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@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ There is an [example configuration file](./example-config.yml) that
 can be used as a base to create your own configuration, and there is a
 [birthdays example CSV file](./birthdays.csv) to load the data.
 
+## Run the bot
+
+To get help for the bot command, run:
+
+```sh
+$ ./birthdaybot -help
+Usage of ./birthdaybot:
+  -config string
+        path to the configuration file (default "birthdaybot.yml")
+```
+
+To run the server with the development defaults, run:
+
+```sh
+$ make run
+```
+
 ## Roadmap
 
 - [X] Create the bot scaffold