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+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
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+
+# Agent Guide for maven-resources-plugin
+
+This file is read by automated agents (security scanners, code
+analyzers, AI assistants) operating on this repository.
+
+## Security
+
+Security model: [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md)
+
+Agents that scan this repository should consult `SECURITY.md` and the
+threat model it links before reporting issues.
+
+Points at the Apache Maven family umbrella security model.
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+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+# Security Policy
+
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
+
+`apache/maven-resources-plugin` follows the [Apache Software Foundation security process](https://www.apache.org/security/). Please report suspected
+vulnerabilities privately to `security@apache.org`; do not open public
+GitHub issues or pull requests for security reports.
+
+## Threat Model
+
+What the project treats as in scope and out of scope, the security
+properties it provides and disclaims, the adversary model, and how
+findings are triaged are documented in <https://github.com/apache/maven/blob/master/THREAT_MODEL.md>.