diff --git a/types/use-set-interval/index.d.ts b/types/use-set-interval/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for use-set-interval 1.0
+// Project: https://reacthooks.org/use-set-interval
+// Definitions by: Christian Rackerseder <https://github.com/screendriver>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.8
+
+/**
+ * A React Hook (using useEffect) which uses window.setInterval().
+ * @param fn a function to execute
+ * @param delay the delay between executions in milliseconds
+ */
+export default function useSetInterval(fn: () => void, delay: number): void;
diff --git a/types/use-set-interval/tsconfig.json b/types/use-set-interval/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "use-set-interval-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/use-set-interval/tslint.json b/types/use-set-interval/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/use-set-interval/use-set-interval-tests.ts b/types/use-set-interval/use-set-interval-tests.ts
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+import { useState } from 'react';
+import useSetInterval from 'use-set-interval';
+
+const [ count, setCount ] = useState(0);
+useSetInterval(() => setCount(count + 1), 1000);