## Contributing
Thank you for your interest in contributing to Codewind. We welcome your additions to this project.

#### Signing the Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA)
Before you can contribute to any Eclipse project, you need to sign the [Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA)](https://www.eclipse.org/legal/ECA.php).
1. To verify that you signed the ECA, sign in to [https://accounts.eclipse.org/ your Eclipse account].
2. View your **Status** and make sure that a check mark appears with the **Eclipse Contributor Agreement**.
3. If the check mark does not appear, click the **Eclipse Contributor Agreement** in the **Status** box to go to the agreement that you need to sign.
4. Fill the form and click the **Accept** button.

#### Associating your Eclipse profile with your GitHub ID
1. From your Eclipse account, select **Edit Profile**.
2. On the **Personal Information** tab, go to the **Social Media Links** section and add your GitHub user name to the **GitHub Username** field.
3. Answer the **Have you changed employers** question.
4. Enter your Eclipse password in the **Current password** field and then click **Save**.

For more information about Codewind workflows, see the [Codewind GitHub Workflows wiki](https://wiki.eclipse.org/Codewind_GitHub_Workflows).

#### Checking if your issue is already addressed
- Search the [list of issues](https://github.com/eclipse/codewind/issues) to see if your issue has already been raised.
- See the [Codewind documentation](https://www.eclipse.org/codewind/docindex.html) to see if existing documentation addresses your question or concern.

#### Creating a new issue
If you do not see your issue, please [select the issue type in the Codewind repository to open a new issue](https://github.com/eclipse/codewind/issues/new/choose).
- **Bugs:** Complete the bug template to report problems found in Codewind.
- **Enhancements:** Complete the enhancement template to suggest improvements to Codewind.
- **Questions:** Complete the question template to ask a question about Codewind.

## Contact us
If you have questions, please visit us on Mattermost](https://mattermost.eclipse.org/eclipse/channels/eclipse-codewind).