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+# Atalanta development guidelines
+
+### set up development machine
+
+To run the end-to-end tests you need the tools that these tests call installed,
+e.g. `node`, `npm`, `cargo`, etc.
+
+### run tests
+
+Run a single end-to-end test:
+
+- add the `@this` tag to the test, like so:
+
+  ```cucumber
+  @this
+  Scenario: foo
+  ```
+- run `make cukethis`