packages/docs/docs/getting-started.md

@@ -271,20 +271,76 @@ Effect View hooks are still React hooks internally. Call them unconditionally
 at the top level of the component body, in a consistent order, and never inside
 branches, loops, event handlers, or nested callbacks.
 
+### The component root scope
+
+Every rendered Effect View component gets a root `Scope.Scope`. Effect View
+creates it when the component instance is rendered, provides it to the entire
+component body, and closes it when that React component unmounts.
+
+Effects yielded directly from the body therefore see the root scope. This also
+means that `Effect.addFinalizer`, `Effect.acquireRelease`, and
+`Effect.forkScoped` can be used naturally inside component setup:
+
+```tsx
+import { Effect } from "effect"
+import { Component } from "effect-view"
+
+const ResourceView = Component.make("Resource")(function* () {
+  const resource = yield* Component.useOnMount(() =>
+    Effect.acquireRelease(
+      openResource,
+      (resource) => closeResource(resource),
+    ),
+  )
+
+  return <p>{resource.name}</p>
+})
+```
+
+`useOnMount` does **not** create or provide another scope. It runs its Effect
+with the context already available in the component body, so the resource above
+is owned by the component's root scope.
+
+Other lifecycle hooks need a cleanup boundary narrower than the whole
+component, so they create a new scope and provide it to their setup Effect:
+
+```text
+React component instance
+└── Component root scope
+    ├── Component body                         uses the root scope
+    ├── useOnMount setup                       uses the root scope
+    ├── useOnChange setup for dependencies A   gets its own scope
+    ├── useReactEffect setup                   gets its own scope
+    └── useReactLayoutEffect setup             gets its own scope
+```
+
+The narrower scopes are managed by their hooks rather than being implicit
+Effect child scopes. React unmounting closes all of them; dependency changes
+can close and replace a hook scope without closing the component root scope.
+
 The main lifecycle choices are:
 
-| Need | Hook | When setup runs |
+| Hook | Scope seen by setup | Scope closes when |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| Compute and cache a value for this component instance | `useOnMount` | During the initial render |
-| Recompute a value when dependencies change | `useOnChange` | During render when dependencies change |
-| Run a post-commit side effect | `useReactEffect` | After React commits |
-| Measure or update layout before paint | `useReactLayoutEffect` | After DOM mutation, before paint |
+| Component body | Component root scope | The component unmounts |
+| `useOnMount` | The same component root scope | The component unmounts |
+| `useOnChange` | A new dependency scope | Dependencies change or the component unmounts |
+| `useReactEffect` | A new effect scope | Dependencies change or the component unmounts |
+| `useReactLayoutEffect` | A new layout-effect scope | Dependencies change or the component unmounts |
+| `useLayer` | A dependency scope created through `useOnChange` | The layer reference changes or the component unmounts |
+
+`useRunSync`, `useRunPromise`, `useCallbackSync`, and `useCallbackPromise` do
+not create lifecycle scopes either. They capture the component context, so an
+Effect invoked through them sees the component root scope unless it explicitly
+provides another one.
 
 ### useOnMount
 
 `Component.useOnMount` computes a value during the component's initial render
-and returns the cached value on later renders. It receives the component scope,
-so acquired resources and forked fibers can be tied to the component lifetime:
+and returns the cached value on later renders. It does not install a scope of
+its own: its Effect inherits the root scope provided to the component body.
+Acquired resources and forked fibers are therefore tied to the full component
+lifetime:
 
 ```tsx title="src/LocalStateView.tsx"
 import { Effect, SubscriptionRef } from "effect"
@@ -317,8 +373,9 @@ asynchronous and will suspend the component.
 ### useOnChange
 
 `Component.useOnChange` has the same render-time constraint, but owns a scope
-for one dependency window. When a dependency changes, the previous scope is
-closed and a new value is computed:
+for one dependency window. It creates that scope and provides it to the setup
+Effect instead of the component root scope. When a dependency changes, the
+previous dependency scope is closed and a new value is computed:
 
 ```tsx
 const label = yield* Component.useOnChange(
@@ -340,8 +397,9 @@ read by the setup Effect.
 ### useReactEffect and useReactLayoutEffect
 
 Use `Component.useReactEffect` for work that should start only after React has
-committed the render. Setup must complete synchronously, but it can fork
-asynchronous work into the provided scope:
+committed the render. The hook creates a fresh scope, provides it to the setup
+Effect, and closes it through React effect cleanup. Setup must complete
+synchronously, but it can fork asynchronous work into that scope:
 
 ```tsx
 yield* Component.useReactEffect(
@@ -355,11 +413,15 @@ and runs registered finalizers. Use `Component.useReactLayoutEffect` for the
 same ownership model when setup must happen before the browser paints, such as
 DOM measurement.
 
-Component and dependency scopes debounce finalizer execution by 100
-milliseconds by default. This reduces unnecessary teardown during rapid
-unmount/remount cycles, including development behavior. Configure
-`finalizerExecutionDebounce` through `Component.withOptions` or the relevant
-hook options when cleanup timing must differ.
+The component root scope and scopes created by `useOnChange` debounce finalizer
+execution by 100 milliseconds by default. This reduces unnecessary teardown
+during rapid unmount/remount cycles, including development behavior. Configure
+the root through `Component.withOptions({ finalizerExecutionDebounce: ... })`,
+or pass `finalizerExecutionDebounce` in the `useOnChange` options.
+
+`useReactEffect` and `useReactLayoutEffect` instead close their scopes directly
+from React cleanup. Their `finalizerExecutionMode` option controls whether that
+close runs synchronously or is forked; it defaults to `"fork"`.
 
 React Strict Mode may intentionally repeat development-only render and effect
 setup. Initializers and resource acquisition should therefore be safe to run