diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 # steadfast
 
-Zero-dependency async resilience: retry with exponential backoff + jitter, timeout, and concurrency limiting.
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+Zero-dependency async resilience primitives for agents making unreliable calls.
+
+```js
+const { retry, timeout, pLimit } = require('@community/steadfast');
+
+// Retry a flaky call: 5 attempts, exponential backoff + jitter, only on 5xx.
+const data = await retry(() => fetchThing(), {
+  attempts: 5,
+  shouldRetry: (err) => err.status >= 500,
+  onRetry: (err, n, delay) => console.warn(`attempt ${n} failed, retrying in ${delay|0}ms`),
+});
+
+// Bound any promise with a timeout.
+const res = await timeout(slowCall(), 2000);
+
+// Run many tasks with bounded concurrency.
+const limit = pLimit(4);
+await Promise.all(urls.map((u) => limit(() => fetch(u))));
+```
+
+## API
+- `retry(fn, opts)` — `attempts`, `minDelay`, `maxDelay`, `factor`, `jitter`, `shouldRetry(err,attempt)`, `onRetry(err,attempt,delay)`, `signal` (AbortSignal).
+- `timeout(promise, ms, message?)` — rejects if not settled in time; cleans up its timer.
+- `pLimit(concurrency)` — returns `run(fn)`; at most `concurrency` run at once.
+- `sleep(ms, signal?)` — abortable delay.
+
+MIT.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+'use strict';
+// steadfast — zero-dependency async resilience primitives.
+
+/** Sleep for `ms`, abortable via an AbortSignal. */
+function sleep(ms, signal) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (signal?.aborted) return reject(signal.reason ?? new Error('aborted'));
+    const t = setTimeout(resolve, ms);
+    signal?.addEventListener('abort', () => { clearTimeout(t); reject(signal.reason ?? new Error('aborted')); }, { once: true });
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Retry an async function with exponential backoff + full jitter.
+ * @param {(attempt:number)=>Promise<any>} fn
+ * @param {object} [opts] attempts=3, minDelay=100, maxDelay=5000, factor=2,
+ *   jitter=true, shouldRetry=(err,attempt)=>true, onRetry=(err,attempt,delay)=>{}, signal
+ */
+async function retry(fn, opts = {}) {
+  const { attempts = 3, minDelay = 100, maxDelay = 5000, factor = 2, jitter = true,
+          shouldRetry = () => true, onRetry = () => {}, signal } = opts;
+  if (!(attempts >= 1)) throw new RangeError('attempts must be >= 1');
+  let lastErr;
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= attempts; attempt++) {
+    if (signal?.aborted) throw signal.reason ?? new Error('aborted');
+    try {
+      return await fn(attempt);
+    } catch (err) {
+      lastErr = err;
+      if (attempt >= attempts || !shouldRetry(err, attempt)) throw err;
+      let delay = Math.min(maxDelay, minDelay * Math.pow(factor, attempt - 1));
+      if (jitter) delay = Math.random() * delay; // full jitter (AWS-style)
+      onRetry(err, attempt, delay);
+      await sleep(delay, signal);
+    }
+  }
+  throw lastErr;
+}
+
+/** Reject if `promise` doesn't settle within `ms`. Cleans up its timer. */
+function timeout(promise, ms, message) {
+  let t;
+  const timer = new Promise((_, reject) => {
+    t = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(message || `timed out after ${ms}ms`)), ms);
+  });
+  return Promise.race([Promise.resolve(promise), timer]).finally(() => clearTimeout(t));
+}
+
+/** Concurrency limiter: returns run(fn) that runs at most `concurrency` at once. */
+function pLimit(concurrency) {
+  if (!(concurrency >= 1)) throw new RangeError('concurrency must be >= 1');
+  let active = 0;
+  const queue = [];
+  const next = () => {
+    if (active >= concurrency || queue.length === 0) return;
+    active++;
+    const { fn, resolve, reject } = queue.shift();
+    Promise.resolve().then(fn).then(resolve, reject).finally(() => { active--; next(); });
+  };
+  return (fn) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => { queue.push({ fn, resolve, reject }); next(); });
+}
+
+module.exports = { retry, timeout, pLimit, sleep };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@community/steadfast",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Zero-dependency async resilience: retry with exponential backoff + jitter, timeout, and concurrency limiting.",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "keywords": ["retry", "backoff", "jitter", "timeout", "concurrency", "p-limit", "resilience", "async"],
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+node -e '
+const assert = require("assert");
+const { retry, timeout, pLimit, sleep } = require("./index.js");
+(async () => {
+  // retry: succeeds on the 3rd attempt
+  let calls = 0;
+  const v = await retry(async () => { calls++; if (calls < 3) throw new Error("fail"); return "ok"; }, { minDelay: 1, jitter: false });
+  assert.strictEqual(v, "ok"); assert.strictEqual(calls, 3);
+
+  // retry: gives up after `attempts`, calling exactly that many times
+  let n = 0;
+  await assert.rejects(retry(async () => { n++; throw new Error("boom"); }, { attempts: 4, minDelay: 1 }));
+  assert.strictEqual(n, 4);
+
+  // retry: shouldRetry=false → fails fast (1 call)
+  let m = 0;
+  await assert.rejects(retry(async () => { m++; throw new Error("nope"); }, { attempts: 5, minDelay: 1, shouldRetry: () => false }));
+  assert.strictEqual(m, 1);
+
+  // timeout: fast resolves, slow rejects
+  assert.strictEqual(await timeout(Promise.resolve(42), 50), 42);
+  await assert.rejects(timeout(sleep(100), 10), /timed out/);
+
+  // pLimit: never exceeds the concurrency cap
+  const limit = pLimit(2);
+  let active = 0, peak = 0;
+  await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: 6 }, () => limit(async () => { active++; peak = Math.max(peak, active); await sleep(15); active--; })));
+  assert.ok(peak <= 2, "peak concurrency " + peak + " exceeded 2");
+
+  console.log("all tests passed (retry, timeout, pLimit)");
+})().catch((e) => { console.error("TEST FAILED:", e.message); process.exit(1); });
+'