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Clone the house-code repo, set up a Python virtual environment, install dependencies,
and give me the next steps so I can try it out.

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# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/ethanhouseworth/house-code.git
cd house-code

# Set up Python virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

# Set your API key
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-key-here"

# Run it
house