diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/paretosecurity.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/paretosecurity.nix
index d942fe67c62a..c5533cbc8906 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/paretosecurity.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/paretosecurity.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@ in
       default = true;
       description = "Set to false to disable the tray icon and run as a CLI tool only.";
     };
+    users = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.attrsOf (
+        lib.types.submodule {
+          options = {
+            inviteId = lib.mkOption {
+              type = lib.types.str;
+              description = ''
+                A unique ID that links the agent to Pareto Cloud.
+                Get it from the Join Team page on `https://cloud.paretosecurity.com/team/join/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx`.
+                In Step 2, under Linux tab, enter your email then copy it from the generated command.
+              '';
+              example = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx";
+            };
+          };
+        }
+      );
+      default = { };
+      description = "Per-user Pareto Security configuration.";
+    };
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -38,9 +57,64 @@ in
     # if one is installed.
     # The `paretosecurity-user` timer service that is configured lower has
     # the same need.
-    systemd.services.paretosecurity.serviceConfig.Environment = [
-      "PATH=${config.system.path}/bin:${config.system.path}/sbin"
-    ];
+    systemd.services = {
+      paretosecurity.serviceConfig.Environment = [
+        "PATH=${config.system.path}/bin:${config.system.path}/sbin"
+      ];
+    }
+    // (
+
+      # Each user can set their inviteID, which creates a systemd service
+      # that runs `paretosecurity link ...` to link their device to Pareto Cloud.
+      lib.mapAttrs' (
+        username: userConfig:
+        lib.nameValuePair "paretosecurity-link-${username}" {
+          description = "Link Pareto Desktop to Pareto Cloud for user ${username}";
+          after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+          wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+
+          serviceConfig = {
+            Type = "oneshot";
+            RemainAfterExit = true;
+            User = username;
+            StateDirectory = "paretosecurity/${username}";
+
+            ExecStart = pkgs.writeShellScript "paretosecurity-link-${username}" ''
+              set -euo pipefail
+
+              INVITE_ID="${userConfig.inviteId}"
+              STATE_FILE="/var/lib/paretosecurity/${username}/linked-$INVITE_ID"
+              CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.config/pareto.toml"
+
+              # Check if already linked with this specific invite
+              if [ -f "$STATE_FILE" ]; then
+                echo "Device already linked with invite $INVITE_ID for user ${username}"
+                exit 0
+              fi
+
+              # Ensure config directory exists
+              mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CONFIG_FILE")"
+
+              # Perform linking
+              echo "Linking device to Pareto Cloud for user ${username}..."
+              ${cfg.package}/bin/paretosecurity link \
+                "paretosecurity://linkDevice/?invite_id=$INVITE_ID"
+
+              # Verify linking succeeded
+              if [ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ] && grep -q "TeamID" "$CONFIG_FILE"; then
+                echo "Successfully linked to Pareto Cloud for user ${username}"
+                touch "$STATE_FILE"
+              else
+                echo "Failed to link to Pareto Cloud for user ${username}"
+                exit 1
+              fi
+            '';
+          };
+
+          wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        }
+      ) cfg.users
+    );
 
     # Enable the tray icon and timer services if the trayIcon option is enabled
     systemd.user = lib.mkIf cfg.trayIcon {
diff --git a/nixos/tests/paretosecurity.nix b/nixos/tests/paretosecurity.nix
index 9c4c51271ad5..17f64a240847 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/paretosecurity.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/paretosecurity.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       imports = [ ./common/user-account.nix ];
 
       services.paretosecurity.enable = true;
-
+      services.paretosecurity.users.alice.inviteId = "test-invite-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx";
     };
 
   nodes.xfce =
@@ -46,46 +46,52 @@
     terminal.systemctl("start network-online.target")
     terminal.wait_for_unit("network-online.target")
 
-    # Test 1: Test the systemd socket is installed & enabled
-    terminal.succeed('systemctl is-enabled paretosecurity.socket')
+    with subtest("Test the systemd socket is installed & enabled"):
+      terminal.succeed('systemctl is-enabled paretosecurity.socket')
 
-    # Test 2: Test running checks
-    terminal.succeed(
-      "su - alice -c 'paretosecurity check"
-      # Disable some checks that need intricate test setup so that this test
-      # remains simple and fast. Tests for all checks and edge cases available
-      # at https://github.com/ParetoSecurity/agent/tree/main/test/integration
-      + " --skip c96524f2-850b-4bb9-abc7-517051b6c14e"  # SecureBoot
-      + " --skip 37dee029-605b-4aab-96b9-5438e5aa44d8"  # Screen lock
-      + " --skip 21830a4e-84f1-48fe-9c5b-beab436b2cdb"  # Disk encryption
-      + " --skip 44e4754a-0b42-4964-9cc2-b88b2023cb1e"  # Pareto Security is up to date
-      + " --skip f962c423-fdf5-428a-a57a-827abc9b253e"  # Password manager installed
-      + "'"
-    )
+    with subtest("Test running checks"):
+      terminal.succeed(
+        "su - alice -c 'paretosecurity check"
+        # Disable some checks that need intricate test setup so that this test
+        # remains simple and fast. Tests for all checks and edge cases available
+        # at https://github.com/ParetoSecurity/agent/tree/main/test/integration
+        + " --skip c96524f2-850b-4bb9-abc7-517051b6c14e"  # SecureBoot
+        + " --skip 37dee029-605b-4aab-96b9-5438e5aa44d8"  # Screen lock
+        + " --skip 21830a4e-84f1-48fe-9c5b-beab436b2cdb"  # Disk encryption
+        + " --skip 44e4754a-0b42-4964-9cc2-b88b2023cb1e"  # Pareto Security is up to date
+        + " --skip f962c423-fdf5-428a-a57a-827abc9b253e"  # Password manager installed
+        + "'"
+      )
 
-    # Test 3: Test the tray icon
-    xfce.wait_for_x()
-    for unit in [
-        'paretosecurity-trayicon',
-        'paretosecurity-user',
-        'paretosecurity-user.timer'
-    ]:
-        status, out = xfce.systemctl("is-enabled " + unit, "alice")
-        assert status == 0, f"Unit {unit} is not enabled (status: {status}): {out}"
-    xfce.succeed("xdotool mousemove 460 10")
-    xfce.wait_for_text("Pareto Security")
-    xfce.succeed("xdotool click 1")
-    xfce.wait_for_text("Run Checks")
+    with subtest("Test linking to Pareto Cloud"):
+      # The linking service will fail because there is no Internet,
+      # but we can check that it tried
+      terminal.succeed('systemctl list-units --type=service | grep paretosecurity-link-alice')
+      terminal.succeed('journalctl -u paretosecurity-link-alice.service | grep "Linking device to Pareto Cloud for user alice"')
 
-    # Test 4: Desktop entry
-    xfce.succeed("xdotool mousemove 10 10")
-    xfce.succeed("xdotool click 1")  # hide the tray icon window
-    xfce.succeed("xdotool click 1")  # show the Applications menu
-    xfce.succeed("xdotool mousemove 10 200")
-    xfce.succeed("xdotool click 1")
-    xfce.wait_for_text("Pareto Security")
+    with subtest("Test 3: Test the tray icon"):
+      xfce.wait_for_x()
+      for unit in [
+          'paretosecurity-trayicon',
+          'paretosecurity-user',
+          'paretosecurity-user.timer'
+      ]:
+          status, out = xfce.systemctl("is-enabled " + unit, "alice")
+          assert status == 0, f"Unit {unit} is not enabled (status: {status}): {out}"
+      xfce.succeed("xdotool mousemove 460 10")
+      xfce.wait_for_text("Pareto Security")
+      xfce.succeed("xdotool click 1")
+      xfce.wait_for_text("Run Checks")
 
-    # Test 5: paretosecurity:// URL handler is registered
-    xfce.succeed("su - alice -c 'xdg-open paretosecurity://foo'")
+    with subtest("Test 4: Desktop entry"):
+      xfce.succeed("xdotool mousemove 10 10")
+      xfce.succeed("xdotool click 1")  # hide the tray icon window
+      xfce.succeed("xdotool click 1")  # show the Applications menu
+      xfce.succeed("xdotool mousemove 10 200")
+      xfce.succeed("xdotool click 1")
+      xfce.wait_for_text("Pareto Security")
+
+    with subtest("Test 5: paretosecurity:// URL handler is registered"):
+      xfce.succeed("su - alice -c 'xdg-open paretosecurity://foo'")
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paretosecurity/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paretosecurity/package.nix
index 791b7cba2f04..5f7dc0e2e15f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paretosecurity/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paretosecurity/package.nix
@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Agent that makes sure your laptop is correctly configured for security";
+    description = "A simple trayicon app that makes sure your laptop is correctly configured for security";
     longDescription = ''
-      The Pareto Security agent is a free and open source app to help you make
-      sure that your laptop is configured for security.
+      [Pareto Desktop](https://paretosecurity.com/linux) is a free and open
+      source trayicon app to help you configure your laptop for security. It
+      nudges you to take care of 20% of security-related tasks that bring 80% of
+      protection.
 
-      By default, it's a CLI command that prints out a report on basic security
-      settings such as if you have disk encryption and firewall enabled.
+      In it's simplest form, it's a CLI command that prints out a report on basic
+      security settings such as if you have disk encryption and firewall enabled.
 
       If you use the `services.paretosecurity` NixOS module, you also get a
       root helper that allows you to run the checker in userspace. Some checks
@@ -96,9 +98,11 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
       once per hour. If you want to use just the CLI mode, set
       `services.paretosecurity.trayIcon` to `false`.
 
-      Finally, you can run `paretosecurity link` to configure the agent
-      to send the status of checks to https://dash.paretosecurity.com to make
-      compliance people happy. No sending happens until your device is linked.
+      Finally, if you set `users.users.alice.paretosecurity.inviteId = "..."`
+      to the `inviteId` you get on [Pareto Cloud](https://cloud.paretosecurity.com/),
+      then Pareto Desktop acts as a read-only and push-only agent that sends the
+      status of checks to https://cloud.paretosecurity.com which makes
+      compliance people happy and your privacy intact.
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/ParetoSecurity/agent";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;