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+# Flatastic Telegram Bot
+
+A flatastic telegram bot that shows the tasks and things on the shopping list in a telegram chat.
+
+## Planned features:
+- Regular messages without prompting the bot (Ex. Always on Sunday)
+- Remind people of overdue tasks
+- Remind people of trash days to put out the trash
+- Create easy polls