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 # Statement of need
 
 TAXPASTA is a Python package for standardising and aggregating metagenomic
-profiles coming from a wide range of tools and databases. It was developed as
+profiles coming from a wide range of tools and databases (\autoref{fig:summary}). It was developed as
 part of the nf-core/taxprofiler pipeline[^12] within the
 nf-core community [@ewels_nf-core_2020].
 
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ TAXPASTA is not the first tool to attempt standardising metagenomic profiles,
 but it is by far the most comprehensive in terms of supported profilers and
 output formats.
 
+![A visual summary of TAXPASTA's capabilities. Supported profilers are listed on the left and output formats on the right. \label{fig:summary}](taxpasta_diagram_v0.4.png)
+
 There exists an initiative to benchmark and compare profilers, as well as
 provide guidance on their fitness for purpose; the Critical Assessment of
 Metagenome Interpretation (CAMI) challenges [@sczyrba_critical_2017;
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