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+# Conforms to convention:infra_manifest (apiVersion infra/v1)
+apiVersion: infra/v1
+project: mac-sync
+provider: digitalocean       # the ingestion/query server; the Mac menu-bar client runs on fennel (single-tenant, OSX-bound)
+service:
+  host: lime                 # mac-sync-server (Bun/Hono)
+  runtime: bun
+  port: 3201
+  systemd_unit: mac-sync-server
+# macsync.* tables live on the shared managed cluster (schema-scoped); no own logical DB declared.
+depends_on: []               # leaf — prospector/others depend on it (outbox, notes, calls)