diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a037c8b6..9679787c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ resources/**/design-files/
 # VitePress
 docs/.vitepress/dist
 docs/.vitepress/cache
+
+# Local deploy wrapper (per-developer SSH alias)
+/run-deploy-from-local.sh
+!/run-deploy-from-local.example.sh
diff --git a/run-deploy-from-local.example.sh b/run-deploy-from-local.example.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3989e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-deploy-from-local.example.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Local deploy wrapper — copy to run-deploy-from-local.sh and replace <your-vps-alias>
+# with the SSH host alias from your ~/.ssh/config that points to the Crewli VPS.
+
+ssh <your-vps-alias> "sudo -u crewli bash -c '
+  export PATH=\"\$HOME/.local/share/fnm:\$PATH\"
+  eval \"\$(fnm env)\"
+  cd /home/crewli/crewli && ./deploy.sh
+'"