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== Background and objective == 
* The goal of this page is to explain how to set neuron following via quill, including some examples. 
* We assume that you have a working installation of quill and are familiar with the tool. For an introduction into quill, please see here. For instructions on how to install and use quill please see the readme on GitHub and the quill documentation.
* This article is particularly relevant if you have not updated your neuron after the disablement of default following for proposals on the governance topic conducted in Q1’22. 

== Command syntax ==
The syntax of the quill command to set the following is 

'''quill --pem-file <PEM_FILE> neuron-manage <neuron id> --follow-topic <FOLLOW_TOPIC> --follow-neurons <follow neuron id>'''

where 
* <PEM_FILE> is the path to the Privacy-Enhanced Mail (PEM) file created when quill was set up. 
* <neuron id> is the id of your neuron.     
* <FOLLOW_TOPIC> takes an argument from the following
** 0 - All Topics Except Governance
** 2 - ExchangeRate
** 3 - NetworkEconomics
** 4 - Governance
** 5 - NodeAdmin
** 6 - ParticipantManagement
** 7 - SubnetManagement
** 8 - NetworkCanisterManagement
9 - KYC
10 - NodeProviderRewards
<follow neuron id> is the id of  the neuron you wish to follow.

== Examples ==
Assume that you have a set-up where your PEM file is called identity.pem and the id of your neuron is 11423144599838103945.

=== Example 1: === 
* Set the following for the category “Governance” (topic type 4). 
* Follow the ICP Maximalist Network with neuron id 4966884161088437903	
Then the corresponding quill command is 

'''quill --pem-file identity.pem neuron-manage 11423144599838103945 --follow-topic 4 --follow-neurons 4966884161088437903''' 

=== Example 2: === 
* Set the following for the category “All Topics Except Governance” (topic type 0) 
* Follow the DFINITY foundation with neuron id 27	
Then the corresponding quill command is 

'''quill --pem-file identity.pem neuron-manage 11423144599838103945 --follow-topic 0 --follow-neurons 27'''