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To help your project contributors do good work, you can add a file with contribution guidelines to your project repository's root, `docs`, or `.github` folder. When someone opens a pull request or creates an issue, they will see a link to that file. {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}The link to the contributing guidelines also appears on your repository's `contribute` page. For an example of a `contribute` page, see [github/docs/contribute](https://github.com/github/docs/contribute).{% endif %}
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{% ifversion fpt or ghec or ghes > 3.18 %}If your repository includes a `CONTRIBUTING.md` file, {% data variables.product.github %} also surfaces it in two other places to make it easier for contributors to discover:
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* A "{% octicon "people" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="people" %} Contributing" tab in the repository overview (next to the "{% octicon "book" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="book" %} README" and "{% octicon "code-of-conduct" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="code-of-conduct" %} Code of conduct")
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* A "Contributing" link in the repository sidebar{% endif %}
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For the repository owner, contribution guidelines are a way to communicate how people should contribute.
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For contributors, the guidelines help them verify that they're submitting well-formed pull requests and opening useful issues.
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> Repository maintainers can set specific guidelines for issues by creating an issue or pull request template for the repository. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/about-issue-and-pull-request-templates).
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## Adding a _CONTRIBUTING_ file
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## Adding a `CONTRIBUTING.md` file
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{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %}
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