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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="shellhist",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    author="Developer",
+    description="A CLI tool that analyzes shell command history to find patterns and suggest automation",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/user/shell-history-automation-tool",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    python_requires=">=3.11",
+    install_requires=[
+        "click>=8.1.0",
+        "fuzzywuzzy>=0.18.0",
+        "python-Levenshtein>=0.12.0",
+        "rich>=13.0.0",
+    ],
+    entry_points={
+        "console_scripts": [
+            "shellhist=shellhist.cli:main",
+        ],
+    },
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    ],
+)