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+# VTR Flow
+
+This folder contains architecture files, benchmark circuits and scripts for running the VTR flow.
+
+For a description see the ['Running the VTR Flow' documentation at https://docs.verilogtorouting.org](https://docs.verilogtorouting.org/en/latest/vtr/running_vtr/),
+or the [`run_vtr_flow.rst` file](../doc/src/vtr/run_vtr_flow.rst) in the [`doc` folder](../doc)
+in the [root of the VTR source tree](https://github.com/SymbiFlow/vtr-verilog-to-routing).
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-This folder contains architecture files, benchmark circuits and scripts for running the VTR flow.
-
-For a description see the 'Running the VTR Flow' documentation at https://docs.verilogtorouting.org, or the 'docs' folder in the root of the VTR source tree.