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+<p>
+  <img src="docs/brand/logo.svg" width="72" alt="Werkbaum logo">
+</p>
+
+# Werkbaum
+
+[Deutsch](README.md) · **English**
+
+A textual, Markdown-like notation for work breakdown structures with
+and/or decomposition — plus a live editor that renders it as a diagram.
+
+```
+[~] Werkbaum (XL) https://wiki.example.de/relaunch
+  - [~] Document store
+    | [x] Text file with copy+paste in the frontend (S)
+        - [x] Parser
+        - [x] Text input field in the frontend
+    | [ ] Backend
+  - [~] Display/rendering (XL)
+    - [/] H (S) @anna
+    - [ ] CMS integration (M)
+      | [ ] WordPress
+      | [?] Headless CMS
+```
+
+`-` = mandatory sub-package (all of, side by side in the diagram) ·
+`|` = alternative (any of, stacked) · `[…]` = status ·
+`(M)` = T-shirt effort · `@name` = responsibility · `%%` = comment.
+
+## Usage
+
+Open `frontend/index.html` in the browser — edit text on the left, the
+diagram is built live on the right. Toggles: transposed (narrow) layout,
+show discarded elements.
+
+## Project documents
+
+- `frontend/` — editor · `backend/` — Kotlin/Spring (scaffold to follow, see backend/README.md)
+- `docs/SPEC.md` — normative language definition
+- `docs/DECISIONS.md` — design decisions with rationale
+- `docs/ROADMAP.md` — Mermaid plugin, Taiga integration, Tenzu
+- `docs/TASKS.md` — open tasks (checkboxes)
+- `docs/brand/BRAND.md` — logo, wordmark, usage rules
+- `docs/design/` — design derivation of the brand
+- `CLAUDE.md` — project context for Claude Code
+
+> **Note:** The project documentation is maintained in German; German is the
+> source language (see `CLAUDE.md`). This English README is a convenience
+> translation and may lag behind the German original.
+
+## Deployment
+
+The editor is published as a static page on **GitHub Pages** via GitHub
+Actions (workflow: `.github/workflows/pages.yml`). Triggered on every push to
+`main` and manually (`workflow_dispatch`).
+
+The workflow assembles a site folder: `frontend/index.html` is placed as
+`index.html` at the root URL, along with the files the editor references
+(`docs/brand/` for the favicon, `LICENSE` for the MIT link in the footer). The
+`../` paths in the editor source are straightened only on the copy — the source
+file stays unchanged. `backend/` and the remaining `docs/` are not published.
+
+**One-time setup:** In the repo settings under **Pages**, select **Source** =
+"GitHub Actions". The repo must be **public** for this (GitHub Pages via Actions
+is only available for private repos on a paid plan).
+
+## License
+
+MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE). © 2026 Michael Hönnig.
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 # Werkbaum
 
+**Deutsch** · [English](README.en.md)
+
 Eine textuelle, Markdown-artige Notation für Projektstrukturpläne
 (Work Breakdown Structure) mit Und/Oder-Zerlegung — und ein Live-Editor,
 der sie als Diagramm rendert.