# Creating a Repository

<mark style="background-color:yellow;">Step 1:</mark> From the **Repositories** tab of the **RunbooksDB** module, click **New Repository**.

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<mark style="background-color:yellow;">Step 2:</mark> Enter information in the fields and select the desired security access for the repository.

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1. **Repository Name**: Describes the repository and is displayed on the repository card from the **Repositories** tab.
2. **Writeup ID Prefix**: A three-character value that is unique to this repository. An error message will display if the prefix already exists after clicking the **Create** button in Step 3.\
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3. **Description**: Describes the repository.
4. **Repository Access**: Defines what [users and roles can access](/plextrac-documentation/product-documentation/content-library/types-of-repositories.md) the writeups in this repository.&#x20;

<mark style="background-color:yellow;">Step 3:</mark> Click **Create**.

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The new repository now has a card on the **Repositories** tab.

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