diff --git a/lyrathorpe/home/renovate-review.nix b/lyrathorpe/home/renovate-review.nix
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+# Daily automated review of Renovate dependency PRs awaiting Emma's review.
+#
+# Host-scoped: imported only from work.nix (the EDaaS/WSL host), so the timer
+# exists on this machine alone. A systemd *user* timer runs Claude Code headless
+# once a day; it queries GitHub via the project-scoped github MCP server and
+# writes a risk-graded summary to the journal (read with
+# `journalctl --user -u renovate-review`).
+#
+# Caveats (the foundation this stands on, none of it owned by this flake):
+#   * Auth is Vertex AI via gcloud Application Default Credentials
+#     (~/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json). When that token
+#     can no longer refresh the run fails; re-auth with `gcloud auth login`.
+#   * The Vertex project, region and model are hardcoded below, copied from the
+#     interactive environment (the corporate launcher injects them; they live in
+#     no config file). If IT changes them, update them here. Claude Code handles
+#     its own network egress, so no proxy is set.
+#   * The github MCP server is defined in ~/code/.mcp.json, so the job runs with
+#     that directory as its working directory.
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  # The review instructions handed to headless Claude. Mirrors the interactive
+  # daily review: queue -> drop archived repos -> grade risk -> recommend.
+  reviewPrompt = ''
+    Daily Renovate PR review for Emma-Thorpe_citrix. Steps:
+    1. github MCP search_pull_requests, query: `is:open is:pr review-requested:Emma-Thorpe_citrix author:app/jenkins-stf-jm` (jenkins-stf-jm[bot] is this org's Renovate bot), perPage 50.
+    2. Build the archived-repo exclusion set: github MCP search_repositories with query `org:csg-citrix-storefront archived:true`, perPage 100, paginate all pages (~128). Collect each archived repo full_name. Do NOT use the `archived:false` qualifier on the PR search itself; it is mis-indexed and returns zero. Filter by the repo set instead.
+    3. Drop any PR whose repository is in the archived set (e.g. csg-citrix-storefront/traefik-fips is archived; a PR to an archived repo cannot merge and is noise).
+    4. For each remaining PR: pull_request_read method=get (diff size, mergeable_state, labels, age) and method=get_status (CI). Read the body's dependency table for what is bumped.
+    5. Assess risk per PR: patch/minor/major; tooling/observability/infra vs application logic; CI state; diff size; staleness (old created_at or stale checks). Flag CVE/security fixes as elevated priority.
+    6. Output a markdown table: PR (linked), repo, change summary, size, CI, risk (Low/Medium/High), verdict (Approve / Hold / Needs rebase). Below it, terse notes for anything needing action. State how many PRs were excluded as archived.
+    7. Do NOT approve or merge anything; recommendation only.
+    If the post-filter search returns zero PRs, say so in one line.
+  '';
+
+  # Hold the prompt in its own store file rather than inline, so its literal
+  # backticks and `$` don't trip shellcheck (SC2016) in the wrapper below.
+  promptFile = pkgs.writeText "renovate-review-prompt.md" reviewPrompt;
+
+  # Tools the headless run is permitted to use without interactive prompts.
+  # Read-only github MCP calls only; nothing that mutates a PR.
+  allowedTools = lib.concatStringsSep "," [
+    "mcp__github-mcp__search_pull_requests"
+    "mcp__github-mcp__search_repositories"
+    "mcp__github-mcp__pull_request_read"
+  ];
+
+  renovate-review = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+    name = "renovate-review";
+    runtimeInputs = [ config.programs.claude-code.package ];
+    text = ''
+      # The github MCP server is project-scoped to ~/code; run from there.
+      cd "$HOME/code"
+
+      # Claude Code auth + endpoint: Vertex AI. These are injected into the
+      # interactive shell by the corporate launcher (not present in any config
+      # file), so a systemd-spawned process must set them explicitly. Do NOT set
+      # HTTP(S)_PROXY: Claude Code self-provisions its own network egress to
+      # Vertex; forcing a proxy here points it at a per-session socket that does
+      # not exist outside an interactive launch and breaks connectivity.
+      export CLAUDE_CODE_USE_VERTEX=1
+      export ANTHROPIC_VERTEX_PROJECT_ID=claude-code-citrix
+      export CLOUD_ML_REGION=global
+      export ANTHROPIC_MODEL='claude-opus-4-8[1m]'
+
+      claude -p "$(cat ${promptFile})" \
+        --allowedTools ${lib.escapeShellArg allowedTools} \
+        --output-format text
+    '';
+  };
+in
+{
+  systemd.user.services.renovate-review = {
+    Unit.Description = "Daily Renovate PR review (headless Claude Code)";
+    Service = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      ExecStart = lib.getExe renovate-review;
+    };
+  };
+
+  systemd.user.timers.renovate-review = {
+    Unit.Description = "Schedule the daily Renovate PR review";
+    Timer = {
+      OnCalendar = "*-*-* 08:47:00";
+      # Run on next boot if the machine was off at the scheduled time.
+      Persistent = true;
+      # Avoid firing exactly on the minute boundary.
+      RandomizedDelaySec = "5m";
+    };
+    Install.WantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/lyrathorpe/home/work.nix b/lyrathorpe/home/work.nix
index 41950ae..6191c5a 100644
--- a/lyrathorpe/home/work.nix
+++ b/lyrathorpe/home/work.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 { pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 {
+  # Host-scoped extras for this machine only (the EDaaS/WSL host).
+  imports = [
+    ./renovate-review.nix # daily headless Renovate PR review (systemd user timer)
+  ];
+
   # The work box keeps its own (corporate) ~/.ssh/config; don't let the personal
   # programs.ssh (shell.nix) take it over. The ssh-agent below still runs.
   programs.ssh.enable = lib.mkForce false;
diff --git a/system/machine/EDaaS/configuration.nix b/system/machine/EDaaS/configuration.nix
index 17ee67d..600d786 100644
--- a/system/machine/EDaaS/configuration.nix
+++ b/system/machine/EDaaS/configuration.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
   systemd.services.docker-desktop-proxy.script = lib.mkForce ''${config.wsl.wslConf.automount.root}/wsl/docker-desktop/docker-desktop-user-distro proxy --docker-desktop-root ${config.wsl.wslConf.automount.root}/wsl/docker-desktop "C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources"'';
 
   features.swayDesktop.enable = false;
+
+  # Keep this user's systemd --user instance running without an open login
+  # session, so the home-manager user timer (renovate-review.nix) fires on
+  # schedule even when no terminal is attached. On WSL the timer still only runs
+  # while the distro itself is up; Persistent=true catches up a missed run at
+  # next start.
+  users.users.emmathorpe.linger = true;
   # programs.nix-ld is enabled for all NixOS hosts in common-nixos.nix.
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
   # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions