diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index bdde340..4e5fc33 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -1,32 +1,63 @@
 # Getting Started
 
-## 1. Clone or drop `.agent/` into your project
+## 1. Install agentic-stack
+
+### macOS / Linux with Homebrew (recommended)
 
 ```bash
-# new project
-git clone https://github.com/<you>/agentic-stack.git my-project
-cd my-project
+brew tap codejunkie99/agentic-stack https://github.com/codejunkie99/agentic-stack
+brew install agentic-stack
+```
+
+This installs the `agentic-stack` command.
 
-# or add to an existing project
-cp -R /path/to/agentic-stack/.agent ./
-cp /path/to/agentic-stack/install.sh ./
+### Source checkout (no Homebrew)
+
+If you prefer not to use Homebrew, clone the repo and run `install.sh`
+against the project you want to wire:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/codejunkie99/agentic-stack.git
+cd agentic-stack
+./install.sh claude-code /path/to/your-project
+```
+
+This path does not install a global `agentic-stack` command. Keep the clone
+around and run future management commands through `./install.sh`.
+
+### Windows (PowerShell)
+
+```powershell
+git clone https://github.com/codejunkie99/agentic-stack.git
+cd agentic-stack
+.\install.ps1 claude-code C:\path\to\your-project
 ```
 
 ## 2. Pick your harness
 
+If you installed with Homebrew, run the CLI from your project root:
+
 ```bash
-./install.sh claude-code        # or cursor, windsurf, opencode,
-                                # openclaw, hermes, pi, codex,
-                                # standalone-python, antigravity
+cd your-project
+agentic-stack claude-code
+# or: cursor | windsurf | opencode | openclaw | hermes | pi | codex | standalone-python | antigravity
 ```
 
+If you are using a source checkout, the install command above already picked
+the harness. To add another adapter later, run
+`./install.sh add <adapter> /path/to/your-project` from the clone.
+
+The onboarding wizard runs automatically, populating
+`.agent/memory/personal/PREFERENCES.md` and `.agent/memory/.features.json`.
+
 Each adapter has its own `README.md` under `adapters/<name>/`.
 
 ## 3. Customize `PREFERENCES.md`
 
 Open `.agent/memory/personal/PREFERENCES.md` and fill in 5–10 lines about
 your code style, workflow, and constraints. This is the one file every
-user should customize on day one.
+user should customize on day one. The onboarding wizard pre-populates it,
+but you can always edit it later.
 
 ## 4. Run the dream cycle on a schedule
 
@@ -42,6 +73,49 @@ Open your harness and ask it anything. The first few days it will feel
 stateless. After ~2 weeks you'll notice it checking past lessons, logging
 failures with reflection, and (if you let it) proposing skill rewrites.
 
+## Managing your project
+
+After the initial setup, Homebrew users can run verb-style subcommands from
+the project root:
+
+```bash
+agentic-stack dashboard           # TUI dashboard: health, verify, memory, team, skills
+agentic-stack status              # one-screen view: which adapters, brain stats
+agentic-stack doctor              # read-only audit; green / yellow / red per adapter
+agentic-stack upgrade --dry-run   # preview safe .agent infrastructure refresh
+agentic-stack upgrade --yes       # apply latest harness/memory/tools + new skills
+agentic-stack sync-manifest       # rebuild .agent/skills/_manifest.jsonl from SKILL.md
+```
+
+Source checkout users can run the same verbs through the clone:
+
+```bash
+./install.sh dashboard /path/to/your-project
+./install.sh status /path/to/your-project
+./install.sh doctor /path/to/your-project
+./install.sh upgrade /path/to/your-project --dry-run
+./install.sh upgrade /path/to/your-project --yes
+./install.sh sync-manifest /path/to/your-project
+```
+
+PowerShell users can run the same verbs through `.\install.ps1`.
+
+Adding or removing adapters with Homebrew:
+
+```bash
+agentic-stack add cursor          # add a second adapter alongside Claude Code
+agentic-stack remove cursor       # confirm prompt + delete
+agentic-stack manage              # interactive TUI for add/remove/audit
+```
+
+Source checkout equivalents:
+
+```bash
+./install.sh add cursor /path/to/your-project
+./install.sh remove cursor /path/to/your-project
+./install.sh manage /path/to/your-project
+```
+
 ## Optional: add a visual system with `DESIGN.md`
 
 If your project has UI, drop a Google Stitch-style `DESIGN.md` file in the
@@ -55,7 +129,32 @@ When Node tooling is available, agents can validate the file with:
 npx @google/design.md lint DESIGN.md
 ```
 
+## Keeping up to date
+
+```bash
+brew update && brew upgrade agentic-stack
+cd your-project
+agentic-stack upgrade --dry-run   # preview changes
+agentic-stack upgrade --yes       # apply; won't overwrite your memory or config
+```
+
+Source checkout users should update the clone first:
+
+```bash
+cd /path/to/agentic-stack
+git pull --ff-only
+./install.sh upgrade /path/to/your-project --dry-run
+./install.sh upgrade /path/to/your-project --yes
+```
+
+The upgrade command refreshes skeleton-owned `.agent` infrastructure
+(harness scripts, top-level memory/tools Python files, skill index, and new
+skill directories) but never overwrites `CLAUDE.md`, `.claude/settings.json`,
+personal/semantic/episodic/working memory, candidates, or existing skill
+directories.
+
 ## Verify the wiring
+
 ```bash
 python3 .agent/tools/budget_tracker.py "commit and push"
 # tokens_used, chars, budget, headroom
diff --git a/onboard_ui.py b/onboard_ui.py
index b123f33..6e8f388 100644
--- a/onboard_ui.py
+++ b/onboard_ui.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 """ANSI palette, block-char banner, and clack-style layout atoms (stdlib only)."""
 import sys, os, shutil
 
+try:
+    from harness_manager import __version__ as _AGENTIC_STACK_VERSION
+except Exception:
+    _AGENTIC_STACK_VERSION = "unknown"
+
 _WIN = sys.platform == "win32"
 if _WIN:
     import msvcrt
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ def _hex(h, bg=False):
 # 2-row pixel font spells "AGENTIC STACK"
 _L1 = "  ▄▀█ █▀▀ █▀▀ █▄░█ ▀█▀ █ █▀▀  █▀ ▀█▀ ▄▀█ █▀▀ █▄▀ "
 _L2 = "  █▀█ █▄█ ██▄ █░▀█ ░█░ █ █▄▄  ▄█ ░█░ █▀█ █▄▄ █░█ "
-_T  = "  your portable brain  ·  harness-agnostic AI memory  ·  v0.8.0"
+_T  = f"  your portable brain  ·  harness-agnostic AI memory  ·  v{_AGENTIC_STACK_VERSION}"
 
 def _cc(c):
     if c == "█": return f"{PURPLE}{B}{c}{R}"
diff --git a/test_onboard_ui.py b/test_onboard_ui.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd1fa2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_onboard_ui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from harness_manager import __version__
+import onboard_ui
+
+
+def test_onboarding_banner_uses_package_version():
+    assert f"v{__version__}" in onboard_ui._T
+    assert "v0.8.0" not in onboard_ui._T