diff --git a/tests/acceptance/1/CRITERIA.json b/tests/acceptance/1/CRITERIA.json
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+{
+  "schema": "elffuss-t2t/criteria@2",
+  "issue": 1,
+  "criteria": [
+    {
+      "index": 1,
+      "tests": [
+        "tests/acceptance/1/criteria.test.js::criterion 1"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "index": 2,
+      "tests": [
+        "tests/acceptance/1/criteria.test.js::criterion 2"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/1/criteria.test.js b/tests/acceptance/1/criteria.test.js
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+import { test } from 'node:test'
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+const text = readFileSync(new URL('../../../README.md', import.meta.url), 'utf8') // the content of README.md
+
+test('criterion 1', () => {
+  // README.md contains no link whose target is `bench/` unless that directory exists in the repository.
+  assert.strictEqual(text.includes('bench/'), false, 'README.md should not contain a link target to bench/ unless the directory exists.')
+})
+
+test('criterion 2', () => {
+  // README.md still names the licence of the dialogue benchmark it discusses.
+  assert.strictEqual(text.includes('license'), true, 'README.md should name the licence of the dialogue benchmark it discusses.')
+})