diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 6838316..ae479a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           pip install -U pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install ".[dev]"
       - name: Lint with ruff
         run: |
           ruff check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index a1b51b0..a02e413 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           pip install -U pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install ".[dev]"
       - name: Run all tests
         run: |
           pytest .
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 551d8d4..d19c0ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,9 +83,19 @@ export SLACK_APP_TOKEN=<your-app-token>
 
 #### Initializing the project
 
+**Using Slack CLI:**
+
+```sh
+slack create my-bolt-python-custom-step --template slack-samples/bolt-python-custom-step-template
+cd my-bolt-python-custom-step
+```
+
+**Using git:**
+
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/slack-samples/bolt-python-custom-step-template.git my-bolt-python-custom-step
 cd my-bolt-python-custom-step
+slack init
 ```
 
 #### Setup your python virtual environment
@@ -98,7 +108,7 @@ source .venv/bin/activate  # for Windows OS, .\.venv\Scripts\Activate instead sh
 #### Install dependencies
 
 ```sh
-pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+pip3 install ".[dev]"
 ```
 
 </details>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c0a283..cb12e7f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+[project]
+name = "bolt-python-custom-step-template"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+    "slack-bolt==1.28.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest==9.0.3",
+    "ruff==0.15.12",
+    "slack-cli-hooks<1.0.0",
+]
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 125
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2556880..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-slack-bolt==1.28.0
-pytest==9.0.3
-ruff==0.15.12