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@@ -11,8 +11,20 @@ To get started with this project, follow these steps:
 1. Clone the repository to your local machine.
 2. Navigate to the project directory.
 3. Run `npm install` to install the necessary dependencies.
-4. Run `npm run setup`
-5. Start the development server by running `npm run dev`.
+4. Copy environment variables `cp .env.example .env`
+5. Run `npm run setup`
+6. Start the development server by running `npm run dev`.
+
+## HOW TO USE
+
+Please keep in mind this is a personal project, not yet intended for a wide audience
+
+- login as `adminUser` set from seeds in `prisma/seed.ts` (if you want to change this then run `npm run setup` again)
+- from user dropdown in upper right navigate to sketch and select `My First Artboard` (created from seed)
+- add at least one design attribute for each category
+- add a layer, which will adopt the artboard design attributes
+- click on the layer name to select it and adjust the designs from there
+- move up/down, make visible/invisible, add/remove designs and layers to create different outputs on the artboard
 
 ## TECH STACK
 
@@ -26,4 +38,13 @@ To get started with this project, follow these steps:
 
 - this is a project built for personal use in developing a project to achieve my artistic goals: rapid development and deployment of unique artistic projects in the marketplace
 - foregoing tests a bit to get the MVP out
-- I recently discovered the Figma UI and feel that dashboard is a good representation of how I want to build this
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+- I recently discovered the Figma UI and feel that dashboard is a good representation of how I want to build this
+
+## ROADMAP
+
+- version history to save instances of artboards if I like the designs
+- connect to shopify products
+- migrate to [vite](https://remix.run/blog/remix-heart-vite)
+- import/export image assets to modify pixels into art
+- import/export design types and layers
+- shareable links -- use [v0](v0.dev) as a guide