diff --git a/docs/getting_started/astro.rst b/docs/getting_started/astro.rst
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--- a/docs/getting_started/astro.rst
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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ To get started, you should have:
 
 - The Astro CLI installed. You can find installation instructions `here <https://docs.astronomer.io/astro/cli/install-cli>`_.
 - An Astro CLI project. You can initialize a new project with ``astro dev init``.
+- A dbt project. The `jaffle shop example <https://github.com/dbt-labs/jaffle_shop>`_ is a great first step. To use the jaffle shop example to demo Cosmos...
+
+  - Clone the jaffle shop project using ``git clone`` into the ``/dags`` directory created by ``astro dev init``
+  - Add ``dbt-postgres`` to the requirements.txt file created by ``astro dev init``
+
 
 Create a virtual environment
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