diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
index f8b787c..7184515 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           from pathlib import Path
           import subprocess, sys
           wheel = next(Path("dist").glob("*.whl")).resolve()
-          spec = f"contextmesh[mcp] @ {wheel.as_uri()}"
+          spec = f"contextmesh-graph[mcp] @ {wheel.as_uri()}"
           subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", spec])
           PY
       - name: Exercise installed MCP entry point
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f20e4a..479f43b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ the *only* one.
 ## MCP — controlled writes, narrow authority
 
 ```bash
-pip install 'contextmesh[mcp]'
+pip install 'contextmesh-graph[mcp]'
 contextmesh-mcp --demo               # a graph rebuilt for this process
 contextmesh-mcp --session ./session  # a graph that outlives it
 ```
diff --git a/contextmesh_mcp/server.py b/contextmesh_mcp/server.py
index 29fe52f..09c80cb 100644
--- a/contextmesh_mcp/server.py
+++ b/contextmesh_mcp/server.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Context Mesh MCP server — stdio transport.
 
-    pip install 'contextmesh[mcp]'
+    pip install 'contextmesh-graph[mcp]'
     contextmesh-mcp --demo --rounds 8 --save ./session   # write one
     contextmesh-mcp --session ./session                  # serve it
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 except ImportError as exc:  # pragma: no cover - depends on the optional extra
     raise SystemExit(
         "the MCP SDK is not installed. Install the extra:\n"
-        "    pip install 'contextmesh[mcp]'\n"
+        "    pip install 'contextmesh-graph[mcp]'\n"
         "It needs Python 3.10 or newer; contextmesh itself supports 3.9.\n"
         f"(import failed: {exc})"
     ) from exc
diff --git a/docs/release-candidate-v0.1.0.md b/docs/release-candidate-v0.1.0.md
index 6dc7f8f..db6b867 100644
--- a/docs/release-candidate-v0.1.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-candidate-v0.1.0.md
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ PR #36 is a release-engineering gate only. It does not authorize tagging or publ
 - [ ] Built wheel installs in clean Linux and Windows environments.
 - [ ] Core wheel install does not pull the MCP SDK.
 - [ ] `contextmesh --help` runs from the installed wheel.
-- [ ] `contextmesh[mcp]` installs independently on Linux and Windows.
+- [ ] `contextmesh-graph[mcp]` installs independently on Linux and Windows.
+- [x] Distribution name `contextmesh-graph` checked against the real PyPI index (not
+      assumed from the import name): `contextmesh` is already an unrelated published
+      package, so the distribution is named `contextmesh-graph` while the import
+      namespace and console scripts stay `contextmesh` / `contextmesh-mcp`.
 - [ ] `contextmesh-mcp --help` and launcher imports run from the installed wheel.
 - [ ] Installed MCP launcher can create and restore a persistent session across fresh processes.
 - [x] Package/repository metadata points to `Deep-Sixed/Context-Mesh`.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 900b624..cbdb313 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=77"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-name = "contextmesh"
+name = "contextmesh-graph"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "A typed context graph for AI agents: provenance, assumptions, and answers that walk a path you can read."
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/tests/test_mcp.py b/tests/test_mcp.py
index e654c1b..839538a 100644
--- a/tests/test_mcp.py
+++ b/tests/test_mcp.py
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         try:
             import mcp  # noqa: F401
         except ImportError:
-            self.skipTest("mcp SDK not installed (pip install 'contextmesh[mcp]')")
+            self.skipTest("mcp SDK not installed (pip install 'contextmesh-graph[mcp]')")
 
     @staticmethod
     def _registry_entry(name):