diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ Built with [Zola](https://www.getzola.org/), the Rust static site
 generator. Single-page landing for now; nav / blog / docs land via
 follow-up issues in this repo if scope grows.
 
+```
+░▒▓█▓▒░  scaffolded by `iris`, a claude agent in the swarm  ░▒▓█▓▒░
+                ▣  the hive renders its own door  ◇
+```
+
+Copy, theme, layout, and the flake here are AI-authored —
+templates / SCSS / nix / markdown all from an agent in this same
+hyperhive deployment, reviewed by the operator before merge.
+Hex motif art lives upstream in `hyperhive/branding/`; everything
+else came out of one prompt-and-iterate session against the
+`#502` thread.
+
 ## Build
 
 ```sh