diff --git a/ghost/external-media-inliner/.eslintrc.js b/ghost/external-media-inliner/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+    plugins: ['ghost'],
+    extends: [
+        'plugin:ghost/node'
+    ]
+};
diff --git a/ghost/external-media-inliner/README.md b/ghost/external-media-inliner/README.md
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+# External Media Inliner
+
+Service that processes post contents and downloads/inlines external media
+
+
+## Usage
+
+
+## Develop
+
+This is a monorepo package.
+
+Follow the instructions for the top-level repo.
+1. `git clone` this repo & `cd` into it as usual
+2. Run `yarn` to install top-level dependencies.
+
+
+
+## Test
+
+- `yarn lint` run just eslint
+- `yarn test` run lint and tests
+
diff --git a/ghost/external-media-inliner/index.js b/ghost/external-media-inliner/index.js
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+module.exports = require('./lib/ExternalMediaInliner');
diff --git a/ghost/external-media-inliner/lib/ExternalMediaInliner.js b/ghost/external-media-inliner/lib/ExternalMediaInliner.js
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+class ExternalMediaInliner {
+
+}
+
+module.exports = ExternalMediaInliner;
diff --git a/ghost/external-media-inliner/package.json b/ghost/external-media-inliner/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@tryghost/external-media-inliner",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/main/packages/external-media-inliner",
+  "author": "Ghost Foundation",
+  "private": true,
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "echo \"Implement me!\"",
+    "test:unit": "NODE_ENV=testing c8 --all --check-coverage --100  --reporter text --reporter cobertura mocha './test/**/*.test.js'",
+    "test": "yarn test:unit",
+    "lint:code": "eslint *.js lib/ --ext .js --cache",
+    "lint": "yarn lint:code && yarn lint:test",
+    "lint:test": "eslint -c test/.eslintrc.js test/ --ext .js --cache"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.js",
+    "lib"
+  ],
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "c8": "7.13.0",
+    "mocha": "10.2.0",
+    "sinon": "15.0.1"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/ghost/external-media-inliner/test/.eslintrc.js b/ghost/external-media-inliner/test/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+    plugins: ['ghost'],
+    extends: [
+        'plugin:ghost/test'
+    ]
+};
diff --git a/ghost/external-media-inliner/test/ExternalMediaInliner.test.js b/ghost/external-media-inliner/test/ExternalMediaInliner.test.js
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+const assert = require('assert');
+const ExternalMediaInliner = require('../index');
+
+describe('ExternalMediaInliner', function () {
+    it('Creates an instance', function () {
+        assert.ok(new ExternalMediaInliner());
+    });
+});