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+import geopandas as gpd
+import pandas as pd
+import tqdm
+
+from ngen.config_gen.file_writer import DefaultFileWriter
+from ngen.config_gen.hook_providers import DefaultHookProvider
+from ngen.config_gen.generate import generate_configs
+
+from ngen.config_gen.models.cfe import Cfe
+from ngen.config_gen.models.pet import Pet
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # or pass local file paths instead
+    hf_file = "https://lynker-spatial.s3.amazonaws.com/v20.1/gpkg/nextgen_09.gpkg"
+    hf_lnk_file = "https://lynker-spatial.s3.amazonaws.com/v20.1/model_attributes/nextgen_09.parquet"
+
+    hf: gpd.GeoDataFrame = gpd.read_file(hf_file, layer="divides")
+    hf_lnk_data: pd.DataFrame = pd.read_parquet(hf_lnk_file)
+
+    hook_provider = DefaultHookProvider(hf=hf, hf_lnk_data=hf_lnk_data)
+    # files will be written to ./config
+    file_writer = DefaultFileWriter("./config/")
+
+    generate_configs(
+        hook_providers=tqdm.tqdm(hook_provider),
+        hook_objects=[Cfe, Pet],
+        file_writer=file_writer,
+    )