diff --git a/skills/apsuflow/SKILL.md b/skills/apsuflow/SKILL.md
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@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ replacement IaC from a backup, SQLite, or inferred live state. A manual restart
 may be an emergency diagnostic action, but the durable repair belongs in IaC and
 must converge after re-apply.
 
+For provider machines managed by an external scheduler, declare `scheduler:
+external`, one immutable provider-native `image`, and finite `capacity` in the
+pool. An administrator mints the pool-bound credential as `token create --name
+demand-POOL --role demand`; that credential can only read and write that pool's
+demand. Submit count plus bounded TTL with `apsuflow infra demand POOL COUNT
+--ttl SECONDS`. The CLI reads the current revision and sends one conditional
+write; on conflict, read current state and decide rather than retrying. Expired
+demand converges to zero. External machines never receive Apsuflow releases,
+node identities, join credentials, agent configuration, secrets, or startup
+payload, and never appear as Apsuflow nodes or workload capacity. Demand zero and
+wait for actual provider count zero before changing scheduler/image, removing the
+pool, or reducing capacity below use.
+
 ## Install and update
 
 For an existing legacy root daemon, use `apsuflow host migrate` rather than