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@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 This is a Github CI action which wraps Viam's cloud build system. Use this to build and publish your Viam module for multiple platforms.
 
+If you run into trouble setting this up, file a bug on this repo or reach out on our [Discord](https://discord.gg/viam).
+
 ## What is Viam cloud build?
 
 Cloud build is cross-compilation infrastructure that we provide to module authors so you can publish your module for multiple platforms. (x86 and ARM Linux, ideally MacOS as well).
@@ -16,23 +18,25 @@ Your customers are deploying to different kinds of hardware, and prototyping on
 1. Set up build commands in your meta.json ([instructions below](#build-commands)). You can test these on your laptop by running `viam module build local`
 1. Create a .github/workflows/viam-build.yml in your repo with the default contents below
 1. Set up repo secrets using [auth instructions](#auth-instructions) below
-1. Create a tag like 0.0.1 (todo: make this an RC and link to RC) and push to github; your module should build and deploy on the desired platforms
+1. Create a tag like 0.0.1 and push to github; your module should build and deploy on the desired platforms
 
 Default contents:
 
 ```yml
 # see https://github.com/viamrobotics/upload-module for help
-# todo: example should restrict to tags
 on:
   push:
+    tags:
+    - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
 
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: viamrobotics/build-action@main
+    - uses: viamrobotics/build-action@v1
       with:
+        # note: you can replace this line with 'version: ""' if you want to test the build process without deploying
         version: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         key-id: ${{ secrets.viam_key_id }}
         key-value: ${{ secrets.viam_key_value }}
@@ -40,8 +44,44 @@ jobs:
 
 ## Auth instructions
 
+1. Run `viam organizations list` to view your organization ID.
+2. Create a key with `viam organization api-key create --org-id YOUR_ORG_UUID --name descriptive-key-name`. This command outputs an ID + a value, both of which you will use in step 4 below. If the command doesn't exist, update your CLI version.
+3. In the github repo for your project, go to 'Settings' -> 'Secrets and variables' -> 'Actions'
+4. Create two new secrets using the 'New repository secret' button:
+  - `viam_key_id` with the UUID from "Key ID:" in your terminal
+  - `viam_key_value` with the string from "Key Value:" in your terminal
+5. All set! If you copy the YAML example above, it will use these secrets to authenticate to Viam. If you have already tried the action and it failed because the secrets were missing, you can trigger a re-run from your repo's 'Actions' tab.
+
+## Build commands
+
+In order for cloud builds to work, you'll need to create a build stanza in your module's meta.json. (If you don't have a meta.json, start with the 'create' and 'upload' sections of our [registry docs](https://docs.viam.com/registry/)).
+
+Here's an example, taken from our [golang wifi repo](https://github.com/viam-labs/wifi-sensor):
+
+```json
+{
+  "module_id": "viam:golang-wifi-example",
+  ...
+  "build": {
+    "build": "make module.tar.gz",
+    "arch" : ["linux/amd64", "linux/arm64", "darwin/arm64"]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+You can test this command by running `viam module build local` on your laptop. This will run your build instructions without submitting a cloud build job.
+
 ## Environment and base image
 
+On Linux builds, you'll be using the same Debian layer that builds our golang RDK. If something is missing, you can `apt-get install` it.
+
+For MacOS, you'll have a runner with most of the libraries for our golang RDK installed as homebrew packages. If something is missing, you can `brew install` it.
+
 ## Examples
 
-- ...
+- [Golang](https://github.com/viam-labs/wifi-sensor)
+  - [CI yaml](https://github.com/viam-labs/wifi-sensor/blob/main/.github/workflows/build.yml)
+  - [meta.json](https://github.com/viam-labs/wifi-sensor/blob/main/meta.json)
+- [C++](https://github.com/viamrobotics/module-example-cpp)
+  - [CI yaml](https://github.com/viamrobotics/module-example-cpp/blob/main/.github/workflows/build2.yml)
+  - [meta.json](https://github.com/viamrobotics/module-example-cpp/blob/main/meta.json)