diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eadb76bf..1701fb4f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ node_modules
 oclif.manifest.json
 .env
 .codify-files
+.npm-readme-backup.md
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index 9b4b2b0d..7253a5ce 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-min-release-age=10080
\ No newline at end of file
+min-release-age=7
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3c6d044..c78b722c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+> ⚠️ **This package has been migrated and re-purposed.** The original package by [Andrew Stone](https://www.npmjs.com/~andrewjstone)
+> for transforming integers to base36 strings. To continue to use that functionality, please pin to version 0.3.0 or below.
+
 # Codify - Your Development Environment as Code
 
 **Stop manually setting up your development environment. Define it once, replicate it everywhere.**
diff --git a/README.npm.md b/README.npm.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..041825b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.npm.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+> ⚠️ **This package has been migrated and re-purposed.** The original package by [Andrew Stone](https://www.npmjs.com/~andrewjstone)
+> for transforming integers to base36 strings. To continue to use that functionality, please pin to version 0.3.0 or below.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8eb20865..748a3d46 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -144,7 +144,10 @@
     "start:dev": "./bin/dev.js",
     "start:vm": "npm run build && npm run pack:macos && npm run start:vm",
     "deploy": "npm run pkg && npm run notarize && npm run upload",
-    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
+    "build:npm": "tsx ./scripts/build-npm.ts",
+    "restore-npm": "tsx ./scripts/restore-npm.ts",
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build && npm run build:npm",
+    "postpublish": "npm run restore-npm"
   },
   "version": "1.2.2",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/codifycli/codify/issues",
diff --git a/scripts/build-npm.ts b/scripts/build-npm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..001c1e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-npm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// npm-publish prep. Runs from `prepublishOnly` (after `npm run build`).
+//
+// Two npm-specific concerns the plain `tsc` build doesn't handle:
+//
+//   1. dist/patch-ink.mjs — the postinstall hook runs `node dist/patch-ink.mjs`
+//      to patch node_modules/ink at the user's install time (needed for the raw-PTY
+//      handoff, e.g. `gh auth login` — see scripts/patch-ink.ts). `tsc -b` only
+//      compiles src/**/*, so this file is otherwise absent from the npm tarball and
+//      the postinstall guard silently skips it. Compile it here (same command as
+//      scripts/pkg.ts uses for the binary build).
+//
+//   2. README.md — npm should show a "migrated and re-purposed" blurb that the
+//      git-tracked README must NOT carry. README.npm.md holds ONLY the blurb; we
+//      back up the real README and prepend the blurb to it (so the body is never
+//      duplicated). `npm run restore-npm` (via postpublish, and defensively on
+//      failure) restores it from the backup.
+//
+// The backup file (README.md.orig) is the single source of truth for restoration,
+// so a failed publish never leaves README.md dirty.
+
+import chalk from 'chalk'
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises'
+
+const README = 'README.md'
+const README_BLURB = 'README.npm.md'
+// The transient backup is intentionally NOT named README* and is a dotfile — npm
+// force-includes any README* file into the tarball regardless of the `files`
+// allowlist, and this backup is just build scratch that shouldn't ship.
+const README_BACKUP = '.npm-readme-backup.md'
+
+// ── 1. Compile patch-ink.ts → dist/patch-ink.mjs ─────────────────────────────
+console.log(chalk.magenta('Compiling patch-ink.ts to dist/patch-ink.mjs'))
+execSync(
+  'tsc --module nodenext --moduleResolution nodenext --target es2022 --outDir dist scripts/patch-ink.ts',
+  { shell: 'zsh' },
+)
+await fs.rename('dist/patch-ink.js', 'dist/patch-ink.mjs')
+
+// ── 2. Prepend the npm blurb to README.md ────────────────────────────────────
+// README.npm.md holds ONLY the blurb; we prepend it to the real README so the
+// body never has to be duplicated/kept in sync. `npm run restore-npm` puts the
+// original README.md back from the backup.
+if (!existsSync(README_BLURB)) {
+  console.error(chalk.red(`ERROR: ${README_BLURB} not found. Cannot build npm README.`))
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+// If a stale backup exists (previous publish aborted before restore), the real
+// README was already saved there — use it as the base so we don't prepend twice.
+if (!existsSync(README_BACKUP)) {
+  console.log(chalk.magenta(`Backing up ${README} → ${README_BACKUP}`))
+  await fs.copyFile(README, README_BACKUP)
+} else {
+  console.log(chalk.yellow(`${README_BACKUP} already exists (stale?); using it as the base`))
+}
+
+console.log(chalk.magenta(`Prepending ${README_BLURB} to ${README}`))
+const blurb = await fs.readFile(README_BLURB, 'utf8')
+const body = await fs.readFile(README_BACKUP, 'utf8')
+await fs.writeFile(README, `${blurb.trimEnd()}\n\n${body}`, 'utf8')
diff --git a/scripts/patch-ink.ts b/scripts/patch-ink.ts
index fb357ae5..15844464 100644
--- a/scripts/patch-ink.ts
+++ b/scripts/patch-ink.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,35 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-const INK_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules/ink/build');
+
+// Locate ink's install dir via Node module resolution rather than a fixed
+// relative path. Under an npm install, ink is hoisted to the top-level
+// node_modules (not nested under codify), so `../node_modules/ink` misses it and
+// the patch silently skips. Resolve ink's entry point (ink/package.json can't be
+// resolved directly — ink's "exports" map doesn't expose it) and walk up to the
+// package root, which finds ink wherever npm/pnpm placed it (hoisted, nested, or
+// symlinked). Falls back to the old relative path (used by the self-contained
+// binary build) if resolution somehow fails.
+function resolveInkDir(): string {
+  try {
+    const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+    let dir = path.dirname(require.resolve('ink')); // .../ink/build/index.js → .../ink/build
+    while (dir !== path.dirname(dir)) {
+      if (existsSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))) return path.join(dir, 'build');
+      dir = path.dirname(dir);
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // fall through to the relative-path default below
+  }
+
+  return path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules/ink/build');
+}
+
+const INK_DIR = resolveInkDir();
 const APP_JS = path.join(INK_DIR, 'components/App.js');
 const INK_JS = path.join(INK_DIR, 'ink.js');
 const RENDER_JS = path.join(INK_DIR, 'render.js');
diff --git a/scripts/restore-npm.ts b/scripts/restore-npm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2d60df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/restore-npm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Restores the git-tracked README.md after an npm publish.
+//
+// scripts/build-npm.ts swaps in README.npm.md and saves the real README to
+// README.md.orig. This restores it from that backup and removes the backup.
+// Runs via `postpublish` (success) and can be run manually if a publish aborts.
+// Idempotent: a no-op if there's no backup to restore.
+
+import chalk from 'chalk'
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises'
+
+const README = 'README.md'
+const README_BACKUP = '.npm-readme-backup.md'
+
+if (existsSync(README_BACKUP)) {
+  console.log(chalk.magenta(`Restoring ${README} from ${README_BACKUP}`))
+  await fs.copyFile(README_BACKUP, README)
+  await fs.rm(README_BACKUP)
+} else {
+  console.log(chalk.gray(`No ${README_BACKUP} to restore; nothing to do.`))
+}
diff --git a/src/api/dashboard/index.ts b/src/api/dashboard/index.ts
index 3c9cc787..5cf99b01 100644
--- a/src/api/dashboard/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/dashboard/index.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ export const DashboardApiClient = {
       throw new Error('Not logged in');
     }
 
+    // The api worker owns the Yjs decode and returns { id, contents }.
     const res = await fetch(
-      `${config.dashboardUrl}/api/v1/documents/${id}`,
+      `${config.apiUrl}/v1/documents/${id}/contents`,
       {
         method: 'GET',
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'authorization': `Bearer ${login.accessToken}` }
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export const DashboardApiClient = {
     }
 
     const json = await res.json();
-    return json.defaultDocumentId;
+    return json as CloudDocument;
   },
 
   async getDefaultDocumentId(): Promise<null | string> {
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 2bbbb09a..7b674c83 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const config = {
   ],
 
   dashboardUrl: 'https://dashboard.codifycli.com',
+  apiUrl: 'https://api.codifycli.com',
   supabaseUrl: 'https://kdctbvqvqjfquplxhqrm.supabase.co',
 
   isBeta: VERSION.includes('beta'),