slim-contributing-guide

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps project teams create comprehensive contributing guides for open source projects, enabling consistent onboarding, governance alignment, and contributor empowerment.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Comprehensive CONTRIBUTING.md Template: A complete, 15+ section template with guidance for code contributions, documentation, issues, reviews, and governance alignment.
• Governance & Compliance Integration: Guidance and placeholders that reference governance docs, code of conduct, and NASA/government-specific requirements to ensure policy conformance.
• Workflow Customization: Instructions and placeholders to tailor contribution workflows including issue tracking, branch strategies, and review processes.
• Onboarding & Community Growth: Clear paths for new contributors, maintainer roles, mentorship, and inclusive community practices.
• Ongoing Maintenance: Recommendations for updating the guide as processes evolve and collecting contributor feedback.

Quick Start

Generate a ready-to-use CONTRIBUTING.md tailored to your project and save it at the root as CONTRIBUTING.md. Customize the placeholders as needed and reference governance and code-of-conduct documents.