diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -85,6 +85,28 @@ describe an implementation as "HACP compliant" yet; use narrower labels such as
 "implements the HACP v0.1 draft base profile" and cite the evidence that was
 checked.
 
+## Stability Lanes
+
+### Stable Enough To Use Now
+
+- draft artifact vocabulary for packets, reports, stops, findings, decisions,
+  evidence sets, and loop policies;
+- draft JSON Schema pack for machine-checkable artifact shape and vocabulary;
+- valid/invalid example corpus with manifest expectations;
+- local `hacp:doctor` validation flow for repeatable draft checks;
+- explicit authority boundary language that keeps approval and risk acceptance
+  human-owned.
+
+### Experimental Or Product-Proven But Not Standardized
+
+- product-specific UX/readback and governance workflows;
+- cross-vendor interoperability claims without independent implementations;
+- any claim that schema validation alone proves operational safety;
+- any maturity framing that implies a finalized or ratified standard.
+
+Use these lanes when describing HACP externally: "working draft with proven
+local evidence" is accurate; "formal standard" is not.
+
 ## HACP 0.2 Draft
 
 HACP 0.2 is a new experimental protocol draft that frames HACP as a
@@ -114,6 +136,9 @@ Start here:
 HACP 0.2 is not 1.0. It is a draft vocabulary and fixture set for review and
 independent implementation feedback.
 
+For maturity framing across v0.1 and v0.2, see
+[Stability Lanes](#stability-lanes).
+
 ## Public Review
 
 The preferred place for early v0.1 feedback is
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@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ the required base evidence list.
 - Canonical valid examples: [`examples/valid/`](examples/valid/)
 - Intentional invalid contract tests: [`examples/invalid/`](examples/invalid/)
 - Corpus inventory manifest: [`examples/manifest.json`](examples/manifest.json)
+- Corpus guidance and claim boundaries: [`examples/README.md`](examples/README.md)
 - Reliability boundary stop example:
   [`examples/valid/stop-response.reliability-boundary.valid.json`](examples/valid/stop-response.reliability-boundary.valid.json)
 - Stop response fixture pack:
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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# HACP Example Corpus Guidance
+
+This folder contains draft HACP fixture artifacts used for local, repeatable
+validation checks. These fixtures are protocol documentation assets, not
+runtime instructions.
+
+## Purpose
+
+- `valid/` fixtures show schema-conforming artifact shapes.
+- `invalid/` fixtures are intentional contract-failure examples.
+- `manifest.json` declares expected outcomes and metadata used by local checks.
+
+## What Fixtures Prove
+
+- whether a fixture conforms to the referenced draft schema;
+- whether expected-valid and expected-invalid outcomes match manifest
+  declarations when manifest-mode checking runs;
+- whether artifact vocabulary and basic structure are machine-checkable.
+
+## What Fixtures Do Not Prove
+
+- production safety certification;
+- autonomous dispatch or execution authority;
+- human approval, merge, deploy, or risk acceptance decisions;
+- cross-vendor interoperability by themselves.
+
+## Validation Flow
+
+Run the local draft checker against this corpus:
+
+```bash
+npm run hacp:doctor -- schemas/examples/valid
+npm run hacp:doctor -- schemas/examples/invalid --json
+npm run hacp:doctor -- schemas/examples --manifest schemas/examples/manifest.json
+```
+
+Expected exit-code behavior:
+
+- `0`: checks passed for the requested target.
+- `1`: contract diagnostics found (expected when checking `invalid/` directly).
+- `2`: usage, input, schema compile, or environment hard failure.
+
+Validation output is evidence for review. It is not approval and does not grant
+execution authority.