The README hadn't been refreshed since the v0 wave. Several major
shipped surfaces weren't called out (Canvas v4 warm-paper theme,
Memory v2 with pgvector, RFC #2967 typed-SSOT A2A response path,
the SaaS control plane, the molecule-mcp-claude-channel plugin we
just shipped via v0.4.0/0.4.1/0.4.2). The runtime list still said
"6" when 8 are in production. The icon was a 1.3 MB PNG with no
light-mode variant.
- New `docs/assets/branding/molecule-icon.svg` matches the landing
page's `public/favicon.svg` shape (5-spoke molecular graph) but
carries `prefers-color-scheme` styles so it adapts to GitHub's
light/dark modes. The PNG stays for back-compat with anything
that hotlinks it.
- `docs/assets/branding/molecule-logo.svg` adds a wordmark variant
for places that want the brand name alongside the icon.
- README hero replaces the PNG `<img>` with the SVG so contributors
reading on GitHub light see a tinted version that doesn't blow
out the page background.
- **8 production runtimes** named explicitly throughout: Claude
Code, Hermes, Gemini CLI, LangGraph, DeepAgents, CrewAI, AutoGen,
OpenClaw. Comparison table grew Hermes 4 + Gemini CLI rows with
the integration mechanism (Option B upstream hook, A2A bridge,
multi-provider derivation).
- **Canvas v4** — warm-paper theme system (light / dark / follow-
system) called out alongside the existing Next.js 15 / React Flow /
Zustand stack.
- **Memory v2 backed by pgvector** — semantic recall callout in
both the "memory model" pitch line and the runtime stack section.
- **RFC #2967 typed-SSOT A2A response path** named in the platform
ship list + architecture diagram.
- **SaaS surface section** added — multi-tenant EC2 + Neon +
Cloudflare Tunnels, WorkOS + Stripe, KMS envelope, tenant_resources
audit + 30-min reconciler. Cross-links to molecule-controlplane.
- **molecule-mcp-claude-channel plugin** added — entry point for
Claude Code users to bridge A2A traffic into a local session via
MCP. Documents the standard marketplace install flow + multi-
tenant config.
- **Architecture diagram** redrawn with Canvas → Platform → Postgres
+ Provisioner (Docker | EC2+SSM) layout, plus a SaaS control plane
block.
- **Quick Start** repo URL fixed (`molecule-monorepo` → `molecule-core`),
Go version bumped to 1.25, Python ≥3.11 noted.
- Deploy buttons + Quick Start URL all bump from the old
`molecule-monorepo` name to the current `molecule-core`. Pre-fix
these clicked through to a 404.
The provisioner refactor (`registry.go` deletion + RegistryPrefix
env-driven changes) that lived alongside an earlier draft of this
README on the `docs/readme-refresh-2026-05-06` branch is OUT of
this PR — that work shipped separately via #6. This branch is
docs-only so the review surface is small and the merge is reversible.
- `git diff staging --stat`:
```
README.md | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
docs/assets/branding/molecule-icon.svg | 28 +++++++++++++
docs/assets/branding/molecule-logo.svg | 17 ++++++++
3 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
```
- SVGs validated in a browser at light + dark `prefers-color-scheme`.
- All linked docs (./docs/index.md, ./docs/quickstart.md, ./docs/
architecture/architecture.md, ./docs/api-protocol/platform-api.md,
./docs/agent-runtime/workspace-runtime.md, ./LICENSE, etc.) verified
to exist on staging.
- README.zh-CN.md mirror — non-trivial translation work; file as
separate issue if mirror is wanted.
- molecule-ai/.github org-profile README — Gitea has no equivalent
to GitHub's org-profile surface, and the GitHub org is suspended.
Skipped.
🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Swap in the new molecular-graph icon across canvas favicon, in-app logo,
and README branding paths. Add HANDOFF.md as the cross-session context
doc carried over from the Starfire→Molecule AI migration. Fix stale
"Starfire" reference in the pre-commit hook header.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
