diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ and integrate at explicit boundaries. req: laws/002 req: auth/001
   hemx-xtask -- app new --mobile PATH`. The starter carries a real app flow,
   typed host capabilities, command/event/projection recovery truth, and
   inspectable mobile release-kit commands without adding a native UI framework.
-  req: ceremony/006
+  Use it for Rust-owned hypermedia apps; use explicit native shells/islands for
+  heavy native UI, games, camera-heavy flows, deep OS integration, or complex
+  offline sync. req: ceremony/006 req: host/002
 - **PWA/offline/sync:** optional adapters may reuse generated targets/effects,
   but core hemx must not gain a mandatory client state graph or local app
   runtime. Local truth is commands/events/projections, not stored DOM patches or
diff --git a/docs/recipes/mobile-release.md b/docs/recipes/mobile-release.md
index 1b675e0..8d024e2 100644
--- a/docs/recipes/mobile-release.md
+++ b/docs/recipes/mobile-release.md
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ The created app includes the same `hemx-workout mobile-release` and
 `hemx-workout mobile-verify` commands, plus `MOBILE_STARTER.md` naming the host,
 recovery, and release-kit boundary. req: ceremony/006
 
+## When to use this path
+
+Use hemx mobile when the app is still a Rust-owned hypermedia product: forms,
+lists, keyed partial updates, server-verified actions, installability, offline or
+host recovery from app-owned command/event/projection truth, and a few explicit
+host capabilities such as share, haptics, clipboard, notifications, or file
+picking. The payoff is fewer moving parts: no client component runtime, no native
+UI abstraction, no plugin marketplace, and no hidden mobile state graph. req:
+ceremony/006 req: examples/006
+
+Do not use hemx mobile as a replacement for apps whose product center is heavy
+native UI, games, deep OS integration, camera-heavy capture/editing, complex
+native navigation stacks, background services, or complex multi-device offline
+sync. For those, keep hemx as a server/API surface or use an explicit native
+shell/island where the browser should not own the interaction. req: host/002
+
 For the in-repository exemplar:
 
 ```sh