diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/webapp.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/webapp.mdwn
index f8867f0e28..7df93cf401 100644
--- a/doc/design/assistant/webapp.mdwn
+++ b/doc/design/assistant/webapp.mdwn
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ The webapp is a web server that displays a shiny interface.
 
 ## first start
 
-* make git repo
+* make git repo **done**
+* generate a nice description like "joey@hostname Desktop/annex"
+* record repository that was made, and use it next time run
+* write a pid file, to prevent more than one first-start process running
+  at once
 
 ## implementation