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+# Tealdeer Docs
+
+To build the docs, install [mdbook](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook).
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+You can build the HTML with `mdbook build`.
+
+To serve the docs on `localhost:3000` and watch for changes, use `mdbook
+serve`.