docs: update README and NuGet metadata

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Task Turnstile
+[![NuGet](https://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/taskter.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/clevercache) 
+[![NuGet](https://img.shields.io/nuget/vpre/clevercache.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/clevercache)
 
 A thread-safe named task lifecycle manager for .NET. Prevents duplicate background job execution across threads and — optionally — across multiple application instances via a distributed backing store.
 
@@ -50,10 +52,7 @@ builder.Services.AddTaskTurnstile()
                 });
 ```
 
-> **Note:** The cache table must be created before first use:
-> ```
-> dotnet sql-cache create "Server=.;Database=MyApp;..." dbo ActiveTasks
-> ```
+> The table is created automatically on first startup — no manual setup required.
 
 ### Use the app's existing `IDistributedCache`
 
@@ -68,6 +67,10 @@ Task keys are prefixed with `KeyPrefix` (default `"cm:"`) to avoid collisions wi
 
 ---
 
+> **Performance:** Regardless of which backing store you choose, all state checks are short-circuited by a local in-process memory cache. Once this instance marks a task as running, subsequent checks skip the backing store entirely until the task stops or its `maxRuntime` expires.
+
+---
+
 ## Options
 
 ```csharp

TaskTurnstile.Redis/TaskTurnstile.Redis.csproj

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     </Description>
     <PackageTags>Concurrency, Background Tasks, Named Lock, Redis, Distributed Cache</PackageTags>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
+    <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/chunty/TaskControlTower</PackageProjectUrl>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

TaskTurnstile.SqlServer/DependencyInjection/TaskTurnstileBuilderExtensions.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public static class TaskTurnstileBuilderExtensions
     /// <summary>
     /// Uses a dedicated SQL Server distributed cache as the backing store, isolated from any
     /// other distributed cache the app may have registered.
-    /// The cache table must exist — create it with: dotnet sql-cache create "connection" schema table
+    /// The cache table is created automatically on first startup if it does not already exist.
     /// </summary>
     /// <example>
     /// services.AddTaskTurnstile()

TaskTurnstile.SqlServer/TaskTurnstile.SqlServer.csproj

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
     <Description>
       SQL Server backing store for TaskTurnstile via IDistributedCache.
       Supports dedicated SQL Server instances independent of the app's own cache.
-      Requires the cache table to be pre-created with the dotnet sql-cache CLI tool.
+      The cache table is created automatically on first startup.
     </Description>
     <PackageTags>Concurrency, Background Tasks, Named Lock, SQL Server, Distributed Cache</PackageTags>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
+    <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/chunty/TaskControlTower</PackageProjectUrl>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

TaskTurnstile/TaskTurnstile.csproj

@@ -13,17 +13,13 @@
     </Description>
     <PackageTags>Concurrency, Background Tasks, Named Lock, Task Manager, Distributed Cache, Job Guard</PackageTags>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
-    <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
+    <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/chunty/TaskControlTower</PackageProjectUrl>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="6.0.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <InternalsVisibleTo Include="TaskTurnstile.Tests" />
   </ItemGroup>