diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 117552c2b..b7fc78bc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ Manual component-by-component copying also works. Each component is fully indepe
 
 ```bash
 # Just agents
+mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents
 cp agents/*.md ~/.claude/agents/
 
 # Rules directories (common + language-specific)
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ Use this only when you are intentionally skipping the plugin path:
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git
 cd ECC
-./install.sh --profile full
+./install.sh --profile full --enable-hooks
 ```
 
 Windows:
@@ -540,9 +541,11 @@ Windows:
 ```powershell
 git clone https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git
 cd ECC
-.\install.ps1 --profile full
+.\install.ps1 --profile full --enable-hooks
 ```
 
+These examples enable the automatic hook runtime. To install without hooks, replace `--enable-hooks` with `--no-hooks`.
+
 If you choose this path, stop there. Do not also run `/plugin install`.
 
 For hand-picked manual installs, Claude discovers skills as direct children of `~/.claude/skills/`; do not nest them under `~/.claude/skills/ecc/`.