diff --git a/Clipboard.qml b/Clipboard.qml
index cdfe2b8..32962b3 100644
--- a/Clipboard.qml
+++ b/Clipboard.qml
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ Item {
     onFileChanged: reload()
   }
 
+  Process { id: depsProc }
   Process {
     id: gcProc
     onExited: runNextGc()
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 11759b4..035c3e4 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 # - symlinks the repo root (the plugin folder) into ~/.config/omarchy/plugins/alanfortlink.clipboard
 # - rescans + enables it (shell.json gets plugins[] entry; the built-in
 #   omarchy.clipboard is recorded in disabledPlugins[] and routed here)
-# - rebinds ALT+SHIFT+V from vicinae to this picker (backs up bindings.conf)
+# - checks and installs dependencies transparently (QR/OCR degrade without them)
+# - rebinds ALT+SHIFT+V from vicinae to this picker (backs up bindings.lua/.conf)
 set -euo pipefail
 
 REPO_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
@@ -13,6 +14,25 @@ PLUGINS_DIR="$HOME/.config/omarchy/plugins"
 PLUGIN_ID="alanfortlink.clipboard"
 BINDINGS="$HOME/.config/hypr/bindings.conf"
 
+echo "==> Checking dependencies"
+SKIP_DEPS=false
+for a in "$@"; do [[ $a == --skip-deps ]] && SKIP_DEPS=true; done
+missing=()
+command -v python3   >/dev/null 2>&1 || missing+=("python3")
+command -v jq        >/dev/null 2>&1 || missing+=("jq")
+command -v wl-copy   >/dev/null 2>&1 || missing+=("wl-clipboard")
+command -v wtype     >/dev/null 2>&1 || missing+=("wtype")
+command -v zbarimg   >/dev/null 2>&1 || missing+=("zbar")          # QR decode
+command -v tesseract >/dev/null 2>&1 || missing+=("tesseract")     # OCR search
+if [[ $SKIP_DEPS == true ]]; then
+  echo "    skipped (--skip-deps)"
+elif (( ${#missing[@]} > 0 )); then
+  echo "    installing missing packages (nothing hidden): ${missing[*]}"
+  omarchy pkg add "${missing[@]}" || echo "    WARNING: install failed — QR/OCR degrade gracefully without them"
+else
+  echo "    all present: wl-clipboard, jq, python3, wtype, zbar, tesseract"
+fi
+
 echo "==> Linking plugin into $PLUGINS_DIR/$PLUGIN_ID"
 mkdir -p "$PLUGINS_DIR"
 ln -sTfn "$PLUGIN_DIR" "$PLUGINS_DIR/$PLUGIN_ID"
@@ -44,7 +64,10 @@ echo "==> Rebinding ALT+SHIFT+V"
 rebound=0
 if [[ -f $HOME/.config/hypr/bindings.lua ]]; then
   LUA="$HOME/.config/hypr/bindings.lua"
-  if grep -q 'ALT + SHIFT + V' "$LUA"; then
+  if grep -q 'omarchy-shell shell toggle alanfortlink.clipboard' "$LUA"; then
+    echo "    bindings.lua already points at alanfortlink.clipboard"
+    rebound=1
+  elif grep -q 'ALT + SHIFT + V' "$LUA"; then
     cp "$LUA" "$LUA.bak.$(date +%s)"
     sed -i 's|^o.bind("ALT + SHIFT + V", "Clipboard manager (vicinae)", "vicinae deeplink vicinae://launch/clipboard/history")|o.bind("ALT + SHIFT + V", "Clipboard manager (clipboard-history)", "omarchy-shell shell toggle alanfortlink.clipboard")|' "$LUA"
     echo "    rebound in bindings.lua (vicinae binding replaced)"