Contributing to Anchor

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Ways to contribute

• Report bugs and request features via GitHub Issues
• Improve documentation
• Fix bugs
• Add features
• Write tests
• Share examples

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Getting started

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Find an issue

• good first issue
• help wanted

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Claim an issue

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Development guidelines

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Before coding

• Choose a descriptive branch name
• Enable commit signing

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While coding

• Submit a draft PR early
• Only change code relevant to your PR
• Keep comments under 80 characters per line
• Write adversarial tests (test failure cases, not just success)

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After coding

• Build docs with cargo doc --open and fix broken links
• Update CLI templates if needed
• Add new test folders to CI

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Code of conduct

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Development setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/solana-foundation/anchor
cd anchor

# Install dependencies (Rust, Solana CLI, Node.js)
# See installation guide

# Build Anchor
cargo build

# Run tests
cargo test

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Project structure

• lang/ - Core Anchor framework
• cli/ - Anchor CLI implementation
• client/ - Rust client library
• ts/ - TypeScript client library
• spl/ - SPL program integrations
• tests/ - Integration tests and examples

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Submitting PRs

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests
5. Update documentation
6. Submit PR with clear description

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PR review process

• Maintainers will review your PR
• Address any feedback
• Once approved, PR will be merged

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Communication

• Discord - Ask questions and discuss features
• GitHub Discussions - Longer-form discussions
• GitHub Issues - Bug reports and feature requests

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License

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Recognition