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How to Contribute to Skorch
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We ❤️ contributions from the open-source community! Please look at the contributing guidelines below:

1. Firstly, explore the project documentation and open issues before opening a PR.

2. Provide clear commit messages before submitting a PR and remember to add your changes to `CHANGES.md <https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch/blob/master/CHANGES.md>`.

3. Be patient and suggest solutions in a collaborative manner. 

4. Keep interactions nice and positive, even if your contribution is not accepted.

To begin contributing, you need to clone the repository from source and follow the steps as described in the `README <https://github.com/skorch-dev/skorch/blob/master/README.rst#from-source>`.