diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fba074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This configuration file was automatically generated by Gitpod.
+# Please adjust to your needs (see https://www.gitpod.io/docs/introduction/learn-gitpod/gitpod-yaml)
+# and commit this file to your remote git repository to share the goodness with others.
+
+# Learn more from ready-to-use templates: https://www.gitpod.io/docs/introduction/getting-started/quickstart
+
+tasks:
+  - init: pip install .
+
+
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4b23a5e..988c225 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ pip install -e '.[dev]'
 And install quarto too:
 
 ```
-nbdev_install_quarto
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install tmux -y
+
 ```
 
 Then, after you make subsequent changes to `nbs/index.ipynb`, run the following from the repo's root directory to (re)build `README.md`:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c9313e..18fe870 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -180,6 +180,60 @@ ssage --provider openai --model gpt-4o-mini "explain this error"
 ssage --history-lines 50 "what commands did I just run?"
 ```
 
+# Developer Setup Guide
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Python 3.9+
+- pip
+- nbdev (latest version)
+- Quarto (for documentation generation)
+
+## Installation
+
+1.  Install the development dependencies:
+
+``` sh
+# installing all dependencies
+pip install -e '.[dev]'
+nbdev_install_quarto
+```
+
+2.  Set up the tmux environment for development:
+
+**Ubuntu/Debian**
+
+``` sh
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install tmux -y
+```
+
+3.  Start tmux:
+
+``` sh
+tmux
+```
+
+## nbdev Development Workflow
+
+### Initialize Project
+
+``` sh
+nbdev_install_quarto
+```
+
+### Update README from `index.ipynb`
+
+``` sh
+nbdev_readme
+```
+
+### Export Python Modules from Notebooks
+
+``` sh
+nbdev_export
+```
+
 ### Advanced Use Cases
 
 #### Git Workflow Enhancement
diff --git a/nbs/index.ipynb b/nbs/index.ipynb
index 31802d8..39bc3a7 100644
--- a/nbs/index.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/index.ipynb
@@ -203,6 +203,65 @@
     "```"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "edc29a9e",
+   "metadata": {
+    "notebookRunGroups": {
+     "groupValue": "2"
+    }
+   },
+   "source": [
+    "# Developer Setup Guide\n",
+    "\n",
+    "## Prerequisites\n",
+    "\n",
+    "- Python 3.9+\n",
+    "- pip\n",
+    "- nbdev (latest version)\n",
+    "- Quarto (for documentation generation)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "## Installation\n",
+    "\n",
+    "1. Install the development dependencies:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "```sh\n",
+    "# installing all dependencies\n",
+    "pip install -e '.[dev]'\n",
+    "nbdev_install_quarto\n",
+    "```\n",
+    "\n",
+    "2. Set up the tmux environment for development:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "**Ubuntu/Debian**\n",
+    "```sh\n",
+    "sudo apt update\n",
+    "sudo apt install tmux -y\n",
+    "```\n",
+    "\n",
+    "3. Start tmux:\n",
+    "```sh\n",
+    "tmux\n",
+    "```\n",
+    "\n",
+    "## nbdev Development Workflow\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### Initialize Project\n",
+    "```sh\n",
+    "nbdev_install_quarto\n",
+    "```\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### Update README from `index.ipynb`\n",
+    "```sh\n",
+    "nbdev_readme\n",
+    "```\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### Export Python Modules from Notebooks\n",
+    "```sh\n",
+    "nbdev_export\n",
+    "```\n"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "47d6bfb8",
@@ -316,9 +375,13 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "python3",
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "name": "python",
+   "version": "3.12.9"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,