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+# Botshare Book (Legacy)
+
+> **Status:** Archived, read only. Superseded by [openamrobot-docs](https://github.com/openAMRobot/openamrobot-docs).
+
+This repository holds "Botshare Book", a MkDocs site of robotics learning material: beginner, intermediate, and advanced lesson tracks plus a tech-to-market track. It is kept for history. It is not maintained and its contents may be wrong.
+
+The site builds from `docs/` with `mkdocs.yml` and deploys to GitHub Pages through `.github/workflows/deploy.yml`.
+
+## Where the content went
+
+| What was here | Now lives in |
+| --- | --- |
+| Ecosystem and architecture documentation | [openamrobot-docs](https://github.com/openAMRobot/openamrobot-docs) |
+| Getting started and user guide | [openamrobot-release](https://github.com/openAMRobot/openamrobot-release) |
+| Lesson tracks and tech-to-market material | Not carried over. Read here for reference only |
+
+## Start here instead
+
+- Ecosystem overview: [openamrobot-docs](https://github.com/openAMRobot/openamrobot-docs)
+- Working release: [openamrobot-release](https://github.com/openAMRobot/openamrobot-release)