diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 23b8119..454b8bc 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
     },
     "extensions": [
         "ms-python.python",
-        "ms-toolsai.jupyter"
+        "ms-toolsai.jupyter",
+        "ms-vsliveshare.vsliveshare",  // Live Share extension
+        "github.copilot"  // GitHub Copilot extension
     ],
     "remoteUser": "vscode"
 }
diff --git a/.dvc/.gitignore b/.dvc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..528f30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dvc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/config.local
+/tmp
+/cache
diff --git a/.dvc/config b/.dvc/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95f830f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dvc/config
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[core]
+  remote = biobricks.ai
+['remote "biobricks.ai"']
+  url = https://ins-dvc.s3.amazonaws.com/insdvc
+['remote "s3.biobricks.ai"']
+  url = s3://ins-dvc/insdvc
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diff --git a/.dvcignore b/.dvcignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5197305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dvcignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Add patterns of files dvc should ignore, which could improve
+# the performance. Learn more at
+# https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/dvcignore
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f72fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/download
+/brick
+status.txt
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diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dde937d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SMRT Small Molecule Retention Time
+
+
+This dataset is available on figshare at 
+
+https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_METLIN_small_molecule_dataset_for_machine_learning-based_retention_time_prediction/8038913
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diff --git a/code/00_status.py b/code/00_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c27637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/00_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# PURPOSE: CHECK IF THE SOURCE HAS CHANGED
diff --git a/code/01_download.py b/code/01_download.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f05903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/01_download.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# PURPOSE: DOWNLOAD THE SMRT DATA TO THE ./download DIRECTORY
+import os 
+
+# downloads to the ./download directory
+os.makedirs('download', exist_ok=True)
+
+# read the data from the ./download directory
diff --git a/code/02_process.py b/code/02_process.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbf4857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/02_process.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# PURPOSE: CHANGE THE DOWNLOADED DATA TO ONE OR MORE PARQUET FILES
+import os 
+
+# exports to the ./brick directory
+os.makedirs('brick', exist_ok=True)
+
+# read the data from the ./download directory
diff --git a/dvc.lock b/dvc.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f494059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvc.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+schema: '2.0'
+stages:
+  status:
+    cmd: python code/00_status.py
+    deps:
+    - path: code/00_status.py
+      hash: md5
+      md5: 95a09d63c054eb185a1408771f4ee8a3
+      size: 43
+  download:
+    cmd: python code/01_download.py
+    deps:
+    - path: code/01_download.py
+      hash: md5
+      md5: f82fd5fc2597b90ed411991180e4ac30
+      size: 195
+    outs:
+    - path: download/
+      hash: md5
+      md5: d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce.dir
+      size: 0
+      nfiles: 0
+  process:
+    cmd: python code/02_process.py
+    deps:
+    - path: code/02_process.py
+      hash: md5
+      md5: c520d6a17cb1fb7e47155d606ce80701
+      size: 197
+    - path: download/
+      hash: md5
+      md5: d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce.dir
+      size: 0
+      nfiles: 0
+    outs:
+    - path: brick/
+      hash: md5
+      md5: d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce.dir
+      size: 0
+      nfiles: 0
diff --git a/dvc.yaml b/dvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6dd000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+stages:
+  status:
+    cmd: python code/00_status.py
+  download:
+    cmd: python code/01_download.py
+    deps:
+      - status.txt
+      - code/01_download.py
+    outs:
+      - download/
+  process:
+    cmd: python code/02_process.py
+    deps:
+      - download/
+      - code/02_process.py
+    outs:
+      - brick/
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 45684e1..f3a121b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-python-dotenv
-pandas
-biobricks
-fastparquet
-pyarrow
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+pandas==2.2.2
+biobricks==0.3.7
+fastparquet==2024.5.0
+pyarrow==16.1.0
+dvc==3.51.1
+dvc-s3==3.2.0
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