diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
index 8aefc49..a210cc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           package=$(echo "$PR_TITLE" | awk '{print $2}')
           from=$(echo "$PR_TITLE" | awk '{print $4}')
           to=$(echo "$PR_TITLE" | awk '{print $6}')
+          sed -i "/${package}/s/${from}/${to}/g" binder/environment.yml
           sed -i "/${package}/s/${from}/${to}/g" .ci_support/environment.yml
           sed -i "/${package}/s/${from}/${to}/g" .ci_support/environment-docs.yml
       - name: UpdateDependabotPR commit
diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50383d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+channels:
+- conda-forge
+dependencies:
+- defusedxml =0.7.1
+- coverage
+- pandas =2.2.2
+- pyyaml =6.0.1
+- jinja2 =3.1.3
+- paramiko =3.4.0
+- tqdm =4.66.2
+- pympipool =0.8.1
+- cloudpickle =3.0.0
+- flux-core =0.59.0
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diff --git a/binder/kernel.json b/binder/kernel.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16c69cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binder/kernel.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+ "argv": [
+  "flux",
+  "start",
+  "/srv/conda/envs/notebook/bin/python",
+  "-m",
+  "ipykernel_launcher",
+  "-f",
+  "{connection_file}"
+ ],
+ "display_name": "Flux",
+ "language": "python",
+ "metadata": {
+  "debugger": true
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a868124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binder/postBuild
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# jupyter kernel
+mkdir -p /home/jovyan/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/flux
+cp binder/kernel.json /home/jovyan/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/flux
+
+# install pympipool
+pip install . --no-deps --no-build-isolation
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