diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml
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+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: docker
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Restart Nomad allocation
+        env:
+          NOMAD_ADDR: ${{ secrets.NOMAD_ADDR }}
+          NOMAD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NOMAD_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          ALLOC_ID=$(curl -sf \
+            -H "X-Nomad-Token: $NOMAD_TOKEN" \
+            "$NOMAD_ADDR/v1/job/familyfed/allocations" \
+            | python3 -c "import sys,json; allocs=json.load(sys.stdin); print(next(a['ID'] for a in allocs if a['ClientStatus']=='running'))")
+          echo "Stopping allocation to trigger fresh prestart: $ALLOC_ID"
+          curl -sf -X POST \
+            -H "X-Nomad-Token: $NOMAD_TOKEN" \
+            "$NOMAD_ADDR/v1/allocation/$ALLOC_ID/stop"
+          echo "Deploy triggered — Nomad will schedule a new alloc that re-fetches the site."
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
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+# AGENTS.md — Family Fed Ireland website
+
+This file tells any AI coding assistant how to work on this website. Read it before
+making changes.
+
+## What this is
+
+A static replica of the **Family Fed Ireland** website (familyfed.ie). It is a
+**plain static site**: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and image assets with **no build step
+and no dependencies**. The files in this repo are served to visitors *exactly as they
+are committed* — what you see locally is what goes live.
+
+The replica is served at **https://familyfed.bcgen.ie**.
+
+## Repo map
+
+| Path | What it is |
+|------|------------|
+| `index.html` | Home page |
+| `*.html` | Top-level pages |
+| `css/` | Stylesheets |
+| `js/` | Page JavaScript |
+| `assets/` | Images, fonts, and other static assets |
+| `.forgejo/` | **Deploy automation — do not touch** (see "Guardrails") |
+
+Preview through a local web server, not by opening the `.html` file directly, so
+that absolute links (e.g. `/css/style.css`) resolve.
+
+## The workflow (follow this every time)
+
+### 1. Make changes on a branch
+Never edit `main` directly. Start from an up-to-date `main` and create a branch:
+
+```bash
+git checkout main && git pull
+git checkout -b describe-your-change
+```
+
+### 2. Preview locally before shipping
+From the repo root, start a local server and open it in a browser:
+
+```bash
+python3 -m http.server 8000
+# then open http://localhost:8000
+```
+
+Visually check every page you touched. **Do not ship a change you have not previewed.**
+
+### 3. Open a pull request into `main`
+When it looks right, commit, push the branch, and open a PR targeting `main`:
+
+```bash
+git add -A
+git commit -m "Describe your change"
+git push -u origin describe-your-change
+```
+
+### 4. Merge to publish
+Merging the PR into `main` triggers automatic deployment. The live site at
+**https://familyfed.bcgen.ie** updates within about a minute. There is nothing else
+to run or deploy.
+
+## Guardrails
+
+- **Keep it dependency-free static HTML/CSS/JS.** No frameworks, bundlers, or build
+  tools — anything added to the repo is served raw.
+- **Never edit `.forgejo/`** or anything related to deployment/hosting. That is managed
+  separately; changing it can break publishing.
+- Keep new images in `assets/`, prefer modern formats (`.webp`/`.avif`) where possible,
+  and keep them reasonably small so pages load fast.
+- After editing, check that internal links and images still resolve (you'll catch this
+  in the local preview).
+- Match the existing style and reuse the classes already defined under `css/` rather
+  than inventing new patterns.
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
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+See [AGENTS.md](./AGENTS.md) for how to work on this website (repo layout, local
+preview, and the branch → PR → merge-to-publish workflow).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 # familyfedie-website
 
-Static replica of the familyfed.ie website, served at familyfed.bcgen.ie
\ No newline at end of file
+A static replica of the **Family Fed Ireland** website (familyfed.ie) — plain
+HTML/CSS/JS, served exactly as committed.
+
+Live at **https://familyfed.bcgen.ie**.
+
+## Editing & deploy
+
+Plain static files, no build step. Edit on a branch, **preview locally**
+(`python3 -m http.server 8000` → http://localhost:8000), open a PR into `main`, and
+merge — merging `main` auto-deploys to the live site within ~1 minute.
+
+See **[AGENTS.md](./AGENTS.md)** for the full workflow and repo layout (also read by
+AI coding assistants).