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-# ami-dashboard
-dashboard for AMBER project
+# Ami Dashboard
+
+Dashboard for AMBER project currently hosted [here](https://ami-system.github.io/ami-dashboard/).
+
+## Running locally
+
+To view the dashboard on [http://localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000), run the following command in the root directory of the repository:
+
+```
+python -m http.server 8000
+```
+