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-# Challenges
 
-The `seed` directory contains all the challenges that appear on the freeCodeCamp learning platform. 
+This directory contains code and data to "seed" the Mongo database with challenges. 
 
-For each challenge section, there is a JSON file (fields documented below) containing its name, seed HTML, tests, and so on. 
-
-## Usage
-
-|command|description|
-|---|---|
-| `npm run test-challenges` | run all challenge tests (for each challenge JSON file, run all `tests` against all `solutions`) |
-| `npm run test` |  run all JS tests in the system, including client, server, lint and challenge tests |
-| `npm run seed` <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(<small>or</small> `node seed`) | parses all the challenge JSON files and saves them into MongoDB (code is inside [index.js](index.js)) |
-| `npm run commit` | interactive tool to help you build a good commit message |
-| `npm run unpack` | extract challenges from `seed/challenges` into `unpacked` subdirectory, one HTML page per challenge |
-| `npm run repack` | repack challenges from `unpacked` subdirectory into `seed/challenges` |
-
-### unpack and repack
-
-`npm run unpack` extracts challenges into separate files for easier viewing and editing. The files are `.gitignore`d and will *not* be checked in, and all mongo seed importing will keep using the existing system; this is essentially a tool for editing `challenge.json` files. These HTML files are self-contained and run their own tests -- open a browser JS console to see the test results.
-
-`npm run repack` gathers up the unpacked/edited HTML files into challenge-block JSON files. Use `git diff` to see the changes.
-
-When editing the unpacked files, you must only edit lines between comment fences like `<!--description-->` and `<!--end-->`. In descriptions, you can insert a paragraph break with `<!--break-->`.
-
-Unpacked lines that begin with `//--JSON:` are parsed and inserted verbatim.
-
-## Links
-
-* [Challenge Style Guide](challenge-style-guide.md) - how to create and format challenges
-* [Contributing to FreeCodeCamp - Writing ES6 Challenge Tests
-](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOdD84OSfAE#t=2h49m55s) - a video following [Ethan Arrowood](https://twitter.com/ArrowoodTech) as he contributes to the curriculum
-* [Challenge schema](../common/models/challenge.json) - lists all of the fields inside challenge, and describes some of them
-* [Challenge types](../common/ap/utils/challengeTypes.js) - what the numeric challenge type values mean (enum) 
-
-
-## Challenge Template
-
-```
-{
-  "id": "unique identifier (alphanumerical, mongodb id)",
-  "title": "Challenge Title",
-  "description": [
-    "Challenge description.",
-    "An new string in the array will create a new paragraph."
-  ],
-  "releasedOn": "date formatted like: January 1, 2016",
-  "challengeSeed": [
-    "// code displayed in the editor by default",
-    "// a new string in the array is a new line"
-  ],
-  "solutions": [
-    "at least one code solution that passes the tests below, used for automated testing (and inspiration for students)."
-  ],
-  "tests": [
-    "an array of assert tests that check if the user's solution is working",
-    "assert(aFunction('argument') === 'result', 'message: This message explains what the test is testing');",
-  ],
-  "type": "string identifying type of challenge. takes priority for viewType",
-  "challengeType": "number identifying type of challenge (step, project, normal). takes priority for submitType",
-  "isRequired": "boolean value that indicates whether challenge is required for certificate",
-  "translations": {
-    "language-code": {
-      "title": "The Title in a Different Language",
-      "description": [
-        "The description in a different language."
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-},
-```
+See the main [CONTRIBUTING](../CONTRIBUTING.md) file for instructions and details.