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 # Instructions for agents
 
 - Use `make help` to find available development targets
-- Use the latest Golang stable release when working on Go code
-- Use the latest Node.js LTS release when working on TypeScript code
-- Before committing `.go` changes, run `make fmt` to format, and run `make lint-go` to lint
-- Before committing `.ts` changes, run `make lint-js` to lint
+- Use the latest Go stable release when working on Go code
+- Use the latest Node.js LTS release with pnpm when working on TypeScript code
+- Before running Go tests, run `make deps-backend` to install dependencies
+- Before running Typescript tests, run `make deps-frontend` to install dependencies
+- Before committing Go changes, run `make fmt` to format, and run `make lint-go` to lint
+- Before committing TypeScript changes, run `make lint-js` to lint
 - Before committing `go.mod` changes, run `make tidy`
 - Before committing new `.go` files, add the current year into the copyright header
 - Before committing any files, remove all trailing whitespace from source code lines