docs: add icons config, PendingTab recipes, and demo infrastructure

Problem: icon customization and auto-start workflow are undocumented;
no demo asset exists for the README.

Solution: document pending.Icons in vimdoc with nerd font and ASCII
recipes, add PendingTab to commands and mappings, add open-on-startup
recipe, add demo-init.lua and demo.tape for VHS screenshot generation,
add assets/ directory, add README icons section and demo placeholder.

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Edit tasks like text. `:w` saves them.
 
-<!-- insert preview -->
+![demo](assets/demo.gif)
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ luarocks install pending.nvim
 :help pending.nvim
 ```
 
+## Icons
+
+pending.nvim renders task status and metadata using configurable icon characters. The defaults use plain unicode (no nerd font required):
+
+```lua
+vim.g.pending = {
+  icons = {
+    pending = '○', done = '✓', priority = '●',
+    header = '▸', due = '·', recur = '↺', category = '#',
+  },
+}
+```
+
+See `:help pending.Icons` for nerd font examples.
+
 ## Acknowledgements
 
 - [dooing](https://github.com/atiladefreitas/dooing)