diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 - [Getting Started](#getting-started)
   - [Installing Manually](#installing-manually)
     - [Installing on macOS](#installing-on-macos)
+      - [carton](#carton)
+      - [cmark](#cmark)
+  - [Building Static Assets](#building-static-assets)
   - [Running Tests](#running-tests)
   - [Running the App](#running-the-app)
   - [Local Git and testing considerations](#local-git-and-testing-considerations)
@@ -32,10 +35,12 @@ export PATH="$(realpath ./node_modules/.bin):$PATH"
 
 ### Installing on macOS
 
-If you like, you can install `carton` and `cmark` via Homebrew:
+#### carton
+
+If you like, you can install `carton` via Homebrew:
 
 ```bash
-brew install carton cmark
+brew install carton
 ```
 
 If your `carton install` is having issues with SSL-related modules, you may need
@@ -48,6 +53,31 @@ OPENSSL_PREFIX="/usr/local/Cellar/openssl@1.1/1.1.1q" carton install
 You may need to check `/usr/local/Cellar/openssl@1.1` to find the latest
 installed path on your system.
 
+#### cmark
+
+If you like, you can install the `cmark` C libraries via Homebrew:
+
+```bash
+brew install cmark
+```
+
+On an ARM mac you may need to install
+[CommonMark](https://metacpan.org/pod/CommonMark) in the following way:
+
+```bash
+PERL_MM_OPT='INC=-I/opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmark/0.31.0/include LIBS="-L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmark/0.31.0/lib -lcmark"' cpm install -g CommonMark
+```
+
+Use `brew ls -v cmark` to find the path to your installed `cmark` files.
+
+## Building Static Assets
+
+```bash
+npm run build
+```
+
+Without running this command you may get errors about a missing "asset map".
+
 ## Running Tests
 
 You can use the supplied wrapper around `prove` to run tests: