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+# Code of Conduct
+
+This project aims to be a welcoming, practical, and respectful place to build together.
+
+## Our Standard
+
+Contributors are expected to:
+
+- communicate with respect and patience
+- assume good intent and give constructive feedback
+- focus on the code and the idea, not the person
+- help keep the template reusable for many kinds of teams and projects
+
+Unacceptable behavior includes harassment, personal attacks, hateful language, doxxing, or deliberately disruptive conduct.
+
+## Scope
+
+This code of conduct applies to repository discussions, issues, pull requests, and other project spaces.
+
+## Reporting
+
+If you experience or witness unacceptable behavior, contact the repository maintainer privately through GitHub before opening a public thread.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Project maintainers may remove comments, close threads, reject contributions, or block participation when behavior harms the project or its contributors.
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Boyeep
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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 5. Split training and experimentation into a separate workspace later.
 
 The short public roadmap lives in [soon.md](./soon.md).
+
+## Repository Standards
+
+- [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- [CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
+- [LICENSE](./LICENSE)
+- [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md)
+- [template-playbook.md](./template-playbook.md)