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+import os
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+from pytablewriter import MarkdownTableWriter
+from scopedict import get_scope_dict
+
+HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+class ScopeTableGenerator:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.scopes = get_scope_dict()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_writer(cls, table_name, headers, values):
+        writer = MarkdownTableWriter()
+        writer.table_name = table_name
+        writer.headers = headers
+        writer.value_matrix = values
+        writer.margin = 1
+        return writer
+
+    def _get_scope_relationships(self):
+        """Returns a tuple of dictionary of all scope-subscope pairs and a list of just subscopes:
+
+        ({scope: subscope}, [subscopes])
+
+        used for creating hierarchical scope table in _parse_scopes()
+        """
+        pairs = []
+        for scope in self.scopes.keys():
+            if self.scopes[scope].get('subscopes'):
+                for subscope in self.scopes[scope]['subscopes']:
+                    pairs.append((scope, subscope))
+            else:
+                pairs.append((scope, None))
+        subscopes = [pair[1] for pair in pairs]
+        pairs_dict = defaultdict(list)
+        for scope, subscope in pairs:
+            pairs_dict[scope].append(subscope)
+        return pairs_dict, subscopes
+
+    def _get_top_scopes(self, subscopes):
+        """Returns a list of highest level scopes
+        (not a subscope of any other scopes)"""
+        top_scopes = []
+        for scope in self.scopes.keys():
+            if scope not in subscopes:
+                top_scopes.append(scope)
+        return top_scopes
+
+    def _parse_scopes(self):
+        """Returns a list of table rows where row:
+        [indented scopename string, scope description string]"""
+        scope_pairs, subscopes = self._get_scope_relationships()
+        top_scopes = self._get_top_scopes(subscopes)
+
+        table_rows = []
+        md_indent = "   "
+
+        def _add_subscopes(table_rows, scopename, depth=0):
+            description = self.scopes[scopename]['description']
+            table_row = [f"{md_indent*depth}`{scopename}`", description]
+            table_rows.append(table_row)
+            for subscope in scope_pairs[scopename]:
+                if subscope:
+                    _add_subscopes(table_rows, subscope, depth + 1)
+
+        for scope in top_scopes:
+            _add_subscopes(table_rows, scope)
+
+        return table_rows
+
+    def write_table(self):
+        """Generates the scope table in markdown format and writes it into scope-table.md file"""
+        filename = f"{HERE}/scope-table.md"
+        table_name = ""
+        headers = ["Scope", "Description"]
+        values = self._parse_scopes()
+        writer = self.create_writer(table_name, headers, values)
+
+        title = "Table 1. Available scopes and their hierarchy"
+        content = f"{title}\n{writer.dumps()}"
+        with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(content)
+        print(f"Generated {filename}.")
+
+
+def main():
+    table_generator = ScopeTableGenerator()
+    table_generator.write_table()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()