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+# rclcpp
+
+This repository contains the source code for the ROS Client Library for C++ package, included with a standard install of any ROS 2 distro.
+
+rclcpp provides the standard C++ API for interacting with ROS 2.
+
+## Usage
+
+`#include "rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp"` allows use of the most common elements of the ROS 2 system.
+
+Visit the [rclcpp API documentation](http://docs.ros2.org/eloquent/api/rclcpp/) for a complete list of its main components.
+
+### Examples
+
+The ROS 2 tutorials [Writing a simple publisher and subscriber](https://index.ros.org/doc/ros2/Tutorials/Writing-A-Simple-Cpp-Publisher-And-Subscriber/)
+and [Writing a simple service and client](https://index.ros.org/doc/ros2/Tutorials/Writing-A-Simple-Cpp-Service-And-Client/)
+contain some examples of rclcpp APIs in use.