diff --git a/docs/contributing/local-development.md b/docs/contributing/local-development.md
index 12c92379..f928dbcb 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/local-development.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/local-development.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Prerequisites
 
-- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) and [docker-buildx](https://github.com/docker/buildx)
+- [Helm](https://helm.sh/)
 - [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/#installation)
 - [tilt](https://docs.tilt.dev/install.html)
 - [Golang](https://go.dev/doc/install)
@@ -10,14 +11,31 @@
 
 Tilt offers a simple way of creating a local development environment.
 
-## Create a kind cluster
+## Create local k8s cluster
 
-Create a kind cluster with a local registry:
+```bash
+make deploy-dev
+```
+
+Open the `tilt` browser UI by pressing the "space" key when prompted. Note that `tilt` sets up a directory watcher and will automatically redeploy any code changes!
+
+You can check the "temporal-operator-controller-manager" Pod status with `kubectl get pods -n temporal-system -w`.
+
+## Apply Manifests
+
+Once the local cluster is created, start applying your desired manifests and let the temporal operator handle reconciliation:
 
 ```bash
-make dev-cluster
+# example
+make artifacts
+kubectl apply -f examples/cluster-postgres/00-namespace.yaml
+kubectl apply -f examples/cluster-postgres/01-postgresql.yaml
+kubectl apply -f examples/cluster-postgres/02-temporal-cluster.yaml
+kubectl apply -f examples/cluster-postgres/03-temporal-namespace.yaml
 ```
 
+Note: if you wish to interact with the Temporal Web UI or frontend gRPC service, you should port forward the services to localhost.
+
 ## Generate
 
 Generate crd and docs when api is modified
@@ -26,12 +44,28 @@ Generate crd and docs when api is modified
 make generate
 ```
 
-## Run Tilt
+## Test
+
+Run tests with coverage report:
+
+```bash
+make test
+```
+
+Run end-to-end tests:
 
-Then run:
+```bash
+make test-e2e
+```
+
+Run end-to-end tests on development computer using `kind`:
 
 ```bash
-tilt up
+make test-e2e-dev
 ```
 
-Now, Tilt will automatically reload the deployment to your local cluster every time you make a code change.
+## Gracefully Shutdown k8s Cluster
+
+```bash
+make clean-dev-cluster
+```