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+# Contributing
+Contributors are very welcome! **No contribution is too small and all contributions are valued.**
+
+## Rust
+You'll need to have the stable Rust toolchain installed in order to develop Loki.
+
+The Rust toolchain (stable) can be installed via rustup using the following command:
+
+```shell
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+```
+
+This will install `rustup`, `rustc` and `cargo`. For more information, refer to the [official Rust installation documentation](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install).
+
+## Commitizen
+[Commitizen](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen?tab=readme-ov-file) is a nifty tool that helps us write better commit messages. It ensures that our
+commits have a consistent style and makes it easier to generate CHANGELOGS. Additionally,
+Commitizen is used to run pre-commit checks to enforce style constraints.
+
+To install `commitizen` and the `pre-commit` prerequisite, run the following command:
+
+```shell
+python3 -m pip install commitizen pre-commit
+```
+
+### Commitizen Quick Guide
+To see an example commit to get an idea for the Commitizen style, run:
+
+```shell
+cz example
+```
+
+To see the allowed types of commits and their descriptions, run:
+
+```shell
+cz info
+```
+
+If you'd like to create a commit using Commitizen with an interactive prompt to help you get
+comfortable with the style, use:
+
+```shell
+cz commit
+```
+
+## Setup workspace
+
+1. Clone this repo
+2. Run `cargo test` to set up hooks
+3. Make changes
+4. Run the application using `make run` or `cargo run`
+5. Commit changes. This will trigger pre-commit hooks that will run format, test and lint. If there are errors or 
+   warnings from Clippy, please fix them.
+6. Push your code to a new branch named after the feature/bug/etc. you're adding. This will trigger pre-push hooks that 
+   will run lint and test.
+7. Create a PR
+
+### CI/CD Testing with Act
+If you also are planning on testing out your changes before pushing them with [Act](https://github.com/nektos/act), you will need to set up `act`,
+`docker`, and configure your local system to run different architectures:
+
+1. Install `docker` by following the instructions on the [official Docker installation page](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/).
+2. Install `act` by following the instructions on the [official Act installation page](https://nektosact.com/installation/index.html).
+3. Install `binfmt` on your system once so that `act` can run the correct architecture for the CI/CD workflows.
+   You can do this by running:
+   ```shell
+   sudo docker run --rm --privileged tonistiigi/binfmt --install all
+   ```
+
+Then, you can run workflows locally without having to commit and see if the GitHub action passes or fails.
+
+**For example**: To test the [release.yml](.github/workflows/release.yaml) workflow locally, you can run:
+
+```shell
+act -W .github/workflows/release.yml --input_type bump=minor
+```
+
+## Questions? Reach out to me!
+If you encounter any questions while developing Loki, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at 
+alex.j.tusa@gmail.com. I'm happy to help contributors in any way I can, regardless of if they're new or experienced!