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+# See https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
+# for more info about CODEOWNERS file
+
+# These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo
+# and will be requested for review when someone opens a pull request
+# unless a later match takes precedence
+* @joerunde @prashantgupta24
+
+# This lists cover the "core" components of vLLM-Spyre that require careful review
+/vllm_spyre @yannicks1 @tdoublep @nikolaospapandreou @sducouedic
+
+# TODO: separate code into different packages:
+#   /vllm_spyre/v1/worker/continuous_batching @nikolaospapandreou
+#   /vllm_spyre/v1/worker/static_batching ...
+
+# Tests
+/tests @rafvasq @prashantgupta24 @sducouedic
+
+# Examples
+/examples @yannicks1 @prashantgupta24 @sducouedic
+
+# Docs
+/docs @rafvasq
+.readthedocs.yaml @rafvasq
+mkdocs.yaml @rafvasq
+
+# CI
+/.github @joerunde @ckadner