diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c2afb6b..ca989f0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ Public integrations run opencode, paperclip, and NanoClaw on it: see [who has in
 ## Install
 
 ```bash
+# Linux, MacOS
 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/amplifier-agent/main/install.sh | bash
+
+# Windows requires Git, Git Bash, and git long paths enabled
+git config --global core.longpaths true
+# Fill in C:\<Path To Git> with where your Git is installed
+& "C:\<Path To Git>\Git\bin\bash.exe" -lc "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/amplifier-agent/main/install.sh | bash"
 ```
 
 Installs the latest release and primes the bundle cache so your first run is instant. Requires [`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/), `curl`, and `git`; the installer tells you what is missing rather than bootstrapping silently. `git` is a runtime dependency too -- bundles and modules are fetched by cloning git repositories.
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md
index 7eac58b7..2a6c3d8e 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -6,24 +6,14 @@
 
 `git` is needed at run time, not just at install time: bundles and modules are fetched by cloning git repositories, so a machine without `git` on `PATH` can neither prime the cache nor mount a bundle. On Windows, installing [Git for Windows](https://git-scm.com/download/win) satisfies this and also provides the `bash` that the shell tool looks for.
 
-> **Windows: enable git long paths before installing.** This repo ships evaluation
-> fixtures whose paths reach ~178 characters. `uv tool install --from git+...` clones
-> the repo into a deep temporary build directory, which pushes those paths past
-> Windows' 260-character `MAX_PATH` limit — the install then fails with
-> `fatal: cannot create directory ... Filename too long`. Enable long-path support
-> once, before installing:
->
-> ```powershell
-> git config --global core.longpaths true
-> ```
->
-> (For paths that also exceed `MAX_PATH` at the OS level, additionally enable
-> `Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled = 1`.)
-
-## Recommended
-
 ```bash
+# Linux, MacOS
 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/amplifier-agent/main/install.sh | bash
+
+# Windows requires Git, Git Bash, and git long paths enabled
+git config --global core.longpaths true
+# Fill in C:\<Path To Git> with where your Git is installed (just bash.exe may launch WSL instead)
+& "C:\<Path To Git>\Git\bin\bash.exe" -lc "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/amplifier-agent/main/install.sh | bash"
 ```
 
 Installs the latest released version and primes the bundle cache so your first run is instant.