Harmonize public installation and package copy

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ differ after documented presentation-only cleanup.
 - Look directions preserve identity and pass the four cardinal gates: up, screen-right, down, and screen-left.
 - Deterministic validation reports no errors.
 - The preview and QA images were produced from the exact submitted atlas.
-- `catalog.json`, every affected root README block, and the one-click install link are updated in the same pull request.
+- `catalog.json`, every affected root README block, and the installer deep link are updated in the same pull request.
 - Maintainer-initiated site content, installer copy, previews, alt text, and cache tokens agree before merge.
 
 Do not submit an unreviewed generated atlas, a flattened image without transparency, or a package whose metadata and spritesheet disagree.

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 **Small companions. Serious sprites.**
 
-An independent community catalogue of custom animated pets for the Codex desktop app, packaged with one-click install links and reviewable validation evidence.
+An independent community catalogue of custom animated pets for the Codex desktop app, with guided installer pages and validation evidence you can review.
 
 ![Pets](https://img.shields.io/badge/pets-7-67e8f9?style=flat-square)
 ![Sprite format](https://img.shields.io/badge/sprite%20format-v2-a78bfa?style=flat-square)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Calian and Scarlet form a sister act of unmatched diligence: Calian isolates dec
 
 ## Install a pet
 
-Each HTTPS install page opens the pet installation flow when Pets are enabled for your account. It also provides direct package downloads as a fallback because GitHub removes custom `codex://` links from rendered README files.
+Each HTTPS installer page offers an **Open in Codex** handoff and direct package downloads. Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app; if the handoff is unavailable, the package links remain available. GitHub removes custom `codex://` links from rendered README files.
 
 | Pet | ID | Installer | README |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Every published pet includes:
 - direction and continuity review;
 - public QA sheets and a sanitized validation summary.
 
-All 7 published pets ship as exact `1536 × 2288` RGBA WebP atlases. Their published spritesheets match their fully reviewed local packages byte-for-byte.
+All 7 published pets ship as exact `1536 × 2288` RGBA WebP atlases. Each published spritesheet's SHA-256 matches `catalog.json` and its linked validation summary.
 
 | Pet | SHA-256 | Validation |
 | --- | --- | --- |

docs/releases/v1.0.0.md

@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ The benches are lit, the reactor is humming, and seven very different companions
 
 - Seven validated v2 pet packages, each with an exact `1536 × 2288` RGBA WebP atlas, nine standard animation rows, two look-direction rows, and 16 directional poses.
 - Animated previews rendered from the current validated atlases—not stand-ins or redrawn approximations.
-- One-click HTTPS installer pages for every pet, with direct `pet.json` and `spritesheet.webp` package links as a practical fallback.
+- HTTPS installer pages for every pet, with a browser-to-app handoff and direct `pet.json` and `spritesheet.webp` package links as a practical fallback.
 - Inspectable QA evidence: contact sheets, look-direction sheets, sanitized validation summaries, and recorded SHA-256 checksums.
 - A responsive public catalogue with equal treatment for every companion, clear package links, and contribution routes for the next one.
 - An independent community project with no vendor branding or implied official affiliation.
 
 ## Install a companion
 
 1. Open the **[Codex Pets catalogue](https://senyo888.github.io/codex-pets/)**.
-2. Choose a companion and select **Install**. The HTTPS installer hands off to the desktop app and keeps direct package links available if the handoff is unavailable.
+2. Choose a companion and select **Install**. Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app; direct package links remain available if the handoff is unavailable.
 3. In the app, open **Settings → Pets**, select the pet, then enter `/pet` or choose **Wake Pet** from the command menu.
 
 If you use the manual package fallback, keep `pet.json` and `spritesheet.webp` together in the same local pet directory, then refresh **Settings → Pets** before selecting the pet.

pets/aethercore/README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Its evolved ivory-and-champagne shell now carries a richer brushed-metal finish,
 | Animation rows | 9 standard + 2 look-direction rows |
 | SHA-256 | `5ad38c56af287375f32e3706f119720a6c9122e8b5490a7fd7d6e07b05fc44dd` |
 
-The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and its matching `pet.json`. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation editing was applied before publication.
+The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and its matching `pet.json`. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
 
 ## Install
 

pets/aethermite/README.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The animation set uses deliberate perspective shifts, grounded contact shadows,
 | Animation rows | 9 standard + 2 look-direction rows |
 | SHA-256 | `13869434db6f58f07c0d2571def9d8da624bc77416adc4964727084d23840384` |
 
-The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and matching sanitized metadata. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
+The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and its matching `pet.json`. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
 
 ## Install
 

pets/aetherwing/README.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Four modern articulated wings make flight her chosen form of movement. Direction
 | Animation rows | 9 standard + 2 look-direction rows |
 | SHA-256 | `c5b03756e270516b8200b75cef811e094f768638633273eadc3ce0c6fa5002fa` |
 
-The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and matching sanitized metadata. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
+The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and its matching `pet.json`. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
 
 ## Install
 

pets/bella/README.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The remaining standard states retain Bella's established movement language, and
 | Animation rows | 9 standard + 2 look-direction rows |
 | SHA-256 | `548cb72d381fcc861f5017f0213c3d794ce2210d4b9781a58ee53331aa43344d` |
 
-The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and its matching `pet.json`. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation editing was applied before publication.
+The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and its matching `pet.json`. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
 
 ## Install
 

pets/calian/README.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Calian and [Scarlet](../scarlet/README.md) work as a coordinated pair. Calian is
 | Animation rows | 9 standard + 2 look-direction rows |
 | SHA-256 | `4b9ac6125a4222a5e2391ba04ee3bf0a0b6c2fcd98aa07c8f2b2322dd614933b` |
 
-The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and matching sanitized metadata. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
+The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and its matching `pet.json`. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
 
 ## Install
 

pets/scarlet/README.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Her premium CGI identity combines a readable sculpted face, short flame-crown ha
 | Animation rows | 9 standard + 2 look-direction rows |
 | SHA-256 | `f94405dc13396f703b600f4462342d5928ec7716461c86ad96551fec63b54840` |
 
-The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and matching sanitized metadata. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
+The package contains the exact validated spritesheet and its matching `pet.json`. No rescaling, recompression, or post-validation sprite editing was applied before publication.
 
 ## Install
 

site/index.html

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
           <p class="eyebrow">Community pet catalogue</p>
           <h1 id="page-title"><span class="title-main">Codex</span><span class="title-accent">Pets</span></h1>
           <p class="hero-kicker">Small companions. Serious sprites.</p>
-          <p class="lede">Animated desktop pets with transparent packages, one-click installers, and validation evidence you can inspect.</p>
+          <p class="lede">Animated desktop pets with inspectable packages, guided installers, and validation evidence you can review.</p>
         </div>
         <dl class="hero-stats" aria-label="Collection status">
           <div><dt>Published pets</dt><dd>7</dd></div>
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ <h2 id="standards-title">Delightful in motion. Boringly reliable as a package.</
         </div>
         <div class="standards-grid">
           <article>
-            <h3>Transparent packages</h3>
-            <p>Every pet ships with clean source files, a preview, metadata, and a recorded checksum.</p>
+            <h3>Inspectable packages</h3>
+            <p>Every pet ships with its spritesheet, metadata, preview, and recorded checksum.</p>
           </article>
           <article>
             <h3>Deterministic validation</h3>

site/install/aetherbite/index.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           <h1>Wake Aetherbite?</h1>
           <p>Aetherbite is Humidity Intelligence's bio-digital systems tinkerer, shaped through cinematic dimensional spritework with crystalline wings, layered articulated armour, and expressive motion.</p>
           <a class="button button-wide" id="install-aetherbite" href="codex://pets/install?name=Aetherbite&amp;imageUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fsenyo888%2Fcodex-pets%2Fmain%2Fpets%2Faetherbite%2Fspritesheet.webp&amp;description=Aetherbite%20is%20Humidity%20Intelligence%27s%20bio-digital%20systems%20tinkerer%2C%20shaped%20through%20cinematic%20dimensional%20spritework%20with%20crystalline%20wings%2C%20layered%20articulated%20armour%2C%20and%20expressive%20motion.&amp;spriteVersionNumber=2">Open Aetherbite in Codex</a>
-          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. Pets must be enabled for your account.</p>
+          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. If the handoff is unavailable, use the package links below.</p>
           <details class="fallback">
             <summary>Installer did not open?</summary>
             <ol>

site/install/aethercore/index.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           <h1>Wake AetherCore?</h1>
           <p>A calm governance-engine pet for Humidity Intelligence continuity and coherence.</p>
           <a class="button button-wide" id="install-aethercore" href="codex://pets/install?name=AetherCore&amp;imageUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fsenyo888%2Fcodex-pets%2Fmain%2Fpets%2Faethercore%2Fspritesheet.webp&amp;description=A%20calm%20governance-engine%20pet%20for%20Humidity%20Intelligence%20continuity%20and%20coherence.&amp;spriteVersionNumber=2">Open AetherCore in Codex</a>
-          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. Pets must be enabled for your account.</p>
+          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. If the handoff is unavailable, use the package links below.</p>
           <details class="fallback">
             <summary>Installer did not open?</summary>
             <ol>

site/install/aethermite/index.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           <h1>Wake AetherMite?</h1>
           <p>A premium dimensional bio-digital systems champion for Humidity Intelligence, with a layered bronze-and-silver shell and luminous environmental core.</p>
           <a class="button button-wide" id="install-aethermite" href="codex://pets/install?name=AetherMite&amp;imageUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fsenyo888%2Fcodex-pets%2Fmain%2Fpets%2Faethermite%2Fspritesheet.webp&amp;description=A%20premium%20dimensional%20bio-digital%20systems%20champion%20for%20Humidity%20Intelligence%2C%20with%20a%20layered%20bronze-and-silver%20shell%20and%20luminous%20environmental%20core.&amp;spriteVersionNumber=2">Open AetherMite in Codex</a>
-          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. Pets must be enabled for your account.</p>
+          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. If the handoff is unavailable, use the package links below.</p>
           <details class="fallback">
             <summary>Installer did not open?</summary>
             <ol>

site/install/aetherwing/index.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           <h1>Wake AetherWing?</h1>
           <p>A calm guardian companion for Humidity Intelligence, protecting deterministic runtime control, architectural discipline, and truth-backed dashboard behaviour.</p>
           <a class="button button-wide" id="install-aetherwing" href="codex://pets/install?name=AetherWing&amp;imageUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fsenyo888%2Fcodex-pets%2Fmain%2Fpets%2Faetherwing%2Fspritesheet.webp&amp;description=A%20calm%20guardian%20companion%20for%20Humidity%20Intelligence%2C%20protecting%20deterministic%20runtime%20control%2C%20architectural%20discipline%2C%20and%20truth-backed%20dashboard%20behaviour.&amp;spriteVersionNumber=2">Open AetherWing in Codex</a>
-          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. Pets must be enabled for your account.</p>
+          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. If the handoff is unavailable, use the package links below.</p>
           <details class="fallback">
             <summary>Installer did not open?</summary>
             <ol>

site/install/bella/index.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           <h1>Wake Bella?</h1>
           <p>The 1 True Source, a luminous crystalline coherence guardian with layered dimensional detail and deterministic grace.</p>
           <a class="button button-wide" id="install-bella" href="codex://pets/install?name=Bella&amp;imageUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fsenyo888%2Fcodex-pets%2Fmain%2Fpets%2Fbella%2Fspritesheet.webp&amp;description=The%201%20True%20Source%2C%20a%20luminous%20crystalline%20coherence%20guardian%20with%20layered%20dimensional%20detail%20and%20deterministic%20grace.&amp;spriteVersionNumber=2">Open Bella in Codex</a>
-          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. Pets must be enabled for your account.</p>
+          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. If the handoff is unavailable, use the package links below.</p>
           <details class="fallback">
             <summary>Installer did not open?</summary>
             <ol>

site/install/calian/index.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           <h1>Wake Calian?</h1>
           <p>One half of a sister act of unmatched diligence, Calian is a calm tactical guardian who isolates decisive faults and restores deliberate control.</p>
           <a class="button button-wide" id="install-calian" href="codex://pets/install?name=Calian&amp;imageUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fsenyo888%2Fcodex-pets%2Fmain%2Fpets%2Fcalian%2Fspritesheet.webp&amp;description=One%20half%20of%20a%20sister%20act%20of%20unmatched%20diligence%2C%20Calian%20is%20a%20calm%20tactical%20guardian%20who%20isolates%20decisive%20faults%20and%20restores%20deliberate%20control.&amp;spriteVersionNumber=2">Open Calian in Codex</a>
-          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. Pets must be enabled for your account.</p>
+          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. If the handoff is unavailable, use the package links below.</p>
           <details class="fallback">
             <summary>Installer did not open?</summary>
             <ol>

site/install/scarlet/index.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           <h1>Wake Scarlet?</h1>
           <p>One half of a sister act of unmatched diligence, Scarlet is a poised CGI guardian who traces drift, protects execution integrity, and drives every correction to verified closure.</p>
           <a class="button button-wide" id="install-scarlet" href="codex://pets/install?name=Scarlet&amp;imageUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fsenyo888%2Fcodex-pets%2Fmain%2Fpets%2Fscarlet%2Fspritesheet.webp&amp;description=One%20half%20of%20a%20sister%20act%20of%20unmatched%20diligence%2C%20Scarlet%20is%20a%20poised%20CGI%20guardian%20who%20traces%20drift%2C%20protects%20execution%20integrity%2C%20and%20drives%20every%20correction%20to%20verified%20closure.&amp;spriteVersionNumber=2">Open Scarlet in Codex</a>
-          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. Pets must be enabled for your account.</p>
+          <p class="install-note">Your browser may ask for permission to open the desktop app. If the handoff is unavailable, use the package links below.</p>
           <details class="fallback">
             <summary>Installer did not open?</summary>
             <ol>