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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setup(
+    name="{{ project_slug }}",
+    version="1.0.0",
+    author="{{ author }}",
+    author_email="{{ email }}",
+    description="{{ description }}",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/{{ author|replace(' ', '-') }}/{{ project_slug }}",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    install_requires=[
+        {% if template_vars and template_vars.python %}
+        {% for dep in template_vars.python.get('dependencies', []) %}
+        "{{ dep }}",
+        {% endfor %}
+        {% else %}
+        {% endif %}
+    ],
+    extras_require={
+        "dev": [
+            "pytest>=7.0",
+            "pytest-cov>=4.0",
+            "black>=23.0",
+            "flake8>=6.0",
+        ],
+    },
+    entry_points={
+        "console_scripts": [
+            "{{ project_slug }}={{ project_slug }}.cli:main",
+        ],
+    },
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    ],
+)