diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 377c260..94aec58 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: sync-from-github sync-to-github chat router
+.PHONY: sync-from-github sync-to-github chat router agent
 
 # Pull latest changes from the GitHub mirror and push them to Gitea
 sync-from-github:
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ chat:
 	cd chat-ui && npm install && npm run build && npm start
 
 router:
-	cd whatsapp-router && npm install && npm run dev
+        cd whatsapp-router && npm install && npm run dev
+
+agent:
+        cd conversation-layer-agent && npm install && npm run dev
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0f65bb..1d69b71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Alternatively you can run the chat UI and router locally using Make:
 ```bash
 make chat     # start chat-ui
 make router   # start whatsapp-router
+make agent    # start conversation-layer-agent
 ```
 
 Both targets read configuration from a `.env` file if it exists (see `.env.example`).
diff --git a/conversation-layer-agent/package-lock.json b/conversation-layer-agent/package-lock.json
index 9e1d9e5..56ce4d6 100644
--- a/conversation-layer-agent/package-lock.json
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