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@@ -175,6 +175,16 @@ To install the packages run:
 pip install atomate2
 ```
 
+If you would like to use more specialized capabilities of `atomate2` such as the phonon, Lobster or force field workflows, you would need to run one of
+
+```bash
+pip install atomate2[phonons]
+pip install atomate2[lobster]
+pip install atomate2[forcefields]
+```
+
+See [`pyproject.toml`](https://github.com/materialsproject/atomate2/blob/main/pyproject.toml) for all available optional dependency sets. More detailed instructions can be found under [dev installation](../dev/dev_install.md).
+
 ## Configure calculation output database
 
 The next step is to configure your MongoDB database that will be used to store