> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.embedchain.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 👨‍💻 Development

> Contribute to Embedchain framework development

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the EmbedChain project! We welcome your ideas and contributions to help improve the project. Please follow the instructions below to get started:

1. **Fork the repository**: Click on the "Fork" button at the top right corner of this repository page. This will create a copy of the repository in your own GitHub account.

2. **Install the required dependencies**: Ensure that you have the necessary dependencies installed in your Python environment. You can do this by running the following command:

```bash theme={null}
make install
```

3. **Make changes in the code**: Create a new branch in your forked repository and make your desired changes in the codebase.
4. **Format code**: Before creating a pull request, it's important to ensure that your code follows our formatting guidelines. Run the following commands to format the code:

```bash theme={null}
make lint format
```

5. **Create a pull request**: When you are ready to contribute your changes, submit a pull request to the EmbedChain repository. Provide a clear and descriptive title for your pull request, along with a detailed description of the changes you have made.

## Team

### Authors

* Taranjeet Singh ([@taranjeetio](https://twitter.com/taranjeetio))
* Deshraj Yadav ([@deshrajdry](https://twitter.com/deshrajdry))

### Citation

If you utilize this repository, please consider citing it with:

```
@misc{embedchain,
  author = {Taranjeet Singh, Deshraj Yadav},
  title = {Embechain: The Open Source RAG Framework},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {GitHub},
  journal = {GitHub repository},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/embedchain/embedchain}},
}
```