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+# Structures Pruning Scripts
+
+This directory contains the MongoDB structures pruning script that was
+migrated from the [tubular](https://github.com/openedx/tubular)
+repository.
+
+This can be useful to keep the MongoDB `modulestore.structures`
+collection size in check. This script could be called from any
+automation/CD framework.
+
+# Quick start
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> See [How to Use the Structures Pruning Script](https://docs.openedx.org/en/latest/site_ops/how-tos/use-the-structures-pruning-script.html) for a complete guide to running this in production.
+
+Some quick steps for setting this up to run. A shallow clone of
+openedx-platform is recommended because the repository is very large.
+
+```bash
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform.git
+cd openedx-platform
+virtualenv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r ./scripts/structures_pruning/requirements/base.txt
+```
+
+Then you can use python to run the scripts, and view the integrated
+help.
+
+```bash
+python scripts/structures_pruning/structures.py --help
+```
+
+# Development
+
+For development, you can also install the testing requirements:
+
+```bash
+pip install -r scripts/structures_pruning/requirements/testing.txt
+```
+
+Run the test cases using pytest:
+
+```bash
+pytest scripts/structures_pruning
+```
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-Structures Pruning Scripts
-==========================
-
-`This <https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/tree/master/scripts/structures_pruning>`_ directory contains mongo db structures pruning script that is migrated from the
-`tubular <https://github.com/openedx/tubular>`_ repository.
-
-
-This script could be called from any automation/CD framework.
-
-How to run the scripts
-======================
-
-Download the Scripts
---------------------
-
-To download the scripts, you can perform a partial clone of the edx-platform repository to obtain only the required scripts. The following steps demonstrate how to achieve this. Alternatively, you may choose other utilities or libraries for the partial clone.
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    repo_url=git@github.com:openedx/edx-platform.git
-    branch=master
-    directory=scripts/structures_pruning
-
-    git clone --branch $branch --single-branch --depth=1 --filter=tree:0 $repo_url
-    cd edx-platform
-    git sparse-checkout init --cone
-    git sparse-checkout set $directory
-
-Create Python Virtual Environment
----------------------------------
-
-Create a Python virtual environment using Python 3.12:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    python3.12 -m venv ../venv
-    source ../venv/bin/activate
-
-Install Pip Packages
---------------------
-
-Install the required pip packages using the provided requirements file:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    pip install -r scripts/structures_pruning/requirements/base.txt
-
-
-Execute Script
---------------
-
-You can simply execute Python scripts with python command
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    python scripts/structures_pruning/structures.py prune plan_file.json
-
-Feel free to customize these steps according to your specific environment and requirements.
-
-Run Test Cases
-==============
-
-Before running test cases, install the testing requirements:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    pip install -r scripts/structures_pruning/requirements/testing.txt
-
-Run the test cases using pytest:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    pytest scripts/structures_pruning