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 ## Contributing
 
-This relay is a small dedicated service. Patches welcome via PR. Before publishing changes, run the security and optimize agents per `feedback_security_optimize_before_ship.md` in the BirdWatch project memory.
+This relay is a small dedicated service. Patches welcome via PR. Run a security review and a performance pass on any non-trivial change before merging.