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+# Local Development
+
+It is possible to test changes to specialist finders end-to-end using the govuk docker stack. This is useful to avoid having to reindex all of the content on integration to test changes. Here's how to do it:
+
+1. Start the specialist publisher and finder frontend services. They will spin up all necessary dependencies.
+
+```bash
+govuk-docker up specialist-publisher-app -d
+govuk-docker up finder-frontend -d
+```
+
+2. Create the search indices
+
+```bash
+govuk-docker exec search-api-app env SEARCH_INDEX=all bundle exec rake search:create_all_indices
+```
+
+3. Create the RabbitMQ exchange for Publishing API to send messages to
+
+```bash
+govuk-docker exec publishing-api-app bundle exec rake setup_exchange
+```
+
+4. Create the Search API message queues
+
+```bash
+govuk-docker exec search-api-app bundle exec rake message_queue:create_queues
+```
+
+5. Publish the routes for the Search API endpoints
+
+```bash
+govuk-docker exec search-api-app bundle exec rake publishing_api:publish_special_routes
+```
+
+6. Publish your finder, for example
+
+```bash
+govuk-docker exec specialist-publisher-app bundle exec rails publishing_api:publish_finder\[ai_assurance_portfolio_techniques\] 
+```
+
+7. Run the Search API queue consumer. You need to keep this process running to index published documents.
+
+```bash
+govuk-docker exec search-api-worker bundle exec rake message_queue:insert_data_into_govuk
+```
+
+When you publish a specialist document, it should be updated in the search results.
+
+Note that elasticsearch data is not persisted when you stop the docker container at present.
+
+## Search API configuration changes
+
+When you make changes to the Search API configuration, you will need to migrate to the new schema.
+
+```bash
+govuk-docker exec search-api-app env SEARCH_INDEX=govuk bundle exec rake search:migrate_schema
+```
+
+Note that you may need to republish documents to see changes to the schema reflected in the search results after migrating.
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