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+## Usage
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+1. Install [docker](https://www.docker.com/) and `docker compose`
+2. Probably edit `parameters.yml`, but the defaults are fine for local testing
+3. Optionally edit `setup.sh` to change where [arkhamdb-json-data](https://github.com/ad1217/arkhamdb-json-data) is pulled from
+4. Run `setup.sh`