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+# Contributing
+
+The project welcomes contributions from developers and organizations worldwide. Our goal is to foster a collaborative and inclusive community where diverse perspectives and expertise can drive innovation and enhance the project's capabilities. Whether you are an individual contributor or represent an organization, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of this project. Possible contributions include but not limited to:
+
+- Pushing patches.
+- Code review of pull requests.
+- Documentation, examples and test cases.
+- Readability improvement, e.g., improvement on docstr and comments.
+- Community participation in [issues](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/issues), [discussions](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/discussions), and [twitter](https://twitter.com/pyautogen).
+- Tutorials, blog posts, talks that promote the project.
+- Sharing application scenarios and/or related research.
+
+Most contributions require you to agree to a
+Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us
+the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit <https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com>.
+
+If you are new to GitHub [here](https://help.github.com/categories/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/) is a detailed help source on getting involved with development on GitHub.
+
+When you submit a pull request, a CLA bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide
+a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., status check, comment). Simply follow the instructions
+provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.
+
+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
+For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or
+contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.
+
+## Roadmaps
+
+To see what we are working on and what we plan to work on, please check our
+[Roadmap Issues](https://aka.ms/autogen-roadmap).
+
+## Becoming a Reviewer
+
+There is currently no formal reviewer solicitation process. Current reviewers identify reviewers from active contributors.
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