diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ingest/guided-setup.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ingest/guided-setup.test.tsx
index 4955d6eff..99bf7e772 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ingest/guided-setup.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ingest/guided-setup.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react"
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest"
 
 import { REPLAY_BLOCK_CLASS } from "@/components/common/replay-privacy"
-import { ConnectInstructions } from "./guided-setup"
+import { isClerkAuthEnabled } from "@/lib/services/common/auth-mode"
+import { ConnectInstructions, useGuidedFramework } from "./guided-setup"
 
 const API_KEY = "mpl_ingest_supersecretkey123"
 
@@ -37,3 +38,26 @@ describe("ConnectInstructions", () => {
 		expect(leaked).toEqual([])
 	})
 })
+
+function FrameworkProbe() {
+	const { framework } = useGuidedFramework()
+	return <span data-testid="framework">{framework}</span>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Rendered with no `ClerkProvider`, which is what a self-hosted build is:
+ * `main.tsx` mounts one only when `isClerkAuthEnabled`. A Clerk hook called
+ * unconditionally in here threw, and self-hosted `/settings` opens on the
+ * ingestion tab that renders it.
+ */
+describe("useGuidedFramework", () => {
+	afterEach(cleanup)
+
+	it("renders self-hosted, outside a ClerkProvider", () => {
+		expect(isClerkAuthEnabled).toBe(false)
+
+		render(<FrameworkProbe />)
+
+		expect(screen.getByTestId("framework").textContent).toBe("nodejs")
+	})
+})
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ingest/guided-setup.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ingest/guided-setup.tsx
index 5491be383..c4e9c4f0a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ingest/guided-setup.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ingest/guided-setup.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/components/quick-start/framework-icons"
 import { sdkSnippets, type FrameworkId } from "@/components/quick-start/sdk-snippets"
 import { ingestUrl } from "@/lib/services/common/ingest-url"
+import { isClerkAuthEnabled } from "@/lib/services/common/auth-mode"
 import { useQuickStart } from "@/hooks/use-quick-start"
 import type { RoleOption } from "@/atoms/quick-start-atoms"
 import { CopyableField } from "@maple/ui/components/ui/copyable-field"
@@ -42,19 +43,43 @@ interface GuidedSetupProps {
 	showCredentials?: boolean
 }
 
-/**
- * Per-org framework selection for the guided ingestion flow, defaulting from the
- * quick-start qualify answers. Shared by `GuidedSetup` and the ingestion
- * settings page (which composes the picker into its own section header).
- */
-export function useGuidedFramework() {
-	const { orgId } = useAuth()
+interface GuidedFramework {
+	readonly framework: FrameworkId
+	readonly setFramework: (framework: FrameworkId) => void
+}
+
+const useGuidedFrameworkFor = (orgId: string | null | undefined): GuidedFramework => {
 	const { selectedFramework, setSelectedFramework, qualifyAnswers } = useQuickStart(orgId)
 
 	const roleDefault = qualifyAnswers.role ? ROLE_DEFAULT_FRAMEWORK[qualifyAnswers.role] : "nodejs"
 	return { framework: selectedFramework ?? roleDefault, setFramework: setSelectedFramework }
 }
 
+function useClerkGuidedFramework(): GuidedFramework {
+	const { orgId } = useAuth()
+	return useGuidedFrameworkFor(orgId)
+}
+
+/** Self-hosted: one org, so the selection lives under the default key. */
+function useSelfHostedGuidedFramework(): GuidedFramework {
+	return useGuidedFrameworkFor(null)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-org framework selection for the guided ingestion flow, defaulting from the
+ * quick-start qualify answers. Shared by `GuidedSetup` and the ingestion
+ * settings page (which composes the picker into its own section header).
+ *
+ * The variant is chosen at module scope off a build-time constant, the same
+ * shape as `useOrganizationFeatureFlags`: `main.tsx` mounts `ClerkProvider` only
+ * when `isClerkAuthEnabled`, and `useAuth()` throws without one — an early
+ * return inside the hook would come after it had already run. Self-hosted
+ * `/settings` opens on the ingestion tab, so this threw before rendering it.
+ */
+export const useGuidedFramework: () => GuidedFramework = isClerkAuthEnabled
+	? useClerkGuidedFramework
+	: useSelfHostedGuidedFramework
+
 /**
  * Framework picker + Install / Instrument / Claude Code tabs. The shared body of
  * the guided ingestion flow, used by the dashboard setup checklist and the