diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1a7300..03b97fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- The repository is public. The README no longer asks for private-repository
+  access or a contents-read token; another repository uses the Action directly
+  as `HlinorAI/sheetsentry@<commit-sha>`.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - The composite GitHub Action installs SheetSentry from the action's own
diff --git a/PROJECT_PLAN.md b/PROJECT_PLAN.md
index 7449d10..f1a46f1 100644
--- a/PROJECT_PLAN.md
+++ b/PROJECT_PLAN.md
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ boundary: 17 audit rules, 8 diff rules, a finding-review workflow, and SARIF
 output for GitHub code scanning. One runtime dependency (`openpyxl`);
 everything else is the standard library. Python 3.10+.
 
-## Current state (2026-10-01)
+## Current state (2026-10-16)
 
-- Private repository, version `0.1.0`, **not published** to PyPI.
-- Full test suite: 96 tests, CI matrix 3 OS x 4 Python versions.
+- Public repository (Apache-2.0) since 2026-10-16, version `0.1.0`,
+  **not published** to PyPI.
+- Full test suite: 107 tests, CI matrix 3 OS x 4 Python versions.
 - Composite GitHub Action (`action.yml`) runs the CLI on the caller's
   workbooks and installs SheetSentry **from the action's own checked-out
   source** (`github.action_path`) — not from PyPI, where no package exists.
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ everything else is the standard library. Python 3.10+.
   clean environment (asserts SheetSentry is not preinstalled), validates the
   SARIF report and the installed-source metadata (`direct_url.json`).
 - `README.md`: Install / In CI sections document source installation only and
-  the Python 3.10+ / private-repo prerequisites.
+  the Python 3.10+ prerequisite.
 - No version bump, no dependency changes, no release in this change.
 
 ## Multi-file output (SHEETSENTRY-002)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f52f456..c6b509b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Total: 3 findings (2 errors, 1 warning)
 ## Install
 
 SheetSentry is not on PyPI. Install from a checkout of this repository
-(requires access to this private repo and Python 3.10+):
+(requires Python 3.10+):
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/HlinorAI/sheetsentry.git
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ Exit codes: `0` clean, `1` findings at or above `--fail-on` (default `error`), `
 The repository ships a composite GitHub Action that installs SheetSentry from
 the action's own checked-out source — nothing is fetched from PyPI, because
 there is no SheetSentry package there. The consumer workflow needs Python
-3.10+ set up first (the action installs with `pip`), and access to this
-private repository.
+3.10+ set up first (the action installs with `pip`).
 
 Same repository:
 
@@ -117,21 +116,15 @@ Same repository:
     sarif_file: sheetsentry.sarif
 ```
 
-Another (private) repository: check out the consumer repo first, then the
-action source, using a token that has **contents: read** on this repository
-(create the token yourself; the examples below only reference it):
+Another repository: reference the action directly. There are no release tags
+yet, so pin a full commit SHA from this repository for reproducible runs:
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v4            # the consumer repository
-- uses: actions/checkout@v4            # the action's source
-  with:
-    repository: HlinorAI/sheetsentry
-    token: ${{ secrets.SHEETSSENTRY_SOURCE_READ }}
-    path: sheetsentry-action
+- uses: actions/checkout@v4
 - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
   with:
     python-version: "3.11"
-- uses: ./sheetsentry-action
+- uses: HlinorAI/sheetsentry@<commit-sha>
   with:
     files: data/*.xlsx
 - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
@@ -144,7 +137,7 @@ space-separated patterns, or one literal path — a path containing spaces
 works when it names exactly one existing file:
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: ./sheetsentry-action
+- uses: HlinorAI/sheetsentry@<commit-sha>
   with:
     files: reports/final report.xlsx
 ```