diff --git a/DESIGN.md b/DESIGN.md
index d6d6585..5828e33 100644
--- a/DESIGN.md
+++ b/DESIGN.md
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
-# BOS — Bread Operating System Plan
+# BOS — historical design plan
+
+## Current architecture
+
+**Read [README.md](README.md) for how this repo actually ships.** This file
+is the original plan. Several sections below are historical and must not be
+taken as current:
+
+| Plan said | What the tree does now |
+|-----------|------------------------|
+| Cargo workspace with a `bos-settings/` member | This repo is ISO + Calamares + skel only. No Cargo workspace. |
+| `bos-settings` as an in-tree GTK4 app | Standalone bakery product, **Tauri 2 + Svelte**. |
+| bakery install in Calamares post-install | bakery binaries + breadhelp content are **baked into `/etc/skel` at ISO build time** from `iso/bread-lockfile.toml`. Missing bins fail the bake. |
+| `dotfiles/` is the live skel | Live defaults are `iso/airootfs/etc/skel`. `dotfiles/` is stale. |
+| A/B root swapping | **Future.** Today: btrfs + snapper + **grub-btrfs**. GRUB pins `rootflags=subvol=@`, so `snapper rollback` is not the user-facing recovery path. |
+| Work on `dev`; origin = GitHub | Single-trunk `main`; `stable` is a CI marker. `origin` = Forgejo, `github` = GitHub. |
+| `[breadway]` provides bakery/breadbar/bos-settings | `[breadway]` is breadlock + AUR republishes. Desktop apps are bakery. **Not shipped:** breadcast, breadarr. |
+
+---
+
+# Original plan (kept for history)
 
 ## Context
 
@@ -7,51 +27,25 @@ The bread ecosystem (bread, breadbar, breadbox, breadcrumbs, breadpad/breadman,
 Goals:
 - **Install and be done**: Calamares GUI installer → reboot → working Hyprland + full bread stack
 - **Rollback safety**: Btrfs subvolumes + snapper + snap-pac; every pacman transaction is snapshotted
-- **Unified config**: `bos-settings` GTK4 app surfaces all app configs + snapshot management + bakery updates
+- **Unified config**: `bos-settings` surfaces all app configs + snapshot management + bakery updates
 - **Future-compatible**: Btrfs layout is designed to allow A/B partition migration later (SteamOS model)
 
 ---
 
 ## Repo Structure
 
-Single new repo: `Breadway/bos` — a Cargo workspace.
+Single new repo: `Breadway/bos` — *planned as* a Cargo workspace. **That is
+not what landed**; see Current architecture.
 
 ```
 bos/
-├── Cargo.toml                  # Workspace (members: [bos-settings])
-├── bos-settings/               # GTK4 unified settings app
-│   ├── Cargo.toml
-│   └── src/
-│       ├── main.rs
-│       ├── state.rs
-│       ├── theme.rs
-│       ├── ui/
-│       │   ├── window.rs       # Sidebar + content shell (port breadman pattern)
-│       │   ├── sidebar.rs
-│       │   └── views/
-│       │       ├── bread.rs
-│       │       ├── breadbar.rs
-│       │       ├── breadbox.rs
-│       │       ├── breadcrumbs.rs
-│       │       ├── breadpad.rs
-│       │       ├── snapshots.rs
-│       │       ├── packages.rs
-│       │       └── hyprland.rs
-│       └── config/
-│           └── mod.rs          # Per-app config loaders
-├── iso/                        # archiso profile
+├── Cargo.toml                  # Workspace (members: [bos-settings])  — NOT in tree
+├── bos-settings/               # planned GTK4 app — now its own bakery repo
+├── iso/                        # archiso profile (this is the repo)
 │   ├── profiledef.sh
-│   ├── packages.x86_64         # Live ISO + installed system package list
-│   ├── airootfs/               # Files overlaid onto live ISO root
-│   │   └── etc/
-│   │       ├── calamares/      # Calamares YAML configuration
-│   │       └── skel/           # Default user dotfiles
-└── dotfiles/                   # Default configs deployed at install time
-    ├── hyprland/               # hyprland.conf, keybinds, autostart
-    ├── bread/                  # breadd.toml, init.lua, devices.lua
-    ├── breadbar/               # (no config needed; zero-config by default)
-    ├── breadbox/               # config.toml with default context priorities
-    └── breadcrumbs/            # breadcrumbs.toml with default home profile
+│   ├── packages.x86_64
+│   └── airootfs/
+└── dotfiles/                   # planned install-time configs — NOT the live skel
 ```
 
 ---
@@ -70,7 +64,11 @@ bos/
 
 Mount options: `noatime,compress=zstd,space_cache=v2` on all subvolumes.
 
-**A/B compatibility note:** The `@` subvolume is self-contained and can be swapped atomically — this is the design property needed for a future A/B upgrade path. The layout does not need to change to adopt it.
+**A/B compatibility note (future):** The `@` subvolume is self-contained and
+could be swapped atomically. This is a design property for a later upgrade
+path. It is **not** implemented. Recovery today is reboot into a grub-btrfs
+snapshot; GRUB's `rootflags=subvol=@` means a raw `snapper rollback` is the
+wrong instruction to give users.
 
 ### Snapshot tooling (installed + configured during post-install)
 
@@ -96,100 +94,79 @@ No user-facing CLI needed for this component — `bos-settings` is the interface
 ### archiso profile (`iso/`)
 
 - Derives from `/usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/` (the standard baseline)
-- `packages.x86_64` includes: base, linux, grub, btrfs-progs, snapper, snap-pac, grub-btrfs, hyprland, pipewire, wireplumber, networkmanager, gtk4, gtk4-layer-shell, iw, librsvg, libpulse, bluez, bluez-utils, calamares, calamares-qt6
-- `airootfs/etc/skel/` contains the default dotfiles (symlinked from `dotfiles/`)
+- `packages.x86_64` is the live + installed pacman set (Hyprland, Calamares,
+  breadlock, WebKitGTK 4.1 for Tauri bos-settings, …). bakery apps are not
+  listed here.
+- `airootfs/etc/skel/` contains the default user configs (this is the live
+  skel — not `dotfiles/`).
 - Live session autologs into a `liveuser` and launches Calamares automatically
 
 ### Calamares modules (in order)
 
+The historical list below included a post-install `bakery install` and
+Calamares `bootloader`/`grubcfg` installing GRUB. What shipped instead:
+binaries are already in skel; `post-install.sh` runs `grub-install` +
+`grub-mkconfig` (Calamares' bootloader modules leave the ESP empty here).
+
 1. **welcome** — system checks (RAM ≥ 2GB, internet, disk space)
 2. **locale** — timezone + locale selection
 3. **keyboard** — layout selection
 4. **partition** — custom `btrfs` mode: creates EFI partition + single btrfs pool with the subvolume layout above
 5. **users** — create main user, set password
 6. **packages** — install package list (reuses `packages.x86_64`)
-7. **bootloader** — install GRUB to EFI, `grub-mkconfig` with grub-btrfs hook
-8. **shellprocess (post-install)** — runs `iso/post-install.sh`:
-   - Configures snapper root config
-   - Enables services: `NetworkManager`, `bluetooth`, `breadd` (user), `breadbox-sync` (user)
-   - Runs `bakery install bread breadbar breadbox breadcrumbs breadpad` (or `bakery install --all`)
-   - Copies `dotfiles/` into `/home/$USER/.config/` (skips any file that already exists)
+7. **bootloader** — *planned*; actual GRUB install is in `post-install.sh`
+8. **shellprocess (post-install)** — snapper, services, copy skel; does **not** run bakery
 9. **finished** — reboot prompt
 
 ---
 
-## Component 3: `bos-settings` GTK4 App
+## Component 3: `bos-settings` (planned as GTK4)
+
+### Tech choices (original)
 
-### Tech choices
 - **gtk4-rs** (v0.11, v4_12 feature), no relm4 — plain GTK4 following breadman's pattern
-- **bread-theme** for palette + CSS (git dep: `github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem`)
-- Reads/writes each tool's own config file directly (no unified intermediate config)
-- Window: 960×640, sidebar 190px, `gtk4::Stack` for view switching — identical structure to breadman
+
+**What shipped:** Tauri 2 + Svelte in its own repo
+(`git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bos-settings`), distributed by bakery. This
+repo does not build it.
 
 ### Sidebar sections + views
 
-| Section | View | What it does |
-|---------|------|--------------|
-| **Apps** | bread | Edit `~/.config/bread/breadd.toml` |
-| | breadbar | Edit `~/.config/breadbar/` (style.css override, no TOML needed) |
-| | breadbox | Edit `~/.config/breadbox/config.toml` (context priority lists) |
-| | breadcrumbs | Edit `~/.config/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.toml` (profiles, networks) |
-| | breadpad | Edit `~/.config/breadpad/breadpad.toml` (model, reminders, calendar) |
-| **System** | Snapshots | `snapper list` output; rollback button calls `snapper rollback N` |
-| | Packages | `bakery list --installed`; update buttons call `bakery update <pkg>` |
-| | Hyprland | "Open config in editor" + monitor list from `bread.state.monitors()` |
-
-### Config loading pattern
-
-Each view has a dedicated `load_config(path) -> Result<T>` and `save_config(path, T) -> Result<()>` using `toml` crate. Config structs mirror each app's existing types (no duplication — import the `*-shared` crate where it exists, e.g. `breadpad-shared`). For apps without a shared crate (breadbox, breadcrumbs), define minimal local structs.
-
-### Snapshots view specifics
-
-- On open: runs `snapper list --output-cols number,date,description,pre-post` via `std::process::Command`, parses into table rows
-- Rollback: confirmation dialog → `snapper rollback <N>` → notify user to reboot
-- Delete: `snapper delete <N>`
-- No write access to `/` needed for list/rollback since snapper is configured with `ALLOW_USERS` for the main user
-
-### Packages view specifics
-
-- On open: reads `~/.local/state/bakery/installed.json` directly (no network)
-- "Check for updates": runs `bakery list` (triggers index refresh), compares versions
-- "Update all": runs `bakery update --all` in a subprocess, streams stdout to a log TextView
+The panel list is still roughly accurate; see README. Snapshots recovery
+should send users through **grub-btrfs reboot**, not `snapper rollback N`.
 
 ### Distribution
 
-`bos-settings` gets a `bakery.toml` and is added to the `bread-ecosystem` registry — installable standalone on any Arch/Hyprland system via `bakery install bos-settings`, not only as part of a BOS install.
+`bos-settings` has its own `bakery.toml` and is installable via
+`bakery install bos-settings` on any Arch/Hyprland system, not only as part
+of a BOS install.
 
 ---
 
 ## Component 4: Default Dotfiles
 
-Minimal but functional defaults deployed at install time. These are opinionated starting points, not locked configs — users edit freely after install.
+Minimal but functional defaults. These live in `iso/airootfs/etc/skel`
+(`hyprland.lua` + JSON binds, not `dotfiles/hyprland/*.conf`).
 
-| File | Key content |
-|------|-------------|
-| `dotfiles/hyprland/hyprland.conf` | Monitor auto-detect, default keybinds, `exec-once` for breadd/breadbar/breadbox-sync |
-| `dotfiles/hyprland/keybinds.conf` | `$mod+Space` → breadbox, `$mod+N` → breadpad, `$mod+M` → breadman, `$mod+S` → bos-settings |
-| `dotfiles/bread/breadd.toml` | All adapters enabled, log_level=info |
-| `dotfiles/bread/init.lua` | Minimal: activates "default" profile on startup |
-| `dotfiles/breadbox/config.toml` | Single default context with common apps |
-| `dotfiles/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.toml` | Placeholder home profile (user fills in SSIDs) |
+Zero-config bakery apps survive with no extra skel files. breadcrumbs
+networks are user-filled after install — do not invent a full
+`breadcrumbs.toml` in-tree.
 
 ---
 
 ## Build Order
 
-1. **Dotfiles** — write default configs; these unblock installer testing immediately
-2. **Btrfs + snapper config** — write `post-install.sh`; test in a VM with `archiso` livecdbase
-3. **ISO profile** — archiso profiledef + package list + Calamares YAML; iterate in a VM
-4. **bos-settings** — start with Snapshots and Packages views (highest value, no app-specific config parsing needed), then add per-app views one at a time
+Historical. The ISO profile + skel + Calamares path is what this repo
+iterates on. bos-settings is developed in its own repo.
 
 ---
 
 ## Verification
 
-- **ISO**: Build with `mkarchiso -v -w /tmp/bos-work -o /tmp/bos-out iso/`; boot in QEMU (`qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom bos.iso -m 4G -enable-kvm`); complete install; reboot into installed system; confirm all services running and bakery packages present
+- **ISO**: `sudo ./build-local.sh` (not a raw `mkarchiso iso/` — the bake
+  step is required). Boot in QEMU; complete install; confirm bakery bins and
+  `~/.local/share/breadhelp/content`.
 - **btrfs layout**: `btrfs subvolume list /` after install; confirm `@`, `@home`, `@snapshots`, `@log`, `@cache` exist
 - **snapper**: `snapper list`; run `pacman -Syu` and confirm two new snapshots appear
 - **grub-btrfs**: Reboot and confirm snapshot submenu in GRUB
-- **bos-settings**: `cargo build --release`; launch; confirm each view loads its config file; edit a value, save, re-open and confirm persistence; test rollback button in Snapshots view
+- **bos-settings**: built and tested in the bos-settings repo, not here
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7eb401b..e7ff533 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,36 +5,40 @@ ecosystem](https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway) preconfigured. One Calamares insta
 produces a themed, bootable Wayland desktop — no manual Arch bootstrap, no
 wiring up dotfiles, no per-tool bakery installs.
 
-> Design rationale and the btrfs/A-B roadmap live in [DESIGN.md](DESIGN.md).
-> This file is the practical overview: what's in the image, how to build it,
-> and how to test it.
+> This file is the product as the tree ships it. [DESIGN.md](DESIGN.md) is the
+> original plan, kept as history — several of its sections (in-tree GTK
+> bos-settings, bakery-at-post-install, A/B as if it were current) are not
+> how the ISO works today.
 
 ## What you get
 
 - **Compositor**: Hyprland with a native-Lua config (`hyprland.lua`), curated
   keybinds, snappy animations, blur, and pywal-driven colours on a black base.
 - **bread ecosystem**, baked into `/etc/skel` from bakery-managed binaries
-  (no network needed at install time): the `bread`/`breadd` automation daemon,
-  `breadbar` (status bar + notifications), `breadbox` (launcher), `breadclip`
-  (clipboard history), `breadcrumbs` (Wi-Fi profiles), `breadpad`/`breadman`
-  (notes), `breadpaper` (wallpaper + theme), `breadsearch` (system search),
-  `breadmon` (monitor layout TUI), `breadshot` (screenshots), `bread-theme`
-  (the shared palette engine), and the `bakery` package manager. `breadlock`
-  (lock screen + greeter) ships as its own pacman package alongside
-  `bos-settings`, not through bakery. See [below](#the-bread-ecosystem) for
-  what each one actually does.
-- **bos-settings**: a GTK4 control panel that configures every bread\* app's
-  config from a GUI (non-destructively), plus snapshot rollback and bakery
-  updates. See below.
-- **Login**: greetd + breadgreet (bread-ecosystem's own greeter, under `cage`)
-  → Hyprland session.
+  (no network needed at install time): the `bread`/`breadd` automation daemon
+  plus `bread-emit` / `bread-module-host`, `breadbar` (status bar +
+  notifications), `breadbox` (launcher), `breadclip` (clipboard history),
+  `breadcrumbs` (Wi-Fi profiles), `breadpad`/`breadman` (notes), `breadpaper`
+  (wallpaper + theme), `breadsearch` (system search), `breadmon` (monitor
+  layout TUI), `breadshot` (screenshots), `bread-theme` (the shared palette
+  engine), `breadhelp` (onboarding + cheatsheet), `bos-settings` (control
+  panel), and the `bakery` package manager. Most of those apps are
+  zero-config on first boot; breadcrumbs networks are user-filled after
+  install. See [below](#the-bread-ecosystem).
+- **breadlock** (lock screen + greeter) is the one bread\* app that ships as
+  **pacman**, not bakery — it needs a root-owned PAM service.
+- **bos-settings**: a **Tauri 2 + Svelte** control panel (standalone bakery
+  product, not a member of this repo). Configures every bread\* app
+  non-destructively, plus snapshots, bakery/pacman updates, and day-to-day
+  machine administration.
+- **Login**: greetd + breadgreet (under `cage`) → Hyprland session.
 - **Boot splash**: Plymouth `bos` theme (logo + spinner, black background).
 - **Theming**: global dark across GTK3 (Adwaita-dark), GTK4/libadwaita
   (`color-scheme: prefer-dark`), and Qt (qt5ct/qt6ct Fusion dark); Papirus-Dark
   icons; Bibata cursor.
 - **Apps**: kitty, nautilus (+ gvfs), Zen browser, VLC, loupe, gnome-text-editor,
   gnome-calculator, file-roller, with file associations wired in `mimeapps.list`.
-  `yay` ships for AUR access beyond bakery's bread ecosystem + `[breadway]`.
+  `yay` ships for AUR access beyond bakery + `[breadway]`.
 - **Hardware**: pipewire audio, NetworkManager, BlueZ + blueman, CUPS printing
   with avahi mDNS discovery, TLP power management, fwupd firmware updates.
 - **Resilience**: btrfs + snapper + snap-pac + grub-btrfs snapshots on every
@@ -44,35 +48,69 @@ wiring up dotfiles, no per-tool bakery installs.
   install actually boots) and self-signed Secure Boot (via `sbctl`, enrolled
   automatically at install time when the firmware is in Setup Mode).
 
+## What ships vs what does not
+
+| Channel | What |
+|---------|------|
+| **Bakery, baked into skel** | `bakery`, `bread` / `breadd` / `bread-emit` / `bread-module-host`, `breadbar`, `breadbox` / `breadbox-sync`, `breadcrumbs`, `breadpad` / `breadman`, `breadpaper`, `bread-theme`, `breadmon`, `breadsearch` / `breadmill`, `breadclip` / `breadclipd`, `breadshot`, `bos-settings`, `breadhelp` (+ breadhelp content under `~/.local/share/breadhelp/`) |
+| **pacman (`packages.x86_64`)** | `breadlock`, plus the rest of the distro (Hyprland, Calamares, Zen, …) |
+| **Not shipped** | `breadcast`, `breadarr` |
+
+The baked name list is [`iso/bread-lockfile.toml`](iso/bread-lockfile.toml).
+`build-local.sh` fails if any listed binary is missing on the builder.
+
 ## Repo layout
 
+This is an **ISO + Calamares + skel** repo. There is no Cargo workspace and
+no `bos-settings/` member — bos-settings and breadhelp live in their own
+repos and arrive via bakery.
+
 ```
 bos/
-├── Cargo.toml                     # workspace (members: bos-settings)
-├── bos-settings/                  # GTK4 unified settings app (Rust)
-│   └── src/
-│       ├── config/mod.rs          # non-destructive toml_edit config layer
-│       └── ui/{widgets,window,sidebar}.rs, ui/views/*.rs
 ├── iso/                           # archiso profile
+│   ├── bread-lockfile.toml        # bakery bins that MUST be baked
 │   ├── profiledef.sh
-│   ├── packages.x86_64            # live + installed package set
+│   ├── packages.x86_64            # live + installed pacman set
 │   └── airootfs/                  # files overlaid onto the image
 │       └── etc/
-│           ├── skel/              # default user dotfiles (hypr, kitty, gtk, …)
+│           ├── skel/              # live user defaults (hypr, kitty, gtk, …)
 │           └── calamares/         # installer config + post-install.sh
 ├── packaging/                     # in-house PKGBUILDs for AUR-only deps
-│   ├── arch/                      # bos-settings
 │   ├── calamares/
-│   └── bibata/
-├── .forgejo/workflows/            # CI: build + publish packages to [breadway]
+│   ├── bibata/
+│   ├── powerlevel10k/
+│   └── yay-bin/
+├── dotfiles/                      # STALE — not the live skel; see its README
+├── scripts/smoke-test.sh
+├── .forgejo/workflows/            # CI: AUR republish + tagged ISO release
 ├── build-local.sh                 # native ISO build for this machine
-└── DESIGN.md
+├── README.md
+└── DESIGN.md                      # historical plan
 ```
 
+Live binds are `iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.config/hypr/binds.json` (`Super+L` →
+`loginctl lock-session`, breadshot on `Super+Shift+S/C/P`, `Super+U`
+breadpad). Do not treat `dotfiles/hypr/keybinds.conf` as current.
+
+## Branches and remotes
+
+Single-trunk: work on **`main`** via short-lived `feature/*` / `fix/*`
+branches. **`stable`** is a marker branch CI fast-forwards to the latest
+non-RC release tag — do not land work there by hand.
+
+Dual remotes:
+
+- **`origin`** — Forgejo (`ssh://git@100.66.238.26:2222/Breadway/bos.git`),
+  authoritative
+- **`github`** — GitHub (`https://github.com/Breadway/bos.git`) mirror
+
+Push `origin` (and `github` when mirroring). Do not treat origin as GitHub.
+
 ## Building the ISO
 
 `build-local.sh` builds the image natively (no container) and bakes this
-machine's bakery-installed bread binaries into `/etc/skel`:
+machine's bakery-installed bread binaries + breadhelp content into
+`/etc/skel`:
 
 ```sh
 sudo ./build-local.sh              # release-quality (xz squashfs)
@@ -80,16 +118,20 @@ sudo FAST_BUILD=1 ./build-local.sh # fast dev iteration (zstd squashfs)
 ```
 
 The ISO lands in `out/bos-<date>-x86_64.iso`. The script pins
-`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` (reproducible UUIDs) and rewrites the `[breadway]` repo URL
-to the Tailscale-reachable Forgejo registry for the build.
+`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` (reproducible UUIDs), rewrites the `[breadway]` repo URL
+to the Tailscale-reachable Forgejo registry for the build, and **exits
+non-zero** if any lockfile binary (or breadhelp content) is missing.
+
+CI should populate the builder from the **stable** bakery index; local
+builds still snapshot the builder. The lockfile is names only.
 
 ### Why some packages are in-house
 
 `calamares`, `zen-browser-bin`, `bibata-cursor-theme`, and `yay-bin` are
-AUR-only. BOS keeps a PKGBUILD for each under `packaging/` and republishes the
-built package to the `[breadway]` repo via a Forgejo Actions workflow (built
-on the hestia self-hosted runner, published with a scoped registry token).
-`bos-settings` itself publishes the same way on a `v*` tag.
+AUR-only. BOS keeps a PKGBUILD for each under `packaging/` and republishes
+the built package to the `[breadway]` repo via a Forgejo Actions workflow
+(built on the hestia self-hosted runner, published with a scoped registry
+token). `[breadway]` is **not** where bakery/breadbar/bos-settings live.
 
 ### Verifying a release
 
@@ -124,19 +166,21 @@ It uses KVM + `-cpu host`, 8 GiB / 8 vCPU, and `virtio-vga-gl` with
 Hyprland session in QEMU. The disk lives on NVMe (not the tmpfs `/tmp`) to
 avoid memory pressure.
 
+Post-install, `scripts/smoke-test.sh` (run as the installed user) checks
+subvolumes, services, bakery bins, and breadhelp content under
+`~/.local/share/breadhelp/content`.
+
 ## bos-settings
 
-A GTK4 settings app aiming for GNOME-Settings-style parity: not just editing
-config files, but live system state and control, so day-to-day machine
-administration doesn't require a terminal.
+Standalone bakery product: **Tauri 2 + Svelte**, not GTK4, and not built
+from this repo. Install/update with `bakery`; the ISO just bakes whatever
+binary the builder has.
 
-Bread-ecosystem TOML configs are edited **non-destructively**: `toml_edit`
-parses the file, changes only the keys a view exposes, and writes it back —
-preserving comments and any keys the UI doesn't model (calendar passwords,
-saved-network passwords, model paths). Panels with a daemon behind them
-(bread, breadbox, breadcrumbs, breadsearch, breadclip) also get live
-systemd status + Start/Stop/Restart/Logs via a shared `service_control`
-widget, not just the config file.
+It aims for GNOME-Settings-style parity: live system state and control, so
+day-to-day administration doesn't require a terminal. Bread-ecosystem
+configs are edited **non-destructively** (comments and unmodeled keys stay).
+Panels with a daemon (bread, breadbox, breadcrumbs, breadsearch, breadclip)
+also get live systemd status + Start/Stop/Restart/Logs.
 
 | Panel | What it does |
 |-------|--------------|
@@ -161,12 +205,8 @@ widget, not just the config file.
 | Firmware | `fwupd` device list + updates |
 | Snapshots | `snapper` list / boot-into (grub-btrfs) / delete |
 
-Build standalone:
-
-```sh
-cargo build --release -p bos-settings
-cargo test -p bos-settings        # includes config round-trip tests
-```
+Source and build live in the [bos-settings](https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bos-settings)
+repo, not here.
 
 ## The bread ecosystem
 
@@ -174,17 +214,17 @@ Everything below is a separate bakery-distributed project with its own repo
 and release cadence, baked into `/etc/skel` at ISO build time so a fresh
 install has them all with no network round-trip. Some ship more than one
 binary from a single package — that's noted where it applies. Most have a
-corresponding **bos-settings** panel for configuration; this table is about
-*using* the app directly.
+corresponding **bos-settings** panel; this table is about *using* the app
+directly.
 
 **Desktop shell**
 
 | Tool | Role | Launch |
 |------|------|--------|
-| `bread` / `breadd` | Reactive automation daemon — normalises hardware/compositor/power/network signals into events dispatched to Lua modules (`~/.config/bread/`). Everything else in the ecosystem can subscribe to its events. | runs at login (`breadd.service`) |
+| `bread` / `breadd` | Reactive automation daemon — normalises hardware/compositor/power/network signals into events dispatched to Lua modules (`~/.config/bread/`). `bread-emit` is the fire-and-forget helper hooks/CLIs use; `bread-module-host` is the sandboxed out-of-process module runtime breadd spawns. | runs at login (`breadd.service`) |
 | `breadbar` | Top status bar: workspaces, clock, system stats, tray, **and** the notification daemon — one process, not two | runs at login |
 | `breadbox` | Application launcher (fuzzy search, per-context results via `breadbox-sync`) | `SUPER+Space` |
-| `breadlock` | Idle lock screen. Also provides `breadgreet`, the login greeter hosted under `cage` via greetd — same project, two binaries, one visual identity from login to lock | `SUPER+L` (via `loginctl lock-session`, picked up by `hypridle`); `breadgreet` runs automatically at boot |
+| `breadlock` | Idle lock screen. Also provides `breadgreet`, the login greeter hosted under `cage` via greetd — same project, two binaries, one visual identity from login to lock. **pacman**, not bakery. | `SUPER+L` (via `loginctl lock-session`, picked up by `hypridle`); `breadgreet` runs automatically at boot |
 | `bread-theme` | The shared palette engine every bread app renders through: fixed dark base colors, with only the accent slots following the current wallpaper's pywal palette. `bread-theme generate` regenerates the stylesheet; hyprland.lua calls it automatically on wallpaper change. | invoked automatically, rarely run by hand |
 
 **Productivity**
@@ -195,6 +235,7 @@ corresponding **bos-settings** panel for configuration; this table is about
 | `breadman` | The fuller notes manager view (browse/organize) — ships from the same `breadpad` package as a second binary | `SUPER+M` |
 | `breadclip` | Clipboard history. `breadclipd` is the background daemon that actually records history; `breadclip` is the GTK4 popup that browses it | `SUPER+V` / `SUPER+Shift+V` |
 | `breadsearch` | Semantic system-wide search (indexes files/notes, embeds locally — CPU/ROCm/CUDA backend configurable). `breadmill` is its indexing daemon. | via breadbox, or BOS Settings → File Search |
+| `breadhelp` | Onboarding + in-session help/cheatsheet. Content lives at `~/.local/share/breadhelp/content` (bakery `content.tar.gz`, baked into skel). | `SUPER+/` |
 
 **System**
 
@@ -210,7 +251,7 @@ corresponding **bos-settings** panel for configuration; this table is about
 | Tool | Role | Launch |
 |------|------|--------|
 | `bakery` | CLI package manager for the whole ecosystem — install/update/list, tracks installed binaries + versions independently of pacman | `bakery` |
-| `bos-settings` | Unified GTK4 control panel: live system state + control (network, power, firewall, users, packages, firmware, AUR, snapshots) plus non-destructive config editing for every app above | `SUPER+,` |
+| `bos-settings` | Unified Tauri 2 + Svelte control panel: live system state + control (network, power, firewall, users, packages, firmware, AUR, snapshots) plus non-destructive config editing for every app above | `SUPER+,` |
 
 ## Keyboard shortcuts
 
@@ -274,9 +315,16 @@ cheatsheet in-session; first boot shows a short welcome (once).
 ## Recovery
 
 **An update broke something (system still boots):** open BOS Settings →
-Snapshots and roll back, or pick a pre-update snapshot from the **GRUB
-“snapshots” submenu** at boot, then run `snapper rollback` from the booted
-snapshot.
+Snapshots and pick a snapshot to boot, **or** choose one from the **GRUB
+“snapshots” submenu** (grub-btrfs) at boot, then reboot into it.
+
+Do **not** run `snapper rollback` as the default recovery step. BOS GRUB
+pins `rootflags=subvol=@`, so a snapper-swapped default subvolume is not
+what the installed grub.cfg will boot next. Use the grub-btrfs entry so the
+kernel command line matches the snapshot you want.
+
+A/B root swapping (SteamOS-style) is a **future** idea in DESIGN.md — it is
+not shipped.
 
 **The system won't boot (broken GRUB / lost EFI entry):**
 
diff --git a/build-local.sh b/build-local.sh
index ebaac0a..902c470 100755
--- a/build-local.sh
+++ b/build-local.sh
@@ -41,66 +41,210 @@ if [ "${FAST_BUILD:-0}" = "1" ]; then
 fi
 grep airootfs_image_tool_options "$STAGE/profiledef.sh"
 
-# --- Bake this laptop's bakery-installed bread ecosystem into /etc/skel -------
-# The bread apps are managed by bakery (which fetches release binaries from
-# GitHub), not pacman. bakery needs DNS at install time, which the live/installed
-# image doesn't have — so instead of running bakery on the target, we copy the
-# exact binaries + bakery manifest this laptop already has into skel. Every user
-# created from skel (the live user and the installed user) then gets the same
-# versions `bakery list` reports here, fully offline. Copied at build time so the
-# binaries never bloat the git repo and always track the current bakery state.
-BREAD_BINS=(bakery bread breadd breadman breadbar breadbox breadbox-sync breadcrumbs breadpad breadpaper bread-theme breadmon breadsearch breadmill breadclip breadclipd breadshot bos-settings breadhelp)
+# --- Bake this machine's bakery-installed bread ecosystem into /etc/skel ------
+# The bread desktop apps are bakery-managed (release binaries from
+# dl.breadway.dev / GitHub), not pacman. bakery needs DNS at install time,
+# which the live/installed image doesn't have — so instead of running bakery
+# on the target, we copy the binaries + bakery manifest this builder already
+# has into skel. Every user created from skel then gets those versions fully
+# offline. Copied at build time so the binaries never bloat the git repo.
+#
+# CI should prefer the stable bakery index when populating the builder home.
+# Local builds still snapshot the builder. The lockfile is the name list;
+# missing bins fail the bake (a hollow ISO is worse than a failed build).
+LOCKFILE="$REPO/iso/bread-lockfile.toml"
+if [[ ! -f "$LOCKFILE" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: bakery lockfile missing: $LOCKFILE" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+mapfile -t BREAD_BINS < <(python3 - "$LOCKFILE" <<'PY'
+import sys, tomllib
+path = sys.argv[1]
+with open(path, "rb") as f:
+    data = tomllib.load(f)
+bins = data.get("bins") or data.get("binaries")
+if not isinstance(bins, list) or not bins:
+    sys.exit(f"{path}: missing non-empty bins list")
+for b in bins:
+    if not isinstance(b, str) or not b or "/" in b or b in (".", ".."):
+        sys.exit(f"{path}: invalid bin name {b!r}")
+    print(b)
+PY
+)
+if [[ ${#BREAD_BINS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: $LOCKFILE produced an empty bins list" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 LAPTOP_HOME="${LAPTOP_HOME:-$(getent passwd "${SUDO_USER:-$USER}" | cut -d: -f6)}"
 BAKERY_BIN="$LAPTOP_HOME/.local/bin"
 BAKERY_STATE="$LAPTOP_HOME/.local/state/bakery"
 BAKERY_CACHE="$LAPTOP_HOME/.cache/bakery"
+BAKERY_SHARE="$LAPTOP_HOME/.local/share"
 SKEL="$STAGE/airootfs/etc/skel"
 echo "=== baking bakery bread ecosystem from $LAPTOP_HOME ==="
+echo "lockfile: $LOCKFILE (${#BREAD_BINS[@]} bins)"
+
+missing=()
+for b in "${BREAD_BINS[@]}"; do
+  if [[ ! -x "$BAKERY_BIN/$b" ]]; then
+    missing+=("$BAKERY_BIN/$b")
+  fi
+done
+if [[ ${#missing[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: bakery lockfile requires binaries that are missing on the builder:" >&2
+  printf '  %s\n' "${missing[@]}" >&2
+  echo "Install them with bakery (or stage them under $BAKERY_BIN) before baking." >&2
+  echo "A hollow ISO is worse than a failed build." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 install -d -m 0755 "$SKEL/.local/bin" "$SKEL/.local/state/bakery" "$SKEL/.cache/bakery"
 for b in "${BREAD_BINS[@]}"; do
   install -m 0755 "$BAKERY_BIN/$b" "$SKEL/.local/bin/$b"
 done
-install -m 0644 "$BAKERY_STATE/installed.json" "$SKEL/.local/state/bakery/installed.json"
+
+# Drop packages that are not in the lockfile (breadcast/breadarr must not
+# appear installed when their binaries were deliberately left out).
+python3 - "$BAKERY_STATE/installed.json" "$SKEL/.local/state/bakery/installed.json" "${BREAD_BINS[@]}" <<'PY'
+import json, sys
+src, dest, *bins = sys.argv[1:]
+wanted = set(bins)
+with open(src) as f:
+    data = json.load(f)
+pkgs = data.get("packages", data)
+if not isinstance(pkgs, dict):
+    sys.exit(f"{src}: expected packages object")
+kept = {}
+for name, pkg in pkgs.items():
+    pbins = pkg.get("binaries") or []
+    if name in wanted or any(b in wanted for b in pbins):
+        kept[name] = pkg
+out = {"packages": kept}
+if "track" in data:
+    out["track"] = data["track"]
+with open(dest, "w") as f:
+    json.dump(out, f, indent=2)
+    f.write("\n")
+print("installed.json packages:", ", ".join(sorted(kept)) or "(none)")
+PY
+
 # bakery fetches its package index from dl.breadway.dev (then a GitHub fallback),
 # but falls back to a cached index when both are unreachable. With no network/DNS
 # in the live/installed image, even `bakery list` errors unless that cache exists,
 # so bake it in too — then bakery works fully offline (list/info from cache;
 # install/update still need network, as expected).
+if [[ ! -f "$BAKERY_CACHE/index.json" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: bakery index cache missing: $BAKERY_CACHE/index.json" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 install -m 0644 "$BAKERY_CACHE/index.json" "$SKEL/.cache/bakery/index.json"
-echo "baked: $(ls "$SKEL/.local/bin")"
+echo "baked bins: $(ls "$SKEL/.local/bin")"
+
+# --- Bake bakery data dirs the apps need offline ------------------------------
+# bakery extracts data_archive (breadhelp's content.tar.gz) to
+# ~/.local/share/<pkg>/ and writes desktop entries + licenses next to it.
+# Copy those — never laptop-local state (clipboard history, WebKit cache,
+# bread sync-repo, models).
+echo "=== baking bakery share/data into skel ==="
+BREADHELP_CONTENT="$BAKERY_SHARE/breadhelp/content"
+if [[ ! -d "$BREADHELP_CONTENT" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: breadhelp content missing: $BREADHELP_CONTENT" >&2
+  echo "bakery installs this from content.tar.gz into ~/.local/share/breadhelp/content" >&2
+  echo "A breadhelp binary without content is a hollow ISO." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+install -d -m 0755 "$SKEL/.local/share"
+cp -a "$BAKERY_SHARE/breadhelp" "$SKEL/.local/share/breadhelp"
+echo "  baked $SKEL/.local/share/breadhelp/content"
+
+python3 - "$BAKERY_CACHE/index.json" "$BAKERY_SHARE" "$SKEL/.local/share" "${BREAD_BINS[@]}" <<'PY'
+import json, os, shutil, sys
+index_path, src_share, dest_share, *bins = sys.argv[1:]
+wanted = set(bins)
+try:
+    with open(index_path) as f:
+        idx = json.load(f)
+    packages = idx.get("packages", {})
+except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+    packages = {}
+
+# Package names we ship: lockfile bin names plus index packages that
+# publish at least one of those bins.
+pkg_names = set(wanted)
+for name, pkg in packages.items():
+    pbins = []
+    for b in pkg.get("binaries") or []:
+        n = b["name"] if isinstance(b, dict) else b
+        pbins.append(str(n).removesuffix("-x86_64"))
+    if name in wanted or any(b in wanted for b in pbins):
+        pkg_names.add(name)
+
+os.makedirs(os.path.join(dest_share, "applications"), exist_ok=True)
+os.makedirs(os.path.join(dest_share, "licenses"), exist_ok=True)
+
+for name in sorted(pkg_names):
+    pkg = packages.get(name) or {}
+    if pkg.get("data_archive"):
+        src = os.path.join(src_share, name)
+        dest = os.path.join(dest_share, name)
+        if name == "breadhelp":
+            continue  # already copied above, required
+        if os.path.isdir(src):
+            if os.path.exists(dest):
+                shutil.rmtree(dest)
+            shutil.copytree(src, dest, symlinks=True)
+            print(f"  baked data dir {dest}")
+        else:
+            sys.exit(f"ERROR: bakery data_archive for {name} missing at {src}")
+
+    desktop_src = os.path.join(src_share, "applications", f"{name}.desktop")
+    desktop_dest = os.path.join(dest_share, "applications", f"{name}.desktop")
+    if os.path.isfile(desktop_src) and not os.path.isfile(desktop_dest):
+        shutil.copy2(desktop_src, desktop_dest)
+        print(f"  baked desktop {desktop_dest}")
+
+    lic_src = os.path.join(src_share, "licenses", name)
+    lic_dest = os.path.join(dest_share, "licenses", name)
+    if os.path.isdir(lic_src) and not os.path.isdir(lic_dest):
+        shutil.copytree(lic_src, lic_dest, symlinks=True)
+        print(f"  baked license {lic_dest}")
+PY
 
 # --- Bake systemd user services for bakery-managed bread packages -----------
 # Historically only breadd.service was hand-committed to skel; every other
 # bakery package's service (breadbox-sync, breadmill, breadclipd, ...) was
 # silently left out, so those daemons never start on a fresh install/live
 # boot until the user re-runs `bakery install` (which needs network).
-# Generalize from the same source of truth as the binary bake above: read
-# the services this laptop's bakery actually installed, copy each unit file
-# into skel with ExecStart rewritten from this laptop's literal home path to
-# the portable `%h` specifier, and recreate whichever *.target.wants enable
-# symlink bakery created locally. Units already committed by hand (breadd.service
-# carries a RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes fix not yet upstreamed — see bread-release-build
-# notes) are left alone rather than overwritten.
+# Source of truth is the *filtered* installed.json we just wrote: only
+# lockfile packages. Copy each unit with ExecStart rewritten from this
+# laptop's literal home path to the portable `%h` specifier, and recreate
+# whichever *.target.wants enable symlink bakery created locally. Units
+# already committed by hand (breadd.service carries a
+# RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes fix not yet upstreamed) are left alone.
 echo "=== baking bakery service units into skel ==="
 SYSTEMD_USER_DIR="$LAPTOP_HOME/.config/systemd/user"
 SKEL_SYSTEMD="$SKEL/.config/systemd/user"
-mapfile -t SERVICE_UNITS < <(python3 -c "
-import json
-with open('$BAKERY_STATE/installed.json') as f:
+mapfile -t SERVICE_UNITS < <(python3 - "$SKEL/.local/state/bakery/installed.json" <<'PY'
+import json, sys
+with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
     d = json.load(f)
-for pkg in d.get('packages', d).values():
-    for s in pkg.get('services', []):
-        print(s)
-")
+for pkg in d.get("packages", d).values():
+    for s in pkg.get("services", []):
+        print(s["unit"] if isinstance(s, dict) else s)
+PY
+)
 for unit in "${SERVICE_UNITS[@]}"; do
+  [[ -n "$unit" ]] || continue
   if [[ -f "$SKEL_SYSTEMD/$unit" ]]; then
     echo "  $unit already committed in skel, leaving as-is"
     continue
   fi
   src="$SYSTEMD_USER_DIR/$unit"
   if [[ ! -f "$src" ]]; then
-    echo "  warning: $unit not found at $src, skipping"
-    continue
+    echo "ERROR: $unit listed in bakery installed.json but not found at $src" >&2
+    echo "Refusing to bake a skel whose daemons will never start." >&2
+    exit 1
   fi
   install -d -m 0755 "$SKEL_SYSTEMD"
   sed "s#ExecStart=$LAPTOP_HOME/.local/bin/#ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/#" "$src" > "$SKEL_SYSTEMD/$unit"
diff --git a/dotfiles/README.md b/dotfiles/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ad5099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# `dotfiles/` is not the live skel
+
+These files are a leftover from an earlier design (Hyprland `.conf` binds,
+including grimblast). They are **not** copied into the ISO or the installed
+system.
+
+Live user defaults live in [`iso/airootfs/etc/skel`](../iso/airootfs/etc/skel)
+(`hyprland.lua` + `binds.json`, breadlock/`loginctl lock-session`, breadshot,
+breadpad, …). Edit that tree.
diff --git a/iso/airootfs/etc/calamares/post-install.sh b/iso/airootfs/etc/calamares/post-install.sh
index c2e059f..4d61cfe 100644
--- a/iso/airootfs/etc/calamares/post-install.sh
+++ b/iso/airootfs/etc/calamares/post-install.sh
@@ -374,9 +374,8 @@ fi
 # The whole bread ecosystem (bakery, bread, breadbar, breadbox, breadcrumbs,
 # breadpad, bos-settings, breadhelp, ...) is bakery-managed, not pacman: the
 # binaries and bakery manifest live in /etc/skel/.local (baked in at ISO
-# build time via build-local.sh's BREAD_BINS array) and are copied into the
-# user's home below, so the install works fully offline with no DNS for
-# bakery/GitHub.
+# build time from iso/bread-lockfile.toml) and are copied into the user's
+# home below, so the install works fully offline with no DNS for bakery.
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Deploy dotfiles + the bakery bread ecosystem into the user's home (Calamares
diff --git a/iso/airootfs/etc/pacman.conf b/iso/airootfs/etc/pacman.conf
index 20c5242..59992fb 100644
--- a/iso/airootfs/etc/pacman.conf
+++ b/iso/airootfs/etc/pacman.conf
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Breadway custom repo — provides: bakery and the bread ecosystem packages
-# (bread, breadbar, breadbox, breadcrumbs, breadpad, bos-settings).
-# (calamares comes from the official extra repo, not here.)
+# Breadway custom repo — breadlock plus AUR republishes the ISO needs
+# (calamares, zen-browser-bin, bibata-cursor-theme-bin, yay-bin,
+# zsh-theme-powerlevel10k). bakery / breadbar / bos-settings / breadhelp
+# are NOT here; they are bakery-baked into /etc/skel at ISO build time.
 #
 # Packages are published to the Forgejo Arch registry (group "os") by the
-# .forgejo/workflows/package.yml workflow in each repo, on tag push.
+# .forgejo/workflows/*.yml workflows in this repo (and breadlock's).
 #
 # Forgejo signs the repo db with a key pacman can't look up, so TrustAll
 # fails. SigLevel = Never skips verification (acceptable for this private
diff --git a/iso/bread-lockfile.toml b/iso/bread-lockfile.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ea64a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iso/bread-lockfile.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Bakery binaries that MUST be baked into the live/installed skel.
+#
+# build-local.sh derives BREAD_BINS from `bins` — this is the name list, not a
+# second hardcoded array. A missing binary fails the bake: a hollow ISO is
+# worse than a failed build.
+#
+# CI should populate the builder from the stable bakery index
+# (https://dl.breadway.dev/index.json). Local builds still snapshot whatever
+# is installed on the builder; this file only names what must be present.
+#
+# Not shipped (even if present on the builder): breadcast, breadarr.
+# breadlock is pacman (see packages.x86_64), not bakery.
+
+bins = [
+  "bakery",
+  "bread",
+  "breadd",
+  "bread-emit",
+  "bread-module-host",
+  "breadman",
+  "breadbar",
+  "breadbox",
+  "breadbox-sync",
+  "breadcrumbs",
+  "breadpad",
+  "breadpaper",
+  "bread-theme",
+  "breadmon",
+  "breadsearch",
+  "breadmill",
+  "breadclip",
+  "breadclipd",
+  "breadshot",
+  "bos-settings",
+  "breadhelp",
+]
diff --git a/iso/packages.x86_64 b/iso/packages.x86_64
index c8cbb57..ad76c71 100644
--- a/iso/packages.x86_64
+++ b/iso/packages.x86_64
@@ -99,12 +99,17 @@ bluez-utils
 # blueman: GUI Bluetooth manager (pair/connect devices; breadbar shows status only).
 blueman
 
-# GTK4 runtime
+# GTK4 runtime (breadbar, breadbox, breadclip, breadhelp, and other bakery apps)
 gtk4
 gtk4-layer-shell
 librsvg
 libpulse
 hicolor-icon-theme
+# Tauri 2 runtime for bakery-baked bos-settings. Arch's WebKitGTK 4.1 package
+# is webkit2gtk-4.1 (libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so); libsoup3 and JavaScriptCore 4.1
+# are pulled in as its dependencies. xdg-desktop-portal comes from the
+# Hyprland/GTK portal packages listed above.
+webkit2gtk-4.1
 # GTK3 dark theme (Adwaita-dark); without this package the gtk-theme-name in
 # skel settings.ini silently falls back to the light theme for GTK3 apps.
 gnome-themes-extra
@@ -179,19 +184,16 @@ yay-bin
 
 # Bread ecosystem.
 #
-# None of the bread apps (bakery, bread, breadbar, breadbox, breadcrumbs,
-# breadpad, bos-settings, breadhelp, ...) are pacman packages here anymore —
-# they are all bakery-managed binaries baked into /etc/skel/.local/bin at
-# build time (see build-local.sh's BREAD_BINS array), so every user gets the
-# exact versions from this laptop's bakery install with no network/DNS
-# needed at install or runtime. bos-settings/breadhelp's desktop entries are
-# hand-committed static files at
-# iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.local/share/applications/, matching the pattern
-# already used for breadclip/breadman/breadmon/breadsearch. Their runtime
-# system deps are pulled in elsewhere in this list (gtk4, gtk4-layer-shell,
-# iw, libpulse, librsvg, networkmanager, openssl, zlib, systemd-libs,
-# hicolor-icon-theme) — keep those even though no bread package depends on
-# them via pacman.
+# breadlock is the only bread* pacman package here (it needs a root-owned
+# /etc/pam.d/breadlock). Everything else — bakery, bread/breadd/bread-emit/
+# bread-module-host, breadbar, breadbox, breadcrumbs, breadpad, breadpaper,
+# bread-theme, breadmon, breadsearch, breadclip, breadshot, bos-settings,
+# breadhelp — is bakery-managed and baked into /etc/skel/.local at ISO build
+# time from iso/bread-lockfile.toml (see build-local.sh). breadcast and
+# breadarr are not shipped. bos-settings/breadhelp desktop entries are
+# committed under iso/airootfs/etc/skel/.local/share/applications/. Runtime
+# deps stay listed even though no bread package depends on them via pacman
+# (gtk4, gtk4-layer-shell, webkit2gtk-4.1, iw, libpulse, librsvg, …).
 
 # Input / screen utilities
 brightnessctl
@@ -324,6 +326,3 @@ qt6ct
 # hyprland.lua) needs these or Qt apps fall back to (blurry) XWayland.
 qt5-wayland
 qt6-wayland
-
-# Dev tools (for bos-settings standalone install)
-rustup
diff --git a/iso/pacman.conf b/iso/pacman.conf
index 20c5242..59992fb 100644
--- a/iso/pacman.conf
+++ b/iso/pacman.conf
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Breadway custom repo — provides: bakery and the bread ecosystem packages
-# (bread, breadbar, breadbox, breadcrumbs, breadpad, bos-settings).
-# (calamares comes from the official extra repo, not here.)
+# Breadway custom repo — breadlock plus AUR republishes the ISO needs
+# (calamares, zen-browser-bin, bibata-cursor-theme-bin, yay-bin,
+# zsh-theme-powerlevel10k). bakery / breadbar / bos-settings / breadhelp
+# are NOT here; they are bakery-baked into /etc/skel at ISO build time.
 #
 # Packages are published to the Forgejo Arch registry (group "os") by the
-# .forgejo/workflows/package.yml workflow in each repo, on tag push.
+# .forgejo/workflows/*.yml workflows in this repo (and breadlock's).
 #
 # Forgejo signs the repo db with a key pacman can't look up, so TrustAll
 # fails. SigLevel = Never skips verification (acceptable for this private
diff --git a/packaging/arch/README.md b/packaging/arch/README.md
index 4c3df28..b6ef676 100644
--- a/packaging/arch/README.md
+++ b/packaging/arch/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ one publishes on a push to `packaging/<name>/**`.
 Every bread-ecosystem app (bakery, bread, breadbar, breadbox, breadcrumbs,
 breadpad, breadpaper, breadmon, breadsearch, breadclip, breadshot,
 bos-settings, breadhelp, ...) is bakery-managed, not pacman-packaged — see
-`build-local.sh`'s `BREAD_BINS` array, which bakes this laptop's
-bakery-installed binaries into the ISO's `/etc/skel` at build time.
+`iso/bread-lockfile.toml`, which `build-local.sh` uses as the name list
+when baking this machine's bakery install into the ISO's `/etc/skel`.
 `breadlock` is the sole deliberate exception (it needs a root-owned
 `/etc/pam.d/breadlock` PAM service file, which bakery — by design — has no
 privileged-install path for) and stays on pacman only; see
diff --git a/scripts/smoke-test.sh b/scripts/smoke-test.sh
index 6672447..2d5264e 100755
--- a/scripts/smoke-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/smoke-test.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ done
 check "graphical.target is default" "[ \"\$(systemctl get-default)\" = graphical.target ]"
 
 echo "== bread ecosystem on PATH =="
-for bin in bakery bread breadd breadbar breadbox breadbox-sync breadcrumbs breadpad breadman; do
+for bin in bakery bread breadd bread-emit bread-module-host breadbar breadbox breadbox-sync breadcrumbs breadpad breadman; do
     check "$bin found" "command -v $bin"
 done
 
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ check "bos-settings installed" "command -v bos-settings"
 
 echo "== breadhelp =="
 check "breadhelp installed" "command -v breadhelp"
-check "breadhelp content installed" "[ -d /usr/share/breadhelp/content ]"
+check "breadhelp content installed" \
+    "[ -d \"\$HOME/.local/share/breadhelp/content\" ] || [ -d /etc/skel/.local/share/breadhelp/content ]"
 check "bos-netcheck present" "command -v bos-netcheck"
 
 echo "== default dotfiles =="