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 # [`python-discovery`](https://python-discovery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
 
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+
+## What is python-discovery?
+
+`python-discovery` is a library for discovering Python interpreters installed on your machine. You may have multiple
+Python versions from system packages, [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv), [mise](https://mise.jdx.dev/),
+[asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/), [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/), or the Windows registry (PEP 514). This library finds
+the right one for you.
+
+Give it a requirement like `python3.12` or `>=3.11,<3.13`, and it searches all known locations, verifies each candidate,
+and returns detailed metadata about the match. Results are cached to disk so repeated lookups are fast.
+
+## Usage
+
+```python
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from python_discovery import DiskCache, get_interpreter
+
+cache = DiskCache(root=Path("~/.cache/python-discovery").expanduser())
+result = get_interpreter("python3.12", cache=cache)
+if result is not None:
+    print(result.executable)  # /usr/bin/python3.12
+    print(result.implementation)  # CPython
+    print(result.version_info[:3])  # (3, 12, 1)
+```
+
+The `get_interpreter()` function accepts various specification formats:
+
+- Absolute path: `/usr/bin/python3.12`
+- Version: `3.12`
+- Implementation prefix: `cpython3.12`
+- PEP 440 specifier: `>=3.10`, `>=3.11,<3.13`
+
+## Documentation
+
+Full documentation is available at [python-discovery.readthedocs.io](https://python-discovery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)