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 # Contributing
 * Fork the project
 * Install dependencies - run `yarn`
-* Create a `.env` file with a postgres connection string and your own DID, optionally [more configuration options](https://github.com/AvivRubys/bluesky-hebrew-feed/blob/main/src/config.ts#L9) if you like
+* Setup a postgres database on your machine.
+* Create a `.env` file with the following variables:
+    * a postgres connection string
+    * your own DID, you can find this at https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.identity.resolveHandle?handle=<your_handle>.bsky.social
+    entering your account handle in the url
+    * your own username and password to bluesky
+    * Subscription endpoint as shown in the example `.env`
+
+    optionally [more configuration options](https://github.com/AvivRubys/bluesky-hebrew-feed/blob/main/src/config.ts#L9) if you like.
+
 * Run the server with `yarn dev`, and it will be available on `localhost:3000` (or a different host/port if you changed that configuration)
 
+Example `.env`
+```
+FEEDGEN_SUBSCRIPTION_ENDPOINT="wss://bsky.network"
+POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING=postgres://<username>:<password>@<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>?sslmode=disable
+FEEDGEN_PUBLISHER_DID=did:plc:abcd...
+BLUESKY_CLIENT_LOGIN_IDENTIFIER=username (for bluesky)
+BLUESKY_CLIENT_LOGIN_PASSWORD=password (for bluesky)
+```
 ## Debugging
 The feeds can be accessed through this url - `http://localhost:3000/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getFeedSkeleton?feed=at://YOUR_DID_HERE/app.bsky.feed.generator/FEED_NAME` (replace YOUR_DID_HERE with the DID you configured in the .env file, and FEED_NAME with [one of the feed names](https://github.com/AvivRubys/bluesky-hebrew-feed/blob/321caee2b38b2e7cb53a744522d3b4d084d2c807/src/algos.ts#L124-L129))