diff --git a/sites/scouting/index.html b/sites/scouting/index.html
index ca733a3..b9b4e12 100644
--- a/sites/scouting/index.html
+++ b/sites/scouting/index.html
@@ -34,8 +34,16 @@
 
       <!-- Optional: BCP auth token for backfilling missing faction/disposition from submitted lists -->
       <details class="mb-6 bg-base-200 rounded-box">
-        <summary class="cursor-pointer px-4 py-2 text-sm opacity-70 select-none">
-          Have a BCP subscription? Add your auth token to backfill missing faction/disposition data
+        <summary class="cursor-pointer px-4 py-2 text-sm opacity-70 select-none flex items-center gap-2">
+          <span>Have a BCP subscription? Add your auth token to backfill missing faction/disposition data</span>
+          <button
+            id="bcp-token-help-btn"
+            type="button"
+            class="btn btn-circle btn-ghost btn-xs shrink-0"
+            aria-label="How do I get my BCP auth token?"
+            title="How do I get my BCP auth token?"
+            onclick="event.preventDefault()"
+          >?</button>
         </summary>
         <div class="px-4 pb-2 flex gap-2 items-center flex-wrap">
           <input
@@ -55,6 +63,33 @@
         <p class="px-4 pb-3 text-xs" id="bcp-token-status"></p>
       </details>
 
+      <!-- How-to-get-a-BCP-token dialog, opened by the "?" button above -->
+      <dialog id="bcp-token-help-modal" class="modal">
+        <div class="modal-box">
+          <h3 class="font-bold text-lg">Getting your BCP auth token</h3>
+          <ol class="list-decimal list-inside text-sm space-y-2 mt-3">
+            <li>Log in at <span class="font-mono">bestcoastpairings.com</span> in this browser (must have an active subscription).</li>
+            <li>Open your browser's developer tools (<kbd class="kbd kbd-sm">F12</kbd>, or right-click → Inspect) and switch to the <span class="font-semibold">Network</span> tab.</li>
+            <li>Back on BCP, open any event or your profile so the page makes a new request — refreshing the page works.</li>
+            <li>In the Network tab, click any request to <span class="font-mono">newprod-api.bestcoastpairings.com</span>.</li>
+            <li>Find the <span class="font-mono">authorization</span> request header. Copy everything after <span class="font-mono">Bearer </span> — that's your token.</li>
+            <li>Paste it into the field above and click <span class="font-semibold">Save</span>.</li>
+          </ol>
+          <p class="text-xs opacity-50 mt-3">
+            Tokens are short-lived (about an hour), so you'll need to repeat this occasionally.
+            The token never leaves your browser except in requests it makes directly to BCP's own API.
+          </p>
+          <div class="modal-action">
+            <form method="dialog">
+              <button class="btn btn-sm">Got it</button>
+            </form>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <form method="dialog" class="modal-backdrop">
+          <button>close</button>
+        </form>
+      </dialog>
+
       <!-- Banner (warnings / errors) -->
       <div class="alert mb-6 hidden" id="banner"></div>
 
diff --git a/sites/scouting/src/main.js b/sites/scouting/src/main.js
index d9d6740..f01a7dd 100644
--- a/sites/scouting/src/main.js
+++ b/sites/scouting/src/main.js
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ $("bcp-token-clear").addEventListener("click", () => {
   $("bcp-token-input").value = "";
   $("bcp-token-status").textContent = "Cleared.";
 });
+$("bcp-token-help-btn").addEventListener("click", () => $("bcp-token-help-modal").showModal());
 
 configureMatrixHelpers({ fullName, fmtWpct });