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   <h1 align="center">lizardbyte-common</h1>
-  <h4 align="center">Common helper scripts and repository tooling for LizardByte projects</h4>
+  <h4 align="center">Common library and helpers for LizardByte projects.</h4>
 </div>
 
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-## Overview
+# Overview
+
+## ℹ️ About
 
 This repository contains shared helper scripts, repository-level tooling, and C++ helpers used across LizardByte
 projects.
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ The current tooling includes Python-managed helpers, reusable GitHub workflows,
 - `lizardbyte::common` provides shared C++ helpers, starting with environment variable manipulation.
 - `lizardbyte::test_support` provides shared GoogleTest fixtures and test macros for LizardByte C++ projects.
 
-## Python Tooling
+## ⚙️ Python Tooling
 
 Install [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) and sync the locked tool environment:
 
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ cmake -DBUILD_DOCS=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -B build/docs -S .
 cmake --build build/docs --target docs
 ```
 
-## Consuming Projects
+## 📐 Consuming Projects
 
 Projects with a `pyproject.toml` can use this repository as a local path dependency. For a submodule at
 `third-party/lizardbyte-common`, add the dependency and source to the consuming project's `pyproject.toml`:
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ add_subdirectory(third-party/lizardbyte-common)
 target_link_libraries(my_test_binary PRIVATE lizardbyte::test_support)
 ```
 
-## Workflows
+## ♾️ Workflows
 
 Reusable GitHub workflows live under `.github/workflows/`.
 
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_BOT_TOKEN }}
 ```
 
-## Tests
+## 🧪 Tests
 
 Run the pytest suite: