diff --git a/server/src/routes/docs.test.ts b/server/src/routes/docs.test.ts
index 15c296f..9c00ab2 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/docs.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/docs.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest'
 import { Hono } from 'hono'
 import { docsRouter } from './docs.js'
 
@@ -38,3 +38,50 @@ describe('docs webhook tester', () => {
     expect(res.status).toBe(400)
   })
 })
+
+describe('GET /api/docs/prompt', () => {
+  const ORIGINAL_PUBLIC_ARENA_URL = process.env.PUBLIC_ARENA_URL
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (ORIGINAL_PUBLIC_ARENA_URL === undefined) {
+      delete process.env.PUBLIC_ARENA_URL
+    } else {
+      process.env.PUBLIC_ARENA_URL = ORIGINAL_PUBLIC_ARENA_URL
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('returns 200 with text/markdown containing the registration endpoint', async () => {
+    const res = await app.request('/api/docs/prompt')
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toContain('text/markdown')
+    const body = await res.text()
+    expect(body).toContain('POST')
+    expect(body).toContain('/api/bots')
+  })
+
+  it('leaves no unsubstituted {{ARENA_URL}} token in the response body', async () => {
+    const res = await app.request('/api/docs/prompt')
+    const body = await res.text()
+    expect(body).not.toContain('{{ARENA_URL}}')
+  })
+
+  it('uses PUBLIC_ARENA_URL when set', async () => {
+    process.env.PUBLIC_ARENA_URL = 'https://botfights.archipelago-foundation.org'
+    const res = await app.request('/api/docs/prompt')
+    const body = await res.text()
+    expect(body).toContain('https://botfights.archipelago-foundation.org')
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the request origin when PUBLIC_ARENA_URL is unset', async () => {
+    delete process.env.PUBLIC_ARENA_URL
+    const res = await app.request('http://test-origin.example/api/docs/prompt')
+    const body = await res.text()
+    expect(body).toContain('http://test-origin.example')
+  })
+
+  it('preserves the YOUR_BOT_ID in-app substitution placeholder', async () => {
+    const res = await app.request('/api/docs/prompt')
+    const body = await res.text()
+    expect(body).toContain('YOUR_BOT_ID')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/server/src/routes/docs.ts b/server/src/routes/docs.ts
index 1dfabe4..78a7a8a 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/docs.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/docs.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,43 @@
 import { Hono } from 'hono'
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { join, dirname } from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { getAllChallengeTypes } from '../engine/challenges.js'
 import { testWebhookSchema } from '../lib/validators.js'
 export const docsRouter = new Hono()
 
+// The unified AI bot-setup prompt (BOT-02). Try the shipped container layout
+// first (server/public/docs/BOTFIGHTS.md, populated by the frontend build +
+// Dockerfile's `COPY frontend/dist server/public`), then fall back to a dev
+// checkout where the frontend hasn't been built yet.
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
+const PROMPT_PATHS = [
+  join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'public', 'docs', 'BOTFIGHTS.md'),
+  join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'frontend', 'public', 'docs', 'BOTFIGHTS.md'),
+]
+
+// GET /prompt — the complete, self-contained AI bot-setup prompt as plain
+// markdown, with {{ARENA_URL}} resolved to the real arena origin so an agent
+// can curl this and get working examples with no further substitution.
+docsRouter.get('/prompt', (c) => {
+  let content: string | null = null
+  for (const p of PROMPT_PATHS) {
+    if (existsSync(p)) {
+      content = readFileSync(p, 'utf-8')
+      break
+    }
+  }
+  if (content === null) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Prompt not available.' }, 404)
+  }
+
+  const arenaUrl = process.env.PUBLIC_ARENA_URL || new URL(c.req.url).origin
+  const substituted = content.replaceAll('{{ARENA_URL}}', arenaUrl)
+
+  c.header('Content-Type', 'text/markdown; charset=utf-8')
+  return c.body(substituted)
+})
+
 docsRouter.get('/webhook', (c) => {
   return c.json({
     title: 'BOTFIGHTS Webhook API',