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+# CODEOWNERS for hawk-sdk-python
+* @GrayCodeAI/maintainers
+
+# SDK source
+/src/            @GrayCodeAI/core-team
+/tests/          @GrayCodeAI/core-team
+
+# CI / release / build tooling
+/.github/        @GrayCodeAI/devops-team
+/Makefile        @GrayCodeAI/devops-team
+/lefthook.yml    @GrayCodeAI/devops-team
+/scripts/        @GrayCodeAI/devops-team
+pyproject.toml   @GrayCodeAI/devops-team
+
+# Documentation
+*.md             @GrayCodeAI/docs-team
+/docs/           @GrayCodeAI/docs-team