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 This lesson is a template lesson that uses [The Carpentries Workbench][workbench].
 
+## Note about lesson life cycle stage
+Although the `config.yaml` states the life cycle stage as pre-alpha, **the template is stable and ready to use**. The life cycle stage is preset to `"pre-alpha"` as this setting is appropriate for new lessons initialised using the template.
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 ## Create a new repository from this template
 
 To use this template to start a new lesson repository,