diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# How to Contribute
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Have [`rust` & `cargo`](https://www.rust-lang.org/) installed.
+
+## Installing dependencies
+
+```sh
+cargo check
+```
+
+## Running the tool
+
+```sh
+cargo run
+```
+
+## CI/CD
+
+#### Testing
+
+```sh
+cargo test
+```
+
+#### Linting
+
+```sh
+cargo lint
+```
+
+#### Formatting
+
+```sh
+cargo format
+```
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 <!-- omit from toc -->
 ## Contributing
-Contributions and feedback are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.
+Contributions and feedback are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details.
 
 Here is a list of [Contributors](http://github.com/automa/cli/contributors).