docs: reconcile post-publication install and release status

Author: dormitivegit

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ This remains a full-functional recovery candidate. These source changes do not
 publish a package, create a release, establish third-party adoption, or replace
 maintainer review.
 
+Post-publication note (2026-08-23): The `v0.3.0-recovery.5` GitHub release is
+published as a prerelease, and `fable5-assurance-toolkit==0.3.0rc5` is available
+from PyPI. This records publication only; it does not claim production
+readiness, broad compatibility, third-party adoption, canonical promotion, or
+external validation.
+
 ## 0.3.0-recovery.4
 
 - Published the accepted-manifest and machine-readable CLI contract hardening

README.md

@@ -15,17 +15,24 @@ decisions.
 ## Quick start
 
 FABLE5 requires Python 3.11 or newer and has no non-standard-library Python
-runtime dependencies. For the checkout-based examples below, run commands from
-the repository root. Install it in an isolated environment:
+runtime dependencies. Install the published prerelease in an isolated
+environment:
 
 ```sh
 python3 -m venv .venv
 . .venv/bin/activate
-python -m pip install .
+python -m pip install fable5-assurance-toolkit==0.3.0rc5
 assurance --version
 assurance --help
 ```
 
+For a source checkout, run commands from the repository root. To install the
+checkout for development instead of the published prerelease, use:
+
+```sh
+python -m pip install .
+```
+
 Run a deterministic governance-pack check against the included fixture:
 
 ```sh
@@ -239,10 +246,11 @@ contract, not recovery of historical source bytes, commits, or tags. The
 reconstructed lineage; `v0.3.0-recovery.2` records the subsequent public
 open-source surface hardening; `v0.3.0-recovery.3` generalizes the public
 authorization contract for external maintainers; and `v0.3.0-recovery.4`
-publishes the current contract hardening and consumer guidance. The prepared
-`v0.3.0-recovery.5` release adds first-run navigation, validated
+publishes the current contract hardening and consumer guidance. The published
+`v0.3.0-recovery.5` prerelease adds first-run navigation, validated
 maintainer-controlled workflow summaries, a runnable machine-consumer path,
-and PEP 517 distribution metadata; it does not itself publish a package.
+and PEP 517 distribution metadata. Its Python distribution is available from
+PyPI as `fable5-assurance-toolkit==0.3.0rc5`.
 
 The current status means the six modules and public interface have been
 reconstructed and mechanically tested. Bounded independent review exists for