diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Running backlog (kept here, in a committed file, so the guidance survives across
 - Adopt the OCI annotation keys (`org.opencontainers.image.*`) for Docker image metadata across the Docker repos, replacing the ad-hoc and `org.label-schema.*` labels (from #363).
 - Sweep `ManagePackageVersionsCentrally` placement to `Directory.Packages.props` fleet-wide (PlexCleaner sets it in `Directory.Build.props`, off the CODESTYLE canonical).
 - Finish onboarding hardening (from #310): make the `AUDIT.md` audit a required onboarding step and run the per-type cold-start self-tests tracked in `reports/conformance-matrix.md` (`STANDUP.md` is already in place).
+- Refresh the README (it has gone stale) and evaluate a lower-maintenance structure - for example a per-section index that points into each doc with a one-line description, keeping the README as the adoption and audit-instruction entry point with pointers to the other docs. A per-section index trades brevity for a sync obligation: it must track what the docs contain.
 
 ## License