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+# AGENTS.md
+
+Instructions for coding agents setting up or working in this repository.
+
+## What it is
+
+Devdooth turns machines you own into a browser pool. One Go binary (`devdooth`)
+contains a coordinator, a worker, and a CLI. Workers dial out; each leased
+browser's debug port stays on loopback; profiles stay on the worker.
+
+Layout: `cmd/devdooth` (CLI), `internal/coordinator` (control plane + CDP relay),
+`internal/worker` (launches browsers), `docs/` (architecture, deployment,
+threat model).
+
+## Run it locally
+
+Prerequisites: Go 1.26+ (or a release binary from GitHub Releases) and an
+installed Chrome/Chromium. Node/npx is only needed for the MCP launcher.
+
+```bash
+go build -o bin/devdooth ./cmd/devdooth
+
+# 1. Coordinator. It prints an admin token on first start; capture it.
+bin/devdooth coordinator --addr 127.0.0.1:8080 --store /tmp/devdooth.db > /tmp/devdooth-coordinator.log 2>&1 &
+ADMIN=$(grep -o 'DEVDOOTH_ADMIN_TOKEN=.*' /tmp/devdooth-coordinator.log | cut -d= -f2)   # or pass --admin-token yourself
+
+# 2. Enroll this machine and run a worker on it.
+TOKEN=$(bin/devdooth enroll-token --url http://127.0.0.1:8080 --token "$ADMIN" --label local 2>/dev/null)
+bin/devdooth join --coordinator http://127.0.0.1:8080 --enroll-token "$TOKEN" --name local --data-dir /tmp/devdooth-worker
+bin/devdooth worker --coordinator http://127.0.0.1:8080 --data-dir /tmp/devdooth-worker --headful --profiles demo > /tmp/devdooth-worker.log 2>&1 &
+
+# 3. Lease a browser and verify it.
+bin/devdooth nodes --url http://127.0.0.1:8080 --token "$ADMIN"
+LEASE=$(bin/devdooth lease --url http://127.0.0.1:8080 --token "$ADMIN" --node local --ttl 600 2>/dev/null)
+echo "$LEASE"    # contains "endpoint": a ws:// CDP URL
+
+# 4. Release when done.
+bin/devdooth release --url http://127.0.0.1:8080 --token "$ADMIN" --lease "$(echo "$LEASE" | grep -o '"lease_id": *"[^"]*"' | cut -d'"' -f4)"
+```
+
+Connect a client to the printed `endpoint` with
+`playwright.chromium.connect_over_cdp(endpoint)`, or use any CDP/Puppeteer
+client. `go test ./internal/...` runs the fast suite; `make e2e` runs the
+real-browser tests (needs Chrome).
+
+## Drive it from another agent
+
+The shortest path is the built-in MCP launcher: it leases a browser, starts
+Playwright MCP against it, and releases the lease on exit.
+
+```bash
+bin/devdooth mcp --url http://127.0.0.1:8080 --token "$ADMIN" --node local
+```
+
+Point an MCP client at that command over stdio, or call the HTTP API directly
+(`/v1/leases`, `/v1/lease/{id}/cdp?token=...`). `scripts/browse.mjs` is a small
+Playwright CLI for driving a lease one action at a time.
+
+## Copy-paste task for an agent
+
+> Set up Devdooth from AGENTS.md on this machine: build it, start a coordinator
+> and a worker, lease a browser, open https://example.com, confirm the page
+> title, release the lease, and stop the processes you started.
+
+## Rules
+
+- Never print, log, or commit tokens, device identities, or profile contents.
+- Keep browser debug ports on loopback; never expose them.
+- Devdooth is not an anti-bot, CAPTCHA, or stealth tool. Do not add such work.
+- Single owner: do not introduce multi-tenant assumptions.
+- Do not commit build output (`bin/`), local stores (`*.db`), or data dirs.
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 Then ask the agent: *"Go to the site, find X, and report back."* The browser it
 drives is running on your Mac, using your profile's login state.
 
+### Let a coding agent set it up
+
+Point your coding agent at [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md). It contains a copy-paste task
+that builds Devdooth, starts a coordinator and a worker, leases a browser, and
+verifies the page — no other instructions needed.
+
 ### Browser Use / Stagehand / anything CDP
 
 Point the library at the lease endpoint:
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 <span class="k">from</span> browser_use <span class="k">import</span> Browser
 browser = Browser(cdp_url=session.endpoint)</pre>
     </div>
+    <p class="sub" style="margin-top:16px">
+      Using a coding agent to set things up? Point it at
+      <a href="https://github.com/unnipv/devdooth/blob/main/AGENTS.md">AGENTS.md</a> —
+      it has a copy-paste task that builds, starts, leases, and verifies.
+    </p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="profiles" class="wrap">
diff --git a/internal/webui/index.html b/internal/webui/index.html
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 <span class="k">from</span> browser_use <span class="k">import</span> Browser
 browser = Browser(cdp_url=session.endpoint)</pre>
     </div>
+    <p class="sub" style="margin-top:16px">
+      Using a coding agent to set things up? Point it at
+      <a href="https://github.com/unnipv/devdooth/blob/main/AGENTS.md">AGENTS.md</a> —
+      it has a copy-paste task that builds, starts, leases, and verifies.
+    </p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="profiles" class="wrap">