diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# Local Development of must-gather-operator
+
+The operator can be built and run locally provided a `KUBECONFIG` is set in your environment pointing to an OpenShift cluster. It is recommended that development be done using a cluster with `cluster-admin` permissions.
+
+## Build and Run
+
+Execute the following pre-requisite steps to setup the must-gather-operator namespace with required manifests.
+
+```sh
+oc apply -f deploy/crds/managed.openshift.io_mustgathers.yaml 
+
+oc new-project must-gather-operator
+
+oc apply -f deploy/
+
+# avoid running pods in the cluster for the operator
+oc scale --replicas=0 -n must-gather-operator deploy/must-gather-operator
+```
+
+Build and run the operator:
+```sh
+go build .
+
+export OPERATOR_NAMESPACE=must-gather-operator
+export OPERATOR_NAME=must-gather-operator
+export WATCH_NAMESPACE=must-gather-operator
+export DEFAULT_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE='registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-must-gather-rhel9:latest'
+export NAMESPACE=must-gather-operator
+
+# the image for the operator is still required,
+# it is used by the "upload" container in the Job's pod.
+export OPERATOR_IMAGE="quay.io/swghosh/must-gather-operator:latest" 
+
+podman build -t "${OPERATOR_IMAGE}" 
+
+export OSDK_FORCE_RUN_MODE="local" # required to disable leader election
+./must-gather-operator
+```
+
+## Example must-gather 
+
+```sh
+oc create -f - << EOF
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: sandbox
+  labels:
+    name: sandbox
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: sandbox-admin
+  namespace: sandbox
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: sandbox-admin-cluster-admin-binding
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: sandbox-admin
+  namespace: sandbox
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: cluster-admin
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: sftp-access-rh-creds
+  namespace: sandbox
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  username: some-username
+  password: a-password
+---
+apiVersion: managed.openshift.io/v1alpha1
+kind: MustGather
+metadata:
+  name: example
+  namespace: sandbox
+spec:
+  caseID: '02527285'
+  caseManagementAccountSecretRef:
+    name: sftp-access-rh-creds
+  serviceAccountRef:
+    name: sandbox-admin
+EOF
+```
+
+## Steps to deploy must-gather operator on cluster
+
+```sh
+# Build the image
+podman build -f build/Dockerfile -t quay.io/{{user_id}}/mustgather:{{tag}} .
+
+# Push the image
+podman push quay.io/{{user_id}}/mustgather:{{tag}}
+
+# Then update `container.image` on `line 32` and `OPERATOR_IMAGE` on `line 46` to new built image i.e. `quay.io/{{user_id}}/mustgather:{{tag}}`
+
+oc apply -f deploy/crds/managed.openshift.io_mustgathers.yaml
+
+# Create namespace must-gather-operator
+oc new-project must-gather-operator
+
+# Create must-gather-operator service account
+oc apply -f examples/other_resources/01_must-gather-operator.ServiceAccount.yaml
+
+# Create must-gather-admin service account
+oc apply -f examples/other_resources/04_must-gather-admin.ServiceAccount.yaml
+
+# Replace with actual user_name and password for upload to work
+oc create secret generic case-management-creds --from-literal=username=test-user --from-literal=password=test-password -n must-gather-operator
+
+oc apply -f deploy/
+
+oc apply -f examples/mustgather_basic.yaml
+```
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,24 +86,4 @@ oc create secret generic case-management-creds --from-literal=username=<username
 
 ## Local Development
 
-Execute the following steps to develop the functionality locally. It is recommended that development be done using a cluster with `cluster-admin` permissions.
-
-In the operator's `Deployment.yaml` [file](deploy/99_must-gather-operator.Deployment.yaml), add a variable to the deployment's `spec.template.spec.containers.env` list called `OPERATOR_IMAGE` and set the value to your local copy of the image:
-```shell
-          env:
-            - name: OPERATOR_IMAGE
-              value: "registry.example/repo/image:latest"
-```
-Then run:
-```shell
-go mod download
-```
-
-Using the [operator-sdk](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk), run the operator locally:
-
-```shell
-oc apply -f deploy/crds/managed.openshift.io_mustgathers_crd.yaml
-oc new-project must-gather-operator
-export DEFAULT_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE='quay.io/openshift/origin-must-gather:latest'
-OPERATOR_NAME=must-gather-operator operator-sdk run --verbose --local --namespace ''
-```
+For local development notes, refer to [HACKING.md](./HACKING.md).
diff --git a/deploy/02_must-gather-operator.ClusterRole.yaml b/deploy/02_must-gather-operator.ClusterRole.yaml
index b034c5c7f..bb2286646 100644
--- a/deploy/02_must-gather-operator.ClusterRole.yaml
+++ b/deploy/02_must-gather-operator.ClusterRole.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rules:
     verbs:
       - list
       - get
+      - watch
   # leader election
   - apiGroups:
       - ""