From 51538c1537dc4d3ceac1ee98a9c790f68c7facd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: phact <estevezsebastian@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:22:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] readme

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 README.md | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4347b3c4..5b7f336a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-### OpenRAG
+## OpenRAG
 
 [![Ask DeepWiki](https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg)](https://deepwiki.com/phact/openrag)
 
+### getting started
+
+Set up your secrets:
+
+    cp .env.example .env
+
+Populate the values in .env
+
+Run OpenRAG:
+
     docker compose build
 
     docker compose up