diff --git a/_onboarding/onboarding-consultant.tsx b/_onboarding/onboarding-consultant.tsx
index 8581ef61..57b72293 100644
--- a/_onboarding/onboarding-consultant.tsx
+++ b/_onboarding/onboarding-consultant.tsx
@@ -1,64 +1,16 @@
-import React, {
-  useState,
-  useEffect,
-  useRef,
-  useMemo,
-  useCallback,
-} from "react";
+import React from "react";
 import {
   WizardTop,
   WizardBody,
   WizardQ,
   WizardFooter,
-  Label,
   LANE_LABELS,
   PresetGroup,
   Field,
 } from "./onboarding-primitives";
-// Consultant path — 4 steps for freelancers building for a client.
 
-const CONS_TOTAL = 4;
-const CONS_STEP_NAMES = ["Client", "Brief", "Scope", "Handoff"];
-
-export function ConsClient({ clientName, industry, contact, onChange }) {
-  return (
-    <>
-      <WizardQ
-        title="Who are you building for?"
-        sub="Used to brand the preview and the handoff doc."
-      />
-      <Field label="Client / company">
-        <input
-          className="wiz-input"
-          placeholder="Rivera & Co Roofing"
-          value={clientName}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange({ clientName: e.target.value })}
-          autoFocus
-        />
-      </Field>
-      <Field label="What they do">
-        <input
-          className="wiz-input"
-          placeholder="Residential roofing, mostly insurance jobs"
-          value={industry}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange({ industry: e.target.value })}
-        />
-      </Field>
-      <Field
-        label="Your point of contact"
-        optional
-        hint="So Vibn can address them in the handoff."
-      >
-        <input
-          className="wiz-input"
-          placeholder="Marisol Rivera, Owner"
-          value={contact}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange({ contact: e.target.value })}
-        />
-      </Field>
-    </>
-  );
-}
+const CONS_TOTAL = 3;
+const CONS_STEP_NAMES = ["Brief", "Scope", "Handoff"];
 
 const BRIEF_TEMPLATES = [
   {
@@ -91,7 +43,14 @@ function ConsBrief({ brief, onChange }) {
         sub="Paste the brief, or start from a template and edit."
       />
       <Field label="Start from a template" optional>
-        <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, flexWrap: "wrap" }}>
+        <div
+          style={{
+            display: "flex",
+            gap: 8,
+            flexWrap: "wrap",
+            marginBottom: 12,
+          }}
+        >
           {BRIEF_TEMPLATES.map((t) => (
             <button
               key={t.id}
@@ -108,7 +67,7 @@ function ConsBrief({ brief, onChange }) {
       <Field label="Brief">
         <textarea
           className="wiz-input"
-          style={{ minHeight: 160 }}
+          style={{ minHeight: 180, fontSize: 15 }}
           placeholder="The client wants…"
           value={brief}
           onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
@@ -148,96 +107,99 @@ const SCOPE_GROUPS = [
     ],
   },
   {
-    label: "Ops",
+    label: "Ops & Data",
     items: [
-      "Dashboards & reports",
-      "CSV import / export",
-      "Email + SMS notifs",
-      "Audit log",
+      "CSV Import/Export",
+      "Email & SMS alerts",
+      "Analytics & chart",
+      "PDF reporting",
     ],
   },
 ];
 
 function ConsScope({ scope, onChange }) {
-  const toggle = (item) => {
-    if (scope.includes(item)) onChange(scope.filter((x) => x !== item));
-    else onChange([...scope, item]);
+  const toggle = (item: string) => {
+    const next = scope.includes(item)
+      ? scope.filter((s) => s !== item)
+      : [...scope, item];
+    onChange(next);
   };
+
   return (
     <>
       <WizardQ
-        title="What's in scope?"
-        sub="Tick what you've signed up to deliver. The rest you can add later — billable."
+        title="What modules do they need?"
+        sub="Vibn scaffold-seeds only what is checked here. Keep it lean to launch fast."
       />
       <div
         style={{
           display: "grid",
-          gap: 12,
-          gridTemplateColumns: "repeat(2, 1fr)",
+          gridTemplateColumns: "1fr 1fr",
+          gap: 20,
         }}
       >
         {SCOPE_GROUPS.map((g) => (
           <div
             key={g.label}
             style={{
-              padding: "14px 14px 10px",
-              borderRadius: 10,
+              padding: 14,
+              borderRadius: 12,
+              background: "oklch(0.18 0.009 60 / 0.5)",
               border: "1px solid var(--hairline)",
-              background: "oklch(0.18 0.009 60 / 0.6)",
             }}
           >
             <div
-              className="mono"
               style={{
-                fontSize: 10.5,
-                letterSpacing: "0.12em",
+                fontSize: 11,
+                fontFamily: "var(--font-mono)",
+                color: "var(--accent)",
+                letterSpacing: "0.08em",
                 textTransform: "uppercase",
-                color: "var(--fg-mute)",
                 marginBottom: 10,
               }}
             >
               {g.label}
             </div>
-            <div style={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: 6 }}>
-              {g.items.map((it) => {
-                const active = scope.includes(it);
+            <div style={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: 8 }}>
+              {g.items.map((item) => {
+                const active = scope.includes(item);
                 return (
                   <button
-                    key={it}
+                    key={item}
                     type="button"
-                    onClick={() => toggle(it)}
+                    onClick={() => toggle(item)}
                     style={{
                       display: "flex",
                       alignItems: "center",
-                      gap: 10,
+                      gap: 8,
                       textAlign: "left",
-                      padding: "6px 4px",
                       color: active ? "var(--fg)" : "var(--fg-dim)",
-                      borderRadius: 6,
                       fontSize: 13.5,
+                      fontWeight: active ? 500 : 400,
+                      cursor: "pointer",
                     }}
                   >
                     <span
                       style={{
-                        width: 16,
-                        height: 16,
-                        flexShrink: 0,
-                        borderRadius: 4,
-                        border: `1px solid ${active ? "var(--accent)" : "var(--hairline-2)"}`,
+                        width: 14,
+                        height: 14,
+                        borderRadius: 3,
+                        border: `1.5px solid ${active ? "var(--accent)" : "var(--hairline-2)"}`,
                         background: active ? "var(--accent)" : "transparent",
-                        color: "var(--accent-fg)",
                         display: "grid",
                         placeItems: "center",
+                        color: "var(--accent-fg)",
+                        flexShrink: 0,
                       }}
                     >
                       {active && (
                         <svg
-                          width="10"
-                          height="10"
+                          width="8"
+                          height="8"
                           viewBox="0 0 16 16"
                           fill="none"
                           stroke="currentColor"
-                          strokeWidth="2.5"
+                          strokeWidth="3"
                           strokeLinecap="round"
                           strokeLinejoin="round"
                           aria-hidden="true"
@@ -246,7 +208,7 @@ function ConsScope({ scope, onChange }) {
                         </svg>
                       )}
                     </span>
-                    {it}
+                    <span>{item}</span>
                   </button>
                 );
               })}
@@ -258,95 +220,45 @@ function ConsScope({ scope, onChange }) {
   );
 }
 
+const DEPLOYS = [
+  {
+    id: "subdomain",
+    icon: "🌐",
+    label: "A free Vibn subdomain",
+    desc: "Deploy immediately to client-name.vibn.app. Fully secured with SSL.",
+  },
+  {
+    id: "custom",
+    icon: "🔌",
+    label: "Deploy to a custom domain",
+    desc: "CNAME to our proxy. SSL certificates provision automatically on DNS point.",
+  },
+  {
+    id: "handover",
+    icon: "📦",
+    label: "Handover Gitea repo",
+    desc: "We push to their Gitea/GitHub. They own their container fleet outright.",
+  },
+];
+
 function ConsHandoff({ data, onChange }) {
   return (
     <>
       <WizardQ
-        title="And finally — delivery."
-        sub="Where it lives, how you bill. Change later from settings."
+        title="How will you deliver it?"
+        sub="Your contract dictates the target. Vibn configures SSL and DNS routing automatically."
+      />
+      <PresetGroup
+        options={DEPLOYS.map((d) => ({
+          id: d.id,
+          label: d.label,
+          desc: d.desc,
+          icon: <span style={{ fontSize: 14 }}>{d.icon}</span>,
+        }))}
+        value={data.handoff}
+        onChange={(v) => onChange({ handoff: v })}
+        columns={1}
       />
-      <Field
-        label="Brand colors"
-        optional
-        hint="Hex, or just describe it. Paste a link, drop a screenshot — Vibn will figure it out."
-      >
-        <input
-          className="wiz-input"
-          placeholder="#1B4D3E and #F2E2C4 — matches their truck wraps"
-          value={data.brand || ""}
-          onChange={(e) => onChange({ brand: e.target.value })}
-        />
-      </Field>
-      <Field label="Where should it live?">
-        <PresetGroup
-          options={[
-            {
-              id: "subdomain",
-              label: "Vibn subdomain",
-              desc: "client-name.vibn.app — fastest.",
-            },
-            {
-              id: "custom",
-              label: "Their custom domain",
-              desc: "We'll walk you through DNS.",
-            },
-            {
-              id: "transfer",
-              label: "Transfer ownership",
-              desc: "They own it. You stay billable as editor.",
-            },
-          ]}
-          value={data.handoff}
-          onChange={(v) => onChange({ handoff: v })}
-          columns={1}
-        />
-      </Field>
-      <Field
-        label="Your hourly rate"
-        optional
-        hint="Used on the handoff doc & invoice template."
-      >
-        <div style={{ position: "relative" }}>
-          <span
-            className="mono"
-            style={{
-              position: "absolute",
-              left: 14,
-              top: "50%",
-              transform: "translateY(-50%)",
-              color: "var(--fg-faint)",
-              fontSize: 14.5,
-              pointerEvents: "none",
-            }}
-          >
-            $
-          </span>
-          <input
-            className="wiz-input"
-            type="number"
-            min="0"
-            placeholder="120"
-            value={data.rate || ""}
-            onChange={(e) => onChange({ rate: e.target.value })}
-            style={{ paddingLeft: 26, paddingRight: 58 }}
-          />
-          <span
-            className="mono"
-            style={{
-              position: "absolute",
-              right: 14,
-              top: "50%",
-              transform: "translateY(-50%)",
-              color: "var(--fg-faint)",
-              fontSize: 11.5,
-              letterSpacing: "0.04em",
-              pointerEvents: "none",
-            }}
-          >
-            / hour
-          </span>
-        </div>
-      </Field>
     </>
   );
 }
@@ -372,26 +284,14 @@ export function ConsultantPath({
 
   let body, canNext;
   if (step === 0) {
-    body = (
-      <ConsClient
-        clientName={data.clientName || ""}
-        industry={data.industry || ""}
-        contact={data.contact || ""}
-        onChange={onUpdate}
-      />
-    );
-    canNext =
-      (data.clientName || "").trim().length >= 2 &&
-      (data.industry || "").trim().length >= 3;
-  } else if (step === 1) {
     body = (
       <ConsBrief
         brief={data.brief || ""}
         onChange={(v) => onUpdate({ brief: v })}
       />
     );
-    canNext = (data.brief || "").trim().length >= 30;
-  } else if (step === 2) {
+    canNext = (data.brief || "").trim().length >= 8;
+  } else if (step === 1) {
     body = (
       <ConsScope
         scope={data.scope || []}
@@ -404,6 +304,7 @@ export function ConsultantPath({
     canNext = !!data.handoff;
   }
 
+  // 4 total: fork(1) + 3 path steps
   return (
     <>
       <WizardTop
@@ -412,14 +313,14 @@ export function ConsultantPath({
         lane={LANE_LABELS.consultant}
         stepText={CONS_STEP_NAMES[step]}
         current={step + 2}
-        total={5}
+        total={4}
       />
-      <WizardBody width={step === 2 ? "wide" : null}>
+      <WizardBody width={step === 1 || step === 2 ? "wide" : null}>
         {body}
         <WizardFooter
           onNext={next}
           canNext={canNext}
-          nextLabel={step === CONS_TOTAL - 1 ? "Spin up project →" : "Continue"}
+          nextLabel={step === CONS_TOTAL - 1 ? "Build →" : "Continue"}
           hint={canNext ? "⌘↵" : null}
         />
       </WizardBody>