Clarity
Make intent explicit and include rationale for tradeoffs.
Community
Open-source collaboration with engineering rigor.
CATBot grows through practical contributions: bug fixes, skill packs, tool integrations, docs, and verified workflow improvements.
How To Contribute
Path from idea to merged contribution.
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Open a scoped proposal
Describe the problem, expected behavior, and the smallest useful deliverable.
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Align on implementation shape
Confirm interfaces, dependencies, and backward-compatibility expectations.
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Submit focused PR
Keep the diff tight, include checks, and add docs for any behavior change.
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Review and iterate
Address correctness and maintainability feedback with concrete follow-up commits.
Standards
What high-quality CATBot contributions look like.
Safety
Preserve permission boundaries and avoid destructive defaults.
Verification
Add or run checks and document what was validated.
Maintainability
Follow existing patterns and avoid unnecessary complexity.
Documentation
Update guides when behavior, interfaces, or setup expectations change.
Reproducibility
Provide concrete steps for reviewers to validate your result quickly.
Subtle Open Claw humor
You'll occasionally spot a tiny lobster reference in docs and demos. It's playful rivalry, not project scope.
Roadmap signals
- More first-party skills for common engineering workflows.
- Richer observability for multi-step tool execution traces.
- Expanded interoperability with external model and MCP providers.
- Improved onboarding templates for team-wide adoption.
Good first contributions
Documentation cleanup, focused bug fixes, and new skill references are ideal starting points for first-time contributors.
Join The Build
Help shape CATBot into the most practical open-source AI engineering assistant.
Start with setup, pick a scoped issue, and ship a measurable improvement.