diff --git a/web/lage.config.js b/web/lage.config.js
index 87205c147..d77249f0d 100644
--- a/web/lage.config.js
+++ b/web/lage.config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module.exports = {
     pipeline: {
         "extract-locales": [],
         "build-locales": [],
+        "clean": [],
         "build-locales:build": [],
         "build-locales:repair": [],
         "rollup:build": [],
diff --git a/web/package.json b/web/package.json
index 816c9cc63..fc4324129 100644
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         "build-locales": "lage build-locales",
         "build-locales:build": "lage build-locales:build",
         "build-locales:repair": "lage build-locales:repair",
+        "clean": "lage clean",
         "rollup:build": "lage rollup:build",
         "rollup:build-proxy": "lage rollup:build-proxy",
         "rollup:watch": "lage rollup:watch",
diff --git a/web/packages/localization/README.md b/web/packages/localization/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17d6804b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/packages/localization/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+web: localization
+
+This package contains all the localization strings needed by all of the other packages in our
+application, and provides tooling for making them available as JavaScript translation catalogs
+suitable for `lit-localize`. It does this by scanning the source trees of all of the packages and
+assembling the complete list of translatable (and already translated) strings into the `./xliff`
+folder.
+
+Commands provided:
+
+- extract-locales: extracts any string tagged as translatable (i.e., with the `msg(...)` syntax) and
+  integrates any newfound strings into the existing XLIFF files. Also: reprocesses the
+  `sourceLocale` file to create a pseudolocale for testing purposes. (This must be done
+  sequentially, as the `sourceLocale` file must be built before the conversion takes place.)
+- build: Convert XLIFF to Typescript, compile, lint, and format. The `lint` pass is especially
+  important as it enforces the "backquotes to doublequotes when no template in use" rule, and the
+  `format` pass must always come last to ensure our committed code matches our standard.
+- clean: Delete the `dist` and `src` folders, as well as the constructed `.mjs` file for
+  pseudolocalization.
+  
+## User notes:
+
+Due to the circular nature of translation's dependencies (*every* package must be scanned for new
+strings, and if there are new strings, *every* package must then be rebuilt), extraction is not
+performed automatically. This introduces the risk that a developer may not run the extraction and
+test as needed. The reminder in the GitHub pull request template is there for a reason.
+
+## Maintenance note:
+
+If you add a new package to the monorepo and it has strings that need translating, you must add it
+to the list of `inputFiles` scanned in `lit-localize.json`.
+
+
diff --git a/web/packages/localization/package.json b/web/packages/localization/package.json
index ca2165e04..ecf101da0 100644
--- a/web/packages/localization/package.json
+++ b/web/packages/localization/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "clean:dist": "rimraf dist scripts/*.mjs",
         "clean:build": "rimraf src",
         "clean": "npm-run-all --parallel clean:dist clean:build",
-        "extract-locales": "run-p localization:extract localization:pseudolocalize",
+        "extract-locales": "npm-run-all --sequential localization:extract localization:pseudolocalize",
         "lint:lint": "eslint . --max-warnings 0",
         "fix:lint": "eslint . --max-warnings 0 --fix dist/locale-codes.js",
         "fix:prettier": "prettier --write ./src/**/* ./package.json ./lit-localize.json",