diff --git a/odoo-community-developers/index.html b/odoo-community-developers/index.html
index f720e82..f742a53 100644
--- a/odoo-community-developers/index.html
+++ b/odoo-community-developers/index.html
@@ -994,6 +994,39 @@
         border-color: var(--brass-deep);
       }
 
+      /* The SOFTLAUNCH label — the directory section's own chip, beside its heading.
+         Built from the OCA Member Profile badge's chip language (same pill radius, same
+         600 weight and 0.72rem type scale) but HOLLOW: a brass outline and brass text
+         over the section's midnight, not the membership badge's solid brass fill — two
+         identical chips on one page mean neither reads as a signal. Real text, never
+         aria-hidden: it carries meaning. It is a SIBLING of the <h2>, not inside it, so
+         the heading's accessible name stays "Freelancers available". The row wraps the
+         pair as a unit at 375 px — the label drops below the heading whole, never split.
+         Contrast, measured on the section's real surface: brass #c9a227 on midnight
+         #0d1b2e = 7.15:1 (small text needs 4.5:1). */
+      .section-title-row {
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+        gap: 0.3rem 0.7rem;
+        margin-bottom: 2rem;
+      }
+      .section-title-row .section-title {
+        margin-bottom: 0;
+      }
+      .softlaunch-label {
+        font-size: 0.72rem;
+        line-height: 1.4;
+        padding: 0.15rem 0.6rem;
+        border-radius: var(--radius-pill, 999px);
+        background: transparent;
+        border: 1px solid var(--brass);
+        color: var(--brass);
+        font-weight: 600;
+        white-space: nowrap;
+      }
+
       /* The OCA Member Profile badge — a link built from a link the freelancer
          supplied. It straddles the card's TOP frame at the top-right corner (the top
          border line runs through it, like a tag on the corner) but its RIGHT edge sits
@@ -1348,7 +1381,10 @@
     <!-- The directory -->
     <section class="section-dark" id="directory">
       <div class="container">
-        <h2 class="section-title">Freelancers available</h2>
+        <div class="section-title-row">
+          <h2 class="section-title">Freelancers available</h2>
+          <span class="softlaunch-label">SOFTLAUNCH</span>
+        </div>
 
         <!-- Rendered at build time from our freelancer webhook (one call, no CRM),
              so the list works with JavaScript disabled. The filter controls below are