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+<!doctype html><html lang="en"><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>Install · Persimmons</title><style>body{background:#fffdfa;color:#241a14;font:16px system-ui;max-width:36rem;margin:4rem auto;padding:1rem;line-height:1.6}a{color:#b8530d}li{margin:1rem 0}</style><h1>Install Persimmons</h1><p>This MVP installs as an unpacked Chromium extension.</p><ol><li><a href="/assets/extension.zip">Download the current extension</a> and extract the ZIP. Keep the folder.</li><li>Open <strong>chrome://extensions</strong>, turn on <strong>Developer mode</strong>, choose <strong>Load unpacked</strong>, and select the extracted <strong>persimmons-extension</strong> folder.</li><li>Pin 🍊 from your browser’s extensions menu. Open it, choose <strong>Link vault</strong>, allow access to Persimmons, then choose a vault passphrase and press Enter.</li></ol><p>Keep this browser profile, extension folder, and passphrase. Vault key sync and recovery are not available.</p><a href="/">Return to your vault</a></html>
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