diff --git a/DIVERGENCES.md b/DIVERGENCES.md
index 62a56df1e5..882c50deaa 100644
--- a/DIVERGENCES.md
+++ b/DIVERGENCES.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ upstream maintainers — see README → Syncing with upstream for why and how.
 | `README.*.md` (21 translations) | Deleted | Upstream marketing translations, irrelevant to the fork. | Keep deleted (`git rm` the upstream side of modify/delete conflicts). |
 | `screenshot-uk.png` | Deleted | Orphaned README-translation asset; referenced by nothing. | Keep deleted. |
 | `.github/TEAM_MEMBERS` | Deleted | Upstream's team roster. The five workflows that read it (pr-standards, pr-management, triage, duplicate-issues, compliance-close) fetch it from a `dev` branch this fork doesn't have, so they are already inert here. | Keep deleted. |
+| `packages/script/src/index.ts` | Guard the `.github/TEAM_MEMBERS` read: fall back to an empty team list when the file is absent instead of throwing at module load | This module is imported by the publish path (`publish.ts`); the deleted `TEAM_MEMBERS` (row above) made `bun run release` crash with ENOENT. `Script.team` has no consumers in the fork. | Keep our `exists()` guard; take upstream's surrounding changes. |
 | `.github/workflows/` — 22 upstream workflows deleted (beta, close-issues, close-prs, compliance-close, containers, deploy, docs-locale-sync, docs-update, duplicate-issues, generate, nix-hashes, notify-discord, opencode, pr-management, pr-standards, publish, publish-github-action, publish-vscode, release-github-action, review, stats, triage) | Deleted | All inert or upstream-only here: gated on `anomalyco/opencode`, publish/deploy to upstream infra, need upstream secrets (`OPENCODE_APP_SECRET`, `OPENCODE_API_KEY`, marketplace/Discord/PostHog tokens), trigger only on a `dev` branch the fork lacks, or read the deleted `TEAM_MEMBERS`. | Keep deleted; delete new upstream workflows too unless they're generic self-contained CI. |
 | `.github/workflows/{typecheck,test,nix-eval,storybook}.yml` | Triggers `dev` → `main` (incl. test.yml's concurrency-group ref check); runners `blacksmith-*` → `ubuntu-latest`/`windows-latest`; test.yml unit-test step `timeout-minutes` 20 → 45 | Fork's default branch is `main`; Blacksmith runners aren't installed here, so jobs queued forever. GitHub-hosted `windows-latest` needs well over 20 minutes for the spawn-heavy opencode suite. | Keep our branches + runners + timeout; take upstream's other changes. |
 | `packages/core/test/ripgrep.test.ts` | `120_000` timeout on both `it.live` tests | First use downloads + extracts the ripgrep binary; GitHub-hosted Windows runners blow bun's 5s default. | Keep our timeouts; take upstream's test changes. |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9acf8bd135..d32d6e6d70 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 # CoDev Code
 
-CoDev Code is a fork of [opencode](https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode) that tracks upstream while carrying a small set of organization-specific changes. Read [DIVERGENCES.md](DIVERGENCES.md) before editing any upstream file — it defines where changes are allowed to live.
-
-## Development
-
-```sh
-bun install
-cd packages/opencode
-bun run dev          # run the CLI from source
-bun run typecheck
-bun test
-```
+CoDev Code is a fork of [OpenCode](https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode) that tracks upstream while carrying a small set of organization-specific changes. Read [DIVERGENCES.md](DIVERGENCES.md) before editing any upstream file — it defines where changes are allowed to live.
 
 Upstream's [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) and [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) conventions (commit style, code style, package layout) apply here unchanged.
 
@@ -20,14 +10,14 @@ Releases publish the unscoped — therefore **public** — [`codev-code`](https:
 
 ```sh
 npm login                # once per machine
-bun run release          # from the repo root: builds all platforms (~15-20 min), then publishes
+bun release          # from the repo root: builds all platforms (~15-20 min), then publishes
 ```
 
 Variants:
 
 ```sh
-bun run release beta            # publish under the `beta` dist-tag instead of `latest`
-bun run release --skip-build    # reuse an existing dist/ (must match the package.json version)
+bun release beta            # publish under the `beta` dist-tag instead of `latest`
+bun release --skip-build    # reuse an existing dist/ (must match the package.json version)
 ```
 
 Notes:
@@ -84,6 +74,12 @@ Features go, in order of preference:
 2. **New workspace packages** (`packages/codev-*`) — additive; near-zero merge cost.
 3. **Edits to upstream files** — last resort. Every such file must be listed in [DIVERGENCES.md](DIVERGENCES.md) with a reason and a conflict-resolution strategy.
 
-## License
+## Development
 
-MIT. This repository retains the upstream [LICENSE](LICENSE) (Copyright (c) 2025 opencode). See [NOTICE](NOTICE) for attribution.
+```sh
+bun install
+cd packages/opencode
+bun run dev          # run the CLI from source
+bun run typecheck
+bun test
+```
diff --git a/packages/script/src/index.ts b/packages/script/src/index.ts
index d148ce0d2b..b0af52a8d6 100644
--- a/packages/script/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/script/src/index.ts
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ const VERSION = await (async () => {
 
 const bot = ["actions-user", "opencode", "opencode-agent[bot]"]
 const teamPath = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, "../../../.github/TEAM_MEMBERS")
+// Fork: TEAM_MEMBERS was deleted (upstream's team-gated workflows are gone) and
+// nothing here reads Script.team, but this module is imported by the publish
+// path. Tolerate the missing file instead of crashing the release.
+const teamFile = Bun.file(teamPath)
 const team = [
-  ...(await Bun.file(teamPath)
-    .text()
-    .then((x) => x.split(/\r?\n/).map((x) => x.trim()))
-    .then((x) => x.filter((x) => x && !x.startsWith("#")))),
+  ...((await teamFile.exists())
+    ? await teamFile
+        .text()
+        .then((x) => x.split(/\r?\n/).map((x) => x.trim()))
+        .then((x) => x.filter((x) => x && !x.startsWith("#")))
+    : []),
   ...bot,
 ]