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 The app has a React/Vite frontend and a FastAPI backend. You will need an OpenAI API key with access to the GPT-4 Vision API.
 
-In the root directory,
+Run the backend (make sure you have poetry installed on your system):
 
 ```bash
 cd backend
 echo "OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-key" > .env
 poetry install
+poetry shell
 poetry run uvicorn main:app --reload --port 7000
-cd ..
+```
+
+Run the frontend:
+
+```bash
 cd frontend
 yarn
 yarn dev