Update CONTRIBUTING.md

Author: RobPasMue

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 [Contributing]: https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/how-to/contributing.html
 
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+
+## Clone the repository
+
+To clone and install the latest *Ansys Tools* release in development mode, run
+these commands:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/ansys/ansys-tools-common/
+cd ansys-tools
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+## Adhere to code style
+
+*Ansys Tools* follows the PEP8 standard as outlined in PEP 8 in the PyAnsys Developer’s Guide and implements style checking using pre-commit.
+
+To ensure your code meets minimum code styling standards, run these commands:
+
+```bash
+pip install pre-commit
+pre-commit run --all-files
+```
+
+You can also install this as a pre-commit hook by running this command:
+
+```bash
+pre-commit install
+```
+
+## Run the tests
+
+Prior to running the tests, you must run this command to install the test dependencies:
+
+```bash
+pip install -e .[tests]
+```
+
+To run the tests, navigate to the root directory of the repository and run this command:
+
+```bash
+pytest
+```
+
+
+## Build the documentation
+
+Prior to building the documentation, you must run this command to install the documentation dependencies:
+
+```bash
+pip install -e .[doc]
+```
+
+To build the documentation, run the following commands:
+
+```bash
+cd doc
+
+# On linux
+make html
+
+# On windows
+./make.bat html
+```
+
+The documentation is built in the `docs/_build/html` directory.