• Instructions go here
• Developer setup (if relevant)
• Slack channel (if relevant)

Suggestions for additional components of Readmes:

• A "How to use" section if the repo's project is a tool or website
• A link to the good-first-issue label (this link across EDGI, or a specific link for the repo)
• Highlight "ready" label on issues to mean "this is an issue that is ready to work on and needs an owner"
• Additional badges at the top, such as code quality indicators
• "All contributors" listing, following these additional guidelines (example: web-monitoring-db contributors list):
  • Compact representation without avatars (less visual noise; easier to focus on contributions)
  • Icons are links with title attributes (accessibility)
  • Alphabetical order by surname/name/username (to eliminate implied ranking)
  • Presence in the list (and the name used) is optional and up to the contributor (not everyone wants to be listed — we offer, but do not add unless someone explicitly says yes)

When using this template, please look through all of the files to ensure they apply to the new repo.

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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

See the LICENSE file for details.