From b05e9d2ab4a871acea01a38cca2b2d3f7b40e988 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Riddhimaan-Senapati
 <114703025+Riddhimaan-Senapati@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 07:36:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: update backend documentation (#13374)

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 api/README.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
index 6e9f2e8fbb..c3abc25be1 100644
--- a/api/README.md
+++ b/api/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,13 @@
 
 4. Create environment.
 
-   Dify API service uses [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/) to manage dependencies. You can execute `poetry shell` to activate the environment.
+   Dify API service uses [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/) to manage dependencies. First, you need to add the poetry shell plugin, if you don't have it already, in order to run in a virtual environment. [Note: Poetry shell is no longer a native command so you need to install the poetry plugin beforehand]
+
+   ```bash
+   poetry self add poetry-plugin-shell
+   ```
+   
+   Then, You can execute `poetry shell` to activate the environment.
 
 5. Install dependencies