From 08bdcb34c94b6cb62ff8afd09169fe214ae8da1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Saunders <chris@christophersaunders.ca>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:27:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add compendia instructions to CONTRIBUTING.md

Clarify how system compendia are imported from the project into
foundry
---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9eca1cf..1bb1662 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -136,7 +136,13 @@ Your pull request will automatically be checked for linting and formatting via G
    mklink /D "%localappdata%/FoundryVTT/Data/systems/deltagreen" "%cd%/delta-green-foundry-vtt-system"
    ```
 
-### 6. Start Developing
+### 6. Install Foundry VTT CLI and Import Compendia
+
+- Follow the [Foundry VTT CLI installation instructions](https://github.com/foundryvtt/foundryvtt-cli)
+- With your foundry instance offline, import the compendia via the **build-packs.sh** script: `bash build/build-packs.sh`
+  - Launch your foundry instance and confirm that your Delta Green compendia have been populated with records
+
+### 7. Start Developing
 
 - Use the developer console (`F12` in most browsers) to inspect logs and debug issues.
 - Make changes to code and refresh the browser to see them take effect.