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+<p align="center">
+  <br />
+  <a href="https://nodejs.org">
+    <picture>
+      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://nodejs.org/static/logos/nodejsLight.svg">
+      <img src="https://nodejs.org/static/logos/nodejsDark.svg" width="200px" alt="Node.js Logo">
+    </picture>
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <code>api-docs-tooling</code> is a tool to generate API documentation of a Node.js project. <a href="https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/52343">See this issue</a> for more information.
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <a title="MIT License" href="LICENSE">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue" alt="MIT License" />
+  </a>
+</p>