add basic usage

README.md

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 npm start
 ```
 
-## Test
 
-```sh
-# run the test suite
-npm test
-```
+## Documentation
+
+Please see [How To](docs/how-to.md) for more details.

docs/usage.md

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+## Setting Up `trop`
+
+Welcome! We're glad you want to try out `trop`.
+
+#### What Does `trop` Do?
+
+This bot is designed to automate the process of backporting to versioned release branches.
+
+To install this app and have it work properly you will need:
+1. A project board with column names corresponding to your backport labels
+  - Ex. a column name of `target/2-0-0` will correspond to a label of `target/2-0-0`
+2. A `.github/config.yml` file with fields as specified in [this example config](.example.config)
+
+The flow of this app is as follows:
+1. Open a bugfix or feature pull request to `master`
+2. Tag the pull request with one of the backport labels (ex. `target/2-0-0`)
+3.`trop` will immediately place this pull request as a note into the corresponding column of the `watchedProject` as specified in your config file
+4. You or another co-contributor merges the pull request into `master`
+5. Trop will automatically open pull requests containing `cherry-pick`s of the code into the backporting branches you specified in your labels (in this case, `2.0.0`).
+6. You or a co-contributor resolves conflicts if they exist and merges in the automatically created backport branches
+7. `trop` will move the cards it created for this backport into corresponding `merged/2-0-0` columns in the specified `watchedProject` board.
+
+Congratulations! You've significantly reduced friction in your backporting process :tada:
+
+
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