From 5b9da2fdfeeab753fe76f16f1c5e66e54bf2eb1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: swapnil <78632212+swapnilpaliwal-sd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:13:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] README: Status badges that reflect what exists today; the
 private-repo note was wrong

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 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 044462bf..e73a1419 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ A repository with several languages is one command: the parser emits every langu
 
 <p>
   <a href="https://github.com/AxiomCodeAI/axiom-code-graph/actions/workflows/ci.yml"><img alt="Build" src="https://github.com/AxiomCodeAI/axiom-code-graph/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/AxiomCodeAI/axiom-code-graph/actions/workflows/publish-npm.yml"><img alt="Engines" src="https://github.com/AxiomCodeAI/axiom-code-graph/actions/workflows/publish-npm.yml/badge.svg"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/AxiomCodeAI/axiom-code-graph/pull/478"><img alt="Engines: not yet published" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/engines-not%20yet%20published-lightgrey"></a>
   <a href="LICENSE.md"><img alt="License: FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-FSL--1.1--Apache--2.0-blue"></a>
   <img alt="Node ≥ 22.5" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/node-%E2%89%A5%2022.5-brightgreen">
 </p>
 
-Build: the three regression suites and the parser's suites, on every merge to `main`. Engines: the last run of the engine build and npm publish. (Workflow badges render once the repository is public; GitHub serves README images anonymously.)
+Build: the regression suites and the parser's suites on every merge to `main` (the badge reads "no status" until the workflow has run on `main`). Engines: the prebuilt engine packages on npm; the badge switches to the publish workflow's status once the first publish has run.
 
 ## Quick start