Create a CONTRIBUTING.md file

Create a project-specific CONTRIBUTING.md with practical GitHub contribution steps.

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How it works

Project details are inserted into a Markdown template covering forks, branches, tests, commits, pull requests, and issue reporting. The result is documentation text and does not enforce repository automation.

  • CONTRIBUTING.md is discovered at common GitHub repository locations.
  • Placeholder contact and command fields remain editable rather than guessed.

Worked example

Create a CONTRIBUTING.md file
Create a CONTRIBUTING.md for an open-source project
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											my-awesome-lib
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												# Contributing to my-awesome-lib

Thank you for your interest in contributing to my-awesome-lib! This document provides guidelines and steps for contributing.

## Table of Contents

- [Reporting Bugs](#reporting-bugs)
- [Suggesting Features](#suggesting-features)
- [Pull Requests](#pull-requests)
- [Code Style](#code-style)

## Reporting Bugs

Before creating bug reports, please check the existing issues to avoid duplicates.

When creating a bug report, please include:

- **Clear title** describing the issue
- **Steps to reproduce** the behavior
- **Expected behavior** vs actual behavior
- **Environment details** (OS, Node version, etc.)
- **Screenshots** if applicable
- **Code samples** tha…

When to use this

Open-source repositories, GitHub organizations, and classroom projects publish contribution instructions.

Edge cases

  • Markdown punctuation in a project name can alter a generated heading.
  • An empty contact field leaves an incomplete support instruction.
  • The document cannot run a test command; it only records the supplied guidance.

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