diff --git a/setup/channels/discord.ts b/setup/channels/discord.ts
index 1dec8e008..435956f8f 100644
--- a/setup/channels/discord.ts
+++ b/setup/channels/discord.ts
@@ -164,9 +164,8 @@ async function walkThroughBotCreation(): Promise<void> {
       '  2. In the "Bot" tab, click "Reset Token" and copy the token',
       '  3. On the same tab, enable "Message Content Intent"',
       '     (under Privileged Gateway Intents)',
-      '',
       formatNoteLink(url),
-    ].join('\n'),
+    ].filter((line): line is string => line !== null).join('\n'),
     'Create a Discord bot',
   );
   await confirmThenOpen(url, 'Press Enter to open the Developer Portal');
@@ -224,9 +223,8 @@ async function walkThroughServerCreation(): Promise<void> {
       '  1. In Discord, click the "+" at the bottom of the server list',
       '  2. Choose "Create My Own" → "For me and my friends"',
       '  3. Give it any name (e.g. "NanoClaw")',
-      '',
       formatNoteLink(url),
-    ].join('\n'),
+    ].filter((line): line is string => line !== null).join('\n'),
     'Create a Discord server',
   );
   await confirmThenOpen(url, 'Press Enter to open Discord');
@@ -446,9 +444,8 @@ async function promptInviteBot(
       '',
       '  1. Pick any server you\'re in (a personal one is fine)',
       '  2. Click "Authorize"',
-      '',
       formatNoteLink(url),
-    ].join('\n'),
+    ].filter((line): line is string => line !== null).join('\n'),
     'Add bot to a server',
   );
   await confirmThenOpen(url, 'Press Enter to open the invite page');
diff --git a/setup/channels/slack.ts b/setup/channels/slack.ts
index 03cbf4656..24a10ce8d 100644
--- a/setup/channels/slack.ts
+++ b/setup/channels/slack.ts
@@ -135,9 +135,8 @@ async function walkThroughAppCreation(): Promise<void> {
       '     slash commands and messages from the messages tab"',
       '  4. Basic Information → copy the "Signing Secret"',
       '  5. Install to Workspace → copy the "Bot User OAuth Token" (xoxb-…)',
-      '',
       formatNoteLink(SLACK_APPS_URL),
-    ].join('\n'),
+    ].filter((line): line is string => line !== null).join('\n'),
     'Create a Slack app',
   );
   await confirmThenOpen(SLACK_APPS_URL, 'Press Enter to open Slack app settings');
diff --git a/setup/channels/telegram.ts b/setup/channels/telegram.ts
index 7130f8b5f..799a97f1b 100644
--- a/setup/channels/telegram.ts
+++ b/setup/channels/telegram.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ export async function runTelegramChannel(displayName: string): Promise<void> {
   note(
     [
       `Opening @${botUsername} in Telegram so it's ready when the pairing code shows up.`,
-      '',
       formatNoteLink(botUrl),
-    ].join('\n'),
+    ].filter((line): line is string => line !== null).join('\n'),
     'Open Telegram',
   );
   await confirmThenOpen(botUrl, 'Press Enter to open Telegram');
diff --git a/setup/lib/browser.ts b/setup/lib/browser.ts
index 4fbcbd7c3..7c5c970de 100644
--- a/setup/lib/browser.ts
+++ b/setup/lib/browser.ts
@@ -40,35 +40,42 @@ export function openUrl(url: string): void {
 }
 
 /**
- * Format a URL for display inside a setup `note(...)` card. On
- * GUI devices the URL renders dim — it's a fallback in case the
- * auto-open misses, and `confirmThenOpen` is doing the heavy
- * lifting of getting the user there. On headless devices the
- * URL becomes the user's only path forward, so we surface it
- * with a "Get started:" label and full-strength text — copy-
- * pasting onto another device is the actual action, not an
- * incidental reference.
+ * Format a URL for inclusion in a setup `note(...)` card. On
+ * headless devices we surface the URL inside the card with a
+ * "Get started:" label at full strength — copy-pasting onto
+ * another device is the actual action, not an incidental
+ * reference. The leading `\n` acts as a visual separator from
+ * the body steps above; callers `.filter(line => line !== null)`
+ * before joining, so on GUI we drop the line entirely (and the
+ * URL ends up below the next-step confirm prompt as a "if
+ * browser does not appear, please visit" fallback — see
+ * `confirmThenOpen`).
  */
-export function formatNoteLink(url: string): string {
-  if (isHeadless()) return `Get started: ${url}`;
-  return k.dim(url);
+export function formatNoteLink(url: string): string | null {
+  if (isHeadless()) return `\nGet started: ${url}`;
+  return null;
 }
 
 /**
  * Gate a browser-open on a confirm so the user is ready for their browser
- * to take focus. Proceeds on cancel as well — the user can always copy the
- * URL from the note that precedes the prompt. On headless devices both
- * the prompt and the open are skipped — there's no browser to time
- * focus for, and the URL is already visible in the surrounding note.
+ * to take focus. Proceeds on cancel as well. On headless devices both the
+ * prompt and the open are skipped — the URL is already surfaced inside
+ * the surrounding note (via `formatNoteLink`).
+ *
+ * On GUI devices the confirm message includes the fallback URL on the
+ * lines below the action ("If browser does not appear, please visit:
+ * <url>" in dim) so the user has a copy-paste path right next to the
+ * action button without needing to scroll back up to the card.
  */
 export async function confirmThenOpen(
   url: string,
   message = 'Press Enter to open your browser',
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (isHeadless()) return;
+  const fallback = `\n${k.dim(`If browser does not appear, please visit: ${url}`)}`;
   ensureAnswer(
     await p.confirm({
-      message,
+      message: `${message}${fallback}`,
       initialValue: true,
     }),
   );