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-# repo-seed
+# open-reuse
 
-A git repository template to bootstrap coulomb projects from.
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+*Managed continuity for valuable open-source integrations.*
+
+Pragmatically-created integrations with open-source software — a reused
+component, an adapted service, an extracted module — become long-term
+dependencies on upstream evolution once they prove valuable. `open-reuse`
+turns those integrations into structured, maintainable, explicitly-owned
+assets instead of letting them degrade into undocumented, silently-breaking
+liabilities. The goal is not merely reuse, but **sustainable reuse under
+change**.
+
+Every integration is analyzed, classified by reuse mode, given clear
+boundaries and interfaces, and tracked with an explicit update loop against
+its upstream.
+
+## Quick start
+
+```bash
+open-reuse validate
+open-reuse validate path/to/thing.integration.yaml --root .
+```
+
+`validate` checks integration definitions (`registry/integrations/*.integration.yaml`)
+against `schemas/integration.schema.yaml` and the registry index
+(`registry/indexes/integrations.yaml`).
+
+## Getting oriented
+
+- **Intent and problem statement:** `INTENT.md`
+- **Scope and boundaries:** `SCOPE.md`
+- **Product requirements:** `ProductRequirementsDocument.md`
+- **Integration entry template:** `templates/integration-entry.template.yaml`
+- **CLI source:** `open_reuse/cli.py`, `open_reuse/registry.py`, `open_reuse/validate.py`
+
+## In scope
+
+Integration analysis docs, registry, and workplans; reuse-mode
+classification and continuity policies; State Hub progress and decisions.
+See `SCOPE.md` for the full in/out-of-scope breakdown.