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+# Contributing to TinyBus
+
+TinyBus owns the portable service bus, module ABI, admission, and lifecycle
+contracts. Keep changes focused and include regression coverage for behavior
+changes.
+
+## Shared Module CI and Releases
+
+TinyBus follows the shared module CI and release contract maintained in
+[tinyhumansai/.github](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/.github/blob/main/docs/module-ci-contract.md).