From 086dc4ed576f29c333fd2ca7b4e43e36f99c13de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Chen <chenbrian@google.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 16:13:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update docs for system test

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 78aaa61b2..501a0e622 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -52,4 +52,13 @@ accept your pull requests.
 
         npm run fix
 
+1. Run backend tests:
+        
+        // Authenticate application default credentials to connect to the backend
+        gcloud auth application-default login
+
+        // Run system tests
+        npm run system-test
+
+
 [setup]: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/setup