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@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ The center of the app. You get:
 - **Drag-and-drop files** anywhere in the chat area to attach them to your next message.
 - **A right-hand preview rail** — render web pages, files, and tool outputs side by side while you keep chatting.
 
+Chatting against a Hermes instance on another machine instead of the bundled local backend? See [Connecting to a remote backend](#connecting-to-a-remote-backend) below — and for the full picture of how the remote-hosted dashboard connection works (the `/api/ws` chat socket, the `--tui` requirement, session-token pinning, and WebSocket close-code triage), see [Web Dashboard → Connecting Hermes Desktop to a remote backend](./features/web-dashboard.md#connecting-hermes-desktop-to-a-remote-backend).
+
 ### File browser
 
 Explore and preview the working directory without leaving the app — useful for following along as the agent reads, writes, and edits files. Set the initial project directory with `hermes desktop --cwd <path>` (or the `HERMES_DESKTOP_CWD` environment variable).