From 366893a36869b184a4fd985a09514680e6ca99d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 13:15:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs(readme): clarify development service prerequisite

Co-authored-by: Tunglies <77394545+Tunglies@users.noreply.github.com>
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 README.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 551997718..37ff34ca9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details.
 
 To run the development server, execute the following commands after all prerequisites for **Tauri** are installed:
 
+`pnpm dev` also requires a matching `clash-verge-service-ipc` source checkout at
+`../clash-verge-service-ipc`; `pnpm prebuild` downloads binaries but does not
+provide this checkout. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for setup details.
+
 ```shell
 pnpm i
 pnpm run prebuild