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 # little-cheesemonger
 
-You must create a meaningful README.md that includes prerequisites, running tests, and versioning
+`little-cheesemonger` is a package that can set up a manylinux build environment to compile a 
+correctly linked manylinux wheel. Configuration data is loaded from a `pyproject.toml` file, or 
+a custom data loader can be implemented.
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+pip install little-cheesemonger==0.1.0rc0
+```
+
+## Quickstart
+
+To trigger environment setup, either run `little-cheesemonger` from the root directory of a package, or pass the path to the package you want compiled. The package must contain configuration data in its `pyproject.toml` file for environment setup to work.
+
+```bash
+little-cheesemonger path/to/package
+```
+
+## Default Configuration
+
+The manylinux image version is controlled by last section of the configuration heading. The `latest` tag is always used.
+
+```toml
+[tool.little-cheesemonger.manylinux2014_x86_64]
+environment_variables = [
+  "FOO=BAR"
+]
+system_dependencies = [
+  "atlas"
+]
+python_dependencies = [
+  "nyancat==0.1.2"
+]
+steps = [
+  "touch /foobar.txt"
+]
+```
+
+* `environment_variables` is a list of environment variables to set in the container 
+prior to building the wheel. They are expected to be in `KEY=VALUE` format.  
+* `system_dependencies` is a list of CentOS system dependencies to install via `YUM`. 
+They are expected to be in `package-version` format.  
+* `python_dependencies` is a list of Python dependencies to install via `pip`. They 
+are expected to be in `package==version` format. They are currently installed for 
+all available versions of Python in a given manylinux image.
+* `steps` is a list of steps to execute via bash. Package building and uploading could 
+be implemented here, or `little-cheesemonger` could be integrated into a larger system!
+
+# Custom Data Loader
+
+You can pass the path to an importable function, as well as positional and keyword arguments to `little-cheesemonger` to customize how configuration data is loaded.
+
+```bash
+little-cheesemonger --data-loader path.to.function --loader-arg foo --loader-kwarg foo=bar
+``` 
+
+Custom data loader functions must accept `directory` as the first argument with positional and keyword arguments passed to the loader function after. The function must return a dictionary of configuration data matching the fields above. 
+
+```python
+def my_custom_loader(directory: Path, ...) -> Dict:
+  pass
+```