Merge pull request #3552 from stevepiercy/docs-cookiecutter-merge-scaffold

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+.. index::
+    single: cookiecutter
+
 .. _cookiecutters:
 
 Pyramid cookiecutters
@@ -5,7 +8,13 @@ Pyramid cookiecutters
 
 A :term:`cookiecutter` is a command-line utility that creates projects from `cookiecutters <https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__ (project templates).
 
-`pyramid-cookiecutter-starter <https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid-cookiecutter-starter>`_
+The Pylons Project supports one official Pyramid cookiecutter `pyramid-cookiecutter-starter <https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid-cookiecutter-starter>`_.
+
+Cookiecutters that use Pyramid can be found using a `search of the GitHub topic "cookiecutter-template" for "Pyramid" <https://github.com/topics/cookiecutter-template?q=pyramid&unscoped_q=pyramid>`_.
+
+You can extend Pyramid by creating a :term:`cookiecutter` project template.
+This is useful if you would like to distribute a customizable configuration of Pyramid to other users.
+Once you have created a cookiecutter, other people can use it to create a custom version of your Pyramid application.
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.8
     Added cookiecutter support.
@@ -17,6 +26,16 @@ A :term:`cookiecutter` is a command-line utility that creates projects from `coo
     ``pyramid-cookiecutter-alchemy`` and ``pyramid-cookiecutter-zodb`` are no longer supported.
     Use ``pyramid-cookiecutter-starter`` going forward.
 
-.. seealso::
 
-    See also `Cookiecutter Installation <https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html>`_ and `Cookiecutter Features <https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/readme.html#features>`_. Development of cookiecutters is documented under `Learn the Basics of Cookiecutter by Creating a Cookiecutter <https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/first_steps.html>`_.
+.. _cookiecutter-basics:
+
+Basics
+------
+
+See `Cookiecutter Installation <https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html>`_ to get started.
+
+Then see the `README <https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid-cookiecutter-starter#pyramid-cookiecutter-starter>`_ of ``pyramid-cookiecutter-starter`` for its usage to generate a starter project.
+
+The ``pyramid-cookiecutter-starter`` on its ``master`` branch is a good starting point to develop your own cookiecutter.
+Development of cookiecutters is documented under `Learn the Basics of Cookiecutter by Creating a Cookiecutter <https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/first_steps.html>`_.
+See `Cookiecutter Features <https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/README.html#features>`_ for details of what is possible.