diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 474619d..b3c2dbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: devcontainers/action@v1
         with:
           validate-only: "true"
+          # Without this the action scandirs '' and crashes with ENOENT before
+          # reading any metadata. release.yaml passes the same path to publish.
+          base-path-to-features: "./src"
diff --git a/src/ai-clis/README.md b/src/ai-clis/README.md
index da6d29b..de053ca 100644
--- a/src/ai-clis/README.md
+++ b/src/ai-clis/README.md
@@ -69,3 +69,5 @@ Use `install` to list exactly the CLIs you need — new CLIs added in future rel
 ```
 
 **Requires:** Node.js (installs after `ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node`)
+
+**uv:** `specifyCli` installs via [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/). This feature installs uv itself if it isn't already present, so no extra feature is required. If you do include a uv-providing feature — this repo's `python-tools`, or one of the community `uv` features — it is ordered first via `installsAfter` and reused, avoiding a duplicate install.
diff --git a/src/ai-clis/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/ai-clis/devcontainer-feature.json
index ee8a7d5..97727f4 100644
--- a/src/ai-clis/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/ai-clis/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
     }
   },
   "installsAfter": [
-    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node"
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node",
+    "ghcr.io/get2knowio/devcontainer-features/python-tools",
+    "ghcr.io/va-h/devcontainers-features/uv",
+    "ghcr.io/jsburckhardt/devcontainer-features/uv",
+    "ghcr.io/gvatsal60/dev-container-features/uv"
   ]
 }