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title: Contributing
description: We welcome contributions and bug fixes to Curator’s API and CLI. We are grateful for the many contributors who have helped Curator become what it is today...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/curator/about-contributing
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Curator
---

# 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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