diff --git a/repo-template/node-based-repo/package.json b/repo-template/node-based-repo/package.json
index e2e67c4..9b6e22e 100644
--- a/repo-template/node-based-repo/package.json
+++ b/repo-template/node-based-repo/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
     "lib/*"
   ],
   "scripts": {
+    "@comment RUN": "Running this repo after running this once - pnpm install",
+    "start": "tsx src/index.ts",
+    "watch": "tsx watch src/index.ts",
     "@comment TEST": "Useful for testing",
     "check": "$(pnpm bin)/tsc --noEmit",
     "lint": "$(pnpm bin)/eslint ./src",