diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 118ff0f9..3cbb3904 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Contributions are welcome. If you see a bug, feel free to submit a PR with a fix
 
 ## Necessary crates - cargo install <name>
 
+(if you use mise, these can be installed with `mise install`)
 - cargo-nextest
 - cargo-watch
 
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d2f0ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[tools]
+"cargo:cargo-nextest" = "latest"
+"cargo:cargo-watch" = "latest"
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