diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2df07c8..fe31190 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ surface keeps that name; SpaceBio-Bench is the forward-looking platform name.
[](https://huggingface.co/datasets/jang1563/genelab-benchmark)
[](LICENSE)
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Maintainer / citation author: JangKeun Kim, Weill Cornell Medicine.
Current public release note: **v7.1.2 public-card/metadata patch** over
diff --git a/scripts/validate_public_docs_consistency.py b/scripts/validate_public_docs_consistency.py
index 47fd790..c09cb9e 100644
--- a/scripts/validate_public_docs_consistency.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_public_docs_consistency.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def validate_public_docs() -> list[str]:
require_contains(errors, "README.md", readme, "v7.1 GeneLab Benchmark")
require_contains(errors, "README.md", readme, "release/release_manifest.json")
require_contains(errors, "README.md", readme, "https://huggingface.co/datasets/jang1563/genelab-benchmark")
+ require_contains(errors, "README.md", readme, "docs/assets/hf_benchmark_summary.png")
require_absent(errors, "README.md", readme, "Version: v7.0 (2026-04-12)")
require_absent(errors, "README.md", readme, "Status: **v1–v7 Complete**")