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+# BMI for Python
+
+Python bindings for the CSDMS [Basic Model Interface](https://bmi.readthedocs.io).
+
+![[DOI][doi-link]][doi-badge]
+![[Build Status][build-link]][build-badge]
+![[Build Status][anaconda-link]][anaconda-badge]
+
+[anaconda-badge]: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/bmipy/badges/version.svg
+[anaconda-link]: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/bmipy
+[build-badge]: https://github.com/csdms/bmi-python/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg
+[build-link]: https://github.com/csdms/bmi-python/actions/workflows/test.yml
+[doi-badge]: https://zenodo.org/badge/179283861.svg
+[doi-link]: https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/179283861
+
+## Install
+
+Install *bmipy* with *pip*,
+
+```bash
+pip install bmipy
+```
+
+If you're using Anaconda, you can also install *bmipy*
+with conda from the *conda-forge* channel,
+
+```bash
+conda install bmipy -c conda-forge
+```
+
+To build and install *bmipy* from source,
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/csdms/bmi-python
+cd bmi-python
+pip install .
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```python
+from bmipy import Bmi
+
+
+class MyBmi(Bmi):
+
+    def initialize(self, config_file):
+        # Your implementation goes here
+```
+
+A complete sample implementation is given in the
+<https://github.com/csdms/bmi-example-python>
+repository.

pyproject.toml

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 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic.readme]
-file = "README.rst"
-content-type = "text/x-rst"
+file = "README.md"
+content-type = "text/markdown"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic.version]
 attr = "bmipy._version.__version__"
 
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = [
+    "src",
+]
+
 [tool.mypy]
 check_untyped_defs = true
 disallow_any_generics = true