diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1d9746f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Safi Shamsi
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d45a1601..5a4a1e3c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "graphifyy"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "AI coding assistant skill (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw) - turn any folder of code, docs, papers, or images into a queryable knowledge graph"
 readme = "README.md"
-license = { text = "MIT" }
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 keywords = ["claude", "claude-code", "codex", "opencode", "knowledge-graph", "rag", "graphrag", "obsidian", "community-detection", "tree-sitter", "leiden", "llm"]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [