From 84be5f859402ef27468855c29832a542fbf523f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ophelia Goldstein <159258143+opheliagoldstein@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:59:33 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs(readme): enhance the description of deploy first steps section (#4483) Co-authored-by: Alexandr --- backend/readme.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/backend/readme.md b/backend/readme.md index 51d71005..40b443ee 100644 --- a/backend/readme.md +++ b/backend/readme.md @@ -819,6 +819,8 @@ By default, GitHub does not lay out the cards side by side. To do that, you can ## 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. + Selecting the right scopes for your token is important in case you want to display private contributions on your stats card. ### Classic token