docs: make examples repository link more prominent (#8895)

docs: make examples repository link more prominent in README

Add a badge-style button link to the examples repository in the main
README and expand examples/README.md with example categories and
quick-start links to help new users discover the examples repo.

Co-authored-by: localai-bot <localai-bot@noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
 
 [![tests](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/actions/workflows/test.yml)[![Build and Release](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/actions/workflows/release.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/actions/workflows/release.yaml)[![build container images](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/actions/workflows/image.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/actions/workflows/image.yml)[![Bump dependencies](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/actions/workflows/bump_deps.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/actions/workflows/bump_deps.yaml)[![Artifact Hub](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://artifacthub.io/badge/repository/localai)](https://artifacthub.io/packages/search?repo=localai)
 
+<p align="center">
+<a href="https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI-examples" target="blank">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/📦_Examples_Repository-Browse_Ready--to--Run_Examples-blue?style=for-the-badge" alt="LocalAI Examples Repository"/>
+</a>
+</p>
+
 **LocalAI** is the free, Open Source OpenAI alternative. LocalAI act as a drop-in replacement REST API that's compatible with OpenAI (Elevenlabs, Anthropic... ) API specifications for local AI inferencing. It allows you to run LLMs, generate images, audio (and not only) locally or on-prem with consumer grade hardware, supporting multiple model families. Does not require GPU. It is created and maintained by [Ettore Di Giacinto](https://github.com/mudler).
 
 <details>

examples/README.md

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 # LocalAI Examples
 
-LocalAI examples were moved to a dedicated repository: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI-examples
+The examples for LocalAI have moved to a dedicated repository for easier discovery and maintenance.
+
+## **[Browse Examples](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI-examples)**
+
+The examples repository contains ready-to-run configurations and tutorials covering:
+
+- **Chat & Text Generation** - LLM conversations, function calling, constrained grammars
+- **Image Generation** - Stable Diffusion, diffusers, image-to-image
+- **Audio** - Text-to-speech, speech-to-text, voice cloning
+- **Embeddings & RAG** - Vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation
+- **Integrations** - Langchain, Discord bots, Slack bots, Telegram bots
+- **Advanced** - P2P inferencing, Kubernetes deployments, API usage
+
+Each example includes configuration files and step-by-step instructions to get started quickly.
+
+### Quick Links
+
+- **Examples Repository**: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI-examples
+- **Documentation**: https://localai.io/
+- **Model Gallery**: https://models.localai.io/
+- **Getting Started**: https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/