diff --git a/dotfiles/README.md b/dotfiles/README.md
index 6ea4726..0fa930e 100644
--- a/dotfiles/README.md
+++ b/dotfiles/README.md
@@ -61,11 +61,14 @@ That preserves in-place swapping — e.g. alacritty's
 clobber a symlink. The cost is that local edits don't flow back automatically;
 that's what `capture.sh` is for.
 
-## Not yet wired into `setup-*.sh`
-
-The provisioning scripts don't call `install.sh` yet — for now it's a manual
-post-provision step. Wiring it in (across all four scripts, per the repo's
-keep-in-sync rule) is a sensible follow-up.
+## Deployed by `setup-*.sh`
+
+All four provisioning scripts run `install.sh` automatically, as a non-fatal
+post-step right after they clone your repos (so the checkout that holds
+`install.sh` is already present). A fresh machine restores these configs with
+no manual step. The block is `-x`-guarded, so an older clone without
+`dotfiles/install.sh` simply skips it. Running `install.sh` by hand still
+works any time you want to re-deploy.
 
 ## What's tracked today
 
diff --git a/setup-crostini-lab.sh b/setup-crostini-lab.sh
index adad57c..ed81bb7 100755
--- a/setup-crostini-lab.sh
+++ b/setup-crostini-lab.sh
@@ -1174,6 +1174,15 @@ if [[ -x "$WB_REPO/claude-cost-export/install.sh" ]]; then
   "$WB_REPO/claude-cost-export/install.sh" || warn "cost-export install failed (non-fatal — re-run later)"
 fi
 
+# --- Captured local dotfiles (alacritty, etc.) -----------------------------
+# Deploy hand-tuned configs tracked in dotfiles/ onto this machine. Idempotent;
+# backs up any differing existing file to ~/.dotfiles-backup/ before overwrite.
+# The repo clone above provides install.sh; non-fatal if it's an older clone.
+if [[ -x "$WB_REPO/dotfiles/install.sh" ]]; then
+  section "Local config files (dotfiles)"
+  "$WB_REPO/dotfiles/install.sh" || warn "dotfiles install failed (non-fatal — re-run later)"
+fi
+
 # ============================================================================
 section "🎉 Setup Complete!"
 echo ""
diff --git a/setup-fedora-workstation.sh b/setup-fedora-workstation.sh
index 0895798..37c874f 100755
--- a/setup-fedora-workstation.sh
+++ b/setup-fedora-workstation.sh
@@ -1319,6 +1319,15 @@ if [[ -x "$WB_REPO/claude-cost-export/install.sh" ]]; then
   "$WB_REPO/claude-cost-export/install.sh" || warn "cost-export install failed (non-fatal — re-run later)"
 fi
 
+# --- Captured local dotfiles (alacritty, etc.) -----------------------------
+# Deploy hand-tuned configs tracked in dotfiles/ onto this machine. Idempotent;
+# backs up any differing existing file to ~/.dotfiles-backup/ before overwrite.
+# The repo clone above provides install.sh; non-fatal if it's an older clone.
+if [[ -x "$WB_REPO/dotfiles/install.sh" ]]; then
+  section "Local config files (dotfiles)"
+  "$WB_REPO/dotfiles/install.sh" || warn "dotfiles install failed (non-fatal — re-run later)"
+fi
+
 # ============================================================================
 section "🎉 Setup Complete!"
 echo ""
diff --git a/setup-ubuntu-laptop.sh b/setup-ubuntu-laptop.sh
index c4c2d31..cccbf86 100755
--- a/setup-ubuntu-laptop.sh
+++ b/setup-ubuntu-laptop.sh
@@ -1217,6 +1217,15 @@ if [[ -x "$WB_REPO/claude-cost-export/install.sh" ]]; then
   "$WB_REPO/claude-cost-export/install.sh" || warn "cost-export install failed (non-fatal — re-run later)"
 fi
 
+# --- Captured local dotfiles (alacritty, etc.) -----------------------------
+# Deploy hand-tuned configs tracked in dotfiles/ onto this machine. Idempotent;
+# backs up any differing existing file to ~/.dotfiles-backup/ before overwrite.
+# The repo clone above provides install.sh; non-fatal if it's an older clone.
+if [[ -x "$WB_REPO/dotfiles/install.sh" ]]; then
+  section "Local config files (dotfiles)"
+  "$WB_REPO/dotfiles/install.sh" || warn "dotfiles install failed (non-fatal — re-run later)"
+fi
+
 # ============================================================================
 section "🎉 Setup Complete!"
 echo ""
diff --git a/setup-xubuntu-workstation.sh b/setup-xubuntu-workstation.sh
index 2d2a81c..91f1574 100755
--- a/setup-xubuntu-workstation.sh
+++ b/setup-xubuntu-workstation.sh
@@ -1188,6 +1188,15 @@ if [[ -x "$WB_REPO/claude-cost-export/install.sh" ]]; then
   "$WB_REPO/claude-cost-export/install.sh" || warn "cost-export install failed (non-fatal — re-run later)"
 fi
 
+# --- Captured local dotfiles (alacritty, etc.) -----------------------------
+# Deploy hand-tuned configs tracked in dotfiles/ onto this machine. Idempotent;
+# backs up any differing existing file to ~/.dotfiles-backup/ before overwrite.
+# The repo clone above provides install.sh; non-fatal if it's an older clone.
+if [[ -x "$WB_REPO/dotfiles/install.sh" ]]; then
+  section "Local config files (dotfiles)"
+  "$WB_REPO/dotfiles/install.sh" || warn "dotfiles install failed (non-fatal — re-run later)"
+fi
+
 # ============================================================================
 section "🎉 Setup Complete!"
 echo ""