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+**Table of Contents**  *generated with [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)*
+
+- [Contributing guidelines](#contributing-guidelines)
+    - [Contributions](#contributions)
+    - [Certificate of Origin](#certificate-of-origin)
+    - [Contributing A Patch](#contributing-a-patch)
+    - [Issue and Pull Request Management](#issue-and-pull-request-management)
+    - [Pre-check before submitting a PR](#pre-check-before-submitting-a-pr)
+    - [Build images](#build-images)
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+
+# Contributing guidelines
+
+## Contributions
+
+All contributions to the repository must be submitted under the terms of the [Apache Public License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+
+## Certificate of Origin
+
+By contributing to this project you agree to the Developer Certificate of
+Origin (DCO). This document was created by the Linux Kernel community and is a
+simple statement that you, as a contributor, have the legal right to make the
+contribution. See the [DCO](DCO) file for details.
+
+## Contributing A Patch
+
+1. Submit an issue describing your proposed change to the repo in question.
+2. The [repo owners](OWNERS) will respond to your issue promptly.
+3. Fork the desired repo, develop and test your code changes.
+4. Submit a pull request.
+
+## Issue and Pull Request Management
+
+Anyone may comment on issues and submit reviews for pull requests. However, in
+order to be assigned an issue or pull request, you must be a member of the
+[open-cluster-management](https://github.com/open-cluster-management) GitHub organization.
+
+Repo maintainers can assign you an issue or pull request by leaving a
+`/assign <your Github ID>` comment on the issue or pull request.
+
+## Pre-check before submitting a PR
+
+After your PR is ready to commit, please run following commands to check your code.
+
+```shell
+make verify
+make test
+```
+
+## Build images
+
+Make sure your code build passed.
+
+```shell
+export BUILD_LOCALLY=1
+make
+```
+
+Now, you can follow the [getting started guide](./README.md#getting-started) to work with this repository.
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+Developer Certificate of Origin
+Version 1.1
+
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+1 Letterman Drive
+Suite D4700
+San Francisco, CA, 94129
+
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
+license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+
+Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+    have the right to submit it under the open source license
+    indicated in the file; or
+
+(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
+    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
+    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
+    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
+    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
+    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
+    in the file; or
+
+(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+    it.
+
+(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
+    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
+    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
+    this project or the open source license(s) involved.
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 Minimum cluster registration and work
 
+## Community, discussion, contribution, and support
+
+Check the [CONTRIBUTING Doc](CONTRIBUTING.md) for how to contribute to the repo.
+
 # How to Deploy
 
 ## Deploy all-in-one deployment on kind