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Summary

• README rewritten from scratch — from a sprawling status-update wall to a clean, confident project document that leads with what the system is and what it can do
• architectural.md — ADR-026 "default off" language updated; embedding selector is now on by default in compose
• flow.md — status date updated to 2026-09-22; Kafka/Helm noted as shipped

README changes in detail

The old README was ~370 lines of rolling status updates, blockquote streams, and internal-team notes. The new README is structured for a first-time reader (or a presentation audience):

Section	What it does
One-liner + tagline	States the project in one sentence
Demo video placeholder	Space for the launch video (comment shows the embed format)
What it does	4-row table: problem → what IntelliOps does
What's actually running	Bullet list of what's real, not aspirational
Architecture diagram	Same ASCII diagram, promoted to its own section
Design principles	The 5 principles, as prose not buried in a blockquote
Tech stack table	With opt-in/swap column
Quickstart	Trimmed to actual commands; VITE_OPERATOR_NAME wired in
Meridian section	3-scenario verification table
Safety & compliance	Every safeguard listed
What's been built	All-✅ completeness table
Documentation map	Clean table
Repo layout	Updated to reflect all 8 services
Why this exists	Moved to the bottom — context for those who want it

Test plan

• README renders correctly on GitHub (check tables, code blocks, ASCII diagrams)
• Demo video placeholder comment visible in raw view, not rendered
• All doc links resolve (architectural.md, flow.md, docs/*.md)
• Merge after fix/demo-polish (fix(demo): operator identity from env + enable embedding selector #72) so the RUNBOOK_SELECTOR_MODE note in architectural.md is consistent with compose

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