diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 5db7bec..27276e8 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "postAttachCommand": ".devcontainer/postAttach.sh",
     "containerEnv": {
         "EDA_PORT": "9443",
-        "TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE": "/workspaces/codespaces/.devcontainer/overrides.mk",
+        "TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/overrides.mk",
         "TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE": "/eda-codespaces/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml",
         "K9S_SKIN": "dracula"
     },
diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 6c71952..4c1a180 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 		echo "--> INFO: Not running in Codespaces, skipping Keycloak frontendUrl configuration" ;\
 	fi
 
+ifdef NO_TOPO
+TOPO := $(TOPO_EMPTY)
+
+.PHONY: patch-try-eda-node-user
+patch-try-eda-node-user:
+	@echo "--> INFO: Skipping node user patch (NO_TOPO is set)"
+endif
+
 .PHONY: start-ui-port-forward
 start-ui-port-forward:
 	@{	\
diff --git a/codespaceify.sh b/codespaceify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b49300f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codespaceify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+BASE_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eda-labs/codespaces/main/.devcontainer"
+
+if git rev-parse --show-toplevel &>/dev/null; then
+    TARGET_DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+    REPO_NAME=$(basename "$TARGET_DIR")
+    echo "Detected git repository: $REPO_NAME"
+else
+    TARGET_DIR=$(pwd)
+    REPO_NAME=$(basename "$TARGET_DIR")
+    echo "Not a git repository, using current directory: $REPO_NAME"
+fi
+
+if [[ -d "$TARGET_DIR/.devcontainer" ]]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo ".devcontainer directory already exists."
+    read -p "Overwrite? [y/N]: " confirm < /dev/tty
+    if [[ ! "$confirm" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+        echo "Aborted."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Select GitHub Codespace machine type:"
+echo ""
+echo "  1) 4-core   (4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM, 32 GB storage)"
+echo "  2) 8-core   (8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM, 64 GB storage)"
+# echo "  3) 16-core  (16 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM, 128 GB storage)"
+# echo "  4) 32-core  (32 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM, 256 GB storage)"
+echo ""
+
+while true; do
+    read -p "Enter choice [1-2] (default: 1): " choice < /dev/tty
+    choice=${choice:-1}
+
+    case $choice in
+        1) CPUS=4;  MEMORY="16gb";  STORAGE="32gb";  break ;;
+        2) CPUS=8;  MEMORY="32gb";  STORAGE="64gb";  break ;;
+        # 3) CPUS=16; MEMORY="64gb";  STORAGE="128gb"; break ;;
+        # 4) CPUS=32; MEMORY="128gb"; STORAGE="256gb"; break ;;
+        *) echo "Invalid choice." ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "Selected: $CPUS vCPUs, $MEMORY RAM, $STORAGE storage"
+echo ""
+
+DEST="$TARGET_DIR/.devcontainer"
+mkdir -p "$DEST"
+
+# Runtime files — fetch directly from GitHub
+RUNTIME_FILES=(
+    initCommand.sh
+    onCreate.sh
+    postCreate.sh
+    postAttach.sh
+    utils.sh
+    overrides.mk
+)
+
+echo "Fetching runtime files from eda-labs/codespaces..."
+for f in "${RUNTIME_FILES[@]}"; do
+    echo "  $f"
+    curl -fsSL "${BASE_URL}/${f}" -o "${DEST}/${f}"
+done
+
+chmod +x "$DEST"/*.sh
+
+# Fetch devcontainer.json from source, then patch dynamic values
+echo "  devcontainer.json"
+curl -fsSL "${BASE_URL}/devcontainer.json" -o "${DEST}/devcontainer.json"
+
+# Patch name to include lab repo name
+sed -i "s|\"name\": \".*\"|\"name\": \"Nokia EDA - ${REPO_NAME}\"|" "$DEST/devcontainer.json"
+
+# Patch hostRequirements to match selected machine type
+sed -i "s|\"cpus\": [0-9]*|\"cpus\": ${CPUS}|" "$DEST/devcontainer.json"
+sed -i "s|\"memory\": \"[^\"]*\"|\"memory\": \"${MEMORY}\"|" "$DEST/devcontainer.json"
+sed -i "s|\"storage\": \"[^\"]*\"|\"storage\": \"${STORAGE}\"|" "$DEST/devcontainer.json"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Files created in .devcontainer/:"
+echo "  ├── devcontainer.json"
+echo "  ├── initCommand.sh"
+echo "  ├── onCreate.sh"
+echo "  ├── postCreate.sh"
+echo "  ├── postAttach.sh"
+echo "  ├── utils.sh"
+echo "  └── overrides.mk"
+
+# README badge
+README_FILE="$TARGET_DIR/README.md"
+
+if [[ -f "$README_FILE" ]]; then
+    # Detect org/repo from git remote
+    GH_REPO=""
+    REMOTE_URL=$(git -C "$TARGET_DIR" remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [[ -n "$REMOTE_URL" ]]; then
+        GH_REPO=$(echo "$REMOTE_URL" | sed -E 's|.*github\.com[:/]||; s|\.git$||')
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n "$GH_REPO" ]]; then
+        echo ""
+        read -p "Add Codespaces badges to README.md? [y/N]: " add_badge < /dev/tty
+        if [[ ! "$add_badge" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+            echo "Skipping README badges."
+        else
+
+        BADGE_BLOCK="[![Codespaces][codespaces-4vcpu-svg]][codespaces-4vcpu-url] [![Codespaces][codespaces-8vcpu-svg]][codespaces-8vcpu-url]
+
+[codespaces-4vcpu-svg]: https://gitlab.com/-/project/7617705/uploads/3f69f403e1371b3b578ee930df8930e8/codespaces-btn-4vcpu-export.svg
+[codespaces-4vcpu-url]: https://codespaces.new/${GH_REPO}
+[codespaces-8vcpu-svg]: https://gitlab.com/-/project/7617705/uploads/81362429e362ce7c5750bc51d23a4905/codespaces-btn-8vcpu-export.svg
+[codespaces-8vcpu-url]: https://codespaces.new/${GH_REPO}?machine=premiumLinux
+"
+        # Prepend badges to the top of README
+        printf '%s\n' "$BADGE_BLOCK" | cat - "$README_FILE" > "$README_FILE.tmp"
+        mv "$README_FILE.tmp" "$README_FILE"
+
+        echo "Added Codespaces badges to top of README.md"
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "Could not detect GitHub remote — skipping README badges"
+    fi
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Done. Codespace ready for $REPO_NAME."