diff --git a/.bmad-loop/operator/10-3-deploy-coldframe-at-home-and-build-my-own-apps.json b/.bmad-loop/operator/10-3-deploy-coldframe-at-home-and-build-my-own-apps.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f02e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bmad-loop/operator/10-3-deploy-coldframe-at-home-and-build-my-own-apps.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "actions": [
+    "Follow docs/deploy/README.md end to end on a real domain with its zone at Cloudflare and a single-node RKE2 home server, at a published release tag, and fix in the guide every step that differs from what you see (RKE2 install, firewall, namespace, Secrets, realm, split DNS, first sign-in).",
+    "Build the Android app with your own Firebase project and the iOS app with your own Apple Developer team and APNs key, following docs/build/apps.md, install both on your phones, sign in against your deployment and receive a push; correct any console step or command in the guide that differs.",
+    "Once a release tag publishes the images, start deploy/compose/ with docker compose up on a LAN Docker host following deploy/compose/README.md, sign in to the web app, and fix compose.yaml or the README where the stack does not come up."
+  ],
+  "parked_at": "2026-10-20",
+  "run_id": "20261012-230921-d74a",
+  "spec_file": "_bmad-output/implementation-artifacts/spec-10-3-deploy-coldframe-at-home-and-build-my-own-apps.md",
+  "story_key": "10-3-deploy-coldframe-at-home-and-build-my-own-apps"
+}
diff --git a/_bmad-output/implementation-artifacts/sprint-status.yaml b/_bmad-output/implementation-artifacts/sprint-status.yaml
index 4f0ff21..15d6227 100644
--- a/_bmad-output/implementation-artifacts/sprint-status.yaml
+++ b/_bmad-output/implementation-artifacts/sprint-status.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ development_status:
   epic-10: backlog
   10-1-releases-with-one-version-and-firmware-binaries: awaiting-operator
   10-2-build-a-node-and-a-hub-from-the-docs: backlog
-  10-3-deploy-coldframe-at-home-and-build-my-own-apps: backlog
+  10-3-deploy-coldframe-at-home-and-build-my-own-apps: awaiting-operator
   10-4-firmware-learning-reference: backlog
   10-5-someone-else-reproduces-coldframe: backlog
   epic-10-retrospective: optional