diff --git a/templates/types/simple/express/README-template.md b/templates/types/simple/express/README-template.md
index 7ea94ab755535aefd4d5edc9f20a5908d7fedead..a596bc06747f73d240ac9b28f045897b69568f13 100644
--- a/templates/types/simple/express/README-template.md
+++ b/templates/types/simple/express/README-template.md
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ First, install the dependencies:
 npm install
 ```
 
-Second, run the development server:
+Second, generate the embeddings of the documents in the `./data` directory (if this folder exists - otherwise, skip this step):
+
+```
+npm run generate
+```
+
+Third, run the development server:
 
 ```
 npm run dev
diff --git a/templates/types/streaming/express/README-template.md b/templates/types/streaming/express/README-template.md
index 0e9d796106725e9d9ebaa653fa5471e807ee1760..452069d2c721d6070a7b0368734a81f5c6baa22b 100644
--- a/templates/types/streaming/express/README-template.md
+++ b/templates/types/streaming/express/README-template.md
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ First, install the dependencies:
 npm install
 ```
 
-Second, run the development server:
+Second, generate the embeddings of the documents in the `./data` directory (if this folder exists - otherwise, skip this step):
+
+```
+npm run generate
+```
+
+Third, run the development server:
 
 ```
 npm run dev
diff --git a/templates/types/streaming/nextjs/README-template.md b/templates/types/streaming/nextjs/README-template.md
index 1509ded7c3be489d369b94d6d6a286d496f488d8..81b3b93f94faf54bfc1f4319b8a154a770764cd1 100644
--- a/templates/types/streaming/nextjs/README-template.md
+++ b/templates/types/streaming/nextjs/README-template.md
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ First, install the dependencies:
 npm install
 ```
 
-Second, run the development server:
+Second, generate the embeddings of the documents in the `./data` directory (if this folder exists - otherwise, skip this step):
+
+```
+npm run generate
+```
+
+Third, run the development server:
 
 ```
 npm run dev