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+# Contributing to cadCAD (Draft)
+
+:+1::tada: First off, thanks for taking the time to contribute! :tada::+1:
+
+The following is a set of guidelines for contributing to cadCAD. These are mostly guidelines, not rules. 
+Use your best judgment, and feel free to propose changes to this document in a pull request.
+
+### Pull Requests:
+
+Pull Request (PR) presented as "->".
+
+General Template:
+fork/branch -> BlockScience/staging
+
+Contributing a new feature:
+fork/feature -> BlockScience/staging
+
+Contributing to an existing feature:
+fork/feature -> BlockScience/feature
+
+Thanks! :heart: