site: remove the unproven remote claim from the Nook landing page

FRE-323. The one-click remote install is app-UI-only and needs hand-edited ~/.ssh/config plus a one-time ssh-copy-id (FRE-320); FRE-315 and FRE-322 hold the claim unverified and demo-gated.

- drop the Remote tile and its mock from the feature collage
- drop the "Any SSH box, one click away" breakdown, its demo and bullets
- drop "Works across every hooked agent, local or remote"
- drop the "One-click SSH setup" chip
- move the copy to marketing/drafts/remote-ssh/ and mark remote held in marketing/positioning.md

No replacement claim was added. Deploy waits on a push credential for the GitHub repo Vercel builds.

marketing/drafts/remote-ssh/copy.md

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# Remote SSH copy — HELD, do not publish
+
+**Status:** removed from the live site on 2026-10-29 in the FRE-323 correction.
+**Owner:** CMO. **Verified by:** CTO, on the FRE-320/FRE-205 work.
+**Restore only when:** FRE-320/FRE-205 ship a genuinely one-click install, the CTO
+verifies that flow, and a recording shows a remote agent joining the island.
+Until then this file is the only home for these sentences.
+
+## What was removed
+
+### 1. Landing collage tile
+
+Source: `src/components/nook/FeatureCollage.tsx` (removed 2026-10-29).
+
+```
+kicker: Remote
+title:  Agents on other machines
+body:   Run agents on Linux boxes and SSH servers — one click installs the
+        nook-hook, and their sessions join the same island.
+```
+
+The mock attached to it showed two session rows whose agent chips named
+`build-box` and `gpu-rig`.
+
+### 2. Landing feature breakdown section
+
+Source: `src/components/nook/FeatureBreakdowns.tsx` (removed 2026-10-29).
+
+```
+kicker: Remote
+title:  Any SSH box, one click away
+body:   Pick a host from your ssh config or your tailnet and click once — the
+        nook-hook installs itself and its agents appear beside your local ones,
+        indistinguishable.
+
+bullets:
+- One click: connect, push the hook, configure agents, check it can reach this Mac
+- Hosts mirror this Mac's installed integrations automatically
+- Remote sessions are ordinary rows; the agent chip names the machine
+```
+
+The section's demo animated a `gpu-rig` host moving from "Not set up" through
+`connecting` → `pushing the hook binary` → `configuring agents` → `checking the
+host can reach this Mac` → `Live`, then showed a remote session row.
+
+### 3. Approvals bullet
+
+Source: `src/components/nook/FeatureBreakdowns.tsx` (removed 2026-10-29).
+
+```
+- Works across every hooked agent, local or remote
+```
+
+### 4. Feature chip
+
+Source: `src/components/nook/IslandExtras.tsx` (removed 2026-10-29).
+
+```
+One-click SSH setup
+```
+
+## What replaced it
+
+Nothing. The Remote tile and section were removed rather than replaced; the
+existing Approvals cell already carries the verified local claim:
+
+> Approve an agent's tool call from your Mac's notch, and the agent carries on.
+
+## Restore checklist
+
+1. FRE-320/FRE-205 have shipped the one-click install and removed the
+   `~/.ssh/config` / `ssh-copy-id` friction described in FRE-320.
+2. The CTO has verified the shipping flow and the evidence is on FRE-320.
+3. A recording exists showing a remote agent joining the island.
+4. CMO restores the copy above, then owns the launch plan for it — with an
+   owner and date per item — before anything goes back on the site.

marketing/drafts/remote-ssh/rationale.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Why the remote claim is parked
+
+The site was selling a setup path a buyer does not get.
+
+FRE-320 measured today's actual path (2026-10-29): the one-click flow is
+app-UI-only, needs a hand-edited `~/.ssh/config` for any host not already in ssh
+config or on the tailnet, needs a one-time `ssh-copy-id` because the app runs ssh
+with `BatchMode=yes`, and has no manual fallback for minting the per-host
+credential. FRE-315 and FRE-322 §3 correction 4 marked the remote claim
+unverified and demo-gated. The CTO named it the largest launch risk because it
+was already in front of buyers.
+
+So the landing page now says only what the product can back today: local agents,
+the card, and the notch. The remote story is not deleted — it is parked here with
+the FRE-320/FRE-205 work so it can return the day the one-click install ships and
+is recorded.
+
+## What has to be true before it returns
+
+| Requirement | Owner | Date |
+|---|---|---|
+| One-click install ships without hand-edited `~/.ssh/config` or `ssh-copy-id` | FRE-320/FRE-205 engineering | When FRE-320/FRE-205 ships |
+| CTO verifies the shipping flow and records the evidence on FRE-320 | CTO | Same day, before any copy moves |
+| A recording shows a remote agent joining the island | Sponsor/CMO | Before restore |
+| Restore copy and rebuild the launch plan with an owner + date per item | CMO | Day the three rows above are true |
+
+Nothing in this folder is publishable. `marketing/approved/` remains the only
+place a human publishes from.

marketing/positioning.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Primary source: `~/Code/the-nook/docs/marketing-strategy.md`.
 ## The sentence
 
 > **Your Mac and your agents, under control.** The Nook puts your whole coding-agent
-> fleet in the notch — thirteen agents, local or over SSH — so you see what is running,
+> fleet in the notch — thirteen agents — so you see what is running,
 > unblock it in one tap, and keep the machine from overheating while it works.
 
 ## The wedge
@@ -64,8 +64,14 @@ Never "no data leaves the device".
 ### 4. Sell what works today
 
 Phone approvals are deferred until a shipped iOS app exists — no "(coming soon)"
-parentheticals. The launch story is remote SSH: agents running on other machines,
+parentheticals. The launch story is the approval card: an agent blocked on a
-visible and unblockable from the Mac's notch.
+permission prompt, unblocked from the Mac's notch, and work resumes.
+
+Remote SSH is **held**, not approved. The one-click install has not shipped and
+has not been recorded (FRE-320, FRE-205), and the current path needs hand-edited
+`~/.ssh/config` and a one-time `ssh-copy-id` (FRE-320). Its copy is parked in
+`marketing/drafts/remote-ssh/` until the CTO verifies the shipping flow and a
+demo exists.
 
 ### 5. Humans hold every account
 
@@ -78,13 +84,18 @@ nothing posts itself.
 | Claim | Backing |
 |---|---|
 | Thirteen hooked agents, one glance | `AgentSpec.all` — claude, codex, opencode, pi, omp, muse, hermes, openclaw, zai, gemini, cline, qwen, deepseek |
-| Remote agents over SSH | `hook/setup.go` remote install path; `NOOK_HOST` TCP transport |
 | Permission gate answered from a card | awaitPolicyTable + bridge directive path (`hook/normalize.go`, `serialize.go`) |
 | Fan / thermal / charge control | `helper/` (privileged helper, SMC, no kext) |
 | One-time purchase, no subscription | $10 → $15 at 1.0; Stripe checkout |
 | macOS 14+ | 27 source files use the `@Observable` framework |
 | No prompt or code content leaves the device | envelope carries session/event/terminal metadata only (see `docs/agent-interface.md`) |
 
+## Held claims (not publishable)
+
+| Claim | Why it is held | What has to be true first |
+|---|---|---|
+| Remote agents over SSH, one click to install | The one-click path is app-UI-only and needs hand-edited `~/.ssh/config` plus a one-time `ssh-copy-id`; no demo exists (FRE-320). FRE-315 and FRE-322 hold it unverified and demo-gated. | FRE-320/FRE-205 ship a genuinely one-click install, the CTO verifies it, and a recording shows a remote agent joining the island. Copy parked in `marketing/drafts/remote-ssh/`. |
+
 ## Voice
 
 - Short, concrete, no hype adjectives. Numbers over adjectives ("thirteen agents",

src/components/nook/FeatureBreakdowns.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {
   For,
-  Show,
   createEffect,
   createSignal,
   onCleanup,
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ import { Campfire, type CampfireState } from "./Campfire";
 import {
   ApprovalCardMock,
   SessionRowMock,
-  Glyph,
   CLAUDE,
   CODEX
 } from "./ModuleMocks";
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ import {
  * Detailed feature breakdowns: alternating copy + live-demo sections.
  * Each demo stages the real interaction loop: attention flares, approval
  * resolves, fans throttle, the charge ceiling holds, meetings surface,
- * the camera wakes, a remote host goes live. Newer demos live in
+ * the camera wakes. Newer demos live in
  * MoreDemos.tsx; app-anatomy pieces in ModuleMocks.tsx.
  */
 
@@ -807,112 +805,6 @@ function CameraDemo() {
   );
 }
 
-/* ── Demo 7: Settings ▸ Remote hosts — one click to Live ──────────── */
-
-/** RemoteMirror's progress steps, in order. */
-const SETUP_STEPS = [
-  "connecting",
-  "pushing the hook binary",
-  "configuring agents",
-  "checking the host can reach this Mac"
-];
-
-function RemoteHostDemo() {
-  /* -1 not set up · 0…3 setting up · 4 live */
-  const [step, setStep] = createSignal(-1);
-  const [pressed, setPressed] = createSignal(false);
-  useDemoLoop(11000, [
-    [0, () => (setStep(-1), setPressed(false))],
-    [1400, () => setPressed(true)],
-    [1700, () => (setPressed(false), setStep(0))],
-    [2700, () => setStep(1)],
-    [3700, () => setStep(2)],
-    [4700, () => setStep(3)],
-    [5800, () => setStep(4)]
-  ]);
-  const live = () => step() === 4;
-  const working = () => step() >= 0 && step() < 4;
-  const chip = () =>
-    live()
-      ? { color: "rgb(48,209,88)", label: "Live" }
-      : working()
-        ? { color: "rgba(255,255,255,0.55)", label: "Setting up" }
-        : { color: "rgba(255,255,255,0.35)", label: "Not set up" };
-
-  return (
-    <div class="relative mx-auto w-full max-w-[360px] space-y-3">
-      {/* the host's card in Settings ▸ Agents ▸ Remote hosts */}
-      <ModuleCard>
-        <div class="space-y-2 text-left">
-          <div class="flex items-center gap-2.5">
-            <div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
-              <p class="text-[13px] font-semibold text-white">gpu-rig</p>
-              <p class="truncate text-[11px] text-white/45">tailnet peer</p>
-            </div>
-            <Show when={working()}>
-              <span class="h-3 w-3 animate-spin rounded-full border-[1.5px] border-white/25 border-t-white/80" />
-            </Show>
-            <span class="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[10.5px] font-medium text-white/85">
-              <span
-                class="h-[7px] w-[7px] rounded-full transition-colors duration-300"
-                style={{ background: chip().color }}
-              />
-              {chip().label}
-            </span>
-            <Show
-              when={live()}
-              fallback={
-                <span
-                  class="rounded-md px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] font-semibold text-white transition-all duration-200"
-                  style={{
-                    background: ACCENT,
-                    opacity: working() ? 0 : 1,
-                    transform: pressed() ? "scale(0.92)" : "scale(1)"
-                  }}
-                >
-                  Set up
-                </span>
-              }
-            >
-              <Glyph name="refresh" size={11} class="text-white/50" />
-              <span class="rounded-md bg-white/10 px-2 py-1 text-[11px] font-semibold text-[#ff6961]">
-                Remove
-              </span>
-            </Show>
-          </div>
-          <p class="h-4 text-[11px] text-white/50">
-            {working() ? SETUP_STEPS[step()] : " "}
-          </p>
-        </div>
-      </ModuleCard>
-
-      {/* its agents arrive as ordinary rows, the machine named in the chip */}
-      <div
-        class="transition-all duration-500"
-        style={{
-          opacity: live() ? 1 : 0,
-          transform: live() ? "translateY(0)" : "translateY(6px)"
-        }}
-      >
-        <SessionRowMock
-          title="trainer · fp16"
-          prompt="benchmark fp16"
-          state="Running python bench.py…"
-          status="running"
-          agent={CODEX}
-          host="gpu-rig"
-          origin="iTerm2"
-          age="now"
-        />
-      </div>
-      <FakeCursor
-        phase={pressed() ? "press" : step() === -1 ? "idle" : "live"}
-        at={{ x: 88, y: 16 }}
-      />
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-
 /* ── Demo 8: campfire states ───────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 function CampfireDemo() {
@@ -976,7 +868,6 @@ export default function FeatureBreakdowns() {
           "Approval cards pin above the session list; questions answer inside their row",
           "Allow for session waves through the rest of that session's requests",
           "Answer from iPhone or Apple Watch too, now in TestFlight beta",
-          "Works across every hooked agent, local or remote"
         ]}
         reversed
       >
@@ -996,20 +887,6 @@ export default function FeatureBreakdowns() {
         <TerminalReplyDemo />
       </BreakdownSection>
 
-      <BreakdownSection
-        kicker="Remote"
-        title="Any SSH box, one click away"
-        body="Pick a host from your ssh config or your tailnet and click once — the nook-hook installs itself and its agents appear beside your local ones, indistinguishable."
-        bullets={[
-          "One click: connect, push the hook, configure agents, check it can reach this Mac",
-          "Hosts mirror this Mac's installed integrations automatically",
-          "Remote sessions are ordinary rows; the agent chip names the machine"
-        ]}
-        reversed
-      >
-        <RemoteHostDemo />
-      </BreakdownSection>
-
       <BreakdownSection
         kicker="The campfire"
         title="A hearth that tells the truth"

src/components/nook/FeatureCollage.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 import { For, createSignal, onCleanup, onMount, type JSX } from "solid-js";
 import { IslandPill, STATUS, CALM, CRITICAL, ModuleCard } from "./IslandMock";
-import {
+import { ApprovalCardMock, DieLine, CLAUDE } from "./ModuleMocks";
-  ApprovalCardMock,
-  SessionRowMock,
-  DieLine,
-  CLAUDE,
-  CODEX
-} from "./ModuleMocks";
 
 /**
  * Feature collage: five cells sold as the app's actual UI. The hero cell
@@ -105,35 +99,6 @@ function FansPanelMock() {
   );
 }
 
-/**
- * Remote agents as the panel draws them: ordinary session rows whose agent
- * chip names the machine ("Claude Code · build-box").
- */
-function RemoteMock() {
-  return (
-    <div class="space-y-1.5">
-      <SessionRowMock
-        title="api · main"
-        prompt="fix the flaky test"
-        state="Running pytest -x…"
-        status="running"
-        agent={CLAUDE}
-        host="build-box"
-        age="4m"
-      />
-      <SessionRowMock
-        title="trainer · fp16"
-        prompt="benchmark fp16"
-        state="Done · replied 1m ago"
-        status="ready"
-        agent={CODEX}
-        host="gpu-rig"
-        age="12m"
-      />
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-
 /* Deterministic usage wander for the traces. */
 const wander = (n: number, k: number) =>
   0.42 + 0.22 * Math.sin(n * 0.45 + k * 1.7) + 0.12 * Math.sin(n * 1.3 + k);
@@ -256,19 +221,6 @@ export default function FeatureCollage() {
             </InkStage>
           </CollageCell>
 
-          {/* Remote agents */}
-          <CollageCell
-            kicker="Remote"
-            title="Agents on other machines"
-            body="Run agents on Linux boxes and SSH servers — one click installs the nook-hook, and their sessions join the same island."
-          >
-            <InkStage class="w-full">
-              <div class="w-full px-3 text-left">
-                <RemoteMock />
-              </div>
-            </InkStage>
-          </CollageCell>
-
           {/* Gauges */}
           <CollageCell
             kicker="Your Mac"

src/components/nook/IslandExtras.tsx

@@ -740,7 +740,6 @@ const CHIPS_B = [
   "tmux · iTerm2 · kitty",
   "Markdown replies",
   "Tailscale hosts",
-  "One-click SSH setup",
   "iPhone widgets",
   "Watch-face widgets",
   "Screenshots to clipboard",