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-![maintenance-status](https://img.shields.io/badge/maintenance-passively--maintained-yellowgreen.svg)
+![maintenance-status](https://img.shields.io/badge/maintenance-deprecated-red.svg)
 ![npm (scoped)](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@telus/create-library)