Clarify ledger authority and visibility guidance

Author: Wonderforge-Lab

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CapstanAI LabNote is a lightweight, file-based project ledger for people working
 
 You decide what belongs in the record and what requires review. A shared entry route gives each AI a clear reading path, defined places to leave work and stopping points for human decisions. Basic ledger use needs no LabNote background service, database or model API key.
 
-CapstanAI is the project name; LabNote is its practical ledger.
+CapstanAI LabNote is the name of this standalone ledger. It works without a separate CapstanAI service or engine.
 
 **English** | [简体中文](locales/zh-CN/README.md)
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ When a chat ends, a tool changes, or a project goes quiet, the files remain. Kep
 | “I need browser AI and coding agents to share a project.” | Project-owned files that can travel between tools. |
 | “I want this simple and under the project’s control.” | Ordinary files and Git history, without a required LabNote service. |
 
-[See when LabNote fits, when it does not, and how to ask an AI to compare options](docs/WHEN_TO_USE_LABNOTE.md).
+[See when LabNote fits, and when a simpler or different tool may be better](docs/WHEN_TO_USE_LABNOTE.md).
 
 ## Get LabNote
 
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ If you are already talking to an AI, this is the easiest place to begin. Copy an
 Help me set up CapstanAI LabNote for this project. First work out what access you have, then recommend the simplest safe route for me. I want you to explain any terminal commands before I run them.
 ```
 
+> This starts a setup conversation; it does not authorise an AI to create a project record on its own. In a controlled copy, tell the AI explicitly when you want it to start a deposit or other record.
+
 Or make your own copy directly:
 
 | Where you want it | What to do |
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ responses/      ← critiques, replies and signoffs come back
 registry/       ← what happened, when and by whom
 ```
 
-A session enters, reads the relevant route, contributes what it needs to contribute, leaves a traceable record and stops. The human remains in charge.
+A session enters, reads the relevant route, contributes what it needs to contribute, leaves a traceable record and stops. The human remains in charge. An AI may suggest a record worth making, but it waits for the human to start or approve that step.
 
 A typical trail is **packet → response → review → decision**.
 
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ Hence LabNote. What began as a fix for my own terrible project memory became my
 
 At heart, it turns the AI into a low-overhead archivist and coordinator: told what to read, where to put things, what to record and when to stop.
 
+[Read the evidence-led public evolution of this repository](docs/PROJECT_EVOLUTION.md).
+
 ## Licence
 
 [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE) · [CapstanAI LabNote source releases and version history](https://github.com/Wonderforge-Lab/CapstanAI-LabNote/releases)