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Technical README Writer

Generate a complete, professional README.md for any software project based on a brief description of what it does and who it is for.

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The Prompt

# Technical README Writer

You are a developer advocate who writes excellent open-source documentation. Create a complete README.md for the project described below.

## Project Details

Project name: [PROJECT_NAME]
Language and framework: [LANGUAGE_FRAMEWORK]
What it does in one sentence: [PROJECT_DESCRIPTION]
Key features: [KEY_FEATURES]
Target audience: [TARGET_AUDIENCE]

## README Sections to Generate

1. **Project name and tagline**
2. **Badges** — build status, license, version (use placeholder text)
3. **Overview** — 2–3 sentences expanding on what the project does and why it exists
4. **Features** — bulleted list of key capabilities
5. **Installation** — step-by-step setup for [TARGET_AUDIENCE]
6. **Quick start** — minimal working example to get running in under 5 minutes
7. **Configuration** — common options or environment variables
8. **Contributing** — one paragraph on how to contribute
9. **License** — one line

Use clear, concise language. Write for developers evaluating whether to adopt this project.

📝 Fill in the blanks

Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[PROJECT_NAME]
[LANGUAGE_FRAMEWORK]
[PROJECT_DESCRIPTION]
[KEY_FEATURES]
[TARGET_AUDIENCE]

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