diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a5cbb805..5b1babfd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v4.5.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-case-conflict
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ repos:
         exclude: '.teamcity'
       - id: trailing-whitespace
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.0.291
+    rev: v0.1.3
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.9.1
+    rev: 23.10.1
     hooks:
       - id: black
       - id: black-jupyter
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: nbstripout
   - repo: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
-    rev: v1.16.18
+    rev: v1.16.21
     hooks:
       - id: typos
diff --git a/docs/thegoodcloud.md b/docs/thegoodcloud.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dda6d409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/thegoodcloud.md
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Connecting The Good Cloud
+
+## Modules
+Just `os`, `pathlib`, `requests` are required to get started
+```
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import requests
+```
+
+## global variables
+We define a few global variables, `RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_PASS` is to be supplied as an OOS environment variable.
+You need to get one from Deltares first.
+
+```
+RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_PASS = os.getenv("RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_PASS")
+RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_USER = "nhi_api"
+WEBDAV_URL = "https://deltares.thegood.cloud/remote.php/dav"
+BASE_URL = f"{WEBDAV_URL}/files/{RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_USER}/D-HYDRO modeldata"
+
+try:
+    assert RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_PASS is not None
+except AssertionError:
+    raise ValueError(
+        "Put RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_PASS in your OS environment variables first."
+    )
+```
+
+## Local path and remote URL
+An example-file, `my_file.ext` to upload. Please be aware to use a file_name without spaces (`" "`)
+```
+path = Path("my_file.ext")
+url = f"{BASE_URL}/test_files/{path.name}"
+```
+
+## Uploading a file
+
+
+```
+def upload_file(url, path):
+    with open(path, "rb") as f:
+        r = requests.put(
+            url, data=f, auth=(RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_USER, RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_PASS)
+        )
+    r.raise_for_status()
+
+upload_file(url, path)
+```
+
+## Downloading a file
+
+```
+def download_file(url, path):
+    r = requests.get(url, auth=(RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_USER, RIBASIM_NL_CLOUD_PASS))
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    with open(path, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(r.content)
+
+download_file(url, path)
+```