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-## mdBook docs
-The [protocol docs] and the [guide] (this document) are built using
-[mdBook] and auto-deployed on pushes to `main`. To build locally:
+## Penumbra guide
+The [guide] (i.e. this document) is build using [Nextra],
+and the source config lives in the [guide repo]. See that repo's README
+for setup instructions.
 
-1. Install the requirements: `cargo install mdbook mdbook-katex mdbook-mermaid mdbook-linkcheck`
-2. Run `mdbook serve` from `docs/protocol` (for the protocol spec) or from `docs/guide` (for this document).
+## Protocol docs
+The [protocol docs] are maintained in the [protocol repo], and are built using [mdBook].
+To build locally, [set up the dev env](dev-env.mdx), then run:
 
-The hosting config uses [Firebase]. To debug Firebase-specific functionality like redirects,
-use `firebase emulators:start` to run a local webserver. You'll need to rebuild the docs
-with `mdbook build` to get livereload functionality, however.
+```shell
+cd docs/protocol
+mdbook serve
+```
 
 ## Rust API docs
-The [Rust API docs][rustdoc] can be built with `./deployments/scripts/rust-docs`.
+The [Rust API docs][rustdoc] are maintained in the [protocol repo], and
+can be built with `./deployments/scripts/rust-docs`. Notably, the rust docs
+require the use of a nightly rust toolchain, which isn't currently provided via the
+[dev env](dev-env.md). You should install the nightly toolchain on your host machine,
+if you need to build the rustdocs locally.
+
 The landing page, the top-level `index.html`, is handled as a special case.
 If you added new crates by appending a `-p <crate_name>` to the `rust-docs` script,
-then you must rebuild the index page via:
-
-You'll need to use the `nightly` toolchain for Rust to build the docs. In some cases, you'll need
-a specific version. To configure locally:
+then you must rebuild the index page by running the custom script.
 
-```
-rustup toolchain install nightly-2023-05-15
-```
-
-CI will automatically rebuild all our docs on merges into main.
+## Static site hosting
+All the documentation sites listed above use [Firebase] for static web hosting.
+To debug Firebase-specific functionality like redirects,
+use `firebase emulators:start` to run a local webserver. You'll need to rebuild the docs
+with the appropriate tooling to get livereload functionality, however, e.g. `mdbook serve`
+or `pnpm dev`, depending on the site.
 
 [protocol docs]: https://protocol.penumbra.zone
+[protocol repo]: https://github.com/penumbra-zone/penumbra
 [rustdoc]: https://rustdoc.penumbra.zone
 [guide]: https://guide.penumbra.zone
 [mdBook]: https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
 [Firebase]: https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/local-emulator#install_the_firebase_cli
+[Nextra]: https://nextra.site
+[guide repo]: https://github.com/penumbra-zone/guide