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+# 🏅 GitHub Badges Guide
+
+GitHub badges are visual indicators you can add to your README or documentation to communicate project status, metrics, or actions — such as build status, version, license, code coverage, number of stars, and more.
+
+---
+
+## 📌 What Are Badges?
+
+Badges are small visual tags (like shields) that can:
+- Indicate status (✅ Build Passing / ❌ Failing)
+- Show metrics (⭐ Stars, 🍴 Forks, 📦 Downloads)
+- Track progress (📈 Coverage, 🚧 Work In Progress)
+- Provide quick links (📄 License, 📂 Docs)
+
+They make repositories more professional, readable, and informative at a glance.
+
+***Please head over to the [templates file](https://github.com/openhorizonrobotics/.github/blob/main/Badges/Templates.md) to find commonly used badges that you can use in your repositories***
+
+---
+
+## 🔍 Where to Use Badges
+
+- At the top of your `README.md` file
+- In GitHub Pages documentation
+- In issues or pull request descriptions
+- Project wikis
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ How to Create Your Own Badges
+
+### ✅ Step 1: 
+
+Go to **[https://shields.io](https://shields.io)** — the most popular and free badge generator.
+
+---
+
+### 🧷 Static Badge
+
+These badges have fixed text and colors — they **do not update dynamically**.
+
+1. Go to [https://shields.io](https://shields.io)
+2. Click on **"Make your own badge"** (or scroll to the form)
+3. Fill in:
+   - **Label**: What it shows on the left
+   - **Message**: What it shows on the right
+   - **Color**: Any valid hex or name (like `blue`, `#f03`)
+4. Copy the Markdown/HTML snippet provided
+5. For more info watch this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cgpu9L2AE8&t=5s)
+---
+
+### 🔄 Dynamic Badge (Live Data)
+These update automatically with live GitHub data.
+
+Use prebuilt badge templates such as:
+
+| Badge          | URL Format                                                |
+| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
+| ⭐ Stars        | `https://img.shields.io/github/stars/<user>/<repo>`       |
+| 🍴 Forks       | `https://img.shields.io/github/forks/<user>/<repo>`       |
+| 🐛 Issues      | `https://img.shields.io/github/issues/<user>/<repo>`      |
+| 🔧 License     | `https://img.shields.io/github/license/<user>/<repo>`     |
+| 🚀 Last Commit | `https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/<user>/<repo>` |
+
+You can find multiple such badge templates on shields.io and customise them.
+<img width="249" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/037d2d0f-0832-4b65-9f73-2da88186c7e8" />
+<img width="275" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4e1ca1b7-5b4a-42b2-90d3-66fed2dc3d04" />
+
+
+---
+
+**Example**:
+
+![status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-active-brightgreen)
+
+```markdown
+![status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-active-brightgreen)
+```
+