From 5457bdfffba1c9121f7cee2209fa2ec3d2d463f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lex Christopherson <lex@glittercowboy.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 13:47:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] docs: fix development installation instructions

Use actual install.js workflow instead of --plugin-dir flag

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 README.md | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31842da10..bf11c7811 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,16 +88,17 @@ Use `--global` (`-g`) or `--local` (`-l`) to skip the interactive prompt.
 </details>
 
 <details>
-<summary><strong>Manual Installation (for development)</strong></summary>
+<summary><strong>Development Installation</strong></summary>
 
-Clone the repository and tell Claude Code where to find it:
+Clone the repository and run the installer locally:
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/glittercowboy/get-shit-done.git
-claude --plugin-dir ./get-shit-done
+cd get-shit-done
+node bin/install.js --local
 ```
 
-Useful for development or testing modifications.
+Installs to `./.claude/` for testing modifications before contributing.
 
 </details>