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 - a [[project]].
   - [[python]] [[dependency management]] [[environment management]]
+
+To get started (this comes from the [[agora server]] README):
+
+```
+curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-poetry/poetry/master/get-poetry.py | python3 -
+source $HOME/.poetry/env`
+poetry install  # or add if you're in a new project?
+```