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+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
 
 ## Please fill in your project documentation in this README.md file 
 
+Refer to [README](docs/source/roundtrip.rst) for a complete roundtrip of how to use caravel_user_project
 
 Refer to [README](docs/source/index.rst) for this sample project documentation. 
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
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--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -67,18 +67,8 @@
     git clone https://github.com/efabless/caravel_user_project.git
     cd caravel_user_project
     
-    # If unset, CARAVEL_ROOT will be set to $(pwd)/caravel
-    # If you want to install caravel at a different location, run "export CARAVEL_ROOT=<caravel-path>"
-    export CARAVEL_ROOT=$(pwd)/caravel
-    
     make install
 
-To update the installed caravel to the latest, run:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-     make update_caravel
-
 To remove caravel, run
 
 .. code:: bash
@@ -203,7 +193,6 @@
 .. code:: bash
 
     export PDK_ROOT=<pdk-installation-path>
-    export CARAVEL_ROOT=$(pwd)/caravel
     # specify simulation mode: RTL/GL
     export SIM=RTL
     # Run RTL simulation on IO ports testbench, make verify-io_ports
@@ -216,7 +205,6 @@
 .. code:: bash
 
     export PDK_ROOT=<pdk-installation-path>
-    export CARAVEL_ROOT=$(pwd)/caravel
     # specify simulation mode: RTL/GL
     export SIM=GL
     # Run RTL simulation on IO ports testbench, make verify-io_ports
@@ -339,6 +327,8 @@
 
 .. code:: bash
 
+   # DO NOT cd into openlane
+
    # Run openlane to harden user_proj_example
    make user_proj_example
    # Run openlane to harden user_project_wrapper
@@ -362,12 +352,9 @@
 
 
 Then, you can run the precheck by running
-Specify CARAVEL_ROOT before running any of the following, 
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-   # export CARAVEL_ROOT=$(pwd)/caravel 
-   export CARAVEL_ROOT=<path-to-caravel>
    make run-precheck
 
 This will run all the precheck checks on your project and will produce the logs under the ``checks`` directory.
@@ -380,13 +367,6 @@
 
 Run ``make help`` to display available targets. 
 
-Specify CARAVEL_ROOT before running any of the following, 
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-   # export CARAVEL_ROOT=$(pwd)/caravel 
-   export CARAVEL_ROOT=<path-to-caravel>
-
 Run lvs on the mag view, 
 
 .. code:: bash
@@ -422,6 +402,8 @@
 .. code:: bash
 
    make xor-wrapper
+   
+   
 
 
 Checklist for Open-MPW Submission
diff --git a/docs/source/roundtrip.rst b/docs/source/roundtrip.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <!---
+   # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Efabless Corporation
+   #
+   # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   # You may obtain a copy of the License at
+   #
+   #      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+   #
+   # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   # limitations under the License.
+   #
+   # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+   -->
+   
+Complete roundtrip for caravel_user_project
+===========================================
+
+1. To start the project you need to first create an empty Git project on Github and make sure your repo is public and includes a README
+
+2. Open your Terminal. Create an empty folder to use as your Caravel workspace, and navigate to it.
+
+.. code:: bash
+	
+	# Create a directory and call it anything you want
+	mkdir -p caravel_tutorial
+	
+	# navigate into the directory
+	cd caravel_tutorial
+	
+3. Clone caravel_user_project and setup the git environment as follows
+
+.. code:: bash
+	
+	# Make sure that ``caravel_example`` matches the empty github repo name in step 1
+	git clone -b mpw-5 https://github.com/efabless/caravel_user_project caravel_example
+	cd caravel_example
+	git remote rename origin upstream
+	
+	# You need to put your empty github repo URL from step 1
+	git remote add origin <your github repo URL>
+	
+	# Create a new branch, you can name it anything 
+	git checkout -b <my_branch>
+	git push -u origin <my_branch>
+	
+4. Now that your git environment is setup, it's time to setup your local environment
+
+.. code:: bash
+	
+	# to install caravel-lite into your caravel_user_project
+	# you can install full caravel (not recommended) use ``export CARAVEL_LITE=0``
+	make install
+	
+	# The default for the management core is litex, to install the pico version use
+	export MCW=pico
+	# To install the management core for simulation
+	make install_mcw
+	
+	
+	
+	# To clone the management core pico for simulation
+	git clone git@github.com:efabless/caravel_pico.git
+	
+	# Install openlane for hardening your project
+	# make sure to change <directory_name> with the directory you created in step 1
+	# in this case it is caravel_tutorial
+	export OPENLANE_ROOT=~/<directory_name>/openlane # you need to export this whenever you start a new shell
+	make openlane
+	
+	# Build the pdk
+	# make sure to change <directory_name> with the directory you created in step 1
+	# in this case it is caravel_tutorial
+	export PDK_ROOT=~/<directory_name>/pdks # you need to export this whenever you start a new shell
+	make pdk
+	
+5. Now you can start hardening your design, for example
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+	make user_proj_example
+	make user_project_wrapper
+	
+6. To run simulation on your design
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+	make simenv
+	# you can run RTL/GL simulations by using
+	export SIM=RTL
+	# OR
+	export SIM=GL
+	
+	# you can then run the simulations using
+	make verify-<testbench-name>
+	
+	# for example
+	make verify-io_ports
+	
+7. To run the precheck locally 
+
+.. code:: bash
+	
+	make precheck
+	make run-precheck
+	
+17. You are done! now go to www.efabless.com to submit your project!
+   
+   
+.. |License| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg
+   :target: https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0
+.. |User CI| image:: https://github.com/efabless/caravel_project_example/actions/workflows/user_project_ci.yml/badge.svg
+   :target: https://github.com/efabless/caravel_project_example/actions/workflows/user_project_ci.yml
+.. |Caravel Build| image:: https://github.com/efabless/caravel_project_example/actions/workflows/caravel_build.yml/badge.svg
+   :target: https://github.com/efabless/caravel_project_example/actions/workflows/caravel_build.yml