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-### Goal
-
-> TODO: A sentence or two describing the high level goal for this project
-
-### Estimated release date
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-> TODO: When we expect to release some or all of these improvements
-
-### Steps
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-- I. Drafting
-  - [x] High-level goals, estimated release date set
-  - [x] This GitHub issue
-  - [ ] Consider impact to UX/DX, talk to users
-  - [ ] **If applicable:** Visual design
-    - [ ] Design research
-    - [ ] Lo-fi wireframes (personal draft in Figma)
-      - [ ] Vision review w/ @edamamedesign, directional/aesthetic revisions
-      - [ ] Practical review w/ @mikermcneil, simplifying/UX revisions
-    - [ ] Hi-fi wireframes (shared project in Figma)
-      - [ ] Engineering review w/ @zachw, tactical revisions
-    - [ ] Final wireframes
-      - [ ] Shared as a comment in this issue
-- II. Implementation
-  - [ ] Pull request(s)
-    - [ ] Code changes
-    - [ ] Documentation changes
-    - [ ] Short Loom video demo (the happy path + the edge cases you've tested)
-    - [ ] Engineering review, quality/style revisions
-- III. Release
-  - [ ] Release tagged
-  - [ ] Release notes written
-  - [ ] Upgrade considerations documented (e.g. breaking change, DB schema migrations, etc)
-  - [ ] Release announced
-    - [ ] Code published
-      - [ ] GitHub
-      - [ ] NPM
-      - [ ] Docker
-    - [ ] Release blog post published
-    - [ ] Release announced…
-      - [ ] …in osquery Slack
-      - [ ] …on social media
-        - [ ] https://twitter.com/fleetctl
-        - [ ] https://linkedin.com/company/fleetdm
-        - [ ] https://www.facebook.com/fleetdm
-        - [ ] https://www.instagram.com/fleetctl/