🌱 Start here -- good first issues to work on

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Welcome! 👋

We’re building this project in the open, and we’d love your help, no matter your experience level. Here are a few low-effort, high-impact ways to contribute. Pick something that interests you, comment on this issue to claim it, or open a PR directly. We’ll review it as quickly as we can.

🐛 Issue Triage and Creation

• Open a good first issue for a small bug or improvement you’ve noticed
• Reproduce a reported bug and add useful details like OS, version, and steps to reproduce
• Help label or categorize existing unlabeled issues

🧹 Code Quality and Refactoring

• Suggest or implement a small refactor, like extracting a function, renaming for clarity, or removing dead code
• Improve error messages so they’re more helpful and actionable
• Fix linter warnings or type errors
• Add missing tests for existing functionality

🏗️ Project Health

• Improve CI by making it faster, clearer, or more reliable
• Add or update tooling files like .editorconfig, .gitignore, or similar config
• Create or improve issue and PR templates

💬 Community

• Answer a question in Discussions or on an open issue
• Review an open PR, even a quick comment like “this worked for me” is helpful
• Share the project and tell us how you’re using it

How to Get Started

• Comment below with what you’d like to work on, or open a PR directly
• If you’re unsure about anything, ask; there are no bad questions here
• Check CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions

Thanks for being here. Small contributions add up quickly. 🙏

Child Issues

• Create a good first issue from a small bug or improvement #178 Create a good first issue from a small bug or improvement
• Reproduce a reported bug and document environment details #179 Reproduce a reported bug and document environment details
• Label and categorize existing unlabeled issues #180 Label and categorize existing unlabeled issues
• Implement a small refactor for clarity or dead code removal #181 Implement a small refactor for clarity or dead code removal
• Improve user-facing error messages #182 Improve user-facing error messages
• Fix existing linter warnings or type errors #183 Fix existing linter warnings or type errors
• Add missing tests for existing functionality #184 Add missing tests for existing functionality
• Improve CI speed, caching, or output clarity #185 Improve CI speed, caching, or output clarity
• Add or update tooling files like .editorconfig or .gitignore #186 Add or update tooling files like .editorconfig or .gitignore
• Improve issue and pull request templates #187 Improve issue and pull request templates
• Answer an open question in Discussions or an issue #188 Answer an open question in Discussions or an issue
• Review an open pull request and share useful feedback #189 Review an open pull request and share useful feedback
• Share how you are using the project or your first experience #190 Share how you are using the project