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@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ base ("brain") is one optional sink, not the reason Tapir exists. Written in Go.
 
 ## Status
 
-Pre-code. The repository currently holds the **guardrail documentation** — vision, decisions,
-architecture, data model, and behavior specs — committed before implementation so the design
-intent is version-controlled and the build has something to be checked against.
+**Stage-0 demo slice built.** The engine, ports, domain, and adapters (`llm`, `summarizer`,
+captions-first `youtube`, Postgres `store`) are implemented and green, with the `tapir`
+CLI (`auth` / `run` / `list` / `show`) wiring the end-to-end loop for a single user. The
+remaining work to *open* the Stage-0 clock is the live run on real subscriptions — see
+"Running the Stage-0 demo" below. The guardrail docs (vision, decisions, architecture, data
+model, behavior specs) remain the source of intent.
 
 ## Read these first (the guardrails)
 
@@ -65,6 +68,67 @@ URI matches `TAPIR_OAUTH_REDIRECT_ADDR`. The summarizer model
 (`TAPIR_SUMMARIZER_MODEL`, default `koala/phi4-mini`) is overridable; pick the
 final alias when the gateway is reachable (see `docs/homelab-integration.md`).
 
+### Headless on koala
+
+koala has no browser and no interactive `op` session, so the two interactive
+edges are handled without changing any code:
+
+**Secrets via an `op` service account** (no `op signin`). Create a 1Password
+service account with read on the `HomeLab` vault, export its token, and keep one
+op-style env file `tapir.env` — secret values as `op://` refs, the rest as
+literals — then prefix every command with `op run`:
+
+```sh
+export OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN=ops_...        # the service-account token
+
+cat > tapir.env <<'EOF'
+TAPIR_USER_ID=<your-uuid>
+TAPIR_GATEWAY_URL=http://koala:30401/v1
+TAPIR_GATEWAY_KEY=op://HomeLab/LITELLM_MASTER_KEY/password
+TAPIR_SUMMARIZER_MODEL=koala/phi4-mini
+TAPIR_DB_DSN=op://HomeLab/TAPIR_DB_DSN/password
+TAPIR_YT_CLIENT_ID=op://HomeLab/TAPIR_YT_OAUTH/client_id
+TAPIR_YT_CLIENT_SECRET=op://HomeLab/TAPIR_YT_OAUTH/client_secret
+TAPIR_YT_TOKEN_REF=youtube/refresh_token
+TAPIR_SECRETS_FILE=/home/mathias/.config/tapir/secrets.json
+TAPIR_OAUTH_REDIRECT_ADDR=localhost:8080
+EOF
+chmod 600 tapir.env
+```
+
+(Create the `TAPIR_DB_DSN` and `TAPIR_YT_OAUTH` items in the `HomeLab` vault
+first; `LITELLM_MASTER_KEY` already exists. `sk-local-123` is stale.)
+
+**`tapir auth` over an SSH tunnel.** The auth command binds a listener on
+`localhost:8080` *on koala* and prints the consent URL to stdout — it never
+opens a browser. Forward that port to your laptop, run auth, and approve in your
+laptop's browser; the redirect returns through the tunnel:
+
+```sh
+# from your laptop:
+ssh -L 8080:localhost:8080 koala
+# now on koala (one-time):
+op run --env-file tapir.env -- ./bin/tapir auth
+#   → copy the printed URL into your laptop browser, approve; token is stored.
+```
+
+The Google OAuth client must be a **Desktop/Web** type with authorized redirect
+`http://localhost:8080/callback` (matching `TAPIR_OAUTH_REDIRECT_ADDR`), the
+YouTube Data API enabled, and your account added as a test user.
+
+**Everything else is already non-interactive** — once the token is stored, run
+headless:
+
+```sh
+op run --env-file tapir.env -- ./bin/tapir run     # detect → summarize → deliver
+op run --env-file tapir.env -- ./bin/tapir list     # read summaries back
+op run --env-file tapir.env -- ./bin/tapir show <video-id>
+```
+
+Postgres (`postgres18`) is ClusterIP-only; from the koala host reach it with
+`kubectl port-forward -n databases svc/postgres18 5432:5432` and point
+`TAPIR_DB_DSN` at `localhost:5432` (migrations apply on first connect).
+
 ## Conventions
 
 Reuses homelab conventions: Go, Dex for identity, ESO + 1Password for secrets, Postgres for