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+# daily-typing-tourney
+Posts typing tournaments from 10fastfingers.com to a Slack channel
+
+## Installation
+
+1. `npm install`
+2. Copy `config.js.sample` to `config/config.js`
+3. Run
+   ```sh
+   TWITTER_USERNAME="user" TWITTER_PASSWORD="password" SLACK_TOKEN="token" npm run debug
+   ```