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 Get started quickly with a Google Colab  <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1g-Qnx6l_ecHZi0IOw23rg0qC4TYvEvWZ?usp=sharing">notebook</a>  or  <a href="https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee-starter">starter repo</a>
 
+## Contributing
+Your contributions are at the core of making this a true open source project. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated. See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.
+