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 SirMordred is the tool used to coordinate the execution of the GrimoireLab platform, via a configuration file. Below you can find details about the different sections composing the configuration file.
 
+## Requirements
+
+One good way of having an immediate sense of requirements is to look through our [`.travis.yml`](.travis.yml) file to see what our CI does to validate SirMordred.
+
+1. Ensure you have all the [supporting systems](https://chaoss.github.io/grimoirelab-tutorial/before-you-start/supporting-systems.html) SirMordred needs. In particular, make sure [ElasticSearch is installed and running](https://chaoss.github.io/grimoirelab-tutorial/before-you-start/supporting-systems.html#installing-elasticsearch). (psst: [you can do this via a docker image faster](https://chaoss.github.io/grimoirelab-tutorial/before-you-start/supporting-systems.html#installing-elasticsearch-and-kibana-from-a-docker-container))
+2. Prepare and activate a `python3` virtualenv by following our [tutorial instructions](https://chaoss.github.io/grimoirelab-tutorial/before-you-start/installing-grimoirelab.html#preparing-a-virtualenv).
+3. Install dependencies by following the steps in our [`.travis.yml file`](.travis.yml). At the time of this writing, those are:
+    ```sh
+    pip install pandas==0.18.1
+    pip install httpretty==0.8.6
+    pip install -r "requirements.txt"
+    pip install flake8
+    pip install coveralls
+    ```
+## Testing
+
+```sh
+flake8 .
+cd tests && ./runtests.py
+```
+
 ## General Sections
 
 ### [es_collection] 
@@ -114,3 +135,4 @@ A complete list of studies parameters is available at:
 * **study-param-1**: ..
 * **study-param-2**: ..
 * **study-param-n**: ..
+