diff --git a/docs/creating-accounts/README.md b/docs/creating-accounts/README.md
index 44524ed65..d363a4efa 100644
--- a/docs/creating-accounts/README.md
+++ b/docs/creating-accounts/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ Spinifex supports multi-tenant account isolation. Each account gets its own IAM
 
 ## Instructions
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+Ensure the AWS profile is set:
+
+```bash
+export AWS_PROFILE=spinifex
+```
+
 ## Create Account
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/hybrid-sync/README.md b/docs/hybrid-sync/README.md
index f5f9865e0..6c61e3e53 100644
--- a/docs/hybrid-sync/README.md
+++ b/docs/hybrid-sync/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ Spinifex's hybrid mode enables bidirectional data synchronization between local
 
 ## Instructions
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+Ensure the AWS profile is set:
+
+```bash
+export AWS_PROFILE=spinifex
+```
+
 ## Push Local to Cloud
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/launching-instances/README.md b/docs/launching-instances/README.md
index b37779c0f..4c71b00c7 100644
--- a/docs/launching-instances/README.md
+++ b/docs/launching-instances/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ Spinifex provides EC2-compatible VM management built on QEMU/KVM. Instances supp
 
 ## Instructions
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+Ensure the AWS profile is set:
+
+```bash
+export AWS_PROFILE=spinifex
+```
+
 ## Launch
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/moving-aws-workload/README.md b/docs/moving-aws-workload/README.md
index af5614c28..3a9a5b409 100644
--- a/docs/moving-aws-workload/README.md
+++ b/docs/moving-aws-workload/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ Spinifex provides drop-in compatibility with AWS APIs, making it possible to mig
 
 ## Instructions
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+Ensure the AWS profile is set:
+
+```bash
+export AWS_PROFILE=spinifex
+```
+
 ## Configure AWS CLI
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/placement-groups/README.md b/docs/placement-groups/README.md
index 5cfb1de0c..b1aa5685d 100644
--- a/docs/placement-groups/README.md
+++ b/docs/placement-groups/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ The `partition` strategy is not supported.
 
 ## Instructions
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+Ensure the AWS profile is set:
+
+```bash
+export AWS_PROFILE=spinifex
+```
+
 ## Create
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/spinifex-admin-cli/README.md b/docs/spinifex-admin-cli/README.md
index f4619ddf0..7b568d42c 100644
--- a/docs/spinifex-admin-cli/README.md
+++ b/docs/spinifex-admin-cli/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ All services in the Spinifex platform are managed through this single binary.
 
 ## Instructions
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+Ensure the AWS profile is set:
+
+```bash
+export AWS_PROFILE=spinifex
+```
+
 ## Account Management
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/vpc-networking/README.md b/docs/vpc-networking/README.md
index dba19d95e..131aa5469 100644
--- a/docs/vpc-networking/README.md
+++ b/docs/vpc-networking/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ Instances can operate in two modes: **private** (overlay-only, no WAN access) or
 
 ## Instructions
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+Ensure the AWS profile is set:
+
+```bash
+export AWS_PROFILE=spinifex
+```
+
 ## How It Works
 
 Spinifex maps AWS VPC concepts directly to OVN constructs: