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@@ -18,8 +18,32 @@ For development:
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/Exabyte-io/cove.js.git
+cd cove.js
+npm install
+npm run transpile
 ```
 
+How to link cove.js to host app:
+```bash
+rm -rf {PATH}/exabyte-stack/web-app/src/application/node_modules/@exabyte-io/cove.js/dist
+ln -s "$(pwd)/dist/" /{ABSOLUTE_PATH}/exabyte-stack/web-app/src/application/node_modules/@exabyte-io/cove.js
+restart host app (web-app, wave etc.)
+```
+
+another approach is to access cove from repo
+
+```bash
+push your branch
+replace cove.js version with url in package.json
+"@exabyte-io/cove.js": "https://github.com/Exabyte-io/cove.js#cc48da9652840eb0f7d8854e02cb690484e6fab1",
+```
+make sure to install appropriate versions of peerDependencies from cove.js to host app
+
+DO NOT use `npm link` as it leads to having multiple react libs in app.
+See links:
+https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/13991
+https://legacy.reactjs.org/warnings/invalid-hook-call-warning.html#duplicate-react
+
 ### Typescript
 
 Typescript and all necessary type dependencies must be present in dependency section of package.json in order