Contributing

Complete Contribution Strategy - Context Aware

I'll analyze everything needed for your successful contribution based on your current context and work.

Strategic Thinking Process

1. Current Work Context

   • What has been done in this session?
   • Are we mid-implementation or post-completion?
   • What type of changes were made (feature, fix, refactor)?
   • Is the work ready for contribution?

2. Project Type & Standards

   • Is this open source, company, or personal project?
   • What are the contribution guidelines?
   • Are there specific workflows to follow?
   • What quality gates exist (tests, lint, reviews)?

3. Contribution Strategy

   • Should this be one PR or multiple?
   • Which issues does this work address?
   • What documentation needs updating?
   • Who should review this?

4. Pre-flight Checklist

   • Do all tests pass?
   • Is the code properly formatted?
   • Are there any lint warnings?
   • Is documentation updated?
   • Are commits well-organized?

Token Optimization

Expected range: 500–1,500 tokens (initial), 100 tokens (cache hit)

Caching: Caches project structure in .claude/cache/understand/project_structure.json for 7 days.

Early exit: Returns immediately if CONTRIBUTING.md already exists and is current.

Patterns used: Grep-before-Read, early exit, template-based generation, caching