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 ## Building
 
+### Prerequisites:
+
+The build toolchain requires `npm` and `jq` to be installed. You can use the `scripts/setup-dev.sh` script to install these prerequisites.
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 To build the entire project, including the CLI package, run the following command from the root directory:
 
 ```bash