From 24624a1f68186b1370d698e5ebc538228461f3d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Hill <mattnine@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:26:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add CONTRIBUTING.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# Contributing
+
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Start9 website.
+
+## Development
+
+1. Clone the repository
+2. Install dependencies: `npm install`
+3. Start the dev server: `npm start`
+4. Open http://localhost:8080
+
+## Deployment
+
+Pushes to `master` automatically build and deploy via GitHub Actions.