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+# Contributing Guidelines
+**Welcome to Chatbot UI!**
+
+We appreciate your interest in contributing to our project.
+
+Before you get started, please read our guidelines for contributing.
+
+## Types of Contributions
+We welcome the following types of contributions:
+
+- Bug fixes
+- New features
+- Documentation improvements
+- Code optimizations
+- Translations
+- Tests
+
+
+## Getting Started
+To get started, fork the project on GitHub and clone it locally on your machine. Then, create a new branch to work on your changes.
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/mckaywrigley/chatbot-ui.git
+cd chatbot-ui
+git checkout -b my-branch-name
+
+```
+
+Before submitting your pull request, please make sure your changes pass our automated tests and adhere to our code style guidelines.
+
+## Pull Request Process
+1. Fork the project on GitHub.
+2. Clone your forked repository locally on your machine.
+3. Create a new branch from the main branch.
+4. Make your changes on the new branch.
+5. Ensure that your changes adhere to our code style guidelines and pass our automated tests.
+6. Commit your changes and push them to your forked repository.
+7. Submit a pull request to the main branch of the main repository.
+
+## Contact
+If you have any questions or need help getting started, feel free to reach out to me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/mckaywrigley).
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