diff --git a/jax_tpu_embedding/WORKSPACE b/jax_tpu_embedding/WORKSPACE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..953c0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jax_tpu_embedding/WORKSPACE
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+load("//jax_tpu_embedding:build_defs.bzl", "jte_targets")  # @unused
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "bazel_skylib",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.2.1/bazel-skylib-1.2.1.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.2.1/bazel-skylib-1.2.1.tar.gz",
+    ],
+    sha256 = "f7be3474d42aae265405a592bb7da8e171919d74c16f082a5457840f06054728",
+)
+
+load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")  #buildifier: disable=load-on-top
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "com_google_protobuf",  # v3.19.4 // 2022-01-2
+    sha256 = "3bd7828aa5af4b13b99c191e8b1e884ebfa9ad371b0ce264605d347f135d2568",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.19.4",
+    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.19.4.tar.gz",
+)
+
+bazel_skylib_workspace()
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_python",
+    sha256 = "cdf6b84084aad8f10bf20b46b77cb48d83c319ebe6458a18e9d2cebf57807cdd",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.8.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/refs/tags/0.8.1.tar.gz",
+)
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "zlib",
+    build_file = "@com_google_protobuf//:third_party/zlib.BUILD",
+    sha256 = "c3e5e9fdd5004dcb542feda5ee4f0ff0744628baf8ed2dd5d66f8ca1197cb1a1",
+    strip_prefix = "zlib-1.2.11",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/zlib.net/zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz",
+        "https://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
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diff --git a/jax_tpu_embedding/pip_package/README b/jax_tpu_embedding/pip_package/README.md
similarity index 92%
rename from jax_tpu_embedding/pip_package/README
rename to jax_tpu_embedding/pip_package/README.md
index 2adb5d5..94527a6 100644
--- a/jax_tpu_embedding/pip_package/README
+++ b/jax_tpu_embedding/pip_package/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 Update the version number in setup.py and commit it.
 
-SKIP: Copy the package using the script `export/copy_to_local_paxml.sh` or through git clone.
-
 In the following steps, we assume that the repo is stored at /tmp/jax_tpu_embedding.
 
 After the docker file has been tested on a TPU VM, the following