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 The visualization capabilities require external dependencies of [Graphviz](https://graphviz.org/) and LaTeX.
 
+## Get started
+
+The example below provides a quick get-started. Full functionality can be inspected
+from the functions provided in the `pylhe` module.
+
+```python
+import itertools
+import pylhe
+
+# You can use LHE files from our scikit-hep-testdata package
+from skhep_testdata import data_path
+
+lhe_file = data_path("pylhe-testlhef3.lhe")
+
+events = pylhe.read_lhe_with_attributes(lhe_file)
+
+print(f"Number of events: {pylhe.read_num_events(lhe_file)}")
+
+# Get hold of event 1
+event = next(itertools.islice(events, 1, 2))
+
+# A DOT language graph of the event can be inspected as follows:
+print(event.graph.source)
+
+# The graph is nicely displayed as SVG in notebooks:
+event
+
+# If not in a notebook, or wishing to save the DOT graph under one of the available formats,
+# do for example (refer to the Graphviz documentation for more)
+event.graph.render(filename="test", format="png", cleanup=True)
+event.graph.render(filename="test", format="pdf", cleanup=True)
+```
+
 ## Citation
 
 The preferred BibTeX entry for citation of `pylhe` is