Goal
The Downloads badge was temporarily removed in #59 because pepy.tech and shields.io's PyPI-downloads endpoints both return red "not found" / "package not found" text for the first 24–48 hours after a fresh PyPI release. We want it back once the stats start flowing.
When to do this
Verify the badge works before adding it back:
```bash
curl https://img.shields.io/pepy/dt/aicertify.json
```
If the response no longer says "color":"red" / "message":"not found" and instead shows a real number, the badge is safe to re-add.
Where to add it
In each of the 5 READMEs, insert this line right after the PyPI badge line in the badge row:
```html

```
Files:
README.md
README.zh-CN.md — use alt="下载量"
README.ja-JP.md — use alt="ダウンロード"
README.ko-KR.md — use alt="다운로드"
README.hi-IN.md — use alt="Downloads"
Acceptance criteria
Context
Removed in #59 (2026-05-14). See that PR for the colour-grading reasoning behind the broader badge-row tightening.
Goal
The Downloads badge was temporarily removed in #59 because pepy.tech and shields.io's PyPI-downloads endpoints both return red "not found" / "package not found" text for the first 24–48 hours after a fresh PyPI release. We want it back once the stats start flowing.
When to do this
Verify the badge works before adding it back:
```bash
curl https://img.shields.io/pepy/dt/aicertify.json
```
If the response no longer says
"color":"red"/"message":"not found"and instead shows a real number, the badge is safe to re-add.Where to add it
In each of the 5 READMEs, insert this line right after the PyPI badge line in the badge row:
```html

```
Files:
README.mdREADME.zh-CN.md— usealt="下载量"README.ja-JP.md— usealt="ダウンロード"README.ko-KR.md— usealt="다운로드"README.hi-IN.md— usealt="Downloads"Acceptance criteria
curl https://img.shields.io/pepy/dt/aicertify.jsonreturns a non-red colour and a real download countContext
Removed in #59 (2026-05-14). See that PR for the colour-grading reasoning behind the broader badge-row tightening.