[WIP] Add Funding & Sponsors section to README

[Copilot]

Thanks for asking me to work on this. I will get started on it and keep this PR's description up to date as I form a plan and make progress.

Original prompt

The user wants to add a "Funding & Sponsors" section to the README.md file.

This new section should be added to the end of the README.md file.

The section should include:

• A header: ## Funding & Sponsors
• A short text about the project being maintained by a single developer.
• A "Buy Me A Coffee" link: https://buymeacoffee.com/0aic
• An image of the QR code from assets/bmc_qr.png.

The final markdown for the section should be:

## Funding & Sponsors

This project is developed and maintained by a single developer in their spare time. If you find Hancock useful, please consider supporting its development.

<a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/0aic" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/assets/img/custom_images/orange_img.png" alt="Buy Me A Coffee" style="height: 41px !important;width: 174px !important;box-shadow: 0px 3px 2px 0px rgba(190, 190, 190, 0.5) !important;-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 3px 2px 0px rgba(190, 190, 190, 0.5) !important;" ></a>

Or scan the QR code:

![Buy Me A Coffee QR Code](assets/bmc_qr.png)

Task:

1. Read the current README.md.
2. Append the new "Funding & Sponsors" section to the file content.
3. Create a pull request with the updated README.md.

The following is the prior conversation context from the user's chat exploration (may be truncated):

User: https://github.com/HackinSacks/Hancock/tasks/d7199807-536d-44ea-be87-a5ebba865d9a

Assistant: I've reviewed the repository and it looks like the ROADMAP.md indicates that the "Sponsorship Integration" is complete, which includes adding a "Buy Me A Coffee" QR code to the README.md.

However, the README.md file doesn't seem to have this QR code or a "Funding" section yet. I can add this for you. I'll create a "Funding & Sponsors" section and include the QR code and a link to your "Buy Me A Coffee" page.

I'll create a new pull request with this change. Would you like me to proceed?

User: yes

Assistant: Got it. I will create a pull request to add the funding section to your README.md.

Assistant: OK. I'm waiting for you to approve my plan. Once you do, I'll proceed with creating the pull request.

User: @copilot Accepted Confirmation: Confirm agent session

Assistant: I'm on it! I've started working on your request to add the "Funding & Sponsors" section to your README.md.

You can follow my progress here:

data:
    - title: '[WIP] feat: Add Funding & Sponsors section to README.md'
      repository: HackinSacks/Hancock
      url: https://github.com/copilot/tasks/pull/PR_kwDOSGQnJ87TnbRv?session_id=c672f1f5-2d7d-4b35-a2b5-f6128aa9217d
      state: queued

User: https://github.com/copilot/tasks/pull/PR_kwDOSGQnJ87TnbRv?session_id=c672f1f5-2d7d-4b35-a2b5-f6128aa9217d

Assistant: I've created a pull request to add the "Funding & Sponsors" section to your README.md. Once the pull request is merged, your README will be updated.

Here's the pull request:

data:
  - url: "https://github.com/HackinSacks/Hancock/pull/1"
    repository: "HackinSacks/Hancock"
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    draft: false
    title: "feat: Add Funding & Sponsors section to README.md"
    number: 1
    created_at: "2026-04-18T12:00:00Z"
    closed_at: ""
    merged_at: ""
    labels: []
    author: "github-actions[bot]"
    comments: 0
    assignees_avatar_urls: []

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