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 ## AlgoKit TEALScript Template Information
 
+### Setup dev environment
+
+`npm install` will add all the needed nodejs modules for this project.
+
 ### Build Contract
 
 `npm run build` will compile the contract to TEAL and generate an ABI and appspec JSON in [./contracts/artifacts](./contracts/artifacts/) and a algokit TypeScript client in [./contracts/clients](./contracts/clients/).