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+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# secrets-map.yaml — DATA-ONLY manifest for deploy/provision-stack.py
+#
+# RULES:
+#   - This file contains NO code, NO shell, NO secret values — only names.
+#   - Each stack entry declares:
+#       env_template:   repo path of the FULL env-file template (tracked).
+#                       The template is authoritative: the COMPLETE env file is
+#                       rendered from it on every provisioning run. Nothing is
+#                       line-edited in place, so keys can never silently go
+#                       missing.
+#       env_dest:       host path (relative to /volume1/docker/compose-files/)
+#                       the rendered env file is shipped to. Rendered file
+#                       exists ONLY on the host — never committed to git.
+#       docker_secrets: map of docker-swarm-secret-name -> CI ENV VAR NAME
+#                       (Pattern C). The env var must be declared via
+#                       from_secret: in .woodpecker/deploy.yml's
+#                       provision-secrets step (Woodpecker v3 requires explicit
+#                       per-secret declaration; there is no expose-all).
+#
+# ADDING A NEW SECRET (3 small steps, no shell edits):
+#   1. Add the secret value in Woodpecker UI (repo Settings -> Secrets).
+#   2. Declare it in .woodpecker/deploy.yml provision-secrets environment:
+#      block (from_secret) — mechanical two-line addition.
+#   3. Reference it here (docker_secrets:) and/or in the stack's
+#      .env.template as a dollar-brace placeholder.
+#
+# Stacks not listed here fall through to deploy.yml's legacy case-entries
+# untouched. Migration is deliberately one stack per PR.
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+stacks:
+  ai:
+    env_template: ai/ai.env.template
+    env_dest: ai/ai.env
+    docker_secrets:
+      flowagent_azure_client_id: FLOWAGENT_AZURE_CLIENT_ID
+      flowagent_azure_tenant_id: FLOWAGENT_AZURE_TENANT_ID
+      flowagent_azure_client_secret: FLOWAGENT_AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET