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# Contributing [about-contributing]

We welcome contributions and bug fixes to Curator’s API and CLI.

We are grateful for the many [contributors](https://github.com/elastic/curator/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS) who have helped Curator become what it is today.

Please read through our [contribution](https://github.com/elastic/curator/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) guide, and the Curator [readme](https://github.com/elastic/curator/blob/master/README.rst) document.

A brief overview of the steps

* fork the repo
* make changes in your fork
* add tests to cover your changes (if necessary)
* run tests
* sign the [CLA](http://elastic.co/contributor-agreement/)
* send a pull request!

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