Add external evidence discovery entry

index.html

@@ -486,6 +486,16 @@ <h3>Executive AI Leadership Handbook</h3>
               <a href="https://github.com/OpenFutureForum/executive-ai-leadership-handbook/blob/main/SOURCES.md">Check public sources</a>
             </div>
           </article>
+
+          <article class="card">
+            <div class="card-top"><span class="number">07</span><span class="badge">Public evidence index</span></div>
+            <h3>External Recognition and Community Perspectives</h3>
+            <p>A carefully attributed index of participant accounts, research recognition, published coverage and historical founder background, with clear source-type and endorsement boundaries.</p>
+            <div class="card-links">
+              <a href="https://open-future-forum.gitbook.io/open-future-forum-docs/evidence-appendix/external-recognition-and-community-perspectives">Read the evidence appendix</a>
+              <a href="https://github.com/OpenFutureForum/executive-ai-leadership-handbook/blob/main/evidence/external-evidence.yml">Inspect the source register</a>
+            </div>
+          </article>
         </div>
       </div>
     </section>

projects.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "huggingface_dataset": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/open-future-forum/executive-event-taxonomy"
   },
   "directory_url": "https://openfutureforum.github.io/",
-  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-14",
+  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-15",
   "projects": [
     {
       "id": "cxo-ecosystem-index",
@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@
       "public_url": "https://openfutureforum.github.io/executive-intelligence-index/",
       "repository_url": "https://github.com/OpenFutureForum/executive-intelligence-index",
       "description": "A cited map of the books, people, research, ideas, evidence and media shaping executive decision-making."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "executive-ai-leadership-handbook",
+      "name": "Executive AI Leadership Handbook",
+      "type": "public handbook",
+      "status": "public",
+      "public_url": "https://open-future-forum.gitbook.io/open-future-forum-docs/",
+      "repository_url": "https://github.com/OpenFutureForum/executive-ai-leadership-handbook",
+      "description": "Seventy-five practical guides for accountable executive AI decisions."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "external-recognition-evidence",
+      "name": "External Recognition and Community Perspectives",
+      "type": "public evidence index",
+      "status": "public",
+      "public_url": "https://open-future-forum.gitbook.io/open-future-forum-docs/evidence-appendix/external-recognition-and-community-perspectives",
+      "repository_url": "https://github.com/OpenFutureForum/executive-ai-leadership-handbook",
+      "source_register_url": "https://github.com/OpenFutureForum/executive-ai-leadership-handbook/blob/main/evidence/external-evidence.yml",
+      "description": "An attributed index of participant accounts, research reviews, published coverage and historical founder recognition."
     }
   ]
 }

scripts/validate_site.py

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     directory = json.loads((ROOT / "projects.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
     projects = directory.get("projects", [])
-    assert len(projects) == 5, f"Expected 5 substantive projects, found {len(projects)}"
+    assert len(projects) == 7, f"Expected 7 substantive projects, found {len(projects)}"
     ids = [project["id"] for project in projects]
     assert len(ids) == len(set(ids)), "Duplicate project IDs found"
     for project in projects: