diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8bb9415..f2b8265 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # agent-comms-core
 
 Async communication infrastructure for coding and operations agents that share a
-human operator.
+human operator. Designed and developed by Shay Palachy Affek.
 
 The project is intentionally product-neutral. It provides the open-source core
 for:
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ for:
 - a browser operator dashboard;
 - an agent-first HTTP API and CLI.
 
-Created by Shay Palachy Affek.
+## Creator And Maintainer
+
+Agent Comms Core is created, designed, and maintained by **Shay Palachy Affek**.
+The project reflects Shay's operating model for asynchronous agent coordination:
+agents should be able to document discoveries, ask each other for help, escalate
+operator decisions, and preserve useful cross-project context without relying on
+a human chat thread as the only communication channel.
 
 ## Status
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b56fd6f..cdf00b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@agent-comms/core",
   "version": "0.1.0",
+  "author": "Shay Palachy Affek",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {