diff --git a/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
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+name: cffconvert
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  validation:
+    name: validate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@2541b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: cffconvert
+        uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@4cf11baa70a673bfdf9dad0acc7ee33b3f4b6084
+        with:
+          args: "--validate"
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
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+abstract: A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust.
+authors:
+  - alias: mcobzarenco
+    family-names: Cobzarenco
+    given-names: Marius
+  - alias: iainh
+    given-names: Iain
+  - alias: kevinmatthes
+    family-names: Matthes
+    given-names: Kevin
+  - alias: KSXGitHub
+  - name: The Zee Community
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+date-released: 2022-04-23
+message: Please cite this software using these meta data.
+license:
+  - Apache-2.0
+  - MIT
+repository-artifact: https://crates.io/crates/zee
+repository-code: https://github.com/zee-editor/zee
+title: zee
+url: https://github.com/zee-editor/zee
+version: 0.3.2