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 ## First step: get your Personal Access Token (PAT)
 
+For deploying your own instance of GitHub Readme Stats, you will need to create a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT). Below are the steps to create one and the scopes you need to select for both classic and fine-grained tokens.
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 Selecting the right scopes for your token is important in case you want to display private contributions on your stats card. 
 
 ### Classic token