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 First of all, thank you for considering contributing to our project! 🎉 We are delighted to have you here and truly appreciate your interest in making our project even better. Your contributions and ideas are highly valued.
 
 ## Getting Started
+### Prerequisites
+Install cmake
+- MacOS: `brew install cmake`
+- Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install cmake` 
+
+Install protobuf
+- MacOS: `brew install protobuf`
+- Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install protobuf-compiler`
 
 1. Make your own fork of [`llm-chain`](https://github.com/sobelio/llm-chain).
-2. `git clone` your fork to your local machine.
+2. ` git clone --recurse-submodule git@github.com:<YOUR GITHUB ACCOUNT HERE>/llm-chain.git` your fork to your local machine.
 3. Follow the instructions on the [rustup website](https://rustup.rs/) to install Rust.
-4. Fetch the project's submodules with `git submodule update`
-5. Test that everything went well with `cargo test`
-6. Make your changes in a new branch, following the coding guidelines and best practices.
-7. Commit and push your changes to your fork.
-8. Open a pull request against the main repository. 🚀
+4. Test that everything went well with `cargo test`
+5. Make your changes in a new branch, following the coding guidelines and best practices.
+6. Commit and push your changes to your fork.
+7. Open a pull request against the main repository. 🚀
 
 ## Before You Contribute