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 # convilyn-author
 
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-Official Convilyn author SDK — build & host tool servers and author workflow specs for the Convilyn AI platform.
+Official Convilyn author SDK — build and host tool servers, author workflow specs, and create reusable AI workflow components for the Convilyn AI platform.
+
+Convilyn Author helps builders turn tools, services, and repeated processes into reusable workflow building blocks. It is part of the CoreNovus vision for practical AI workflows across cloud services, local machines, AI PCs, edge devices, and future IoT environments.
 
 > **Public mirror** of Convilyn's monorepo (the source of truth). Contributions are
 > welcome and land in the shipped package — see
 > **[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)** (fork → PR → upstreamed, authorship preserved).
 
+## What is Convilyn Author?
+
+Convilyn Author is an open source Python SDK for creating tool servers and workflow specs for Convilyn.
+
+It helps developers expose useful capabilities as reusable tools, run them locally during development, and host them on their own infrastructure. This makes it easier for the community to build, share, and maintain workflow components that others can use.
+
+## Who is this for?
+
+Convilyn Author is for:
+
+- Developers building tool servers for AI workflows
+- Builders creating reusable workflow components
+- Teams standardizing repeated processes
+- People experimenting with local-first and edge-ready AI workflows
+- Contributors who want to help expand the Convilyn community library
+
 ## Install
 
 ```bash
@@ -24,22 +46,48 @@ convilyn-author dev                # run locally (no secret needed)
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 Free to install; you host your tool server on your own infra (Lambda / Fargate /
-VM) and Convilyn bills the *caller* of your tools, not you. See
-**[docs/DEPLOYMENT.md](docs/DEPLOYMENT.md)** for the HMAC contract + billing model,
-**[docs/STABILITY.md](docs/STABILITY.md)** for the SemVer promise, and the full docs
-at <https://docs.convilyn.corenovus.com>.
+VM) and Convilyn bills the *caller* of your tools, not you.
+
+See **[docs/DEPLOYMENT.md](docs/DEPLOYMENT.md)** for the HMAC contract + billing model,
+**[docs/STABILITY.md](docs/STABILITY.md)** for the SemVer promise, and the full docs at:
+
+[https://docs.convilyn.corenovus.com](https://docs.convilyn.corenovus.com)
+
+## Community
 
+Convilyn Author is maintained by CoreNovus, an independent developer team building open source tools for reusable AI workflows.
+
+We welcome contributions from people who want to help improve documentation, examples, tests, local development experience, tool server patterns, workflow specs, and deployment guidance.
+
+A useful workflow component should not stay locked inside one project. It should become something others can learn from, adapt, host, and reuse in their own context.
+
+Start here:
+
+* [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+* [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
+* [Good first issues](https://github.com/CoreNovus/convilyn-author-python/labels/good%20first%20issue)
+* [CoreNovus on GitHub](https://github.com/CoreNovus)
+
+## Project direction
+
+CoreNovus is building toward a world where AI workflows can move beyond one-time chat sessions.
+
+Convilyn Author focuses on the authoring side: tool servers, workflow specs, and reusable workflow components. Together with the Convilyn client SDK, it helps make workflows easier to create, save, run, share, and eventually bring across cloud, local, and real-world environments.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-We use the **DCO** (`git commit -s`) — no CLA. Start with
-[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md), the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md), and
-[good first issues](https://github.com/CoreNovus/convilyn-author-python/labels/good%20first%20issue).
+We use the **DCO** (`git commit -s`) — no CLA.
+
+Start with [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md), the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md), and [good first issues](https://github.com/CoreNovus/convilyn-author-python/labels/good%20first%20issue).
+
+Small documentation fixes, examples, tests, and issue reports are especially welcome.
 
 ## Security
 
 Please report vulnerabilities privately — see [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md).
 
+Do not open a public GitHub issue for security vulnerabilities.
+
 ## License
 
 [Apache-2.0](LICENSE).
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