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 Note on RDkit installation: if you have rdkit installed on your system globally with a different version of python, the installation will try to link against that and subsequent calls fail. Only option remove global rdkit and rerun sync.
 
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+The frontend requires `pnpm` to correctly display in development.
+[Install it here](https://pnpm.io/installation).
+
 ### 2. Set Up Environment File
 
 Copy the example environment file for local setup: