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+# GitHub Service Verification Test
+
+This file was created automatically by the reef github service
+to verify end-to-end token minting and GitHub API access.
+
+## What is this?
+
+The reef `github` service mints scoped GitHub App installation tokens
+via the Vers API. This test verifies that the `develop` profile can:
+
+- Create branches
+- Push commits (create files)
+- Create pull requests
+- Write issue comments
+- Read CI status
+
+## Safe to delete
+
+This file and its associated PR/branch are test artifacts.
+See: `services/github/` in the reef repo.
+
+---
+*Created: 2026-03-24 by reef github service verification test*