diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ee14c77b..5bfb2ce5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ coverage/
 .vscode/
 .env
 .swc/
-bundle.zip
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+bundle.zip
+# Local Netlify folder
+.netlify
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66459cd24..b41507c02 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ npm run build:clean:stage
 
 :warning: Note: This will promote the contents of your local public directory. Your instance in staging may break or be outdated if you haven't run `npm run build` before `make stage`.
 
+## Staging with Netlify
+
+When a commit is pushed, this automatically triggers a Netlify build on your branch. For every push, a deploy and deploy preview will be generated.
+
+By default, the master branch of `docs-landing` will be parsed with the parser version specified in the `Netlify.toml` and built using your branch as the frontend. If you'd like to build a different site or branch or build with a different parser version, this can be easily done by just updating the values in the Netlify.toml accordingly. Don't forget to update the `ORG_NAME` to `mongodb` or `10gen` depending on which org your repo belongs to!
+
 ## Releasing
 
 We have configured an automatic release process using [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions) that is triggered by [npm-version](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/version). To release a version, you must have admin privileges in this repo. Then proceed as follows:
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index acedec667..61b9f8404 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 # variables that need to be changed based on the content repo you're working on -------------------------------------------
-TESTING_CONTENT_REPO=docs-landing # name of content repo
-ORGANIZATION=mongodb # name of org, usually mongodb or 10gen
+TESTING_ORGANIZATION=$1 # name of org, usually mongodb or 10gen
+TESTING_REPO_NAME=$2 # name of content repo
+TESTING_BRANCH_NAME=$3 # name of the branch
+PARSER_VERSION=$4 # version of the parser to download
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-PARSER_VERSION=0.18.6
 
 # This make command curls the examples for certain repos.
 # If the rule doesn't exist, the error doesn't interrupt the build process.
 # make examples - we don't need this for docs-landing, but have it here for when we change repos
 
 # cloning the content repo
-echo "cloning content repo: ${TESTING_CONTENT_REPO}"
-git clone https://github.com/${ORGANIZATION}/${TESTING_CONTENT_REPO}.git
+echo "Cloning content repo: ${TESTING_REPO_NAME}"
+git clone -b ${TESTING_BRANCH_NAME} https://github.com/${TESTING_ORGANIZATION}/${TESTING_REPO_NAME}.git 
+
 
 
 # running the parser 
 if [ ! -d "snooty-parser" ]; then
-  echo "snooty parser not installed, downloading..."
+  echo "Snooty parser not installed, downloading parser version $PARSER_VERSION ..."
   curl -L -o snooty-parser.zip https://github.com/mongodb/snooty-parser/releases/download/v${PARSER_VERSION}/snooty-v${PARSER_VERSION}-linux_x86_64.zip
   unzip -d ./snooty-parser snooty-parser.zip
   chmod +x ./snooty-parser/snooty
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "======================================================================================================================================================================="
 echo "========================================================================== Running parser... =========================================================================="
-./snooty-parser/snooty/snooty build $(pwd)/${TESTING_CONTENT_REPO} --output=./bundle.zip
+./snooty-parser/snooty/snooty build $(pwd)/${TESTING_REPO_NAME}  --output=./bundle.zip
 echo "========================================================================== Parser complete ============================================================================"
 echo "======================================================================================================================================================================="
 
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index 937e9fc6a..3a4ac8875 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,10 @@ name = "snooty-cache-plugin"
 
 [build]
 publish = "public"
-command = ". ./build.sh"
+command = ". ./build.sh $ORG_NAME $REPO_NAME $BRANCH_NAME $PARSER_VERSION"
+
+[build.environment]
+ORG_NAME = "mongodb"
+REPO_NAME = "docs-landing"
+BRANCH_NAME = "master"
+PARSER_VERSION = "0.18.6"
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