diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 3000916..9855146 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include voculinux.desktop
 include resources/icons/scalable/*.svg
 include resources/sounds/*.wav
+include resources/niri/*.kdl
 recursive-include src/vocalinux/resources *
diff --git a/docs/NIRI.md b/docs/NIRI.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be0e8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/NIRI.md
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# niri and Dank Material Shell
+
+Dictation on the [niri](https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri) Wayland compositor,
+including sessions running Dank Material Shell (DMS). There is no
+compositor-specific code: activation reuses the standard external triggers
+over D-Bus, and the tray is the standard StatusNotifier item.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+1. Install Voculinux first: [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md).
+2. Open **Settings → Shortcuts** and turn on **External Activation (Desktop
+   Shortcut)**. The built-in key listener stops, and a running instance
+   answers these triggers on the session bus (`com.voculinux.Voculinux`):
+
+```bash
+voculinux --toggle   # start if idle, stop if active
+voculinux --start    # start voice typing
+voculinux --stop     # stop voice typing
+```
+
+## Keybind: toggle once per press
+
+Either paste the bind below into the `binds {}` section of
+`~/.config/niri/config.kdl`, or copy the ready-made include file and
+reference it (easier to keep across config edits):
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p ~/.config/niri
+cp resources/niri/voculinux.kdl ~/.config/niri/voculinux.kdl
+```
+
+then near the top of `~/.config/niri/config.kdl`:
+
+```kdl
+include "~/.config/niri/voculinux.kdl"
+```
+
+The shipped bind:
+
+```kdl
+binds {
+    Mod+Shift+D repeat=false hotkey-overlay-title="Toggle Voculinux dictation" {
+        spawn "voculinux" "--toggle";
+    }
+}
+```
+
+`repeat=false` is what makes it toggle once per press: without it, holding
+the key repeats the spawn and toggles dictation back off before you let go.
+Pick any key you like (the overlay title keeps it discoverable under
+`Mod+H`), and uncomment the `--start` / `--stop` variants in the include
+file if you want dedicated keys.
+
+A key is either a compositor bind or an in-app Voculinux shortcut —
+never both. With External Activation on, do not keep the same key configured
+under **Settings → Shortcuts**; with it off, remove the niri bind. A key
+claimed on both sides fires twice: the compositor toggles over D-Bus while
+the internal listener fires on its own.
+
+## Hold-to-talk stays in the app
+
+A compositor bind only sends the key press; it never sees the release, so
+it can only toggle dictation. Push-to-talk (hold Right Alt, release to
+stop) keeps working only through the built-in Voculinux shortcut. This
+pack ships plain press binds only, so if you dictate with hold-to-talk,
+leave the in-app shortcut in place for it and use the niri bind for toggle.
+
+## Flatpak
+
+`voculinux` is not on the host PATH from a sandbox, so bind the host D-Bus
+call instead (same toggle, no extra sandbox spawned per press). The include
+file carries a commented-out `gdbus` variant; background and the exact
+command live under [Running without device
+access](../packaging/flatpak/README.md#running-without-device-access).
+
+## Tray under Dank Material Shell
+
+Not yet observed on hardware: the StatusNotifier watcher bus name (or
+names) DMS owns will be recorded with ticket #32, the hardware acceptance
+run. The tray probe (`_check_status_notifier_watcher` in
+`src/vocalinux/ui/tray_indicator.py`) currently accepts only
+`org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher`, and no probe code changed in this ticket.
+
+The observation to record on #32, with a DMS session running:
+
+```bash
+busctl --user list | grep -i -E 'watcher|statusnotifier'
+```
+
+If DMS owns only `org.freedesktop.StatusNotifierWatcher`, the probe is
+widened to accept both watcher names so no false missing-tray warning
+appears, with behaviour tests covering both names. If
+`org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher` is present, the current probe stands and
+the recorded output closes the question.
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index b576c87..0740e76 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ User and maintainer documentation for Voculinux.
 | [INSTALL_MANUAL.md](INSTALL_MANUAL.md) | Users | Manual install, system packages, PyPI/pipx |
 | [TROUBLESHOOTING.md](TROUBLESHOOTING.md) | Users | Common install and runtime failures |
 | [USER_GUIDE.md](USER_GUIDE.md) | Users | Dictation, engines, models, shortcuts, tips |
+| [NIRI.md](NIRI.md) | Users | niri keybind pack and Dank Material Shell notes |
 | [UPDATE.md](UPDATE.md) | Users | How to upgrade; release notes by version |
 | [DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md](DISTRO_COMPATIBILITY.md) | Users | Distro matrix, session caveats |
 | [HTTP_REMOTE.md](HTTP_REMOTE.md) | Power users | Remote HTTP transcription |
diff --git a/docs/USER_GUIDE.md b/docs/USER_GUIDE.md
index 7a38029..1bb4502 100644
--- a/docs/USER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/docs/USER_GUIDE.md
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ support push-to-talk because it never sees the release. On KDE Plasma:
 Now your chosen key combination toggles dictation, handled by the compositor
 rather than by Voculinux reading the keyboard directly. This works the same way
 on other compositors that support binding a key to a command (e.g. GNOME custom
-shortcuts, Sway/Hyprland `bindsym`/`bind`).
+shortcuts, Sway/Hyprland `bindsym`/`bind`). On niri, including under Dank
+Material Shell, use the ready-made pack: [NIRI.md](NIRI.md) (optional include
+file, once-per-press bind, tray note).
 
 As an advanced alternative, you can set the same option in
 `~/.config/voculinux/config.json` under `shortcuts`:
diff --git a/resources/niri/voculinux.kdl b/resources/niri/voculinux.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16e610f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/niri/voculinux.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Voculinux dictation toggle for the niri Wayland compositor.
+//
+// Copy this file to ~/.config/niri/voculinux.kdl, then add this line near
+// the top of ~/.config/niri/config.kdl:
+//
+//     include "~/.config/niri/voculinux.kdl"
+//
+// Prerequisite inside Voculinux: open Settings → Shortcuts and turn on
+// "External Activation (Desktop Shortcut)". A running instance then answers
+// the triggers below over D-Bus; the built-in key listener stays off.
+//
+// One key is either a compositor bind or an in-app Voculinux shortcut,
+// never both: do not keep this key configured under Settings → Shortcuts.
+
+binds {
+    // Toggle dictation, exactly once per press. repeat=false stops key
+    // repeat from firing the spawn again while the key is held (which
+    // would toggle dictation back off before you let go).
+    Mod+Shift+D repeat=false hotkey-overlay-title="Toggle Voculinux dictation" {
+        spawn "voculinux" "--toggle";
+    }
+
+    // Optional explicit start/stop binds. Same rule: keep repeat off.
+    // Mod+Shift+S repeat=false hotkey-overlay-title="Start Voculinux dictation" {
+    //     spawn "voculinux" "--start";
+    // }
+    // Mod+Shift+E repeat=false hotkey-overlay-title="Stop Voculinux dictation" {
+    //     spawn "voculinux" "--stop";
+    // }
+
+    // Flatpak installs: voculinux is not on the host PATH, so bind the
+    // host D-Bus call instead (same toggle, no extra sandbox per press).
+    // Mod+Shift+D repeat=false hotkey-overlay-title="Toggle Voculinux dictation" {
+    //     spawn "gdbus" "call" "--session" "--dest" "com.voculinux.Voculinux" "--object-path" "/com/voculinux/Voculinux" "--method" "com.voculinux.Voculinux.Toggle";
+    // }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_niri_pack.py b/tests/test_niri_pack.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e03cd3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_niri_pack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+"""Ticket #22: niri + Dank Material Shell integration pack (docs/keybind seam).
+
+A niri user following only the new documentation gets a working toggle bind
+(fires once per press) with no compositor-internal APIs. The tray-watcher
+question stays code-untouched until hardware observation (ticket #32);
+the probe assertion below pins the current watcher name so a silent
+widening fails loudly. When #32 records DMS evidence, update the doc and
+this assertion together.
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+NIRI_DOC = REPO_ROOT / "docs" / "NIRI.md"
+NIRI_INCLUDE = REPO_ROOT / "resources" / "niri" / "voculinux.kdl"
+DOCS_INDEX = REPO_ROOT / "docs" / "README.md"
+USER_GUIDE = REPO_ROOT / "docs" / "USER_GUIDE.md"
+TRAY_INDICATOR = REPO_ROOT / "src" / "vocalinux" / "ui" / "tray_indicator.py"
+
+TOGGLE_SPAWN = 'spawn "voculinux" "--toggle"'
+CURRENT_WATCHER = "org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher"
+
+
+def _read(path: Path) -> str:
+    assert path.is_file(), f"{path.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)} is missing"
+    return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def _active_lines(text: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Non-blank lines that are not niri // comments."""
+    return [
+        line.strip()
+        for line in text.splitlines()
+        if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith("//")
+    ]
+
+
+def test_include_file_spawns_renamed_toggle_trigger() -> None:
+    """The shipped bind drives the renamed CLI trigger with split argv."""
+    assert any(TOGGLE_SPAWN in line for line in _active_lines(_read(NIRI_INCLUDE)))
+
+
+def test_include_bind_is_non_repeating() -> None:
+    """Key repeat must not re-fire the toggle while held."""
+    assert "repeat=false" in _read(NIRI_INCLUDE)
+
+
+def test_include_file_uses_no_compositor_internals() -> None:
+    """Only plain spawn actions; no compositor message APIs."""
+    assert "niri msg" not in _read(NIRI_INCLUDE).lower()
+
+
+def test_doc_shows_include_and_once_per_press() -> None:
+    """Doc presents the optional include file and the once-per-press promise."""
+    doc = _read(NIRI_DOC).lower()
+    assert "include" in doc
+    assert "repeat=false" in doc
+    assert "once per press" in doc
+
+
+def test_doc_warns_compositor_bind_xor_in_app_shortcut() -> None:
+    """One key is a compositor bind or an in-app shortcut, never both."""
+    doc = _read(NIRI_DOC).lower()
+    assert "never both" in doc
+    assert "external activation" in doc
+
+
+def test_doc_keeps_hold_to_talk_in_app() -> None:
+    """A press-only bind cannot do push-to-talk; the release never arrives."""
+    doc = _read(NIRI_DOC).lower()
+    assert "push-to-talk" in doc or "hold-to-talk" in doc
+    assert "release" in doc
+
+
+def test_doc_records_tray_watcher_gap_without_probe_change() -> None:
+    """DMS observation is deferred to #32; the probe stays as-is meanwhile."""
+    doc = _read(NIRI_DOC)
+    assert CURRENT_WATCHER in doc
+    assert "#32" in doc
+    probe = _read(TRAY_INDICATOR)
+    assert CURRENT_WATCHER in probe
+    assert "org.freedesktop.StatusNotifierWatcher" not in probe
+
+
+def test_doc_linked_from_index_and_user_guide() -> None:
+    """The niri page is reachable from the docs index and the user guide."""
+    assert "NIRI.md" in _read(DOCS_INDEX)
+    assert "NIRI.md" in _read(USER_GUIDE)