diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
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--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ When older documentation, an experiment, or a spike conflicts with these files,
 
 ## Mission
 
-Hyperkernel is building a small, highly trusted kernel for systems whose applications, interfaces, workflows, and integrations may evolve quickly.
+Hyperkernel is a self-hostable application platform built around a small, highly trusted kernel. Developers and organizations build and run modular applications on Hyperkernel. Together, those applications form a software platform tailored to the work they support.
 
 Optimize kernel work for correctness, auditability, deterministic recovery, security, and long-term compatibility. Optimize work outside the kernel for safe iteration without allowing it to bypass kernel contracts.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Hyperkernel
 
-**Open-source primitives for building reliable, auditable, self-hosted software platforms.**
+**An open-source, self-hostable application platform for building and running reliable, auditable apps that work together.**
 
-Hyperkernel is an open-source project building a small set of production-grade primitives for developers creating platforms for themselves or for small businesses, with or without AI assistance. The goal is software that can be trusted, audited, repaired, and continuously evolved.
+Hyperkernel provides a shared kernel and workspace on which developers and organizations build and run modular applications. Those applications share platform contracts for identity, permissions, state, events, and audit history; together, they form a software platform tailored to the work they support.
 
-The project separates software into two trust zones:
+The platform separates software into two trust zones:
 
 - a small kernel whose contracts are designed to be stable, extensively tested, and reviewed by experienced humans;
 - applications, interfaces, workflows, and integrations that can evolve faster, whether built by developers, developers using AI, or AI agents operating within explicit boundaries.
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ Examples include:
 - a business operations environment for an independent developer or small company;
 - a personal work and routine-management environment for developers;
 - auditable workflows in which people and external AI agents collaborate;
-- custom self-hosted platforms composed from shared kernel primitives.
+- a tailored, self-hosted suite of modular applications running on Hyperkernel.
 
-These are examples, not hard-coded products. Hyperkernel provides the foundation; applications provide the domain.
+These are examples, not hard-coded products. Hyperkernel provides the application platform; applications provide the domain.
 
 ## Status
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@hnordt/hyperkernel",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "Open-source primitives for building reliable, auditable, self-hosted software platforms",
+  "description": "An open-source, self-hostable application platform for building and running reliable, auditable apps that work together.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
   },
   "keywords": [
     "application-platform",
-    "event-sourcing",
-    "self-hosting"
+    "modular-applications",
+    "app-development",
+    "self-hosted",
+    "audit-log"
   ],
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {