diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..ef91b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Build artifacts
+*.o
+src/predixy
+
+# IDE and editor files
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*~
+
+# OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db 
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0caff1..8baae60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 + Stats info, CPU/Memory/Requests/Responses and so on.
 + Latency monitor.
 
-## Build
+## Generic Build Instructions
 
 Predixy can be compiled and used on Linux, OSX, BSD, Windows([Cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com/)). Requires C++11 compiler.
 
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ For examples:
     $ make MT=false
     $ make debug MT=false TS=true
 
-## Install
+## Generic Install Instructions
 
 Just copy src/predixy to the install path
 
     $ cp src/predixy /path/to/bin
 
-## Configuration
+## Generic Configuration Instructions
 
 See below files:
 + predixy.conf, basic config, will refrence below config files.
@@ -117,6 +117,156 @@ Reset all stats and latency monitors, require admin permission.
 
     redis> CONFIG ResetStat
 
+## Instacart Local Development Instructions (Cluster mode disabled)
+
+### Prerequisites
+- Local Redis instance running on default port (6379)
+- C++11 compiler
+- Make
+
+### Install Redis Locally 
+
+1. Use Homebrew to install Redis in a single instance mode with cluster mode disabled to test your changes locally
+```bash
+$ brew install redis
+```
+
+2. Start Redis
+```bash
+$ brew services start redis
+```
+
+3. Verify your local Redis is running:
+```bash
+$ redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379 ping
+```
+Should return "PONG"
+
+```bash
+$ redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379 info
+```
+
+Will return info about the Redis instance, if required for debugging
+
+Note, logs for Redis installed by Brew will appear in `/opt/homebrew/var/log/redis.log` by default. 
+
+### Building and Running Predixy Locally
+
+1. Compile Predixy:
+```bash
+$ make
+```
+This will create object files and the executable in the `src` directory.
+
+2. Verify your local Redis is running:
+```bash
+$ redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379 ping
+```
+Should return "PONG"
+
+3. Start Predixy using the local configuration:
+```bash
+$ src/predixy conf/predixy_local.conf
+```
+You should see output indicating Predixy is listening on 127.0.0.1:7617
+
+4. Test the connection through Predixy:
+```bash
+# Basic connectivity test
+$ redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 7617 ping
+
+# Check Predixy status
+$ redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 7617 info
+
+# Test read/write operations
+$ redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 7617 set test "Hello via Predixy"
+$ redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 7617 get test
+```
+
+5. To stop Predixy:
+```bash
+$ pkill -f predixy
+```
+## Instacart Local Development Instructions (Cluster mode disabled)
+
+### Setting up Redis Cluster Locally
+
+1. Create directories for each Redis node (we'll use 3 nodes):
+```bash
+$ mkdir -p redis-cluster/{7000,7001,7002}
+```
+
+2. Create Redis configuration for each node. First for port 7000:
+```bash
+$ cat > redis-cluster/7000/redis.conf << EOL
+port 7000
+cluster-enabled yes
+cluster-config-file nodes-7000.conf
+cluster-node-timeout 5000
+appendonly yes
+dir ./
+bind 127.0.0.1
+daemonize no
+EOL
+```
+
+3. Copy and adjust configuration for other nodes:
+```bash
+$ cp redis-cluster/7000/redis.conf redis-cluster/7001/redis.conf
+$ cp redis-cluster/7000/redis.conf redis-cluster/7002/redis.conf
+$ sed -i '' 's/7000/7001/g' redis-cluster/7001/redis.conf
+$ sed -i '' 's/7000/7002/g' redis-cluster/7002/redis.conf
+```
+
+4. Start each Redis instance (in separate terminal windows):
+```bash
+$ redis-server redis-cluster/7000/redis.conf
+$ redis-server redis-cluster/7001/redis.conf
+$ redis-server redis-cluster/7002/redis.conf
+```
+
+5. Create the cluster:
+```bash
+$ redis-cli --cluster create 127.0.0.1:7000 127.0.0.1:7001 127.0.0.1:7002 --cluster-replicas 0
+```
+Type 'yes' when prompted to accept the configuration.
+
+6. Verify cluster status:
+```bash
+$ redis-cli -p 7000 cluster nodes
+```
+
+### Testing with Predixy
+
+1. Start Predixy with the cluster configuration:
+```bash
+$ src/predixy conf/predixy_cluster.conf
+```
+
+2. Test the cluster setup through Predixy:
+```bash
+# Basic connectivity test
+$ redis-cli -p 7617 set test "Hello Cluster"
+$ redis-cli -p 7617 get test
+
+# Check Predixy cluster status
+$ redis-cli -p 7617 info
+```
+
+### Cleanup
+When done testing, you can:
+1. Stop Predixy (Ctrl+C or `pkill predixy`)
+2. Stop each Redis instance (Ctrl+C in each terminal)
+3. Remove cluster files: `rm -rf redis-cluster`
+
+Note: The cluster setup distributes keys across all nodes using hash slots. Each node in this setup handles approximately 5461 hash slots (16384/3 slots per node).
+
+### Notes
+- Predixy will be listening on port 7617 while your Redis instance remains on 6379
+- The configuration in `predixy_local.conf` is set up for a single local Redis instance
+- Build artifacts (*.o files) are ignored by git but can be safely kept for development
+- Logs will appear in stdout by default
+
 ## Benchmark
 
 predixy is fast, how fast? more than twemproxy, codis, redis-cerberus
@@ -133,3 +283,4 @@ All rights reserved.
 License under BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
 
 WeChat:cppfan ![wechat](https://github.com/joyieldInc/predixy/blob/master/doc/wechat-cppfan.jpeg)
+
diff --git a/conf/predixy_cluster.conf b/conf/predixy_cluster.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bfdde9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/predixy_cluster.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+################################### GENERAL ####################################
+## Predixy configuration for Instacart local development for cluster mode enabled redis setups
+
+## Specify a name for this predixy service
+## redis command INFO can get this
+Name PredixyLocalCluster
+
+## Specify listen address, support IPV4, IPV6, Unix socket
+## Examples:
+# Bind 127.0.0.1:7617
+# Bind 0.0.0.0:7617
+# Bind /tmp/predixy
+
+## Bind to localhost for local testing
+Bind 127.0.0.1:7617
+
+## Worker threads
+WorkerThreads 1
+
+## Memory limit, 0 means unlimited
+MaxMemory 1G
+
+## Examples:
+# MaxMemory 100M
+# MaxMemory 1G
+# MaxMemory 0
+
+## MaxMemory can change online by CONFIG SET MaxMemory xxx
+## Default is 0
+# MaxMemory 0
+
+## Close the connection after a client is idle for N seconds (0 to disable)
+## ClientTimeout can change online by CONFIG SET ClientTimeout N
+## Default is 0
+ClientTimeout 300
+
+
+## IO buffer size
+## Default is 4096
+BufSize 4096
+
+################################### LOG ########################################
+## Log file path
+## Unspecify will log to stdout
+## Default is Unspecified
+# Log ./predixy.log
+
+## LogRotate support
+
+## 1d rotate log every day
+## nh rotate log every n hours   1 <= n <= 24
+## nm rotate log every n minutes 1 <= n <= 1440
+## nG rotate log evenry nG bytes
+## nM rotate log evenry nM bytes
+## time rotate and size rotate can combine eg 1h 2G, means 1h or 2G roate a time
+
+## Examples:
+# LogRotate 1d 2G
+# LogRotate 1d
+
+## Default is disable LogRotate
+
+
+## In multi-threads, worker thread log need lock,
+## AllowMissLog can reduce lock time for improve performance
+## AllowMissLog can change online by CONFIG SET AllowMissLog true|false
+## Default is true
+# AllowMissLog false
+
+## LogLevelSample, output a log every N
+## all level sample can change online by CONFIG SET LogXXXSample N
+LogVerbSample 0
+LogDebugSample 0
+LogInfoSample 10000
+LogNoticeSample 1
+LogWarnSample 1
+LogErrorSample 1
+
+
+################################### AUTHORITY ##################################
+Include auth.conf
+
+################################### SERVERS ####################################
+# Include cluster.conf
+# Include sentinel.conf
+Include try.conf
+
+ClusterServerPool {
+    Password ""
+    MasterReadPriority 60
+    StaticSlaveReadPriority 50
+    DynamicSlaveReadPriority 50
+    RefreshInterval 1
+    ServerTimeout 1
+    ServerFailureLimit 10
+    ServerRetryTimeout 1
+    KeepAlive 120
+    Servers {
+        + 127.0.0.1:7000
+        + 127.0.0.1:7001
+        + 127.0.0.1:7002
+    }
+}
+
+################################### DATACENTER #################################
+## LocalDC specify current machine dc
+# LocalDC bj
+
+## see dc.conf
+# Include dc.conf
+
+
+################################### COMMAND ####################################
+## Custom command define, see command.conf
+#Include command.conf
+
+################################### LATENCY ####################################
+## Latency monitor define, see latency.conf
+Include latency.conf
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diff --git a/conf/predixy_local.conf b/conf/predixy_local.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f4cd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/predixy_local.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+################################### GENERAL ####################################
+## Predixy configuration for Instacart local development for cluster mode disabled redis setups (Aka Master/Replica)
+
+## Specify a name for this predixy service
+## redis command INFO can get this
+Name PredixyLocalRedis
+
+## Specify listen address, support IPV4, IPV6, Unix socket
+## Using a different port than Redis to avoid conflicts
+Bind 127.0.0.1:7617
+
+## Worker threads
+WorkerThreads 1
+
+## Memory limit, 0 means unlimited
+MaxMemory 0
+
+## Close the connection after a client is idle for N seconds (0 to disable)
+## ClientTimeout can change online by CONFIG SET ClientTimeout N
+## Default is 0
+ClientTimeout 300
+
+## IO buffer size
+## Default is 4096
+BufSize 4096
+
+################################### LOG ########################################
+## Log file path
+## Unspecify will log to stdout
+## Default is Unspecified
+# Log ./predixy.log
+
+## LogRotate support
+
+## 1d rotate log every day
+## nh rotate log every n hours   1 <= n <= 24
+## nm rotate log every n minutes 1 <= n <= 1440
+## nG rotate log evenry nG bytes
+## nM rotate log evenry nM bytes
+## time rotate and size rotate can combine eg 1h 2G, means 1h or 2G roate a time
+
+## Examples:
+# LogRotate 1d 2G
+# LogRotate 1d
+
+## Default is disable LogRotate
+
+## In multi-threads, worker thread log need lock,
+## AllowMissLog can reduce lock time for improve performance
+## AllowMissLog can change online by CONFIG SET AllowMissLog true|false
+## Default is true
+# AllowMissLog false
+
+## LogLevelSample, output a log every N
+## all level sample can change online by CONFIG SET LogXXXSample N
+LogVerbSample 0
+LogDebugSample 0
+LogInfoSample 10000
+LogNoticeSample 1
+LogWarnSample 1
+LogErrorSample 1
+
+################################### AUTHORITY ##################################
+## Simple auth config for local development
+Authority {
+    Auth {
+        Mode write
+    }
+}
+
+################################### SERVERS ####################################
+## Standalone Redis configuration
+StandaloneServerPool {
+    Databases 16
+    Hash crc16
+    HashTag "{}"
+    Distribution modula
+    MasterReadPriority 60
+    StaticSlaveReadPriority 50
+    DynamicSlaveReadPriority 50
+    RefreshMethod fixed
+    ServerTimeout 1
+    ServerFailureLimit 10
+    ServerRetryTimeout 1
+    KeepAlive 120
+    Group local {
+        + 127.0.0.1:6379
+    }
+}
+
+################################### DATACENTER #################################
+## LocalDC specify current machine dc
+# LocalDC bj
+
+## see dc.conf
+# Include dc.conf
+
+################################### COMMAND ####################################
+## Custom command define, see command.conf
+#Include command.conf
+
+################################### LATENCY ####################################
+## Latency monitor define, see latency.conf
+Include latency.conf
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