diff --git a/program.md b/program.md
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ To set up a new experiment, work with the user to:
 1. **Agree on a run tag**: propose a tag based on today's date (e.g. `mar5`). The branch `autoresearch/<tag>` must not already exist — this is a fresh run.
 2. **Create the branch**: `git checkout -b autoresearch/<tag>` from current master.
 3. **Read the in-scope files**: The repo is small. Read these files for full context:
+   - `README.md` — repository context.
    - `prepare.py` — fixed constants, data prep, tokenizer, dataloader, evaluation. Do not modify.
    - `train.py` — the file you modify. Model architecture, optimizer, training loop.
 4. **Verify data exists**: Check that `~/.cache/autoresearch/` contains data shards and a tokenizer. If not, tell the human to run `uv run prepare.py`.