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       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright 2026 DMF Platform contributors
+   Copyright 2026 dmfdeploy platform contributors
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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+# .github
+
+This repository holds the organization profile for [dmfdeploy](https://github.com/dmfdeploy) and its default community health files.
+
+- [`profile/README.md`](profile/README.md) is the organization profile shown on the [dmfdeploy](https://github.com/dmfdeploy) page.
+- The default community files apply to every repository in the organization that does not have its own copy: [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md), [`SUPPORT.md`](SUPPORT.md), [`GOVERNANCE.md`](GOVERNANCE.md), [`CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md`](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) and [`CODEOWNERS`](CODEOWNERS).
+
+The project itself lives in the [dmfdeploy umbrella repository](https://github.com/dmfdeploy/dmfdeploy), which holds the backlog, the decision record and the documentation.
+
+## For contributors
+
+`AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md` and `QWEN.md` hold instructions for AI coding agents that help maintain this repository. Human contributors can skip them.