diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 - (sample/features) add_field: check field size consistency with geometrical support.
+- Add files to support mybinder.org
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
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+name: plaid-dev
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - nodefaults
+dependencies:
+  - plaid
+##### RUN #####
+#---# base
+  - tqdm
+#---# io
+  - pyyaml
+#---# storage backends
+  - pycgns-core
+  - zarr
+#---# SciML
+  - scikit-learn
+  - datasets
+  - numpy
+  - matplotlib-base
+#---# data validation
+  - pydantic
+##### DEV/TESTS/EXAMPLES #####
+#---# mesh/graph libs
+  - muscat-core>=2.5.1
+#---# base
+  - rich
+#---# optim
+  - optuna
+#---# testing
+  - pytest
+  - pytest-cov
+#---# code formatters
+  - ruff
+#---# dev
+  - pre-commit
+#---# doc
+  - sphinx
+  - sphinx-autoapi
+  - sphinx-tabs
+  - sphinxcontrib-bibtex
+  - myst-nb
+  - myst-parser
+  - furo
+  - jupytext
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diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
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+jupytext-config set-default-viewer python