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 SCENE's shared code lives in the [SCENE-Collaboration](https://github.com/SCENE-Collaboration) GitHub organisation. The template may be used for new repositories here or elsewhere in the consortium.
 
-> **Starting a new project?** Follow [Using this template](https://scene-collaboration.github.io/CodeAndDocsTemplate/using-the-template/), step by step.
+> [!NOTE]
+> **The project template will be added soon!** Please stay tuned until #1 merges.
 
+
+**Documentation:**
 - [Project standards](https://scene-collaboration.github.io/CodeAndDocsTemplate/guidelines/): project layout, formatting and linting, CI, lockfiles, containers and DataJoint.
 - [Collaborating on code](https://scene-collaboration.github.io/CodeAndDocsTemplate/development-guide/): Git workflow, code style, issues, pull requests and code review.
 - [Documentation with Jupyter Book](https://scene-collaboration.github.io/CodeAndDocsTemplate/jupyter-book/), built from [`docs/`](docs/) and published to GitHub Pages.