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   - [Working with trees](./tree_sequence_tree.md)
   - [Miscellaneous operations](./tree_sequence_miscellaneous.md)
 
+[Crate prelude](./prelude.md)
 [Changelog](./changelog.md)
 [Migration Guide](./migration_guide.md)
diff --git a/book/src/prelude.md b/book/src/prelude.md
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+# The `tskit` prelude
+
+The contents of the crate prelude are:
+
+```rust, noplaygound, ignore
+{{#include ../../src/prelude.rs}}
+```