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 ## Development Guide
 
+Before contributing, make yourself familiar with [our contribution guidelines](https://developers.revolt.chat/contrib.html) and the [technical documentation for this project](https://revoltchat.github.io/backend/).
+
 Before getting started, you'll want to install:
 
 - Rust toolchain (rustup recommended)