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 - GitHub network access
 - an authenticated GitHub CLI (`gh auth login`) **or** a host-provided brokered GitHub connector
 
+### Download the repository
+
+The quickest path is to clone the repository and enter its root directory:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/Wibias/github-delivery.git
+cd github-delivery
+```
+
+If you prefer not to use Git, download the source archive from the [latest GitHub release](https://github.com/Wibias/github-delivery/releases/latest), extract it, and open a terminal in the extracted repository root.
+
 ### Build and install
 
+Run these commands **from the repository root**, the directory containing `package.json` and `scripts/`:
+
 ```bash
 npm run build:dist
 node scripts/install-skill.mjs