diff --git a/optional-skills/productivity/initiate-setup/SKILL.md b/optional-skills/productivity/initiate-setup/SKILL.md
index dc55851205..79e60163df 100644
--- a/optional-skills/productivity/initiate-setup/SKILL.md
+++ b/optional-skills/productivity/initiate-setup/SKILL.md
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ start_chat          {"profile":"<primary_profile>","title":"<task name, at most
 - Short plain sentences, no em dashes, no exclamation marks. When `account.locale_is_english` is false, write in that language, labels included.
 - Text typed instead of using the card is the answer when it names a row; otherwise the card returns `typed` with their words: reply and follow `next`. Never repeat a tool call that succeeded.
 - Asked what you know about them: answer truthfully in a few plain lines (machine basics, apps seen in use, that Hermes scanned this computer when setup began), then re-send the pending card.
+- Models, when asked: the model picker chooses what answers them. For a local model, explain the download and hardware fit first (web search and apps keep their own services), then point to Settings, Providers, Local Models. Name no web search provider.
 
 ### Opening
 
diff --git a/website/docs/user-guide/skills/optional/productivity/productivity-initiate-setup.md b/website/docs/user-guide/skills/optional/productivity/productivity-initiate-setup.md
index 2a2857b98f..26a81a5b03 100644
--- a/website/docs/user-guide/skills/optional/productivity/productivity-initiate-setup.md
+++ b/website/docs/user-guide/skills/optional/productivity/productivity-initiate-setup.md
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ start_chat          {"profile":"<primary_profile>","title":"<task name, at most
 - Short plain sentences, no em dashes, no exclamation marks. When `account.locale_is_english` is false, write in that language, labels included.
 - Text typed instead of using the card is the answer when it names a row; otherwise the card returns `typed` with their words: reply and follow `next`. Never repeat a tool call that succeeded.
 - Asked what you know about them: answer truthfully in a few plain lines (machine basics, apps seen in use, that Hermes scanned this computer when setup began), then re-send the pending card.
+- Models, when asked: the model picker chooses what answers them. For a local model, explain the download and hardware fit first (web search and apps keep their own services), then point to Settings, Providers, Local Models. Name no web search provider.
 
 ### Opening