diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/monitoring/README.md b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/monitoring/README.md
index 95dfcca8..803da548 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/monitoring/README.md
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/monitoring/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@
   * Chain Head Exporter - for tracking chain heads given external ETH RPC endpoints
 * See [monitoring-watchers.md](./monitoring-watchers.md) for an example usage of the stack with pre-configured dashboards for watchers
 
+## Setup
+
+Clone required repositories:
+
+```bash
+laconic-so --stack monitoring setup-repositories --git-ssh --pull
+```
+
+Build the container images:
+
+```bash
+laconic-so --stack monitoring build-containers
+```
+
 ## Create a deployment
 
 First, create a spec file for the deployment, which will map the stack's ports and volumes to the host:
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/monitoring/monitoring-watchers.md b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/monitoring/monitoring-watchers.md
index 41ba2e07..4ef43b36 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/monitoring/monitoring-watchers.md
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/monitoring/monitoring-watchers.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Instructions to setup and run monitoring stack with pre-configured watcher dashb
 
 ## Create a deployment
 
-First, create a spec file for the deployment, which will map the stack's ports and volumes to the host:
+After completing [setup](./README.md#setup), create a spec file for the deployment, which will map the stack's ports and volumes to the host:
 
 ```bash
 laconic-so --stack monitoring deploy init --output monitoring-watchers-spec.yml