diff --git a/experiments/package.json b/experiments/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e7e513a..0000000
--- a/experiments/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"name": "experiments",
-	"type": "module",
-	"dependencies": {
-		"@efforting.tech/errors": "link:../build/packages/errors",
-		"@efforting.tech/rule-processing": "link:../build/packages/rule-processing",
-		"@efforting.tech/data": "link:../build/packages/data"
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index aef9cb0..0000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"dependencies": {
-		"experiments": "^0.3.0"
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tools/stage-for-pnpm.mjs b/tools/stage-for-pnpm.mjs
index 20ec7af..d254278 100644
--- a/tools/stage-for-pnpm.mjs
+++ b/tools/stage-for-pnpm.mjs
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ function link_tree(src, dest) {
 	}
 }
 
-const workspace_manifest = {
-	packages: [],
-};
+const published_packages = [];
 
 const { scope, registry, author, version } = manifest;
 
@@ -68,17 +66,24 @@ const common_package_data = {
 };
 
 const root_package = {
-	name: path.join(scope, 'root'),
+	name: path.join(scope, '_root'),
 	dependencies: {},
+	private: true,
 	...common_package_data,
 };
 
+const local_dev_package = {
+	name: path.join(scope, '_dev'),
+	dependencies: {},
+	private: true,
+	...common_package_data,
+};
 
 for (const [package_name, package_data] of Object.entries(manifest.packages)) {
 	const pkg = { name: package_name, ...package_data };
 
 	const pkg_scope_path = path.join(scope, pkg.name);
-	workspace_manifest.packages.push(pkg.name);
+	published_packages.push(pkg.name);
 
 	const pkg_dir = path.join(output_directory, pkg.name);
 	const linked_sources = link_tree(pkg.path, pkg_dir).map(p => path.relative(pkg_dir, p));
@@ -116,20 +121,26 @@ for (const [package_name, package_data] of Object.entries(manifest.packages)) {
 	writeFileSync(path.join(pkg_dir, 'package.json'), pkg_json, 'utf-8');
 	//console.log({linked_sources});	// ['errors.mjs']
 
-	root_package.dependencies[pkg_scope_path] = version;
 
 }
 
-const root_pkg_json = JSON.stringify(root_package, null, '    ');
-writeFileSync(path.join(output_directory, 'package.json'), root_pkg_json, 'utf-8');
 
-writeFileSync(path.join(output_directory, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), format_yaml(workspace_manifest), 'utf-8');
 
-const publish_tool = 'pnpm publish --no-git-checks';
-const publish_script_lines = workspace_manifest.packages.map(
+//const publish_tool = 'pnpm publish --no-git-checks';
+const publish_tool = 'npm publish';
+const publish_script_lines = published_packages.map(
 	pkg => `${publish_tool} ${pkg}`
 );
 
+const dev_stage_script_lines = published_packages.map(
+	pkg => `ln -sf "${path.resolve(output_directory, pkg)}" "${path.resolve(output_directory, 'node_modules', path.join(scope, pkg))}"`
+);
+
+const dev_stage_mkdir_lines = [...new Set(published_packages.map(
+	pkg => `mkdir -p "${path.dirname(path.resolve(output_directory, 'node_modules', path.join(scope, pkg)))}"`
+))];
+
+
 
 const publish_script = (
 	'#!/usr/bin/env bash\n' +
@@ -137,8 +148,19 @@ const publish_script = (
 	`${publish_script_lines.join('\n')}\n`
 );
 
+const dev_stage_script = (
+	'#!/usr/bin/env bash\n' +
+	'set -e\n' +
+	`${dev_stage_mkdir_lines.join('\n')}\n` +
+	`${dev_stage_script_lines.join('\n')}\n`
+);
+
+
 const publish_script_path = path.join(output_directory, 'publish-all.sh');
+const dev_stage_script_path = path.join(output_directory, 'local-install.sh');
 writeFileSync(publish_script_path, publish_script, 'utf-8');
+writeFileSync(dev_stage_script_path, dev_stage_script, 'utf-8');
 chmodSync(publish_script_path, 0o755);
+chmodSync(dev_stage_script_path, 0o755);