diff --git a/zshrc-natera b/zshrc-natera
index f594fa3..e4e5e61 100644
--- a/zshrc-natera
+++ b/zshrc-natera
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ alias assayapi='cd ~/work/yalp-assay-qc-api'
 alias assay='cd ~/work/yalp-assay-qc'
 alias lvsync='cd ~/work/yalp-lv-sync'
 
+# YALP Core development aliases
+alias yalp:db:password='core && yalp-db-pw-dev | pbcopy'
+alias yalp:db:rebuild='core && make local_db_destroy && make local_db_init && make local_db_start'
+alias yalp:db:start='core && make local_db_start'
+alias yalp:db:stop='core && make local_db_stop'
+alias yalp:api='core && make local_run_api'
+alias yalp:psql='core && docker exec -it yalp-core-postgres psql -U postgres -d yalp_core_db'
+alias yalp:start='core && make local_db_start && make local_run_api'
+
 # Sensitive values (AWS profile, OTEL endpoint, cert paths, refresh alias) are in zshrc-natera.private
 # Copy zshrc-natera.private.example to zshrc-natera.private and fill in. That file is gitignored.
 [[ -f ~/dotfiles/zshrc-natera.private ]] && source ~/dotfiles/zshrc-natera.private