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+# Treasuremap
+
+This documentation project outlines a reference architecture for automated
+cloud provisioning and management, leveraging a collection of interoperable
+open-source tools.
+
+
+## Architecture
+To get started, see [architecture](https://treasuremap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html).