note about not placing new services in the services directory
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+This directory will be automatically populated in the xos_ui and
+synchronizer containers by the XOS onboarding system as services are
+dynamically onboarded by XOS. Services should never be checked into this
+directory directly, and the few services that remain here will eventually
+be removed.