From c292b82f4e6c65f18df9a8a85864ea944a66ecd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: beatz174-bit <beatz174@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:57:16 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Harden standalone setup and docs messaging

---
 README.md      | 7 +++++++
 codex/setup.sh | 1 +
 docs/index.md  | 1 +
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4181712..f7c2ca2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ See the `examples/` directory:
 - `./scripts/check.sh` - formatting, vet, and unit tests
 - `./scripts/testacc.sh` - acceptance tests only
 
+### Standalone repository guarantee
+
+This repository is intentionally self-contained:
+- no dependency on sibling repositories
+- no dependency on external helper scripts (for example `services-up.sh`)
+- no hardcoded local paths (for example `/workspace/...` or `/home/...`)
+
 ### Build
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/codex/setup.sh b/codex/setup.sh
index 9172950..0127b5a 100755
--- a/codex/setup.sh
+++ b/codex/setup.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib.sh"
 cd_repo_root
 
 log "Preparing repository-local Codex environment in $(pwd)"
+log "Using standalone setup (no external repositories or helper scripts required)"
 
 for cmd in bash git; do
   have "$cmd" || die "$cmd is required"
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index a2c97a3..2b2e529 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ description: |-
 # dynu Provider
 
 The `dynu` provider lets Terraform read Dynu DNS domain and record data.
+This provider repository is standalone and does not require any external companion repository or helper script.
 
 ## Example Usage