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@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@ is a synthetic scenario from LiveReview's auto-approve policy test suite,
 reviewed and triaged here by `livereviewbot`.
 
 This is not a real product — don't depend on anything in it.
+
+## Local development
+
+```bash
+go build ./...
+go test ./...
+go run .
+```
+
+Requires Go 1.22+. No external services needed — `Store` is in-memory only.