diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e6de55c..b916cabe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ start with the maintained
 series. Its first executable package-consumer checkpoint is
 [`samples/eve-two-runtime`](samples/eve-two-runtime/README.md).
 The real-process browser continuation is
-[`samples/eve-browser-network`](samples/eve-browser-network/README.md).
+[`samples/eve-browser-network`](samples/eve-browser-network/README.md); it
+needs a sibling Eve checkout (`--eve-root`) and is not in `CultLib.sln`.
 One documented command runs both layers:
 
 ```powershell
diff --git a/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/browser-verse-transport.md b/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/browser-verse-transport.md
index fcfde998..e825a0d4 100644
--- a/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/browser-verse-transport.md
+++ b/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/browser-verse-transport.md
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ over binary loopback CultNet WebSocket routes under an explicit
 `local-development` trust policy. It proves one canonical
 command effect, idempotent retry, shared observation, provider restart on a new
 physical route, browser rediscovery, retained lease resubscription, and a second
-canonical command after reconnection.
+canonical command after reconnection. Running the sample needs a sibling Eve
+checkout (`--eve-root`); it is not part of `CultLib.sln` and does not build
+standalone.
 
 The current substrate has a browser client boundary and local live proof, but
 not a complete public Verse proof:
diff --git a/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/getting-started/03-publish-an-eve-surface.md b/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/getting-started/03-publish-an-eve-surface.md
index 5cb5b742..49a23f79 100644
--- a/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/getting-started/03-publish-an-eve-surface.md
+++ b/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/getting-started/03-publish-an-eve-surface.md
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ does **not** prove the network layer; the second program owns that evidence.
 
 The network program is
 [`samples/eve-browser-network`](../../../../samples/eve-browser-network/README.md).
-Run it separately only while diagnosing that layer. A smoke against the
+Running it needs a sibling Eve checkout (`--eve-root`); it is not part of
+`CultLib.sln` and does not build standalone. Run it separately only while
+diagnosing that layer. A smoke against the
 deployed Odin daemon remains a separate infrastructure gate. Its owner map
 and full acceptance contract are recorded in
 [`browser-verse-transport.md`](../browser-verse-transport.md).
diff --git a/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/getting-started/04-run-the-multiruntime-game.md b/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/getting-started/04-run-the-multiruntime-game.md
index ce18fdb3..581895a0 100644
--- a/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/getting-started/04-run-the-multiruntime-game.md
+++ b/src/GameCult.Mesh/docs/getting-started/04-run-the-multiruntime-game.md
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ source-tree fallbacks into application code.
 
 The process harness lives in
 [`samples/eve-browser-network`](../../../../samples/eve-browser-network/README.md).
-Application code should copy the typed state, operation, and Eve composition
+Running it needs a sibling Eve checkout (`--eve-root`); it does not build
+standalone. Application code should copy the typed state, operation, and Eve composition
 shape—not its benchmark flags or fixture orchestration.
 
 For a TypeScript provider daemon, continue with the