diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 88fcb820..bd8ead03 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -902,6 +902,16 @@ install_live_npm_globals() {
         echo "ERROR: /opt/clawdie/npm-global ownership is ${_npm_owner}, expected clawdie:clawdie"
         exit 1
     fi
+
+    # Fix pi HTTP/2: the bundled http-dispatcher sets allowH2:false to
+    # work around a Node 26.0 undici decompression bug. We run Node 24
+    # with undici 8.3, where H2 works correctly. Enabling HTTP/2 gives
+    # HPACK header compression and multiplexing for API calls.
+    _pi_dispatcher="${_live_prefix}/lib/node_modules/@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent/dist/core/http-dispatcher.js"
+    if [ -f "${_pi_dispatcher}" ]; then
+        sed -i '' 's/allowH2: false/allowH2: true/' "${_pi_dispatcher}"
+        echo "      pi http-dispatcher: allowH2 → true"
+    fi
 }
 
 seed_live_ai_source_repo() {
diff --git a/scripts/stage-colibri-iso.sh b/scripts/stage-colibri-iso.sh
index 8b0ddce0..acd9d9b2 100755
--- a/scripts/stage-colibri-iso.sh
+++ b/scripts/stage-colibri-iso.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ sed -i '' '/socket ready/a\
     chmod 644 "${pidfile}" 2>/dev/null || true' \
     "${RC_DIR}/colibri_daemon"
 
+# Add DeepSeek API key and cache warming to daemon environment.
+# These are injected into the rc.d prestart so the daemon picks them up
+# without needing a separate config file.
+sed -i '' '/export COLIBRI_COST_MODE/a\
+    export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="${DEEPSEEK_API_KEY:-}"\
+    export COLIBRI_CACHE_WARMING="true"\
+    export COLIBRI_CACHE_WARMING_INTERVAL_HOURS="6"' \
+    "${RC_DIR}/colibri_daemon"
+
 cat > "${ETC_DIR}/rc.conf.sample" <<EOF
 # Colibri control plane service defaults for the Clawdie ISO.
 # Merge into /etc/rc.conf or /etc/rc.conf.d/colibri_daemon.