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 # Seahaven Slack Bot — Alex
 
+> ## ☠️ DECOMMISSIONED 2026-07-23
+>
+> This stack and the Alex Slack app were fully torn down on 2026-07-23 and this repository is
+> archived read-only. The CloudFormation stack `seahaven-slack-bot` (328440206208/us-east-1),
+> the Bedrock agent/KB/AOSS collection, the `bot.seahaven.com` endpoint, and the Slack app were
+> deleted. Conversation-table exports and KB documents were backed up to
+> `~/Desktop/seahaven-slack-bot-decommission-2026-07-23/` on Adam's workstation.
+> The vendor secrets (`seahaven/slack/*`, `seahaven/qbo/oauth`, `seahaven/google/maps-api-key`,
+> `seahaven/notion/api-key`) were **retained** in Secrets Manager for reuse.
+>
+> **Successor:** the Sea Haven MCP platform (`Sea-Haven-Industries/sh-mcp`) — see its
+> `docs/design.md`. Everything below describes the architecture as it existed at decommission.
+
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