From 3e598424475ada8c6abd271f74783de3df36507d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Webster <ianw_github@ianww.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:10:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add local build instructions. Closes #250

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 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 580aa78ec36..aab2694034c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -292,6 +292,17 @@ We support OpenAI's API as well as a number of open-source models. It's also to
 
 ## Development
 
+Here's how to build and run locally:
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/promptfoo/promptfoo.git
+cd promptfoo
+
+npm i
+cd path/to/experiment-with-promptfoo   # contains your promptfooconfig.yaml
+npx path/to/promptfoo-source eval
+```
+
 Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue.
 
 `promptfoo` includes several npm scripts to make development easier and more efficient. To use these scripts, run `npm run <script_name>` in the project directory.