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+# Contributing to the CodeFlare SDK
+
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to the CodeFlare SDK!
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- Python 3.9
+- [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/)
+
+### Setting Up Your Development Environment
+
+1. **Clone the repository:**
+
+   ```sh
+   git clone https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-sdk.git
+   cd codeflare-sdk
+   ```
+
+2. Create a Poetry virtual environment:
+
+   ```sh
+   poetry shell
+   ```
+
+3. Install dependencies:
+
+   ```sh
+   poetry install
+   ```
+
+    - To include test dependencies, run:
+
+      ```sh
+      poetry install --with test
+      ```
+
+    - To include docs dependencies, run:
+
+      ```sh
+      poetry install --with docs
+      ```
+
+    - To include both test and docs dependencies, run:
+
+      ```sh
+      poetry install --with test,docs
+      ```
+
+## Development Workflow
+
+### Pre-commit
+
+We use pre-commit to ensure consistent code formatting. To enable pre-commit hooks, run:
+
+```sh
+pre-commit install
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+To install CodeFlare SDK in editable mode, run:
+
+```sh
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+### Unit Testing
+
+To run the unit tests, execute:
+
+```sh
+pytest -v tests/unit_test.py
+```
+
+### Local e2e Testing
+
+- Please follow the [e2e documentation](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-sdk/blob/main/docs/e2e.md)
+
+#### Code Coverage
+
+- Run tests with the following command: `coverage run -m --source=src pytest tests/unit_test.py`
+- To then view a code coverage report w/ missing lines, run `coverage report -m`
+
+### Code Formatting
+
+- To check file formatting, in top-level dir run `black --check .`
+- To auto-reformat all files, remove the `--check` flag
+- To reformat an individual file, run `black <filename>`
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-# Codeflare-SDK
+# CodeFlare SDK
 
 [![Python application](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-sdk/actions/workflows/unit-tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-sdk/actions/workflows/unit-tests.yml)
 ![coverage badge](./coverage.svg)
@@ -19,61 +19,7 @@ Can be installed via `pip`: `pip install codeflare-sdk`
 
 ## Development
 
-### Prerequisites
-
-We recommend using Python 3.9 for development, along with Poetry.
-Create a Poetry virtual environment with the required Python version 3.9, and run all commands within this environment.
-
-  - run: `poetry shell`
-
-#### Install dependencies:
-
-  - run: `poetry install`
-
-This will install standard requirements as specified in the poetry.lock file. Test and docs dependencies are optional.
-
-- To include test dependencies run: `poetry install --with test`
-
-- To include docs dependencies run: `poetry install --with docs`
-
-- To include test and docs dependencies run: `poetry install --with test,docs`
-
-If you require a requirements.txt file you can run:
-
-`poetry export -f requirements.txt --output requirements.txt --without-hashes`
-
-### Pre-commit
-
-We use pre-commit to make sure the code is consistently formatted. To make sure that pre-commit is run every time you commit changes, simply run `pre-commit install`
-
-To build the codeflare-sdk pre-commit image run `podman build -f .github/build/Containerfile .` from the root directory.
-
-### Testing
-
-- To install codeflare-sdk in editable mode, run `pip install -e .` from the repo root.
-- Any new test functions/scripts can be added into the `tests` folder
-- NOTE: Functional tests coming soon, will live in `tests/func_test.py`
-
-#### Unit Testing
-- To run the unit tests, run `pytest -v tests/unit_test.py`
-
-#### Local e2e Testing
-- Please follow the [e2e documentation](https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-sdk/blob/main/docs/e2e.md)
-
-#### Code Coverage
-
-- Run tests with the following command: `coverage run -m --source=src pytest tests/unit_test.py`
-- To then view a code coverage report w/ missing lines, run `coverage report -m`
-
-### Code Formatting
-
-- To check file formatting, in top-level dir run `black --check .`
-- To auto-reformat all files, remove the `--check` flag
-- To reformat an individual file, run `black <filename>`
-
-### Package Build
-
-To build the python package: `$ poetry build`
+Please see our [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for detailed instructions.
 
 ## Release Instructions