diff --git a/api/setup/analyzeMenuUrl.cfm b/api/setup/analyzeMenuUrl.cfm
index 0068bad..afc64c2 100644
--- a/api/setup/analyzeMenuUrl.cfm
+++ b/api/setup/analyzeMenuUrl.cfm
@@ -2061,6 +2061,61 @@
     </cfloop>
     <cfset menuData["categories"] = formattedCategories>
 
+    <!--- Fix "every item is a category" pattern --->
+    <!--- Detect: if most categories have 0-1 items and category count > item count * 0.5, collapse --->
+    <cfset totalItems = arrayLen(menuData.items)>
+    <cfset totalCats = arrayLen(formattedCategories)>
+    <cfif totalCats GT 10 AND totalItems GT 0 AND totalCats GT totalItems * 0.5>
+        <!--- Count categories with 0 items (real categories) vs 1 item (pseudo-categories) --->
+        <cfset zeroCats = []>
+        <cfset singleCats = []>
+        <cfloop array="#formattedCategories#" index="fc">
+            <cfset fcCount = 0>
+            <cfloop array="#menuData.items#" index="fi">
+                <cfif fi.category EQ fc.name><cfset fcCount++></cfif>
+            </cfloop>
+            <cfif fcCount EQ 0>
+                <cfset arrayAppend(zeroCats, fc.name)>
+            <cfelseif fcCount EQ 1>
+                <cfset arrayAppend(singleCats, fc.name)>
+            </cfif>
+        </cfloop>
+
+        <!--- If >60% of categories have exactly 1 item, this is the broken pattern --->
+        <cfif arrayLen(singleCats) GT totalCats * 0.6 AND arrayLen(zeroCats) GT 0>
+            <cfset arrayAppend(response.steps, "Detected 'every item is a category' pattern (" & arrayLen(singleCats) & " single-item cats, " & arrayLen(zeroCats) & " empty cats) - collapsing")>
+
+            <!--- Reassign items: each item's category should be the most recent zero-item category before it in the list --->
+            <cfset currentParent = zeroCats[1]>
+            <cfloop array="#formattedCategories#" index="fc">
+                <!--- Is this a real category (0 items)? --->
+                <cfif arrayFind(zeroCats, fc.name) GT 0>
+                    <cfset currentParent = fc.name>
+                <cfelse>
+                    <!--- This is a pseudo-category (1 item) - reassign its item to currentParent --->
+                    <cfloop from="1" to="#arrayLen(menuData.items)#" index="ii">
+                        <cfif menuData.items[ii].category EQ fc.name>
+                            <cfset menuData.items[ii]["category"] = currentParent>
+                        </cfif>
+                    </cfloop>
+                </cfif>
+            </cfloop>
+
+            <!--- Rebuild categories: only keep the real ones (zeroCats) --->
+            <cfset fixedCategories = []>
+            <cfloop array="#zeroCats#" index="zc">
+                <cfset zcCount = 0>
+                <cfloop array="#menuData.items#" index="fi">
+                    <cfif fi.category EQ zc><cfset zcCount++></cfif>
+                </cfloop>
+                <cfset arrayAppend(fixedCategories, { "name": zc, "itemCount": zcCount })>
+            </cfloop>
+            <cfset menuData["categories"] = fixedCategories>
+            <cfset formattedCategories = fixedCategories>
+            <cfset arrayAppend(response.steps, "Collapsed to " & arrayLen(fixedCategories) & " categories")>
+        </cfif>
+    </cfif>
+
     <!--- Server-side hierarchy enforcement from HTML heading structure (backup if Claude returns flat) --->
     <cfif structCount(headingHierarchy) GT 0>
         <!--- Build reverse map: lowercase h3 name → raw h2 parent name --->