diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f96a6bf..e7f4ba1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ files. (You supply the two things only you have: your **git remote + credentials
 
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+## Deploying it — the one link to hand your agent
+
+Give your agent this single link and say *"read it and deploy your weave — ask me what you need"*:
+
+> `https://git.jhestyr.net/admin/chalupa/raw/branch/master/agent/DEPLOY.md`
+
+That file's first step pulls the whole kit down for it (a no-account `git clone` — the repo is public), then
+it builds your weave from the templates and interviews you (**session zero**) for the rest. If you re-host
+this kit, hand over your own `agent/DEPLOY.md` link instead. *(Prefer to drive it yourself? Start
+with [`human/`](human/).)*
+
+---
+
 ## Who reads what
 
 There are two readers, and the kit is split for them:
diff --git a/agent/DEPLOY.md b/agent/DEPLOY.md
index 5ccef2c..335194d 100644
--- a/agent/DEPLOY.md
+++ b/agent/DEPLOY.md
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ Companion files: [`WEAVE-REFERENCE.md`](WEAVE-REFERENCE.md) (what each part is a
 
 ---
 
+## Step 0 — get this whole kit onto the machine first
+You're probably reading this over the web (your human handed you a link). You can't deploy from a single web
+page — the `templates/` are **files you copy**, not text to fetch one at a time. So pull the whole kit local
+first — the repo is public, **no account needed**:
+
+```
+git clone https://git.jhestyr.net/admin/chalupa.git ~/chalupa
+# fallback, if clone is unavailable (a plain archive download, also no account):
+#   curl -sL -o /tmp/chalupa.zip "https://git.jhestyr.net/admin/chalupa/archive/master.zip" && unzip -q /tmp/chalupa.zip -d ~/
+```
+(If your human re-hosted the kit somewhere else, use their URL instead.) Confirm `~/chalupa/templates/` exists,
+then run everything below **from your local `~/chalupa/` copy** — the companion docs and templates are all
+there now. Remember: this kit is the *instructions*; the **weave you build is a separate, new repo** (Step 1).
+
+---
+
 ## First, understand the two failure modes you're building against
 1. **You wake up empty.** The weave is your continuity — read it back at wake, and trust the *files* over any
    recollection.