diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c7ca582..f3f4ec25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -109,3 +109,7 @@ yarn-error.log
 # END
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+
+# Local development-only directories
+/packages/
+/recipes/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8c1ff4d7..333aad2e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -8,12 +8,19 @@
         "docs": "https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/index.html",
         "chat": "https://www.drupal.org/node/314178"
     },
-    "repositories": [
-        {
+    "repositories": {
+        "rsvp_recipes": {
+            "type": "path",
+            "url": "packages/rsvp-recipes",
+            "options": {
+                "symlink": true
+            }
+        },
+        "0": {
             "type": "composer",
             "url": "https://packages.drupal.org/8"
         }
-    ],
+    },
     "require": {
         "composer/installers": "^2.3",
         "drupal/core-composer-scaffold": "^11.2",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 198f6706..ec11ff3d 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "a81ec0e7032810f783f79ef1a5175b54",
+    "content-hash": "91d522095a00caac457f577373ac37bd",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "asm89/stack-cors",
@@ -6573,7 +6573,9 @@
     ],
     "aliases": [],
     "minimum-stability": "stable",
-    "stability-flags": {},
+    "stability-flags": {
+        "rsvp-system/rsvp-recipes": 20
+    },
     "prefer-stable": true,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {},
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33f53603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+### Local Recipe Development
+
+To work on `rsvp-recipes` locally, clone it into `packages/rsvp-recipes` and run:
+
+```bash
+ddev composer config repositories.rsvp_recipes '{"type":"path","url":"packages/rsvp-recipes","options":{"symlink":true}}'
+ddev composer require rsvp-system/rsvp-recipes:dev-main
+
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c1348c8b..00000000
--- a/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Drupal 11 DDEV site