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 # KNELSecretsManager (ARCHIVED — moved to KNEL/secrets)
 
-This body of work moved to **[KNEL/secrets](https://git.knownelement.com/KNEL/secrets)**
-per the 2026-09-03 repo split ([#769](https://projects.knownelement.com/issues/769));
-content ported as  (secret-scanned clean).
+This body of work moved to **[KNEL/secrets](https://git.knownelement.com/KNEL/secrets)** per the 2026-09-03 repo split ([#769](https://projects.knownelement.com/issues/769)); content was ported as `legacy-knelsecretsmanager/` (secret-scanned clean — placeholders only).
 
 This repo is historical. New secrets-management work happens in KNEL/secrets (#770).