diff --git a/.env.agent.example b/.env.agent.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b00a369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.agent.example
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME=betternas-main
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=betternas-main
+BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT=3001
+BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT=3090
+BETTERNAS_NEXTCLOUD_PORT=8080
+BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH=.state/betternas-main/export
+BETTERNAS_VERSION=local-dev
+BETTERNAS_NODE_DIRECT_ADDRESS=http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT}
+BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL=http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT}/dav/
+NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL=http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_NEXTCLOUD_PORT}
+NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER=admin
+NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b306e03..b3fb072 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 - `packages/ui`: shared React UI
 - `infra/docker`: local Docker runtime
 
-The root planning and delegation guide lives in [skeleton.md](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/skeleton.md).
+The root planning and delegation guide lives in [skeleton.md](./skeleton.md).
 
 ## Verify
 
@@ -24,3 +24,23 @@ Run the repo acceptance loop with:
 ```bash
 pnpm verify
 ```
+
+## Agent loop
+
+Bootstrap a clone-local environment with:
+
+```bash
+pnpm agent:bootstrap
+```
+
+Run the full static and integration loop with:
+
+```bash
+pnpm agent:verify
+```
+
+Create or refresh the sibling agent clones with:
+
+```bash
+pnpm clones:setup
+```
diff --git a/apps/control-plane/README.md b/apps/control-plane/README.md
index 34af4ce..4ded815 100644
--- a/apps/control-plane/README.md
+++ b/apps/control-plane/README.md
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ It is intentionally small for now:
 - `POST /api/v1/cloud-profiles/issue`
 
 The request and response shapes must follow the contracts in
-[`packages/contracts`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts).
+[`packages/contracts`](../../packages/contracts).
diff --git a/apps/node-agent/Dockerfile b/apps/node-agent/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30d2e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/node-agent/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM golang:1.26-alpine AS build
+
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY apps/node-agent ./apps/node-agent
+
+WORKDIR /src/apps/node-agent
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o /out/node-agent ./cmd/node-agent
+
+FROM alpine:3.21
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /out/node-agent /usr/local/bin/node-agent
+
+EXPOSE 8090
+CMD ["node-agent"]
diff --git a/control.md b/control.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e9a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control.md
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Control
+
+This clone is the main repo.
+
+Use it for:
+
+- shared contracts
+- repo guardrails
+- runtime scripts
+- integration verification
+- architecture and coordination
+
+Planned clone layout:
+
+```text
+/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/
+  betterNAS
+  betterNAS-runtime
+  betterNAS-control
+  betterNAS-node
+```
+
+Clone roles:
+
+- `betterNAS`
+  - main coordination repo
+  - owns contracts, scripts, and shared verification rules
+- `betterNAS-runtime`
+  - owns Docker Compose, stack env, readiness checks, and end-to-end runtime verification
+- `betterNAS-control`
+  - owns the Go control plane and contract-backed API behavior
+- `betterNAS-node`
+  - owns the node agent, WebDAV serving, and NAS-side registration/export behavior
+
+Rules:
+
+- shared interface changes land in `packages/contracts` first
+- runtime verification must stay green in the main repo
+- feature agents should stay inside their assigned clone unless a contract change is required
+
+Agent command surface:
+
+- main repo creates or refreshes sibling clones with `pnpm clones:setup`
+- each clone bootstraps itself with `pnpm agent:bootstrap`
+- each clone runs the full loop with `pnpm agent:verify`
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 724c0c3..74edc8f 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 This file is the canonical contract for the repository.
 
 If the planning docs, scaffold code, or future tasks disagree, this file and
-[`packages/contracts`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts)
+[`packages/contracts`](../packages/contracts)
 win.
 
 ## The single first task
@@ -63,26 +63,26 @@ parallelized without interface drift.
 
 Use these in this order:
 
-1. [`docs/architecture.md`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/architecture.md)
+1. [`docs/architecture.md`](./architecture.md)
    for boundaries, ownership, and delivery rules
-2. [`packages/contracts`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts)
+2. [`packages/contracts`](../packages/contracts)
    for machine-readable types, schemas, and route constants
 3. the part docs for local detail:
-   - [`docs/01-nas-node.md`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/01-nas-node.md)
-   - [`docs/02-control-plane.md`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/02-control-plane.md)
-   - [`docs/03-local-device.md`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/03-local-device.md)
-   - [`docs/04-cloud-web-layer.md`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/04-cloud-web-layer.md)
-   - [`docs/05-build-plan.md`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/05-build-plan.md)
+   - [`docs/01-nas-node.md`](./01-nas-node.md)
+   - [`docs/02-control-plane.md`](./02-control-plane.md)
+   - [`docs/03-local-device.md`](./03-local-device.md)
+   - [`docs/04-cloud-web-layer.md`](./04-cloud-web-layer.md)
+   - [`docs/05-build-plan.md`](./05-build-plan.md)
 
 ## Repo lanes
 
 The monorepo is split into these primary implementation lanes:
 
-- [`apps/node-agent`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/apps/node-agent)
-- [`apps/control-plane`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/apps/control-plane)
-- [`apps/web`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/apps/web)
-- [`apps/nextcloud-app`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/apps/nextcloud-app)
-- [`packages/contracts`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts)
+- [`apps/node-agent`](../apps/node-agent)
+- [`apps/control-plane`](../apps/control-plane)
+- [`apps/web`](../apps/web)
+- [`apps/nextcloud-app`](../apps/nextcloud-app)
+- [`packages/contracts`](../packages/contracts)
 
 Every parallel task should primarily stay inside one of those lanes unless it is
 an explicit contract task.
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Each area gets an owner and a narrow write surface.
 
 The only shared write surface across teams should be:
 
-- [`packages/contracts`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts)
+- [`packages/contracts`](../packages/contracts)
 - this file when the architecture contract changes
 
 ## Verification loop
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ The initial scaffold is complete when:
 
 1. No part may invent private request or response shapes for shared flows.
 2. Contract changes must update
-   [`packages/contracts`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts)
+   [`packages/contracts`](../packages/contracts)
    first.
 3. Architecture changes must update this file in the same change.
 4. Additive contract changes are preferred over breaking ones.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4c31a07..8dbac9b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     "stack:up": "./scripts/dev-up",
     "stack:down": "./scripts/dev-down",
     "stack:verify": "./scripts/integration/verify-stack",
+    "agent:bootstrap": "./scripts/agent-bootstrap",
+    "agent:verify": "./scripts/agent-verify",
     "clones:setup": "./scripts/setup-clones",
     "test": "turbo run test",
     "verify": "pnpm run guardrails && pnpm run format:check && turbo run lint check-types test build"
diff --git a/packages/contracts/README.md b/packages/contracts/README.md
index b1ee271..55eb2fe 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/README.md
+++ b/packages/contracts/README.md
@@ -25,20 +25,20 @@ Use it to keep the four product parts aligned:
 
 ## Current contract layers
 
-- [`src/control-plane.ts`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts/src/control-plane.ts)
+- [`src/control-plane.ts`](./src/control-plane.ts)
   - current runtime scaffold for health and version
-- [`src/foundation.ts`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts/src/foundation.ts)
+- [`src/foundation.ts`](./src/foundation.ts)
   - first product-level entities and route constants for node, mount, and cloud flows
-- [`openapi/`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts/openapi)
+- [`openapi/`](./openapi)
   - language-neutral source documents for future SDK generation
-- [`schemas/`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts/schemas)
+- [`schemas/`](./schemas)
   - JSON schema mirrors for the first shared entities
 
 ## Change rules
 
 1. Shared API shape changes happen here first.
 2. If the boundary changes, also update
-   [`docs/architecture.md`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/architecture.md).
+   [`docs/architecture.md`](../../docs/architecture.md).
 3. Prefer additive changes until all four parts are live.
 4. Do not put Nextcloud-only assumptions into the core contracts unless the
    field is explicitly part of the cloud adapter.
diff --git a/scripts/agent-bootstrap b/scripts/agent-bootstrap
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..67cb815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/agent-bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+env_file="$repo_root/.env.agent"
+example_env_file="$repo_root/.env.agent.example"
+
+if [[ ! -f "$env_file" ]]; then
+  cp "$example_env_file" "$env_file"
+fi
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "$repo_root/scripts/lib/runtime-env.sh"
+
+mkdir -p "$BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH"
+
+if [[ ! -f "$BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH/README.txt" ]]; then
+  cat >"$BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH/README.txt" <<EOF
+betterNAS export
+clone=${BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME}
+mount_url=${BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL}
+EOF
+fi
+
+pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+go work sync
+
+cat <<EOF
+Agent bootstrap complete for ${BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME}
+
+Env file: ${env_file}
+Control plane: http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT}
+Node agent: http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT}
+Nextcloud: ${NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL}
+Export path: ${BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH}
+Mount URL: ${BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL}
+
+Next:
+  pnpm verify
+  pnpm stack:up
+  pnpm stack:verify
+EOF
diff --git a/scripts/agent-verify b/scripts/agent-verify
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bc6c18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/agent-verify
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+
+cd "$repo_root"
+./scripts/agent-bootstrap
+pnpm verify
+./scripts/dev-up
+./scripts/integration/verify-stack
diff --git a/scripts/integration/verify-stack b/scripts/integration/verify-stack
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8361e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/integration/verify-stack
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/../lib/runtime-env.sh"
+
+"$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/wait-stack"
+"$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/verify-webdav"
+
+control_health="$(curl -fsS "http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT}/health")"
+echo "$control_health" | jq -e '.service == "control-plane" and .status == "ok"' >/dev/null
+
+register_response="$(
+  curl -fsS \
+    -X POST \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d @- \
+    "http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT}/api/v1/nodes/register" <<JSON
+{"machineId":"${BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME}-machine","displayName":"${BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME} node","agentVersion":"${BETTERNAS_VERSION}","directAddress":"${BETTERNAS_NODE_DIRECT_ADDRESS}","relayAddress":null,"exports":[{"label":"integration","path":"${BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH}","protocols":["webdav"],"capacityBytes":null,"tags":["integration"]}]}
+JSON
+)"
+echo "$register_response" | jq -e '.status == "online"' >/dev/null
+
+mount_profile="$(
+  curl -fsS \
+    -X POST \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d '{"userId":"integration-user","deviceId":"integration-device","exportId":"dev-export"}' \
+    "http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT}/api/v1/mount-profiles/issue"
+)"
+echo "$mount_profile" | jq -e --arg expected "$BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL" '.protocol == "webdav" and .mountUrl == $expected' >/dev/null
+
+cloud_profile="$(
+  curl -fsS \
+    -X POST \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d '{"userId":"integration-user","exportId":"dev-export","provider":"nextcloud"}' \
+    "http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT}/api/v1/cloud-profiles/issue"
+)"
+echo "$cloud_profile" | jq -e --arg expected "$NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL" '.provider == "nextcloud" and .baseUrl == $expected' >/dev/null
+
+nextcloud_status="$(curl -fsS "${NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL}/status.php")"
+echo "$nextcloud_status" | jq -e '.installed == true' >/dev/null
+
+nextcloud_app_status="$(
+  curl -fsS \
+    -u "${NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER}:${NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
+    -H 'OCS-APIRequest: true' \
+    "${NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL}/ocs/v2.php/apps/betternascontrolplane/api/status"
+)"
+echo "$nextcloud_app_status" | jq -e '.ocs.meta.statuscode == 100' >/dev/null
+
+echo "Stack verified for ${BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME}."
diff --git a/scripts/integration/verify-webdav b/scripts/integration/verify-webdav
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..70b8355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/integration/verify-webdav
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/../lib/runtime-env.sh"
+
+headers="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "$headers"' EXIT
+
+curl -fsS -D "$headers" -o /dev/null -X PROPFIND -H 'Depth: 0' "$BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL"
+
+if ! grep -Eq '^HTTP/[0-9.]+ 207' "$headers"; then
+  echo "WebDAV PROPFIND did not return 207 for $BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL" >&2
+  cat "$headers" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "WebDAV verified: $BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL"
diff --git a/scripts/integration/wait-stack b/scripts/integration/wait-stack
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8376ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/integration/wait-stack
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/../lib/runtime-env.sh"
+
+wait_for_url() {
+  local url="$1"
+  local label="$2"
+  local max_attempts="${3:-60}"
+
+  for _ in $(seq 1 "$max_attempts"); do
+    if curl -fsS "$url" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "$label ready: $url"
+      return 0
+    fi
+    sleep 2
+  done
+
+  echo "$label did not become ready: $url" >&2
+  return 1
+}
+
+wait_for_url "http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT}/health" "control plane"
+wait_for_url "http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT}/health" "node agent"
+wait_for_url "${NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL}/status.php" "nextcloud"
diff --git a/scripts/lib/runtime-env.sh b/scripts/lib/runtime-env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9b6284b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/runtime-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
+compose_file="$repo_root/infra/docker/compose.dev.yml"
+default_env_file="$repo_root/.env.agent"
+env_file="${BETTERNAS_ENV_FILE:-$default_env_file}"
+
+if [[ -f "$env_file" ]]; then
+  set -a
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+  source "$env_file"
+  set +a
+fi
+
+: "${BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME:=betternas-main}"
+: "${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME:=betternas-${BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME}}"
+: "${BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT:=3001}"
+: "${BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT:=3090}"
+: "${BETTERNAS_NEXTCLOUD_PORT:=8080}"
+: "${BETTERNAS_VERSION:=local-dev}"
+: "${NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER:=admin}"
+: "${NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD:=admin}"
+
+if [[ -z "${BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH:-}" ]]; then
+  BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH="$repo_root/.state/$BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME/export"
+fi
+
+if [[ "$BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH" != /* ]]; then
+  BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH="$repo_root/$BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH"
+fi
+
+: "${BETTERNAS_NODE_DIRECT_ADDRESS:=http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT}}"
+: "${BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL:=http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT}/dav/}"
+: "${NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL:=http://localhost:${BETTERNAS_NEXTCLOUD_PORT}}"
+
+export repo_root
+export compose_file
+export env_file
+export BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME
+export COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME
+export BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT
+export BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT
+export BETTERNAS_NEXTCLOUD_PORT
+export BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH
+export BETTERNAS_VERSION
+export NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER
+export NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+export BETTERNAS_NODE_DIRECT_ADDRESS
+export BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL
+export NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL
+
+mkdir -p "$BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH"
+
+compose() {
+  docker compose -f "$compose_file" "$@"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/setup-clones b/scripts/setup-clones
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7b04e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup-clones
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+parent_dir="$(cd "$repo_root/.." && pwd)"
+repo_name="$(basename "$repo_root")"
+sync_clone_script="$repo_root/scripts/sync-clone"
+
+declare -A clone_ports=(
+  ["betterNAS-runtime"]="41080 41090 41001"
+  ["betterNAS-control"]="42080 42090 42001"
+  ["betterNAS-node"]="43080 43090 43001"
+)
+clone_names=("betterNAS-runtime" "betterNAS-control" "betterNAS-node")
+
+for clone_name in "${clone_names[@]}"; do
+  clone_dir="$parent_dir/$clone_name"
+
+  "$sync_clone_script" "$clone_dir"
+
+  read -r nextcloud_port node_agent_port control_plane_port <<<"${clone_ports[$clone_name]}"
+
+  cat >"$clone_dir/.env.agent" <<EOF
+BETTERNAS_CLONE_NAME=${clone_name}
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=${clone_name}
+BETTERNAS_NEXTCLOUD_PORT=${nextcloud_port}
+BETTERNAS_NODE_AGENT_PORT=${node_agent_port}
+BETTERNAS_CONTROL_PLANE_PORT=${control_plane_port}
+BETTERNAS_EXPORT_PATH=.state/${clone_name}/export
+BETTERNAS_VERSION=local-dev
+BETTERNAS_NODE_DIRECT_ADDRESS=http://localhost:${node_agent_port}
+BETTERNAS_EXAMPLE_MOUNT_URL=http://localhost:${node_agent_port}/dav/
+NEXTCLOUD_BASE_URL=http://localhost:${nextcloud_port}
+NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER=admin
+NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
+EOF
+done
+
+cat <<EOF
+Clone setup complete under ${parent_dir}
+
+Main repo: ${repo_name}
+Runtime clone: ${parent_dir}/betterNAS-runtime
+Control clone: ${parent_dir}/betterNAS-control
+Node clone: ${parent_dir}/betterNAS-node
+
+Next in each clone:
+  pnpm agent:bootstrap
+  pnpm agent:verify
+EOF
diff --git a/scripts/sync-clone b/scripts/sync-clone
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..03f661f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sync-clone
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+
+if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+  echo "usage: $0 /absolute/path/to/clone" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+clone_dir="$1"
+
+if [[ "$clone_dir" != /* ]]; then
+  echo "clone path must be absolute: $clone_dir" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d "$clone_dir/.git" ]]; then
+  git clone --local --no-hardlinks "$repo_root" "$clone_dir"
+fi
+
+find "$clone_dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
+  ! -name .git \
+  ! -name .env.agent \
+  -exec rm -rf {} +
+
+tar \
+  --exclude=.git \
+  --exclude=.state \
+  --exclude=.turbo \
+  --exclude=node_modules \
+  --exclude=dist \
+  --exclude='apps/web/.next' \
+  -C "$repo_root" \
+  -cf - \
+  . | tar -C "$clone_dir" -xf -
+
+echo "Synced working tree into $clone_dir"
diff --git a/skeleton.md b/skeleton.md
index a141c94..35a2e58 100644
--- a/skeleton.md
+++ b/skeleton.md
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ betterNAS/
 
 ## Runtime and language choices
 
-| Part               | Language                           | Why                                                                  |
-| ------------------ | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Part                 | Language                           | Why                                                                  |
+| -------------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `apps/web`           | TypeScript + Next.js               | best UI velocity, best admin/control-plane UX                        |
 | `apps/control-plane` | Go                                 | strong concurrency, static binaries, operationally simple            |
 | `apps/node-agent`    | Go                                 | best fit for host runtime, WebDAV service, and future Nix deployment |
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ betterNAS/
 
 The source of truth for shared interfaces is:
 
-1. [`docs/architecture.md`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/docs/architecture.md)
-2. [`packages/contracts/openapi/betternas.v1.yaml`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts/openapi/betternas.v1.yaml)
-3. [`packages/contracts/schemas`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts/schemas)
-4. [`packages/contracts/src`](/home/rathi/Documents/GitHub/betterNAS/packages/contracts/src)
+1. [`docs/architecture.md`](./docs/architecture.md)
+2. [`packages/contracts/openapi/betternas.v1.yaml`](./packages/contracts/openapi/betternas.v1.yaml)
+3. [`packages/contracts/schemas`](./packages/contracts/schemas)
+4. [`packages/contracts/src`](./packages/contracts/src)
 
 Agents must not invent private shared request or response shapes outside those
 locations.