Add info about GitHub API

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## Using existing modules
We have written a helper command in the `nf-core/tools` package that allows you to install any module present in the `software/` directory of this repository:
We have written a helper command in the `nf-core/tools` package that uses the GitHub API to obtain the relevant information for the module files present in the `software/` directory of this repository. This includes using `git` commit hashes to track changes for reproducibility purposes, and to download and install all of the relevant module files.
1. [Install](https://github.com/nf-core/tools#installation) the latest version of `nf-core/tools` (`>=1.10.2`)
2. List the available modules:
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update Update one or all software wrapper modules. (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED)
remove Remove a software wrapper from a pipeline. (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED)
check Check that imported module code has not been modified. (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED)
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### Configuration and parameters