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From: Niklas Amundsson <namundsson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 22:15:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] update readme

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 # AniList Discord Bot
 A [UNOFFICIAL] Discord bot to search the AniList website and get release reminders. It started off as a fork of the [AniList/discord-search-bot](https://github.com/AniList/discord-search-bot) repository.
 
-## Usage
+## Installation
+
+### Requirements
+- Node v24.0.0 or higher (not tested on below versions)
+- A Discord developer account
+
+### Getting Started
+1. Clone this repo and run `yarn install`
+2. Create a copy of `.env.example` named `.env`
+3. Go to the [Discord Developer Portal](https://discordapp.com/developers/applications/) and create an application
+4. Go to the "Bot" page and click "Add a bot"
+5. Copy the token created for your bot and paste it into the `TOKEN` value in your `.env` file
+6. Run `yarn startClean`
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