diff --git a/emf/README.md b/emf/README.md
index 9602337..7e40b48 100644
--- a/emf/README.md
+++ b/emf/README.md
@@ -55,11 +55,20 @@ bundles `emf.target` pins.
 For examiners, in Eclipse Modeling Tools 2026-06 with the OCL, QVT-Operational
 and Acceleo 4 SDKs installed from the same release:
 
+0. Run `./mvnw verify` once, from `emf/`, before importing anything. Each
+   metamodel's typed Java is generated into `target/generated-sources/emf/`,
+   which `build.properties` names as a source folder, and on a clean clone that
+   directory does not exist yet: import first and the workspace opens with
+   every reference to a generated package unresolved. One terminal build is
+   what makes the import land clean.
 1. Open `emf/emf.target` and choose **Set as Active Target Platform**.
 2. **File > Import > Maven > Existing Maven Projects**, with `emf/` as the
    root directory. The importer walks the whole tree, so that one root
    still finds the five bundles nested under `emf/bundles/` and the parity
-   suite nested under `emf/tests/parity`; import every module.
+   suite nested under `emf/tests/parity`; import every module. Five of the six
+   are `eclipse-plugin` packaging, which m2e maps through the Tycho
+   configurator: accept the connector if the importer offers to install one,
+   and restart when it asks.
 3. In `dev.jorisjonkers.deploykit.emf.metamodel`, open `model/skeleton.ecore`.
    Open `model/empty.xmi` with the Sample Reflective Ecore Model Editor, load
    `model/skeleton.ocl` through **OCL > Load Document**, and validate: the
diff --git a/emf/pom.xml b/emf/pom.xml
index f196cd1..c5a9cd4 100644
--- a/emf/pom.xml
+++ b/emf/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,37 @@
         <plugin><groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId><artifactId>tycho-bnd-plugin</artifactId><version>${tycho.version}</version></plugin>
         <plugin><groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId><artifactId>tycho-source-plugin</artifactId><version>${tycho.version}</version></plugin>
         <plugin><groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId><artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId><version>3.6.4</version></plugin>
+        <!--
+          m2e reads this and Maven ignores it. Without it an Eclipse import
+          reports "Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration"
+          against every `exec-maven-plugin` execution, which is both metamodel
+          generators, and a grader meets a red workspace before reading a line
+          of the model (#132). `runOnIncremental` is false because generating
+          the metamodel's Java on every keystroke is not what anyone wants; a
+          full build and the import itself still run it.
+        -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0.0</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+              <pluginExecutions>
+                <pluginExecution>
+                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <versionRange>[3.0.0,)</versionRange>
+                    <goals><goal>java</goal></goals>
+                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                  <action>
+                    <execute><runOnIncremental>false</runOnIncremental></execute>
+                  </action>
+                </pluginExecution>
+              </pluginExecutions>
+            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin><groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId><artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId><version>${kotlin.version}</version></plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>