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 > Babel preset for all React plugins.
 
+This preset includes the following plugins:
+
+- [syntax-flow](https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/syntax-flow/)
+- [syntax-jsx](https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/syntax-jsx/)
+- [transform-flow-strip-types](https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/transform-flow-strip-types/)
+- [transform-react-jsx](https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/transform-react-jsx/)
+- [transform-react-display-name](https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/transform-react-display-name/)
+
 ## Install
 
+> You can also check out the React [Getting Started page](https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/hello-world.html)
+
+> For more info, check out the setup page on the [cli](/docs/setup/) and the [usage](/docs/usage/cli/) docs.
+
+Install the CLI and this preset
+
 ```sh
-npm install --save-dev babel-preset-react
+npm install --save-dev babel-cli babel-preset-react
+```
+
+Make a .babelrc config file with the preset
+
+```sh
+echo '{ "presets": ["react"] }' > .babelrc
+```
+
+Create a file to run on
+
+```sh
+echo '<h1>Hello, world!</h1>' > index.js
+```
+
+View the output
+
+```sh
+./node_modules/.bin/babel index.js
 ```
 
 ## Usage