From 08a9c74e54f93ba2ec8cc971cd7cb796a410deea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: markrodney34 <markrodney34@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:52:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] docs: improve installation instructions and add contributing
 guide

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 5 +++++
 README.md       | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0234d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Contributing Guidelines
+1. Fork the repo.
+2. Create a new branch.
+3. Make your changes.
+4. Submit a pull request.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0217c3..af4cdb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,3 +127,7 @@ MIT, Apache
 ## Maintainers
 
 Muwanga Erasto Kosea, Ouma Ronald
+
+
+## Contributing
+Please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
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