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 Contributions are very welcome! A contribution can be as small as a ⭐ or even finding and creating issues.
 Fine-tuning the Backend is always desired.
 
+For detailed contribution guidelines, please see our [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
+
 ## Star History
 
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