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+# Getting started
+
+## Install the poetry environment
+
+```bash
+poetry install
+```
+
+## Install the ipython kernel
+
+```bash
+poetry add ipykernel
+poetry run python -m ipykernel install --user --name=chem_dagster_pipelines
+```
+