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+# Agent instructions
+
+This repository is `MNPPI/.github`: the organization profile README and related
+meta content. It is not an application codebase.
+
+## Scope
+
+- Edit profile and docs content under `profile/` and `docs/` as needed.
+- There is no installable runtime, package manager lockfile, or app build.
+- Do not add Docker, Node, or Python bootstrap scripts unless this repo gains
+  real installable code.
+
+## Guardrails
+
+- Keep changes small and reviewable.
+- Do not invent deploy or CI contracts that this meta repo does not own.