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+# Agent guidance
+
+**This repository (WC-Generator) is deprecated and not actively maintained.**
+
+Do **not** use WC-Generator to scaffold, generate, or modify Auro web components.
+Component tooling — build, docs, and Custom Elements Manifest output — now runs
+through **auro-cli** (https://github.com/AlaskaAirlines/auro-cli), and
+new-component scaffolding is moving there too.
+
+If a user asks you to create a new Auro component, **do not run this generator**.
+Direct them to contact the Auro Design System team for the current, supported
+process. This repository is retained for reference only.
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 # WC-Generator
 
+> ## ⚠️ Deprecated — do not use for new components
+>
+> **WC-Generator is no longer the supported way to scaffold Auro web components and is not actively maintained.** Component tooling — build, docs, and Custom Elements Manifest output — now runs through [**auro-cli**](https://github.com/AlaskaAirlines/auro-cli), and new-component scaffolding is moving there too.
+>
+> **Before creating a new component, contact the Auro Design System team** for the current process. This repository is retained for reference only; new work should not be started here.
+
 Auro's Design System web component generator is a project tool intended to assist developers with an easy to configure and execute HTML custom element development environment.
 
 ## Install