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    "PR #7197 introduced @elizaos/vault, a cross-platform secrets management system for AES-256-GCM encryption of sensitive configuration.",
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    "Plugin-slack was migrated into the monorepo in PR #7375, introducing 11 new actions and 3 providers.",
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