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 #### Documentation
 
+docs: add contributing guidelines link for GitHub (#4345 - @JakobLichterfeld)
+
 ## [1.31.1] - 2024-10-29
 
 This release primarily prevents beam.smp from overloading the CPU on ARM hosts. It also includes a number of other bug fixes and performance improvements. Enjoy it.
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+# Contributing Guidelines
+
+see [Development and Contributing](https://docs.teslamate.org/docs/development/)