You are right. The Startup Recipe would be a perfect way for you to get your pool up and running.
Good for you for doing your homework ahead of time. Too many people don't and then come here for help in a panic after they have made a mess of their pool!
Besides buying the leaf rake, you also just need a net to put on the pole. You'll use that constantly -- more than a leaf rake -- to skim off floating debris. (In fact, you may or may not even need the leaf rake. I don't use one. I just use my net.) In addition, you will need some way to vacuum the pool. No leaf rake or net can remove the dirt that is inevitably going to be on the pool floor.
Your pump and filter look like a good combo. We usually see people who have badly matched setups with pumps that are too big and filters that are too small. Yours should do just fine.
You will also want to buy some dichlor. New fills have no CYA in them. Without CYA, your chlorine is quickly lost to the sun. Dichlor is an easy way to introduce the CYA (also called stabilizer) to the water. Directions for its use and what kind to buy are also in the 'recipe.' After you get your CYA up to around 50ppm, you'll want to stop using the dichlor and switch to using bleach so your CYA level doesn't get too high.
Hope this helps. Let us know if you have more questions.
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