sglang/docs/references/contributor_guide.md

# Contributor Guide

## Build SGLang

See [Install SGLang, Method 2: From Source section](../start/install.md).

## Format Your Code
Use these commands to format your code and pass CI linting tests.

```
pip3 install pre-commit
cd sglang
pre-commit install
pre-commit run --all-files
```

## Add Unit Tests
Add unit tests under [sglang/test](https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/tree/main/test). You can learn how to add and run tests from the README.md in that folder.

## For Newcomers
If you want to contribute or learn but don't have a concrete idea yet, you can pick a task labeled as "good first issue" or "help wanted" from the list below.
https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22%2C%22help+wanted%22