# Creating a Repository

<mark style="background-color:yellow;">Step 1:</mark> From the **WriteupsDB** module home page, click **New Repository**.

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<mark style="background-color:yellow;">Step 2:</mark> Fill out the provided fields.

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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. The Section ID Prefix value informs the future relationship of all sections created within the repository to a specific repository. Once assigned to a particular repository with the prefix, sections will automatically increment as they are added. An error message will display if the prefix already exists after clicking the **Create** button.<br>
3. **Description**: Describes the repository in 350 characters or less. The number of characters remaining in the description is presented at the bottom right of the box.<br>
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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A notification confirms the action and the repository will appear as a card on the **Repositories** tab.


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