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 Issues and pull requests are welcome. Keep changes covered by tests (`go test ./...`) and
 gofmt-clean; CI enforces both. Use only synthetic or revoked credentials in test fixtures.
 
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Revenant was designed and built in collaboration with Claude (Anthropic), credited as a
+co-author throughout the commit history via `Co-authored-by` trailers.
+
 ## Legal
 
 For authorized security testing and assets you own or are permitted to test. You are