From e87ba0f4584e38a05c1cfa75852b06084b91d7be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wes <wesbillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:19:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: mention just build in quick start (#191)

---
 README.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09e7bc04da..ef709645a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ Hermit pins Rust, Node.js, pnpm, `just`, and related tooling from `bin/`.
 ```bash
 cp .env.example .env
 just setup
+just build
 ```
 
 `just setup` does the heavy lifting:
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ just setup
 - Runs database migrations
 - Installs desktop dependencies (`pnpm install`)
 
+Then run `just build` once to compile the Rust workspace so binaries like `sprout-acp` and `sprout-mcp-server` are available when you start connecting agents.
+
 **3. Start the relay and desktop app**
 
 ```bash