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🀝 How to Contribute

We welcome contributions from the community! Whether you're fixing a bug, adding a feature, or improving documentation, your help is greatly appreciated.

Please take a moment to read through these guidelines before submitting a pull request or issue.

🧩 Contribution Types We Accept

  • Bug fixes
  • New features (must align with project roadmap)
  • Documentation improvements
  • Code refactoring and optimization
  • Testing improvements (unit tests, integration tests)
  • Example use cases or tutorials

πŸ“Œ Forking the Repository

  1. Fork the repository

πŸ“Œ Submitting a Pull Request (PR)

  1. Fork the repository from GitHub
  2. Clone the repository to your local machine
git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo.git
  1. Create a new branch :
git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
  1. Make your changes
  2. Test your changes thoroughly
  3. Commit your changes with a clear and descriptive message:
git commit -m "Fix bug in chatbot response handling"
  1. Push to your fork
git push origin feature/your-feature-name
  1. Open a PR on the original repository
  2. Wait for review and feedback
  3. Please follow the README.md instructions for run and commit the changes.

πŸ“Œ Code Style and Formatting

  • Follow the existing code style and formatting
  • Use meaningful variable and function names
  • Add comments to explain complex code
  • Keep code clean and readable

πŸ“š Documentation Guidelines

If you're updating or writing documentation:

  • Use clear and concise language
  • Keep examples simple but practical
  • Ensure all code examples are working and up-to-date

πŸ› Reporting Bugs / Suggesting Features

Use the GitHub Issues section to report bugs or suggest enhancements.

When reporting a bug, please include:

A clear title and description Steps to reproduce Expected behavior vs actual behavior Environment info (OS, Python version, etc.) For feature requests, please describe:

The problem you're trying to solve How the feature would improve the project Any alternative solutions considered πŸ“š Documentation Guidelines If you're updating or writing documentation:

Use clear and concise language Keep examples simple but practical Ensure all code examples are working and up-to-date πŸ” Licensing By contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the Apache 2.0 License .

All contributions must be your own original work or clearly indicate if derived from another source.

πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ Code of Conduct We expect all contributors to follow our Code of Conduct . Please treat others with respect and keep the environment welcoming and inclusive.

πŸ™Œ Thank You! Your contribution helps make this project better for everyone. We appreciate your time and effort.