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 💁 While writing, please consider the [12 Rules of Technical Writing](https://handbook.strapi.io/user-success-manual/12-rules-of-technical-writing) that the Strapi Documentation team will use to assess the quality and consistency of the contribution. 😊
 
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 ### Working locally: Set up the project
 
 To set up the Docusaurus project on your machine, perform the following steps from a terminal instance: