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+# opentelemetry-enabled examples and their dependencies
+.github/workflows/ @codefromthecrypt @anuraaga
+docker/ @codefromthecrypt @anuraaga
+k8s/ @codefromthecrypt @anuraaga
+example-apps/chatbot-rag-app/ @codefromthecrypt @anuraaga
+example-apps/openai-embeddings/ @codefromthecrypt @anuraaga