-              project: p.name,
-            });
-            return { project: p, schema };
-          } catch {
-            return { project: p, schema: null };
-          }
-        }),
-      );
-
+      const list = await fetchAllProjects();
+      const infos: ProjectInfo[] = list.map((project) => ({ project, schema: null }));
       setProjects(infos);
+
+      await hydrateSchemas(infos);
+      setProjects([...infos]);
     } catch (e) {
       setError(e instanceof Error ? e.message : "Failed to fetch projects");
     } finally {