diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
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+++ b/.npmignore
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+*
diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
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+-   id: alex
+    name: alex
+    description: "Check files to 'find gender favoring, polarizing, race related, religion inconsiderate, or other unequal phrasing in text.'"
+    entry: alex
+    language: node
+    exclude: ".pre-commit-config.yaml"
+    'types': [text]
+    args: []
+    require_serial: false
+    additional_dependencies: ["alex@1.0.0"]
+    minimum_pre_commit_version: '0'
diff --git a/.version b/.version
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+1.0.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# AlexJS pre-commit mirror
+
+Mirror of [AlexJS](https://alexjs.com) for [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com).
+
+## Using AlexJS with `pre-commit`
+
+Example `.pre-commit.config.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+repos:
+  - repo: "https://github.com/mfisher87/alexjs-pre-commit-mirror"
+    rev: "v11.0.1"  # Use the sha / tag you prefer
+    hooks:
+    - id: "alex"
+```
+
+## Continuous Integration
+
+Two example ways to run AlexJS inclusive language checks in CI for your repository using
+your existing `pre-commit` configuration from the previous step:
+
+* [The official pre-commit GitHub action](https://github.com/pre-commit/action): :rock:
+  Very stable
+* [pre-commit.ci](https://pre-commit.ci): :zap: Faster, but has more frequent outages.
+
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+
+### I ignored a file in `.alexignore` but `pre-commit` is still failing
+
+See this issue: <https://github.com/get-alex/alex/issues/348>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+    "name": "placeholder_package",
+    "description": "Note: double curly-braces because python .format",
+    "version": "0.0.0"
+}