diff --git a/.markdownlint.json b/.markdownlint.json
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index 00000000..a991f3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.markdownlint.json
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+{
+  "default": true,
+  "heading-style": {
+    "style": "atx"
+  },
+  "ul-style": {
+    "style": "dash"
+  },
+  "no-duplicate-heading": false,
+  "first-line-h1": false,
+  "first-line-heading": false,
+  "no-blanks-blockquote": false,
+  "line-length": {
+    "line_length": 140,
+    "tables": false,
+    "code_blocks": false
+  },
+  "no-inline-html": false,
+  "hr-style": {
+    "style": "---"
+  },
+  "fenced-code-language": false,
+  "code-block-style": false,
+  "emphasis-style": false
+}
diff --git a/.markdownlintignore b/.markdownlintignore
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+++ b/.markdownlintignore
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+**/node_modules/**
+**/*.snippet.md
+CHANGELOG.*.md
+CHANGELOG.md