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+### Local Development
+
+1. **Open Git Bash**: Launch Git Bash on your desktop.
+2. **Install `biiif-cli`**: Execute the following command to install `biiif-cli` globally:
+   ```bash
+   npm install -g biiif-cli
+   ```
+3. **Install an HTTP Server**: Install an HTTP server to serve the generated files:
+   ```bash
+   npm install -g http-server
+   ```
+
+#### Running `biiif-cli`
+
+1. **Navigate to Your Image Folder**: Move to the directory containing your image files. For this demo, we'll use a folder named `starry-night`.
+   ```bash
+   cd path/to/your/starry-night
+   ```
+2. **Run `biiif-cli`**: Execute the tool on your image folder, specifying a local URL with port 8080.
+   ```bash
+   biiif path/to/your/starry-night -u http://localhost:8080
+   ```
+   This command generates image tiles, a thumbnail, and an `index.json` file in the specified directory.
+
+#### Viewing Generated Files
+
+1. **Open VS Code**: Launch Visual Studio Code and open the `starry-night` folder.
+2. **Review Generated Files**: Inspect the generated files, including the image tiles, thumbnail, and `index.json`.
+
+#### Adding Metadata
+
+1. **Edit Metadata**: Open the `metadata.yml` file within the `starry-night` folder.
+2. **Add Metadata Information**: Add or update the metadata as required.
+   ```yaml
+   title: "Starry Night"
+   creator: "Vincent van Gogh"
+   description: "A famous painting by Vincent van Gogh."
+   date: "1889"
+   ```
+3. **Regenerate Files**: After editing the metadata, run the `biiif-cli` command again to apply the changes.
+   ```bash
+   biiif path/to/your/starry-night -u http://localhost:8080
+   ```
+
+#### Viewing manifest in Browser
+
+1. **Start HTTP Server**: Serve the folder using the HTTP server.
+   ```bash
+   http-server path/to/your/starry-night -p 8080
+   ```
+2. **Open Browser**: Launch Firefox or your preferred web browser and navigate to `http://localhost:8080`.
+3. **Reload Page**: Refresh the page to see the updated manifest.
+
+
+
+#### Setting Up Universal Viewer to view the image
+
+1. **Download Universal Viewer Example Files**: Visit the [UniversalViewer CDN Example](https://github.com/UniversalViewer/universalviewer/wiki/UV-Examples) and download the files provided in the CodeSandbox CDN example as a ZIP file. Extract the ZIP file to a folder on your local machine.
+
+2. **Set Up Local HTTP Server for Universal Viewer**: Navigate to the folder where you extracted the Universal Viewer example files and start the HTTP server.
+
+   **Using `http-server`**:
+   ```bash
+   cd path/to/your/extracted-folder
+   http-server -p 8090
+   ```
+
+   **Using Python (for Python 3.x)**:
+   ```bash
+   cd path/to/your/extracted-folder
+   python -m http.server 8090
+   ```
+
+   **Using Python (for Python 2.x)**:
+   ```bash
+   cd path/to/your/extracted-folder
+   python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8090
+   ```
+
+   
+3. **Open Universal Viewer**: Launch your web browser and navigate to:
+   ```
+   http://localhost:8090
+   ```
+   This URL should now serve the Universal Viewer, displaying the IIIF manifest generated by `biiif-cli`.
+   
+4. **Configure Universal Viewer**: Open the `http://localhost:8090` URL and update the manifest URL to point to the manifest generated by `biiif-cli` (e.g., `http://localhost:8080/index.json`).
+