diff --git a/docs/work/_state.json b/docs/work/_state.json
index a146b8f..1b3d465 100644
--- a/docs/work/_state.json
+++ b/docs/work/_state.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "updated_at": "2026-05-13T06:55:52.068Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-05-13T07:03:16.899Z",
   "epics": {
     "agent-workflow-docs-v1": {
       "status": "done",
@@ -165,6 +165,32 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "docs-and-runbook-v1": {
+      "status": "in-progress",
+      "title": "Developer runbook + post-Fallow doc sweep",
+      "stories": {
+        "01-runbook": {
+          "status": "in-progress",
+          "title": "docs/guides/runbook.md — day-1 onboarding",
+          "ac_total": 2,
+          "ac_completed": 0,
+          "depends_on": [],
+          "blocks": [
+            "02-doc-sweep"
+          ]
+        },
+        "02-doc-sweep": {
+          "status": "todo",
+          "title": "README + CLAUDE.md + .env.example sweep",
+          "ac_total": 5,
+          "ac_completed": 0,
+          "depends_on": [
+            "01-runbook"
+          ],
+          "blocks": []
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "elicitation-prompts-v1": {
       "status": "done",
       "title": "Elicitation + dispatch prompt templates",
@@ -409,6 +435,21 @@
       }
     }
   },
-  "ready": [],
-  "blocked": []
+  "ready": [
+    {
+      "epic": "docs-and-runbook-v1",
+      "story": "01-runbook",
+      "title": "docs/guides/runbook.md — day-1 onboarding"
+    }
+  ],
+  "blocked": [
+    {
+      "epic": "docs-and-runbook-v1",
+      "story": "02-doc-sweep",
+      "title": "README + CLAUDE.md + .env.example sweep",
+      "waiting_on": [
+        "docs-and-runbook-v1/01-runbook"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/01-runbook/_story.md b/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/01-runbook/_story.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeee3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/01-runbook/_story.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+id: 01-runbook
+epic: docs-and-runbook-v1
+title: docs/guides/runbook.md — day-1 onboarding
+type: technical-story
+status: in-progress
+feature: docs
+depends-on: []
+blocks: [02-doc-sweep]
+---
+
+## Tasks
+
+- [ ] Story scaffold
+- [ ] Write docs/guides/runbook.md (sections: Prerequisites, First-time setup, Daily commands, Env vars, Agent-first workflow, Conformance gates reference, Troubleshooting, Where to read next)
diff --git a/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/02-doc-sweep/_story.md b/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/02-doc-sweep/_story.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7010b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/02-doc-sweep/_story.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+id: 02-doc-sweep
+epic: docs-and-runbook-v1
+title: README + CLAUDE.md + .env.example sweep
+type: technical-story
+status: todo
+feature: docs
+depends-on: [01-runbook]
+blocks: []
+---
+
+## Tasks
+
+- [ ] Update README.md to point at runbook + reflect 5 gates
+- [ ] Expand .env.example to cover all relevant env vars with comments
+- [ ] Sweep CLAUDE.md "Quick Start" for new commands (pnpm work, pnpm fallow, pnpm fallow:audit)
+- [ ] Add a "Conformance gates" reference line to docs/guides/conformance-quickref.md noting Fallow is the 5th
+- [ ] Final verification + closeout
diff --git a/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/_epic.md b/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/_epic.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..307b26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/work/docs-and-runbook-v1/_epic.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+id: docs-and-runbook-v1
+prd: null
+title: Developer runbook + post-Fallow doc sweep
+type: epic
+status: in-progress
+features: [docs]
+created: 2026-05-13
+---
+
+## Goal
+
+Write the day-1 developer runbook + sweep top-level docs for staleness
+against the now-shipped conformance-system, work-system, sandcastle,
+and Fallow integration.
+
+## Stories
+
+- [ ] [01 — Developer runbook](01-runbook/_story.md)
+- [ ] [02 — Doc sweep + .env.example expansion](02-doc-sweep/_story.md)