Match the sibling Guition project: the native API is now unencrypted. The encryption block in core.yaml is left commented with the key path, so it is a one-line change to re-enable. secrets.example.yaml, the README quick-start and esplog.py updated to match; the key is no longer required anywhere. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>