diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 565d829..7a5c74e 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -10,45 +10,83 @@ set -euo pipefail
 WITH_GPU=false
 [[ "${1:-}" == "--with-gpu" ]] && WITH_GPU=true
 
-log() { echo -e "\033[1;34m[fireclaw]\033[0m $*"; }
-err() { echo -e "\033[1;31m[error]\033[0m $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+log()  { echo -e "\033[1;34m[fireclaw]\033[0m $*"; }
+step() { echo -e "\n\033[1;32m━━━ $* ━━━\033[0m"; }
+ok()   { echo -e "  \033[0;32m✓\033[0m $*"; }
+skip() { echo -e "  \033[0;33m→\033[0m $* (already installed)"; }
+err()  { echo -e "\033[1;31m[error]\033[0m $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo ""
+echo "  ╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗"
+echo "  ║     Fireclaw Installer v0.1.2         ║"
+echo "  ║     Multi-agent Firecracker system    ║"
+echo "  ╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝"
+echo ""
 
 # ─── Preflight checks ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-log "Running preflight checks..."
+step "Preflight checks"
 
 [[ $(uname) != "Linux" ]] && err "Linux required."
-[[ ! -e /dev/kvm ]] && err "KVM not available. Enable virtualization in BIOS."
+ok "Linux detected: $(uname -r)"
 
-if ! groups | grep -qw kvm; then
+[[ ! -e /dev/kvm ]] && err "KVM not available. Enable virtualization in BIOS."
+ok "KVM available"
+
+if groups | grep -qw kvm; then
+    ok "User $(whoami) in kvm group"
+else
     log "Adding $(whoami) to kvm group (re-login required after install)..."
     sudo usermod -aG kvm "$(whoami)"
+    ok "Added to kvm group"
 fi
 
 # ─── System packages ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-log "Installing system packages..."
+step "System packages"
 
 if command -v apt-get &>/dev/null; then
+    log "Updating apt..."
     sudo apt-get update -qq
-    sudo apt-get install -y -qq curl jq git ngircd >/dev/null
+    for pkg in curl jq git ngircd e2fsprogs; do
+        if dpkg -l "$pkg" &>/dev/null; then
+            skip "$pkg"
+        else
+            log "Installing $pkg..."
+            sudo apt-get install -y -qq "$pkg" >/dev/null
+            ok "$pkg installed"
+        fi
+    done
 elif command -v dnf &>/dev/null; then
-    sudo dnf install -y -q curl jq git ngircd
+    for pkg in curl jq git ngircd e2fsprogs; do
+        if rpm -q "$pkg" &>/dev/null; then
+            skip "$pkg"
+        else
+            log "Installing $pkg..."
+            sudo dnf install -y -q "$pkg"
+            ok "$pkg installed"
+        fi
+    done
 elif command -v apk &>/dev/null; then
-    sudo apk add --no-cache curl jq git ngircd
+    sudo apk add --no-cache curl jq git ngircd e2fsprogs
+    ok "Packages installed"
 else
-    err "Unsupported package manager. Install manually: curl, jq, git, ngircd"
+    err "Unsupported package manager. Install manually: curl, jq, git, ngircd, e2fsprogs"
 fi
 
 # ─── Node.js ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+step "Node.js"
+
 NODE_VER=0
 if command -v node &>/dev/null; then
     NODE_VER=$(node -v | cut -d. -f1 | tr -d v)
 fi
 
-if [[ $NODE_VER -lt 20 ]]; then
-    log "Installing Node.js 20 (found: ${NODE_VER:-none})..."
+if [[ $NODE_VER -ge 20 ]]; then
+    skip "Node.js $(node -v)"
+else
+    log "Installing Node.js 20 (current: ${NODE_VER:-not installed})..."
     if command -v apt-get &>/dev/null; then
         curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash - >/dev/null 2>&1
         sudo apt-get install -y -qq nodejs >/dev/null
@@ -60,38 +98,45 @@ if [[ $NODE_VER -lt 20 ]]; then
     else
         err "Cannot install Node.js 20+. Install it manually."
     fi
+    NODE_VER=$(node -v | cut -d. -f1 | tr -d v)
+    [[ $NODE_VER -lt 20 ]] && err "Node.js 20+ required, found $(node -v). Install manually."
+    ok "Node.js $(node -v) installed"
 fi
 
-NODE_VER=$(node -v | cut -d. -f1 | tr -d v)
-[[ $NODE_VER -lt 20 ]] && err "Node.js 20+ required, found $(node -v). Install manually."
-log "Node.js $(node -v) OK"
-
 # ─── Firecracker ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-if ! command -v firecracker &>/dev/null; then
-    log "Installing Firecracker..."
+step "Firecracker"
+
+if command -v firecracker &>/dev/null; then
+    skip "Firecracker $(firecracker --version 2>&1 | head -1)"
+else
     ARCH=$(uname -m)
+    log "Fetching latest Firecracker release..."
     FC_VERSION=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
+    log "Downloading Firecracker ${FC_VERSION} (${ARCH})..."
     curl -fSL -o /tmp/firecracker.tgz \
         "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/download/${FC_VERSION}/firecracker-${FC_VERSION}-${ARCH}.tgz"
+    log "Extracting..."
     tar xzf /tmp/firecracker.tgz -C /tmp
     sudo cp "/tmp/release-${FC_VERSION}-${ARCH}/firecracker-${FC_VERSION}-${ARCH}" /usr/local/bin/firecracker
     sudo cp "/tmp/release-${FC_VERSION}-${ARCH}/jailer-${FC_VERSION}-${ARCH}" /usr/local/bin/jailer
     rm -rf /tmp/firecracker.tgz "/tmp/release-${FC_VERSION}-${ARCH}"
-    log "Firecracker $(firecracker --version 2>&1 | head -1) installed"
-else
-    log "Firecracker already installed: $(firecracker --version 2>&1 | head -1)"
+    ok "Firecracker $(firecracker --version 2>&1 | head -1) installed"
 fi
 
 # ─── Ollama ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-if ! command -v ollama &>/dev/null; then
+step "Ollama"
+
+if command -v ollama &>/dev/null; then
+    skip "Ollama $(ollama --version 2>&1 | grep -oP '[\d.]+' | head -1)"
+else
     log "Installing Ollama..."
-    curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh 2>&1 | tail -3 || true
+    ok "Ollama installed"
 fi
 
-# Configure Ollama service
-log "Configuring Ollama service..."
+log "Configuring Ollama systemd service..."
 sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service > /dev/null << EOF
 [Unit]
 Description=Ollama LLM Server
@@ -113,22 +158,30 @@ EOF
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo systemctl enable --now ollama >/dev/null 2>&1
 sleep 2
+ok "Ollama service running on 0.0.0.0:11434"
 
-# Pull default model
-log "Pulling default model (qwen2.5-coder:7b)..."
+log "Pulling default model: qwen2.5-coder:7b (this may take a few minutes)..."
 ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:7b 2>/dev/null || true
+ok "qwen2.5-coder:7b ready"
 
 if $WITH_GPU; then
     log "GPU mode: pulling larger models..."
+    log "  Pulling qwen2.5:14b..."
     ollama pull qwen2.5:14b 2>/dev/null || true
+    ok "qwen2.5:14b ready"
+    log "  Pulling qwen2.5-coder:14b..."
     ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:14b 2>/dev/null || true
+    ok "qwen2.5-coder:14b ready"
 fi
 
 # ─── ngircd ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-log "Configuring ngircd..."
-HOSTNAME=$(hostname -s)
+step "IRC Server (ngircd)"
 
+log "Backing up existing config..."
+[[ -f /etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf ]] && sudo cp /etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf /etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf.bak 2>/dev/null || true
+
+log "Writing fireclaw IRC config..."
 sudo tee /etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf > /dev/null << EOF
 [Global]
 	Name = nyx.fireclaw.local
@@ -174,37 +227,51 @@ EOF
 
 sudo systemctl enable --now ngircd >/dev/null 2>&1
 sudo systemctl restart ngircd
-log "ngircd configured as nyx.fireclaw.local"
+ok "ngircd running as nyx.fireclaw.local"
 
 # ─── Fireclaw ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+step "Fireclaw"
+
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 
-log "Installing fireclaw from ${SCRIPT_DIR}..."
+log "Installing npm dependencies..."
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
 npm install --silent 2>/dev/null
-npm run build 2>/dev/null
-sudo npm link 2>/dev/null
+ok "Dependencies installed"
 
-# Run fireclaw setup (kernel, rootfs, bridge, SSH keys)
-log "Running fireclaw setup..."
+log "Building TypeScript..."
+npm run build 2>/dev/null
+ok "Build complete"
+
+log "Linking global command..."
+sudo npm link 2>/dev/null
+ok "fireclaw command available globally"
+
+log "Running fireclaw setup (kernel + base rootfs + bridge + SSH keys)..."
 fireclaw setup
+ok "Base setup complete"
 
 # ─── Agent rootfs ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+step "Agent rootfs"
+
 FIRECLAW_DIR="$HOME/.fireclaw"
 
-if [[ ! -f "$FIRECLAW_DIR/agent-rootfs.ext4" ]]; then
-    log "Building agent rootfs..."
+if [[ -f "$FIRECLAW_DIR/agent-rootfs.ext4" ]]; then
+    skip "Agent rootfs"
+else
+    log "Creating 1G agent rootfs from Alpine base..."
     cp "$FIRECLAW_DIR/base-rootfs.ext4" /tmp/agent-build.ext4
     truncate -s 1G /tmp/agent-build.ext4
     sudo /usr/sbin/e2fsck -fy /tmp/agent-build.ext4 >/dev/null 2>&1
     sudo /usr/sbin/resize2fs /tmp/agent-build.ext4 >/dev/null 2>&1
+    ok "Image resized to 1G"
 
     mkdir -p /tmp/agent-build-mnt
     sudo mount /tmp/agent-build.ext4 /tmp/agent-build-mnt
 
-    # Install packages
+    log "Installing packages (openssh, python3, podman, curl, jq, bash)..."
     sudo chroot /tmp/agent-build-mnt sh -c '
         apk update >/dev/null 2>&1
         apk add --no-cache openssh-server ca-certificates curl jq python3 bash openrc podman iptables >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -223,19 +290,20 @@ if [[ ! -f "$FIRECLAW_DIR/agent-rootfs.ext4" ]]; then
         echo "[storage]" > /etc/containers/storage.conf
         echo "driver = \"vfs\"" >> /etc/containers/storage.conf
     '
+    ok "Alpine packages installed"
 
-    # Install agent script
+    log "Installing agent script and config..."
     sudo mkdir -p /tmp/agent-build-mnt/opt/agent /tmp/agent-build-mnt/etc/agent
     sudo cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/agent/agent.py" /tmp/agent-build-mnt/opt/agent/agent.py
     sudo chmod +x /tmp/agent-build-mnt/opt/agent/agent.py
 
-    # Default config
     echo '{"nick":"agent","model":"qwen2.5-coder:7b","trigger":"mention","server":"172.16.0.1","port":6667,"ollama_url":"http://172.16.0.1:11434"}' | \
         sudo tee /tmp/agent-build-mnt/etc/agent/config.json > /dev/null
     echo "You are a helpful assistant on IRC." | \
         sudo tee /tmp/agent-build-mnt/etc/agent/persona.md > /dev/null
+    ok "Agent script installed"
 
-    # Inittab — auto-start agent as non-root
+    log "Configuring init system..."
     sudo tee /tmp/agent-build-mnt/etc/inittab > /dev/null << 'INITTAB'
 ::sysinit:/sbin/openrc sysinit
 ::sysinit:/sbin/openrc boot
@@ -246,7 +314,6 @@ ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyS0 vt100
 ::shutdown:/sbin/openrc shutdown
 INITTAB
 
-    # Boot services for podman + workspace
     sudo tee /tmp/agent-build-mnt/etc/init.d/podman-setup > /dev/null << 'SVC'
 #!/sbin/openrc-run
 description="Set up podman prerequisites"
@@ -279,7 +346,6 @@ SVC
     sudo chmod +x /tmp/agent-build-mnt/etc/init.d/workspace
     sudo chroot /tmp/agent-build-mnt rc-update add workspace boot 2>/dev/null
 
-    # Networking init
     sudo tee /tmp/agent-build-mnt/etc/init.d/networking > /dev/null << 'SVC'
 #!/sbin/openrc-run
 depend() { need localmount; }
@@ -287,25 +353,31 @@ start() { ip link set lo up; return 0; }
 SVC
     sudo chmod +x /tmp/agent-build-mnt/etc/init.d/networking
     sudo chroot /tmp/agent-build-mnt rc-update add networking boot 2>/dev/null
+    ok "Init services configured"
 
     sudo umount /tmp/agent-build-mnt
     rmdir /tmp/agent-build-mnt
     sudo mv /tmp/agent-build.ext4 "$FIRECLAW_DIR/agent-rootfs.ext4"
-    log "Agent rootfs built"
-else
-    log "Agent rootfs already exists"
+    ok "Agent rootfs built ($(du -sh "$FIRECLAW_DIR/agent-rootfs.ext4" | cut -f1) on disk)"
 fi
 
 # ─── Snapshot ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-if [[ ! -f "$FIRECLAW_DIR/snapshot.state" ]]; then
+step "VM Snapshot"
+
+if [[ -f "$FIRECLAW_DIR/snapshot.state" ]]; then
+    skip "Snapshot"
+else
     log "Creating VM snapshot for fast restores..."
     fireclaw snapshot create
+    ok "Snapshot created"
 fi
 
 # ─── Overseer service ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-log "Configuring overseer service..."
+step "Overseer service"
+
+log "Configuring systemd service..."
 sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/fireclaw-overseer.service > /dev/null << EOF
 [Unit]
 Description=Fireclaw Overseer — IRC agent lifecycle manager
@@ -327,50 +399,53 @@ EOF
 
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo systemctl enable --now fireclaw-overseer >/dev/null 2>&1
-log "Overseer service started"
+ok "Overseer running in #control"
 
 # ─── Templates ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+step "Agent templates"
+
 TMPL_DIR="$FIRECLAW_DIR/templates"
 mkdir -p "$TMPL_DIR"
 
-[[ ! -f "$TMPL_DIR/worker.json" ]] && cat > "$TMPL_DIR/worker.json" << 'EOF'
-{"name":"worker","nick":"worker","model":"qwen2.5-coder:7b","trigger":"mention","persona":"You are a general-purpose assistant on IRC. Keep responses concise."}
-EOF
-
-[[ ! -f "$TMPL_DIR/coder.json" ]] && cat > "$TMPL_DIR/coder.json" << 'EOF'
-{"name":"coder","nick":"coder","model":"qwen2.5-coder:7b","trigger":"mention","persona":"You are a code-focused assistant on IRC. Be direct and technical."}
-EOF
-
-[[ ! -f "$TMPL_DIR/quick.json" ]] && cat > "$TMPL_DIR/quick.json" << 'EOF'
-{"name":"quick","nick":"quick","model":"phi4-mini","trigger":"mention","tools":false,"network":"none","persona":"You are a fast assistant on IRC. One sentence answers."}
-EOF
-
-log "Templates installed"
+for tmpl in worker coder quick; do
+    if [[ -f "$TMPL_DIR/$tmpl.json" ]]; then
+        skip "$tmpl"
+    else
+        case $tmpl in
+            worker) echo '{"name":"worker","nick":"worker","model":"qwen2.5-coder:7b","trigger":"mention","persona":"You are a general-purpose assistant on IRC. Keep responses concise."}' > "$TMPL_DIR/$tmpl.json" ;;
+            coder)  echo '{"name":"coder","nick":"coder","model":"qwen2.5-coder:7b","trigger":"mention","persona":"You are a code-focused assistant on IRC. Be direct and technical."}' > "$TMPL_DIR/$tmpl.json" ;;
+            quick)  echo '{"name":"quick","nick":"quick","model":"phi4-mini","trigger":"mention","tools":false,"network":"none","persona":"You are a fast assistant on IRC. One sentence answers."}' > "$TMPL_DIR/$tmpl.json" ;;
+        esac
+        ok "$tmpl template created"
+    fi
+done
 
 # ─── Done ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 echo ""
-log "═══════════════════════════════════════════════"
-log " Fireclaw installed successfully!"
-log "═══════════════════════════════════════════════"
-log ""
-log " Services running:"
-log "   ngircd          nyx.fireclaw.local :6667"
-log "   ollama          0.0.0.0:11434"
-log "   overseer        IRC #control"
-log ""
-log " Connect to IRC:"
-log "   irssi -c localhost -n human"
-log "   /join #control"
-log "   !invoke worker"
-log ""
-log " Commands:"
-log "   fireclaw run \"uname -a\"     Run in ephemeral VM"
-log "   fireclaw agent list          List running agents"
-log "   fireclaw --help              Full help"
-log ""
+echo "  ╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗"
+echo "  ║     Installation complete!            ║"
+echo "  ╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝"
+echo ""
+log "Services:"
+log "  ngircd     nyx.fireclaw.local :6667"
+log "  ollama     0.0.0.0:11434"
+log "  overseer   IRC #control"
+echo ""
+log "Quick start:"
+log "  irssi -c localhost -n human"
+log "  /join #control"
+log "  !invoke worker"
+echo ""
+log "CLI:"
+log "  fireclaw run \"uname -a\""
+log "  fireclaw agent list"
+log "  fireclaw --help"
+echo ""
 if $WITH_GPU; then
-    log " GPU mode enabled — larger models available"
+    log "GPU mode: larger models pulled (14b)"
 fi
-log "═══════════════════════════════════════════════"
+log "Disk usage: $(du -sh "$FIRECLAW_DIR" | cut -f1) in $FIRECLAW_DIR"
+log "Models: $(ollama list 2>/dev/null | tail -n +2 | wc -l) available"
+echo ""