diff --git a/fab/annotations.tsv b/fab/annotations.tsv
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+assembly_accession	access_url
+GCA_949124755.1	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apollo994/annotation-vault/main/assets/Polyommatus_icarus_265386.decoy.longest.gff3
+GCA_024760925.1	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apollo994/annotation-vault/main/assets/Polyommatus_icarus_265386.lnc_RNA.longest.gff3
+GCA_000004075.3	https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCA/000/004/075/GCA_000004075.3_Cucumber_9930_V3/GCA_000004075.3_Cucumber_9930_V3_genomic.gff.gz
+GCA_056869285.1	https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCA/056/869/285/GCA_056869285.1_ASM5686928v1/GCA_056869285.1_ASM5686928v1_genomic.gff.gz
diff --git a/fab/manifest.yaml b/fab/manifest.yaml
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+# Copy this folder to <your_project_name>/ and replace values before opening a PR.
+provider_name: "Example Lab"
+pipeline_method: "Braker3 + manual curation"
+pipeline_version: "1.2.0"
+project_display_name: "Example community annotations"
+description: "Illustrative manifest for the registry layout (not a real dataset)."
+# contact_email: "pi@example.org"
+# license: "CC-BY-4.0"
+# homepage_url: "https://example.org/project"