docs: mark as research checkpoint; pin v1.0 for production

README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,23 @@ library_name: pytorch
 pipeline_tag: feature-extraction
 inference: false
 ---
+<!-- SRT-VERSIONING-DISCLAIMER -->
+> ## Research checkpoint (not a stable release)
+>
+> This repo is an internal **research-iteration checkpoint** from the SRT-Adapter
+> empirical arc (paper: <https://github.com/space-bacon/SRT>). Weights are released
+> under Apache-2.0 for reproducibility, but the version label is a research
+> generation, not a semver version — read it as `v0.8a` in product terms.
+> It may be moved, retired, or renamed without notice.
+>
+> **For production use, pin the stable release:**
+> [`RiverRider/srt-adapter-v1.0`](https://huggingface.co/RiverRider/srt-adapter-v1.0).
+>
+> See the [versioning policy](https://github.com/space-bacon/SRT#versioning-policy)
+> in the SRT repo for details.
+
+---
+
 
 # SRT-Adapter v8a: Peer-Review Release