diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35aea257..5c0b1f53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ settings.json
 .gitignore
 *.tsv
 __pycache__
-.vscode*
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode*
+communitynotes_env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a551e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+numpy==1.21.6
+pandas==1.3.5
+matplotlib==3.5.2
+tensorflow==2.5.0
+