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DRAFT: hold until the Pipeline CRD ships in a released operator and redpanda-data/rp-connect-docs#457 is published.

Operator users currently have no way to discover the new Pipeline resource from the Streaming docs: the Manage > Kubernetes nav lists Manage Topics and (community-supported) Manage Kafka Connect, but not the first-class Connect option. This PR adds three discovery surfaces:

  1. New page manage:kubernetes/k-connect-pipelines.adoc (nav: "Redpanda Connect Pipelines", next to Manage Kafka Connect): short concept page covering what the Pipeline resource is, when to choose it over Kafka Connect, and routing to the full guide in the Connect docs (xref:connect:install:kubernetes-operator.adoc[]).
  2. CRD index row: Pipeline added to reference:k-crd-index.adoc with source-file link and cross-link to the guide.
  3. TIP on Manage Kafka Connect: points the highest-intent audience (people looking for connectors on Kubernetes) at the Pipeline resource.

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Antora reports two expected broken-xref warnings for connect:install:kubernetes-operator.adoc because that page lives in the unmerged rp-connect-docs#457. They resolve when that PR merges.

Before un-drafting (GA batch, with rp-connect-docs#457)

Part of DOC-2275; eng feature is redpanda-operator#1677.

Three discovery surfaces for the 26.2 Pipeline CRD (DOC-2275):
- new Manage > Kubernetes page routing to the full guide in the
  Connect docs, positioned next to Manage Kafka Connect
- Pipeline row in the CRD reference index
- TIP on Manage Kafka Connect pointing at the first-class alternative
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