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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "{{ project_name_kebab }}"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "{{ issue_title }}"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "click>=8.1.7",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+{{ project_name_kebab }} = "{{ project_name_snake }}.main:main"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=7.4.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
+    "black>=23.0.0",
+    "ruff>=0.1.0",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 100
+target-version = "py39"