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 💁 While writing, please consider the [12 Rules of Technical Writing](https://handbook.strapi.io/user-success-manual/12-rules-of-technical-writing) that the Strapi Documentation team will use to assess the quality and consistency of the contribution. 😊
 
+⚠️ **Important: Please disable any linter or automatic formatting tool(s)** before saving and submitting your files. Not doing so could, at best, add unnecessary formatting changes to the submitted PR or, at worst, prevent Docusaurus from properly rendering some pages.
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 ### Working locally: Set up the project
 
 To set up the Docusaurus project on your machine, perform the following steps from a terminal instance: