- Open Visual Studio / MonoDevelop / Xamarin Studio and start a new project/solution.
- Add NuGet package `Grpc` as a dependency (Project options -> Manage NuGet Packages).
- Add the [Grpc](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Grpc/) NuGet package as a dependency (Project options -> Manage NuGet Packages).
- To be able to generate code from Protocol Buffer (`.proto`) file definitions, add NuGet package `Grpc.Tools` that contains Protocol Buffers compiler (_protoc_) and the gRPC _protoc_ plugin.
- To be able to generate code from Protocol Buffer (`.proto`) file definitions, add the [Grpc.Tools](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Grpc.Tools/) NuGet package that contains Protocol Buffers compiler (_protoc_) and the gRPC _protoc_ plugin.