# Contributing to Bookhoard

Welcome to the Bookhoard contributing documentation. This section contains guides for contributing to the Bookhoard project.

## 🚀 Getting Started

- **[Development Guide](DEVELOPMENT.md)** - Development workflow and architecture
  - Architecture overview
  - Directory structure
  - Local development setup
  - Testing guidelines
  - Code style
  - Deployment

## 📋 Project Guidelines

- **[PROJECT_GUIDELINES.md](../PROJECT_GUIDELINES.md)** - Development rules and standards
  - Critical prohibitions
  - Mandatory requirements
  - Error recovery protocol
  - Workflow checklists

## 🤝 How to Contribute

We welcome contributions! Please see our [Development Guide](DEVELOPMENT.md) for information on:
- Setting up your development environment
- Understanding the codebase
- Making pull requests
- Code review process
- Testing requirements

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