diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
index ee7af333..a8bd94d1 100644
--- a/.github/copilot-instructions.md
+++ b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Eight coverage files are generated. The testing page (`docs/src/pages/internals/
 
 ### Public Agent Skills (`skills/`)
 
-The repo-root `skills/` folder is the source of truth for the user-facing agent skills (`bascik`, `bascik-components`, `bascik-compatibility`, `bascik-scripts`, `bascik-seo`, `bascik-config`, `bascik-images`, `bascik-testing`, `bascik-migrate`, and the opt-in `bascik-refactor`) and their `scripts/`. Skills hold rules and route to docs pages; they hold no reference copies of the docs. Example code lives once, in the repo-root `examples/` folder, rendered on `/example-components/*` docs pages and published as `/assets/examples.json` for `skills/bascik/scripts/add-example.mjs` (see `.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md`, "Examples"). It is distributed these ways: `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik` (reads GitHub), `npx skills add https://bascik.dev` (reads `/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json`), `https://bascik.dev/assets/skills.tar.gz` and `https://bascik.dev/assets/SKILL.md` (all three published by `docs/scripts/publish-agent-skill.ts`), and `npm create bascik@rc` / `bascik init`, which run the skills CLI on GitHub at the matching release tag.
+The repo-root `skills/` folder is the source of truth for the user-facing agent skills (`bascik`, `bascik-components`, `bascik-compatibility`, `bascik-scripts`, `bascik-seo`, `bascik-config`, `bascik-images`, `bascik-testing`, `bascik-migrate`, and the opt-in `bascik-refactor`) and their `scripts/`. Skills hold rules and route to docs pages; they hold no reference copies of the docs. Example code lives once, in the repo-root `examples/` folder, rendered on `/example-components/*` docs pages and published as `/assets/examples.json` for `skills/bascik/scripts/add-example.mjs` (see `.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md`, "Examples"). It is distributed these ways: `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik` (reads GitHub), `npx skills add https://bascik.dev` (reads `/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json`), `https://bascik.dev/assets/skills.tar.gz` and `https://bascik.dev/assets/SKILL.md` (all three published by `docs/scripts/publish-agent-skill.ts`), and `npm create bascik` / `bascik init`, which run the skills CLI on GitHub at the matching release tag.
 
 - `create-bascik` bundles no copy of the skills. `PROJECT_SKILLS` in `create/src/agent-setup.ts` (identical copy at `pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts`) names the skills new projects get: every `skills/` folder minus the opt-in `bascik-refactor`, enforced by `create/src/agent-setup.test.ts`. When you add or rename a skill, update that list in both copies. Readers install `bascik-refactor` with `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor`.
 - The skills' tests and fixtures live in the `skills-tests/` workspace (`bascik-skills-tests`: `yarn skills:unit`, `yarn skills:integration`, `yarn skills:typecheck`), not in `skills/` (it ships to users) and not in `docs/`. Every `bascik-refactor` script has a `skills-tests/tests/refactor-<script>.test.ts`; the parity check browser tests (`*.integration.test.ts`, Chromium) read `skills-tests/tests/fixtures/refactor-parity/`. Only tests of how the docs site publishes the skills (`docs/scripts/skill-bundle.test.ts`, `docs/scripts/publish-agent-skill.test.ts`) and the docs e2e specs stay in `docs/`.
diff --git a/.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md b/.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md
index 25efd80f..84472f05 100644
--- a/.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md
+++ b/.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ The `renderMd` helper (`docs/src/lib/md-renderer.ts`) applies these transformati
 
 Both folders are served with `Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable` by Cloudflare (a `_headers` rule written by `docs/scripts/generate-pages-headers.ts`; Workers static assets and Pages read it the same way). That is only safe because every reference gets a `?v=<content hash>` from the image helper in `docs/src/lib/md-renderer.ts`. Always reference these images through a Markdown image (`![alt](/assets/demos/x@2x.webp)`) or `demoImage()` in a `data-bascik-build` script. Never write a raw `<img src>`, `<link href>`, or CSS `url()` into them: `docs/src/lib/versioned-image-references.test.ts` fails if you do. When re-recording a demo, keep the same file name; the hash changes on its own.
 
+**Width variants.** Every still image in these folders (a showcase screenshot, a thumbnail, the `-still` copy of a recording) has narrower copies beside it, `<name>-<width>.webp`, which `renderImage` lists in a `srcset` so a phone or a 1x screen downloads a file near the size it shows. After adding or re-recording a still, run `yarn workspace bascik-docs images:responsive` (`docs/scripts/responsive-images.ts`) and commit what it writes; `docs/src/lib/responsive-images.test.ts` fails otherwise. Commit the image at the widest size it will be shown at on a dense screen, as WebP only, with no JPEG or PNG master. An image placed with `demoImage()` gets its `srcset` only when the call passes `sizes`, the CSS width it is laid out at; a Markdown image gets the content column's. Animated recordings have no variants: a resized lossless animation is larger than the original.
+
 ## Visuals
 
 Three kinds of visual, each with one home. Do not mix them up, and do not add a fourth.
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ The public skills live in the repo-root `skills/` folder, one directory per skil
 
 - `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik` reads it straight from GitHub.
 - `docs/scripts/publish-agent-skill.ts` (an `exec` producer) writes `/assets/skills.tar.gz`, the RFC 8615 discovery index `/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json` with one `<name>.tar.gz` per skill (so `npx skills add https://bascik.dev` works), and copies `skills/bascik/SKILL.md` to `/assets/SKILL.md`.
-- `npm create bascik@rc` and `bascik init` ask (default yes) and run the skills CLI, which installs every skill except the opt-in `bascik-refactor` from GitHub at the matching release tag into `.agents/skills/` and `.claude/skills/`. No copy is bundled. `PROJECT_SKILLS` in `create/src/agent-setup.ts` names those skills, and `create/src/agent-setup.test.ts` fails when it stops matching the `skills/` folders minus the opt-in ones. Readers install `bascik-refactor` with `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor`.
+- `npm create bascik` and `bascik init` ask (default yes) and run the skills CLI, which installs every skill except the opt-in `bascik-refactor` from GitHub at the matching release tag into `.agents/skills/` and `.claude/skills/`. No copy is bundled. `PROJECT_SKILLS` in `create/src/agent-setup.ts` names those skills, and `create/src/agent-setup.test.ts` fails when it stops matching the `skills/` folders minus the opt-in ones. Readers install `bascik-refactor` with `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor`.
 
 **The docs are the reference; the skills are a router.** A skill holds only the must-follow rules an assistant gets wrong without them, short decision tables, and "How do I..." tables that point to docs pages (`read-doc.mjs /path`). Explanations, option lists, and code examples belong in `docs/content/`, never in a skill. There are no `references/` folders, except in `bascik-refactor`: its `references/` hold the prompt templates and the production-parity contract that the `/how-to/agent-migration` page hands to coding agents. When a docs change alters a rule, default, API, or pitfall that a skill states, update that rule in the same task. When a skill needs guidance the docs do not have, add it to the docs and link to it.
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish-npm.sh b/.github/scripts/publish-npm.sh
index be2bebb5..f6cb47e9 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/publish-npm.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/publish-npm.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Publishes the package in the current directory. Usage: publish-npm.sh <tag-prefix>
 # Requires the git tag (GITHUB_REF_NAME) to equal <tag-prefix> + package.json version.
-# Prerelease versions (1.0.0-rc.1) publish under the matching dist-tag (rc), never latest.
+# Stable versions (1.0.0) publish under latest. A prerelease (1.1.0-rc.1) publishes under the dist-tag named by
+# its identifier (rc), never latest.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 prefix="${1:?tag prefix required, e.g. v or create-v}"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish-vsce.sh b/.github/scripts/publish-vsce.sh
index caf4b17c..22868f18 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/publish-vsce.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/publish-vsce.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Publishes the VS Code extension in the current directory. Usage: publish-vsce.sh <tag-prefix>
 # Prefix ext-v publishes a stable release; ext-pre-v publishes a Marketplace pre-release.
 # The git tag (GITHUB_REF_NAME) must equal <tag-prefix> + package.json version.
-# The Marketplace rejects semver prerelease identifiers (0.1.0-rc.1), so versions must be plain x.y.z.
+# The Marketplace rejects semver prerelease identifiers (1.1.0-rc.1), so versions must be plain x.y.z.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 prefix="${1:?tag prefix required, e.g. ext-v or ext-pre-v}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 58edae25..1d573257 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 name: Release
 
 # The tag must be <prefix><version in that package's package.json>.
-# Prerelease versions (1.0.0-rc.1) publish under the matching dist-tag (rc), not latest.
-# Push each tag by name, never with --tags, and in the publish order in RELEASING.md.
+# Stable versions (1.0.0) publish under the latest dist-tag. A prerelease (1.1.0-rc.1) publishes under the dist-tag
+# named by its identifier (rc), never latest, so a plain install keeps getting the stable release.
+# Push each tag by name, never with --tags, and in the publish order in RELEASING.md. `yarn release` does both.
 # Tag only commits on main: every job fails before building when the tagged commit is not an ancestor of
 # origin/main (.github/scripts/release-on-main.mjs), so a tag on an unmerged branch publishes nothing.
 # Run `git fetch origin main` first; each example tags origin/main, not the current checkout.
 # npm jobs use OIDC trusted publishing; configure each package on npmjs.com as documented in RELEASING.md.
-# pkg:      git tag v1.0.0-rc.1 origin/main && git push origin v1.0.0-rc.1
-# create:   git tag create-v1.0.0-rc.1 origin/main && git push origin create-v1.0.0-rc.1
-# adapter:  git tag adapter-cloudflare-v1.0.0-rc.1 origin/main && git push origin adapter-cloudflare-v1.0.0-rc.1
-#           git tag adapter-netlify-v1.0.0-rc.1 origin/main && git push origin adapter-netlify-v1.0.0-rc.1
-# lsp:      git tag lsp-v0.1.0-rc.1 origin/main && git push origin lsp-v0.1.0-rc.1
-# ext:      git tag ext-v0.2.0 origin/main && git push origin ext-v0.2.0            (Marketplace stable, even minor)
-#           git tag ext-pre-v0.1.0 origin/main && git push origin ext-pre-v0.1.0    (Marketplace pre-release, odd minor)
+# pkg:      git tag v1.0.0 origin/main && git push origin v1.0.0
+# create:   git tag create-v1.0.0 origin/main && git push origin create-v1.0.0
+# adapter:  git tag adapter-cloudflare-v1.0.0 origin/main && git push origin adapter-cloudflare-v1.0.0
+#           git tag adapter-netlify-v1.0.0 origin/main && git push origin adapter-netlify-v1.0.0
+# lsp:      git tag lsp-v1.0.0 origin/main && git push origin lsp-v1.0.0
+# ext:      git tag ext-v1.0.0 origin/main && git push origin ext-v1.0.0            (Marketplace stable, even minor)
+#           git tag ext-pre-v1.1.0 origin/main && git push origin ext-pre-v1.1.0    (Marketplace pre-release, odd minor)
 on:
   push:
     tags:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5e9a28f..42f42a5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,157 +9,12 @@ Entries cover every Bascik package: `@bascik/bascik`, `create-bascik`,
 the VS Code extension, and the public agent skills. A bullet names its package when
 it is not `@bascik/bascik`.
 
-## [1.0.0-rc.13] - 2026-11-11
+## [1.0.0] - 2026-11-12
 
-One addition on top of 1.0.0-rc.12: a stream script can send its output a piece at
-a time. This candidate ships `@bascik/bascik`, `create-bascik` and
-`@bascik/adapter-cloudflare` as 1.0.0-rc.13 and `@bascik/adapter-netlify` as
-1.0.0-rc.3. The language server and the VS Code extension are unchanged.
-
-### Added
-
-- **Stream scripts can yield.** A `data-bascik-stream` script written as a generator
-  (`export default async function*`) sends each value it yields to the browser as soon
-  as it is yielded, in order, where the script tag was. One script can now stream a
-  list row by row from a database cursor, a paged API or several calls, where it used
-  to take one script tag per row. Each yielded value follows the rules for a returned
-  one (a string, an `html` value, or an array of them), has the component's scoped
-  class names applied, and may hold component tags, which are rendered as the value is
-  sent. The placeholder recipes work unchanged: a row that arrives can cover a skeleton
-  row, and content below the list can still paint first. A failure part-way keeps the
-  rows already sent and follows `scripts.onServerScriptError`; `scripts.timeout` counts
-  only the time the script takes to produce values, not the time the visitor's
-  connection takes to accept them; and when the visitor leaves, the generator is ended
-  so its `finally` blocks run. A value the generator returns is sent last. A
-  `data-bascik-server` script may be a generator too:
-  its values are joined before the page is sent. Works on the dev server,
-  `bascik --server`, `@bascik/adapter-cloudflare` and `@bascik/adapter-netlify`. See
-  [Yield rows as they arrive](https://bascik.dev/scripts/stream#yield-rows-as-they-arrive).
-- `@bascik/bascik/runtime` (for adapter authors): `ScriptOutputRunner`, a job runner
-  that may resolve to an async iterable of chunks, accepted by
-  `composeBufferedResponse`, `streamComposedResponse` and `wrapRunner`;
-  `invokeLoadedWithDeadline` and `invokeWithDeadline` take `chunks: true` to turn a
-  returned generator into a `ScriptChunkSource`; and `scriptChunkOutput`,
-  `scriptChunkIterator` and `collectScriptJobOutput` build on it. A `ScriptJobRunner`
-  that returns strings keeps working unchanged.
-- `@bascik/bascik/runtime` (for adapter authors): `scriptJobOutput` and
-  `settleScriptOutput` turn a script's settled result into its output the way the
-  built-in server and both official adapters now do, through one function: printed,
-  stripped of ANSI escapes, scoped to its component, refused when it is not markup,
-  and reported under `scripts.onServerScriptError`. An adapter passes a
-  `ScriptOutputPolicy` with its own log and failure description instead of
-  re-implementing those rules. See
-  [the custom adapter tutorial](https://bascik.dev/deployment/custom-adapters#step-4-write-the-request-handler).
-
-### Changed
-
-- A server or stream script that returns a generator object used to be refused as
-  "an object ([object AsyncGenerator])" and leave an empty slot. It is now run as a
-  script that yields. A generator inside a returned array, or yielded without
-  `yield*`, is refused with a message that says to delegate with `yield*`.
-- A server or stream script that returns a typed array (a `Uint8Array`) is refused
-  like any other value that is not markup, with a message that says to decode it. It
-  used to print the byte values as comma-separated numbers. A Node `Buffer` still
-  prints its text.
-
-## [1.0.0-rc.12] - 2026-11-09
-
-The release candidate for 1.0.0: the full pre-launch audit lands here so every
-site can be tested against it before the stable release. Install it with
-`npm create bascik@rc` or `@bascik/bascik@rc`. This candidate ships
-`@bascik/bascik`, `create-bascik` and `@bascik/adapter-cloudflare` as
-1.0.0-rc.12, `@bascik/adapter-netlify` as 1.0.0-rc.2, `@bascik/language-server`
-as 1.0.0-rc.1, and the VS Code extension as 0.7.0 on the pre-release channel.
+Bascik launched!
 
 Bascik is a build tool for HTML components with automatically scoped CSS and
-JavaScript and no runtime: you write vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in one
-file per component, and `bascik --build` emits static HTML pages with the
-component's styles and scripts scoped to each instance. The notes below cover
-everything since the project started; 1.0.0 will carry the same notes plus
-whatever the candidate period finds.
-
-### Added
-
-- **Components**: one `.html` file per component, used as a custom tag in pages and
-  other components; [props](https://bascik.dev/props) through
-  `data-bascik-prop-*`, [slots](https://bascik.dev/slots) with fallbacks and named
-  slots, [attribute inheritance](https://bascik.dev/attribute-inheritance) onto the
-  component root, and companion `.css` and `.ts` files.
-- **Scoped styles and scripts** at build time: class, id, and element selectors are
-  rewritten per component, and the scripts that query them are rewritten to match,
-  covering `@layer`, `@container`, `@scope`, keyframes, custom properties, CSS
-  nesting, `querySelector`, `getElementById`, `classList`, template literals, and
-  more. The [compatibility page](https://bascik.dev/compatibility) lists every
-  supported pattern; [`preserve`](https://bascik.dev/preserve) opts an element or a
-  selector out.
-- **Scripts that run at build, request, and stream time**: `data-bascik-build` for
-  build-time rendering with a disk cache, `data-bascik-server` and
-  `data-bascik-stream` for request-time rendering that expands components in their
-  output, `data-bascik-routes` for dynamic routes, [API routes](https://bascik.dev/api-routes),
-  and [`exec` scripts](https://bascik.dev/exec-scripts) with pre, parallel, and post
-  phases. Scripts are TypeScript by default; Node strips the types.
-- **Development server** with live reload over Server-Sent Events, an error overlay,
-  incremental rebuilds that only touch dependent pages, and a worker pool for large
-  sites. **Production server** over HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 with TLS, precompression,
-  caching headers, and body limits, or a plain static `dist/` for any host.
-- **Hosting adapters**: `@bascik/adapter-cloudflare` builds a Workers bundle with
-  static assets, and `@bascik/adapter-netlify` builds a Functions v2 deployment;
-  both keep request-time scripts and API routes working, and the
-  [custom adapter API](https://bascik.dev/deployment/custom-adapters) covers other
-  hosts.
-- **`bascik --check`**, a linter for components, pages, config, and the built output
-  (WHATWG parsing, scoping compatibility rules, API route rules, TypeScript errors
-  with `--typescript`), backed by `@bascik/language-server`, which also powers the
-  [VS Code extension](https://bascik.dev/tools/vscode-extension): diagnostics,
-  completions, hovers, go to definition, and references across components.
-- **`create-bascik`** (`npm create bascik my-site`): a starter site with components,
-  unit tests on Vitest, Playwright end-to-end tests, a `lint` script, VS Code
-  settings, and templates for Cloudflare and Netlify.
-- **Agent skills** for coding assistants, installed by `create-bascik` and `bascik init`
-  or with `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik`, plus `AGENTS.md` and `CLAUDE.md`
-  project briefs and `llms.txt` on the docs site.
-- **`@bascik/bascik/html`**, a dependency-free tagged template for safe HTML in
-  server and build scripts, and **`@bascik/bascik/config`** with `defineConfig` for a
-  typed `bascik.config.ts`.
-- **Production build options**: identifier minification, HTML and CSS minification
-  with a bring-your-own-minifier hook, asset fingerprinting, sitemap and robots
-  generation, base paths, and a build log.
-- API routes: `export default` handles every method the file has no named export for, so
-  one function can serve a proxy, a webhook, or a mounted router. Named exports still
-  win, `OPTIONS` and `HEAD` reach the default export, and methods outside the seven
-  supported ones are still refused with `405`. It works the same in the dev server,
-  `bascik --server`, and the Cloudflare and Netlify adapters. A route that already had
-  a default export alongside its method exports now sends other methods to it instead
-  of answering `405`. See
-  [One Handler for Every Method](https://bascik.dev/api-routes#one-handler-for-every-method).
-- `@bascik/language-server`: `missing-method-handler` accepts an API route whose only
-  handler is a default export.
-
-### Changed
-
-- The minimum supported Node.js version is 24.21.0. Earlier release candidates
-  supported Node 22.22; npm 10.9 (bundled with Node 22) cannot install the starter
-  project's dependencies, and Node 24.21 is the first release where `node --check`
-  locates a syntax error in a `.js` config, which `bascik` relies on to name the
-  line. The floor is the first version proven to work end to end.
-- `create-bascik`: in the Cloudflare and Netlify templates `npm run dev` is the Bascik dev
-  server again (`bascik`, `http://localhost:8080`), as in the default template. The
-  host's local runtime moves to its own script, `npm run dev:cloudflare` or
-  `npm run dev:netlify` (`bascik --target ...`, with source watching and browser live
-  reload). Existing projects are not changed; to match, set `"dev": "bascik"` and add
-  the `dev:<host>` script. See
-  [Cloudflare](https://bascik.dev/deployment/cloudflare#develop-locally) and
-  [Netlify](https://bascik.dev/deployment/netlify#develop-locally).
-- `bascik-config` skill: a "Tune build and server performance" table says when to turn on
-  `pipeline.workers`, `assets.symlink`, `http.precompress` and `http.cacheControl`, and
-  which of them do nothing on Cloudflare and Netlify.
-
-### Fixed
-
-- The pinned `Server running at` link in the dev server's terminal no longer opens a
-  garbled address. In VS Code's terminal, when a long log line wrapped and its first
-  half scrolled away, the remaining half was read as part of the pinned row, so
-  Cmd/Ctrl+click opened something like `http://localhost:8080ages/img/photo.webp`.
+JavaScript and no runtime. Start a site with `npm create bascik`, and see
+[Getting Started](https://bascik.dev/getting-started) for the rest.
 
-[1.0.0-rc.13]: https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik/compare/v1.0.0-rc.12...v1.0.0-rc.13
-[1.0.0-rc.12]: https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.12
+[1.0.0]: https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik/releases/tag/v1.0.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dbaebd8..c17d17d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Bascik is a build tool for HTML components with automatically scoped CSS and Jav
 ## Get Started
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc my-site
+npm create bascik my-site
 ```
 
 The CLI scaffolds a starter site and starts the dev server with live reload. See the [Getting Started guide](https://bascik.dev/getting-started) for manual setup in an existing project.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ This repository holds Bascik and everything around it. Each folder is a Yarn wor
 | Folder                      | What it is                                                                                                    | README                                                                   |
 | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | `pkg/`                      | `@bascik/bascik`: the compiler, CLI, dev server, and production server                                        | [pkg/README.md](pkg/README.md)                                           |
-| `create/`                   | `create-bascik`: the project scaffolder behind `npm create bascik@rc`                                         | [create/README.md](create/README.md)                                     |
+| `create/`                   | `create-bascik`: the project scaffolder behind `npm create bascik`                                            | [create/README.md](create/README.md)                                     |
 | `lsp/`                      | `@bascik/language-server`: diagnostics, completion, hover, and the `--check` linter for any LSP editor        | [lsp/README.md](lsp/README.md)                                           |
 | `extensions/vscode-bascik/` | The VS Code extension, a thin client of the language server                                                   | [extensions/vscode-bascik/README.md](extensions/vscode-bascik/README.md) |
 | `adapters/cloudflare/`      | `@bascik/adapter-cloudflare`: builds server scripts and API routes into a Cloudflare Worker                   | [adapters/cloudflare/README.md](adapters/cloudflare/README.md)           |
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 13308657..08288954 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Release checklist
 
-Every release, 1.0.0 included, goes through one pull request and then `yarn release`:
+Every release goes through one pull request and then `yarn release`:
 
 1. **Changelog.** Move the bullets under `## [Unreleased]` in `CHANGELOG.md` to a new
    `## [<version>] - <YYYY-MM-DD>` section and add the comparison link at the bottom
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ Every release, 1.0.0 included, goes through one pull request and then `yarn rele
    Marketplace channel (`ext-v`), an odd minor to pre-release (`ext-pre-v`).
 3. **Docs sweep.** `grep -rn '<old version>' docs/content skills README.md pkg/README.md
 create/README.md adapters/*/README.md` and fix what the bump left behind (install
-   commands, example ranges, the `#v<tag>` the skills install from).
+   commands, example ranges, the `#v<tag>` the skills install from). The docs, READMEs,
+   scaffold and skills always name the stable install commands (`npm create bascik`,
+   `npm install @bascik/bascik`); a prerelease does not change them. Mention `@rc` only
+   in the prerelease's own changelog section.
 4. **Validate.** `yarn check:format`, `yarn check:spelling`, `yarn typecheck:all`,
    `yarn test:all`, and the `pre-push` skill (`.github/skills/pre-push/SKILL.md`), which
-   regenerates the coverage JSON files.
+   regenerates the coverage JSON files. When the code has already passed CI and only the
+   coverage files changed, commit them with `[skip ci]` (see the skill for the caveats).
 5. **Merge into `main`** through a pull request. CI must be green on the branch; the
    merge deploys the docs and the demo Worker, so the site already shows the new version
    and release notes before the packages exist on npm. Keep that window short.
@@ -47,6 +51,10 @@ yarn release pkg create --latest    # Print commands for selected npm packages
 yarn release --dry-run             # Print tag-push commands without publishing
 ```
 
+1.0.0 bumps all six artifacts, so the plain `yarn release` is its command. A later release
+that leaves a package's version alone must name the packages it does ship, because the
+script refuses a tag that already exists.
+
 Versions come from fetched `origin/main`, not your working tree. One pinned
 commit ships in stages:
 
@@ -61,14 +69,17 @@ pushing. CI independently rejects off-main tags with `.github/scripts/release-on
 Existing tags are never replaced. Select only unreleased packages; their
 dependencies must already be published or selected in an earlier stage.
 
-npm prereleases publish under their prerelease channel (`rc`, `beta`, etc.);
-stable versions publish under `latest`. `--latest` is a command-generation
+Stable versions publish under the `latest` dist-tag, so `npm create bascik` and a plain
+`npm install @bascik/bascik` get them. A prerelease (`1.1.0-rc.1`, `1.1.0-beta.1`)
+publishes under the dist-tag named by its identifier (`rc`, `beta`), never `latest`, and
+is installed on request with `@rc` or `@beta`. `--latest` is a command-generation
 mode: it prints `npm dist-tag add <package>@<version> latest` commands for the
 selected npm packages using versions from `origin/main`, and does not create
 release tags or run npm. With no package selection, it prints commands for all
 five npm packages and skips the Marketplace extension. Run the printed commands
 locally to update the tags; this lets npm handle any interactive 2FA prompt.
-Pointing `latest` at an RC means a plain `npm install` can install a prerelease.
+Pointing `latest` at a prerelease means a plain `npm install` can install it, so only do
+that on purpose.
 Extension versions must be plain `x.y.z`; `--extension-pre` uses
 `ext-pre-v<version>`. Use distinct versions for stable and pre-release uploads.
 
@@ -83,8 +94,9 @@ Extension versions must be plain `x.y.z`; `--extension-pre` uses
    ```
 
 2. **Prerelease dist-tags.** When a stable version follows a prerelease channel, point
-   that channel at the stable version so old install commands keep working. For 1.0.0,
-   `npm create bascik@rc` and `@bascik/bascik@rc` were the documented commands for weeks:
+   that channel at the stable version so old install commands keep working. Before 1.0.0,
+   `npm create bascik@rc` and `@bascik/bascik@rc` were the documented commands for weeks,
+   so 1.0.0 needs this once:
 
    ```sh
    for p in @bascik/bascik create-bascik @bascik/adapter-cloudflare @bascik/adapter-netlify @bascik/language-server; do
@@ -93,8 +105,7 @@ Extension versions must be plain `x.y.z`; `--extension-pre` uses
    ```
 
 3. **Verify as a user.** In an empty directory on the floor Node version
-   (`nvm use 24.21.0`): `npm create bascik my-site -y -- --no-dev` (with `@rc` while
-   the release candidate is current), then `npm run lint`,
+   (`nvm use 24.21.0`): `npm create bascik my-site -y -- --no-dev`, then `npm run lint`,
    `npm run build` with `BASCIK_SITE_URL` set, and `npm run e2e`. Check
    `npm view @bascik/bascik dist-tags` shows `latest` at the new version, and that the
    Marketplace stable channel lists the extension version (the pre-release toggle in VS
diff --git a/adapters/cloudflare/README.md b/adapters/cloudflare/README.md
index b40368c1..00e005ba 100644
--- a/adapters/cloudflare/README.md
+++ b/adapters/cloudflare/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Cloudflare Workers with Static Assets and Cloudflare Pages hosting adapter for [
 
 ## Overview
 
-This adapter compiles Bascik request-time scripts and API routes into a Cloudflare Workers deployment bundle with static asset routing. Install it in a Bascik project that deploys to Cloudflare (Node.js 24.21 or newer), or start one with `npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare`:
+This adapter compiles Bascik request-time scripts and API routes into a Cloudflare Workers deployment bundle with static asset routing. Install it in a Bascik project that deploys to Cloudflare (Node.js 24.21 or newer), or start one with `npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare`:
 
 ```sh
 npm install --save-dev @bascik/adapter-cloudflare wrangler
diff --git a/adapters/cloudflare/package.json b/adapters/cloudflare/package.json
index 533f9efa..f8b88d22 100644
--- a/adapters/cloudflare/package.json
+++ b/adapters/cloudflare/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bascik/adapter-cloudflare",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.13",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik.git",
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
     "smol-toml": "^1.9.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0-rc.13"
+    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0-rc.13",
+    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0",
     "@playwright/test": "^1.64.1",
     "@types/node": "^24.19.1",
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^5.1.0",
diff --git a/adapters/netlify/README.md b/adapters/netlify/README.md
index 5cede94f..0cc6dc81 100644
--- a/adapters/netlify/README.md
+++ b/adapters/netlify/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Netlify Functions hosting adapter for [Bascik](https://bascik.dev).
 
 ## Overview
 
-This adapter serves a Bascik site from Netlify: the CDN serves every static file, and one Netlify Function (Functions API v2, streaming) runs the `data-bascik-server` and `data-bascik-stream` scripts, the component tags they return (rendered with the component's markup and scoped CSS), and the API routes in `src/api/`. Install it in a Bascik project that deploys to Netlify (Node.js 24.21 or newer), or start one with `npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template netlify`:
+This adapter serves a Bascik site from Netlify: the CDN serves every static file, and one Netlify Function (Functions API v2, streaming) runs the `data-bascik-server` and `data-bascik-stream` scripts, the component tags they return (rendered with the component's markup and scoped CSS), and the API routes in `src/api/`. Install it in a Bascik project that deploys to Netlify (Node.js 24.21 or newer), or start one with `npm create bascik my-site -- --template netlify`:
 
 ```sh
 npm install --save-dev @bascik/adapter-netlify
diff --git a/adapters/netlify/package.json b/adapters/netlify/package.json
index 498cfee7..dc0e510e 100644
--- a/adapters/netlify/package.json
+++ b/adapters/netlify/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bascik/adapter-netlify",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.3",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik.git",
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
     "esbuild": "^0.28.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0-rc.13"
+    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0-rc.13",
+    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0",
     "@netlify/functions": "^6.1.0",
     "@playwright/test": "^1.64.1",
     "@types/node": "^24.19.1",
diff --git a/create/README.md b/create/README.md
index fd747f23..4b34af14 100644
--- a/create/README.md
+++ b/create/README.md
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
 [![Unit lines](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fbascikdev%2Fbascik%2Fmain%2Fcreate%2Ftest-coverage.json&query=%24.total.lines.pct&label=unit%20lines&suffix=%25&color=brightgreen)](https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik/blob/main/create/test-coverage.json)
 [![Unit functions](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fbascikdev%2Fbascik%2Fmain%2Fcreate%2Ftest-coverage.json&query=%24.total.functions.pct&label=unit%20functions&suffix=%25&color=brightgreen)](https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik/blob/main/create/test-coverage.json)
 
-Interactive project initializer for [Bascik](https://bascik.dev): the command behind `npm create bascik@rc`. Use it to start a new Bascik site with a working starter, editor settings, tests, and the agent skills. Requires Node.js 24.21 or newer. The [Getting Started guide](https://bascik.dev/getting-started) walks through the result, and [Create App internals](https://bascik.dev/internals/create-app) explains how the scaffolder works.
+Interactive project initializer for [Bascik](https://bascik.dev): the command behind `npm create bascik`. Use it to start a new Bascik site with a working starter, editor settings, tests, and the agent skills. Requires Node.js 24.21 or newer. The [Getting Started guide](https://bascik.dev/getting-started) walks through the result, and [Create App internals](https://bascik.dev/internals/create-app) explains how the scaffolder works.
 
 ## Quick Start
 
 Scaffold a new Bascik project in one command:
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc my-site -y
+npm create bascik my-site -y
 ```
 
 Pass a project name as an argument or run without arguments to be prompted:
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc
+npm create bascik
 ```
 
 The name is a new folder under the current one, such as `my-site` or `sites/my-site`; `.`, `..`, absolute paths and spaces are refused. A folder that already has one of the starter's files, such as `package.json` or `src/pages/index.html`, is refused before anything is written. To add Bascik to an existing project, see [Manual Setup](https://bascik.dev/getting-started#manual-setup).
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Your site will be live at `http://localhost:8080` in every template. `npm run de
 
 ## Templates
 
-Pick a starter with `--template <name>` (or `--template=<name>`). Without the flag, the interactive prompts ask whether the site deploys to Cloudflare Workers, then to Netlify; with `-y` and no flag, you get the default.
+Pick a starter with `--template <name>` (or `--template=<name>`). Without the flag you get the `default` starter; the prompts never ask where the site will be deployed, and an adapter can be added to any project later.
 
 | Template     | What you get                                                                                                             |
 | :----------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ Pick a starter with `--template <name>` (or `--template=<name>`). Without the fl
 | `netlify`    | The same starter plus the [Netlify adapter](https://bascik.dev/deployment/netlify), a `netlify.toml`, and the edge demo. |
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare
+npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare
 ```
 
-The `--` matters: npm keeps flags placed before it for itself and does not pass them on, so `--template` has to follow a `--`. `-y` is the exception, since `create-bascik` also reads npm's own `yes` setting (`npm create bascik@rc my-site -y -- --template cloudflare` skips every prompt).
+The `--` matters: npm keeps flags placed before it for itself and does not pass them on, so `--template` has to follow a `--`. `-y` is the exception, since `create-bascik` also reads npm's own `yes` setting (`npm create bascik my-site -y -- --template cloudflare` skips every prompt).
 
 The Cloudflare template differs from the default in these files only:
 
diff --git a/create/package.json b/create/package.json
index edefd368..4a320070 100644
--- a/create/package.json
+++ b/create/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "starter",
     "static site generator"
   ],
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.13",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik.git",
diff --git a/create/src/agent-setup.test.ts b/create/src/agent-setup.test.ts
index 5191bdea..c4111491 100644
--- a/create/src/agent-setup.test.ts
+++ b/create/src/agent-setup.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const HERE = import.meta.dirname;
 const REPO = resolve(HERE, "../..");
 
 describe("the two copies", () => {
-  it("pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts is identical to this one, so bascik init and npm create bascik@rc set projects up the same way", () => {
+  it("pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts is identical to this one, so bascik init and npm create bascik set projects up the same way", () => {
     expect(readFileSync(join(REPO, "pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts"), "utf8")).toBe(
       readFileSync(join(HERE, "agent-setup.ts"), "utf8"),
     );
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ describe("the project skill list", () => {
 
 describe("the skills CLI command", () => {
   it("pins the release tag for a release version", () => {
-    expect(skillsRef("1.0.0-rc.10")).toBe("v1.0.0-rc.10");
+    expect(skillsRef("1.0.0")).toBe("v1.0.0");
     expect(skillsRef("1.2.3")).toBe("v1.2.3");
+    // A prerelease has a tag of its own.
+    expect(skillsRef("2.0.0-beta.1")).toBe("v2.0.0-beta.1");
   });
 
   it("misuse: an unknown or garbled version gets no tag, so the default branch is used", () => {
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
   it("runs the pinned skills CLI at the release tag in the project folder", () => {
     const spawn = vi.fn((_command: string, _args: string[]) => ok);
     const result = installSkills("/work/app", {
-      version: "1.0.0-rc.10",
+      version: "1.0.0",
       platform: "linux",
       env: { PATH: "/bin" },
       spawn,
@@ -143,8 +145,8 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
     });
     expect(result).toEqual({
       status: "pinned",
-      ref: "v1.0.0-rc.10",
-      command: skillsCommand("v1.0.0-rc.10"),
+      ref: "v1.0.0",
+      command: skillsCommand("v1.0.0"),
     });
     expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
         "--prefer-offline",
         "-y",
         SKILLS_CLI,
-        ...skillsAddArgs(`${SKILLS_REPO}#v1.0.0-rc.10`),
+        ...skillsAddArgs(`${SKILLS_REPO}#v1.0.0`),
       ],
       expect.objectContaining({
         cwd: "/work/app",
@@ -277,16 +279,16 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
 
   it("misuse: the command to run later keeps the release tag, so a later install matches the scaffolded version", () => {
     const result = installSkills("/work/app", {
-      version: "1.0.0-rc.10",
+      version: "1.0.0",
       platform: "linux",
       env: {},
       spawn: vi.fn(() => fail("npm error code ECONNREFUSED")),
     });
-    expect(result.command).toBe(skillsCommand("v1.0.0-rc.10"));
+    expect(result.command).toBe(skillsCommand("v1.0.0"));
     expect(skillsReportLines(result)).toEqual([
       "Could not install the Bascik agent skills (npm error code ECONNREFUSED).",
       "Run this in the project folder when you are online:",
-      ...skillsLaterLines("v1.0.0-rc.10"),
+      ...skillsLaterLines("v1.0.0"),
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
     it("misuse: a tag that lacks a requested skill is not reported as a clean pinned install", () => {
       const spawn = vi.fn(() => ok);
       const result = installSkills("/work/app", {
-        version: "1.0.0-rc.11",
+        version: "1.1.0",
         platform: "linux",
         env: {},
         spawn,
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
       const spawn = vi.fn(() => ok);
       let runs = 0;
       const result = installSkills("/work/app", {
-        version: "1.0.0-rc.11",
+        version: "1.1.0",
         platform: "linux",
         env: {},
         spawn: ((...args: Parameters<typeof spawn>) => {
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
       expect(result.status).toBe("latest");
       expect(
         spawn.mock.calls.map((call) => (call as string[][])[1][4]),
-      ).toEqual(["bascikdev/bascik#v1.0.0-rc.11", "bascikdev/bascik"]);
+      ).toEqual(["bascikdev/bascik#v1.1.0", "bascikdev/bascik"]);
     });
 
     it("misuse: a skill present in only one destination counts as missing", () => {
@@ -416,7 +418,7 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
         .mockReturnValueOnce(ok)
         .mockReturnValueOnce(fail("Failed to connect to github.com"));
       const result = installSkills("/work/app", {
-        version: "1.0.0-rc.11",
+        version: "1.1.0",
         platform: "linux",
         env: {},
         spawn,
@@ -429,7 +431,7 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
     it("reports how many installed, which are missing, and the command to get just those from the default branch", () => {
       const lines = skillsReportLines({
         status: "partial",
-        ref: "v1.0.0-rc.11",
+        ref: "v1.1.0",
         missing: ["bascik-images"],
         command: skillsCommand(undefined, ["bascik-images"]),
       });
@@ -439,7 +441,7 @@ describe("installSkills", () => {
       expect(lines.join("\n")).toContain(
         "npx skills add bascikdev/bascik -a universal -a claude-code --copy -y --skill bascik-images",
       );
-      expect(lines.join("\n")).not.toContain("#v1.0.0-rc.11");
+      expect(lines.join("\n")).not.toContain("#v1.1.0");
     });
 
     it("limits the install command to the named skills", () => {
diff --git a/create/src/agent-setup.ts b/create/src/agent-setup.ts
index b17fa216..579fb148 100644
--- a/create/src/agent-setup.ts
+++ b/create/src/agent-setup.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * says which command to run later.
  *
  * Two identical copies exist, `create/src/agent-setup.ts` for
- * `npm create bascik@rc` and `pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts` for `bascik init`.
+ * `npm create bascik` and `pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts` for `bascik init`.
  * `create/src/agent-setup.test.ts` fails when they differ.
  */
 
diff --git a/create/src/cli.ts b/create/src/cli.ts
index 4fc2f820..73772741 100644
--- a/create/src/cli.ts
+++ b/create/src/cli.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export interface CliOptions {
   noInstallFlag: boolean;
   /** `--no-skills`: do not ask about or install the agent skills. */
   noSkillsFlag: boolean;
-  /** Left undefined when no `--template` flag was given so the entry can ask interactively. */
+  /** Left undefined when no `--template` flag was given; the entry then uses the default starter. */
   template?: Template;
   /** The first positional argument, the project name, with flag values excluded. */
   projectName?: string;
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ const parseTemplate = (value: string | undefined): Template => {
  * The form the docs recommend. npm keeps any flag that comes before `--` for
  * itself, so this is what the error messages point users back to.
  */
-const NPM_CREATE_EXAMPLE =
-  "npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare";
+const NPM_CREATE_EXAMPLE = "npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare";
 
 const unexpectedArgument = (arg: string): Error =>
   new Error(
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ const npmConfigIsFalse = (value: string | undefined): boolean =>
  *
  * npm exposes the flags it consumed as `npm_config_*` environment variables.
  * `-y` becomes `npm_config_yes=true`, which is honored so the documented
- * `npm create bascik@rc my-site -y` skips every prompt (and npm's own install
+ * `npm create bascik my-site -y` skips every prompt (and npm's own install
  * prompt, which is why that flag belongs before `--`). `--template=<name>`
  * becomes `npm_config_template=<name>` and is honored too, while the two-token
  * form only yields `npm_config_template=true`, so that case is reported instead
@@ -173,13 +172,13 @@ export function parseCliOptions(
   };
 }
 
-/** What `npm create bascik@rc -- --help` prints. */
-export const USAGE = `Usage: npm create bascik@rc [project-name] -- [options]
+/** What `npm create bascik -- --help` prints. */
+export const USAGE = `Usage: npm create bascik [project-name] -- [options]
 
 Creates a new Bascik project in ./<project-name> (asks for a name when none is given).
 
 Options:
-  --template <name>  The starter: ${TEMPLATES.join(", ")} (alias: static). Asks when not given.
+  --template <name>  The starter: ${TEMPLATES.join(", ")} (alias: static). Default: default.
   -y, --yes          Answer every question with its default: the default template,
                      install the agent skills, install dependencies, start the dev server
   --no-skills        Do not install the Bascik agent skills
diff --git a/create/src/create-cli.integration.test.ts b/create/src/create-cli.integration.test.ts
index 4254ea5d..4a7f09aa 100644
--- a/create/src/create-cli.integration.test.ts
+++ b/create/src/create-cli.integration.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  * Collaborators:
  * - The TypeScript compiler, which builds `src/` into a temporary folder once, so the test runs the
- *   same JavaScript `npm create bascik@rc` runs without depending on a separate `yarn create:build`.
+ *   same JavaScript `npm create bascik` runs without depending on a separate `yarn create:build`.
  * - The real skills CLI through npx. `BASCIK_SKILLS_SOURCE` points it at this repository's checkout,
  *   so it installs the skills on this branch without GitHub; npx needs the network only the first
  *   time it fetches the pinned CLI.
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ async function create(
 
 const QUIET = ["--no-install", "--no-dev"];
 
-describe("npm create bascik@rc and the agent skills", () => {
+describe("npm create bascik and the agent skills", () => {
   it("-y --no-skills writes AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md and installs no skills", async () => {
     const { status, output, parent } = await create([
       "my-site",
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ describe("npm create bascik@rc and the agent skills", () => {
   });
 
   it("misuse: --no-skills and --no-install written before --, which npm exports as empty values, are honored", async () => {
-    // What npm 11 hands over for `npm create bascik@rc my-site -y --no-skills --no-install -- --no-dev`.
+    // What npm 11 hands over for `npm create bascik my-site -y --no-skills --no-install -- --no-dev`.
     const { status, output, parent } = await create(["my-site", "--no-dev"], {
       env: {
         npm_config_yes: "true",
@@ -288,12 +288,49 @@ describe("npm create bascik@rc and the agent skills", () => {
     });
     expect(status, output).toBe(0);
     expect(output).toContain("Project name (bascik-app): \n");
-    expect(output).toContain("Deploy to Cloudflare Workers? (y/N) \n");
-    expect(output).toContain("Deploy to Netlify? (y/N) \n");
     expect(existsSync(join(parent, "bascik-app", "AGENTS.md"))).toBe(true);
     expect(existsSync(join(parent, "bascik-app", "netlify.toml"))).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("never asks where the site will be deployed: without --template the starter is the default one", async () => {
+    // Answers that would have chosen an adapter when the question existed.
+    const { status, output, parent } = await create(
+      ["my-site", "--no-skills", ...QUIET],
+      { input: "y\ny\ny\n" },
+    );
+    expect(status, output).toBe(0);
+    expect(output).not.toMatch(/Deploy to/i);
+    expect(output).not.toMatch(/Cloudflare|Netlify/);
+    const manifest = JSON.parse(
+      readFileSync(join(parent, "my-site", "package.json"), "utf8"),
+    ) as { devDependencies: Record<string, string> };
+    expect(
+      Object.keys(manifest.devDependencies).filter((name) =>
+        name.startsWith("@bascik/adapter-"),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+    expect(existsSync(join(parent, "my-site", "netlify.toml"))).toBe(false);
+    expect(existsSync(join(parent, "my-site", "wrangler.jsonc"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("--template still chooses an adapter starter, with no question asked", async () => {
+    for (const [template, adapter] of [
+      ["cloudflare", "@bascik/adapter-cloudflare"],
+      ["netlify", "@bascik/adapter-netlify"],
+    ] as const) {
+      const { status, output, parent } = await create(
+        [`site-${template}`, "--template", template, "--no-skills", ...QUIET],
+        { input: "" },
+      );
+      expect(status, output).toBe(0);
+      expect(output).not.toMatch(/Deploy to .*\?/i);
+      const manifest = JSON.parse(
+        readFileSync(join(parent, `site-${template}`, "package.json"), "utf8"),
+      ) as { devDependencies: Record<string, string> };
+      expect(manifest.devDependencies[adapter]).toBe("^1.0.0");
+    }
+  });
+
   it("misuse: a skills install that fails still scaffolds, exits 0 and prints the command to run later", async () => {
     const { status, output, parent } = await create(
       ["my-site", "-y", ...QUIET],
@@ -314,7 +351,7 @@ describe("npm create bascik@rc and the agent skills", () => {
     async (...args) => {
       const { status, output, parent } = await create(args);
       expect(status).toBe(0);
-      expect(output).toContain("Usage: npm create bascik@rc");
+      expect(output).toContain("Usage: npm create bascik");
       expect(output).toContain("--template <name>");
       expect(output).not.toContain("Project name");
       expect(readdirSync(parent)).toEqual([]);
diff --git a/create/src/index.ts b/create/src/index.ts
index 8c673792..602d2d59 100644
--- a/create/src/index.ts
+++ b/create/src/index.ts
@@ -61,22 +61,10 @@ if (error) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-let template: Template;
-
-if (templateArg) {
-  template = templateArg;
-} else if (yesFlag) {
-  template = "default";
-} else {
-  const cloudflareAnswer = await rl.ask("Deploy to Cloudflare Workers? (y/N) ");
-  // The other prompts default to yes, so "yes" typed in full is accepted here too.
-  if (/^y(es)?$/i.test(cloudflareAnswer.trim())) {
-    template = "cloudflare";
-  } else {
-    const netlifyAnswer = await rl.ask("Deploy to Netlify? (y/N) ");
-    template = /^y(es)?$/i.test(netlifyAnswer.trim()) ? "netlify" : "default";
-  }
-}
+// Where the site will be deployed is never asked: a new project is the default starter, which builds a
+// static site and runs on the built-in server. `--template cloudflare` or `--template netlify` adds an
+// adapter for someone who already knows they want one, and an adapter can be added to any project later.
+const template: Template = templateArg ?? "default";
 
 console.log(`\nCreating Bascik project "${projectName}"…\n`);
 let notes: string[];
diff --git a/create/src/scaffold.test.ts b/create/src/scaffold.test.ts
index 651a77a0..0aad6333 100644
--- a/create/src/scaffold.test.ts
+++ b/create/src/scaffold.test.ts
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ describe("parseCliOptions", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  // `npm create bascik@rc my-site --template cloudflare` (no `--`) reaches the CLI
+  // `npm create bascik my-site --template cloudflare` (no `--`) reaches the CLI
   // as ["my-site", "cloudflare"]: npm keeps the flag and forwards its value as a
   // plain argument, so a second positional must be reported, not dropped.
   it("rejects a stray second positional and points at the -- form", () => {
     expect(() => parseCliOptions(["my-site", "cloudflare", "-y"], {})).toThrow(
-      'Unexpected argument "cloudflare". When running through npm create, put flags after "--": npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare',
+      'Unexpected argument "cloudflare". When running through npm create, put flags after "--": npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare',
     );
   });
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ describe("parseCliOptions", () => {
     expect(() =>
       parseCliOptions(["my-site"], { npm_config_template: "true" }),
     ).toThrow(
-      'npm kept --template for itself and dropped its value. Put flags after "--": npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare',
+      'npm kept --template for itself and dropped its value. Put flags after "--": npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare',
     );
   });
 });
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ describe("parseCliOptions --no-skills", () => {
   });
 
   it("misuse: honors --no-skills and --no-install written before --, which npm exports as empty npm_config_* values", () => {
-    // What npm 11 sets for `npm create bascik@rc my-site --no-skills --no-install`.
+    // What npm 11 sets for `npm create bascik my-site --no-skills --no-install`.
     expect(
       parseCliOptions(["my-site"], {
         npm_config_skills: "",
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ describe("parseCliOptions --no-skills", () => {
     ])
       expect(USAGE).toContain(flag);
     expect(USAGE).toContain(
-      "npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare",
+      "npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare",
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/create/src/scaffold.ts b/create/src/scaffold.ts
index f84a72c2..6774bdd5 100644
--- a/create/src/scaffold.ts
+++ b/create/src/scaffold.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { vscodeReportLines, writeVscodeFiles } from "./vscode-settings.js";
  * The `@bascik/bascik` release a new project depends on. The agent skills are
  * installed from the same release's tag, so the two always match.
  */
-export const BASCIK_VERSION = "1.0.0-rc.13";
+export const BASCIK_VERSION = "1.0.0";
 
 // ─── Templates ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ export const PACKAGE_JSON = (
           "@bascik/bascik": `^${BASCIK_VERSION}`,
         },
         devDependencies: {
-          ...(cloudflare && { "@bascik/adapter-cloudflare": "^1.0.0-rc.13" }),
-          ...(netlify && { "@bascik/adapter-netlify": "^1.0.0-rc.3" }),
-          "@bascik/language-server": "^1.0.0-rc.1",
+          ...(cloudflare && { "@bascik/adapter-cloudflare": "^1.0.0" }),
+          ...(netlify && { "@bascik/adapter-netlify": "^1.0.0" }),
+          "@bascik/language-server": "^1.0.0",
           "@playwright/test": "^1.62.0",
           "@types/node": "^24.0.0",
           "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^5.0.3",
diff --git a/create/src/vscode-settings.test.ts b/create/src/vscode-settings.test.ts
index 3aa37e7f..aef2cc78 100644
--- a/create/src/vscode-settings.test.ts
+++ b/create/src/vscode-settings.test.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe("VS Code settings for Bascik projects", () => {
 
   // Someone who opens examples/starter-site on its own gets the same editor setup as a new project.
   // The examples bundle skips dot folders, so add-example.mjs never copies these over a project's own files.
-  it("ships in examples/starter-site as npm create bascik@rc writes them", () => {
+  it("ships in examples/starter-site as npm create bascik writes them", () => {
     const starter = resolve(HERE, "../../examples/starter-site/.vscode");
     expect(readFileSync(join(starter, "settings.json"), "utf8")).toBe(
       VSCODE_SETTINGS_JSON,
diff --git a/create/src/vscode-settings.ts b/create/src/vscode-settings.ts
index 728c7999..be9b9384 100644
--- a/create/src/vscode-settings.ts
+++ b/create/src/vscode-settings.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * that is not valid JSON is left alone and reported.
  *
  * Two identical copies exist, `create/src/vscode-settings.ts` for
- * `npm create bascik@rc` and `pkg/src/lib/vscode-settings.ts` for `bascik init`.
+ * `npm create bascik` and `pkg/src/lib/vscode-settings.ts` for `bascik init`.
  * `create/src/vscode-settings.test.ts` fails when they differ.
  */
 
diff --git a/docs/content/agent-skills.md b/docs/content/agent-skills.md
index 15982f14..772b5785 100644
--- a/docs/content/agent-skills.md
+++ b/docs/content/agent-skills.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ To install a skill from the docs site instead, use `npx skills add https://basci
 | `bascik-migrate`       | Moving from React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Eleventy, Hugo, or WordPress                                             | `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-migrate`       |
 | `bascik-refactor`      | **Opt-in.** Refactoring a live site with production parity at every breakpoint and 100 in all five Lighthouse categories | `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor`      |
 
-New projects created with `npm create bascik@rc` or `bascik init` offer to install the general-purpose skills automatically. Add `bascik-refactor` separately when you need the workflow in [Migrating with Coding Agents](/how-to/agent-migration).
+New projects created with `npm create bascik` or `bascik init` offer to install the general-purpose skills automatically. Add `bascik-refactor` separately when you need the workflow in [Migrating with Coding Agents](/how-to/agent-migration).
 
 The skills hold only what an assistant must not get wrong: target per-instance elements with `id` and `getElementById`, keep props to text and use slots for markup, do not create a config file without a reason, and never write generated files into `src/`. For everything else they point to the page on this site that explains it, and `read-doc.mjs` prints that page, so the skills and the docs never disagree.
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ del skills.tar.gz
 
 ### New projects
 
-After setting up the files, `npm create bascik@rc` and `bascik init` ask:
+After setting up the files, `npm create bascik` and `bascik init` ask:
 
 ```text
 Install the Bascik agent skills for coding assistants (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, Codex...)? (Y/n)
diff --git a/docs/content/cli.md b/docs/content/cli.md
index 1ecd8f3a..04dd8544 100644
--- a/docs/content/cli.md
+++ b/docs/content/cli.md
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Bascik features a simple, fast, and highly informative CLI for both development
 ## Scaffold a new project
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc
-# or: npm create bascik@rc my-project
-# or: npm create bascik@rc my-project -- --template cloudflare
+npm create bascik
+# or: npm create bascik my-project
+# or: npm create bascik my-project -- --template cloudflare
 ```
 
 Scaffolds a complete starter project in a new directory. Prompts for a project name if not passed as an argument. The name is a folder under the current one (`.`, `..`, absolute paths and spaces are refused), and a folder that already has one of the starter's files, such as `package.json`, is refused before anything is written; use [`bascik init`](#set-up-an-existing-project-with-bascik-init) for an existing project. `--template cloudflare` adds the [Cloudflare adapter](/deployment/cloudflare), Wrangler, and an edge demo page to the same starter, and `--template netlify` adds the [Netlify adapter](/deployment/netlify), a `netlify.toml`, and the same demo; it goes after `--` because npm keeps flags placed before it for itself. Creates:
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Node itself checks `--env-file` before Bascik starts, so a missing file stops th
 
 An explicitly passed `--env-file` that does not exist is an error, mirroring Node's own `--env-file` versus `--env-file-if-exists` distinction. A real environment variable always beats a value from any file.
 
-Env files often hold secrets, so keep them out of git. A project made with `npm create bascik@rc` already ignores `.env` and `.env.*` in its `.gitignore`, except `.env.example`.
+Env files often hold secrets, so keep them out of git. A project made with `npm create bascik` already ignores `.env` and `.env.*` in its `.gitignore`, except `.env.example`.
 
 The site URL (used for `sitemap.xml`, `robots.txt`, and `BASCIK_SITE_URL` in build scripts) follows the precedence chain:
 
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ bascik --check
 - **Project checks** need the whole project: the config, every page and component, the route table. Duplicate routes, unused components, and unmatched tags are examples. `bascik` runs these itself.
 - **Per-file checks** need one file: an attribute typo, CSS that cannot be scoped, an API route with no handler. These are the same checks your editor shows as you type, and `bascik --check` runs them through [`@bascik/language-server`](/tools/linter) when it is installed.
 
-Projects created with `npm create bascik@rc` have the language server installed. In a project without it, the project checks still run, and the report says what was skipped:
+Projects created with `npm create bascik` have the language server installed. In a project without it, the project checks still run, and the report says what was skipped:
 
 ```terminal
 ℹ  per-file checks skipped: install @bascik/language-server to run them (npm install --save-dev @bascik/language-server)
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Then open the URL printed by `http-server` (default: `http://127.0.0.1:8080`).
 
 ## Editor setup and output inspection
 
-**VS Code false positives.** VS Code's built-in HTML checker joins every classic `<script>` (one without `type="module"`) in a file into one JavaScript file, so two Bascik scripts that each `export default` show "A module cannot have multiple default exports." Bascik runs each build and server script on its own, and wraps each component script in its own scope, so that error is false. Plain `<script>` blocks in a page still share the browser's global scope, so the same top-level `const` in two page scripts is a real error. `npm create bascik@rc` and `bascik init` turn this check off in `.vscode/settings.json`, and the [Bascik extension](/tools/vscode-extension#several-scripts-in-one-file) offers to add it in a Bascik workspace that has no value set. For other projects, add this to `.vscode/settings.json`:
+**VS Code false positives.** VS Code's built-in HTML checker joins every classic `<script>` (one without `type="module"`) in a file into one JavaScript file, so two Bascik scripts that each `export default` show "A module cannot have multiple default exports." Bascik runs each build and server script on its own, and wraps each component script in its own scope, so that error is false. Plain `<script>` blocks in a page still share the browser's global scope, so the same top-level `const` in two page scripts is a real error. `npm create bascik` and `bascik init` turn this check off in `.vscode/settings.json`, and the [Bascik extension](/tools/vscode-extension#several-scripts-in-one-file) offers to add it in a Bascik workspace that has no value set. For other projects, add this to `.vscode/settings.json`:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ Then open the URL printed by `http-server` (default: `http://127.0.0.1:8080`).
 }
 ```
 
-**Linter warnings about the page head.** webhint, axe, html-validate, and similar editor linters read source files, so they report a missing charset, viewport, or `<title>` that a head component or build script adds at build time. Third-party linters are opt-in: `npm create bascik@rc` and `bascik init` do not install them or create or modify their config files. Check the built page in `dist/` before changing a source page; [Editor Linters Read Source](/testing/linting#editor-linters-read-source) lists every such warning and has copyable settings.
+**Linter warnings about the page head.** webhint, axe, html-validate, and similar editor linters read source files, so they report a missing charset, viewport, or `<title>` that a head component or build script adds at build time. Third-party linters are opt-in: `npm create bascik` and `bascik init` do not install them or create or modify their config files. Check the built page in `dist/` before changing a source page; [Editor Linters Read Source](/testing/linting#editor-linters-read-source) lists every such warning and has copyable settings.
 
 **Inspect `dist/` directly.** Both the dev server and `bascik --build` write compiled HTML to `dist/` on disk. This is the fastest way to confirm what Bascik emitted:
 
diff --git a/docs/content/deployment/cloudflare.md b/docs/content/deployment/cloudflare.md
index 8cc67dd8..06d3070c 100644
--- a/docs/content/deployment/cloudflare.md
+++ b/docs/content/deployment/cloudflare.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ No client-side JavaScript is added, nothing hydrates, and there is no per-fragme
 For a new site, let `create-bascik` set this up:
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare
+npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare
 ```
 
 The `--` is required: npm keeps flags placed before it for itself and does not pass them on. That is the standard starter with the adapter and Wrangler installed, `npm run dev` left as `bascik`, `npm run dev:cloudflare` set to `bascik --target cloudflare`, `npm run build` set to `bascik --build --target cloudflare`, `npm run preview` and `npm run deploy` running Wrangler from the emitted bundle, and a demo page (`src/pages/edge.html`) and API route (`src/api/hello.ts`) that run in the Worker. The rest of this guide applies unchanged; the manual steps below are for adding the adapter to an existing project.
diff --git a/docs/content/deployment/netlify.md b/docs/content/deployment/netlify.md
index f149db7d..322275f3 100644
--- a/docs/content/deployment/netlify.md
+++ b/docs/content/deployment/netlify.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ No client-side JavaScript is added, nothing hydrates, and there is no per-fragme
 For a new site, let `create-bascik` set this up:
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template netlify
+npm create bascik my-site -- --template netlify
 ```
 
 The `--` is required: npm keeps flags placed before it for itself. That is the standard starter with the adapter and Netlify CLI installed, `npm run dev` left as `bascik`, `npm run dev:netlify` set to `bascik --target netlify`, `npm run build` set to `bascik --build --target netlify && bascik-netlify-install`, a `netlify.toml` that publishes `publish/` and uses Netlify's `URL` as the site URL unless `BASCIK_SITE_URL` is set, `npm run preview` and `npm run deploy` running the Netlify CLI through `npx`, and a demo page (`src/pages/edge.html`) and API route (`src/api/hello.ts`) that run in the function. The manual steps below are for adding the adapter to an existing project.
diff --git a/docs/content/faq.md b/docs/content/faq.md
index a0f3e2dd..b3e230ca 100644
--- a/docs/content/faq.md
+++ b/docs/content/faq.md
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Yes. Dev mode stores the updated page in memory first so it can be served immedi
 - Components a server or stream script cannot return, with the reason, after a build of a site that has server or stream scripts ([Request-Time Component Rendering](/compatibility#request-time-component-rendering))
 - WHATWG HTML5 parse errors in every compiled `dist/` HTML file (requires [parse5](https://parse5.js.org/) as a dev dependency; if not installed, `--check` prints a one-line install hint instead)
 
-**Per-file checks**, which need only one file and come from the [linter](/tools/linter) (`@bascik/language-server`, which projects created with `npm create bascik@rc` already have):
+**Per-file checks**, which need only one file and come from the [linter](/tools/linter) (`@bascik/language-server`, which projects created with `npm create bascik` already have):
 
 - Unknown `data-bascik-*` attribute names (likely typos)
 - Script mode conflicts such as one tag containing both `data-bascik-build` and `data-bascik-server`
diff --git a/docs/content/getting-started.md b/docs/content/getting-started.md
index 28d9f70d..22e07a2a 100644
--- a/docs/content/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/content/getting-started.md
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ Bascik runs on Node.js 24.21 or newer; Node.js 26, the current LTS, is recommend
 Create a new site with Bascik:
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc my-site -y
+npm create bascik my-site -y
 ```
 
-During the release candidate period, `@rc` selects the current release candidate.
-
 That scaffolds the project, installs dependencies, and starts the dev server in one shot.
 
 Open **http://localhost:8080** in your browser to see your live site.
@@ -23,16 +21,16 @@ Edit a page or a component and save. The browser updates on its own, with no man
 ## Create Bascik Command
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc my-site
+npm create bascik my-site
 ```
 
 Pass a different name to use it as both the directory name and the site title. The name is a new folder under the current one, such as `my-site` or `sites/my-site`: `.`, `..`, an absolute path and spaces are refused. If the folder already has a file the starter would replace, such as `package.json` or `src/pages/index.html`, nothing is written; to add Bascik to an existing project, see [Manual Setup](#manual-setup).
 
 If you omit `-y`, the CLI steps through the setup prompts interactively.
 
-`npm create bascik@rc` scaffolds a complete starter site: pages, components with unit tests, Playwright E2E browser tests, global CSS, `vite.config.ts`, `.vscode/extensions.json` recommending the official Bascik extension, `.vscode/settings.json` that turns off a VS Code check which gives false errors on Bascik pages, and a `.gitignore` with Vitest, `npm run lint` (`bascik --check`, with the `@bascik/language-server` linter installed), E2E testing, and code coverage pre-configured.
+`npm create bascik` scaffolds a complete starter site: pages, components with unit tests, Playwright E2E browser tests, global CSS, `vite.config.ts`, `.vscode/extensions.json` recommending the official Bascik extension, `.vscode/settings.json` that turns off a VS Code check which gives false errors on Bascik pages, and a `.gitignore` with Vitest, `npm run lint` (`bascik --check`, with the `@bascik/language-server` linter installed), E2E testing, and code coverage pre-configured.
 
-Its component scripts are TypeScript (`<script type="text/typescript">`), and every component root and interactive part carries a `data-testid` for tests. Run `npm create bascik@rc -- --help` to list every option.
+Its component scripts are TypeScript (`<script type="text/typescript">`), and every component root and interactive part carries a `data-testid` for tests. Run `npm create bascik -- --help` to list every option.
 
 It does not create `bascik.config.ts` because the starter uses Bascik's built-in defaults. A fresh project passes `npm run lint`; until you set the site's production URL, `bascik --check` warns that `BASCIK_SITE_URL` is not set and `npm run build` fails, because the sitemap and `robots.txt` need it. Set it where the site is built (see [Environment files and the site URL](/cli#environment-files-and-the-site-url)), or turn off `generate.sitemap` and `generate.robots`. `npm run e2e` works before that: while neither `BASCIK_SITE_URL` nor `.env` sets a URL, its Playwright config gives the test build `http://localhost:8080`, the server it runs. Once you set one, the e2e build uses it, so the `dist/` it leaves behind keeps your real sitemap.
 
@@ -41,17 +39,17 @@ For coding assistants, it writes an `AGENTS.md` brief with the project's command
 To start a site that deploys to Cloudflare Workers, pass `--template cloudflare`. You get the same starter plus the [Cloudflare adapter](/deployment/cloudflare) and Wrangler as dev dependencies, a `build` script that emits the Workers bundle, `preview` and `deploy` scripts, and a demo page with a server script and an API route that run in the Worker. `--template netlify` is the same for Netlify: the [Netlify adapter](/deployment/netlify), a `netlify.toml`, and the demo page and API route running in a Netlify Function. Without `--template`, the interactive prompts ask the same questions.
 
 ```sh
-npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare
+npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare
 ```
 
-The `--` matters: npm keeps flags placed before it for itself and does not pass them on, so `--template` has to follow a `--`. `-y` works on either side of it because `create-bascik` also reads npm's own `yes` setting, so `npm create bascik@rc my-site -y -- --template cloudflare` scaffolds, installs, and starts the dev server without a single prompt. `--no-skills` and `--no-install` work on either side too, but `--no-dev` has to follow the `--`: npm treats it as one of its own settings and does not pass it on.
+The `--` matters: npm keeps flags placed before it for itself and does not pass them on, so `--template` has to follow a `--`. `-y` works on either side of it because `create-bascik` also reads npm's own `yes` setting, so `npm create bascik my-site -y -- --template cloudflare` scaffolds, installs, and starts the dev server without a single prompt. `--no-skills` and `--no-install` work on either side too, but `--no-dev` has to follow the `--`: npm treats it as one of its own settings and does not pass it on.
 
 ## Manual Setup
 
 To add Bascik to an existing project:
 
 ```sh
-npm install @bascik/bascik@rc
+npm install @bascik/bascik
 ```
 
 Run `bascik init` to create the starter directory structure, or add `"dev": "bascik"` and `"build": "bascik --build"` to your `package.json` scripts.
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ Run `bascik init` to create the starter directory structure, or add `"dev": "bas
 
 VS Code's built-in HTML checker joins every classic `<script>` (one without `type="module"`) in a file into one JavaScript file, so a page with two Bascik scripts that each `export default` shows the false error "A module cannot have multiple default exports." Bascik runs each script on its own. The setting turns off only VS Code's check of code inside `<script>` tags in `.html` files. The Bascik extension offers to add the setting to a Bascik workspace the first time it starts there, and changes nothing unless you click. See [Several Scripts in One File](/tools/vscode-extension#several-scripts-in-one-file) for what the setting changes.
 
-Third-party linters such as Webhint are optional. Neither `npm create bascik@rc` nor `bascik init` installs them or creates or changes their config files. If you use one, [Editor Linters Read Source](/testing/linting#editor-linters-read-source) has copyable settings for warnings about head tags and prop-filled attributes that Bascik adds at build time.
+Third-party linters such as Webhint are optional. Neither `npm create bascik` nor `bascik init` installs them or creates or changes their config files. If you use one, [Editor Linters Read Source](/testing/linting#editor-linters-read-source) has copyable settings for warnings about head tags and prop-filled attributes that Bascik adds at build time.
 
 <!-- demo:component-html -->
 
diff --git a/docs/content/how-to/agent-migration.md b/docs/content/how-to/agent-migration.md
index fb38f16d..5f4656e4 100644
--- a/docs/content/how-to/agent-migration.md
+++ b/docs/content/how-to/agent-migration.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The scripts are plain Node.js modules with unit tests in the Bascik repository.
 
 ## What You Need
 
-1. A Bascik project on Node.js 24.21 or newer. `npm create bascik@rc` creates one with every agent skill except the opt-in `bascik-refactor` already in `.agents/skills/` and `.claude/skills/`. For an existing project, install the skills as [Agent Skills](/agent-skills) describes.
+1. A Bascik project on Node.js 24.21 or newer. `npm create bascik` creates one with every agent skill except the opt-in `bascik-refactor` already in `.agents/skills/` and `.claude/skills/`. For an existing project, install the skills as [Agent Skills](/agent-skills) describes.
 2. A read-only checkout of the legacy repository.
 3. The live production URL.
 4. sharp and Lighthouse 13.3 or later as dev dependencies, plus Playwright, which the starter already has. The scripts load them from your project, never from the skill.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Production defects, such as low contrast, a missing focus outline or a blurry im
 
    ```sh
    cd migration
-   npm create bascik@rc site -y -- --template default --no-dev
+   npm create bascik site -y -- --template default --no-dev
    cd site
    npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor -y
    npm install -D sharp lighthouse
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ Run `npx wrangler dev --config wrangler.wrapper.jsonc` and `npx wrangler deploy
 
 ## Day-One Checklist
 
-1. Create the project with `npm create bascik@rc site -y -- --template default --no-dev`, or install the skills in an existing one, then install the opt-in skill with `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor`.
+1. Create the project with `npm create bascik site -y -- --template default --no-dev`, or install the skills in an existing one, then install the opt-in skill with `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor`.
 2. Check out the legacy repository read-only, next to the new site.
 3. Install sharp and Lighthouse as dev dependencies, and the Chromium browser.
 4. Create `docs/migration/`, `artifacts/` and `scripts/`, ignore `artifacts/`, set `PROD_URL`, `TARGET_URL`, `BASCIK_SITE_URL` and `REFACTOR`, and copy the two site scripts.
diff --git a/docs/content/internals.md b/docs/content/internals.md
index 98c7c8d1..ee8bd332 100644
--- a/docs/content/internals.md
+++ b/docs/content/internals.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bascik/
       index.ts        ← CLI entry point
       transpile.ts    ← dev/build startup (called by index.ts)
       lib/            ← all library modules
-  create/       ← standalone generator used by `npm create bascik@rc`
+  create/       ← standalone generator used by `npm create bascik`
   lsp/          ← the @bascik/language-server package
   adapters/     ← deployment adapters, including @bascik/adapter-cloudflare
   docs/         ← this documentation site (a Bascik project itself)
diff --git a/docs/content/internals/architecture.md b/docs/content/internals/architecture.md
index b4860bf6..076031ae 100644
--- a/docs/content/internals/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/content/internals/architecture.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ All logic lives in `pkg/src/lib/`. Each file has a single, well-defined responsi
 | `http.ts`                     | Plaintext HTTP/1.1 server (`node:http`) used by default in development and cleartext environments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `http2.ts`                    | TLS-enabled HTTP/2 server (`node:http2`) used when `http.tls.enabled: true` is configured.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `init.ts`                     | Bootstraps a new Bascik project via `bascik init`. Creates `src/pages/index.html` and `src/components/`, ensures `.gitignore` includes `dist/` and `node_modules/.cache/bascik/`, patches `package.json` with `"type": "module"` (when absent), an `@bascik/bascik` dependency, and dev/build scripts, and writes or merges `.vscode/settings.json` (`"html.validate.scripts": false`) and `.vscode/extensions.json` (recommends the Bascik extension) through `vscode-settings.ts`, keeping what those files already hold. Third-party linter configs are left untouched.                                                               |
-| `vscode-settings.ts`          | Writes or merges `.vscode/settings.json` and `.vscode/extensions.json` for `bascik init`. Keeps comments, other entries, and a value the user already set, and leaves a file that is not valid JSON alone. An identical copy at `create/src/vscode-settings.ts` serves `npm create bascik@rc`; a unit test fails when they differ.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `vscode-settings.ts`          | Writes or merges `.vscode/settings.json` and `.vscode/extensions.json` for `bascik init`. Keeps comments, other entries, and a value the user already set, and leaves a file that is not valid JSON alone. An identical copy at `create/src/vscode-settings.ts` serves `npm create bascik`; a unit test fails when they differ.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `javascript.ts`               | The scoping transforms: `prefixElementAttribute` (rewrites HTML attributes, JS DOM selectors, and CSS) and `namespaceScriptTags` (wraps scripts in IIFEs with `sourceURL` annotations and line positioning).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | `js-minifier.ts`              | Lightweight, built-in JavaScript minifier that strips comments and collapses safe whitespace without breaking statement boundaries (ASI).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 | `typescript.ts`               | Browser TypeScript boundary. Strips erasable types from referenced `.ts`/`.mts` companions (called from `getComponentScripts`) and from inline `type="text/typescript"` blocks (called from `listComponents` for components and `transpilePage` for pages), always before scoping and `minify.js`. Diagnoses TypeScript syntax in unmarked `<script>` blocks without rewriting them. Uses Node's `stripTypeScriptTypes` in strip-only mode.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
diff --git a/docs/content/internals/ci-cd.md b/docs/content/internals/ci-cd.md
index dd07ad9f..3866279a 100644
--- a/docs/content/internals/ci-cd.md
+++ b/docs/content/internals/ci-cd.md
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ The release workflow (`.github/workflows/release.yml`) triggers on version tags.
 | `create-bascik`                        | `create-v<semver>`                                        | `create-v1.0.3`             |
 | `@bascik/adapter-cloudflare`           | `adapter-cloudflare-v<semver>`                            | `adapter-cloudflare-v1.0.0` |
 | `@bascik/adapter-netlify`              | `adapter-netlify-v<semver>`                               | `adapter-netlify-v1.0.0`    |
-| `@bascik/language-server`              | `lsp-v<semver>`                                           | `lsp-v0.1.0`                |
-| Bascik VS Code extension (Marketplace) | `ext-v<semver>`, or `ext-pre-v<semver>` for a pre-release | `ext-v0.2.0`                |
+| `@bascik/language-server`              | `lsp-v<semver>`                                           | `lsp-v1.0.0`                |
+| Bascik VS Code extension (Marketplace) | `ext-v<semver>`, or `ext-pre-v<semver>` for a pre-release | `ext-v1.0.0`                |
 
 Each job uses an `if:` guard so only the relevant package is built and published:
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ The script fails unless the git tag equals the prefix plus the `version` in the
 
 - `--access public`: required for scoped packages and explicit for `create-bascik`. Each `package.json` also declares `"publishConfig": { "access": "public" }` as a belt-and-suspenders default.
 - `--provenance`: generates a signed attestation on npmjs.com that links the published package to the exact GitHub Actions run that built it. This requires `id-token: write` permission on the job and a `repository.url` in `package.json` that matches the GitHub repository.
-- `--tag`: `latest` for stable versions. A prerelease such as `1.0.0-rc.1` publishes under the identifier before the first dot (`rc`), so `npm install <pkg>` never picks it up by default.
+- `--tag`: `latest` for stable versions. A prerelease such as `1.1.0-rc.1` publishes under the identifier before the first dot (`rc`), so `npm install <pkg>` never picks it up by default.
 
 ## Tagging a Release
 
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ git push origin create-v1.0.3
 ```sh
 # Bump the version in lsp/package.json and merge it into main through a pull request, then:
 git fetch origin main
-git tag lsp-v0.1.0 origin/main
-git push origin lsp-v0.1.0
+git tag lsp-v1.0.0 origin/main
+git push origin lsp-v1.0.0
 # After @bascik/bascik is on npm, bump the version in adapters/cloudflare/package.json and merge it, then:
 git fetch origin main
 git tag adapter-cloudflare-v1.0.0 origin/main
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Push each tag by name, never with `git push --tags`, which pushes every local ta
 
 ### Release candidates
 
-Use a prerelease version and the matching tag, for example `1.0.0-rc.1` with `v1.0.0-rc.1`. Publish `@bascik/language-server` and `@bascik/bascik` first, then the packages that depend on them (`create-bascik`, `@bascik/adapter-cloudflare` and `@bascik/adapter-netlify`). Install with `npm install @bascik/bascik@rc`. Dependents pin a range that includes the prerelease (for example `^1.0.0-rc.1`), which also accepts the final `1.0.0`.
+Use a prerelease version and the matching tag, for example `1.1.0-rc.1` with `v1.1.0-rc.1`. Publish `@bascik/language-server` and `@bascik/bascik` first, then the packages that depend on them (`create-bascik`, `@bascik/adapter-cloudflare` and `@bascik/adapter-netlify`). Install with `npm install @bascik/bascik@rc`. Dependents pin a range that includes the prerelease (for example `^1.1.0-rc.1`), which also accepts the final `1.1.0`. A prerelease never moves the `latest` dist-tag, so `npm create bascik` and a plain `npm install @bascik/bascik` keep installing the current stable release.
 
 The release workflow picks up the tag, runs tests, builds `dist/` (which is not committed to git), and publishes to npm.
 
diff --git a/docs/content/internals/create-app.md b/docs/content/internals/create-app.md
index a276358f..fa30361e 100644
--- a/docs/content/internals/create-app.md
+++ b/docs/content/internals/create-app.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The package's source files have distinct responsibilities:
 
 - `create/src/scaffold.ts`: pure data and file-writing logic. All generated file content lives here as exported string constants and functions. No I/O beyond `fs/promises`. This is what the tests cover.
 - `create/src/agent-setup.ts`: the coding-assistant setup shared with `bascik init`: the `AGENTS.md` brief and the `CLAUDE.md` that imports it (merged into existing files), the agent skills install through the skills CLI, and the prompt helper that keeps a run without a terminal from hanging.
-- `create/src/index.ts`: the CLI entry point. Handles prompts, including the template (default, Cloudflare, or Netlify) and agent skills questions, and spawns the skills CLI, `npm install` and `npm run dev`. `create-cli.integration.test.ts` runs it end to end.
+- `create/src/index.ts`: the CLI entry point. Handles the prompts (the project name and the agent skills question; the template comes only from `--template`, and is `default` without it), and spawns the skills CLI, `npm install` and `npm run dev`. `create-cli.integration.test.ts` runs it end to end.
 - `create/src/cli.ts`: parses `-y`, `--no-install`, `--no-dev`, `--no-skills`, `--template <name>`, and the positional project name, and refuses an unknown flag with the closest known one. Because npm keeps flags written before `--` for itself, it also honors the `npm_config_yes`, `npm_config_template`, `npm_config_skills` and `npm_config_install` variables npm sets instead (npm sets a `--no-*` flag's variable to the empty string). npm takes `--no-dev` as its own `dev` setting and sets nothing, so that flag only works after `--`.
 
 Keeping them split means you can test every generated file without invoking the CLI or touching the filesystem.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ yarn create:test-site
 
 This builds `create-bascik` and runs the scaffolding CLI to create a test project at `my-site/`. It skips the generated project's npm install, then builds the site using the `@bascik/bascik` package already linked from `pkg/` in the monorepo workspace. This lets CI test the current package changes before an RC is published.
 
-The `-y` flag selects the defaults non-interactively, while `--no-skills`, `--no-install` and `--no-dev` skip the agent skills, npm install and dev server startup. `--template cloudflare` selects the Cloudflare Workers template and `--template netlify` the Netlify template; through `npm create` it must follow a `--` separator (`npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare`).
+The `-y` flag selects the defaults non-interactively, while `--no-skills`, `--no-install` and `--no-dev` skip the agent skills, npm install and dev server startup. `--template cloudflare` selects the Cloudflare Workers template and `--template netlify` the Netlify template; through `npm create` it must follow a `--` separator (`npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare`).
 
 ```text
 Build complete
diff --git a/docs/content/internals/diagnostics.md b/docs/content/internals/diagnostics.md
index 990a56df..809a01a3 100644
--- a/docs/content/internals/diagnostics.md
+++ b/docs/content/internals/diagnostics.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Two things are deliberately not duplicated:
 
 ### How `bascik --check` uses the language server
 
-`@bascik/language-server` is an **optional peer dependency** of `@bascik/bascik`. Nothing installs it for you, and the compiler has no production dependencies. Projects scaffolded with `npm create bascik@rc` already list it as a dev dependency.
+`@bascik/language-server` is an **optional peer dependency** of `@bascik/bascik`. Nothing installs it for you, and the compiler has no production dependencies. Projects scaffolded with `npm create bascik` already list it as a dev dependency.
 
 When `bascik --check` runs, it loads the language server from the project (so the version you installed is the version that runs), hands it the pages folder (markup only), every component root, and the API folder (scripts only), and merges what comes back. Per-file findings are listed by file under their own heading, because that is how an editor shows them. Hints, which are advice for the editor and may be wrong for a project the file cannot see, are left out, so they can never fail a `--strict` run.
 
diff --git a/docs/content/production-server.md b/docs/content/production-server.md
index 325b0a67..7705bb8c 100644
--- a/docs/content/production-server.md
+++ b/docs/content/production-server.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ When TLS is enabled:
 - Without `keyFile` and `certFile`, the server creates a certificate for `localhost` on first start, with `mkcert` when it is installed and `openssl` otherwise, saved as `bascik-privkey.pem` and `bascik-cert.pem` in the directory Bascik runs from (the project folder when you start it there). The mkcert certificate covers `localhost`, `127.0.0.1`, and `::1` and is trusted once mkcert's local CA is installed (`mkcert -install`). The openssl certificate is self-signed, with SubjectAltName (SAN) entries for `localhost`, `*.localhost`, `127.0.0.1`, and `::1`; browsers still warn until you trust it.
 - Existing `bascik-privkey.pem` and `bascik-cert.pem` files are reused, not regenerated, while the certificate is valid. Delete them after installing mkcert to get a trusted certificate. When the certificate has expired (the openssl one lasts 365 days) or is not valid yet, the server says so and generates a new pair in their place.
 - A `certFile` you configured is never replaced: when it has expired or is not valid yet, the server warns, naming the file, and starts with it anyway.
-- Keep both files out of version control. `npm create bascik@rc` ignores `*.pem` and `bascik init` adds the two file names to `.gitignore`; a project set up another way needs them added by hand.
+- Keep both files out of version control. `npm create bascik` ignores `*.pem` and `bascik init` adds the two file names to `.gitignore`; a project set up another way needs them added by hand.
 - If `keyFile` or `certFile` is set, Bascik never generates a certificate. A configured path that does not exist fails [configuration validation](/configuration#configuration-validation) at startup (`http.tls.keyFile ... file does not exist or is not readable`). If you set only one of the two, the other falls back to the default `bascik-privkey.pem` or `bascik-cert.pem`, and when that default file is missing the server stops with `Custom TLS certificate files are configured but could not be found.`
 - Development certificates (e.g. generated with `mkcert`) work seamlessly for local HTTPS testing.
 
diff --git a/docs/content/switch.md b/docs/content/switch.md
index cb21ff02..9604d75b 100644
--- a/docs/content/switch.md
+++ b/docs/content/switch.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Most of what you already know translates directly to Bascik:
 
 You do not need to convert your entire project at once. A good first step is migrating a single content page and a shared card component:
 
-1. Create a new Bascik project with `npm create bascik@rc my-site`.
+1. Create a new Bascik project with `npm create bascik my-site`.
 2. Extract one reusable UI block into `src/components/post-card/post-card.html`.
 3. Create `src/pages/index.html` and use `<post-card />`.
 4. Run `npm run dev` to inspect your zero-JS output immediately.
diff --git a/docs/content/switch/from-astro.md b/docs/content/switch/from-astro.md
index 9f6308d0..ed3cace4 100644
--- a/docs/content/switch/from-astro.md
+++ b/docs/content/switch/from-astro.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Astro 7 changed the toolchain more than the API: its Rust compiler rejects unclo
 
 Convert a single UI component, such as a card or navigation bar, to Bascik's HTML format:
 
-1. Create a project with `npm create bascik@rc my-site`, or add Bascik to an existing folder with `npm install @bascik/bascik`, and run `npx bascik init`. Bascik's config is an ES module, so the project needs `"type": "module"` in `package.json`: `init` adds it, or stops and tells you to add it yourself when the folder already has JavaScript that may rely on CommonJS (see [Set up an existing project](/cli#set-up-an-existing-project-with-bascik-init)).
+1. Create a project with `npm create bascik my-site`, or add Bascik to an existing folder with `npm install @bascik/bascik`, and run `npx bascik init`. Bascik's config is an ES module, so the project needs `"type": "module"` in `package.json`: `init` adds it, or stops and tells you to add it yourself when the folder already has JavaScript that may rely on CommonJS (see [Set up an existing project](/cli#set-up-an-existing-project-with-bascik-init)).
 2. Create `src/components/site-nav/site-nav.html` with your navigation markup.
 3. Move any scoped styles into `src/components/site-nav/site-nav.css`.
 4. Include `<site-nav />` inside `src/pages/index.html`.
diff --git a/docs/content/switch/from-eleventy.md b/docs/content/switch/from-eleventy.md
index 5e830919..1ef50d3a 100644
--- a/docs/content/switch/from-eleventy.md
+++ b/docs/content/switch/from-eleventy.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Eleventy is a static site generator centered on template languages and Markdown
 
 Migrate a simple partial (like a header or footer) into a Bascik component:
 
-1. Create a project with `npm create bascik@rc my-site`, or add Bascik to an existing folder with `npm install @bascik/bascik`, and run `npx bascik init`. Bascik's config is an ES module, so the project needs `"type": "module"` in `package.json`: `init` adds it, or stops and tells you to add it yourself when the folder already has JavaScript that may rely on CommonJS (see [Set up an existing project](/cli#set-up-an-existing-project-with-bascik-init)).
+1. Create a project with `npm create bascik my-site`, or add Bascik to an existing folder with `npm install @bascik/bascik`, and run `npx bascik init`. Bascik's config is an ES module, so the project needs `"type": "module"` in `package.json`: `init` adds it, or stops and tells you to add it yourself when the folder already has JavaScript that may rely on CommonJS (see [Set up an existing project](/cli#set-up-an-existing-project-with-bascik-init)).
 2. Create `src/components/site-footer/site-footer.html`.
 3. Add your footer HTML markup inside it. Replace template values such as `{{ eleventy.generator }}` with fixed text.
 4. Use `<site-footer />` inside `src/pages/index.html`.
diff --git a/docs/content/switch/from-hugo.md b/docs/content/switch/from-hugo.md
index aba892c8..017946ef 100644
--- a/docs/content/switch/from-hugo.md
+++ b/docs/content/switch/from-hugo.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Hugo is a static site generator; Bascik is a build tool for HTML components. Bot
 
 Migrate a simple partial (like a header or footer) into a Bascik component:
 
-1. Create a project with `npm create bascik@rc my-site`, or add Bascik to an existing folder with `npm install @bascik/bascik`, and run `npx bascik init`. Bascik's config is an ES module, so the project needs `"type": "module"` in `package.json`: `init` adds it, or stops and tells you to add it yourself when the folder already has JavaScript that may rely on CommonJS (see [Set up an existing project](/cli#set-up-an-existing-project-with-bascik-init)).
+1. Create a project with `npm create bascik my-site`, or add Bascik to an existing folder with `npm install @bascik/bascik`, and run `npx bascik init`. Bascik's config is an ES module, so the project needs `"type": "module"` in `package.json`: `init` adds it, or stops and tells you to add it yourself when the folder already has JavaScript that may rely on CommonJS (see [Set up an existing project](/cli#set-up-an-existing-project-with-bascik-init)).
 2. Create `src/components/site-footer/site-footer.html`.
 3. Copy the markup from `layouts/partials/footer.html` into it. Replace Go template values such as `{{ .Site.Title }}` with fixed text.
 4. Use `<site-footer />` inside `src/pages/index.html`.
diff --git a/docs/content/switch/from-next.md b/docs/content/switch/from-next.md
index 11f50cb7..3ed43075 100644
--- a/docs/content/switch/from-next.md
+++ b/docs/content/switch/from-next.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Switching to Bascik replaces framework abstractions with standard web platform p
 
 To evaluate Bascik on an existing Next.js codebase, migrate a single static marketing page (like an `/about` page) and a shared header component before touching complex application routes:
 
-1. Create a project with `npm create bascik@rc`.
+1. Create a project with `npm create bascik`.
 2. Create `src/components/site-nav/site-nav.html` from your Next.js navigation component.
 3. Create `src/pages/about.html` containing your page structure and `<site-nav />`.
 4. Run `npm run dev` to view your rendered page.
diff --git a/docs/content/switch/from-react.md b/docs/content/switch/from-react.md
index 76ead800..8ae857ae 100644
--- a/docs/content/switch/from-react.md
+++ b/docs/content/switch/from-react.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ React and Bascik both structure user interfaces into reusable components, but th
 
 Migrate a simple static component (such as a card or navigation bar) to get familiar with Bascik's HTML component format:
 
-1. Create a project with `npm create bascik@rc my-site`.
+1. Create a project with `npm create bascik my-site`.
 2. Extract your JSX markup into a standard HTML file in `src/components/site-nav/site-nav.html`.
 3. Move your CSS Module rules into `src/components/site-nav/site-nav.css`.
 4. Use `<site-nav />` inside `src/pages/index.html` without import statements.
diff --git a/docs/content/switch/from-vue.md b/docs/content/switch/from-vue.md
index 97ea71ce..865f35c8 100644
--- a/docs/content/switch/from-vue.md
+++ b/docs/content/switch/from-vue.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ A client widget in Bascik ships only the inline script it needs, with no framewo
 
 Convert a simple Vue component into Bascik:
 
-1. Create a project with `npm create bascik@rc`.
+1. Create a project with `npm create bascik`.
 2. Extract your `<template>` markup into `src/components/user-card/user-card.html`.
 3. Extract your `<style scoped>` into `src/components/user-card/user-card.css`.
 4. Use `<user-card />` in `src/pages/index.html`.
diff --git a/docs/content/switch/from-wordpress.md b/docs/content/switch/from-wordpress.md
index dfd6f601..f2b3cbf4 100644
--- a/docs/content/switch/from-wordpress.md
+++ b/docs/content/switch/from-wordpress.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ WordPress is a PHP content management system that renders pages from a database
 
 Move your theme's footer into a Bascik component before touching any content:
 
-1. Create a new Bascik project with `npm create bascik@rc`.
+1. Create a new Bascik project with `npm create bascik`.
 2. Create `src/components/site-footer/site-footer.html` and paste the rendered footer markup from your live site.
 3. Use `<site-footer />` inside `src/pages/index.html`.
 4. Run `npm run dev` to inspect the generated HTML.
diff --git a/docs/content/testing.md b/docs/content/testing.md
index c1af3cd4..91aa0d85 100644
--- a/docs/content/testing.md
+++ b/docs/content/testing.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Testing a Bascik application is structured into six core tiers:
 
 ## Quick Start with `create-bascik`
 
-Projects created with `npm create bascik@rc` include a pre-configured testing environment powered by Vitest, Playwright, V8 code coverage, and VS Code debug launchers.
+Projects created with `npm create bascik` include a pre-configured testing environment powered by Vitest, Playwright, V8 code coverage, and VS Code debug launchers.
 
 Execute test suites directly from your project root:
 
diff --git a/docs/content/testing/linting.md b/docs/content/testing/linting.md
index dc651f03..a904b662 100644
--- a/docs/content/testing/linting.md
+++ b/docs/content/testing/linting.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Bascik's linter checks Bascik syntax. Third-party standards and accessibility li
 1. **Bascik Linter (`@bascik/language-server`)**: Validates component tags, undeclared props, slots, mutually exclusive script directives, and CSS/JS scoping rules in your editor, and from the command line through [`bascik --check`](/cli#static-analysis-with-bascik-check), which is what `npm run lint` runs in a scaffolded project. `bascik --check` adds the project-wide checks, so one CI step covers both. See the [Linter](/tools/linter) guide.
 2. **Optional Web Standards & Accessibility Linter (`webhint`)**: Audits HTML for W3C web standards, cross-browser compatibility, and accessibility, in the editor through the [webhint VS Code extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=webhint.vscode-webhint) and on the built site through the `hint` CLI (`npx hint`).
 
-Neither `npm create bascik@rc` nor `bascik init` installs third-party linters, adds them as dependencies, or creates or modifies their config files. If you choose one, copy the relevant settings below and adapt them to your project.
+Neither `npm create bascik` nor `bascik init` installs third-party linters, adds them as dependencies, or creates or modifies their config files. If you choose one, copy the relevant settings below and adapt them to your project.
 
 Neither tool decides which elements you use. [Component Best Practices](/component-best-practices#use-htmls-elements) covers picking them, and the `bascik` agent skill's `audit-components.mjs` warns about a clickable `<div>`, a wrapper `<div>` root, a skipped heading level, missing `alt`, an unlabeled control, and a page with no `<main>`.
 
diff --git a/docs/content/testing/troubleshooting.md b/docs/content/testing/troubleshooting.md
index 48ad9392..a1ff3935 100644
--- a/docs/content/testing/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/content/testing/troubleshooting.md
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ Not sure where the problem is reported? Bascik tells you in one of four places:
 
 The CLI refuses to start on an older Node. Install Node 24.21 or newer and re-run. `@bascik/bascik`, `create-bascik`, `@bascik/adapter-cloudflare`, `@bascik/adapter-netlify`, and `@bascik/language-server` all declare the same floor in their `engines` field, so a package manager that enforces engines reports it at install time instead.
 
-### `npm create bascik@rc` ignored my `--template`
+### `npm create bascik` ignored my `--template`
 
-npm keeps flags that come before `--` for itself. If you ran `npm create bascik@rc my-site --template cloudflare`, the scaffolder sees no template and reports:
+npm keeps flags that come before `--` for itself. If you ran `npm create bascik my-site --template cloudflare`, the scaffolder sees no template and reports:
 
 ```text
-npm kept --template for itself and dropped its value. Put flags after "--": npm create bascik@rc my-site -- --template cloudflare
+npm kept --template for itself and dropped its value. Put flags after "--": npm create bascik my-site -- --template cloudflare
 ```
 
 Put every scaffolder flag after `--`. `yarn create` and `pnpm create` pass flags through without it. See [Scaffold a new project](/cli#scaffold-a-new-project).
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The template name is misspelled or missing. The message lists the valid names. S
 
 ### `A 'viewport' meta element was not specified` or `Documents must have <title> element`
 
-webhint, axe, or another editor linter read the source page, which has no charset, viewport, or `<title>` because a head component and a build script add them at build time. Open the built page in `dist/`: if the tags are there, the warning is false, and adding them to the source page would put two in the built page. Third-party linters are opt-in, and `npm create bascik@rc` and `bascik init` leave their config files alone. See [Editor Linters Read Source](/testing/linting#editor-linters-read-source) for every such warning and copyable settings.
+webhint, axe, or another editor linter read the source page, which has no charset, viewport, or `<title>` because a head component and a build script add them at build time. Open the built page in `dist/`: if the tags are there, the warning is false, and adding them to the source page would put two in the built page. Third-party linters are opt-in, and `npm create bascik` and `bascik init` leave their config files alone. See [Editor Linters Read Source](/testing/linting#editor-linters-read-source) for every such warning and copyable settings.
 
 ## Configuration
 
diff --git a/docs/content/tools/linter.md b/docs/content/tools/linter.md
index 0788b5b4..9807faff 100644
--- a/docs/content/tools/linter.md
+++ b/docs/content/tools/linter.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Use the linter on its own, without `bascik`, when you want per-file checks and n
 
 ## CLI Linter
 
-Every project scaffolded with `npm create bascik@rc` includes a `lint` script in `package.json`. It runs [`bascik --check`](/cli#static-analysis-with-bascik-check), which hands your files to the linter and adds the project-wide checks:
+Every project scaffolded with `npm create bascik` includes a `lint` script in `package.json`. It runs [`bascik --check`](/cli#static-analysis-with-bascik-check), which hands your files to the linter and adds the project-wide checks:
 
 ```sh
 npm run lint
diff --git a/docs/content/tools/vscode-extension.md b/docs/content/tools/vscode-extension.md
index a7a1c717..73cdb00b 100644
--- a/docs/content/tools/vscode-extension.md
+++ b/docs/content/tools/vscode-extension.md
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ VS Code also checks `type="text/typescript"` blocks as TypeScript, without Basci
 
 A project gets this setting in one of three ways. None of them touches your user settings or any folder that is not a Bascik project:
 
-- **`npm create bascik@rc`** writes it to the new project's `.vscode/settings.json`, so it works for teammates before they install the extension.
+- **`npm create bascik`** writes it to the new project's `.vscode/settings.json`, so it works for teammates before they install the extension.
 - **`bascik init`** adds it to `.vscode/settings.json` in the current folder, and keeps any settings that file already has.
 - **The extension's prompt, or pasting it yourself.** When the extension starts in a workspace that holds a `bascik.config.js`, `bascik.config.mjs`, or `bascik.config.ts` and nobody has set `html.validate.scripts` in the user, workspace, or folder settings, it shows one message (unless VS Code's built-in **HTML Language Features** extension is disabled: then nothing checks inline scripts, the error cannot appear, and the extension asks nothing) that explains the false error, with two buttons. **Add to workspace settings** writes the setting to `.vscode/settings.json` in each Bascik folder and keeps what that file already has. **Don't ask again** stops the message for that workspace. The message shows at most once per window. Or paste the JSON above into `.vscode/settings.json` at the project root; if the file already has settings, add the `"html.validate.scripts": false` line inside its braces.
 
diff --git a/docs/e2e/hero-videos.spec.ts b/docs/e2e/hero-videos.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bdd260a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/e2e/hero-videos.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/**
+ * The two launch videos in the home page hero: small thumbnails under the
+ * hero's stats, each a plain link to the video on YouTube. A plain link
+ * opens the YouTube app on a phone and a new tab on a desktop, loads nothing
+ * from YouTube on this page, and needs no script.
+ */
+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+const videos = [
+  {
+    title: "Bascik in 3 Minutes",
+    href: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyPPiKpoWVY",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Bascik: A New Kind of Web Development Tool",
+    href: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCqJvXgm7Dc",
+  },
+] as const;
+
+for (const width of [1280, 390]) {
+  test(`the hero links both videos under its stats at ${width}px`, async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const thirdParty: string[] = [];
+    page.on("request", (request) => {
+      const host = new URL(request.url()).hostname;
+      if (/youtube|ytimg|google|doubleclick/.test(host)) thirdParty.push(host);
+    });
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width, height: 900 });
+    await page.goto("/");
+
+    const list = page.getByTestId("hero-videos");
+    await expect(list).toBeVisible();
+    const links = list.getByTestId("video-link");
+    await expect(links).toHaveCount(2);
+
+    // The 3-minute cut comes first; each link names its video and says where it goes.
+    for (const [index, video] of videos.entries()) {
+      const link = links.nth(index);
+      await expect(link).toHaveAttribute("href", video.href);
+      await expect(link).toHaveAttribute("target", "_blank");
+      await expect(link).toHaveAttribute("rel", /noopener/);
+      await expect(link).toHaveAccessibleName(
+        new RegExp(`${video.title}.*YouTube.*new tab`, "i"),
+      );
+      await expect(link.getByTestId("video-link-title")).toHaveText(
+        video.title,
+      );
+      const image = link.locator("img");
+      await expect(image).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(image).toHaveAttribute("alt", "");
+      expect(
+        await image.evaluate(
+          (img) => (img as { naturalWidth?: number }).naturalWidth ?? 0,
+        ),
+      ).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+
+    // Under the stats, inside the hero, and small.
+    const stats = (await page.getByTestId("hero-stats").boundingBox())!;
+    const boxes = await links.evaluateAll((elements) =>
+      elements.map((element) => {
+        const { x, y, width, height } = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+        return { x, y, width, height };
+      }),
+    );
+    for (const box of boxes) {
+      expect(box.y).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(stats.y + stats.height);
+      expect(box.x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+      expect(box.x + box.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(width);
+      expect(box.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(340);
+    }
+    // Each thumbnail fills its link and no more, and is served from a width list.
+    for (const link of await links.all()) {
+      const linkBox = (await link.boundingBox())!;
+      const imageBox = (await link.locator("img").boundingBox())!;
+      expect(imageBox.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(linkBox.width + 1);
+      expect(imageBox.width).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(linkBox.width - 3);
+      expect(Math.abs(imageBox.width / imageBox.height - 16 / 9)).toBeLessThan(
+        0.02,
+      );
+      const srcset = (await link.locator("img").getAttribute("srcset")) ?? "";
+      expect(srcset).toMatch(/ 320w, .* 480w, .* 640w, .* 960w$/);
+      await expect(link.locator("img")).toHaveAttribute("sizes", /300px/);
+    }
+    // The two thumbnails are the same size.
+    expect(Math.abs(boxes[0].width - boxes[1].width)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+    if (width === 1280) {
+      // Side by side, the 3-minute cut on the left.
+      expect(Math.abs(boxes[0].y - boxes[1].y)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+      expect(boxes[0].x).toBeLessThan(boxes[1].x);
+    }
+
+    // Keyboard reachable, and nothing was fetched from YouTube.
+    await links.first().focus();
+    await expect(links.first()).toBeFocused();
+    expect(thirdParty).toEqual([]);
+  });
+}
+
+test("the hero's video thumbnails reserve their space, so nothing shifts when they load", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1280, height: 900 });
+  await page.goto("/");
+  for (const image of await page
+    .getByTestId("hero-videos")
+    .locator("img")
+    .all()) {
+    // The committed file is 960 by 540 at 2x; the attributes give the 16:9 shape.
+    await expect(image).toHaveAttribute("width", "480");
+    await expect(image).toHaveAttribute("height", "270");
+  }
+});
diff --git a/docs/e2e/showcase.spec.ts b/docs/e2e/showcase.spec.ts
index a75d48ff..1b2fa681 100644
--- a/docs/e2e/showcase.spec.ts
+++ b/docs/e2e/showcase.spec.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,18 @@ test("showcase has real screenshots, working site links, and a submission link",
     await image.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
     await expect(image).toBeVisible();
     await expect(image).toHaveJSProperty("complete", true);
-    await expect(image).toHaveJSProperty("naturalWidth", 1280);
+    // A real image loaded, chosen from the width list: the full 1280 pixel screenshot is the
+    // last candidate, and a card this size is served a narrower one.
+    expect(
+      await image.evaluate(
+        (img) => (img as { naturalWidth?: number }).naturalWidth ?? 0,
+      ),
+    ).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    await expect(image).toHaveAttribute(
+      "srcset",
+      / 320w, .* 480w, .* 640w, .* 960w, \S+%402x\.webp\?v=[0-9a-f]{10} 1280w$/,
+    );
+    await expect(image).toHaveAttribute("sizes", /528px$/);
     await expect(image).toHaveAttribute("width", "640");
     await expect(image).toHaveAttribute("height", "400");
     const imageSize = await image.boundingBox();
@@ -109,12 +120,23 @@ for (const width of [1440, 390]) {
     ).toBeVisible();
     await expect(preview.getByTestId("showcase-card")).toHaveCount(2);
     for (const site of sites.filter(
-      (site) => site.name === "Rinsesoft" || site.name === "Lateral EMDR",
+      (site) => site.name === "Lateral EMDR" || site.name === "Bascik Shop",
     )) {
       await expect(
         preview.getByRole("heading", { name: site.name, exact: true }),
       ).toBeVisible();
     }
+    // Each screenshot is served from its width variants: a phone gets a file near the
+    // 340 pixels it shows, a desktop one near 528, never the 1280 pixel original.
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () =>
+        preview
+          .getByTestId("showcase-card")
+          .first()
+          .locator("img")
+          .evaluate((img) => (img as { currentSrc?: string }).currentSrc ?? ""),
+      )
+      .toMatch(width === 390 ? /%402x-480\.webp\?v=/ : /%402x-640\.webp\?v=/);
     const sizes = await preview
       .getByTestId("showcase-card")
       .evaluateAll((cards) =>
diff --git a/docs/package.json b/docs/package.json
index 03093bb4..934ee6cb 100644
--- a/docs/package.json
+++ b/docs/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "cf:deploy": "wrangler deploy",
     "cf:preview": "wrangler preview",
     "e2e": "playwright test --config e2e/playwright.config.ts --reporter=line",
+    "images:responsive": "node scripts/responsive-images.ts",
     "e2e:serve": "BASCIK_SITE_URL=https://bascik.dev bascik --config e2e/bascik.config.ts --build && bascik --config e2e/bascik.config.ts --server --port 8099",
     "pkg-dev": "node --inspect --watch-path=./bascik.config.ts --watch-path=../pkg/src ../pkg/src/transpile.ts",
     "measure-build": "node scripts/measure-build.ts",
diff --git a/docs/scripts/capture-kit/project.ts b/docs/scripts/capture-kit/project.ts
index 58a12fbb..3ad6dfb3 100644
--- a/docs/scripts/capture-kit/project.ts
+++ b/docs/scripts/capture-kit/project.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * A throwaway Bascik project for capture scripts: the real starter that `npm create bascik@rc` generates, wired
+ * A throwaway Bascik project for capture scripts: the real starter that `npm create bascik` generates, wired
  * to this repo's own compiler through symlinks, in a temp directory. Capture scripts run the real dev server
  * against it, so what they show is what a new user would see.
  *
diff --git a/docs/scripts/responsive-images.ts b/docs/scripts/responsive-images.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e891e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/scripts/responsive-images.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/**
+ * responsive-images.ts
+ *
+ * Writes the width variants of every still image the docs site shows, so `renderImage` (src/lib/md-renderer.ts)
+ * can give each one a `srcset`: a phone or a 1x screen then downloads a file near the size it displays instead of
+ * the full 2x original.
+ *
+ * Run from docs/ after adding or re-recording a still image, and commit what it writes:
+ *
+ *   node scripts/responsive-images.ts
+ *
+ * Photographs are encoded with `responsive-webp.mjs`, the script the bascik-images skill gives every Bascik
+ * project, and every variant uses its names: `<name>-<width>.webp` beside `<name>.webp`. Screenshots are encoded
+ * here, because they need a choice that script does not make: a screenshot is flat color and small text, which
+ * lossless WebP often stores in fewer bytes than lossy, so each width is written both ways and the smaller kept.
+ * A variant that is not clearly smaller than the file it stands in for is not written at all.
+ *
+ * What gets variants:
+ * - the showcase screenshots and the hero's video thumbnails (photographs), from the committed file;
+ * - the reduced-motion `-still` copy of every recording (screenshots), from the committed file.
+ *
+ * The committed file is always the widest: add a new image at the largest size it will be shown at on a dense
+ * screen, and this script makes the narrower ones.
+ *
+ * What does not: the animated recordings. They are lossless, and a resized lossless animation is larger than
+ * the original (lint 56 KB to 82 KB at half size), so each is served as its one file.
+ *
+ * src/lib/responsive-images.test.ts fails when a still image has no variants or a variant is not the width its
+ * name says.
+ */
+import {
+  mkdtempSync,
+  readdirSync,
+  rmSync,
+  statSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import sharp from "sharp";
+import { generateResponsive } from "../../skills/bascik-images/scripts/responsive-webp.mjs";
+
+const ASSETS = "src/pages/assets";
+/** The folders whose images are versioned and cached for a year (md-renderer.ts, VERSIONED_IMAGE_FOLDERS). */
+export const IMAGE_FOLDERS = ["demos", "vscode"] as const;
+
+/** A variant's file name: `<name>-<width>.webp`. */
+export const VARIANT = /-(\d+)\.webp$/;
+
+/** Narrower than this share of the source, or a variant would be a near copy of the file itself. */
+const WIDEST_SHARE = 0.85;
+
+/**
+ * Showcase cards are 302 to 528 pixels wide and the screenshots are photographs of whole pages, so they get a
+ * fine-grained list at the default quality.
+ */
+const SHOWCASE = { widths: [320, 480, 640, 960], quality: 80 };
+/**
+ * A docs content image is 312 to 664 pixels wide (1084 for the widest recording on the home page). The stills are
+ * screenshots with small text, so they get a higher quality and fewer steps.
+ */
+const STILL = { widths: [480, 800, 1200], quality: 85 };
+/** A screenshot variant must be at most this share of the original's bytes to be worth a request choice. */
+const SMALLER_SHARE = 0.85;
+/** The hero's video thumbnails are at most 300 pixels wide; the committed file is 960, for a 3x phone. */
+const VIDEO = { widths: [320, 480, 640], quality: 80 };
+
+/** Whether a WebP file holds more than one frame. */
+async function isAnimated(file: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  return ((await sharp(file, { animated: true }).metadata()).pages ?? 1) > 1;
+}
+
+async function encode(
+  src: string[],
+  out: string,
+  { widths, quality }: { widths: number[]; quality: number },
+  manifestDir: string,
+): Promise<number> {
+  let written = 0;
+  // One source at a time: each has its own width, and so its own list of narrower widths.
+  for (const file of src) {
+    const { width } = await sharp(file).metadata();
+    const narrower = widths.filter((w) => w < (width ?? 0) * WIDEST_SHARE);
+    if (narrower.length === 0) continue;
+    const result = await generateResponsive({
+      src: [file],
+      out,
+      widths: narrower,
+      quality,
+      // The renderer finds variants by name, so the manifest is not kept.
+      manifest: join(manifestDir, `manifest-${written}.json`),
+      sharp,
+    });
+    written += Object.values(result.images as Record<string, unknown[]>).reduce(
+      (count, entries) => count + entries.length,
+      0,
+    );
+  }
+  return written;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Screenshot variants: each width as lossless and as lossy WebP, the smaller one kept, and none kept that is not
+ * clearly smaller than the original. A stale variant from an earlier run is removed.
+ */
+async function encodeScreenshots(src: string[]): Promise<number> {
+  let written = 0;
+  for (const file of src) {
+    const { width } = await sharp(file).metadata();
+    const originalBytes = statSync(file).size;
+    for (const target of STILL.widths) {
+      const out = file.replace(/\.webp$/, `-${target}.webp`);
+      rmSync(out, { force: true });
+      if (target >= (width ?? 0) * WIDEST_SHARE) continue;
+      const resized = () => sharp(file).resize({ width: target });
+      const [lossless, lossy] = await Promise.all([
+        resized().webp({ lossless: true, effort: 6 }).toBuffer(),
+        resized().webp({ quality: STILL.quality, effort: 6 }).toBuffer(),
+      ]);
+      const best = lossless.length <= lossy.length ? lossless : lossy;
+      if (best.length > originalBytes * SMALLER_SHARE) continue;
+      writeFileSync(out, best);
+      written++;
+    }
+  }
+  return written;
+}
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  const manifestDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "bascik-responsive-"));
+  try {
+    let total = 0;
+    for (const folder of IMAGE_FOLDERS) {
+      const dir = join(ASSETS, folder);
+      const names = readdirSync(dir).filter(
+        (name) => name.endsWith(".webp") && !VARIANT.test(name),
+      );
+      const showcase: string[] = [];
+      const videos: string[] = [];
+      const stills: string[] = [];
+      for (const name of names) {
+        const file = join(dir, name);
+        if (await isAnimated(file)) continue;
+        if (name.startsWith("showcase-")) showcase.push(file);
+        else if (name.startsWith("video-")) videos.push(file);
+        else stills.push(file);
+      }
+      total += await encode(showcase, dir, SHOWCASE, manifestDir);
+      total += await encode(videos, dir, VIDEO, manifestDir);
+      total += await encodeScreenshots(stills);
+    }
+    console.log(`[responsive-images] wrote ${total} width variants`);
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(manifestDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
+if (process.argv[1] === import.meta.filename) await main();
diff --git a/docs/src/components/video-link/video-link.css b/docs/src/components/video-link/video-link.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6891ecab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/components/video-link/video-link.css
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/* video-link: a thumbnail that links to a video on YouTube. A plain link, on
+   purpose: it opens the YouTube app on a phone and a new tab on a desktop,
+   and the page loads nothing from YouTube. The thumbnail is decorative (the
+   title under it names the video), so pass it with an empty alt. */
+a {
+  display: block;
+  color: var(--text);
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+a:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--accent-fg);
+  outline-offset: 4px;
+  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
+}
+
+.thumb {
+  position: relative;
+  display: block;
+  /* The thumbnails are 16:9; reserving the shape keeps the hero still while
+     they load. */
+  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
+  background: var(--elevated);
+}
+
+a:hover .thumb,
+a:focus-visible .thumb {
+  border-color: var(--border-hover);
+}
+
+/* The thumbnail arrives through the slot, so it is not one of this component's
+   own elements: it is reached as a child of the slot's wrapper, which is the
+   one child of .thumb that is not the play mark. */
+.thumb > :not(.play),
+.thumb > :not(.play) > * {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  margin: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  object-fit: cover;
+}
+
+/* The play mark: a dark disc with a triangle, in the thumbnail's bottom left
+   corner, which is empty; the middle holds the thumbnail's own title. */
+.play {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: auto auto 8px 8px;
+  width: 32px;
+  height: 32px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.72);
+}
+
+.play::before {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  width: 0;
+  height: 0;
+  margin: auto;
+  transform: translateX(2px);
+  border-block: 6px solid transparent;
+  border-inline-start: 10px solid #fff;
+}
+
+a:hover .play,
+a:focus-visible .play {
+  background: var(--accent);
+}
+
+a:hover .play::before,
+a:focus-visible .play::before {
+  border-inline-start-color: #18191b;
+}
+
+.title {
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  line-height: 1.35;
+}
+
+.note {
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 2px;
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+}
+
+.new-tab {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 1px;
+  height: 1px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  clip-path: inset(50%);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
diff --git a/docs/src/components/video-link/video-link.html b/docs/src/components/video-link/video-link.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..637074ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/components/video-link/video-link.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<a
+  data-testid="video-link"
+  data-bascik-attr-href="href"
+  target="_blank"
+  rel="noopener noreferrer"
+>
+  <span class="thumb">
+    <span data-bascik-slot="image"></span>
+    <span class="play" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+  </span>
+  <span class="title" data-testid="video-link-title" data-bascik-prop-title>
+  </span>
+  <span class="note">
+    <span data-bascik-prop-note></span>
+    <span aria-hidden="true">&#8599;</span>
+    <span class="new-tab">(opens in a new tab)</span>
+  </span>
+</a>
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/agent-migration-docs.test.ts b/docs/src/lib/agent-migration-docs.test.ts
index 54c952de..c8f4236e 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/agent-migration-docs.test.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/agent-migration-docs.test.ts
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ describe("agent migration page: a newcomer can follow it on day one", () => {
 
   it("scaffolds without prompts and without starting the dev server", () => {
     expect(md()).toMatch(
-      /npm create bascik@rc site -y -- --template (default|cloudflare) --no-dev/,
+      /npm create bascik site -y -- --template (default|cloudflare) --no-dev/,
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/hero-videos.ts b/docs/src/lib/hero-videos.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c129b231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/lib/hero-videos.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { esc } from "@bascik/bascik/html";
+import { demoImage } from "./md-renderer.ts";
+
+/** The launch videos linked from the home page hero, in display order. */
+export const HERO_VIDEOS = [
+  {
+    slug: "bascik-in-3-minutes",
+    title: "Bascik in 3 Minutes",
+    note: "3 min · YouTube",
+    href: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyPPiKpoWVY",
+  },
+  {
+    slug: "bascik-launch",
+    title: "Bascik: A New Kind of Web Development Tool",
+    note: "Full video · YouTube",
+    href: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCqJvXgm7Dc",
+  },
+] as const;
+
+/**
+ * How wide a thumbnail is laid out: two share a phone's width, and each is at most 300 pixels from there up.
+ * The width variants beside each file come from scripts/responsive-images.ts.
+ */
+const THUMBNAIL_SIZES = "(max-width: 700px) 45vw, 300px";
+
+/**
+ * One `<li>` per video for the hero's list: a `<video-link>` with its
+ * thumbnail. The thumbnail's alt is empty because the title next to it names
+ * the video; a second copy of that name would be read twice.
+ */
+export function renderHeroVideos(): string {
+  return HERO_VIDEOS.map(
+    (video) => `<li>
+      <video-link
+        data-bascik-prop-href="${esc(video.href)}"
+        data-bascik-prop-title="${esc(video.title)}"
+        data-bascik-prop-note="${esc(video.note)}">
+        <span data-bascik-slot="image">${demoImage(
+          `/assets/demos/video-${video.slug}@2x.webp`,
+          "",
+          undefined,
+          THUMBNAIL_SIZES,
+        )}</span>
+      </video-link>
+    </li>`,
+  ).join("\n");
+}
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/home-schema.test.ts b/docs/src/lib/home-schema.test.ts
index cede9a34..a706111c 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/home-schema.test.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/home-schema.test.ts
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ describe("homeSchema", () => {
     expect(software).not.toHaveProperty("softwareVersion");
   });
 
-  it("drops the release candidate suffix so the schema shows the launch version", async () => {
+  it("drops a prerelease suffix so the schema shows the version being released", async () => {
     const packageJson = join(tempDir, "package.json");
-    await writeFile(packageJson, JSON.stringify({ version: "1.0.0-rc.6" }));
+    await writeFile(packageJson, JSON.stringify({ version: "1.1.0-beta.6" }));
 
     const [software] = parseBlocks(String(await homeSchema(packageJson)));
-    expect(software.softwareVersion).toBe("1.0.0");
+    expect(software.softwareVersion).toBe("1.1.0");
   });
 
   it("omits softwareVersion for a missing, empty, or non-string version", async () => {
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/home-schema.ts b/docs/src/lib/home-schema.ts
index 837b5e8e..c592af9c 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/home-schema.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/home-schema.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * home-schema.ts
  *
  * JSON-LD for the home page: the SoftwareApplication and Organization entities.
- * `softwareVersion` is read from pkg/package.json at build time (release candidate suffixes
+ * `softwareVersion` is read from pkg/package.json at build time (a prerelease suffix is
  * dropped, see package-version.ts), so the structured data always matches the release being
  * published (1.0.0 at launch) with nothing to remember to bump.
  *
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/md-renderer.test.ts b/docs/src/lib/md-renderer.test.ts
index 15cc19fa..833c498e 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/md-renderer.test.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/md-renderer.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   renderMdRange,
   extractDemoBlock,
   demoImage,
+  MARKDOWN_IMAGE_SIZES,
   VERSIONED_IMAGE_FOLDERS,
 } from "./md-renderer.js";
 
@@ -397,6 +398,178 @@ const x = 1;
     }
   });
 
+  describe("width variants: srcset and sizes", () => {
+    const webp = (width: number, height: number) => {
+      const header = Buffer.alloc(32);
+      header.write("RIFF", 0, "latin1");
+      header.write("WEBP", 8, "latin1");
+      header.write("VP8 ", 12, "latin1");
+      header.writeUInt16LE(width, 26);
+      header.writeUInt16LE(height, 28);
+      return header;
+    };
+    const SIZES = "(max-width: 600px) 90vw, 500px";
+
+    it("gives a still image with width variants a srcset in ascending order, ending with the file itself, plus the sizes it was given", async () => {
+      const assets = join(tempDir, "src/pages/assets/demos");
+      await mkdir(assets, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x.webp"), webp(1280, 800));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x-640.webp"), webp(640, 400));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x-320.webp"), webp(320, 200));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x-960.webp"), webp(960, 600));
+      const cwd = vi.spyOn(process, "cwd").mockReturnValue(tempDir);
+      try {
+        const html = demoImage(
+          "/assets/demos/site@2x.webp",
+          "A site",
+          undefined,
+          SIZES,
+        );
+        const v = (width: number, height: number) =>
+          `?v=${hashOf(webp(width, height))}`;
+        expect(html).toBe(
+          '<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="demo-shot" width="640" height="400" ' +
+            `src="/assets/demos/site%402x.webp${v(1280, 800)}" ` +
+            `srcset="/assets/demos/site%402x-320.webp${v(320, 200)} 320w, ` +
+            `/assets/demos/site%402x-640.webp${v(640, 400)} 640w, ` +
+            `/assets/demos/site%402x-960.webp${v(960, 600)} 960w, ` +
+            `/assets/demos/site%402x.webp${v(1280, 800)} 1280w" ` +
+            `sizes="${SIZES}" alt="A site">`,
+        );
+      } finally {
+        cwd.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("emits no srcset without sizes, or without variants: a width list with no sizes makes the browser assume 100vw", async () => {
+      const assets = join(tempDir, "src/pages/assets/demos");
+      await mkdir(assets, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x.webp"), webp(1280, 800));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x-640.webp"), webp(640, 400));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "lone@2x.webp"), webp(1280, 800));
+      const cwd = vi.spyOn(process, "cwd").mockReturnValue(tempDir);
+      try {
+        expect(demoImage("/assets/demos/site@2x.webp", "A site")).not.toContain(
+          "srcset",
+        );
+        const lone = demoImage(
+          "/assets/demos/lone@2x.webp",
+          "Alone",
+          undefined,
+          SIZES,
+        );
+        expect(lone).not.toContain("srcset");
+        expect(lone).not.toContain("sizes=");
+      } finally {
+        cwd.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("a variant wider than the file is listed after it (a small base with larger copies for dense screens)", async () => {
+      const assets = join(tempDir, "src/pages/assets/demos");
+      await mkdir(assets, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "thumb@2x.webp"), webp(640, 360));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "thumb@2x-320.webp"), webp(320, 180));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "thumb@2x-960.webp"), webp(960, 540));
+      const cwd = vi.spyOn(process, "cwd").mockReturnValue(tempDir);
+      try {
+        const html = demoImage(
+          "/assets/demos/thumb@2x.webp",
+          "",
+          undefined,
+          SIZES,
+        );
+        expect(
+          [...html.matchAll(/ (\d+)w/g)].map((match) => Number(match[1])),
+        ).toEqual([320, 640, 960]);
+        // The display size is still the base file's.
+        expect(html).toContain('width="320" height="180"');
+      } finally {
+        cwd.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("misuse: files that only look like variants are ignored", async () => {
+      const assets = join(tempDir, "src/pages/assets/demos");
+      await mkdir(assets, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x.webp"), webp(1280, 800));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x-640.webp"), webp(640, 400));
+      // Another image, a non-numeric suffix, another format, a still, and a zero width.
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site-b@2x-640.webp"), webp(640, 400));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x-wide.webp"), webp(640, 400));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x-480.png"), webp(480, 300));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site-still@2x-480.webp"), webp(480, 300));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "site@2x-0.webp"), webp(1, 1));
+      const cwd = vi.spyOn(process, "cwd").mockReturnValue(tempDir);
+      try {
+        const html = demoImage(
+          "/assets/demos/site@2x.webp",
+          "A site",
+          undefined,
+          SIZES,
+        );
+        expect(
+          [...html.matchAll(/ (\d+)w/g)].map((match) => Number(match[1])),
+        ).toEqual([640, 1280]);
+      } finally {
+        cwd.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("an animated image keeps its one file, while its reduced-motion still gets the width list", async () => {
+      const assets = join(tempDir, "src/pages/assets/demos");
+      await mkdir(assets, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "tour@2x.webp"), webp(1328, 1000));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "tour-still@2x.webp"), webp(1328, 1000));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "tour-still@2x-480.webp"), webp(480, 361));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "tour-still@2x-800.webp"), webp(800, 602));
+      const cwd = vi.spyOn(process, "cwd").mockReturnValue(tempDir);
+      try {
+        const html = demoImage(
+          "/assets/demos/tour@2x.webp",
+          "A tour",
+          undefined,
+          SIZES,
+        );
+        const source = html.match(/<source [^>]*>/)![0];
+        expect(source).toContain('media="(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)"');
+        expect(
+          [...source.matchAll(/ (\d+)w/g)].map((match) => Number(match[1])),
+        ).toEqual([480, 800, 1328]);
+        expect(source).toContain(`sizes="${SIZES}"`);
+        // The animation itself is never resized.
+        const img = html.match(/<img [^>]*>/)![0];
+        expect(img).not.toContain("srcset");
+        expect(img).not.toContain("sizes=");
+      } finally {
+        cwd.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("a Markdown image gets the docs content column's sizes without being asked", async () => {
+      const assets = join(tempDir, "src/pages/assets/demos");
+      await mkdir(assets, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "shot@2x.webp"), webp(1328, 1000));
+      await writeFile(join(assets, "shot@2x-480.webp"), webp(480, 361));
+      const mdFile = join(tempDir, "shot.md");
+      await writeFile(
+        mdFile,
+        "# Page\n\n" +
+          "word ".repeat(400) +
+          "\n\n![A shot](/assets/demos/shot@2x.webp)\n",
+      );
+      const cwd = vi.spyOn(process, "cwd").mockReturnValue(tempDir);
+      try {
+        const html = await renderMd(mdFile);
+        const img = html.match(/<img [^>]*>/)![0];
+        expect(img).toMatch(/srcset="[^"]* 480w, [^"]* 1328w"/);
+        expect(img).toContain(`sizes="${MARKDOWN_IMAGE_SIZES}"`);
+      } finally {
+        cwd.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   it("versions images in the demo and screenshot folders by content hash, and nothing else", async () => {
     expect(VERSIONED_IMAGE_FOLDERS).toEqual([
       "/assets/demos/",
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/md-renderer.ts b/docs/src/lib/md-renderer.ts
index 9b0eba7a..3d3cd118 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/md-renderer.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/md-renderer.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   closeSync,
   existsSync,
   openSync,
+  readdirSync,
   readFileSync,
   readSync,
   statSync,
@@ -104,6 +105,63 @@ function imageSize(sitePath: string): { width: number; height: number } | null {
   }
 }
 
+/** The pixel width of a site image file, or null when it cannot be read. */
+function imagePixelWidth(sitePath: string): number | null {
+  const size = imageSize(sitePath);
+  if (!size) return null;
+  return size.width * (/@2x\.[a-z]+$/i.test(sitePath) ? 2 : 1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The widths a docs content image is laid out at: the column is 664 pixels wide from a tablet up, and the
+ * viewport less the page gutters below that (312 pixels on a 360 pixel phone). Measured on the built site.
+ */
+export const MARKDOWN_IMAGE_SIZES =
+  "(max-width: 720px) calc(100vw - 48px), 664px";
+
+/**
+ * The `srcset` for a site image that has width variants beside it, or null when it has none.
+ *
+ * A variant is `<name>-<width>.webp` next to `<name>.webp`, the names `responsive-webp.mjs` (the bascik-images
+ * skill's script) writes; scripts/responsive-images.ts makes them for every still image. The list is in
+ * ascending width and includes the file itself at its own pixel width. Every URL carries its content hash, like
+ * any other reference to these folders.
+ *
+ * Only still images have variants. An animated recording is lossless, and resizing one makes the file larger
+ * (lint 56 KB to 82 KB at half size), so it is served as its one file.
+ */
+function widthSrcset(sitePath: string): string | null {
+  const ownWidth = imagePixelWidth(sitePath);
+  if (ownWidth === null) return null;
+  const slash = sitePath.lastIndexOf("/");
+  const folder = sitePath.slice(0, slash + 1);
+  const name = sitePath.slice(slash + 1);
+  const dot = name.lastIndexOf(".");
+  if (dot <= 0 || name.slice(dot).toLowerCase() !== ".webp") return null;
+  const stem = name.slice(0, dot);
+  let names: string[];
+  try {
+    names = readdirSync(join(process.cwd(), "src/pages", folder));
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const candidates = new Map<number, string>();
+  for (const candidate of names) {
+    if (!candidate.startsWith(`${stem}-`) || !candidate.endsWith(".webp"))
+      continue;
+    const width = candidate.slice(stem.length + 1, -".webp".length);
+    if (!/^[1-9]\d*$/.test(width)) continue;
+    candidates.set(Number(width), folder + candidate);
+  }
+  if (candidates.size === 0) return null;
+  // The file itself is the candidate at its own width, whatever a variant of that width holds.
+  candidates.set(ownWidth, sitePath);
+  return [...candidates]
+    .sort(([a], [b]) => a - b)
+    .map(([width, path]) => `${imageUrl(path)} ${width}w`)
+    .join(", ");
+}
+
 /**
  * Site path of the still copy that goes with an animated image, or null when there is none. The copy sits
  * beside the animation with `-still` before the density suffix: `demo@2x.webp` pairs with `demo-still@2x.webp`.
@@ -243,12 +301,17 @@ const unescapeMarkedAttribute = (text: string) =>
  * still instead. The animation loops forever and cannot be paused, so it must not be their default.
  *
  * `rest` is whatever follows `src` in the original tag, such as ` alt="..."`.
+ *
+ * `sizes` is the CSS width the image is laid out at (an `<img sizes>` value). With it, a still image that has
+ * width variants gets a `srcset` of them, so a phone or a 1x screen downloads a file near the size it shows.
+ * Without it there is no `srcset`: a width list with no `sizes` makes the browser assume the full viewport width.
  */
 function renderImage(
   src: string,
   rest: string,
   narrow?: { src: string; maxWidth: number },
   eager = false,
+  sizes?: string,
 ): string {
   const file = imageReference(src).file;
   const size = file === null ? null : imageSize(file);
@@ -264,7 +327,11 @@ function renderImage(
   // download of an animated recording competed with it (sitemap mobile LCP 1.5 s to 2.4 s in Lighthouse). The
   // browser raises the priority of an image in the viewport on its own.
   const loading = eager ? 'loading="eager"' : 'loading="lazy" decoding="async"';
-  const image = `<img ${loading}${demoClass}${dimensions} src="${imageUrl(src)}"${rest}>`;
+  const responsive = (sitePath: string | null): string => {
+    const srcset = sizes && sitePath ? widthSrcset(sitePath) : null;
+    return srcset ? ` srcset="${srcset}" sizes="${esc(sizes!)}"` : "";
+  };
+  const image = `<img ${loading}${demoClass}${dimensions} src="${imageUrl(src)}"${responsive(file)}${rest}>`;
   const sources: string[] = [];
   // The narrow image has a different shape from the default one, so its sources say how big it is. Without
   // that, the browser would reserve the default image's shape and the page would jump when the real one loads.
@@ -283,7 +350,8 @@ function renderImage(
   }
   if (still)
     sources.push(
-      `<source media="(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)" srcset="${imageUrl(still)}">`,
+      // The still is one image at one density unless it has width variants and the caller said how wide it is.
+      `<source media="(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)"${responsive(still) || ` srcset="${imageUrl(still)}"`}>`,
     );
   if (narrow)
     sources.push(
@@ -304,8 +372,10 @@ export function demoImage(
   src: string,
   alt: string,
   narrow?: { src: string; maxWidth: number },
+  /** The CSS width the image is laid out at; with it, a still image is served from its width variants. */
+  sizes?: string,
 ): string {
-  return renderImage(src, ` alt="${esc(alt)}"`, narrow);
+  return renderImage(src, ` alt="${esc(alt)}"`, narrow, false, sizes);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -654,7 +724,13 @@ function _transformMd(
         offset < foldOffset &&
         textBefore(offset) <= LCP_IMAGE_MAX_TEXT_BEFORE;
       if (eager) eagerUsed = true;
-      return renderImage(unescapeMarkedAttribute(src), rest, undefined, eager);
+      return renderImage(
+        unescapeMarkedAttribute(src),
+        rest,
+        undefined,
+        eager,
+        MARKDOWN_IMAGE_SIZES,
+      );
     },
   );
 
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/package-version.test.ts b/docs/src/lib/package-version.test.ts
index 61e243b5..d9b56921 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/package-version.test.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/package-version.test.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import {
 describe("stableVersion", () => {
   it.each([
     ["1.0.0", "1.0.0"],
-    ["1.0.0-rc.6", "1.0.0"],
-    ["1.0.0-rc.99", "1.0.0"],
+    ["1.1.0-beta.6", "1.1.0"],
+    ["1.1.0-beta.99", "1.1.0"],
     ["1.2.3-beta.1", "1.2.3"],
     ["1.0.0+build.5", "1.0.0"],
-    ["1.0.0-rc.1+build.5", "1.0.0"],
+    ["1.1.0-beta.1+build.5", "1.1.0"],
   ])("%s -> %s", (input, expected) => {
     expect(stableVersion(input)).toBe(expected);
   });
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ describe("package version readers", () => {
     await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
   });
 
-  it("reads the raw version, keeping the release candidate suffix", async () => {
-    await writeFile(packageJson, JSON.stringify({ version: "1.0.0-rc.6" }));
-    expect(await readPackageVersion(packageJson)).toBe("1.0.0-rc.6");
+  it("reads the raw version, keeping a prerelease suffix", async () => {
+    await writeFile(packageJson, JSON.stringify({ version: "1.1.0-beta.6" }));
+    expect(await readPackageVersion(packageJson)).toBe("1.1.0-beta.6");
   });
 
-  it("reads the stable version, dropping the release candidate suffix", async () => {
-    await writeFile(packageJson, JSON.stringify({ version: "1.0.0-rc.6" }));
-    expect(await readStableVersion(packageJson)).toBe("1.0.0");
+  it("reads the stable version, dropping a prerelease suffix", async () => {
+    await writeFile(packageJson, JSON.stringify({ version: "1.1.0-beta.6" }));
+    expect(await readStableVersion(packageJson)).toBe("1.1.0");
   });
 
-  it("renders the badge text without the release candidate suffix", async () => {
-    await writeFile(packageJson, JSON.stringify({ version: "1.0.0-rc.6" }));
-    expect(await versionBadge(packageJson)).toBe("v1.0.0");
+  it("renders the badge text without a prerelease suffix", async () => {
+    await writeFile(packageJson, JSON.stringify({ version: "1.1.0-beta.6" }));
+    expect(await versionBadge(packageJson)).toBe("v1.1.0");
   });
 
   it("renders an empty badge instead of a wrong number when the version is unreadable", async () => {
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/package-version.ts b/docs/src/lib/package-version.ts
index f59e43d4..451d978e 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/package-version.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/package-version.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
  * package-version.ts
  *
  * Reads the published @bascik/bascik version from pkg/package.json at build time so the docs never
- * carry a hand-edited copy. Release candidates and build metadata are dropped for display: while the
- * package is at `1.0.0-rc.6`, the site already presents the `1.0.0` release it is building toward.
+ * carry a hand-edited copy. Prerelease and build suffixes are dropped for display: while the
+ * package is at a prerelease such as `1.1.0-beta.6`, the site presents the `1.1.0` release it is building toward.
  */
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function readPackageVersion(
   }
 }
 
-/** `1.0.0-rc.6` and `1.0.0+build.5` both become `1.0.0`. */
+/** `1.1.0-beta.6` and `1.1.0+build.5` both become `1.1.0`. */
 export function stableVersion(version: string): string {
   return version.replace(/[-+].*$/, "");
 }
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/responsive-images.test.ts b/docs/src/lib/responsive-images.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45f1e14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/lib/responsive-images.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+ * Every still image the docs site shows has width variants for `srcset`, made by scripts/responsive-images.ts.
+ * This fails when someone adds or re-records a still and does not run that script.
+ */
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { IMAGE_FOLDERS, VARIANT } from "../../scripts/responsive-images.ts";
+
+const ASSETS = join(import.meta.dirname, "../pages/assets");
+
+/** The pixel width a WebP file's header records, and whether the file is animated. */
+function webpHeader(file: string): { width: number; animated: boolean } {
+  const bytes = readFileSync(file);
+  const format = bytes.toString("latin1", 12, 16);
+  if (format === "VP8X")
+    return {
+      width: 1 + bytes.readUIntLE(24, 3),
+      animated: (bytes[20] & 0x02) !== 0,
+    };
+  if (format === "VP8L")
+    return { width: 1 + (bytes.readUInt32LE(21) & 0x3fff), animated: false };
+  return { width: bytes.readUInt16LE(26) & 0x3fff, animated: false };
+}
+
+const images = IMAGE_FOLDERS.flatMap((folder) =>
+  readdirSync(join(ASSETS, folder))
+    .filter((name) => name.endsWith(".webp"))
+    .map((name) => ({ folder, name, file: join(ASSETS, folder, name) })),
+);
+const originals = images.filter((image) => !VARIANT.test(image.name));
+const variantsOf = (original: (typeof images)[number]) =>
+  images.filter(
+    (image) =>
+      image.folder === original.folder &&
+      VARIANT.test(image.name) &&
+      image.name.replace(VARIANT, ".webp") === original.name,
+  );
+
+describe("docs image width variants", () => {
+  it("every still image has at least one narrower variant (run node scripts/responsive-images.ts)", () => {
+    const missing = originals
+      .filter((image) => !webpHeader(image.file).animated)
+      .filter((image) => variantsOf(image).length === 0)
+      .map((image) => `${image.folder}/${image.name}`);
+    expect(missing).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("no animated recording has variants: resizing a lossless animation makes it larger", () => {
+    const resized = originals
+      .filter((image) => webpHeader(image.file).animated)
+      .filter((image) => variantsOf(image).length > 0)
+      .map((image) => `${image.folder}/${image.name}`);
+    expect(resized).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("each variant is the width its name says, and a narrower one is smaller than the file it stands in for", () => {
+    const wrong: string[] = [];
+    for (const original of originals) {
+      const own = webpHeader(original.file).width;
+      for (const variant of variantsOf(original)) {
+        const named = Number(VARIANT.exec(variant.name)![1]);
+        const actual = webpHeader(variant.file).width;
+        if (actual !== named)
+          wrong.push(`${variant.name}: ${actual} pixels wide`);
+        if (
+          named < own &&
+          statSync(variant.file).size >= statSync(original.file).size
+        )
+          wrong.push(`${variant.name}: not smaller than ${original.name}`);
+      }
+    }
+    expect(wrong).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("every variant belongs to an image that exists", () => {
+    const orphans = images
+      .filter((image) => VARIANT.test(image.name))
+      .filter(
+        (image) =>
+          !originals.some(
+            (original) =>
+              original.folder === image.folder &&
+              original.name === image.name.replace(VARIANT, ".webp"),
+          ),
+      )
+      .map((image) => `${image.folder}/${image.name}`);
+    expect(orphans).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/returning-tags-recording.test.ts b/docs/src/lib/returning-tags-recording.test.ts
index b5b7a3e7..9471d529 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/returning-tags-recording.test.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/returning-tags-recording.test.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,17 @@ describe("Returning component tags recording", () => {
 
   it("renders a reduced-motion source for the animation", async () => {
     const html = await renderMd("./content/scripts.md");
-    expect(html).toContain(
-      `<source media="(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)" srcset="${STILL.replaceAll("@", "%40")}?v=`,
-    );
+    // The still is offered as a width list (its narrower variants, then the file itself).
+    const still = `${STILL.replaceAll("@", "%40")}?v=`;
+    const source = [
+      ...html.matchAll(
+        /<source media="\(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce\)"[^>]*>/g,
+      ),
+    ]
+      .map((match) => match[0])
+      .find((tag) => tag.includes(still));
+    expect(source).toBeDefined();
+    expect(source).toMatch(/ srcset="[^"]+ \d+w" sizes="[^"]+"/);
     expect(html).toContain(ANIMATION.replaceAll("@", "%40"));
   });
 });
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/showcase.ts b/docs/src/lib/showcase.ts
index bfdf2ec6..bcb5c56b 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/showcase.ts
+++ b/docs/src/lib/showcase.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,18 @@ export const SHOWCASE_SITES = [
   { slug: "bascik-shop", name: "Bascik Shop", url: "https://shop.bascik.dev" },
 ] as const;
 
+/**
+ * How wide a card's screenshot is laid out: the viewport less the page gutters on a phone (310 pixels at 360),
+ * and at most 528 pixels in the home page's two-column preview (the showcase page's cards are narrower).
+ */
+const SHOWCASE_IMAGE_SIZES = "(max-width: 620px) calc(100vw - 50px), 528px";
+
 export async function renderShowcase(featured = false): Promise<string> {
+  // The home page shows two: the SaaS dashboard, then the shop.
   const sites = featured
     ? SHOWCASE_SITES.filter(
-        (site) => site.slug === "lateral" || site.slug === "rinsesoft",
-      ).toReversed()
+        (site) => site.slug === "lateral" || site.slug === "bascik-shop",
+      )
     : SHOWCASE_SITES;
   return (
     await Promise.all(
@@ -42,6 +49,8 @@ export async function renderShowcase(featured = false): Promise<string> {
           <div data-bascik-slot="image">${demoImage(
             `/assets/demos/showcase-${site.slug}@2x.webp`,
             `${site.name} website homepage`,
+            undefined,
+            SHOWCASE_IMAGE_SIZES,
           )}</div>
           <div data-bascik-slot="description">${description}</div>
         </showcase-card>`;
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diff --git a/docs/src/pages/getting-started.html b/docs/src/pages/getting-started.html
index 43d5f31f..09885605 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/getting-started.html
+++ b/docs/src/pages/getting-started.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             "@type": "HowToStep",
             "position": "1",
             "name": "Create a new project",
-            "text": "Run: npm create bascik@rc my-site -y. This scaffolds the project, installs dependencies, and starts the dev server in one shot."
+            "text": "Run: npm create bascik my-site -y. This scaffolds the project, installs dependencies, and starts the dev server in one shot."
           },
           {
             "@type": "HowToStep",
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/index.html b/docs/src/pages/index.html
index d047a4aa..0a3b3780 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/index.html
+++ b/docs/src/pages/index.html
@@ -257,6 +257,20 @@
         text-decoration: underline;
       }
 
+      .hero-videos {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+        gap: 18px 22px;
+        list-style: none;
+        margin: 30px 0 0;
+        padding: 0;
+      }
+
+      .hero-videos li {
+        flex: 1 1 150px;
+        max-width: 300px;
+      }
+
       /* ── Section base ── */
       .home-section {
         padding: 72px 0;
@@ -747,7 +761,7 @@
       <section class="hero">
         <div class="container">
           <div class="hero-eyebrow">
-            <!-- Reads pkg/package.json; release candidate suffixes are dropped (v1.0.0). -->
+            <!-- Reads pkg/package.json; a prerelease suffix is dropped (v1.0.0). -->
             <script data-bascik-build>
               import { versionBadge } from "@/lib/package-version.ts";
               export default async () => {
@@ -778,8 +792,8 @@ <h1 class="hero-title">
           </div>
           <pre
             class="install-command hero-quickstart"
-          ><code>npm create bascik@rc</code><button class="install-copy-btn" type="button" aria-label="Copy" title="Copy"><svg class="copy-icon" width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="9" y="9" width="13" height="13" rx="2" ry="2"></rect><path d="M5 15H4a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V4a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h9a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1"></path></svg><svg class="copy-check" width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polyline points="20 6 9 17 4 12"></polyline></svg></button></pre>
-          <ul class="hero-stats">
+          ><code>npm create bascik</code><button class="install-copy-btn" type="button" aria-label="Copy" title="Copy"><svg class="copy-icon" width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="9" y="9" width="13" height="13" rx="2" ry="2"></rect><path d="M5 15H4a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V4a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h9a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1"></path></svg><svg class="copy-check" width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polyline points="20 6 9 17 4 12"></polyline></svg></button></pre>
+          <ul class="hero-stats" data-testid="hero-stats">
             <li><strong>0 kB</strong> framework runtime shipped</li>
             <li><strong>0 required</strong> runtime dependencies</li>
             <li><strong>Use what you know</strong>: vanilla HTML, CSS, JS</li>
@@ -787,6 +801,14 @@ <h1 class="hero-title">
               <strong>No imports or exports</strong>: components just work
             </li>
           </ul>
+          <!-- The launch videos: plain links to YouTube, so nothing loads
+               from it here and a phone opens its app. -->
+          <ul class="hero-videos" data-testid="hero-videos" aria-label="Videos">
+            <script data-bascik-build>
+              import { renderHeroVideos } from "@/lib/hero-videos.ts";
+              export default () => renderHeroVideos();
+            </script>
+          </ul>
         </div>
       </section>
 
@@ -1181,6 +1203,8 @@ <h4>Progressive streaming without a client framework</h4>
                 demoImage(
                   "/assets/demos/stream@2x.webp",
                   "A browser loading a dashboard page. A loading skeleton is shown first, and after about two seconds a card reading 99.99% uptime replaces it in place.",
+                  undefined,
+                  "(max-width: 720px) calc(100vw - 48px), 640px",
                 );
             </script>
             <figcaption>
@@ -1208,7 +1232,7 @@ <h4>Progressive streaming without a client framework</h4>
             )
               return;
             navigator.clipboard
-              .writeText("npm create bascik@rc")
+              .writeText("npm create bascik")
               .then(() => flashCopy(this))
               .catch(function () {
                 // Clipboard may be unavailable (permissions / non-secure context)
@@ -1242,11 +1266,12 @@ <h2 class="section-heading">
                     src: "/assets/demos/live-reload-stacked@2x.webp",
                     maxWidth: 760,
                   },
+                  "(max-width: 1180px) calc(100vw - 48px), 1084px",
                 );
             </script>
             <figcaption>
               Recorded for real: the starter site from
-              <code>npm create bascik@rc</code>, edited in VS Code and served by
+              <code>npm create bascik</code>, edited in VS Code and served by
               the Bascik dev server. Nothing here is mocked.
             </figcaption>
           </figure>
@@ -1282,13 +1307,15 @@ <h2 class="section-heading">
                   demoImage(
                     "/assets/demos/dev-terminal@2x.webp",
                     "A terminal running bascik on a new project. The server URL is pinned to the top row as soon as the server is up, four pages transpile in a fraction of a second, and after one file is saved only that page is rebuilt, in a few milliseconds.",
+                    undefined,
+                    "(max-width: 860px) calc(100vw - 48px), 782px",
                   );
               </script>
               <figcaption>
-                A new <code>npm create bascik@rc</code> project, recorded for
-                real on a laptop: the server is up almost immediately, its
-                address stays pinned to the top row, and saving one file
-                rebuilds only that page.
+                A new <code>npm create bascik</code> project, recorded for real
+                on a laptop: the server is up almost immediately, its address
+                stays pinned to the top row, and saving one file rebuilds only
+                that page.
               </figcaption>
             </figure>
 
@@ -1371,8 +1398,8 @@ <h3>Automatic isolation</h3>
           <h2 class="section-heading">Made with Bascik.</h2>
           <p class="section-sub">
             Choosing a new tool is a real decision. These sites already use
-            Bascik in production, from business websites to a SaaS app with a
-            server-rendered dashboard.
+            Bascik in production, from a SaaS app with a server-rendered
+            dashboard to an online shop that takes payments.
           </p>
           <p class="section-sub">
             What ships is HTML, JavaScript, and CSS you can inspect yourself.
@@ -1488,7 +1515,7 @@ <h2 class="section-heading">Up and running in under a minute.</h2>
           <div>
             <div class="install-command install-block">
               <span class="install-prompt">$</span>
-              <span>npm create bascik@rc</span>
+              <span>npm create bascik</span>
             </div>
           </div>
           <a href="/getting-started" class="btn btn-primary"
diff --git a/examples/starter-site/package.json b/examples/starter-site/package.json
index 48a6e78c..6918aff2 100644
--- a/examples/starter-site/package.json
+++ b/examples/starter-site/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     "check": "bascik --check"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0-rc.13",
+    "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0",
     "marked": "^18.0.14"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@bascik/language-server": "^1.0.0-rc.1"
+    "@bascik/language-server": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-bascik/README.md b/extensions/vscode-bascik/README.md
index 49c4a5d1..62bf6492 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-bascik/README.md
+++ b/extensions/vscode-bascik/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Cmd/Ctrl-click custom component tags to open their HTML definitions. Hover over
 
 VS Code's built-in HTML checker joins every classic `<script>` (one without `type="module"`) in a file into one JavaScript file, so a Bascik page with two scripts that each `export default` shows the false error "A module cannot have multiple default exports." Bascik runs each script on its own. Setting `"html.validate.scripts": false` in a project's `.vscode/settings.json` turns off only VS Code's check of code inside `<script>` tags in `.html` files.
 
-A project gets the setting from `npm create bascik@rc`, from `bascik init`, or from this extension. When the extension starts in a workspace with a `bascik.config.js`, `bascik.config.mjs`, or `bascik.config.ts` and nobody has set `html.validate.scripts` in the user, workspace, or folder settings, it asks once, unless VS Code's built-in HTML Language Features extension is disabled (then nothing checks inline scripts and there is nothing to turn off): **Add to workspace settings** writes the setting to `.vscode/settings.json` in each Bascik folder, keeping what is there, and **Don't ask again** stops the message for that workspace. The extension never changes the setting without that click, never touches user settings, and never asks in a folder that is not a Bascik project. You can also paste the setting into `.vscode/settings.json` yourself.
+A project gets the setting from `npm create bascik`, from `bascik init`, or from this extension. When the extension starts in a workspace with a `bascik.config.js`, `bascik.config.mjs`, or `bascik.config.ts` and nobody has set `html.validate.scripts` in the user, workspace, or folder settings, it asks once, unless VS Code's built-in HTML Language Features extension is disabled (then nothing checks inline scripts and there is nothing to turn off): **Add to workspace settings** writes the setting to `.vscode/settings.json` in each Bascik folder, keeping what is there, and **Don't ask again** stops the message for that workspace. The extension never changes the setting without that click, never touches user settings, and never asks in a folder that is not a Bascik project. You can also paste the setting into `.vscode/settings.json` yourself.
 
 With the setting off, VS Code no longer reports JavaScript syntax or semantic errors inside `<script>` tags in `.html` files. A syntax error in a build or server script still fails when Bascik loads it, with the file and line, and one in a script for the browser shows in the browser console.
 
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-bascik/package.json b/extensions/vscode-bascik/package.json
index 933fa9ff..4261dbf1 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-bascik/package.json
+++ b/extensions/vscode-bascik/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "publisher": "bascik",
   "description": "Navigate Bascik components and catch scoping, server script, stream, and API route issues as you type.",
   "icon": "icon.png",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-bascik/src/server-bundle.test.ts b/extensions/vscode-bascik/src/server-bundle.test.ts
index cbbbe1d3..ae8ea568 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-bascik/src/server-bundle.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-bascik/src/server-bundle.test.ts
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ describe("the bundled language server", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it("is released as 0.7.0 on the pre-release channel (an odd minor), the candidate that bundles the language server with the html lint", async () => {
+  it("is released as 1.0.0, the launch version that bundles the language server with the html lint", async () => {
     const { readFile } = await import("node:fs/promises");
     // The tests compile to CommonJS, so the manifest is found from the working directory (the extension root).
     const manifest = JSON.parse(
       await readFile(join(process.cwd(), "package.json"), "utf8"),
     ) as { version: string };
-    expect(manifest.version).toBe("0.7.0");
+    expect(manifest.version).toBe("1.0.0");
   });
 });
diff --git a/lsp/package.json b/lsp/package.json
index 8c33d946..2e8073b9 100644
--- a/lsp/package.json
+++ b/lsp/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bascik/language-server",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik.git",
diff --git a/pkg/README.md b/pkg/README.md
index a985d2f0..502927ce 100644
--- a/pkg/README.md
+++ b/pkg/README.md
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ This is the package you install in a Bascik project: the compiler, the `bascik`
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-Requires **Node.js ≥ 24.21**. To start a new site with a starter project, run `npm create bascik@rc my-site` (see [Getting Started](https://bascik.dev/getting-started)). To add Bascik to an existing project:
+Requires **Node.js ≥ 24.21**. To start a new site with a starter project, run `npm create bascik my-site` (see [Getting Started](https://bascik.dev/getting-started)). To add Bascik to an existing project:
 
 ```sh
-yarn add @bascik/bascik@rc
+yarn add @bascik/bascik
 # or
-npm install @bascik/bascik@rc
+npm install @bascik/bascik
 # or
-pnpm add @bascik/bascik@rc
+pnpm add @bascik/bascik
 ```
 
 ---
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/scripts/release-manifests.test.ts b/pkg/e2e/scripts/release-manifests.test.ts
index 318324d1..3e3a166f 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/scripts/release-manifests.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/e2e/scripts/release-manifests.test.ts
@@ -104,18 +104,18 @@ const satisfies = (version: string, range: string): boolean => {
 
 describe("the range check used below", () => {
   it("applies npm's prerelease rule", () => {
-    expect(satisfies("0.1.0-rc.6", ">=0.1.0-rc.6")).toBe(true);
-    expect(satisfies("0.1.0-rc.7", ">=0.1.0-rc.6")).toBe(true);
-    expect(satisfies("0.1.0", ">=0.1.0-rc.6")).toBe(true);
-    expect(satisfies("0.2.0", ">=0.1.0-rc.6")).toBe(true);
+    expect(satisfies("0.1.0-beta.6", ">=0.1.0-beta.6")).toBe(true);
+    expect(satisfies("0.1.0-beta.7", ">=0.1.0-beta.6")).toBe(true);
+    expect(satisfies("0.1.0", ">=0.1.0-beta.6")).toBe(true);
+    expect(satisfies("0.2.0", ">=0.1.0-beta.6")).toBe(true);
     // The stale-peer case: a bumped prerelease of another patch tuple.
-    expect(satisfies("0.2.0-rc.1", ">=0.1.0-rc.6")).toBe(false);
-    expect(satisfies("0.1.1-rc.1", ">=0.1.0-rc.6")).toBe(false);
-    expect(satisfies("0.1.0-rc.5", ">=0.1.0-rc.6")).toBe(false);
-    expect(satisfies("1.0.0-rc.11", "^1.0.0-rc.10")).toBe(true);
-    expect(satisfies("1.4.2", "^1.0.0-rc.10")).toBe(true);
-    expect(satisfies("2.0.0", "^1.0.0-rc.10")).toBe(false);
-    expect(satisfies("0.2.0", "^0.1.0-rc.6")).toBe(false);
+    expect(satisfies("0.2.0-beta.1", ">=0.1.0-beta.6")).toBe(false);
+    expect(satisfies("0.1.1-beta.1", ">=0.1.0-beta.6")).toBe(false);
+    expect(satisfies("0.1.0-beta.5", ">=0.1.0-beta.6")).toBe(false);
+    expect(satisfies("1.0.0-beta.11", "^1.0.0-beta.10")).toBe(true);
+    expect(satisfies("1.4.2", "^1.0.0-beta.10")).toBe(true);
+    expect(satisfies("2.0.0", "^1.0.0-beta.10")).toBe(false);
+    expect(satisfies("0.2.0", "^0.1.0-beta.6")).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("misuse: refuses a range form it does not implement", () => {
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ describe("published package manifests", () => {
     expect(satisfies(pkg.version, dev!), `${pkg.version} vs ${dev}`).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  // Bumping lsp/package.json to another patch tuple's prerelease (0.2.0-rc.1)
-  // while pkg's peer stays >=0.1.0-rc.6 makes every scaffolded project warn
+  // Bumping lsp/package.json to another patch tuple's prerelease (0.2.0-beta.1)
+  // while pkg's peer stays >=0.1.0-beta.6 makes every scaffolded project warn
   // about an invalid peer.
   it("pkg's optional peer range on @bascik/language-server includes the lsp version", () => {
     const pkg = manifest("pkg");
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/scripts/release.test.ts b/pkg/e2e/scripts/release.test.ts
index 71e3dfd2..8aed6e60 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/scripts/release.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/e2e/scripts/release.test.ts
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ describe("release script", () => {
   });
 
   it("prints latest commands for RC versions and selected packages only", async () => {
-    const { dependencies, logs } = fixture({ version: "1.2.3-rc.10" });
+    const { dependencies, logs } = fixture({ version: "1.2.3-beta.10" });
     await release(["pkg", "create", "--latest"], dependencies);
 
     expect(logs).toEqual([
       "Run these commands to set the selected npm package versions to latest:",
-      "npm dist-tag add @bascik/bascik@1.2.3-rc.10 latest --registry https://registry.npmjs.org",
-      "npm dist-tag add create-bascik@1.2.3-rc.10 latest --registry https://registry.npmjs.org",
+      "npm dist-tag add @bascik/bascik@1.2.3-beta.10 latest --registry https://registry.npmjs.org",
+      "npm dist-tag add create-bascik@1.2.3-beta.10 latest --registry https://registry.npmjs.org",
     ]);
   });
 
diff --git a/pkg/package.json b/pkg/package.json
index 6b46f4e3..807b7ddc 100644
--- a/pkg/package.json
+++ b/pkg/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik/issues"
   },
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.13",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/bascikdev/bascik.git",
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "parse5": "^8.1.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@bascik/language-server": ">=1.0.0-rc.1"
+    "@bascik/language-server": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "@bascik/language-server": {
diff --git a/pkg/src/cli-misuse.integration.test.ts b/pkg/src/cli-misuse.integration.test.ts
index c14fd650..b36fa037 100644
--- a/pkg/src/cli-misuse.integration.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/cli-misuse.integration.test.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe("CLI misuse messages", { timeout: 60_000 }, () => {
     expect(output).toMatch(
       /^\[bascik\] error: pages directory "src\/pages" \(directory\.pages\) does not exist in .*misuse-no-pages.*\. Run bascik from the project root/m,
     );
-    expect(output).toContain("npm create bascik@rc");
+    expect(output).toContain("npm create bascik");
     expect(output).not.toMatch(/scandir|ENOENT|^Error: /m);
   });
 
diff --git a/pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts b/pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts
index b17fa216..579fb148 100644
--- a/pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * says which command to run later.
  *
  * Two identical copies exist, `create/src/agent-setup.ts` for
- * `npm create bascik@rc` and `pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts` for `bascik init`.
+ * `npm create bascik` and `pkg/src/lib/agent-setup.ts` for `bascik init`.
  * `create/src/agent-setup.test.ts` fails when they differ.
  */
 
diff --git a/pkg/src/lib/archetype-torture.integration.test.ts b/pkg/src/lib/archetype-torture.integration.test.ts
index 231b6a0d..18b75e65 100644
--- a/pkg/src/lib/archetype-torture.integration.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/lib/archetype-torture.integration.test.ts
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ describe("Real-world archetype torture suite & migration-tutorials example sites
           ].join("\n"),
         });
 
-        // Upgrade pre-rc.5 console.log build and routes scripts in the extracted oct052026 branch fixture to current export default contract
+        // Upgrade early-prerelease console.log build and routes scripts in the extracted oct052026 branch fixture to current export default contract
         const upgradeDirectiveScripts = (rootDir: string) => {
           const htmlFiles = execFileSync("find", [rootDir, "-name", "*.html"], {
             encoding: "utf8",
diff --git a/pkg/src/lib/check-language-server.test.ts b/pkg/src/lib/check-language-server.test.ts
index d18c7914..aacfa61b 100644
--- a/pkg/src/lib/check-language-server.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/lib/check-language-server.test.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe("loadLanguageServerCheck", () => {
       join(dir, "package.json"),
       JSON.stringify({
         name: "@bascik/language-server",
-        version: "0.1.0-rc.3",
+        version: "0.1.0",
         type: "module",
         exports: { ".": "./index.js" },
       }),
diff --git a/pkg/src/lib/check-language-server.ts b/pkg/src/lib/check-language-server.ts
index 34334bf6..7e10230d 100644
--- a/pkg/src/lib/check-language-server.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/lib/check-language-server.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * reported twice, and the language server is the same engine the editor uses.
  *
  * The language server is an optional peer dependency. `@bascik/bascik` stays free of production dependencies, and
- * projects scaffolded with `npm create bascik@rc` already have it. When it is missing, the project half still runs
+ * projects scaffolded with `npm create bascik` already have it. When it is missing, the project half still runs
  * and the report says what was skipped.
  */
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
diff --git a/pkg/src/lib/file-system.test.ts b/pkg/src/lib/file-system.test.ts
index d754bd5b..079e2828 100644
--- a/pkg/src/lib/file-system.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/lib/file-system.test.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ describe("listPages", () => {
       expect(failure!.message).toContain(process.cwd());
       expect(failure!.message).toContain("directory.pages");
       expect(failure!.message).toContain("project root");
-      expect(failure!.message).toContain("npm create bascik@rc");
+      expect(failure!.message).toContain("npm create bascik");
       expect(failure!.message).not.toContain("scandir");
     },
   );
diff --git a/pkg/src/lib/file-system.ts b/pkg/src/lib/file-system.ts
index 1756f53d..81e1a99a 100644
--- a/pkg/src/lib/file-system.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/lib/file-system.ts
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ export const pagesDirectoryError = (error: unknown): Error => {
         `in ${process.cwd()}. Run bascik from the project root (the ` +
         `folder with package.json and src/pages), or set directory.pages ` +
         `in bascik.config.ts. To start a new project, run ` +
-        `\`npm create bascik@rc\` (or \`npx bascik init\` in an existing folder).`,
+        `\`npm create bascik\` (or \`npx bascik init\` in an existing folder).`,
       { cause: error },
     );
   return new Error(
diff --git a/pkg/src/lib/init.test.ts b/pkg/src/lib/init.test.ts
index e7b11781..1bc17733 100644
--- a/pkg/src/lib/init.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/lib/init.test.ts
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ describe("initProject", () => {
   });
 
   it("pins @bascik/bascik to a caret range on the running version, not the latest dist-tag", async () => {
-    await init({ version: "1.0.0-rc.10" });
+    await init({ version: "1.0.0" });
     const parsed = JSON.parse(writtenTo("package.json")!);
-    expect(parsed.dependencies["@bascik/bascik"]).toBe("^1.0.0-rc.10");
+    expect(parsed.dependencies["@bascik/bascik"]).toBe("^1.0.0");
   });
 
   it("falls back to the latest dist-tag only when the running version is unknown", async () => {
@@ -251,13 +251,13 @@ describe("initProject", () => {
     mockReadFile.mockResolvedValue(
       JSON.stringify({
         name: "my-app",
-        devDependencies: { "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0-rc.9" },
+        devDependencies: { "@bascik/bascik": "^1.0.0" },
       }),
     );
     await init();
     const parsed = JSON.parse(writtenTo("package.json")!);
     expect(parsed.dependencies?.["@bascik/bascik"]).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(parsed.devDependencies["@bascik/bascik"]).toBe("^1.0.0-rc.9");
+    expect(parsed.devDependencies["@bascik/bascik"]).toBe("^1.0.0");
   });
 
   it("ignores the TLS key and certificate Bascik generates in the project folder", async () => {
diff --git a/pkg/src/lib/vscode-settings.ts b/pkg/src/lib/vscode-settings.ts
index 728c7999..be9b9384 100644
--- a/pkg/src/lib/vscode-settings.ts
+++ b/pkg/src/lib/vscode-settings.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * that is not valid JSON is left alone and reported.
  *
  * Two identical copies exist, `create/src/vscode-settings.ts` for
- * `npm create bascik@rc` and `pkg/src/lib/vscode-settings.ts` for `bascik init`.
+ * `npm create bascik` and `pkg/src/lib/vscode-settings.ts` for `bascik init`.
  * `create/src/vscode-settings.test.ts` fails when they differ.
  */
 
diff --git a/skills/README.md b/skills/README.md
index 13e3cd88..62264978 100644
--- a/skills/README.md
+++ b/skills/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Without it, download every skill into the shared `.agents/skills/` folder (use `
 mkdir -p .agents/skills && curl -fsSL https://bascik.dev/assets/skills.tar.gz | tar -xz -C .agents/skills
 ```
 
-New projects created with `npm create bascik@rc` include every skill except the opt-in `bascik-refactor`. Install that one on its own when you want coding agents to refactor a live site:
+New projects created with `npm create bascik` include every skill except the opt-in `bascik-refactor`. Install that one on its own when you want coding agents to refactor a live site:
 
 ```sh
 npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor
@@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ The example components and the starter site live in the repository's [`examples/
 
 ## Contributing
 
-These files are the source of truth. The docs build publishes them to `https://bascik.dev/assets/skills.tar.gz`, `https://bascik.dev/.well-known/agent-skills/` (one archive per skill plus `index.json`), and the core skill to `https://bascik.dev/assets/SKILL.md`. `npm create bascik@rc` and `bascik init` offer to install every skill except the opt-in `bascik-refactor` with `npx skills add`, pinned to the matching release. The skills' tests and fixtures live in [`skills-tests/`](../skills-tests/README.md), because this folder ships to users as is. Contributor-only skills for working on Bascik itself live in `.github/skills/` and are marked `metadata.internal`, so `npx skills add` does not offer them.
+These files are the source of truth. The docs build publishes them to `https://bascik.dev/assets/skills.tar.gz`, `https://bascik.dev/.well-known/agent-skills/` (one archive per skill plus `index.json`), and the core skill to `https://bascik.dev/assets/SKILL.md`. `npm create bascik` and `bascik init` offer to install every skill except the opt-in `bascik-refactor` with `npx skills add`, pinned to the matching release. The skills' tests and fixtures live in [`skills-tests/`](../skills-tests/README.md), because this folder ships to users as is. Contributor-only skills for working on Bascik itself live in `.github/skills/` and are marked `metadata.internal`, so `npx skills add` does not offer them.
diff --git a/skills/bascik-refactor/SKILL.md b/skills/bascik-refactor/SKILL.md
index 2eec2d23..3ad2bab8 100644
--- a/skills/bascik-refactor/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/bascik-refactor/SKILL.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metadata:
 
 # Refactoring a Live Site with Coding Agents
 
-Requires the `bascik` skill for component rules and the `bascik-migrate` skill for the framework-to-Bascik procedure; this skill runs that procedure route by route until every route matches production except documented, verified defect corrections. It is opt-in, so projects created with `npm create bascik@rc` do not include it. Install it with `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor`.
+Requires the `bascik` skill for component rules and the `bascik-migrate` skill for the framework-to-Bascik procedure; this skill runs that procedure route by route until every route matches production except documented, verified defect corrections. It is opt-in, so projects created with `npm create bascik` do not include it. Install it with `npx skills add bascikdev/bascik --skill bascik-refactor`.
 
 ## Procedure
 
diff --git a/skills/bascik/SKILL.md b/skills/bascik/SKILL.md
index 57f5d36f..60ad7dac 100644
--- a/skills/bascik/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/bascik/SKILL.md
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ npx @bascik/language-server --check   # the per-file checks on their own (bascik
 
 `bascik --check` and the linter are not two overlapping tools. `bascik --check` answers project questions (duplicate routes, unused components, config), and the linter answers per-file questions (attribute typos, CSS that cannot be scoped). `bascik --check` runs the linter too, so use it, and reach for the linter alone only on a folder outside the project.
 
-New project: `npm create bascik@rc my-site -y`. It and `bascik init` both write `.vscode/settings.json` with `"html.validate.scripts": false` and recommend the Bascik extension in `.vscode/extensions.json`, merging into files the folder already has. Third-party linters such as Webhint are opt-in: neither command installs them or creates or modifies their configs. A project set up any other way (a migration, or files copied in with `add-example.mjs`) needs that VS Code setting added by hand, or VS Code joins a page's `<script>` blocks into one file and reports false errors such as "A module cannot have multiple default exports". The setting turns off only VS Code's own check of inline scripts, not Bascik's checks. Production builds need a site URL for `sitemap.xml` and `robots.txt`: `BASCIK_SITE_URL=https://example.com bascik --build` (or `--site-url`, or `.env`). Full CLI and error output: `read-doc.mjs /cli`.
+New project: `npm create bascik my-site -y`. It and `bascik init` both write `.vscode/settings.json` with `"html.validate.scripts": false` and recommend the Bascik extension in `.vscode/extensions.json`, merging into files the folder already has. Third-party linters such as Webhint are opt-in: neither command installs them or creates or modifies their configs. A project set up any other way (a migration, or files copied in with `add-example.mjs`) needs that VS Code setting added by hand, or VS Code joins a page's `<script>` blocks into one file and reports false errors such as "A module cannot have multiple default exports". The setting turns off only VS Code's own check of inline scripts, not Bascik's checks. Production builds need a site URL for `sitemap.xml` and `robots.txt`: `BASCIK_SITE_URL=https://example.com bascik --build` (or `--site-url`, or `.env`). Full CLI and error output: `read-doc.mjs /cli`.
 
 ## Verify every change
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ The script downloads from bascik.dev, maps files to the project's configured fol
 
 ## Build a new site
 
-1. `npm create bascik@rc my-site -y`, or read the existing project first with `list-components.mjs`. Add `BASCIK_SITE_URL=https://example.com` to `.env`.
+1. `npm create bascik my-site -y`, or read the existing project first with `list-components.mjs`. Add `BASCIK_SITE_URL=https://example.com` to `.env`.
 2. Plan the pages and URLs (one purpose and one `<h1>` each), then the components each page is made of: the shared layout (head, header, footer), one component per section with a job, and one per repeated block. Plan repeated content (a collection in `content/`) and anything that needs a server (API routes, per-request markup). Ask when the plan is unclear.
 3. Copy the foundation: `add-example.mjs starter-site`, or only the parts you need. Then replace the example name, navigation (`src/components/site-header/links.ts`), colors (tokens in `src/pages/css/styles.css`), and every page's `seo({ title, description })`.
 4. Add components (`new-component.mjs --script inline` or `--script ts`), then pages as lists of their tags, and interactive examples. Load the companion skill for each area.
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b05a0351..76f009f5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@bascik/adapter-cloudflare@workspace:adapters/cloudflare"
   dependencies:
-    "@bascik/bascik": "npm:^1.0.0-rc.13"
+    "@bascik/bascik": "npm:^1.0.0"
     "@playwright/test": "npm:^1.64.1"
     "@types/node": "npm:^24.19.1"
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "npm:^5.1.0"
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ __metadata:
     vitest: "npm:^5.1.0"
     wrangler: "npm:^4.157.0"
   peerDependencies:
-    "@bascik/bascik": ^1.0.0-rc.13
+    "@bascik/bascik": ^1.0.0
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@bascik/adapter-netlify@workspace:adapters/netlify"
   dependencies:
-    "@bascik/bascik": "npm:^1.0.0-rc.13"
+    "@bascik/bascik": "npm:^1.0.0"
     "@netlify/functions": "npm:^6.1.0"
     "@playwright/test": "npm:^1.64.1"
     "@types/node": "npm:^24.19.1"
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ __metadata:
     vite: "npm:^8.3.5"
     vitest: "npm:^5.1.0"
   peerDependencies:
-    "@bascik/bascik": ^1.0.0-rc.13
+    "@bascik/bascik": ^1.0.0
   bin:
     bascik-netlify-install: ./dist/cli.js
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@bascik/bascik@npm:^1.0.0-rc.13, @bascik/bascik@workspace:*, @bascik/bascik@workspace:pkg":
+"@bascik/bascik@npm:^1.0.0, @bascik/bascik@workspace:*, @bascik/bascik@workspace:pkg":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@bascik/bascik@workspace:pkg"
   dependencies:
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ __metadata:
     web-features: "npm:^3.45.0"
     webidl2: "npm:^24.5.0"
   peerDependencies:
-    "@bascik/language-server": ">=1.0.0-rc.1"
+    "@bascik/language-server": ^1.0.0
   dependenciesMeta:
     chokidar:
       optional: true