diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 096e18c88..673aa118c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 	path = Peekaboo
 	url = https://github.com/steipete/Peekaboo.git
 	branch = main
+[submodule "skills/local-places/server"]
+	path = skills/local-places/server
+	url = https://github.com/Hyaxia/local_places.git
diff --git a/skills/local-places/SKILL.md b/skills/local-places/SKILL.md
index eefb74184..8e62f4cef 100644
--- a/skills/local-places/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/local-places/SKILL.md
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ Search for nearby places using a local Google Places API proxy. Two-step flow: r
 ## Setup
 
 ```bash
-cd ~/Projects/local_places
+cd {baseDir}/server
+echo "GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY=your-key" > .env
+uv venv && uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
 uv run --env-file .env uvicorn local_places.main:app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
 ```
 
 Requires `GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY` in `.env` or environment.
+Server code is in `{baseDir}/server/` (submodule from Hyaxia/local_places).
 
 ## Quick Start
 
diff --git a/skills/local-places/server b/skills/local-places/server
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..bfc3becfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skills/local-places/server
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bfc3becfc48af865722ef35ee7cca753519dd93e