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 FabFire Provisioning Tool
 ===
+Tool for provisioning new cards for use with the FabAccess card system.
+Using the cards requires a configured instance of the [fabfire adapter](https://gitlab.com/fabinfra/fabaccess/fabfire_adapter).
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 # Usage
 ## Provisioning
 ```shell