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 - [🔌 MCP Integration](#-mcp-integration)
 - [📱 Channels](#-channels)
 - [📚 Acknowledgments](#-acknowledgments)
-- [🏛️ EvoScientist Team](#-evoscientist-team)
+- [👥 EvoScientist Team](#-evoscientist-team)
 - [🤝 Contributing](#-contributing)
 
 ## 📦 Installation
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> Requires **Python 3.11+**. A virtual environment is recommended.
+> Requires **Python 3.11+**. A virtual environment is strongly recommended — EvoScientist experiments may install ML libraries (PyTorch, transformers, etc.) that can conflict with your system packages.
 
 ### Quick Install
 
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 ## 🔑 Configuration
 
 The easiest way to configure API keys is the interactive wizard:
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 ## ⚡ Quick Start
 
 ```bash
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 ## 🔌 MCP Integration
 
 Add external tools via [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) servers with a single command:
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 > [!NOTE]
-> For command options, config fields, tool routing, wildcard filtering, and troubleshooting, see the **[MCP Integration Guide](./EvoScientist/mcp)**.
+> For command options, config fields, tool routing, wildcard filtering, and troubleshooting, see the **[MCP Integration Guide](https://github.com/EvoScientist/EvoScientist/tree/main/EvoScientist/mcp#model-context-protocol-integration)**.
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 ## 📱 Channels
 
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 The channel can also be started interactively with `/channel` in the CLI session.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> For per-channel setup guides, capability matrix, architecture details, and troubleshooting, see the **[Channel Integration Guide](./EvoScientist/channels)**.
+> For per-channel setup guides, capability matrix, architecture details, and troubleshooting, see the **[Channel Integration Guide](https://github.com/EvoScientist/EvoScientist/tree/main/EvoScientist/channels#channels)**.
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 ## 📚 Acknowledgments
 
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-## 🏛️ EvoScientist Team
+## 👥 EvoScientist Team
 
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 ## 🤝 Contributing
 
-<img alt="EvoScientist Logo" style="float: right;" src=".github/assets/EvoScientist_team.png" width="20%" />
+<img align="right" alt="EvoScientist Team" src=".github/assets/EvoScientist_team.png" width="20%" />
 
 We welcome contributions from developers and researchers at all levels. Please refer to our [Contributing Guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started and help make EvoScientist more accessible.