diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da01c10..8672d47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,21 @@
 
 This repository is the coordination entry point for Gazette press releases in Internal-Publication.
 
-Canonical staged content lives in:
+## Role
 
-- [gazette-press-release-set](https://gitea.d-bis.org/Internal-Publication/gazette-press-release-set)
+Use this repo for release coordination, corrections, supersessions, and repository-level pointers.
 
-Use this repo for release coordination, corrections, supersessions, and repo-level pointers. Do not duplicate the draft bodies here unless a specific release needs a standalone branch or repository handoff.
+## Canonical content
+
+- [gazette-press-release-set](https://gitea.d-bis.org/Internal-Publication/gazette-press-release-set) - ready Gazette press release drafts
+
+## Related repos
+
+- [publication-registry](https://gitea.d-bis.org/Internal-Publication/publication-registry) - canonical registry and controls
+- [publication-site-build](https://gitea.d-bis.org/Internal-Publication/publication-site-build) - generated site artifacts
+
+## Recommendations
+
+- Keep this repo as the coordination surface, not a duplicate of the full press-release corpus.
+- Promote a release here only when the draft is ready for the next publication step.
+- Leave held releases in the Gazette source package until their holds are cleared.