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 Future packages that are planned to be added to the monorepo:
 - fancynpcs: https://github.com/FancyMcPlugins/FancyNpcs
 - fancywebsite: https://github.com/FancyMcPlugins/FancyWebsite
-- (fancymorphs: https://github.com/FancyMcPlugins/FancyMorphs)
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+- (fancymorphs: https://github.com/FancyMcPlugins/FancyMorphs)
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+## Usage
+
+The monorepo uses Gradle as build system. See [monorepo.md](docs/src/development-guidelines/monorepo.md) for more information.
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+To see specific usage for each package, see the README.md in the respective package directory.
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