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@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@ the focus is on *working results*, not rote memorization.  Homework questions
 are simple enough that they can be reviewed interactively in 1:1 or up to 1:4
 sessions with study groups.
 
+This branch contains a prototype for a retail price scraper for getweee.com.
+To run it, install Python 3.9+, chrome, chromedriver, and the python
+dependencies:
+
+```
+pip install -r /path/to/requirements.txt
+```
+