How to get contribute? "Mailspring could not find the mailsync process"

I ran npm install && npm run start, and I got this error message:

Mailspring could not find the mailsync process. If you’re building Mailspring from source, make sure mailsync.tar.gz has been downloaded and unpacked in your working copy.

How do I fix this? There’s nothing about “mailsync” in README.md or CONTRIBUTING.md.