diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index bff4b1c..93ddacc 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 OPENAI_API_KEY=
+
+# required for running tests
+#REDIS_URL_TEST=
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b702ddc..a2020a4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "ky": "^0.33.3",
     "openai-fetch": "^1.5.0",
     "p-map": "^6.0.0",
+    "p-timeout": "^6.1.1",
     "quick-lru": "^6.1.1",
     "ts-dedent": "^2.2.0",
     "zod": "^3.21.4",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index c6cd041..bad566f 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ dependencies:
   p-map:
     specifier: ^6.0.0
     version: 6.0.0
+  p-timeout:
+    specifier: ^6.1.1
+    version: 6.1.1
   quick-lru:
     specifier: ^6.1.1
     version: 6.1.1
@@ -2378,6 +2381,11 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=12'}
     dev: true
 
+  /p-timeout@6.1.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-yqz2Wi4fiFRpMmK0L2pGAU49naSUaP23fFIQL2Y6YT+qDGPoFwpvgQM/wzc6F8JoenUkIlAFa4Ql7NguXBxI7w==}
+    engines: {node: '>=14.16'}
+    dev: false
+
   /parse-json@4.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-aOIos8bujGN93/8Ox/jPLh7RwVnPEysynVFE+fQZyg6jKELEHwzgKdLRFHUgXJL6kylijVSBC4BvN9OmsB48Rw==}
     engines: {node: '>=4'}
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7d8cb89..cd40499 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -5,59 +5,56 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/agentic"><img alt="agentic NPM package" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/agentic.svg" /></a>
+  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@agentic/core"><img alt="@agentic/core npm package" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@agentic/core.svg" /></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/transitive-bullshit/agentic/actions/workflows/test.yml"><img alt="Build Status" src="https://github.com/transitive-bullshit/agentic/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg" /></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/transitive-bullshit/agentic/blob/main/license"><img alt="MIT License" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue" /></a>
   <a href="https://prettier.io"><img alt="Prettier Code Formatting" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-prettier-brightgreen.svg" /></a>
 </p>
 
+- [Intro](#intro)
+- [Development](#development)
+  - [Environment](#environment)
+  - [Local Testing](#local-testing)
+- [License](#license)
+
 ## Intro
 
 TODO
 
-## TODO
+## Development
 
-https://github.com/colinhacks/zod#writing-generic-functions
+- [node](https://nodejs.org/en) >= 18
+- [pnpm](https://pnpm.io) >= 8
 
-## Use Cases
+```bash
+pnpm install
+```
 
-https://platform.openai.com/examples
+### Environment
 
-- text completion
-  - text generation
-  - text classification
-    - https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/completion/classification
-    - https://docs.cohere.com/docs/text-classification-with-classify
-    - special cases
-      - content moderation
-        - https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/moderation/overview
-      - language detection
-  - conversation
-  - transformation
-    - translation
-    - conversion
-    - summarization
-  - completion
-  - factual responses
-- chat completion
-- entity extraction
-- reranking
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+```
 
-// take in a query and a list of texts and produces an ordered array with each text assigned a relevance score.
-// generate JSON conforming to a zod schema
-// generate a string conforming to a zod schema
-// generate TS code and ensure it is valid syntax + valid exports
-// generate HTML and ensure it parses correctly
-// primitives (boolean, number, z.coerce.date, string)
-// classifier (enum)
-// CSV
+**Required**
 
-// retry strategies
+- `OPENAI_API_KEY` - OpenAI API key.
+- `REDIS_URL_TEST` - Redis server URL used for caching third-party API calls during testing.
 
-// separate the prompt formatting from the inference call?
+**Optional**
+
+- `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` - [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com) API key ([docs](https://console.anthropic.com/docs))
+- `SERP_API_KEY` - [SerpApi](https://serpapi.com) API key ([docs](https://serpapi.com/search-api))
+- `METAPHOR_API_KEY` - [Metaphor](https://metaphor.systems) API key ([docs](https://metaphorapi.readme.io/))
+
+### Local Testing
+
+Ensure you have `REDIS_URL_TEST` set to a valid redis connection URL.
+
+```bash
+pnpm test
+```
 
 ## License
 
 MIT © [Travis Fischer](https://transitivebullsh.it)
-
-If you found this project interesting, please consider [sponsoring me](https://github.com/sponsors/transitive-bullshit) or <a href="https://twitter.com/transitive_bs">following me on twitter <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/saasify-assets/twitter-logo.svg" alt="twitter" height="24px" align="center"></a>
diff --git a/test/openai.test.ts b/test/openai.test.ts
index 5a782c9..d794770 100644
--- a/test/openai.test.ts
+++ b/test/openai.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test('OpenAIChatModel ⇒ json output', async (t) => {
   expectTypeOf(result).toMatchTypeOf<{ foo: string; bar: number }>()
 })
 
-test.only('OpenAIChatModel ⇒ boolean output', async (t) => {
+test('OpenAIChatModel ⇒ boolean output', async (t) => {
   t.timeout(2 * 60 * 1000)
   const client = createOpenAITestClient()