From e3df7e1cc2442c38b4293009d51794a9a93e440a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavan Kumar <66913595+ascender1729@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:54:24 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add citation file and README instructions

---
 CITATION.cff | 11 +++++++++++
 README.md    |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CITATION.cff

diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ba47d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it using the following metadata."
+title: "swarms"
+version: "7.8.6"
+url: "https://github.com/kyegomez/swarms"
+date-released: "2025-06-12"
+authors:
+  - family-names: Gomez
+    given-names: Kye
+    email: "kye@apac.ai"
+    affiliation: "The Swarm Corporation"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4f85753..06ad077a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2078,6 +2078,10 @@ Join our growing community around the world, for real-time support, ideas, and d
 - Connect with us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-swarm-corporation)
 - Visit us on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9yXyitkbU_WSy7bd_41SqQ)
 - Sign up for our events [Sign up here](https://lu.ma/5p2jnc2v)
+## Citation
+
+If you use **swarms** in your research, please cite the project by referencing the metadata in [CITATION.cff](./CITATION.cff).
+
 
 # License
 

From 55a8084974415cdfc03c5c68a54bf79b7fc93d54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavan Kumar <66913595+ascender1729@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 02:04:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update CITATION.cff

---
 CITATION.cff | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 8ba47d53..bce9f510 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ message: "If you use this software, please cite it using the following metadata.
 title: "swarms"
 version: "7.8.6"
 url: "https://github.com/kyegomez/swarms"
-date-released: "2025-06-12"
+date-released: "2023-05-11"
 authors:
   - family-names: Gomez
     given-names: Kye
-    email: "kye@apac.ai"
-    affiliation: "The Swarm Corporation"
+    email: "kye@swarms.world"
+    affiliation: "The Galactic Swarm Corporation"