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@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ All heavy work (hashing, decoding, storage, search, thumbnails) lives in a Rust
 daemon. The GNOME Shell extension only renders UI and forwards events over
 D-Bus, so the compositor is never blocked, even with thousands of items.
 
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/10291/strata/">
+    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andyholmes/gnome-shell-extensions-badge/eb9af9a1c6f04eb060cb01de6aeb5c84232cd8c0/get-it-on-ego.svg?sanitize=true" width="240" alt="Get it on GNOME Extensions">
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+> **Requires a companion daemon.** Installing from GNOME Extensions is only half
+> the setup. See [Installing the daemon](#installing-the-daemon).
+
 The motivation behind this is explained in the technical blog post [Rethinking the GNOME clipboard issues](https://edu4rdshl.dev/posts/rethinking-the-gnome-clipboard-issues/)
 
 ## Features
@@ -104,6 +113,32 @@ GNOME Shell (GJS)  ──D-Bus──▶  strata-daemon  ──▶  SQLite (~/.lo
                                        └──▶  thumbnails (~/.cache/strata)
 ```
 
+## Installing the daemon
+
+Strata is two parts: the GNOME Shell extension and a small background daemon
+(`strata-daemon`) that does the storage, search, and thumbnailing. Installing
+the extension from [GNOME Extensions](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/10291/strata/)
+is only half the setup; **without the daemon the extension does nothing.**
+
+Install the daemon with whichever fits your system:
+
+- **Arch (AUR):** `paru -S strata-daemon` (or `strata-daemon-git` for the latest `main`).
+- **From source:**
+
+  ```sh
+  git clone https://github.com/Edu4rdSHL/Strata.git
+  cd Strata
+  make install-daemon    # builds and installs to ~/.local/bin
+  ```
+
+  Make sure `~/.local/bin` is in your `$PATH`.
+
+Then log out and back in (Wayland) or `Alt+F2` → `r` (X11). The extension finds
+`strata-daemon` in `$PATH` and starts it automatically; no separate service is
+needed.
+
+For distro packages and the systemd user service, see [Install](#install).
+
 ## Requirements
 
 - GNOME Shell 50. Older releases may work if built from source but are not tested or supported.