From 7a0d6ba3b664d66692d6a9dc22e044d4855751b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bensynapse <118375461+bensynapse@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:09:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add the Zenodo DOI to the README and CITATION.cff

---
 CITATION.cff | 3 +--
 README.md    | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 77c5d6b..680c1f1 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ keywords:
   - "citations"
   - "LLM evaluation"
   - "benchmark"
-# Uncomment after the first Zenodo release and put in the concept DOI Zenodo shows:
-# doi: 10.5281/zenodo.NNNNNNN
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.23029697
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a11d758..ec633a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # answer-engine-benchmark
 
+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.23029697.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23029697)
+
 Asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude the questions your buyers ask, with
 web search on, several times each. Then it counts how often each answer cites
 your site, what it cites instead, and what it says about you. Every answer is
@@ -184,6 +186,13 @@ pytest
 46 tests. They mock every API and stand in a fake `claude` for the CLI, so they
 spend nothing and need no keys or login.
 
+## Citing
+
+Zenodo archives every release. The DOI
+[10.5281/zenodo.23029697](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23029697) always points to the
+latest version. GitHub's "Cite this repository" button gives the same reference from
+`CITATION.cff`.
+
 ## Licence
 
 MIT. Made by [Synapse](https://synapsereality.io/open-source/answer-engine-benchmark/).