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+# `salon-ops-api` (scaffold)
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+**Status:** Not implemented until **build**.
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+Internal ops API / domain services (if needed; not a NemoClaw control plane).
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+Design: [design/mcp-integrations.md](../../design/mcp-integrations.md).