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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "cron-parser-cli"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "A CLI tool that parses, validates, generates, and explains cron expressions in human-readable language"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+keywords = ["cron", "cli", "parser", "scheduler", "automation"]
+authors = [
+    {name = "Cron Parser CLI Contributors"}
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "click>=8.1.7",
+    "python-crontab>=3.3.0",
+    "croniter>=6.0.0",
+    "cron-descriptor>=2.0.6",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=7.4.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+cronparse = "cronparse.cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+python_files = ["test_*.py"]
+python_classes = ["Test*"]
+python_functions = ["test_*"]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+source = ["cronparse"]
+omit = ["tests/*"]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+exclude_lines = ["pragma: no cover", "def __repr__", "raise NotImplementedError"]