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+# Contributing
+
+We encourage pull requests, and will try our best to review and reply in a timely manner.
+
+To develop:
+
+1. Clone the repository.
+2. Run `npm install`.
+3. Develop!
+4. Test with `npm test`.
+
+PRs should meet a few simple guidelines:
+
+- All tests/linters must pass. It's ok if you need to rebase now and then.
+- Please do not adjust version numbers. We'll do that when we publish to NPM.
+- New features or bug fixes should include tests to ensure we never regress.
+- Work should pertain to "validating uniqueness". Outside of this scope might be better served with another plugin.
+
+Thanks!