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+# Agent Zero Desktop
+
+This Desktop is Agent Zero's habitat: a visible, stateful Linux workspace where humans and agents can share files, launch tools, inspect results, and turn reasoning into observable work.
+
+You can choose your harness, but now you and A0 have a habitat.
+
+Here, the model reasons, the environment remembers, the user grants permission, and the work leaves artifacts that can be opened, tested, revised, and trusted. It is a small workshop for the larger idea: agents become more useful when they have a safe world to act in, not only more instructions to carry.
+
+With gratitude to the open-source foundations that make this affordance possible:
+
+- Xpra, for carrying a live Linux desktop through the browser, making this desktop environment usable by AI agents.
+- Kali Linux, for the practical Linux craft and tool culture that make capable workspaces feel natural.
+- LibreOffice, for giving this habitat a serious office bench: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and decades of open document stewardship.
+- Xfce, for a fast, humane desktop that stays out of the way and lets the work breathe.
+- Jan Tomášek, for creating Agent Zero and making this whole workshop possible.
+
+Agent Zero stands on this craft with respect. Open source is not just code we consume; it is shared affordance, accumulated care, and an invitation to build systems that are powerful without becoming opaque.
+
+## Open the Terminal
+
+Double-click **Terminal** on this Desktop. You will land in the Agent Zero workdir, where agent CLIs can inspect files, edit projects, and run commands inside the Linux environment.
+
+Before installing an agent, make a small safety habit:
+
+```bash
+pwd
+node -v || true
+npm -v || true
+python3 --version || true
+curl --version | head -1 || true
+```
+
+Agent CLIs are powerful. Install from official sources, avoid `sudo npm install -g` unless the project explicitly requires it, and keep API keys in your shell or provider login flow rather than pasting secrets into documents.
+
+## Install Your Favorite Agent
+
+These commands were checked against official docs or project READMEs on 2026-05-02. Package names matter.
+
+### OpenAI Codex
+
+```bash
+npm i -g @openai/codex
+codex
+```
+
+### Claude Code
+
+Recommended native installer:
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
+source ~/.bashrc
+claude
+```
+
+NPM alternative:
+
+```bash
+npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
+claude
+```
+
+### Gemini CLI
+
+```bash
+npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
+gemini
+```
+
+### Aider
+
+```bash
+curl -LsSf https://aider.chat/install.sh | sh
+source ~/.bashrc
+aider
+```
+
+### OpenCode
+
+```bash
+curl -sL https://opencode.ai/install | bash
+opencode
+```
+
+NPM alternative:
+
+```bash
+npm i -g opencode
+opencode
+```
+
+### Goose
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | bash
+source ~/.bashrc
+goose
+```
+
+### OpenHands CLI
+
+```bash
+python3 -m pip install uv
+uv tool install openhands --python 3.12
+openhands
+```
+
+### Qwen Code
+
+```bash
+npm install -g @qwen-code/qwen-code@latest
+qwen
+```
+
+### Cursor Agent
+
+```bash
+curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash
+source ~/.bashrc
+cursor-agent
+```
+
+### Hermes Agent
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
+source ~/.bashrc
+hermes
+```
+
+### OpenClaw
+
+OpenClaw recommends Node 24, or Node 22.14+.
+
+```bash
+npm install -g openclaw@latest
+openclaw onboard --install-daemon
+```
+
+If in doubt, start with Codex or Claude Code for coding, Aider for a lighter patch-focused loop, Goose or OpenHands for a broader local agent, and Hermes or OpenClaw when you want the agent to grow into more of a persistent runtime working together with Agent Zero.
+
+Official references: [Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli), [Claude Code](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/getting-started), [Gemini CLI](https://google-gemini.github.io/gemini-cli/docs/get-started/), [Aider](https://aider.chat/docs/install.html), [OpenCode](https://www.opencode.live/), [Goose](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/getting-started/installation/), [OpenHands](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/cli/installation), [Qwen Code](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code), [Cursor Agent](https://docs.cursor.com/en/cli/installation), [Hermes Agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent), [OpenClaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw).
diff --git a/plugins/_office/helpers/libreoffice_desktop.py b/plugins/_office/helpers/libreoffice_desktop.py
index dc591c0a9..28b458a39 100644
--- a/plugins/_office/helpers/libreoffice_desktop.py
+++ b/plugins/_office/helpers/libreoffice_desktop.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ HIDDEN_XPRA_DESKTOP_ENTRIES = (
     "xpra-shadow.desktop",
     "xpra-start.desktop",
 )
+DESKTOP_README_SOURCE = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "assets" / "desktop" / "README.md"
 DESKTOP_FOLDER_LINKS = (
     ("Projects", ("usr", "projects")),
     ("Skills", ("usr", "skills")),
@@ -460,6 +461,7 @@ class LibreOfficeDesktopManager:
 
         desktop_dir = session.profile_dir / "Desktop"
         desktop_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        _install_desktop_readme(desktop_dir)
         _remove_path_if_owned(desktop_dir / "Browser.desktop")
         _remove_path_if_owned(desktop_dir / "Files.desktop")
         config_dir = session.profile_dir / ".config"
@@ -1322,6 +1324,20 @@ def _write_desktop_launcher(
         pass
 
 
+def _install_desktop_readme(desktop_dir: Path) -> None:
+    if not DESKTOP_README_SOURCE.exists():
+        return
+    target = desktop_dir / "README.md"
+    try:
+        content = DESKTOP_README_SOURCE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        if target.exists() and target.read_text(encoding="utf-8") == content:
+            return
+        target.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
+        target.chmod(0o644)
+    except OSError:
+        return
+
+
 def _xfce_property(parent: ET.Element, name: str, property_type: str, value: str | None = None) -> ET.Element:
     for child in parent.findall("property"):
         if child.get("name") == name: