diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2383639..057338a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- Public MCP server: the bare host is the endpoint too. `POST /` answers MCP like `/mcp` (someone who pastes `https://mcp.example.com` into a connector gets connected), `GET /` names the connect URL. A signed-in server keeps `/` closed.
+- Public MCP server: the bare host is the endpoint too. `POST /` answers MCP like `/mcp` (someone who pastes `https://mcp.example.com` into a connector gets connected), `GET /` sends a browser to the landing page and names the connect URL to any other client. A signed-in server keeps `/` closed.
 
 ## 0.8.69 · 2026-11-07
 
diff --git a/cli/mcp-http.ts b/cli/mcp-http.ts
index d20b184..8b24a3f 100644
--- a/cli/mcp-http.ts
+++ b/cli/mcp-http.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ export function startHttp(o: HttpOptions): Promise<{ close: () => void; port: nu
     // public: the bare host is the MCP endpoint too (people paste "mcp.example.com" into a connector), and a browser
     // opening it gets the connect line instead of a 404
     if (pub && path === '/' && req.method === 'GET') {
+      // a person in a browser goes to the landing page; any other client gets the connect line
+      if (/text\/html/.test(String(req.headers.accept ?? ''))) { res.writeHead(302, { ...cors, location: 'https://storebound.dev/' }); return res.end(); }
       res.writeHead(200, { ...cors, 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' });
       return res.end(`storebound MCP server ${pkg.version} (read-only, no key)\nAdd it as a remote MCP server / custom connector with this URL. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http storebound <this URL>\n`);
     }
diff --git a/tests/mcp-public.test.ts b/tests/mcp-public.test.ts
index 26473b2..aab684e 100644
--- a/tests/mcp-public.test.ts
+++ b/tests/mcp-public.test.ts
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ describe('http, public mode', () => {
       const g = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${s.port}/`);
       expect(g.status).toBe(200);
       expect(await g.text()).toContain('claude mcp add --transport http storebound');
+      const b = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${s.port}/`, { headers: { accept: 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml' }, redirect: 'manual' });
+      expect(b.status).toBe(302);
+      expect(b.headers.get('location')).toBe('https://storebound.dev/');
       expect((await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${s.port}/other`)).status).toBe(404);
     } finally { s.close(); }
   });