diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 05af8bd..ccfcb03 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -70,21 +70,15 @@
 
     fwupd.enable = true;
 
-    # greetd runs a throwaway Hyprland+Quickshell "greeter" session (see
-    # dotfiles/hypr/greeter.lua and dotfiles/quickshell/greeter) that
-    # authenticates over greetd's own IPC protocol, then hands off to the
-    # user's normal session below. The greeter runs as its own system
-    # user (created automatically by this module), so its files are
-    # published system-wide via environment.etc below rather than
-    # home-manager.
+    # agreety, greetd's own bundled text greeter, replaces a custom
+    # Hyprland+Quickshell greeter session while Hyprland itself is still
+    # being brought up on real hardware. On successful login it hands off
+    # to the user's Hyprland session below via start-hyprland, the same
+    # target the custom greeter used.
     greetd = {
       enable = true;
-      settings.default_session = {
-        # Preserve compositor and greeter output after their runtime directory
-        # disappears. Read it with: journalctl -b -t greetd-greeter
-        command = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemd-cat --identifier=greetd-greeter -- start-hyprland -- --config /etc/greetd/hyprland.lua";
-        user = "greeter";
-      };
+      useTextGreeter = true;
+      settings.default_session.command = "${pkgs.greetd}/bin/agreety --cmd start-hyprland";
     };
 
     udisks2.enable = true;
@@ -142,10 +136,8 @@
       pkgs.quickshell
     ];
     etc = {
+      # Also read directly by the lock screen; see dotfiles/quickshell/lockscreen.
       "wallpaper.jpg".source = ./wallpapers/weic2216b.jpg;
-      "greetd/hyprland.lua".source = ./dotfiles/hypr/greeter.lua;
-      # Keep the greeter and its ../shared QML import in one Nix store tree.
-      "greetd/quickshell".source = ./dotfiles/quickshell;
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index a53745c..b24881a 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Home Manager owns:
 | --- | --- |
 | Hyprland and Quickshell files | Installs the user's desktop files |
 | Quickshell lock service | Gives every lock request one idempotent service |
-| KeePassXC | Starts automatically and provides the Secret Service API |
+| KeePassXC | Starts automatically; can provide the Secret Service API once enabled in its settings |
 | Ghostty | Provides the configured terminal |
 | hypridle | Locks after 5 minutes and blanks displays 30 seconds later |
 
@@ -259,27 +259,24 @@ The graphical path is:
 flowchart TD
     boot["boot"] --> unlock["Plymouth and LUKS unlock"]
     unlock --> greetd["greetd"]
-    greetd --> greeter["temporary Hyprland greeter session"]
-    greeter --> loginui["Quickshell login UI"]
-    loginui --> session["normal Hyprland user session"]
+    greetd --> agreety["agreety text login"]
+    agreety --> session["normal Hyprland user session"]
     session --> bar["Quickshell bar and wallpaper"]
     session --> terminal["Ghostty terminal"]
     session --> keepassxc["KeePassXC Secret Service"]
     session --> hypridle["hypridle"] --> lock["Quickshell lock service"]
 ```
 
-System-owned greeter files are installed by `configuration.nix` under
-`/etc/greetd`. The greeter and its shared QML components remain in one store
-tree so relative imports work after Nix resolves `/etc` symlinks. User-owned
-session files are installed by Home Manager from `home.nix`.
+greetd starts agreety, its own bundled text greeter, directly on the console;
+neither needs any custom configuration or QML. Session files for the
+Hyprland session itself are installed by Home Manager from `home.nix`.
 
-Both transitions into Hyprland use `start-hyprland`, Hyprland's supported
-launcher. It prepares the session environment before starting the compositor;
-the greeter additionally passes its small system-owned configuration file.
-The greeter's compositor and Quickshell output is retained in the system
-journal under the `greetd-greeter` identifier. A failed Quickshell startup
-leaves its compositor in place instead of repeatedly restarting it; a
-successful authenticated handoff exits it normally.
+On successful login, greetd starts the user's session with `start-hyprland`,
+Hyprland's supported launcher, which prepares the session environment before
+starting the compositor.
+
+agreety stands in for a planned Hyprland+Quickshell greeter, held back until
+Hyprland itself has had real-hardware testing (see `docs/recovery.md`).
 
 The lock screen is a systemd user service. Starting an already-running service
 is safe, so keyboard, idle, and suspend events can all request a lock without a
@@ -314,8 +311,8 @@ need a real Wayland compositor and its protocols, while an offscreen Qt process
 has no window-system backend. Starting a nested compositor merely to make that
 test pass would add infrastructure without reproducing the real login or lock
 environment. The native system build already proves that the configured
-Quickshell package can be produced; actual bar, greeter, and lock-screen
-behavior remains a hardware acceptance test.
+Quickshell package can be produced; actual bar and lock-screen behavior
+remains a hardware acceptance test.
 
 Another separate job scans the complete Git history for secrets.
 
@@ -356,7 +353,6 @@ and full Git history.
 | `modules/boot/` | Shared Secure Boot, measured boot, and graphical splash |
 | `dotfiles/hypr/` | Hyprland startup and key bindings |
 | `dotfiles/quickshell/bar/` | User bar and wallpaper |
-| `dotfiles/quickshell/greeter/` | Login screen |
 | `dotfiles/quickshell/lockscreen/` | Lock screen |
 | `dotfiles/quickshell/shared/` | Reused login and lock components |
 | `wallpapers/` | Images installed by the shared system configuration |
diff --git a/docs/recovery.md b/docs/recovery.md
index e5f20ed..8672fbf 100644
--- a/docs/recovery.md
+++ b/docs/recovery.md
@@ -4,17 +4,13 @@
 
 - Use Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or another free VT) if graphical login fails, and log in as
   `igor` with the password chosen during installation.
-- Greeter runtime directories disappear when a failed greeter session exits,
-  so `/run/user/<greeter-uid>/hypr/.../hyprland.log` is not a durable log.
-  Read the retained logs from that VT instead:
+- agreety runs directly on the console, so its login prompt and any errors
+  are visible right there on tty1. greetd's own session decisions (including
+  failed handoffs to `start-hyprland`) are in the system journal:
 
   ```sh
-  sudo journalctl -b -t greetd-greeter
   sudo journalctl -b -u greetd
   ```
-
-  The first command contains Hyprland and Quickshell output; the second
-  contains greetd's session decisions.
 - Select an older NixOS generation from the boot menu after a broken rebuild.
 - Press Escape while Plymouth is running to reveal boot details or a text
   prompt; press Escape again to return to the graphical splash.
@@ -49,10 +45,11 @@ with `cryptsetup open --test-passphrase`.
 
 - The committed hardware module is a generic, architecture-correct
   placeholder until the first installation commits the real scan.
-- The custom Quickshell greeter and lock screen need real-hardware testing.
-- The greeter currently targets one interactive surface; multi-monitor
-  presentation has not been completed.
-- QML authentication assumes the default password-only PAM conversation.
+- The Hyprland user session and Quickshell lock screen need real-hardware
+  testing. Login uses agreety, greetd's own bundled text greeter, until a
+  Hyprland+Quickshell greeter is worth reintroducing.
+- Lock screen authentication assumes the default password-only PAM
+  conversation.
 - Audio, a graphical polkit agent, notifications, and complete portal
   integration are follow-up workstation work.
 
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 1f74440..34200d8 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@
     };
 
     # Hyprland session and Quickshell shells (bar, lock screen, launcher).
-    # The greeter has its own copy of Quickshell's config, published via
-    # environment.etc in configuration.nix instead of home-manager, since
-    # it runs as a separate system user with no home directory here.
     file = {
       ".config/hypr/hyprland.lua".source = ./dotfiles/hypr/hyprland.lua;
       ".config/quickshell/shell.qml".source = ./dotfiles/quickshell/bar/shell.qml;
@@ -69,15 +66,20 @@
   };
 
   programs = {
-    # Secret Service integration: lets applications, including
-    # NetworkManager, store and retrieve secrets through KeePassXC instead
-    # of gnome-keyring or KWallet. See README.md.
+    # Stands in for gnome-keyring or KWallet as the Secret Service provider,
+    # for applications that call that D-Bus API themselves. NetworkManager
+    # does not: it reaches a Secret Service only through a NetworkManager
+    # secret agent, which this session deliberately does not run, so Wi-Fi
+    # passphrases stay in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections on the
+    # encrypted root rather than in a vault.
+    #
+    # Secret Service is left as a first-run GUI toggle instead of a declared
+    # setting: home-manager links keepassxc.ini read-only into the store
+    # whenever `settings` is non-empty, which would also stop KeePassXC from
+    # recording which database to reopen on autostart.
     keepassxc = {
       enable = true;
       autostart = true;
-      settings = {
-        FdoSecrets.Enabled = true;
-      };
     };
 
     ghostty = {