diff --git a/docs/ONBOARDING-SIMPLIFICATION.md b/docs/ONBOARDING-SIMPLIFICATION.md
index 798a311..3f80398 100644
--- a/docs/ONBOARDING-SIMPLIFICATION.md
+++ b/docs/ONBOARDING-SIMPLIFICATION.md
@@ -42,23 +42,35 @@ just double-clicks "Join Hive" and the fetch runs automatically.
 | Join Hive     | `live/operator-session/clawdie-join-hive.sh`         | Desktop launcher: checks for creds → prompts or auto-fetches                             |
 | Seed README   | `live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed.README.txt` | Operator-facing seed partition instructions                                              |
 
-## Remaining work: delete the click
+## Zero-touch: direct keys on the seed (implemented)
 
-The seed partition path reduces onboarding to ONE double-click. Making it
-zero-touch requires:
+The click only existed to trigger the Vaultwarden round-trip. For a
+personalized stick that already holds the real provider keys, that round-trip
+is unnecessary — and the boot ordering already favors zero-touch:
 
-1. **xdg autostart entry** — on first login, if BW\_\* creds are present in
-   provider.env AND `colibri_daemon` is not yet fully provisioned, auto-run
-   `clawdie-vault-fetch --write-env <provider.env>` and restart the daemon.
+- `clawdie_live_seed` runs as root, `BEFORE: LOGIN`.
+- `colibri_daemon` runs `REQUIRE: LOGIN` — strictly after.
 
-2. **First-boot guard** — run once per boot only (not on every login). A
-   sentinel file (`/var/db/clawdie/vault-fetched`) prevents re-triggering.
+So the importer now merges the active agent's direct provider keys (everything
+except `BW_*`) into the daemon's `provider.env` as well as the operator's
+`~/.env`. The daemon starts afterward, finds `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`, and
+auto-spawns the agent (`COLIBRI_AUTOSPAWN_PI=YES`) — no click, no vault
+round-trip, no typing. `BW_*` still route to `~/.config/vault-bootstrap.env`
+for operators who prefer the vault-fetch path.
 
-3. **START-HERE.txt update** — remove the "add your 3 BW secrets" section
-   when the seed partition is present. Show a confirmation instead:
-   "Secrets loaded from seed partition. Colibri is starting."
+This makes the **personalized seed** the onboarding primitive:
 
-Estimated: ~30 lines of shell.
+- The image stays generic and publishable; secrets are never baked in.
+- The seed (FAT32 `CLAWDIESEED`) is the personalization layer and stays
+  physical/offline — `env` (direct keys + optional `TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY`),
+  `harness.toml`, `soul/`, `ssh/authorized_keys`, optional `/shred` to wipe
+  keys off the stick after first import.
+- The seed can be generated by an agent (e.g. Hermes) that already holds the
+  soul and key material, written straight onto the mounted partition.
+
+This supersedes the earlier xdg-autostart "delete the click" plan: it removes
+the click for free without a first-login sentinel or a network dependency at
+first boot.
 
 ## Related: one-secret path (future)
 
diff --git a/live/operator-session/START-HERE.txt b/live/operator-session/START-HERE.txt
index da9fe93..eda097b 100644
--- a/live/operator-session/START-HERE.txt
+++ b/live/operator-session/START-HERE.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ LIVE SEED
 Seed partition label:
   CLAWDIESEED
 
+If this stick was seeded with provider keys, there is nothing to do: the
+agent's keys were loaded before the daemon started, so Colibri auto-spawns
+the agent on boot. Check with:
+  colibri status
+
 Readable operator guide:
   /usr/local/share/clawdie-iso/seed/README.txt
 
diff --git a/live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed b/live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed
index 3f6de56..756215f 100644
--- a/live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed
+++ b/live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ SEED_VALID_HARNESSES="pi zot local"
 # Vaultwarden bootstrap creds are routed out of .env into this file (relative to
 # the agent home) so clawdie-vault-fetch can consume them.
 SEED_VAULT_BOOTSTRAP_REL=".config/vault-bootstrap.env"
+# colibri_daemon reads provider keys from this file (rc.conf
+# colibri_daemon_provider_env), NOT the operator's ~/.env. The active agent's
+# direct provider keys are merged here too so the daemon auto-spawns at boot
+# from a seeded stick with no operator action (zero-touch provisioning). The
+# importer runs as root before LOGIN, so it can write this root-owned file.
+SEED_PROVIDER_ENV="${SEED_PROVIDER_ENV:-/usr/local/etc/colibri/provider.env}"
 
 _seed_log() {
     printf '%s %s\n' "$(date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')" "$1" >>"${SEED_LOG}" 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -261,6 +267,14 @@ _seed_activate_agent() {
     if [ -f "${_dir}/env" ]; then
         _seed_split_env "${_dir}/env" "${_stage}"
         _seed_merge_env "${_stage}/.app.env" "${_home}/.env" "${_user}"
+        # Feed the daemon too: colibri_daemon reads provider.env, not ~/.env.
+        # Routing the active agent's provider keys here lets a seeded stick boot
+        # straight into an auto-spawned agent — no Join Hive click, no vault
+        # round-trip. Lands root-owned 0600 (the importer is root, pre-LOGIN).
+        if [ -s "${_stage}/.app.env" ]; then
+            _seed_merge_env "${_stage}/.app.env" "${SEED_PROVIDER_ENV}" root
+            _seed_log "merged active-agent provider keys -> ${SEED_PROVIDER_ENV}"
+        fi
         if [ -s "${_stage}/.boot.env" ]; then
             _seed_merge_env "${_stage}/.boot.env" "${_home}/${SEED_VAULT_BOOTSTRAP_REL}" "${_user}"
             _seed_log "routed Vaultwarden bootstrap creds -> ${_home}/${SEED_VAULT_BOOTSTRAP_REL}"
diff --git a/live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed.README.txt b/live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed.README.txt
index 1742838..9345c84 100644
--- a/live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed.README.txt
+++ b/live/operator-session/clawdie-live-seed.README.txt
@@ -40,14 +40,26 @@ LAYER 2 — PER-AGENT DIRECTORIES
 Create one directory per agent. THE DIRECTORY NAME IS THE AGENT NAME.
 Inside it, any of these are honored:
 
-  /<agent>/env                   Plaintext KEY=VALUE lines. Merged into the
-                                 agent's .env (mode 0600). Keys you list
+  /<agent>/env                   Plaintext KEY=VALUE lines. Keys you list
                                  replace existing values; keys you omit are
                                  preserved. Blank/`#` lines are ignored.
-                                 Typical contents: provider API keys
-                                 (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=..., ZAI_API_KEY=...),
-                                 or the Vaultwarden bootstrap
-                                 (BW_CLIENTID/BW_CLIENTSECRET/BW_PASSWORD).
+                                 Routing for the ACTIVE agent:
+                                   - Provider API keys and toggles
+                                     (DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=..., OPENROUTER_API_KEY=...,
+                                     COLIBRI_AUTOSPAWN_PI=YES, ...) are merged
+                                     into BOTH the agent's ~/.env AND the daemon's
+                                     /usr/local/etc/colibri/provider.env (mode
+                                     0600). Because the importer runs before the
+                                     daemon starts, a seeded provider key makes
+                                     colibri_daemon auto-spawn the agent on first
+                                     boot with NO operator action — fully
+                                     zero-touch. No Vaultwarden round-trip needed.
+                                   - Vaultwarden bootstrap creds
+                                     (BW_CLIENTID/BW_CLIENTSECRET/BW_PASSWORD) are
+                                     routed to ~/.config/vault-bootstrap.env for
+                                     clawdie-vault-fetch — use these only if you
+                                     want the vault-fetch path instead of direct
+                                     keys.
                                  The Vaultwarden endpoint is baked into the
                                  image; do not put it on the seed unless you
                                  are deliberately overriding it.